The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-05-17
At the - -
Theatres

There was only a small audience at the
the animated pictures portraying the
thrilling scenes OF probably the greatest
calamity of modern times. that OF the
destruction of San Francisco by earth
quake and fire, and those who were not
there missed a rare treat
Too much in praise cannot well be said
OF these pictures, and every one in TIE
audience last evening was more than
sa atished, for indeed II was an education.
the pictures being a comprehensive and
honest reproduction OF what actually took
place only a comparatively short time
ago. One may read In print Of the Terrible
scenes In Frisco, but they are made
doubly real by these pictures. They gee
in detail views OF the city before the
earthquake. taking one through Market
street, one OF the principal thoroughfares
OF the city, before the calamity, and
showing the beauty OF the metropolis Of
the Pacific and it's life before the earth
quake. where 10000 buildings were quickly
razed, causing misery and death. Fol-
lowing this comes varied pictures OF
crashing buildings, and fire eating its way
through a section over four miles in
length and three and a half i'm width.
The pictures were taken by Mills Bros.
at San Francisco and show on the face OF
them that they are honest and thoroughly
accurate.
The lecturer, Mr.. Seymour. formerly
leading man OF the Bishop Stock company
at San Francisco, playing at the Central
theatre there, and himself a witness of
the destruction OF the city. was fully
capable 10 tell the story of the disaster,
and interested the audience by his ex-
planation OF the various pictures shown.
Undoubtedly these pictures are the
finest that were ever given portraying a
calamity such as overlook San Francisco
they should be seen by everyone who Is
interested in the San Francisco earth
quake.
The last performance will be given to-
night and certainly everyone should take
advantage OF IL.
First impressions are not everything,
but they mean great deal, and the first
impression made by Miss Jane Evans at
Kelth's this week is a decidedly favora BILE
one. There is fire and spirit in her inn
personation and she makes n very fasct-
mating appearance. 1t is an odd conci-
dence that Miss Evans will next week
again play a Spanish woman, I'm the
Fatal Card" but OF an entirely different
type than that which she is playing this
week.
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Theatregoers who saw William Inger-
soil last week in "The Second in Com
mand," and have seen him this week I'm
THE Dstator," are pretty well convinced
that in him the Albee company has
leading man OF marked versatility. His
comedy methods are delightfully."- unforced
and he makes THE Dictator" an uncom-
monty entertaining farce.
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One of the reasons why ''The Fatal
Card" is rarely played by stock companies
is that II is an exceedingly difficult play
to stage. 1t requires some very intricate
scenery. notably the big explosion scene
in which the walls OF the building are so
carefully built that It requires four men
at least two hours to replace the bricks
after a performance in which they are
demolished. These walls, in the explosion
fall at the touch of an electric button by
Stage Director Turner.