ACADEMY
Edited by T. P Nath, Jr.)
• The Man on Th* Box."
^ IP a woman's word ordl-
Mi(i niu«t b« uied with tr«at
fion ff’r l^K»timat« d«icrtptlon. it
, f,np «lJeotlv«. however, whicn
he quality of the perform-
’ ,,, Th* Man on The Box,
,/ *prd«>. matinee and night—
, : niiiiai** in the displeasins
0 th^ word, you understand,
th* woman would call a
litile thing.
' n on The Box” is reaily
light comedy which fur*
unusually clever situation.
-„i hav«» read the delithtfui
X tinrolii McQrath. Lieutenant
\V .rbnrton, lately resigned,
- play a practical joke on
t substituting the coach-
1 ’rivinjr h>r to a dance. He
(>rr l^ts. heard as a disguise
^.« oii> the Aral part of tUe
- :i iucce«afully. But on the
; p he mistakes his carriage
.ifs on thefwrong box. When
-.^pler^s his stunt by kissing
nz jumps out into
r,,^. li'* i** horrified to find his
. -np young lady. Miss Betty
^ _ V-, t5 his Bister's best friend,
h# had fallen In love with at
- nt a few days before. The
dke him over on a charge of
,r; rly conduct. Next morning, his
rhr±rlPR Henderson, secures
t'' hearing for him, and Miss
Rii'cara against him. When
; isoner comes Into court she
ovprs at once from his well-kept
,(]. and general bearing that he
mmlng. though she doesn’t
r ^ that he ih her friend’s brother.
\>w Petty iB a good sport,
f r' -dventure has already Im-
her. She determines to have
,#r revenge «nd continue the ad-
! it'T** tiy paying the piisoner's line
offering him a Job at eoachman.
s also a good sport, be-
-pi I'pjng much amltten, and he de-
\ 'hat he will call his lady's
f Me accepts her offer. The re-
: situation affords the action
, second and third acU. The
non and climax of the drama
ui.pHffi by Robert’s opportunity
i V Prtty a father the disgrace
= yin? his country,
of the charm of the story is
- fhe dramatization. But it is
the easiest of dramas to
,1^ f;. the ability of the cast. It has
- -i. 'nted by a mediocre com-
.1 was punk. Yesterday, Mi.
r* Ifrh and Mias Billy Long took
linn psrts; that is to say the
' rn^ance was very pleasing. Bert
,s a skillful, calculating actor.
r.'P up his audience through
. ,nfi pyes and then acts on his
He is a master of the tech-
0' h' part, and roams about the
_• A8 carelessly as he would in
/ nw n ' snuggery.” He Interprets
v- nOR In a devllsh, cooly imperti-
fashion that seems to fit their
nc exactly. And he has a mo»t
, trick of throwing in true-to-
inarka under his breath, though
yi ^ Billy Long, as Betty Ann«s-
o ulted her part. She Is an ex-
. rr.ced. clever actress who knows
w to please, has naturally a pleas-
s m«nner, and deiwrves the gen-
applause which comes ner
Mr Honrv Roquemore, who
,ni to Bobble Warburton. grew
voti as the play Progressed. When
r t appeared you thought that
a. ?olng to be t failure through
.r.ffneBs and a«««tedne8S. But he
n a truck his gait, i^d his infec
laugh added considerably to his
; : fellow part.
•. happy incident of
was the annonncement of
. . of the Giants-Athletics pme
r . natural, regular ^urse of th^
-,n«;ue. It wss a gooA
tne iiveness” of the show.
The Winning Wld0w”-C0mlng.
N. • what you have s^n ej^ry time
vnii attended a musical
something different, built
lines, with a well-deflned Plot-
characters that neceaslUte
sbilitv. That Is why Max
flured the new musical ‘ „
W inning Widow,” and g*ve It »
til-us setting and splendid
as made It an object of
>n the part of the multitude of
goers who have patronized it so far
fM. season. This latest musical offer-
nfj is booked at the
Friday afternoon and night
There are 40 people In the cast and
■" the stage when the curuln P’
by the clever P^®»
Perlp Barti, late of ’The Kissing
,irl ’ and "The Broken Idol
- ‘'ays funny men, Joe M. Fie
''0. B. Scanlon. .«h«s
While neither a chorus nor a serie
the success of the coniedy,
,.ie«el has lavishly
The richness and brilliancy of ^
tiimes, admirably'set forth ..
■ ^ the young ladles
rhoriit. and those competent to
ritically of such things.
never was more the
monlously gowned tha
one in "The Winning Widow.
The comedy is the Jotnt work of
• ree of the most successful
musical comedy, the
Kennedy, who is responsible for the
iK.ok; Will Healan. who
iraceful and humorous
mour Furth, the composer of the
music A few of the •«»“«
lude "What Would ^e Ito Witt
^h. Moon," "I U>« To“. Th.
Light That Lies in Woman t Ey® •
! is no end until the final curtain. [
Laughter runs riot throughout the '
action of the entire performance. Of
the musical numbers that caught the
fancy of the audience, “I Love You,”
by Francis Rubens and Ralph White
head, and "The Winning Widow Am
1,” and “Love Time ts Any Time” as
sung by Miss Barti, the Widow, made
"There* . l g^’eat hits. A very enjoyable-mu^icai
About « nunlber is “S.wim, Swim, .gwlm^^’’ suiig
With n i “Never Get Cross in tfce Second act. Here there is a
p.j.. * ‘Don't Get Peevish raellstic effect and the girlies disport
’ joyctusly in the surf. AU^the musical
' /H, r~ ! *''^®bers are good and each won an
tb® Taxi.” I abundance of applause. The most
7 * funniest and most orlgl-} popular, however, is "Love Tim^ Is
Pli scenes of "The Girl In the Taxi,” ' Any Time,” which the Widow sings in
Hn from Paris, Ber- ^ very enticing manner. "TheWlnnin^
«rKi u York, Chicago and Boston, Widow” is a breeay, bewitching, tune-
Academy of Music fwl comedy and it made a great big
^lurday matinee and night occurs at bit w'itb the audience last night. It is
ine end of the first act. The scene rep-, the best musical comedy which this
^sents the hom« of John Stewart, on season has offered here.
Riverside Drive, New York. The I
hour Is about li o’clock and every-1 “Oraustark”—Coming.
®ald good night and retired' The Academy of Music In the near
to their rooms. The lights are turned future will present the pronounced
out by a chic French maid and the success, “Graustark.”
moonbeams stream in through the win-} This tale of “A Love Behind a
dows opening onto the veranda. All. Throne,” dramatised by Geo. D. Bak-
Is quiet. i er from the novel of George Barr
Suddenly a door opens and Percy'McCutcheon, as it appears in play form,
Peters, Mr. Stewart's nephew from U delightfully fascinating and makes
Philadelphia who has come to New, “Graustark," a charming country with
York for tliroat treatment and it sup- equally interesting people. Ruled by a
posed to be a very sick man, appears' princess of unusual personality, queen*
in full evening attire. He closes his ly, yet a woman; naive; Indifferent to -
door cautiously, locks Iti skips over Lorry, yet warm, then cold as he grows
and listens at the other doors, and too enthu^astlc; In fact, everything
then, w’ith a laugh, leaves the house that puzzles him and nothing half
to keep a midnight apopintment with so mu h as that such a person should
the ‘‘Girl In the Taxi,” at Cafe ChUrch- be labelled "Gugfenslocker.'* He,
hill. He has hardly gone when Papa 'therefore, finds a friend eager for
Stewart cautiously emerges from his adventure, and they set out to find
room In evening dress, listens at her. Just how sucessful he is and
the other doors and with the remark, bow happy his friend becomes in
'everybody sleeps but father," sails also finding a mate In this castle of
out of the house to meet a couple of romance, Is nicely unfolded by Mr. Bak_
chorus girls. No sooner has he gone,, er.
however, than Bertie, his innocent Hardly any one has made an i^eal
and unsophisticated son, creeps from American half so attractive as Mr.
his rooms, tiptoes to the doors of his ‘ McCutcheon. The dramatized ver-
father and his cousin Percy, and pre-' slon, the present offering, covers many
pares to leave the house. Bertie is adventures, quickly and effectively,
hard-pushed for money. His father as the play depicts. A few liberties
allows him but $5 per month, hardly have been taken with some of the char-
enough with which to entertain after acters in the novel, they having been
the fashion of his elders. His eye eliminated to give strength to those
catches sight of a beautiful loving in the play.
cup which his father has received \ Scenically, “Graustark” is the most
only that day as a token of appre- ambitious o^ffering of a romantic na-
clation and probably left on the top ture now on tour. Especially telling is
of the piano for exhibition purposes, the first act, showing the Hotel Reg-
Bertle has no sentiment In the mat- engetz at Edelweiss, Graustark, in
ter. He grabs tht silver token and which the electrical effects are unus-
exclalms gleefully, "I know where 1 ually' w'ell arranged, while the throne-
can get 110 for tlils.'’ Then he darts room and bed chamber of tHe Princess
from the house and goes as rapidly are in keeping with the costuming and
as he can to a pawnshop. The expecta- general atmosphere of the play,
tlon aroused at the end of this act
as to what will happen in the next “Seven Days”—Coming,
has never been excelled in any play yet} Had Miaa Kitty McNair remained
produced on the American s-tage. I firm in her refusal to say she was Mrs.
“Bubbles” Wilson she would have i
“The Winning Widow”—Next. 1 averted innumerable complications.
According to the follow’ing criticism i But she Uked “Bubbles-, was sorry
from the city of Norfolk, Va., and the;for him because his wife had got a
Landmark, “The Winning Widow,” j divorce, and she realized that unless
which is booked at the Academy of he could show a Mrs. Wilson
Music Friday matinee and night, is a lose his allowance from a rich aunt,
real winner. The Landmark has the,she yielded. It was to have been only
following to say: for an hour, during the aunts visit.
"The Winning Widow” is more than Neither she nor the others 'dreamett
winning—she Is delightful, fascinating that the deception would have to la^t
and alluring and such a pretty widow. ^ a week, and that the divorced wife
"The Winning Widow” is a comedy i would appear and be je^ous of th?
with music, girls and when the per-' former husband and MIm McNairs
formance is over, it keeps-one guess-, suitor v>ould arrive and think sh
ing which pleased the most, the music | flouted him and been J® *
or the girls. As for the music it is, bles,” and
bright, tuneful and catchy, the kind, antined and cut off
that audiences whistle on the street outside. And Kitty in
after the show and everybody hums i “Bubbles had ^ts
when passing up" the aisle as the or-1 the household, with all *be ®®rv^^ts
chestra plays the finale ensemble. The I fled and she knowing much more
whole performance, music, lyrics and, ing except fudge. This and JJj. -
dances U Just about the most delight-1 that would take long in the telling
ful combination for an evening’s pleas- make “Seven aild Avery
ure that any one could desire. The ! Mary Roberts RinehMt and Avery
castfe is a large one, mostly girls and Hopwood that
the entire company worked for one re- Kemper will present the
suit, comedy and melody which they!of Music sooru it ^o^nt be to
certainly atUlned. The show Is new to describe
and everything Is bright and fresh, the anyway. ft and this
evening gowns worn by the chorus are ^he play^ rtpiiehtfui surnrlses
marvels of richness and beauty, while comedy matter
the costumes of the widow—well, they that are fresh
must be seen to be appreciated. The how often
play Is built somewhat along the line is a laugh without ^b^ * Ronald
Sf “The Newlyweds and Their Ba-1 repetition. “Seven Days^^ w^^^^^^^
by.” and has all the good points of that Wo^^^he clever dr^^^
thoroughly delightful comedy. Of i^be New York Morning Telegraph,
course there is a semi-plot around;the one real sem object of the
which the action of the piece takes, sheer fun the
place—a sort of comedy of errors in, authors and they^atta^
which the dashing, vivacious young rise of ^be /rst c audience
widow plays a prominent part. Perle roaring acts. | „ . nnmAdv like
B.rtl 1» the widow who t> the apple laugh till It /-orts
“the eye of Adam Sousem (Joe M.'thls was bound to the recorde.
Fields) and P. Thomas Pinnlgan (Geo.''Seven ^ ® r»ons '-ugh than
N. Scanlon) and their hatred of each,has ' "j„„ed In Ameri-
other and the jealousy over the widow any comedy e._er e.^h
(umishe. the comedy, of which there, ca.^^.s^the did
■ i in the beginning of this season. It is
coming here with the ®“tire New York
Astor Theater cast and production, di
rect from the play’s third year on
Bfoadway. ‘Seven Days” was called
by the Boston Globe achingly fun
nv screamingly funny; \^® ^
adelphla Times as Having riotous fun
from the tap of the first bell.
Quality Backs Up Every Single
Dollar Yolt liivest In .
SCENE FROM ‘THE GIRL IN THE TAXP
Ihe Chpheum
And Its Plans
! The present day Is one of hustle in
every line. Even the gentleman of
lein-ure finds it hard to get time to
accomplish all that he has to do. It is
{the age of the pace that kills. Men
and women drive at a hard gallop
1 throug life ind every now and again
we read of some one breaiking dow'ia
under the strain. Whenever we see or
[hear of one of these cases it may be
assumed that the hapless victim made
his fatal mietako merely by forgetting
that all wprk and no play will makt^
any Jack not only a dull, but. In nine
cases out ten, a very sick boy.
The necessity for furnishing refined,
recreative entertainment f5r busy folks
who want their Money's worth and
know how to get it is exactly the
problem upon which the management
of the Orp^eum theater is spending
much gray matter and a sizable sum
in telegraph tolls. Several hundreds
wires have been sent and received
during the past week, aact dealing
with the subject of the improvement
of the bill for the coming week and
the end to this wire business is
by no means in sight. The Orpheum
intends to keep hot feet after the va
rious booking agencies until Charlotte
gets what it should in the w'ay of vau
deville entertainment. And then it w'ill
continue ta^^evote its energies to ob
taining bettCT and even better acts.
All this implies a considerable out
lay of money and an enormous amount
of taking tedious pains. But the ^ogic
Of the situation is clear. First-class
vaudeville is obtainable and the Or
pheum is beginning to see signs of get
ting it. The people of Charlotte have
already signified tbeir emphatic ap
proval of the methods adopted ^ and
practiced by the new management Of
the Orpheum—namely the rigid in-
sistance upon absolute refinement and
equally upon bright attractiveness in
the bills presented. Should a teani of
perfoKmers lack either essential they
immediately receive what is known
behind the footlights as the “pink slip”
and forthwith seek other fields for
their labors. Such principles cannot
possibly fail to build up a house’s rep
utation and Charlotte folks are flock
ing to the support of these strictly
business ideas in ever increasing nuna-
bers.
The coming week will see the best
bill the new management Las yet
secured, consisting of several high-
class teams presenting the very best
type of vaudeville attractions. The
week’s bill will begin at 4:30 on Mon
day afternoon and ’s^ill continue with
a dally matinee at the same hour and
evening performances from 7 to 11
o’clock. In addition to the vaudeville
the patrons are regaled at each per
formance with a number of the most
artistic picture plays obtainable and an
illustrated i^ong is thrown in—a fea-
'ture which is attracting an ever-In-
creas amount of favorable comment.
MRS. MELVIN DIED
IN DURHAM HOSPITAL.
Durham, N. C., Oct. 14.—Mrs. J. L.
Melvin, who was Miss Sarah Permelia
Conoley, of Lumber Bridge, died to
night in Watt’s hospital, v/hile under
the anaesthetic for an operation.
Two former operations had failed of
necessary relief and when she prepj_r-
ed for the knife tonight she died of
heart failure.
She leaves a husban and three
small children, two sisters and two
brothers.
Ptri* Barti,* PrImM Donna of th* Musi-
e«t Hit, "Ths Winning Widow.
Friday Night Dances
At Auditorium
, Miss Julia Minish is meeting with
' excellent success with her ex^riment
of having a dance at the auditorium
Friday *bight. Miss Mlnnish is a popu
lar- young lady of the city. Her
charges are reasonable and a liberal
patronage is bespoken her.
Which Was It.
Mrs. Flint (severely)—"Do you
ever drink Intoxicants?”
Soiled Spooner (at the dwr)
“Before replying, madam, perteit me
to ask if dat is an InvitatkA or mere-
ily an Inquiry?”—Puck. 4
Wlgg—Bjones has a lot of cheek,
hasn’t he? ^ ,
Wag—Yes, I understand the barber
charges him double for a shave. ,
* T;' .' y N Jiy ^
y,t * *
Rubbing It in.
■ Patient (angrily)—“The size of
your bill makes my blood boil.”
Doctor—“Thei^ that will be $20
more for sterilizing your system.”*—
Boston Transcript.
Very True.
The busiest thing in the world is
idle curiosity.—The Smart Set.
THE
SELWYN
HOTEL
EUROPEAN
Only flre-proof hotel In Char
lotte; supplied entirely with wa
ter from its own deep well.
CAFE OPEN A\-', NIGHT.
Water analyzed «^ily 6, 1911«
t»y Director State Laboratory of
Hygiene anb pronounced purs.
Pure Water tiom our Artesian
Well, 303 1-2 feet deep, for sale.
5c gallon at Hotel.
10c gallon in 5-galloa lots.
delivered in Charlotte or at H.
R. Station.
EDGAR B. MOORE, Proprlttor.
Geo. B. Seanton; Perle Barti, Joe M
Frick In the Musiteai Comedy,
»The Winning Widow.
N. & W. Railway
8cbrd«lv Kffect Juie ll, 1911.
10.20 muk hy. Charlotte So. Hy. 6-»0 ptn.
iXl pm i-v. Vvtustutt i.u6 pm.
«.uy i*v. Muct'vilM Ar. 11.40 aiu.
4.2s pill. Ar. L.V. V-15 ax*.
Additional ca:ur leave Winstpn'Sa-
lem z a. m. dall>.
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and West. Fullman aleepers. Olnioc
car*-
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