The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-20
QUICK CHANGES.
Henrietta Byron Does Some Remark
able Work al Keith'S.
Other Striking Features Of The Bill as
Viewed By Mildred Irving.

1t is to be hoped. on behalf of our sex.
that no married men will visit keith's |
this week. If they do, they are likely |
10 get some very unfortunate notions !
into their heads; ana dainty. merry
Henrietta Byron viii be the cause of
IL all
AS things are, the average married
man expects his wife to occupy me-
thing less than half aday in dressing for
an evening out, and 10 be at least half
an hour late at that: but after has
seen Mss Byron make complete
change i'm costume. and an elaborate
one, too, from head to foot. In about
two minutes-wel, ! won't undertake
TO sag what the result Is going 20 be.
Prettier costumes In themselves one
does not often see on the stag. nor OF
ten more attractive personality WIN
I'm them: and the celebrity with which
she doffs one and dons another is wor-
thy 9f being classed with magiclans
tricks.
OF all singing and dancing acts, this
one OF Barney Fagans ana Henrietta
Byrons is unQuestionably the most ar
tistic and finished In every detail. ana
SO vastly superior 10 and different from
all others bearing the same name that
1t is a pity some other descriptive ute
has not been found for 1t.
/ notice that the bright young men
who know il all, and do the SHOWS
for the Tuesday papers didn't say much
about John r. Harty, the Juggler' ana
yet we are supposed 10 believe that
they know a good thing when thty see
it.. His act may De less pretentlous
and showy than some others, but II IS
not often that we see a iuggler so
cleverly dexterous and neat In all his
work. or one whose comedy work is bet
ter worthy OF the name
1t Is some years since James Johnson
used To play ball and do other things
To- win popularity in Providence; but
there are a good many in the audiences
who recognize in the comedian and
baritone of sac Broadway Trio that
same individual. who has earned his
way TO his present success in vaudeville
by hustling propensities and a lot of
hard work. and deserves all at is
coming TO him. His first essay In this
line was the organization of he Trou-
badour Four. all local material. which
made marked success and with his
new venture to which his pretty wife
lends additional charm. he ought TO
climb even higher than before, both ar
tstically and financially.
Ye grande danes, who consider II a
most difficult art TO manage a train
gracefully should see those pretty Liv
ingston sisters, who, in evening toi-
lettes. perform some OF the most re-
markable aerebatie stunts with an
air OF modesty refinement ana grace
simply astonishing. To me, their act.
in which their brother assists mate
rally is one OF the most fascinating
of it's kind: and If you don't remain i'm
the evening until you've seen this, the
! loss is yours.
Mr.. Eckert and Miss Berg deserve a
| word OF credit for having given some
| thing really new, and as pleasing as il
Is novel. t. the vaudeville stage. Their
little japanese operetta. with it's pic
turesque stage setting its tuneful mel
| od'es and bright lines, Is refreshing in
It's whole atmosphere. and pleases alike
all the finer senses: and IL is sung ad-
| mlrably. and Its humor is intelligently
brought out by both performers. Miss
| Berg. naturally very pretty. is simply
| charming in her Japanese gown, splen-
| didly contrasted with Mr.. Eckert's bur
| ly figure and beautifully embroidered
| robe; and there is a daintiness and
| grace in her every movement and a
witchery i'm her every glance that are
most fascinating.
1
| We some times hear the self-satisfied
critics decry horse play" but horse
! play has its place and it's fuHction just
! as much as anything else on the stage
| certainly i'm vaudeville If YOU doubt
| II, go and haugh-you can't help II. new
er mind what your prejudices-at Block
som and Buprns 1t may be horse play.
| but ii would make a horse laugh"
saw some OF the most staid and conser-
| vative and prim Of the people whom I
| sec every week at Keith people who
/ evidently think it's not just the thing
to laugh-smply roaring while Block
som and Burns were going through
their black face "monkey-shines:" and
the worst feature OF the act is that IL
is crowded with funny things that the
spectator is generally two or three
laughs behind, with little hope Of ever
catching up.
The jump from black face" to ''real
| coOn'-and / use the familiar express
ion with no disrespect-Johnson and
| Dean literally take the cake over al
! coiUred performers have seen mere
| There are others equally good as sing
| ers, as dancers and as cakewalkers; bu
| there is something indescribable ~
| then personality there is IA finish and
| polish i'm all they do and an atmosphere
about their whole act which Nnder !
| far and away the best of its kind.
can't describe 1t easily but when yol
see it, youth know just what ! mean.
There's another act that battles de
scription. which is the practical evi
dence of an amount of originality, in
dividualitv and general cleverness tha
/ don't think the average spectato
realizes or appreciates; and that is tn
turn" Of Charles 7. Aldrich. indis
putably the best grotesque Comedian
and all-round entertainer in vaudeville
But for heavens sake. don't stay TO Sc
him if there are any weak seams II
your clothes. The lessons he gives II
, the art of growing "A mustache, at tn
close OF his act. will doubtless prov
useful To many Of the Brown boys VIII
occupy the front rows
Huda Thomas lively sketch. Mis-
! Ambition" seems To improve as on
sees IL oftenpr. and to grow richer In "
huror and teen satire. and her ne'
pt,nis, y a distinct Improvement to tn
act, giving II added animation We ma
not admit II ouenlv hut there isn't
I woman OF us who doesn't know that ia
4, ,..rg.,si. IIitIa huvia a whole hn ~ pr