The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-06-24

Bounding Sisters OF the Air" on the
same evening, the Pontifex servants are
at liberty. and the man servant, James.
appropriates a suit OF his masters
clothes, and also hies himself 10 Brixton
for diversion. There he falls foul OF
burglar. who compels James to exchange
clothes with him. Meantime, Petunia,
the housemaid goes cycling TO Brixton on
PoEtifex's wheel and clad In boomers
She Is unfortunate enough to have coll
lision with another cyclist, who proves 10
be Pontifex's father-in-law. Fraser
Green, who is wheeling sub rosa because
his wife objects 10 the bicycle.
Green repairs 20 his son-in-law's house
to borrow some clothes 10 replace his
torn ones. and the coat given him by
James is the one the burglar gave the
latter and had OF course stolen
Scotland Yard detective. on the trail OF
the burglar, appears upon the scene
tracing the thief by the coat. Also
comes a policeman investigating the bi-
cycle accident. Also appear Mrs. Ponti-
fex and Mrs Green demanding eXplana-
tions These are forthcoming In Infinite
variety but before the characters con-
cerned can extricate themselves from
their predicament Petunia has TO don her
boomers once more while pontifex dis
guises himself I'm the housemaid's dress.
This story doesn't suggest half the hi
larious happenings In THE BriXton Bur
glary" 1t ~ a succession OF laughs
from beginning 10 end, and all OF IL Is
clean fun. In construction II ls rather un-
usual, in that the causes OF which the
humorous situations arc the effects all
have occurred before the opening OF the
play, hence the characters are wound IN
the skein of complications by the end OF
the first act instead OF an act later, thus
aHording an opportunity, OF which Mr..
Sidney amply avails himself for twisting
aa Nf ha lraFp e.
fore the time comes for dlsentanglng
them. There Is real humour In Mr. Sid
ncy's story and its development utterly
convulses the spectators. The dialogue
is witty and brilliant, and the action
progresses naturally.
Its pace Is a brisk one throughout, and
the entire company last evening played
with all the vim so necessary TO a play
OF this kind. Indeed. good as The Brix-
ton Burglary" is. the fine acting Of last
evening is In no small degree responsible
for the success that was scord.
Tho honors OF the evening unquestion-
ably fall 20 Mr. Caldara. Mr.. owen. Mr..
Winter and Miss Ingram. Mr.. Caldara
played tho role OF Septimus Pontifex, and
anest ! y ormances he has ever given
here. which 10 concc1ing great deal
considering the general excellence OF his
work all season. His work again owl
ton which has always Characterised his
efforts. and the remarkable naturalness
which has made such n favorable i'm
preston with Alhcc company admirers.
He showed that he possesses exceptional
abilities as comedian, and added an
o..er 10 his list Of successes In this city.
Mics Ingram. too. did a splordid bit
Of work as the English maid. Pctur'a.
Her own personality was completely hid
den by the character she portrayed. and
no cleveror piece Of character work has
ever been done IN this city There "a
finish 20 Miss 1ngram's work that makes
one quite forget that she Is acting-the
true test Of art. Mr.. owens incompara-
ble uncton was given full scope last
evening In the role OF Fraser Green. and
he succeeded In keeping the audience b.
an upronr every moment he was on tho
stage As n comedian. Mr.. owen has no
equal. and his performance was q whole
show In Itself The laughter whom he
makes his applause I'm the buffers un.b-
form was really defeaning. as II was
when Mr.. Caldara appeared In Petunia's
dress Mr. Winter as James was spien-
did. his remarkable facial expression
bringing tears of laughter 90 every eye.
a large share OF the evenings honors be-
long TO this clever artist.
Miss Evesson played Mrs. Mlilicent
Pontifex with her customary charm and