The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-13
KEITH'S THEATRE.


Everyone will want to see tho great
Goldin, the worldrenowned illusionist
who played his first return engagement
IN America at keith's theatre yesterday
AFTERNOON, after six years OF triumph In
London. Goldin came over on the steam
ship Philadelphia, which encountered such
a dreadful cyclone that IL was held an en-
tire day In mid-ocean, and he arrivtd only
Few hours before his appearance on the
stage at Keith's. Nevertheless, he ana
his company consisting OF four male as
sistants. an attractive young woman, an
orchestra director, a stage carpenter. a
manager and a wardrobe mistress, yester-
day gave an act Of illusion and magic that
so completely astonished the large audi
ence that they were fairly dazed Goldin
J begins where others leave or. There is
nothing commonplace about any OF the
that is positively amazing. and before the
audience has ceased to wonder at one
thing he Is half way through another. The
disappearing illusions of which he is the
master. I'm which he made himself disap-
pear and in his place appear the attract
I've young assistant, were vigorously ap-
plauded. but no more so than that In
which he shot the young woman out of a
cannon and had her appear in big trunk.
placed inside Of two other trunks sus-
pended from the ceiling OF the theatre
way up near the second balcony. The
trick OF raising In horizontal position.
without any visible means of support. this
same young woman, was equally mysteri-
Gus, and 80 on indefinitely, one might
speak OF his feats. 1t can be easily under
stood why Goldin is one OF the highest
salaried artists In vaudeville, for he is
easily the leader of his line of work. In
fact, he is so far above all others that
there Is no comparison. He Is sure to be
the talk af the town"
Nina Morris stunning looking woman
In face and figure, who has been promi-
nent In the legitimate field, appeared in a
one-act comedy sketch. "A Friends Ad-
vice. assisted by two other legitimate ac-
tors, Arthur Hoops and Emile Collins.
The sketch is brlmful OF funny situations
and dialogue, and II was splendidly acted
by all three of the players Miss Morris
is delight to eye and ear, and she was
equally happy In the expression OF comedy
or seriousness Three hearty curtain calls
testified 10 the appreciation OF the audi
ence.
The three Dumonds. one OF the best
teams OF musicians who appear In vaude-
vile, made a genuine hit These two men
ard the young woman who enacts the role
OF the street urchin are all excellent
musicians and singers, and the violinist
OF the trio is a master of that instrument.
They were recalled again and again yes
terday
The Harmony four set everyone into
screams OF laughter. The Happy Hooli-
gan of this quartet, as well as the Irish
man, are two of the funniest comedians
In vaudeville, and everything they did
got a perfect shout of laughter from the
audience. The tenor has very beautiful
voice winch he uses admirably, and all
In all, they are entitled 10 rank as the
best male quartet before the public
Jolly Press Eldridge who is such a tre-
mendous favorite with young and old of
both sexes. was given his usual rousing
welcome. He had an entirely new budget
OF laueh-provoking comments on current
events and men and women. and had some
very funny songs that made many people
almost hysterlcal with laughter. The Van
Aukens, two splendidy built athletes,
gave an act OF triple horizontal bar per-
forming, introducing some difficult somer-
saults, all done with marvellous grace.
that was truly extraordinary, and they
deserved the hearty enthusiasm given
| them.
| Carter and Bluford, colored character
| singers. deserve a special word of COM
| mendation for the very beautiful act they
] offered. 1t Is entirely away from the
usual act given by people of this race and
| the costumes. special scenery and lighting
| effects added TO its effectiveness material
! ly. The Mignani family had novel act
! as THE Musical BARRIERS" In which they
utilized every possible instrument in a
/ barber shop scene TO extract music from.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Stewart had a capital
| rural comedy sketch. "Uncle Josh on the
! Bowery." Others on the bill were the
| Luigi Brothers, acrobats: Texakana and
| Walby. singers and dancers; ELLEN Nibla,
! soprano; V. i. Woodward. tambourine
! juggler and the Keith motion pictures.