Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-06
'JOLL|Es OF 1921' DRAWS
.l n CROWD0F SEASON
G0ncludihg Night OF Aiinstrcis Sees
Turned Ava. for
ss Lack of Accommollnt
sHRlNE MAY HAVE TO REPEAT
Much Agitation Is Started for Sec
I SSond Engagement of Popular 10.
seal Talcnt-Show Could Run An.
Sy0thcr Week AT Strand.

Sl3et-awaS night AZ the strand drew
Abe larScs; crowd of the season
STANDING room was taken long before
ahe footi!chts began to giimmcr. AND
ss%hcn the curtain arose there was a
Hsea OF smiling faces wonderful to
tS1ook upon. The fact tha. IT was get
E5away night was no reason for be-
Gl1erinS tina; tn" colts had tired ou;
hsand were simply putting the show
,sbrer for the sake of adding few
sshckcls TO the Golfers o: the Shrincrs'
TsJollics Of 1921"
81 The last performance of tho IN
engagement proved 10 be- the most en-
htcyable OF any More pep ana SNAP
e&were infused in the lines Colonel
rR. Nice. Burlington carried the all
slstar crowd o: local entertainers
tCthroueh 10 finish that would have
e5made the heart OF the mos; capable
eand seasoned actor glad. The per
aformanre was received ny the up
Esrnarous audience with grea; acclaim
lgahd tina, applause was not uumrriied
SiSo one gave tn" glad hand to tn.
ts'Participamts through friendship alone,
,sfor the show was last as good as any
s:Profcssional aggregation could have
,.Eivcn, and the applause was deserv-
Asins.
sss Fumnicr Than Ever.
~ The comedians were funn!cr than
ever; the soiotsts we're more artistic
ftand the dancers were in better step
ethan on tn" first night. They were
tabettcr than on tie second night, and
Iii Is safe to say that they would
i-be better. IL tina; were possible. it
he,
Gthcre Is every reason to believe that
sf another performance were given.
not only would those who were shut
GU; last night. hut hundreds Of those
[. who enjoyed the really fine pcrfor-
finance. would rush for tho best seats.
and. not being able to get them
Z .would h" satisfied with perches in
sEthe upper gallery.
go All those who brought forth tn"
yrbursts OF laughter and the pcalS OF
sta'pplausc on the opening night, and
Artneatcd the second night. went
sefrrthcr and ,;ct into the schema more
,Ghttin-ly than before All seemed to
stftcl that they We're giving their fare
91wcll performance. and that farewell
tythey wanted to remain in the mem
s4ory OF the last-nirhtcrs for a long
s3timc
sslE Come Again.
4 'Nubhy" Brauer. John kohlcr. Guy
sSGorhitt, Pat Rinford and the whole
merry crew did themselves proud.
rssMany managers along broadway
. might we'll feel that here was an
3 entertainments well worth while. and
~, is hoped by the hundreds who
s. were not able 10 enjoy the produc-
sGNon that the Shrincrs may come
9,aEain. These same disappointed ones.
: disappointed because the Strand The
ssntcr is not big enough to accommo-
!. date every one. viii. il Is said. make
s.erery crdrt 10 induce the local show
& folks TO repeat
rs- The show ran longer last night. II
+ ran because the biz cnthuS Ia H.
.fprowd wonld not permit The singer
&or the dancer to get away with any
stthinE less than one or two rcpcti-
/. IONS. No singer could slip over part
f+of his song and re, away with il.
.3iEvery verse, and there were many
verses. had TO hc sung
rover and over again. Ana that Grove!
EIof dign!tari"S and matronly women
sf!n front had the time OF IN. year
ssS5 The show could run another week