The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-05-11
MANAGING HUSBANDS.
Barton and Ashley Give Some va|u-
able Points atKeiths.
Lawrence Crane as a Home ProMder-Ths
Blograrh Pictures Popular

be the title OF Barton and Ashleys
sketch at Keiths this week. After
waiting "A good deal Of valuable time,
they suddenly spring tough cake
walk that is about as good a thing in
it's way as I've seen, and then comes
a lesson i'm teaching the lords OF crea-
ton that they were not always born
10 rule, which Ii must do many "A wo-
mans heart good to see. 1t provokes
roar upon roar of laughter and proves
that the most refined audiences do like
"A little horseplay once in a while, and
makes IL easy TO forgive and forget the
arid waste that constitutes the early
part of the act. Hit him again, Jo-
hanna.
On the other hand, Lawrence Crane,
the Irish magician, who wears green
ribbon across his manly breast so that
you cannot mistake his origin, ought TO
be in demand as a husband. for young
man with his capacity for producing
hen-fruit ought TO prove an excellent
provider The egg-In- -the-b bag trick is
an awfully old one; but he gives IL
such an air of freshness by his manner
OF presentation as To make IL a really
strong act. while his card palming is
quite as clever as any we have had
here. It's ity though, that he can't
extend his vocabulary beyond 'mys
terious" and beautiful" He ought 10
take trip back TO the ould sod and lick
the Blarney stone.
It's always refreshing TO see a really
intelligent performer who recognizes
the Importance OF keeping his act up
To date and who has the natural abil-
ity to do il: and that's why / like Dun
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OF relic TO require pretty clever hand
ling 10 make il "go" nowadays; but the
jokes Duncan puts into the mouths of
his wooden "fggers" are so fresh and
timely that he scores the hit that is the
just reward of enterprise and intelli-
gence.
I'm not going 10 say that IL applies
TO any of my sex in this particular
show, but / am moved right here To
remark that IL is "a pity that there are
so many women with bass strings In
their necks who don't know any better
than To wear low-necked dresses on the
stage. We may pardon the occasional
exhibition OF picturesque shoulder
blades, just for the sake Of art, you
know; but when these are surmounted
by "A collarbone that stands out like the
bridge on q bull-hddle, from which
the strings run up in parallel rows. high
art i'm dressing Is decidedly preferable.
The two Knight brothers, who. like
young Lochinvar, came out of the
Nest -a4lgA "a learn III t4e sefHet hing
about the harmony OF coIors, and en-
ploy a trifle less than nineteen shades
OF red in one costume. Then we Will
accord them a cheerful welcome for as
dancers, with a little acrobatic spince
thrown in, they are "A very clever pair,
and they seem 10 know now to vary
their work sufficiently To make IL never
tiresome, knack that many teams of
even better dancers do not seem to
have acquired. Their act is so clean
cut, too. and withal so pleasing. that
the color scheme may for the moment
be lost sight of.
Hughey Dougherty comes like a re-
freshing breath from the past. He
may lack some of the qualities that we
have come to associate with the mod
ern monologuist: but he reVives so
many pleasant memories or the good
old days when minstrelsy was min
strelsy that when his stump speeches
set us into convulsions OF merriment
that his welcome is certain on that ac.
count. even if we look in vain for the
witty stories OF Ezra Kendall or James
Thornton or the graveyard jests OF
James Richmond Glenroy. His golf
costume. however. is modern enough
To be heard.
The biographs company's comedian
CD has came out of hiding again: and
has evolved something new. Instead
of a pail. he now utilizes a bread pan To
hold the aqueous substance of his furi-
Gus fun, I'm one instance. while i'm tho
other the girl who last week covered
her lover with -four has changed her
tactics and now employs dough. And
what a model lover he is, 10 stand and
receive his punishment so meekly just
for trying to steal a kiss from gir,
who looks as If she would chase
young man three times round the Cres-
cent Park bicycle track To induce him
to accomplish that fell purpose And
we all laugh!
The dramatic character of the bio
graph picture of the Three Musket-
GERS" sword contest however the pretty
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ing the children on their backs and the
pleasant memories revived by the pic
ture of Leonidas and his dogs amply
atone for the comedy scenes: and IL
you never happened To stay in the af-
ternOon 10 see the stereoptiCon pictures
do not miss them this week. FOR they
include some Of the most artistically
colored views and some of the most in
genious mechanical effects imaginable.
and are well worth remaining To- en-
JOY.
Those who like especially the eccen-
trio dances of George Cohan and the
singing and dancing OF Josephine viii
find this weeks sketch even more salts
factory than that Of last week: and tn
youthful Vlgor and spirit Mrs. Cohan
gives TO her part are delightful. while
Jerry proves himself again the finished
comedian that he is. thoroughly equal
20 any role he essays. Maybe am pre-
suming a good deal TO suggest anything
90 these capable and versatile players
hut really / would like 20 see them put
on n sketch which afforded Josephine
greater scope for her talents. II Seems
TO me that possibly she has never yet
been given fun oportun ty: and I ven
ture Co suggest that N George WIN write
q sketch in which his charming sister Us
given a wider opportunity. the result:
may be a revelation 90 the family. as
well as 20 the public. IS IL is. thev
nre among the best entertainers nv
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