The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-31

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news travels fast and In due time Lillian
Russell's remark was repeated to her hus-
band. LILLIAN RussellY" said Perugini
In a tone Of cold inquiry. "LiIlian Rus
sell? And pray who may she beg The
name IL not familiar to me- You see i
have been in Europe for some time and
new people come up. Is she soubrette
or n dancerY"
Besides "a Southern Romance" the
dramatization of "In Gods Country,
with which the Fifth Avenue is TO
reopen, there will be Southern plays for
New York next season entitled "A South
ern Girl" and "a Southern Gentleman" "
tho latter by Clay Clements. A play by
Edmund 4. Price called New Mexico"
was tried by summer stock company at
st. Johns few days ago. A stage ver
sion of Weyman's "The Man in Black"
will be used by Walker Whteside. The
scenes Of 1.-The Idols Eye" the Smith
and Herbert comic opera in which Frank
Daniels will appear at the Broadway, arc
laid In India at the present day. The
title of new farce, announced as by ii.
A. Du Souchet is my Wife's Step
Husband" and 1t is understood TO be an
adaptation from the French. "Bimbo
from Bonn bay" is new musical farce by
Edgar Smith.
The man on the stage today most ad-
mired by women Is Il. A. Sothern.
Women like Sothern because he Is we'll
bred, gentlemanly fellow who makes love
divinely and dresses well. They go TO
see him for that reason, and their admi-
ration stops there. School girls may buy
his photograph, but that Is no evidence
of an incurable affection for him.
John Drew stands next In the list,
and he Is liked by women for very much
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known that Mr.. Drew Is an amiatle man
approaching middle age who has TO take
a great deal OF exercise To keep shape
and is very much absorbed In his wife
and family. When be does go ANYWHERE
outside of the Dome circle it is likely 10
be among his men friends. The women
who enjoy John Drew in the theater do
not trouble themselves very much atout
him after the play is over, and tho differ
ence between Mr.. Drew's beauty and Mr.
Sothern's might be taken ns cause of
any such discrepancy. III the women who
admire these men on the stage like their
polite manners and agreeable personal.
tiles IL Is for this reason they go TO SEQ
them; but any talk about the hypnotic
control which any actor possesses over
women Is stuff and nonsense OF the worst
type. There are, of course women who
would do anything. cable car con-
ductor might inspire them with pro-
Henry Miller is another favorite actor
with women.
Maurice Barrymore, whose real name
happens to be Klein, was always very
happy man, but he never suffered par
ticularly from the prosecutions of women
who fell victims to his charms. He mar
ried so nay years ago that his son and
daughter are both old enough now TO be
on the stage. Kyrle Bellew did at one
time attract considerable attention from
New York girls Herbert Kelley who
was always very good looking fellow,
may serve as demonstration of the fact
that women do not look FOR beauty in the
man they want to admire on the stage.
Kelcey was never the rage TO the extent
that John Drew and Il. A. Sothern were,
although really he Is handsomer than
either.
Mr. Williamson, q well known Austria
lian theatrical manager, has taken the
Shaftesbury theatre for short season,
and will open in October with Mrs.
Brown Potter and Mr.. Beliew.
Lotbrop's Opera House, very much i'm
proved ext6 rnally and internally, will be
opened for tho season early In August.
The new arch entrance will be brilliant
with electric lights and the effect will be
especially agreeable to the eye.
That fine actor, L. 5. Willard, has en-
listed new leading lady for his next
tour of the United States. Miss Keith
Wakeman, who is an American with n
brief London career.
Charles Coghlan is once more devoting
bis time to playwritigg. Recently he
finished n play for ]. Il. Dodson. and be
1 now engaged on comedy for John
Hare.
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