The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-22
T:HE THEAIRTS

Although THE Woman In the Case"
which Blanche Walsh Is 10 present at the
Providence Opera house tonight. bomor-
row and Wednesday nights and Wednes-
day matinee is remarkable for its story.
sustained from first TO last II is the third
act which is responsible for most OF it's
phenomenal success. or this. third act
the New York Sun took occasion in its
review to speak as follows
"The chorus girl Claire arrives from
the theatre with her party Supper is
! served and the men are got rid Of The
| two women are alone. Then the duel
begins. Margaret tries device after de-
| vice. always leading to the very brink
| Of confession, always batfied at the crit
| ical moment
One by one Margaret plays on the base
| and trivial passions Of the woman she
has learned to know by long and pain
| full nradeship-loquacity, vanity ha-
| tired in all their meanest phases. Each
failure brings with its added jot Of de-
| spair. an added revolt at the sickening
! task: yet the wife keeps on plying the
| wine and the fattery.
Finally when Claire is swaylng and ali
| but incoherent with drink Margaret
| strikes the chord Of love. Up from the
! murk of haseness- comes passinn,-hase
as the rest, but Of overmastering force
/ BY this time the audience was as still as
| II the theatre had been empty. The al
! most drunkan woman became quiet and
| sober with passion. and her voice softened
| almost 10 a whisper. The voice OF the
wife battling for the life OF her husband.
| became its ghostly echo.
When the truth came out. there was a
silence of mutual awe. Then with cry
| OF triumphant rage. Margaret hurled her
self upon the poor wretch and shook her
like a rat. The audience drew its first
long breath in ten minutes. and burst into
! applause even before the curtain was
down. An ovation Of such spon taneity
and force has not been heard tnis season
perhaps not in many a season"
.ss
The fun OF Augustus Thomas new
comedy Mrs. Leffingwels Boots" which
is coming to the Opera house next Thurs
day evening all hinges on the pranks of
| n young scion of n wealthy family, who,
one Of the other characters in the play
a physican-thinks is mentally unbal-
anced because of a blow on the back Of
the head received at a college football
game some months previous. The ply
sician Is a strong believer in and prac-
titioner of osteopathy. He treats and re-
stores the youth TO his normal senses and
leads him TO confess among other Of
fences. to the misappropriation OF the
boots Of Mrs. Leffingwell and placing Of
the same outside the window OF n room
occupied by the affianced lover OF his
sister He had taken some umbra8e AT
the lover and the matron and sought "a
bring about double estrangement between
the pair OF lovers and the welded couple
The consequent chickering's and compica
tions furnish the comedy of the play to
n laughable end.
The Keith habit continues to grow
as can be seen from the tremendous
crowds at the popular playhouse every
afternoon and evening and those who are
frequently disappointed I'm not being able
to secure seats are learning TO secure
them early. II looks as N this might be
necessary for some time In the future,
Judging from some of the coming attrsc-
tions announced for there. The bin this
week will include the Kitabanzai troupe,
the Kaufman troupe. Frank Gardner and
Lottie Vincent In Winning n Queen
Nick Long and ldalene Cotton. Matthews
and Ashley, Pat Rooney and Marion Bent
Carroll Johnson, Charlotte Guyer George,
Constantine Sisters, the Pelots, Thomas
and Payne. Harry Jolson, Frederick.
Winning q Queen" is the title OF one
OF the most unique acts introduced IN
vaudeville for many day. This is pre-
sented at Keith's this week by Frank
Gardner and Lottie Vincent, popular
vaudeville favorltes. Gardner portrays a
tramp who goes to sleep In the mouth
OF a cannon outside of a fort The can
non explodes and the tramp is sent flying
through the air TO the clouds, where
he is unceremoniously dropped into the
rrN 4,
moon. falls in love with her and per-
suades her TO return to earth 10 him.
They sit upon a big star and begin the
Journey toward New York This novel
plot Is developed in n bright and amusing
manner. with some capital singing and
dancing interspersed among the comedy.
Everyone Is interested I'm the appear
ance at Keith's theatre this week of Nick
Long and idalene Cotton. one of the most
clever and artistic pairs who ever APP
peared I'm vaudeville. They have not been
| seen In Providence for something like
six years. except in legitimate attractions
Roth have had a remarkably brilliant ca
| reer with the foremost legitimate stars
and attractions including The Telephone
| Girl" The French Maid" The Girl
From Paris" Margaret Mather, and last
season Mr. Long was seen here with Bay
Irwin in Mrs. Black Is Back" when ne
PLAYED the hothersome foreigner Mr..
Long is one of the best dialect comedians
OF the stage. and incidentally he is the
author OF that beautiful little Italian dia-
lect story. Rosa" which has been pi-
rated oftener than any other poem ever
written. Miss Cotton Is an artistc TO her
finger tips. She Is the daughter OF Ben
Cotton. the famous minstrel comedian.
formerly OF Pawtucket They will APP
pear In \ breezy melange called Mana
gerial Troubles" IN which Mr. Long plays
n stage manager and Miss Cottcs n little
scrub woman who helps the manager out