The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-20

troubles of stage manager at a vaude-
VILE theatre on Monday morning. This
act scored a pronounced laughing hit. IL
| Is full of bright original situations OF a
/ laughable ne ture and the dialogue spark
| les with wit and fun. Mr.. Howard gave
| a capital impersonation of the stage man
! ager and his piano limitations were big
! hit. the audience insisting for just about
| twice as many as were scheduled for I'm
the act: Mr.. Howard is an excellent
comedian, with a keen sense of the hu-
morous evident in everything he does
or says. ar1 his piano imitationsa gre un-
equaked AS Golde Cutes, a self-import-
ant young soubrette. Miss Bland gave
very clever character study, In maiSe-Hp,
mannerisms and speech. giving life
like portraiture of the giddy young SOU
brette. She also appeared as a scrub
woman about the theatre. making such
a complete change of costume and maxi
up that she was hardly recognized by the
audience In this character she was re-
markably clever and deserved the hearty
round Of applause and laughter given
her. Mr.. Howard and Miss Bland are one
Of vaudeville's cleverest couples.
Violet Dale was one OF the big hits OF
the entire bill. Miss Dale is an attractive
young woman; well known I'm musical
comedy circles. She gives an act on the
merly did in vaudeville. initiating we'll
known actresses. such as Grace Cameron.
FAY Templeton, Mrs Leslie Carter Anna
Held and others. In each imitation she
was uncommonly faithful to the original
and was heartily applauded for her efforts
Warren and Gardner were popular enter
tainers. One OF these men is very
funny backface comedian who set the
audience laughing heartily ere he had
m tha cta f,,tt
while his partner is a singer OF consider
able ability Together they gave most
enjoyable act. Paul Barnes a big Provi-
dence favorite. appeared with an entirely
new budget, something out OF the ordinary
line OF stories told by monol0gle come
dams and all OF the laugh-proyok' 'ng
order Indeed Barnes is one OF the best
comedians of that kind that have been
seen here In long tine. His pa Cd es
were especially funny and he scored one
of the big hits OF the bill. Rice and
Elmer gfve a capital horizontal bar act.
intersperscd with which was some ex-
cellent comedy. DUFFY. Sawtelle and
Duny were so well liked I'm their little
playlet. "'Papa's Sweetheart" that the
audience called them again and again
back to the stage. Mast Duffy is the
bright particular star Of The trio and a
mighty clever youngster too, who is n
good comedian sings well and dances
with remarkable agility
The debut OF Mr.. Henri Faucher the
well-known Providence violinist. was OF
considerable interest. Mr.. Faucher was
given rousing welcome. and his initial
performances were attended with such
emphatic success as 10 Justify the con
fidence of his friends There Is littIe
need to discuss this young mans ability
for he is too well known here Suffice
1t is to say that his emphatic success was
wholly deserved Others on the bill were
Carew and Hayes. - The Derby Race"
Trask and GLADDEN., singers and dancers:
Adair and Dahn. in pleasing wire walk
ing act; The La Tells. excellent gymnasts.
and the biograph with new motion pic
lures