The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-05-15
KEITA'S NEW THEATRE.


full OF ginger" and merriment. is that
offered this week at Keiths new the
atre; and yesterdays big audiences
seemed TO enjoy 1t with great zest
There are a number OF familiar faces
among the performers: and II is a no
table fact that every one OF the acts
previously seen here shows distinct
Improvement on lines that render IL
more than ever pleasing. Several of the
new acts are also particularly strong,
so that an admirable general average
Is preserved.
Handsome and fascinating Louise
Thorndyke Boucicault, perhaps the
most polished and finished in her
methods OF all the Legitimate" ac-
tresses seen here in vaudeville, scored
an even more emphatic hit than last
season In Augustus Thomas one-act
comedy "A Proper improperly" This
Is. the best written playlet OF it's kind
offered here. and requires the highest
trade OF histronic talent for it's proper
presentation: and 1t would be difficult
10 conceive of its being played better
than il is by Mrs. bouccault and Mr..
James Horne. The latter's assumption
OF The role of the breezy Westerner,
whose persistency and tact enable him
TO overcome the conventionalHies of
polite society without violating the
instincts OF gentleman. is much SUI
perior to that of Howard Kyle, who
supported Mrs. Boucicault last season:
and the humor Mr.. Horne infuses into
his impersonation adds much 10 the en-
joyment OF the piece. Mrs. Boucicaults
work is even more dainty and artistic
than before, her gowns are quite as
interesting 10 the gentler sex and her
aI ofInn fa Of he t,aa apL-
ed character.
Dan McAvoy and Jessie May, in
their whirlwind OF nonsense, songs and
dances. simply beyond the scope OF
ordinary language to describe. also
more than repeat last seasons success
here; and their auditors were. as be.
fore, kept constantly in gale OF
laughter while they were on the stage.
Mr.. McAvoy's eccentric dancing and
grotesquerie and Miss Mays vivacity
forming a combination rarely 70 be
found even in the best hilarity-provok-
ing acts in vaudeville.
One of the biggest hits of the bill
was scored by Ladell and O'Neil. the
latter a new partner for the former
and far superior to her predecessor.
Miss ONeil Is the prettiest and most
fascinating package OF plump merri-
ment and ginger" yet delivered on
the Keith stage, and aleHe- eeaia easily
in company with Mr.. Uadell, who as
an eccentric dancer and intensely
funny and clever acrobat certainly has
no superior in his line. The two to-
gether form a combination which for
entertaining qualities ii would be dn-
ficult indeed TO duplicate: and they
were rewarded with applause OF the
most generous and emphatic nature.
The Four Jur~'ing Johnsons offer an
act OF club manipulate with which
no other one can be compared. With
the advantage of pleasing PERSONAL
ity they combine deftness and quick
ness IN the handling OF many clubs
simply astonishing: and their perform
ance is OF the sensational type. In
pairs. triplets and quartets, and alone,
they execute the most marvellous
movements and combinations of move
ments. which aroused yesterdays au-
diences 10 a high pitch OF enthusiasm.
Even to those TO whom such acts or
dinarily may not appeal, the remarka-
BILE performance OF the Juggling john
sons must be full of interest and must
afford a decided revelation of the pos
sibilities of unerring accuracy and
auickness in the swift passage OF
Indian clubs through the air.
Blockson and Burns. I'm black-face.
have added some good touches TO the
conglomeration of nonsense. pantomic
mic fun, acrobatic work and burlesque
MAJ which so delighted Keith audi
ences last season; ana are To De
credited with one of the emphatic hits
OF the program. The pole-climbing
finish OF their act aroused shouts OF
laughter: and they demonstrated anew
that they ~~o justly classed among the
best of laugh provoking vaudeville en-
tertainers.
The Dillon Brothers have a number
of new parodes and brightly humor-
Gus songs. which are sung n that
JUNCTION peculiar. to them. and stood
high up among the leading favorites OF
the BILL the witty jokes that are inn
bedded I'm almost every line OF their
songs never failing promptly To find
recognition: and their trombone duet at
the close OF their act took them off in
a storm of applause.
The marvellous work of the two at
tractive Mouliere sisters on the hori-
zontal bars is daring in the extreme,