The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-06-28

$eE on" as there
have been!
Saturday evening / went TO the circus
and muched peanuts and n anughty kind
OF popcorn mixture known as Cracker
jack with the other grown-up children.
Is there anything quite like a circus?
The 'chummy ness OF the board seats,
the music (more or less good. the acety-
lene and gasolene lights. the excitement
and applause make an atmosphere that
cannot be resisted and even the most
blase find themselves affected by the ex-
citement. / must admit that none OF the
acts-barring the racing-could compare
with many that / had seen at Keiths,
and some were OF the kind that would be
considered Ordinary by the average pa
tron of hgh-class vaudeville. but at the
circus these same acts were given hearty
and even vociferous applause.
IL ever there is a time when one wishes
for a half dozen pair of eyes II is at a
circus. / tried TO watch all five of the
rings at the same time, TO say nothing
OF the clowns who were eliciting merri-
ment around the outside of the ring.
What impressed me most-next 10 the
wicked pink lemonade, which / was urged
10 drink I'm order TO do the circus in the
proper spirit-was the snap and precision
which marked the stage management.
or pause between the exploitation OF the
different acts and everything moved with
the accuracy OF clock work What stage
hands there were! They fairly few about,
yet did not seem 20 get In each others
ways. and before one could shell a pea
nut the stage--or rather ring-was set for
the next act. Another feature that scored
hit with The Girl Behind the Pen was
the man who announced the vaudeville
show to follow. He had a voice that
should be a fortune TO him. and he
brought us back to earth every once in
a while by trying 10 coax Va 10 remain 10
See the greatest vaudeville show ever
offered the public. for the small price of
ten cents, ladies and gentlemen" Ara
bella. the Hired Girl" was another popu-
lar feature-in fact. there wasn't dull
moment in the entire evening. and l
wouldn't have missed it for farm.
Monday night my gayety broke loose
again and before could restrain II, !
had journeyed 10 see the Pawtucket AL
bee Stock company at the Pawtucket
Keith theatre. Nobody dared" me; |
just went. and mighty glad / was, too.
that / did. You see. ia been promising
myself visit out there all season, but
somehow | never quite got there. This
week I'd heard is the closing week OF the
Pawtucket Albee company's season, so
made supreme effort and reached there.
The house was crowded and enthusiasm
was at high pitch all evening. / think
I've never before in a theatre gotten
quite so many good things for such a
small PRICES cents. The Pawtucket AL
bee company is a mighty fine stock COM
pany-of seeming uniform strength and
with four or FIVE members who are un-
deniably clever.
They first gave a little one-act comedy,
FURNISHED Rooms "a very amusing lit
Ia al In afC pyh hnnCa
laughing heartily for a half hour and
which was capitally played. Then they
gave a thoroughly praiseworthy presenta-
tion OF Dickens famous masterpiece.
"O1Iver Twist. IT was the first time that
I'd seen the dramatic version OF this
celebrated story and enjoyed it nightly.
Lisle Leigh was excellent as the faithful.
patient Nancy, and Elwood Bostwick the
leading man, was an admirable Bill
Sykes. Fagn was played by Henry Dug
gan in a commendable manner. Mr.. Dug
gan and Miss Starr | had seen before, for
they have both appeared with the Provi-
dence Albee company-Mr. Duggan last
summer I'm Shenandoah" and Miss Starr
this season in Are You a Mason" Len
ora Kirwin amazed me by n remarkably
fine portrayal OF the pathetic oliver
Twist. This young woman, who is a
Providence girl. has advanced rapidly and
she infused a genuine pathos and intell-
we were given illustrated songs by Miss
Starr. who seems to be an unusually ver-
satile, gifted and attractive young wom-
an, her voice being rich and clear, well
cultivated and well handled. ! was sorry
that in order to allow the play TO pro-
ceed she could not respond TO the en-
core the audience so heartily wished. Be
sides Miss Starr's songs, we had Bio
graph motion pictures, and when l came
out OF the theatre / felt like paying an
additional entrance fee--but I didn't.
Tommy" wise and Gardner Crane,
chaperoned by Mrs. Crane and Miss Wise
,Mr. wise's sister are going on a fish
ing trip today. starting about noon and
returning Friday morning in time-every-
one hopes-for rehearsal. Look out for
fish stories next week.
ML wise and Mr.. Crane being out OF
the bill at Keith's this week. went over
to New York together on Monday TO make
some business arrangements. Mr.. Crane.
who is TO remain in vaudeville next sea-
son. was offered bookings from now until
next summer. while Mr. Wise was made
six distinct offers TO create roles i'm New
York productions. One offer made Mr..
Wise was a particularly nattering one.
but the engagement began Aug. 18th. with
rehearsals two weeks earlier. Mr.. Wise
sheC a few tears at having 10 let a good
proposition slip through his fingers, but
ne bravely declined in order 10 remain
loyal TO the Albee company, and has ac-
cepted one OF the other offers, which will
make Il unnecessary for him TO desert
the Albee company. Mr.. Crane also de-
clined vaudeville bookings until after the
close Of the stock season at Keiths and
every one at Keith's drew a breath OF re-
lief
Today. from New York, on the Teutonic.
White Star line. Charles Jovenberg. man
ager OF Keith's. sailed for his vacation
IN Europe. Theatregoers and business
people here all know Manager Tsovenberg