Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-09-03
NEW House OPENED
standing Room Only"
Hung Out al 8 O'clock.
40 LAUGHS IN 40 MINUTES.
"Trip to Chinatown" Renewed IT.
Youth to Delighted Audience.

Inc fhWtuckct opera HOUSE opened lts
doors last evening to crowd that filed
every scat upstairs and down, every aisle
and foot OF standing room, and, In part,
went home before 8 o'clock, because good
money was refused at the box Office, for
the reason that there was no more accom-
mediation of any sort that could be had
for either favor, courtesy or cash. IL was
an enthusiastic crowd, a crowd evidently
bent on good time, but II was an orderly,
good. natured gathering, and such portion
OF II as was fortunate enough to get in
side was Q well dressed one. The pretty,
cosy, comfortable theatre never looked
prettier, cosisr or more comfortable than
when, after q pleasing overture by Fair
mans orchestra, under the new leader,
Henri Faucher, the curtain was drawn up
on the first scene Of "A Trip to China
town." and the fun began.
The author modestly says. "in extenua-
tion, that at least bis play sis all that IL
claimed for It." 1.-THE audience last night
could formulate their claims for It's capabil
ity as laugh producer, genuine embod.
iment OF rollicking, good nstured, hilari-
ous jollity from start to finish, It would
to the dancer at the masquerade, AZ "a
corker." There II plot to It, and It is q
good plot, too, hut still 1t would not be 80
very easy to tell Just what that plot IL, In
cold type, for, unlike Paul Pry, II does
"not intrude" to any alarming extent. II
1t were possible for any man to know for
. certainty what Welland Strong says he
knows Of himself, that he'll die In two
years, he would certainly forget when the
end Of that period came, and disregard 1t
utterly II only he could, In the interim,
get a. much enjoyment cut of the time, or
. major portion OF It, as the audience got
from last evenings play.
There II lots OF speciality work In the
course Of the three asts, bat unlike much
Of suoh Interpolation In the current enter
tainments OF the stage, IL never seems at
all forced or out Of place, but appears to
occur as matter Of course, and 1t Is all SO
capital, 20 bright, 80 sparkling and bril-
liant that the listener is like tho small boy
| at Q Christmas dinner, always wanting
more. There is piquant dancing fully mp
to date; there Is a bit Of negro melody,
sweet ae good nigger minstrelsy always is; /;
there is q capital burlesque OF Italian
opera, not overdone; Reuben and Cynthia
are as quaint and as captivating as IL
they / ad just stepped out OF Quaker meet
ing. Noah Heepputs an edge on the carv-
ing knife that beats q Hunoldine razor to
death, his cocktail and wine. glass solos
are immense, and his rendering OF the
"Mocking Bird" simply takes the original
right on the perch.
u And then the cast! Well, now, with
Harry Conor as "the man with one foot In
the grave" and Miss Anna Robinson as
the widow, who "makes IL up In 'biff,'"
and the Intervening characters taken as II
the actors were born for their parts, and
the parts vera cut out for the actors, what
more is to be desired? Ben Gay sits 1t out
like martyr on that hot stove. IL all the
mem bers Of the Bohemian Club are like
Rashleigh, Norman and Willie Grow,
that's the club to belong to; the L. KS are
not IN It any more. Misses Chapuy and
Shalders, as Tony and Isabelle, capture
their hearers at once, while Sadie Kirby,
who speaks with an accent direct from
Paris, end kicks-"ohl just SO high as my
head"-well, It isn't to be wondered at
that the boys all fall In love with her at
the ball, for they would be excusable for
doing so anywhere.
Reader, did you make the "Trip to
Chinatown"f II you did not, you made
fearful mistake. 1t Is to bo repeated for
three nights and at Wednesdays matinee,
and you don't want to miss 1t, even IL you
have to pawn your watch to raise the
money. The scenery is appropriate and
very pretty, the costumes, some OF them,
are elegant, notably the black and white
one with the high standing collar, the
music Is tuneful and catchy, the fun is
abundant and runs 22 knots an hour, and
you can't have the blues for six months
sure after seeing 1t. The house Is beauty
In It's new dress and decorations, and II
last evenings entertainment is a sample of
the offerings for the season i(and 1t is),
Pawtucket has theatre of which she may
well be proud, and that will he the envy,
~ well as the admiration Of her neig hbors.