The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-17
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thelRoQers brothers, Richard Garlic, Marie
Celeste and Ida Brooks will DO prominent
in the cast. Special features will be
Shakespearian festival. brilliant ball
room scene, the dancing Of the quadriile
d'honneur. gypsy dance Of great beauty.
n dagger dance and numerous specialties
and novel offerings. lone Hound OF
Pleasure" will be the principal spectacu-
lar attraction Of the season.
Enterprising gentlemen in New York
have organized the Theater Hat Support
Company of which Thomas w. Miner Is the
manager. They declare they nave settled
the theater hat question without the aid
of courts or legislation. IL Is claimed TO
be "a happy thought IL can be used for
hats, wraps opera glasses, pocketbooks,
um broilas and u num- ber Of other things.
Women's hats can be hung up with the
hat pin. Gentlemen's q hats 90 not have TO
go under the seat. The contrivance ID
hitched to the back Of the chairs with "A
telescope knob which can DO pulled out
when it Is wanted. When not In use 10
rests nat against the back Of the chair and
offers no obstruction. IL is supplied with
a movable mirror for women TO adjust
their hats after the performance without
delay or difficulty and altogether the
"happy thought" is regarded tho filler OF
a long felt want.
Patrons OF Lothrop's Opera House will
be agreeably surprised In the fall TO notice
the i'm provement at that popular theater.
The most radical change will be observed
In the entrance. 1t will be a spacious arch
with the apex mp into the second story.
This will give more room for the lobby
which is TO be- finished up like dream.
IL is reported that there will be radical
change in the kind OF entertainment TO be
provided and that smoking will be- allowed
in all parts of the house while the per-
formance Is under way.
1.-The whirl OF the Town" is doing great
summer blsiness at the Casino, New
York.
Fewer theaters are open in New York
at the present time than ever before in
five years
In "The Wandering Minstrel" 4" August
Van Biene, the noted cello player, will
make his reappearance in this country.
Julia Marlowe will probably act In
London next winter in "For Bonnie
Prince Charlie"
Edna Wallace Hopper will separate
from her husband professionally next
season, and go into "1be Bride Elect, ;"
new Sousa comic opera.
The Boston Symphony orchestra is
playing daily at keith1s Ibeatef, BosteH.
The continuous show is soooping In, all
the best there Is In the entertainments
world.
New York visitors will observe some
notable additions In the Eden Musee
wax works collection. An additional
twist has been given to the Chamber Of
Horrors
keith's Opera House is to be put In
dandy trim for the great opening In Sep
tembar. Manager Fynes remarks that the
finest attractions in the country have
been secured for the house the coming
season.
"A Ward of France" by Franklin
Fyles and Eugene Presbrey and ''The
Wandering Minstrel" by Clay NJ. Greene.
by klaw d Erlanger both Of which will
be on tour next season.
The Westminster Theater has been a
profitable amusement resort aud Manager
Batchellor Is OF the opinion he will make
more money this season than ever before.
because he expects good times to make
their appearance in the fall.
Two dozen ballet dancers are on their
way from Europe To appear in "Nature.' y
when that pretentious spectacle is
brought out nc the Academy of Music,
New York, late in August There is talk
OF great scenic things for this play.
Keith's continuous show In the Union
Square Iheater, New York. seems to bo
doing as much business as in the middle
of the winter season. All the kings
horses and all the kings men, together
with the heat cannot prevent the pat
ronage for big show.
John Ernest McCann has written q
drama called "Punchincllo," with its
scenes at Louis KS French court In
l4S3, and with the jester OF that king as
principal character. Nat Z. Goodwin,
who declares IL to be as good as THE
Two Orphans, has taken 1t TO London
for probable disposal
Manager Morrow of the Providence
Opera House Is employing the summer
months looking out for the chutes nj
Rocky Point and Crescent Park. He
tells The News the attractions booked for
his theater next season will be surprise
because of their excellence. They will be
syndicated productions and tho best and
most expensive In this country.
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