The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-12-05

Jack Harwicke. william T.. Philp
David Tooke. Raymond Hitchcock
Hungry Jim....... Edmund Lawrence
Col. Bogey Bulger.. Harold Wizard
Willie Puttcr.. ............ Tom Halfway
Dakota Dick. William Il. Carleton
O'Hara.. Thomas Whiffen
Algy Vandemeer..t Richard Ridgefy
Beatrice Jerome. Miss Adele Ritchie
Gretchen Dare. Miss Nellie Braggins
Phyllis Argyle. ....... Miss Marie cahill
Patience More ... Miss Clara Palmer
Janet Vane......,.....M Miss Ida Hawley
The new musical comedy, Three Lit
tie Lambs" delighted large audience
at Providence opera house last even
ing for the good and sufficient reasons
that its music is brisk and tuneful, its
book snappy and up to date, it's princi-
pals talented in their several special
ways, it's chorus large numerically and
effective musically. its scenery and cos
tunes eminently picturesque. and its
production was given with Zest that
kept the audience in aWingle through
out the evening and frequently stirred
II To whirls of applause. The Three
Little Lambs Is chock fun of enter
tainmena.
The book of the new musical comedy
Is by Mr.. II. a. Barnet and nothing
that this CHEEKY compiler Of entertain
ing material has ever provided matched
Three Little Lambs for uninterrupt
ed ebullency.
The music Is by Mr. +. w. Corliss Of
this town and it Is OF excellent quality,
conspicuously I'm the marching nuns
befs
The unusually large company engag-
Ell for the production includes enough
really clever people 10 furnish at least
M afsN mn in.l ,snf
headed by Miss Adele Ritchie. pretty
and dainty little actress and a delight
full singer. Mr. William f.. Philip, re-
Gently the tenor of the Rostonians,
shares the stellar honors with Miss
Ritchie.
With these two are associated Mr..
Raymond Hitchcock. Mr.. Edmund
Lawrence, Mr. Harold Wizard. Mr.. Tom
Hallway, all comedians of uncommon
attainments; Mr.. William Il. Carleton.
remembered as a famous baritone, and
Miss Nellie Braggins and Miss Marie
Cahill. who are pre-eminent as fur
makers: Miss Clara Palmer and Hiss
Ida Hawley, who are good seconds TO
them, and several others OF aptitude
for parts of no small account before the
chorus is reached.
Take IL all in all, the company Is
most prodigal of talent and everyone
OF those named made a personal sucv
cess In his efforts to contribute 10 the
enjoyment OF the evening for to each
and all W them is apportioned a sizable
share OF the opportunities and respon-
slbilities of making the new piece
go" Two precocious little pickanin-
nles figure prominently also.
Miss Ritchie has a bewitching style
all her own. IL was stated before the
rise of the curtain last evening that
she was suffering from a cold and the
audience was requested to exercise con
sideration accordingly. But probably
no one would have suspected that Miss
Rtchie was suffering from anything
had not the announcement been made.
Miss Ritchie isn't very big, but she
fills the whole stage with no apparent
effort She achieved a real triumph
1ast evening which reached it's climax
when she sang piece dedicated to the
navy and called THE Man Behind the
Gun" She had the support OF lthe full
company In the chorus, a beautiful set
of scenery back Of her. and the Star
Spangled Banner in her hand. She was
recalled three or four times and at the
close of each verse the chorus did a new
figure before marching of the stage.
AT the close of each march the little
star was left alone and then she strobe
the length of the stage with the COM
naming dash of mounta how
itzer going into action and disap-
peared at the wings with smiles and
bows to the applauding audience.
Ine pot or Inree Ilttle IdlupS,
which IS no thinner and no thicker than
Is customary with musical melanges OF
this sort has TO do with young street
singer and an heir to a fortune who
falls into the hands Of sharpers. The
fortune is lost to the heir but in the
end II falls TO the street singer Mr..
Philip Is the heir and Miss Ritchie the
street singer. Their love story is quite
appealing and affords opportunity for
several dainty lyrics Three of the
characters. and at one place a section
of the chorus are burlesque golfers and
there Is golf song which caught the
audience especially. Introduced In the
course Of the piece is a skit on Minnie
Nnddern Tiske's Becky sharpe" lit
tie FUN a. tho expense-ef Way Down
East" and sundry other hits. The in
evite bic gags are more than ordinarily
pungent and strictly up TO date. II any
thing the production is filled 90 over
rowing. II was nearly II O'Clock be-
fore The las. curtain last night. But
- :hcre isn't a dun spot anywhere. The
run goes fast and tho music Is pro-
vided lavlshly and i'm tuneful variety.
There are thse pTetentious sets Of
scenery The first represents the -
tcrfNF Of q banking house fU The Wall
street district with the sub-treasurv
and skv- scrapers showing through the
BIG window Another repr9s ents the
exterior ard grounds OF a hotel in
tropical country supposed 10 he Porto
Rico \ third Is a brilliant interior,
presumably OF the sam hotel The
three sets are very beautiful
Three Little lambs" will be repeat
cd tonight md tomorrow night and to-