The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-04-22
BROWN
BOYS AS
ACTORS
Credltab|s Performances BY the
Sock and DuskIn Club at the
Opera House Yesterday.

TUESDAYS events in Junior week are
now past, having Wednesday as the nnA'
dav. Better weather could hardly be I'M
astned than has accompanied the ehure
prosram OF festivities. so that all exter-
na, conditions have been nearly perfect.
The Sock and Buskin performance
Yesterday afternoon, "Prexys Proxy;
ara .arhe SNOWFALL" were exceilenty
nrssented and won the approval OF the
large audience which filed the froVi-
dence Opera House. The audience III s'
acted like Creoles at carnival u"S
Long before the curtain rose c'ouos "
confetti came floating down from the pai pa,
cony, gorgeous paper put.oi ~ 90 M
through the air. and long nylhB ST. 80,
ers az naper unrolled their way Hoin
balcony to orchestra ,
T-he spectacular. however. was not al
lowed to possess the field alone, LOT -,
horns and squealing toys wouio M ~ ,n
air with their din. Ii Is what one wouiu
call a typical college audiehce' anu
one was good natured. ,r,s,r
yyhen the bell rang for the CURTAIN
raiser ''Prexy's Proxy, tne houso
somewhat hushed, though an occatsio'ia.
noise would break forth. or piece
randy would ny on to the stage e' IN
snite of these little disturbances the ac-
tors remained cool and went tnous"
their parts like veterans. o..a
,rbe yran Of the cast were self-possesseo
ana the ladies on the stage ala nov sn e.en
,ump when a peanut hit the orcnss ,s.
i,sttiadruu ''Prexy's Proxy was written
-. oI,,,sr " Booth '04. and contains
many clever illusions TO Brown me- nc
wil,iam Terry. a senior at Brown, John
q palmer, '05; Karl Lester, his classin"'. -
preston. s. Moulton, '0s; Miss hsaa,
L,ny lost mother, Joseph w. Maeksh1io'
nf
catcher. Harold @. Arnold, 90
THE nlayers all received liberal app.aus,s ",
and went through their farclcali clcali,p,aiiv paii
very crsditssly;d pTes;dent teFry Faunce by highly
excited old lady. and he. aIthousn ner,
n~ised al first, decides TO keep UP tne rnn pr
AZ long as "Prexy' remains away
'nT S,n;s decision is all the more strength,
I'd when he sees that the presinenn. who
visitor Is Is interTiew seTy Refhi him on the subject
80 nomnulsory chapel. The senior ~ very
busily engaged. when KARI ,S .hreat
classmate, cones IN ',dnpiity nmd insists upon
he,ng introduced as the dean. ~.
however, finally gets Lester oea -, INV
room and presents MS case so r,, , iover.
that they leave the staso III
like attitude. ..,or,oaa In q
The whole piece was performed III :
brisk. sprightly manner. ana was sc,op,
tartnining in every way. All tne aStv, au
deserve commendation, as all ala eauah'
we'll with their parts ,,,, ava
The main play. "The Snowpal py So ~.
new Grundy was more AMBITIOUS put w.
niso a farce comedy consisting OF three
acts .L .,. .rov
hall is made: In the second. at breakIas'
.%a morning after the SNOWFALL grows
and In the third n few minutes hlte,
breakfast. the SNOWFALL melts. The cas-
OF characters was:
Felix Featherstone. e.................'..;.'' %.
William q. Hoffman, Jr.. %:
Uncle John. ......John ~. Sauy'
Harry Prendergart......... ..;.....' -.
...............Newton = Hut9niimsoh' i !" /"
Saunders George Is. Bullock
Mrs Featherstone. e..................:....;' -.
"i' . s..'' Frederick c. Broomhead, 'o
Ethel Granger........H Harold u Arhoiu' ~
Penelope e..........,....B Derrick Schioss'
Trouble arises In this piece from TN
fact that a husband and wife each at
tend the same play one evening, WisIm,l, III,
TO keep 1t secret from the otner, ne,tea i fo
he has seen his wife there, and thlnk
she has not seen him. He theretore put
note I'm her work basket, maNng
mysterious appointment Tor that hign'
His wife on returning sees through IN
trick for she has also seen her huspah
at the theatre. and after taxing tne ho'
gives Penelope her maid. the basket.
AS a result OF this acton the husban'
thinks that Penelope has him at her mer
CIV. and the plot goes from bad 20 worse
until Mrs. Featherstone takes pity on ne
husband tells him that she as well wa
playing a Joke. and Mr.. Featherstone
again IN a position 10 assert his MARTA
authority.
THE acting OF william c. Hoffman {
the leading role was unquestsonably goo
in every respect.
John II. Cady as Uncle John. also mad
n great hit and Newton Hutchinson 4
the young lover looked and talked NIX
the ideal lover.
The female parts were OF course some
what restricted In their execution by IN
dresses but "the ladies" did well. 81
pecally Berrbck Schloss, who acted tn
part OF Penelope. the maid to perfection
The credit in large measure TO the sue
cess OF the presentations belongs to Pro
Thomas Crosby, who has been untirn
IN his efforts in drilling tho cast in thei
roles.