The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-23

tly appreciated and the many intensely
dramatic situations were received with
thundrous and very frequent outbursts
OF applause. The play itself is an ex-
cellent one, telling in a forceful, direct
manner the realistic and ever interesting
story OF the struggle between capital and
labor deftly interviewer In which are
some quietly humorous scenes ana some
delicate sentiment.
The acting of this capable stock COM
pany was all that could be desired and
quite up TO their own high standard, and
the production which cannot but rank
az one OF the best OF the entire season,
will, from every standpoint. give SUI
preme satisfaction and enjoyment TO
even those who saw II two years ago
The stage settings were particularly
fine notably that OF the second act.
which brought forth a well deserved
round OF applause. At the conclusion
of this act, which Is one OF the most Inn
pressive seen on the modern stage, the
curtain was raised several times In re-
sponse TO terrific round OF applause
from the pleased spectators In all parts
OF the house. The number OF excellent
parts In this cap<ral little play gave al
most every member OF the company nn
opportunity to score heavily, thus max
ing the performance in Its entirety one
that cannot be improved upon.
Miss Philips. who appeared In the role
OF Margaret Knowton. has never done
better work here. Her girlieh grace
and quiet charm OF manner In the ear
lier scenes were finely contrasted with
the more emotional ones later In the
play. and her work In the last act, where
s~e discovers the crime OF her idolized
father, was especially effective. every
look and tone Of stunned grief ringing
true. Patrons OF the Wednesday mat
nee this week will receive souvenir pho
tographs by Sands and Brady OF this
talented leading woman. Mr.. Williams
as Reuben Warner played this manly
character with rare discretion and good
taste and quite duplicated the exceeding
ly favorable impression made by him In
this role two years ago. The most
notable chara cteristic Of Mr.. Williams
work was his convincing earnestness
which had compelling force and was
felt by everyone in the large audience
Mr. Losee had another repellant char
acter to portray as Ralph Standsh. but
his intelligent and thoroughly artistic
enactment OF the role compelled the
heartiest admiration OF everyone in this
house. Mr.. LoSee Is an artist OF rare
hnesse OF touch. and his virile work this
week will add another triumph TO the
already enviable list won by him IN this
city. Mr.. Turner did an excellent piece
OF Andrew Knowlton. He showed all
the great tenderness OF the man for his
daughter, his weakness and ultimate de-
sire to right the wrong he had done by
an intelligent combination OF subtlety
and we'll defined strokes that made his
stand out sharply and
as n most worthy bit OF work.
Mr.. Caldara gave a forceful piece OF act
ing as Swartz the leader OF the strikers.
his excellent physique. clear voice and
magnetic personality admirably htting
the part. and the hearty and enthusias-
tic demonstrations OF approval given
him last evening were we'll earned and
deserved.
ny depletion OF "Cinders," with here and
there a toucN OF pathos that showed the
work of this clever little artistic. Her
work stood out more prominently because
OF the few roles or this kind In which
she has been seen and she and MFR.
Marsh. who shared the laughing honors
with her az Billy Hopkins. fairly con-
vulsed the audience Mr.. Owen was seen
In the role OF the genial Mr. Fletcher,
which ne invested with the unctuous
humor which charactcrixes all his work
and 80 delcately defined the character
az 20 make II one Of the most interesting
OF the play. Miss KirwIn as the In
eenuous country gri Polly Fletcher.
I'm the last act being played with n grace
and daintiness hardly to be improved
upon.
Mr. Nicsnder in the companion role
was chsrmingiy debonair and ht-hesrt-
ed and his portrayal of Bob Appleton
was 90 capital as TO make him az wei