The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-11-26

tor The other woman who Is In leagIe
with a political opponent of the man s.e
still loves reveals the true condition OF af-
fairs TO the senator and tragedv Is
threaten on the discovery by the hus-
band that his wife loves and Is loved by
mother man and that. she married him
My, during a quarrel TO p!que the Other
nnn. The CLIMAX is averted not by any
nelodranletic cri is but by the simple
process OF living II down The superb Gus
had people GO away and the wife leans
10 love her husband ana the curtain falls
upon the eve Of their departure on an er-
rand o. state TO the court OF ST Peters
burg Other Incidental themes Of interest
are the love-lorn major who has faced
the cannon's mouth but docs not dare
AXE love 10 the widow OF his heart until
chance arrang"s waters s~tlsfactorily.
The first act Introduces all the charac-
ters al a performance OF amateur th~atri-
Gals -Mhere Ihe- -lnXa affair of Helen TFt+-
man and Robert Gray Is broken by Luz
cille Ferrant. who once nursod Gray
through a fever and was later engaged 10
him and stu loves him The event is for
charity urder the auspices OF Ms B@l-
lamy Ives, whose daughter Kitty. a
-chool-girl. Is engaged IA an enter am
Ing Irritation with Jack Dexter. Cclum-
bia College student whose mother is a
rival OF Mrs. Ives In charitable w0rK.
Matthew Culver. the villain Is tho rival
OF G~ay for a political position and ee
and Miss Frrent hy trumpcd up cha ge
succeed In estrang'ng Gray from Miss
Truman, whose hand Is beirg sought by
Senator John Rutherford Ma 'or Putnam
sich.ng for Mrs Ives. but does not
are tell her and 20 he engages Silas Tru-
0an. Helen's father 10 nave the wav The
1aXt act shows Helen. the wife OF Ruth7r-
ord and gives the quarrel which en5s in
he third act with the investigation and
-evelation OF the true rela ationshp be-
ween Gray and the senator's wife Then
After n strong scene In which the VIE
'onfesse- her love for GRAY and I'm which
he senator dis0lays the real nobility Of
his character the couple become reconcl-
Il 70 their situation and this resignation
viAin a short ti'~e becomes on the part
2 the wife a feeling OF real love for her
husband
As the scenes but one are laid in wash
'rE'on n c.. and the characters are COR
he most part persons who move in the
est society THE Wife" permits OF IN
sualiy elaborate scenery ana costuming
md in the production az the imperial the
"lceest attention VII be paid 10 de ais
The characters IN 'he plav will be TAX ~
as Fellow: Matthew Culver who is m
0ol'iics D-~win VAR: Robert Gray. an
attorney Mr. H"gnston; S.las Truman:
of the Stock Exchange. Mr. Barfoot;
Mater HOVER @ Putna~1. veteran OF
tho w7r NJ Graha1: Mr. Randolph The
senators private secretary Charles Hav-
Son: Jack Drx'er. Columbia '05. NJ
Roberts; T"c'lle Ferran' ~ New Orleans,
Miss Tadcl'ne: Mrs s Bsllamv Ives who
is distinctly In society Miss Anna Bat &:
Kitty Ives. Just coming out Miss Burton;
Mr. A-~o o-y. jrr'o- member Of Truman,
Co M'-s Waker: Agnes Helen's
THTd W. Anna D'e'7; Ho'en Tru-' n.
'he on'g In a'rh'er ~ The broker. Ms
reed anf John Rutherford OF the United
states senate Mr. w'ula~s
For the week OF Dee : NJ wr'a-1s
announces the production OF Paul Pot
ter's tremendous and sensational drama