Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 7, 14 November 1909 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND FAIXADIU3I AND SUN-TEIiEG R A3I, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1909.

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EtiGLISH ACTORS LEAD GOOD LIVES Old Days of Dissipation and Unwholesome Living Are Now Past. THEY TAKE UP ATHLETICS

MANY ARE EXPERT GOLF PLAYERS AND OTHER8 ARE FAMOUS HUNTERS AND RIDERS BOOZING 18 NOW CUT OUT.

(American News Service-) London, Nov. 13. The bad old days, when actors led unwholesome lives and remained in bed smoking cigarettes for the greater part of the day, have gone forever, as far as the British variety is concerned. Almost all the leading actors in London today go in for sime kind of sport of exercise, and even the "gentlemen of the chorus," who are supposed to spend their time drinking cocktails and other bad Imitations of American beverages in the Strand, may be seen on the suburban golf links any fine morning. Mr. George Alexander is able to spare an hour or so, two or three tmea a week, from his arduous duties as actor-manager and member of the London County Council to play golf, and the other day he distinguished himself against first rate players at the opening of the new links at Hainault Forest, which is the property of the Council. Mr. Forbes-Robertson spends every week end playing golf and occasionally has a scull on the river. The best all round actor-sportsman is Mr. Kendal, who shoots, fishes and rides, and now, that he is about to retire from the stage with a comfortable little fortune, he will be able to indulge in all his favorite recreations. Mr. Cyril Maude is a very good shot and a good horsemar He is often to be seen riding in Rotten Row in the early morning, and another habitue of Hyde Park before nine o'clock in Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, who belongs to the "liver grade," and rides r.3 keep himself in good condition. He does not look his best on a horse, but he says he could not possibly do without some kind of exercise. Mr. Martin Harvey is one of the few actors who take little or no exercise beyond an occasional ramble in the country. He devotes his leisure to painting and drawing.

"Your Humble Servant." Otis Skinner Is unquestionably one of the best liked actors who visits here annually. Mr. Skinner's high position in the dramatic firmament has been established by years of painstaking endeavor behind the footlights.

CORN CROP THIS YEAR

Worth $1,743,409,080-Yield Larger Than in 1908, But Quality Not So Good.

A BIG POTATO HARVEST

Washington, Nov. 13. The crop reporting board of the department of agriculture in a preliminary report today gives the indicated total production of corn for liHKt as y.7i".311.HM bushels, against 2,J;8,(k1,000 as finally estimated last year, with the quality as 84.2 per cent against 8.0 last year. At the present cash grain quotations in Chicago, l cents a bushel, this year's crop is worth SFl,74."5.4t!0,0!SO. The preliminary estimate of the average yield per acre of corn is 23.4 bushels, against 20.2 finally estimated last year. Pennsylvania's yield is 4S,25i,O0O bushels, averaging 32 to an acre. Potatoes show a quality of 8S.9 per cent, against 87.0 a year ago, with a total yield per acre of !." bushels, against 83.7 in 1908, an indicated total production of 307.473,000 bushels, against 278,983,000 last year. The average production of apples this year is 42.5 per cent, of a full crop against 43.4 last year.

KILLS HER FOE OF 20 YEARS. "The most merciless enemy I had for 20 years," declares Mrs. James Duncan, of Haynesville, Me., "was Dyspepsia. 1 suffered intensely after eating or drinking and could scarcely sleep. After many remedies had failed and several doctors gave me up. I tried Electric Bitters, which cured me completely. Now I can eat anything. I am 70 years old and am overjoyed to get my health and strength back again." For Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Kidney Trouble, Lame Back, Female Complaints, It's unequaled. Only 50c at A. G. Luken & Co's.

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OTIS SKINNER. At the Gennett Tuesday night.

conspiracies, successfully wooes the j reigning princess of the mythical prin- j cipality of Graustark. From a drama- j tic standpoint, "Graustark" easily j takes its place with the best offerings i

placed before theatergoers. The play is consistently written, and revels in thrilling dramatic scenes and situa

tions, which are not all confined to ' one or two particular acts, but which are spread throughout the entire five acts of the play. The comedy element j interspread in the performance is of j

the light, breezy order and is of a most catching nature.

which the Bostonian Singers will pre-

sent at the Gennett theater during the winter. This company which has been founded on the same plan as the famous Bostonians sing the excerpts from the Standard Operas with full costuming and adequate scenic and lighting effects. The management considers Itself fortunate in securing the different artists who include Adelaide Thomas, the prima donna soprano who sang with the Metropolitan Opera company for three years, Madame Charlotte Guyer, George the Mezzo-Soprano who sang Kundry in Savages production of Parsifal, Mr. Fred

erick Richards Benson. Mr. Edward

Shively and Mr. Carl Zulauf.

mo" was first produced under the personal direction of Mr Holcomb. at the Academy of Music, iu Richmond. Va.. the former home of Mis. Wilson, and was so successful taat the producing rights were secured by Mr. Glaser, who will not only make It the feature ct his repertoire in tha cities where he is personally popular as a stock star, tut has organized several duplicate productions to play all the big circuits which he ccn not cover.

"Time, Place and Girl." One of the attractions booked at the Gennett theater in the near future is "The Time, the Place and the Girl."

Theatergoers of this city may always rely upon a production of the highest artistic worth when Otis Skinner's name is attached thereto. He comes to the Gennett Tuesday night with a new play, "Your Humble Servant," which represents the joining efforts of those brilliant young dramatists, Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. The play is described as a romance of stage life and Mr. Skinner will be called upon to essay an itinerant tragedian who heads a small troupe playing through the country towns. Although the humorous element is said to predominate in the play there is an undercurrent of sensational interest and judging from the forecast of the story of "Your Humble Servant," it is thoroughly modern in spirit and treatment. The first act shows with an abundance of graphic detail the progress of a performance by the troupe of strollers in a country opera house. Lafayette Towers, the character assumed by Otis Skinner, is a light-hearted philosopher, a fount of good humor, and a resourceful genius who never says die.- When? the man. ager absconds leaving them stranded he uses his glib gift for oratory with such good effect that he procures the troupe transportation back to New York on board a canal boat. The second act which transpires in a theatrical lodging house is full of piquant incidents in which the artificial life of the actor is curiously contrasted with practical every-day existence. The romance of the play is developed in a surprising and novel way and the third act which has its locale in a New York mansion where a fashionable vaudeville performance is being given, will enable Mr. Skinner to reveal fresh phases of his genius for eccentric comedy. The last act of the play shows the dressing room of a Broadway theater where the ward and protege of the wandering actor achieves an electrifying success and rewards her mentor and protector with her heart and hand.

"Graustark." "Graustark," the dramatized version of the popular novel by Geo. Barr McCutcheon, which is to be the attraction at the Gennett playing a return engagement on Thursday evening is a far more pleasing and attractive play than is usually presented at popular priced theaters. Unlike other plays derived from popular novels, none of the effectiveness of the story if lost in the efforts to faithfully carry out the story of the book. To those who have read and enjoyed the novel, it is all the more pleasing as a play. None of the heroics are lost, none of its romance curtailed and litle of the lighter qualities missing. "Graustark" makes a strong appeal to the lover of mock heroics. Tt tells the thrilling story of love and romance, with princes and princesses, dukes and duchesses, soldiers and civilians, but through it all predominates the character of the plucky and adventurous hero, Grenfall Lorry, who, undaunted by plots, intimidations and

At the Murray. The management of the Murray has succeeded in bringing together five all star acts for this week that are bound to fill the house at every performance. The big attendance last week proved beyond a doubt, that the people of this city are fast beginning to realize that for good clean vaudeville and enter

tainment, the Murray cannot be beaten. Easily the leaders of this week's bill, is the Famous Alpin Troupe, or- J iginators of the Aerial Double Wire Act, the only act of its kind in the j world. The company is composed of j

live, mree laaies auu iu geimciucu and their wonderful wire walking and dancing and mid air manoeuvers hold every audience spell bound. They are easily in a class by themselves. The Four Lubins, in their singing and buck dancing act are sure to become popular with the theatergoers of this city. They are very extensively advertised and never fail to make a hit. The company is made up of four, two brothers and two sisters and their act shows long practice and training. The little girl, that appears in this act, is unusually clever for her age. Her dancing is faultless and with an ever ready smile she endeavors to answer the many encores which she always receives. Gladys Sears, the girl with many dialects, will entertain the audience with an act of very clever impersonations. Her imitations of Becky Cohen and the Italian street girl, have become very popular on the vaudeville stage. Cole and Coleman with their "Musical Nonsense" furnish, not only comedy and laughter, but some very choicy music. The bill is from an all around standpoint, as good as this city has seen on the vaudeville stage.

"Girls Will be Girls." People who like clean, pure, unadulterated fun, can't afford to miss "Girl3 Will be Girls." at the Gennett next Saturday matinee and night. This sterling musical comedy of school girl fun has been a big favorite in all the eastern cities for the past five seasons and this will be its first appearance west of Chicago. The original company has been retained: the Three Rosebuds still remaining among the features, and the Dancing Dolls, and English whirlwind dancing act. formerly feature of the New York Casino productions has been added. The professor, the deacon, the sheriff, the three Sprout sisters, the tramp, and all the old characters axe as funny as ever.

Bostonian Singers. One of the features of the musical season will be the series of operas

The Coburn Players. The Coburn Players, who will appear

in this city at the Gennett Friday and f SfTturday, November 20 and 27, have! been reviving great interest in the ! spirit of the earlier drama. The past j

summer has marked the height of their success before audiences, whose unqualified approval has signified more to them than the accompanying financial satisfaction. In the persistence of their effort to bring again to life a taste for the mas

ter works of the greatest creators of ' plays in particular, as well as for ( classic and poetic drama in general, j The Coburn Players have had a steady i

puropse in view which they have worked toward consistently. While "The Canterbury Pilgrims" Is a modern poet's drama, its feeling, style, and atmosphere is of five centuries ago, and it is through the success it has achieved that it has been made certain, that the spirit of a time far from today still survives and that a love for the eternal springtime of the drama is still alive in the land. "St. Elmo." "St. Elmo," the story your grandmather read when she was a girl, the story your mother read v, im enual avidity and the sawn story you real jourself. and your daughter is "just crazy about " has bven dramatized by Willard Holcomb, win secured exclusive rights from Mrs. Augusta J. Evans Wils'n. shortly before her death: and" the fiist successful stage version, as well ai the only authorized one, under the direction of Vaughan Glaser, will appear at the "Gennett k theater Wednsday matinee and night. "St. El-

Theatorium. The wonderful picture of Nero, or The Burning of Rome, is to be reproduced at the Theatorium Monday and Tuesday of this week. The story cf Rome under Nero is known generally

to every one. but the minute pictures j

of the awful death of his wife, because of his love for Poppea; the trip of Nero to the tavern of the gladiators: her power over the Emperor: his knowledge of the plot against him; and his order of the burning city, of his people and possessions. is thrillingly impressed upon one's mind. The film is the best that has ever been presented in the city and the Theatorium should be crowded every evening during its presentation. FORCED INTO EXILE. Wm. Upchurch of Glen Oak. Okla, was an exile from home. Mountain air, he thought, would cure a frightful lung-racking cough that had defied all remedies for two years. After six months he returned, death dogging his steps. "Then I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery," he writes, "and after taking six bottles I am as well as ever." It saves thousands yearly from desperate lung diseases. Infallible for Coughs and Colds, it dispels Hoarseness and Sore Throat. Cures Grip, Bronchitis, Hemorrhages, Asthma, Croup, Whooping Cough. 50c and $1.00; trial bottle free; guaranteed by A. G. Luken & Co.

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ENTERTAINMENT COURSE

Seven snperb attractions. Season tickets esly $1.51. Sale limited to 5tJ.

First: Tuesday. Nov. IS. Italian Boys Concert Co.

A Night in Venice"

A musical and literary lantasy and a dellanttnl concert

gram under auspices of Women's Auxiliary of Y. at. C

ntlng

3 PER CENT. ON SAVINGS

..COOKE'S THEATORIUM..

Monday and Tuesday

Nero, or the Burning of Rome

Roman Historical Picture

For Good Singing Go to the Theatorium

PALACE - 5c Monday and Tuesday "THE LIAR" A War Picture Always Feature Pictures at tne Palace

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GENNETT THEATRE

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TUESDAY EVENING. NOV. 16

Cnarles Fronman Presents

One ol Richmond's FavrKes

In His Latest Triumphant Success

A Etonian ee ol Itinerant

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Your Humble Servant

A new comedy by Booth Tarklnaton and Harry Leon Wilson, which has scored a genuine popular success. SEATS NOW SELLING nnmP" A Lower Floor $1.C0 & 91.50 PhII.E'N Balcony, 50c. 75c and 31.C0 I IIIU&-U Gallery, 25 cents.

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THEATRE

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The FamouG Coburn Playoro

XI U R R A Y9

APPROVED VAUDEVILLE

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 15 THE FAMOUS ALPINE TROUPE Originators of the AERIAL DOUBLE WIRE ACT. Only act of its kind in the world. Three ladies Five People two gentlemen. THE FOUR LUBINS Harmony Singers. Coon Selections. Premier Buck Dancers. GLADYS SEARS The Girl with many Dialects. COLE & COLEMAN "Musical Nonsense" BEST ILLUSTRATED SONGS Matinea Daily, 2:30 p. m., 10 cts. Night, 7:45 and 9:00 p. m. 10, 15 and 20c. Loge seats 25c. Box office open from 11:30 a. xik. to 10:30 p. m. Phone 1699.

SATURDAY, NOV. 20, MATINEE AND NIGHT A. C Delamater Presents a Musical Comedy of School Days

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WITH A NOTABLE BROADWAY CAST AND CHOBUS vWILL C. MANDEVILLE and The THREE ROGEBUDG 40-OTHEB CLEVER PEOPLE 40 , , .

Seats on sale Thursday at 10 a. m. PRICES : Matinee, children 23c ; ndnlts Night. 25. 50. 75c and $1.00

Thursday Evening, Nov. 18 Baker & Castle announce the Fascinating Boaance of "A Love Dented a Ttrese"

Dramatized by Geo. D. Baker From the Great Novel by Geo. Barr McCntcbeon Presented by an nnnsnally excellent cast of metropolitan players and an attractive

massive scenic production. The most wholesome and entertaining play presented la yecrs

Seats on Sale Tuesday at 10 a. m.

Prices: 25, 51. 75e sri Sl.W

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Read the Book See the Play A Wealth of Scenery And An Especially Selected Cast ol Players

YKI HATTED

Wednesday, Nov. 17 Matinee and Night

Vaughan Glaser Presents the Only Authorized Dramatization ol

Special Matinee At 2:30

By Augustus Evans Wilson and Dramatized by Willard Holcomb

50,000 People Have Paid Admission to See "St, Elmo" Since September 1st, 1909 The Reigning Theatrical Triumph Seat Sale Opens Monday Morning at 10 O'clock : ; 1 ; ; ......... ; ; o

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PERFECT CAST

Mzl 25. 5. 75c d $1X3