The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-20
FROM THE PROMPT SIDE.
The Recent billiard Lackaye Pistic En-
counter In Boston.
IRVING WILL VISIT AMERICA.
Playwrights and Actors Whose Dramas
Are seldom Heard of Now John
B~rougham's Delightful Comedies =
Boucioault Appropriated Materials.

sons who take an ain ost personal inter
est In the affairs OF those connected with
the stage have during the past week had
an incid mt over which they could gossip
to their hearts content. IL WIS the hos
tile meeting Of two well-kDown actors
Bob billiard and Wilton Lack We In Bos-
ton in which it was said by their friends
that both proved themselves men OF
honor. Perhaps So. but it is The kind OF
honor that lew persons are seeking. One
would expect the habitue OF tue grog
shop to claim credit for smashing the
head of his antagonist with u pitcher.
but that method of msndlng injured
pride would seldom be resorLed 70 w
those who pretend to move in polite soci-
ely. However, the belligerenLs have OBJ
tanned much free advertising from the
encounter and may be presumed to be
satisfied, although IL reports are to be
credited both win lose their position.
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Henry Irving will, 1t is reported, make
n tour of this country during the com
English company. There Is good RET
Son for the opinion that Providence will
not be left out OF his route, as on his
former visit here he was warmly greeted
by large audiences In spite of the high
prices charged for admission to his per-
formaDces. his return will, OF course,
lead 10 iong aud learned disq uisltions OIL
his art. aud the place THAI should be
accorded him among contempo raneous
exponenls OF the rama. Mr irving Is q
man OF great and varied talents, and
some will claim of genius. But those
best qualified to judge correctly and I'M
larJlaily will NJ doubJ stauu fast by
their iol mer opinion that his remarkable
success is due manly To his great skill
as u stage manager. In this important
go. NH. - "a -. 40 lon nFAt "A. Ia.
Las IA equal, aud IL eau be said with
truth thai TO Its exercise is due "A greater
l.easuIe of success than to thu excellence
or bsauty or mis- iini ersonations He is
a master of detail anu By tue great care
lie bestows upon matters To wnica otaer
actors would give little II any attention
he has been able 10 present stage pistures
OF transcendsEt artistic worth.
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How little is heard Low Of Boucicault's
plays. This flashed actor -plaJ wrignt has
ueen gathered TO his fathers but a few
years, and yet the dramas which during
his Lifeline attracted 30 much attention,
are seldom performed and then
generally Dy some amateur club
or society. So also with Brougham;
one seldom hears mention ever
made OF the many sparkling come
DIES tina. delighted tneater-goers a gene
ration or two ago BoucIcauit was the
u Jill ~ WV
though BrOu CHAN possessed create
originality. BouciSauit was quick to
recosnizs the value Of plot aud Incident
invented by oilers anu he never hesi-
tat.d 10 appropriate them To his owa
u.s.. lie took them like the rou1a ILL
Inond and polished them like a
lapidary until they scin,illated aud
sparKied with the brightnes, OF a flaw
less jewel. And those VINO are dis Posed
~ crIticise hlm must aunt that eveu
thvugn ne was not = respecCer oil ideas o.
Others he gave them q briIliancy and
1nisn be, Qua the aoiiity OF those whose
braius gave them Dirth.
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The annual benenJ Entertainment in
aid of the Rhode Island Catholic Or phau
asylu "A VIII DO he'd at Is. Il. keith's
Opera house on Tuesday evening Juue D
4 he program will be furnished entirely
by the orphans. and IL Is likely TO be e.
] ydDle rs " ell as novel. That there Will
lie a crowded house koes without saying.
tickets sold by the Sisters OF the asylum
are now exchanges Die AT tie theater ok
Office for nunuered seats. With cnarac-
terlstlc liberaiitJ Manage Keith has
donated the use of the tneater on this
OCCASION, aud the attaches and ali Others
concerned ia the 1T air have volunteered
their services In AID or a MIS- WORTH
Charity.
Agnes Burroughs-Arring. a sister OF 4.
s. WIlard's eadlna LAZY, Marie Bur-
loughs, Is 20 make ner debut as IA star,
May -, at a SPECIAL matinee a. Is. h.
j. IGh's zion square theater, New
York. She will essay Parthenia TO Edwin
Ferry's Insomar.
A. +. Rankin has been promoted from
the dor ~ the ticket ohics or LoJhrop's
pawJucxeJ Opera house. He is succeed
ed as ticket taAer by francis Westgate.
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Jay Hunt entertained last week his
father, Hon. Henry @. HUT, and his
artist sister, Miss Marion Hunt, or Phi la
dep ia.
The following people closed their sea
sou with q. h Lothrop, May 81: Miss
Kate Giassford, Charles Barrin.er,
Estelle Barringer, Addie Snow. III. X.
Marshali, w. Ii. Cough and 4. q. Moya.
e.
John Hanna, for live years a member
of the West Minister MUSES. orchestra, has
been selected AS leader of the new orches-
ira at Lotnrop's Pawtucket Opera house.
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Mr.. aud Mrs. James X. Keane leave
for their ho ne In Philadelpl IA tom
evening.
The Pauline Hall Opera company will
play a return engage & Of three
nights and n matinee @ mniencing MAY
25, producing three ~favorite operas. AS
Miss Han is well known N his, ity c IN
meut Is not nerued. On THURSDAY even
Ing aud Saturday matinee "Amorita'
will be produced, and Friday evening
"PuritanIa" and Saturday evening Err
mimic"
II appe ars that tue Hon. Charles Hoyt
has not alone made q will mat leaves all
his theatrical properly to Bert DLsner,
but that IL lie dies before he has ii ne to
alter IL, the theatrical world i'll be
somewhat astonished. Mr.. Hoyt is
worth nearly "A haif-million dollars and
has not a living relative. The the
atrical firm known now as Hoyt 81
Thomas will at his death become
Dasher e. Thomas. Tue beautiful hnyt
hone, with it's privats theater and spa
cious grou ds at Charlestown. n. H.,
will be turn d into n home for ind cent
actresses. IL will be callel the III IRA
Walsl home" aud endowed with $4,000.