The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-30
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| There will be a crowded house at the
| Providence opera house tonight TO well
come Raymond Hitchcock and the big
company playing The Yankee Consul,
| the new comic opera. The seats sale for
| the weeks engagement has been large.
| and the new opera has never received
| an adverse criticism 1t is the story OF
an American consul stationed In Santo
Domingo during one of the many revo-
| lutions which have occurred In the re-
public The music is exceedingly tune
/, full, and there Is a big company OF clever
| principals and scores Of pretty girls In
the choruses. The entire big original
Boston company will appear.
The hill at Keith's next week will In
| clude Cole & johnson. the famous song
writer's and entertainers; Evernart, Joe
Maxwell quintet Paul Stephens, the
Lowe Hughes duo. Mr.. and Mrs. Larry
Shaw. Julian Rose. Wilson & Davis. John
Geiger Spaulding and others. Some OF
the acts underscored for appearance dur
ing the month OF December are the
Hoosier Zouaves. the four Merkel sisters
the Wilton brothers. T. Nelson Downs.
the Sander trio. Mabel Hudson the
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Milly Capell and her Arabian horse. CAL
lahan and Mack, Marcers living art
studies Prelle's talking dogs. Frederick
Bond e. Co. Nine. Avery Strakosh and
Beatrice Ingram and Edwin Nicander.
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The long heralded appearance at
Keith,s OF the famous colored song
writer's and entertainers. Cole g. john
son. Is positively announced for next
Tons aIv ,rO a
one OF the big cards OF the season These
clever entertainers have written more
popular song hits than any other living
composer. and their songs are being sung
or played In almost every theatre OF the
! country. Their famous Under the Bam-
boo Tree" is now the craze OF London.
and bids fair to live for many years to
come. But they are not content TO rest
upon the laurels and loyalties received
| from this big success. and are constantly
at work upon new compositions for the
| big musical comedy productions of the
day One OF their recent efforts which
bids fair to rival the popularity Of
| Under the Bamboo Tree" and THE
| Congo Love Song Is 1.-The Evolution of
Ragtime" which shows the development
| of that kind OF music from Its earliest
stages to its present development. This
| is one OF the most pretentious efforts OF
| these facile writer's. and IL Will be given
| an elaborate production I'm conjunction
with the big KIaw & Erlanger scenic
production OF Mother Goose" at the
New Amsterdam theatre in New York
One OF The most novel and delightful
animal acts ever known to the vaudeville
stage is that given by Prelle's talking
dogs, which is everywhere exciting con-
siderable enthusiasm, particularly among
| the little people. These dogs give COM
| plete little pantomime. and. with the cid
Of the ventri!oquial powers OF their
| trainer. they are made to seem TO talk.
| thus adding to the amazement and de-
! light OF the audience. This act is one
of the treats in store for the little people
who patronize .Keiths.
The great Everhart. the original hoop
roller, who arrived from Europe a fort
| night ago, has created a deep sensation
! In New York and his act Is pronounced
one OF the big novelties Of the season.
Everhart who has mastered the art OF
! rolling hoops to an incredible degree.
calls his act 'Hoopnotism'' and Is booked
for the local Keith theatre in the near
future.
! The Hoosier Zouaves. pronounced the
best drilled body Of men In America
have made a tremendous success In
vaudeville with their splendid act OF
military tactics and manoeuvres. and
their wall scaling Ia said to outdo every
thing else Of the kind ever seen. Con-
| siderable novelty II impaired to theil
work by having one Of the seventeen
men appear to be injured and requiring
the aid OF his fellow soldiers. but in spite
| OF this handicap they work with amas
ing rapidity and precision. This act wa,
| the big drawing card at Hammerstein's .
New York. last summer. and In nov
! repeating Its big success on the keith
| circuit.
The attraction for the present week a.
the Empire theatre In the great melo
dramatic success. THE Factory Girl" b,
| Charles r. Bianey. As a labor champion
| II has already won It's way into tn'
hearts OF the masses. Besides a power
| ful dramatic story full Of genuine hear
interest and big sensational features
magnifcently and carefully staged, II I,
imbued with the spirit OF wholesome sen
timent and excruciatingiy funny comedy
scenes interspersed with delightful spe'
ciaities and chorus numbers. Chief amons
the big scenes Is the great factory Of tho
third act. with It's hundreds OF wheels
belts and machines In full operation. A
special electric plant In carried for tni'
act. and a great sseel plunger. such as
| may be seen I'm large steel plants. which
weighs over two thousand pounds.