The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-19

| week. Valerie Bergerc. one OF the cleN-
! crest women upon tho American stage
and a staunch local fayorite Is tho stol-
/ lar attraction and. n there were nothing
J else on the bin Miss Bergero's Offering
/ would amply repay everyone for going
! 10 keith's. y finer piece OF dramatic act
4 ing and "A better one-act play has never
been seen in vaudeville This Is sweep
| ing statement, but II Is emphaticaly true:
and not only does Miss Bergere and her
Offering lead all others. but she leads
them by a big distance.
IL is a superb achievement and last
evenings audience showed their recogni-
tlon OF IL by an intense silence through
out the act followed by FIVE OF the heart
lest curtain calls Providence audience
could possibly give. IN the condensation
or the longer Carmen" all OF the real
dramtaic story is retained and takes add
ed strength in its concentrated form. II
was handsomely mounted. with special
elaborate scenery showing q rocky pass
In the mountain and the scenery alone
was given a hearty round OF applause as
the curtain rose upon the German music
Miss Bergere has done many fire things
here. both In stock and vaudeville but
In none has she made such genuine ar
tistic triumph She was lhn- fascinating
languorous. fiery gypsy girl TO the life
and never has the magnetism Of her won-
derful personality been more dominant
Her fortune telling scene was very Of
fective and when the changeablc Carmen
is stabbed and rolls down the long IN
cline the audience broke into spontan
eous. insisfent applause which continued
as the curtain was raised several times
Miss Bergere should he especially com
mended for the excellence Of her support
ing company. which Included Eve clover
people. notable among whom were Maude
az aud
was last evening given several beautiful
floral pieces. and IS sure to be n big
drawing card during the week for her
act is indeed the treat of the season.
Watson's Farmyard Pets. which includ.
ed donkey, a cat, a dog some ROSTERS
and a funny little pig, proved as funny
as last season, making young and old
laugh unrestraincdly. Years OF patience
must have been spent In training these
clever animals. and what they do is so
entirely different from the tricks done bv
other trained animals that they are as
novel as amusing Hoey and Lee deserve
TO rank at the very front OF Hebrew com
edians and parodlsts. Last evening they
made such big hit that the audience
were reluctant to let them leave the
stage. Without exceTvion they have tho
brightest and most laughahle line of par
odies heard at Keith'S I'm a very long
time Ward and Curran, old favorites
made their usual big hit i'm a new var-
sion OF "A Terrible Judge" Ward had y
budget OF new funAyisms. even funnler
than those with which he aroused laugh
ter when here last. and Currau added
several entirely new characters 10 the va.
rious funny prisoners he portrays and he
sang number OF new songs I'm his beau
tiful tenor voice
Lew Hawkins. n popular blackface
comedian had a new line Of songs and
stories that helped make him ono OF tho
best liked numbers on the entire program
and lie Roy and Woodford. who are al
ways 10 he depended upon 10 make oven
the most blase audience laugh itself tired
They too. had plenty OF new and laugh
able repartee-Tnto.=a European -+,tt-~-
terry. kept the audience guessing as IN
whether IL was human or an automatnro
especially when the attendant removed
"Totos' head after no, or IT, had played
several musical eelections
Minnie Harrison. a talented Providence
girl. who Is well known as lyceum on
tertainer. and who Is this week maxim,
her local professional debut, was warmly
welcomed. and sang several tuneful songs
In fetching manner that earned her n
deservededlv hearty recall. Delmore ana
Oneida gave a daring exhibition OF nv
tistic posings upon the Japanese balanc-
Ing pole. and Cherry and Bates were b,p
favortes In comedy and trick bicvcIe
riding act. The Durand Trio gave n can
ital vocal act. and Louis Guertfn ala
some Of tho best jumping ever seen M
keiths. I'm conclusion n rs we'll to urge
everyone 10 500 tho bill AZ Kelth's this
week. and 10 go early so as 10 see every
number for from start 20 finish thore is
not an act but is decidedly worth seeing