The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-26

IfuNiuence opera nous iass evening ~
what he IL pleasel to call - brad new
edition Of Sport McAlli ter !" Mr..
taylor some years ago was very clever
desine6tor Of Irish characters an
v,udevi le ente, tainments. tie Is
still abe to please, but it is to be doubled
whether his work, when strung out to
thr, Q act piece. 10 quite as amusing as
" IL were condued to half-hour's
sketch. Mr.. G G,ylor is funny at times,
aud the same may be said OF the farce IN
which he appears.
The company supper ing him IS OF ave.
rage ability. MS vaudeville companies 9o.
ana furnishes an nc ,eptable evening =
anu senent. NJ IS ID gmlr sings excl
lently and the Griffi h sistsrs give M
exhibition Of skirt daaclns which Is per-
haps one of the most satisfactory
features CT the entertainment. Purice
in her songs and dances aud some OF the
other specially artists give very pleasing
performances. "Spor, McAllister' VIII
be repeated this aud 10 morrow evenings
aud at the Wednesday matinee.
"The Rainmakers."
Keith's Opera house was crowded last
evening. the opening night OF The II Mn
MAKERS" ID Donneliy and Grard's new farce
coneiy. From the time the curtain rises
ia the first act until IL goes down In the
last, there is not dull moment. Every
body is kept in a roar" The cyclone Is
a very int resting feature; but the sing
ing and dancing, the joking-those are
the attractions that take the house oy
storm.
Henry v. Donnelly and Edward Girard
could entertain an audisnce an entire
evening without assistanc but in THE
Rainmakers" they have coed support
Honors were about evenly divided between
Miss Mabel Fenton and Mss Annie
Mortell, aid each orked herself into the
good graces Of the aude.ce. Frank
O'Brien WIS called aud recalled before
the footliIhts until he was exhausie ed.
and was forced to declare. That's all
know"
Every member OF the company Is star
in his or her line and the entertainments
ranks among the best ever given at
Keith's. The closing scsne is a brilliant
oue-the Electric girls" and the electric
BOYS"
"The Rsinmvkers" will be given every
evening this week, with the usual mat
inees.
Vaudeville at the Westminster.
An excellent company of comedians Is
appearing at the Westminster theater
this week. The program opens with a
remarkable performance OH the hying
bars by the Z,mora family, three In num-
Der. They are followed by Miss
Minnie Collins aud George Les
lie, who are good singers. pleas
lug comedians aud good dancers.
Monroe aud Mack. two black-faced come
dians. furnisa much amusement, and
Matthew's and Buiger are without doubt
the most entertaining team that has
played al engagement at this theal re
this season. This portion OF the program
Is concluded with the Benni Abdallah's
troupe O; Bedouin Arabs. The whole Is
brought to close with humorous COM
edy entitled "Hey Rube," in which all OF
the comedians aud "a number OF young
ladies. who are esp .cially engaged for The
comedy, take part.
"Alone In London"
The beautiful English melodrsma en-
titled "Alone in l.ondo " is the play Of
fered this week at Lothrop's Opera house.
The scenes of the play are laid within
the boundaries OF the great English me-
tropolis and furnish an interesting feature
of this celebrated play. The drama serves
to favorably introduce for the first
time to the thestreg ers of this vicinity
the talented yolng California actres..
Miss Florence Hamilton, W hose imper.
sonation Of Annie Meadows, the wronged
wife who is forced to wander about the
streets OF London as Nan. the flower girl,
in order to support herself and ch lid IL
very touching. Her work in the more
emotional parts was very forcible and
showed the great strength and talent
which she posses ses-
William De Shelley was verv good as
the villainous husban d, Richard Rad.
cliffe, while Charles Ba rringer v o, many
Communications as the heroic friend OF
Annie, John Biddscomb. M as Nellie
Hancock was at her best as Tom Chick
weed. the street waif, and Fred Warren
and Alice Warren made plenty Of merri-
nent In the characters of Charley john
son, the London street singer and q q,
the tough girl. The same bill will be pre-
sented during the week,