The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-15
CHING LING FOO'S WORK.
II is Remarkably Entertaining and
Highly Amusing.
Other Features Of Bill at Kelih's That
Attract Special Attention.

have been TO see Ching Ling Foo,
the Chinese magician, every afternoon
and evening SO far this week; and my
experience is such that l wish l could
go for several weeks TO come or at
least until his fertility OF resources was
exhausted. Chings wonderful per-
formance, different every time you see
it, is something that grows on you;
and don't begin 10 appreciate his
marvellous cleverness and the mystify-
ing character of his work until you've
seen him several times. It's highly
amusing to hear some one near you
say that he has fathomed the secret
and tell just how it's all done. and
then, the next time you see the mar
velous Mongolian, see him do the same
trick in an ent rely different way, for
which the explanation offered is simply
impossible. The fact is. while he per-
forms his feats with apparently the
utmost ease and they seem TO be of the
simplest character imaginable, thus
inviting smart" people To proclaim
their penetration of his secrets, one
is convinced, after seeing him two or
three times, that his feats, instead OF
simple, are in reality the most wonder
ful and difficult that have been offered
for our mystificat on and enjoyment.
A chinese comedian may seem an
anomaly; but the comedian -juggler Of
Ching's trou.N is certainly very en-
tertaining aSs at times very funny
while as a juggler of a certain kind
he is as great as Ching h mself is in
his own line: and the same may be
said of Ching's young son, whose con-
fn~ff a nd al
tally the latter. are of the highest or
der of excellence while the wee tot OF
girl adds a distinct charm to the
whole act. And what curiosity Mrs.
Chings tiny little feet are.
OF course Ching is the biggest man
i'm the show, in every sense OF the word;
but il is a notable fact that very few
bills offered at keith's this season have
eeffta ed-so- many emphatic popular
hits. There are so many and they are ali
so marked that one can hardly tell
who gets under the wire first Per-
sonally, / would award the palm 10
Herr Hornberger. by far the most artis-
TIC 'cellist Providence has heard--a mod
est Providence musician who has been
content with his teaching and an oc-
casonal concert engagement and has
let his light shine under bushel. Now
that he has been discovered" how
ever, and has yielded TO the allurements
of vaudeville, / predict that he viii
jump quickly to the top-notch position
that belongs 10 so true an artist and
one so excere .onally capable in pleas
ing a popular audience.
The Painter Brothers however, are
probably the leaders i'm the programme
outside of the mysterious Celestial; and
they deserve their honors, for not only
is their acrobatic work of the highest
class but no such exhibition OF head
balancing has ever been seen here.
When one man rests upside down with
his head on the others head and his
feet i'm the air, and then spins around
rapidly. and when in this position the
under one walks about the stage and
up and down stairs white both play
Instruments. there is some excuse for
applauding as wildly as these audiences
do: and the "head BALI game with
which the act ends is very laughable.
For the number OF laughs 10 the min
ute the Blondells probably hold the
seasons record at this house. Mrs.
Blondell looks ptetty enough to make
the sketch a "go" any way; and h"r
husbands impersonatiOn OF green
country lad is about as droll and orig
inal as anything ! recall. HIS methods
are fresh ana his humor Is quaint and
true: and he. she or IL who could sit
through this act without laughing until
the tears came must have been brought
up in cemetery.
think Delaphone as well as the pub
lie could spare his opening song; but
when IL comes TO initiating the sound