The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-10-12

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Richard Carle. in The Mayor Of Toxic"
will appear at the Providence Opera house
the first three nights OF next week, We'd
nesday matinee Mr.. Carle, who seems
10 have a faculty for odd sub-titles, calls
his new piece a farcical opera. The last
musical play from his clever pen, "The
Tenderfoot," he called n western oporatic
comedy and "Thc Hurdy -Gurdy Girl" the
piece which he Is now engaged I'm writ
ing, will bc chrlstened an urban musical
! play.
In "The Mayor OF Toxic tho player
| playwright had tried TO avoid the inanty
of conventional musical comedy without
! trespassing upon heavy opera. The new
! piece Is said TO contain music. which is
classy without great weight. a story that
may be detected without tho use of a
magnfying glass comedy that does not
depend upon stuffed clubs or sapsticks,
and plenty Of pretty, attractive girls. the
last, an essential concomitant to all light
musical plays.
In support OF the comedian will be
found a number OF clever stage folk, in
| Guiding Fred Frear. Sylvan Langlois,
William Rock. joe Smith Marba, j. A.
| William II. Platt. Hortense Mazuette.
Minerva Courtney Madge Vincent. Ethel
Lloyd. Ada Mitchell and Birdyne Zuber.
In addition there are eight little nimble-
footed girls known as the Peanut Bal
let" and what was voted the prettiest OF
all the choruses that appeared i'm Chicago
during the past summer season.
Among the musical numbers in The
Mayor 'of Toxic" that bid fair To be-
come popular are: 81 Like You" "Cruls-
ing Home" "rokio," when the Ocean
Breezes Blow" pity My Pitiful Plight"
Cheer Up Everybody" "The Mayor OF
Toxic" "A ionic Opera Capsule Fool
ishness' and "Is Marriage Failure"
No moro charming vocalist has appeared
at Keith's theatre. where good yocalists
are common, than Wynne Winslow, the
gifted soprano, who Is attracting such
hearty admiration this week. Miss Wins
low is woman of grace and distinction,
who appears with ease. beautiful gowns
and her voice, OF great range and 1exi-
bility, bespeaks n careful. thorough train
ing. Her selections arc all OF the high
grade and the case with which she sings
brings forth unstinted approval from
everyone who hears her
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Little Buster Keaton Is. as usual max
ing n DIX laughing MT dI heltn lntdlTe
this week Buster IS "A natural born
comedian. and many OF the things he does
that excite such hearty laughter are done
spontaneously. He Is favorite with
everyone. is this little fellow. nor is this
popularity limited TO the audience. for
with the stage hands and the other per-
formers upon n program he is Immensely
liked, not only because OF his cleverness
and sagacity. but because OF his unfail-
ing good spirits and funmaking. He is
a capital Illustration or the old adage that
good goods often come in small packages.
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Everyone Is commenting upon the great
number OF new acts shown on the bills
at Keiths these days. There is not
week when a half-dozen. and sometimes
as many as ten, OF the entire acts on the
bill are brand new And I'm cases where
tho performers themselves have appeared
before at Keith's they come I'm almost
every case this season. with new material.
for the demand or vaudeville managers
for something new IL having a capitarre-
suit For instance. Jack Norworth, one
Of tho best-liked monologiists of tho day.
appears each year at keith's with all
brand new material. and all original too.
Mr. Norworth will he at keiths next
week with his latest budget OF mlrth and
parodies. which he calls "The College
Man" This act pictures i'm n very laugh
able manner the trials and tribulations
of n freshman. and his own boyish per-
sonality enables Mr.. Norworth 20 capt
tally portray tho typo
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Al Roberts ~ the Imperial Theatre