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V I Y and ff In their new and original comedy success entitled The Pension Office ff By JOHN J. McCOWAN "THE VIRGINIAN" Richmond* Va. THE NEWS LEADER Richmond* Va. VARIETY New York CIVIL WAR STORY SCORES AT LYRIC PARTICULAR HIT OF ENTERTAIN- MENT IS CHARACTER SKETCH. The bill at the Lyric is especially good. The big hit of the entertain- ment has for its theme the story of a Civil War veteran, who comes seeking a pension at the office where a young veteran of the Spanish-American war is in charge. The veteran is a fighting Irishman, and when he gets his mad up he tells the Spanish war veteran a thing or two about the difference between what he calls a war and a picnic. He also tells about a fighting Confederate sol- dier with whom he had a private en- counter at Antietam. The sketch ends with the Spanish war veteran inviting the old Irishman to come to Richmond and meet his father, who has been waiting fifty years to finish the fight he started with the Irishman at An- tietam, or Sharpsburg. It is a great piece of character acting on the part of the man who plays the role of the old Irish veteran, and the act is one of which Lawrence and Edwards may be justly proud. It ended to a sto»m of applause. Diversity at Lyric The Lyric presents a diversified pro- gram this week. Lawrence and Ed- wards are the big hit of the entertain- ment, principally through the clever character work of Lawrence, who plays the part of an old Federal vet- eran, a fighting Irishman, who con- cedes, however, that he once met his match at Antietam, otherwise Sharps- burg. It seems he ran up against a red- headed Confederate who loved a scrap about as well as the Irishman. How the latter was able to get in touch with the latter through his visit to a pension office, where he finds the son of the Confederate doing duty, proud of the fact that he is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, is best left to the performers. They have a splendid little piece, full of excellent comedy and some which is far-fetched but genuine fun, in which is sprinkled a proper pinch of pathos and all form- ing a most palatable mixture, speaking ^astronomically. PLAYING U. B. O. Time Lawrence and Edwards. Comedy Sketch. 18 Mint.; Two (Special Drop). Columbia (Sept. 13). Before an interior back drop depict- ing a government pension office, Law- rence and Edwards distribute 18 min- utes of comedy and sentiment woven around an interesting little story anent an old veteran's application for back pension. Lawrence makes a splendid lieutenant in uniform; tall, good looking, erect and with a perfect enunciation, while Edwards portrays the applicant, an aged Irishman who fought in the union ranks during the Civil War. The dialog is strictly orig- inal and always on the main idea, run- ning into a complete tale from begin- ning to end. The finish affords a bit of sentiment well broken into with com- edy and keeps up with the preceding section. It borders on the recogni- tion thing, but is built a bit different than the average. Edwards' is a unique character and should show bet- ter as the turn goes along. The big- time can use this team. They look ready right now. Wynn. I ION