The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-25

of a vaudeville troupe is TO supply the /
dramatic talent Collier. as a promoter OF
Texas oil interests. enters into the res
tivities on sheer assurance while weber 6
Fields bllnder in on the strength or being 4
mista ken for two noble guests. Louise Al
len as a caricature OF Mary MacLane' OIL /
Butte. casts her dignity aside long enough /
TO take part with Collier in a sketch bur- !
lesquing modern drama from several new
points.
Through all this melange runs musical
appropriate To the occasion, WIN
The chorus as prime factors As CHAP
Dles" the members attend Lillian Rus
sell: as "coons" they caper and sing with
Daley; as Spanish gallants and senorltas
they re-echo Fay Templeton's appeal on
behalf of the toreador.
The second part OF the entertainment IL
levoted TO a playful travesty under the
tile OF The Big Little Princess with
'ay Templeton caricaturing Mllie James
the academy pupils reduced from az
renee to poverty and accompanying SER
ltude. Collier and Daley impersonate
air of incorrigible girl pupils under tut
ION OF Bigelow the shrewish school
na'am Lew Fields is Specky, servant
LADY, and the butte for ridicule. Louise
Allen Is the parvenu wife OF a local poll
.cIan and the other members Of the com
lany are transformed Into pupils, teach-
RS. policemen. and attendants upon a
loderu miracle worker.
| Much OF the music in the dual enter
ainment was written by John Stromberg
ust before his death. To William t. Fran
Is the present musical director of the or
,anization belongs the credit for the bal
| nee. The Music Hall orchestra, enlarged
or the occasion, travels with the COM
)any.
beginning with Tuesday matinee the
\ NrafH xIl1
presented The play is one OF the strong
,st and one OF the big successes OF the
eason. although il is still young. ana
las never been given in Providence Inc
ompany presenting It Is large ana wen
elected one and the scenic mountings or
he play are said 10 be superior TO any
geen at this house this season.
The story OF when Women Love" is
the story OF the efforts OF shopgirl and
OF her sister called "the little nurse TO
keen their mother who Is suffering from
consumption. alive until their fortune, OF
which they have been robbed at the death
of their father, can be obtained Tor them
again. The money was taken by miser.
who was n business partner or their
father He has a nephew who Is the dis
trict attorney of the town, and an un-
principicd scoundrel. He falls In love with
the pretty shop girl SO soon as he finds
she is ihe heiress TO large fortune, put
she repulses him In revenge ne peIse-
cutes her. When his mistress, who has
!. witnessed his love making and who be-
comes jealous, makes a plot To have the
girl suspected Of stealing her purse, he
falls into the plot, and assists eagerly In
carrying Il out. The girl is arrested as she
is answering the summons TO the bedside
OF hcredying mother. She escapes from
the Officers for a time and is finally ar
rested al the bedside of the dead. The
| district attorney by his influence, has her
| bail made a LARGE amount. but the officers
! OF the labor union OF which she Is mem
ber, come forward with the sum needed,
| having obtained IL from the treasury. and