The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-25
Chat 4bout
People.

One OF the best taking acts on the
Keith stage this week Is the turn done
by Simmons and Slocum. IT Is as old
as the hills and ] doubt II these MIN
strel fayorites Of so many seasons
would care TO tell just how many
years they have used that and no 9th
er skt.
irons OF the house pleasant resus-
citation, n resurrection, so 10 speak, OF
a bit OF work which they saw when
they were boys and girls and with
them II compared more than favor
ably with all the either fea lures or the
bill. not even excepting VIII CresseS
admirahl portrayal Of the eood-na-
tured village lawyer.
How many. as they enjoyed this re-
appearance of an old favorite act,
every line Of which came back 10
memory as fresh az II IL were heard
for the first time but yesterday. re-
called the contemporaries OF these
burnt-cork artists?
Such stars as Billy aud Lon Morris,
Johnny Pell Trowbridge, Christy,
Wambold. Bacchus and later our own
Rloodgood.
MANY Is the time I've gone down to
the Academy of Music ~ o'clock in
the afternoon and stood la line near
the box office To be among the frst
TO yet a gallery ticket. And many
race I've been I'm up those two flights
of stairs. the stakes of which was a
seat I'm the front row. This meant TWO
hours waiting i'm the lobby and an
other In the gallery.
Billy Morris used to whistle The
Mocking Bird as none other har
since Lon sang ballads with ten
derness which puts into everlasting
shade the rag-time songs and sentl-
mental tommy-rot OF today
Little Bobby Newcomb used to make
our toes wiggle and our feet beat time
ia unison as he sang and danced "old
Bob Ridley OF
How we used 10 laugh over the skit.
Here she goes and there she goes,
about OF the vintage OF slocum anu
simmons pisce de resistance
And for a hnale instead of the tire
some cake-walk. there was snap
dash psntomime prominent IN which
now recall The Magic Whistle ana
"Jocko. the trained monkey
Sneaking Of old-time attrs ctions,
how many OF the Evening News read
ers remember attending the old inca
ire AT the corner ct Pine and Dor
-
house which Swsrts bought. convert
ed into theatre. and where was pro.
~, ,t-1rpd- -aiaFAna- of such excellent
parts that it's equal has never been
seen here?
am told that that was the last
engagement the owner Of the wonder
derful moving Hgures had and that
stored away In one OF the local gar
rets is the entire paraphernais
Among the scenes depicted was the
vreak OF a shin The craft was dashed
ilpon a rock az tho base OF high cum,
Men came out on the elm. lowered
rope 20 the wreck and pulled up the
only survivor of the disaster
Then there was a tixht-rope walkef,
Who did all sorts of Stunts ana was
not confined TO any one section OF the
rome. 49,.
'there was dancing skeleton which
Aid things perfectly marvellous. ana
which WAS I'm no way 90 be Confounded
with the ierky thing manipulated nN
proprieiors OF msrionctte shows.
There's lots more want 10 speak oi
on this score.
\ witness in the 6th district court
today. who had made complaint ths'
the defendant kept house Of ill-re-
pute was asked ~ particulariys' 60
teu what she knew OF specific scta OF
impropriety
sure told the landlord that the
lady was rushing the beer can
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