The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-04-20


England to Egypt with dozen other
tries taken in en- routa. They saw
eln than two thous nd people IN 'front.' OF
a, all looking pleasant, so the man and
istood erect.struck the n tambourlnes,
5roupe rus he'd in and the last dance OF
Kirmess for Thursday night was on
boards, and it was the evening OF the
tn day and the people saw that III was
er than ever before.
ss Eager thought that IL wEs an "off
t" last night, but she must have meant
4 some technical, behind-the-scenes
g, for there was nothing ofiish in the
" and no lack OF appreciation on
part of those who saw 1t. Per-
she meant that il was 10 great
mt a new audience made up OF
Pile who had not seen the ktrmess
ier in the week and when they didn't
laud ii was merely because they were
in expectation OF what was TO come
(. And besides one is eXcusable for
dropping the opera glasses 10 clap
DIS when the glasses are pointed at the
dsomest men and fairest women OF
city of Providence.
You may talk about the 'poetrv OF mo-
tion" and "harmony OF colors" and use
all the other stock expressions, poetical
and otherwise, and it won't describe the
Kirmess. Don't be satisfied with what
your friends tell you about it or with
these alleged reports in the daily
papers, for the beauties of the affair can
not be told or written. Go yourself;
there are only three performances left,
nnd when you have seen the first you'll be
sorry that you didn't start in Monday
night. "Well," said one OF the beautiful
amateurs last night, al think that THE
NEWS is one of = the very bright
est OF papers, but how does 1t
expect any one 10 follow out that
suggestion of yesterdays issue and tell in
pne sentence what ones impression of the
kirmess is? Why, it would take a
Book !" So never mind thinking OF adj
sectivcs and be satisfied with some of the
reading lessons contained an the " kirmess
Primer as published in the official organ
of the show, bound in red covers and for
sale at the literary booth at a nickel per
COPY. s,.,. r. -. ,h,. n,oo
show? Ask your mamma TO let You come
again. Is IL not nice show? Ii ls nice
show" After learning the primer there is
an enigma in the Kirmess bulletin TO work
out between performances:
My first is in polka. but not In reel,
NV second in tiptoe, but not in heel,
My third is in lancers, but not in set,
My fourth both IN music and minuct;
My fifth is IN circle. tut not Ia ring,
My sixth is in two step, not highland ming.
My seventh in schottische, bur not in hork,
My whole, just at present, is all the talk.
There was an official opinion expressed
last night by Mr.. Doolen, stage manager
of the Providence Opera House. There has
never been presented at this theater by
professionals or anyone else as pretty
stage pictures as those of the different
groupings of the Kirmess dancers. Mr..
Doolen also highly complimented Miss
Eager on her magnificent system, particu-
larly that scheme for giving each set OF
dancer a rest after their performance by
grouping them in tableau on
the rustic bridge while the dance
Immediately following theirs is in
An Of IN A.
young people know just what TO do and
can store themselves away in the wings,
keep reasonably quiet and behave in
manner that does the heart OF the stage
manager good. They have learned the
way up stairs, way beyond the up-
per tier OF dressing rooms and
know all the mysterious hooks and
corners, where, perched on property
thrones and Roman Senate seats, they can
look down 30 or 10 feet on tho heads OF
their companions on the stage or else
forget all abont the stage and enjoy con-
versation i'm groups OF two, Breton lad
and a Swedish lass speaking the same
language.
There was supper party OF Russians at
the English Inn last night and IL was an
aesthetic and gastronomic success. That
menu is great, and SO is the garden which
you must pass through after going under
the sign of the "Golden Lion. y The gar
den is surrounded by high picket fence
and thick growth OF evergroens. The
Russians preferred eating in the garden TO
going into the inn where a jolly party of
Venetian boatmen had possession OF the
tables.
Whether person is superstitious or not
visit should be paid TO the gypsy booth,
the abiding place OF the fortune teller.
She is very frank and in that respect as
well as i'm great many others differs from
the ordinary 50-cents-a-visit clairvoyant,
who is always careful to say nothing not
highly complimentary 90 the sub
ject. For instance, young lady
was told the following last night
by the Kirmess oracle: "You are very
careless and never know where your
gloves are when you want TO go out. You
use too extravagnnt expressions and say
lovely when you mean "fairly good
You read too many novels that viii mover
be classical. You are more ancction0te
than faithful, but you have got an intel
lectual nose," and the careless girl who