The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-20

chance arise OF Witnessing the
! Joint appearance OF the famous stars.
! The conipeny in support is an uncommon
| ~ strong one and comprises arthur for-
rest OF HCapt. Swift" fame; Fanny Gil
! lstte, who starred in "Fair Rebel"; w.
/ +. Clifton, Mrs. Marion u. Clifton, Neil
Warner, Donald Robertson and others.
Miss Katherine Rober and her fine COM
many will be at Lothrop's Opera House
| next week for the first time this season
and Will present the romantic drama
| ,'The Golden Giant" The story IL one OF
| life in a Western mining camp, OF love,
| jealousy, hatred, intrigue and final happi-
1 ness for the hero and heroine and the
downfall and punishment OF the plotters
| There are many strong and pathetic scenes
interviewer in the play and thore is an ex-
cellent vein OF humor which makes IL
| very entertaining. The star character,
that OF 1e hoydenish Bessie Fairfax, gives
| Miss Rober an excellent opportunity 10
display her varied talent as soubret.
Ethel Wayne, the heroine, a wronged
and prosecuted wife, Is by the cruelty OF
| her husband forced TO seek seclusion
among strangers. By a singular chauce
! she goes TO Golden Run, Idaho, where by
the accidental overturning OF a coach she
Is thrown into river from which she Is
rescued by Alexander Fairfax, known as
| the Golden Giant. She falls In love with
him and later, hearing that her husband
is dead, becomes Fairfax's wife. Shortly
| after this n man appears whom she takes
To be her first husband. He makes her
| life miserable and she is forced to again
| flee from his prosecutions leaving her new
home. Afterward, on the discovery that
! the man Is the twin brother OF her first
| husband, the william is routed and Ethel
and her lover are happily reunited.
| The cast includes the following favor
ties: Lillian Mortimer, Helene Lind,
II In m
Farnum, Leonard Rowe, A. III. Field, Jas.
| T.. McElroy, Lawrence Evsrts, Morris
! McHugh, Little Myrtle Knight
An added attraction will be a series OF
| twenty living pictures grouped by Miss
| Rober in which the members of her COM
pany will participate. Besides several
| modern studies a number of Shakespear-
| ian groupings will be shown. Messrs.
| William Farnum and Morris McHugh and
| Miss Grace Hamilton will pose in these
| pictures.
Harry Williams own company will be
the attraction at the Westminster Theater
next week, beginning Monday afternoon:
| Ii comes direct from his Academy OF
Music, Pittsburg, and Is recognized ss one
| of the best vaudeville companies on the
road. In the list OF speciality performers
are McCsbe & Daniels, Ed and Josie Evans,
Frank Moran, Mcbride a Goodrich, Little
Flossie, the Great Cszman. Kaye q Henry,
Kherns q Cole and Imogene Conner.
Each performances concludes with the
funny farce "Dutch Justice"
This IL q refined entertainment and
nothing will be introduced to offend good
taste. The performance will be bright
and clever all the while, and some of the
speciality acts will be uniquely interesting.
This is popular priced theater enjoying
popularity. Pleasing entertainments will
be offered every afternoon and evening.
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Perhaps a good many music lovers will
| be glad To know that single seats for con-
certs by the great Boston symphony or
| chestrs In Infantry Hall can be obtained
| even though the sale OF season tickets
have been unprecedented in this city.
The program of the opening concert
has singular interest, because Provi-
dence will have the distinction of hearing
the first public rendering OF new work
| in this country, one OF which great
| things are expected. Such a distinction
| is rarely vouchsafed to this city, and the
| opening concert, because OF this, takes on
a national Significance among patrons,
professors, players and lovers of the
is symphony No. /. "sgambsti," (" aria by
| M. Pol Plancon.
"Sgambati' will naturally attract a
| great deal of attention because a musical
novelty is something that the Boston
| Orchestra admirers in this city have been
craving for and it will be thoroughly
relished because OF It's American premier.
Besides the new work the
program OF the first concert
next Wednesday evening will offer
| other delightful things by leading COM
| posers. 1t will include overture, "Eg-
mont; Beethoven, aria by M. Pol Plan
| con; "Ballet Music" Daemon, Ruben
stein.
Among the soloists promised the season
are Cesar Thomson, the celebrated Bel
| gian violinist, who Is probably the most
noted musician on tour in America this
| season.; Mons. Plancon of Abbey,
Schoefiel q Grau's Grand Opera Company,
Nine. Julie M. Wyman, Miss Gertrude
| Franklin and Carl Baerman.
The sale OF seats for the first concert
will begin at 0 o'clock Monday morning.
| For the week OF October 20 the attrac-
tion at Keith's Opera House will be Hal
| len q Hart, in "Later On" This engage
mant is important in one respect at least
| IL will signalize the positively farewell
| joint appearance OF these stars, as they
separate Mt the close of the current season.
Following Golden Giant" at Lothrop's
| Opera House, the attraction for tho week
| beginning October - will be the comedy
entitled "The Colonel and l."
| For the current week Manager Lothrop
| offers at his Grand Opera House, Paw
| tucket, for the first five nights and We'd
nesdsy matinee, the comedy drama entitled
"a Barrel OF Money" with Jack Tucker
and Eva Williams in the leading roles
| supported by a carefully selected com
pany. For Saturday afternoon and even
| ing n revival of the famous success OF
| Southern delineatiou, "Unce Toms
Cabin will be the attraction"
The Boston Novelty Company will be
at the Westminster Theater during the
week beginning Oct. ~.
Ten years ago John Kernell gave a Bow
| cry beggar quarter. Last week between
the acts OF "McFadden's Elopement," :" I'm
| Johnstown, Pa, Kernel Vas visited by
| one OF the most prosperous citizens OF
that place, who handed him quarter and
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