The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-22
FROMTHE PROMPT SID"
4 New Class Of Freaks +" Threaten
to ASSail the Stage.
DAY OF The FASTER HAS GONE,
Hint for Cosmetic Obtained From ths
Tomb OF . Mummy-An Actor ut the
Crsnston Prison = Paragraphs From
the stage-Ncxt Weeks Theatres.

the stage-Next Weeks Theatres
The public taste for amusement re-
the gourmand. 1t Is soon ssti atei with
its customary food aud halls with de-
light novelty. This thirst for change
ma SO grown upon theatre goers of late
years hat m anagers in order to furnish
additional zest to their amusement
menus have gone TO strange extremes.
or the results of the popular de-
mand for novelty In stage dancing
we have recently had some striking exam-
pies. Until within short time ago fasting
men were In great demand by purveyor
TO erratic tastes. Now IL In eating and
drinking men who have the call. An
''artist" at the Moulin Ronge is delight
ing Parisian audiences by his perform
ance Of drinking eighty books OF beer.
about five gallons nightly. An ting
man Is doing turns with him in Vien-
nese music hall. and his ordinary nightly
bread. some pounds of meat, raw cab.
baRes and various side dishes. Several
managers are trying to secure the couple,
and expect they vii be great attrac-
tion. After the glut Of fasting men look
ont for an invasion Of this species Of
freak.
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Al Southerland, who spent the past
week in this city In advance OF the
County Fair" Is pirfed with gu ct
though assuredly readk humor that crops
out frequently in propitious spots.
While here he wss driven out to Gran
ston by party OF friends who took him
county Jail. Mr.. Southerland displayed
m ich interest In the visit and en-
gagged several or the inmates OF the
gloomy institution in conversation.
There was peculiar-looking prisoner
Cailirg him aside Mr.. Switzerland asked:
MY friend, what has brought you
hereY'
swell SIR" replied the prisoner, you
see they says hooked a cully's watch
"And did your" southerland asked
We'll" retorted the imprisoned one,
81 shouldn't wonder but what did,"
Now, my friend" said Mr.. Souther-
land In an admonitorv tone. "when YOU
are free from this imprisonment / sup
pose you intend to do better. Promise
hearted man of the plays and players
slipped big silver coin into the itching
hand of the felon.
We'll. sirr' said the prisoner. glancing
at the surrounding group of visitors
with suspicious rwitchinR OF the eye
do better. Why, bless your heart, sir.
I'll hook dozen"
The party of inspectors exploded with
mirth at the incorripible's retort, but
Southerland never smiled.
Every we'll. then" said he: ''after
this shall make it my business to see
that you are given your proper name"
And what might that be, siri"
queried the prisoner.
"Procrastination," retdrned Souther-
land.
Procrastination, sirl and why,
pleasep
my friend" said Southerland-and this
time he prepared to do trifls Of the
smiling himself--''Procrastinatiou is the
thief OF time"
And the wine was on the party.
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In reply to my recent paragraph con-
cerning the red fire smoke in the play
Of lyon Yonson," Business Manager
Byram Of Keith's opera house says: "The
smoke was present In the auditorium
twice in the nine performances given, but
it was unavoidable. The scene was an
the play. To give it due effect a consid-
cradle quantity of stage fire was re-
Quirei. The mediate fall of the cur
tain shut out the smoke from the audi
torium till its rise on the nexS act.
Under ordinary circumstances. in the
eight or ten minutes "wait," the
smoke would have all disappeared
through the big skylight ven
tilators, but on the occasions in ques-
tion there was no up draught, the at
mosphere was extremely heavy, and
the powder smoke remained on the
stage till relieved by the rising OF the
curtain, when it escaped into the audi
torium. causing tue uupleasantness re.
ferred to. 1t was made still worse by a
ceiling required In the drawing room
scene which followed. To meet Just
such emergencies, Mr.. Keith some years
ago. vent to very large expense in put
ting In the enormous automatic venti-
lators over the stage and auditorium.
which, under ordinary circumstances,
would keep the house free and clear Of
ali smoke, gas or foul air FROM any
stances rs those referrea-to never before
occurred, nor are likely to be again
present
I am very glad to print Mr.. Byram's
explanation, which only treasures me In
the belief that 1 had when wrote the
paragraph retepred to, that 1T was not
tne lduit Oi MI. helJu OI MS dseoCiaocs
In the management that the auiience
was inconvenienced. 1t is not very often
that one OF Mr.. Keith's enterprises eau
be criticised even 80 slightly.
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The ladies Of the stage, aud who knows
but the ladies in society too. may soon
have an ad lition to their stock OF beauty
assistors. Professor Baeyer OF Munich
in researches among the mummy graves
of Ashmin has discovered upon the en-
balmed person OF one Princess Aft an
Egypi ian royal highness entombed some
S,400 years ago. certain cosmy tics used by
ladies Of fashion In the land OF the Pha.
raohs. By subjecting these compositions
to chemical analysis he has been enabled
to determine their Ingredients. One Of
these cosmetics would appear TO have
been an eye brightener, which had the
property OF imparting u verdant sheen
TO the iris OF the human eye Professor
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