The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-30

making their seasons bookings. Mr..
Murphy who opens his annual engage
ment at the Providence opera house
next Monday afternoon has selected
shaun Ehue" a. his opening play, pre-
sentn ng 70 Monday matinee and night
and Tuesday night The balance Of his
engagement. which extends through
Wednesday with the usual Wednesday
matinee, Will be NVOted TO produc-
ton OF his ever popular The Kerry
Cow" ard when one witnesses Joseph
Murphy's iuprrsunation OF Dan @ Hara
thc black, lith, In his beautiful play
there are two qualities so strongly dp-
parent that there Is an almost constant
ConniCt Of analysis. As the nClllhuous
mixture Cf old Irsh ana broken Eng
lish. which we are pleased To call the
Irish dialect falls smooth and full from
the lips Of the Kerry smtthy, we are
constrained 10 believe that the actor Is
purely ideal i'm his art; and then. again
when we see the picturesque group as
the horse is being fittcd with shoe
just made on the stage by Mr. Mur-
phv-ur when we hold ourselves IN
IlcGsurable suspense awaiting the arri-
val OF the trained carrier pigeons with
news from the race course. we are con-
Vinced that the actor Is q master OF
realism. The truth Is that Mr. Muir
phV is simply a conscientious actor,
who gives his best effort al each stage
az his performance and 50 Is solved the
socrct Of tho lasting popularity and
prosperity Of the only legitimate Irish
aotof.- -tt+-4-be fat-thn American people.
The matinee prices during Mr.. Muir
phys engagement in Providence have
been substantially reduced the entire
lower door and first two rows of the
TT6SE C1rCtv selling n - crrrt- the
balance Of the balcony 20 cents. The
gallery, as usual, being . cents.
George IT. Brcadhursts 'mirthful
nlontitude." why Smith Left Home. 80
win b. seen at the Providence opera
house next Thursday. Friday, Setur-
day and Saturday matinee. 1t is a
case Of too many relatives and friends
on the side Of Mrs Smith. "Sn'th' IS
an example OF a long suffering tvpo.
Ills woes have been shared many times
by Tom. Dick ana Harry. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith II seems were bu, recently mar
rjed. but their honeymoon was woefully
interrupted by an army of visitors.
There was Smiths wife's VlXenish Aunt
Mary. also her brother, who had con-
tracted "a clandcstire marriage and has
brought his wife along. fascinating
housemaid. and an Irish cook. arc some
80 the characters Sat enter into tho
play and the disturho nCes they cause
arc by no means improbable though
Ju7t far fetched enough 90 be farciCal
Tn the tNupanN are many comedians
OF more thar passing note tho same.
in rnCt. that appeared al uhc strand
theatre. London. and az tho Madison
SQUARE theatre New York. u includes
Naclyn Arbuckic. Z. w. Peters. Dan
Mason. VI r. SNYDER Hans Robert
Miss Brandon Douglas. Mrs T. s. Eh-
erie Rose snyder Gertrude Ro1scveit
Anita BridEer. Blanche Carlyle and
Mrs. Annie Yeamans.
Manager Wendcischacfor INTRODUCED
the Boston public 70 one ~ tho richest
theatrical treats OF the century last
Nondav afternoon when he produced
tho Hollis Stree; theatre under the
phie direction ~ that veteran nrcduco~
NJ. Edward T.. Rice Little Ped Rid
fur fIo7rin ~ Americari-o edition NJ
1n English rnntrw'ua which ron owe
wear in Manchester. England Ths
Boston press and public were unani.