The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-25

| chitectural loss. That building Is z
| splendid type OF the massive and use
less strength which at one period
| characterized public structures. Today
the tremendous granite pillars support.
| ing the entablature front and rear are
| pointed cut as the greatest monoliths
| In any building In this country. But
| the old custom house Is dark and
unwholesome; it lacks drainage and
light; and some day it will have to
make way for a modern structure.
Henry B.. Irving, son Of the great
tragedian, a great actor himself, and
an expert criminolcgist, was measured
by the BertillOn system and had his
finger prints taken at the local bureau
Of criminal investigation the other
day when he left the bureau of Grim
inal Investigation at police headquart-
ers the experts there were satisfied
that he Is entitled 10 be regarded as
IN authority on the subject which he
has studied long and persistently and
10 which he has contributed several
works " unquestiOned merit. Sir
Henry Irving. father Of the young ac-
tor had many friends at police head
quarters, ana being n student OF Grim
in0loCy himself, he was wont TO fire.
Quent the bureau when in this city ani
pursue his Investigations. He never
failed to visit Chief Inspector Watts
when playing here. Knowing OF this
friendship. the son. Henry B. Irving
made Il his business 90 go to police
hcgduu2rtors, where he met Supt
Pierce and Commissioner O'Meara.
The whole afternoon was spent by Mr..
Irving IN pursuing his Investigations
in the rogucs' gallery, where he stud
led the pictures. Bertillon measure
mcnts and the finger prints. Inspector
George pinkcrton was personal escort
to Mr.. Irving and showed him the in
tcresting records Of the Cffice. Mr..
Irving declared that the records Of the
Boston bureau arc possibly the most
complete and interesting he has ever
studied. and furnished more phenom-
ena in criminal studies than any other
records he had had the good fortune
TO look over.
"Ben Hur" is once again the sensa-
ton of the hour in Boston. On Mon
day evening at the big Boston theatre
the new and greater production OF
General Lew Wallace'S stirring Bibli-
cal romance was unfolded and scored
the greatest triumph of any spactacu-
lar dramatic play in the annals OF
Boston amusements. Ben Hur" as
now arranged and staged by Messrs.
Klaw g. ErlanSer is a marvellous piece
Of stagecraft No theatre in America
furnishes such opportunities for a col
ossal presentation as does the historic
Boston Theatregoers should bear in
mind that the curtain rises on the
evening performances Of Ben Hur" at
7.i5. the drama terminating at lO.45;
on the matnees at 2, terminating at
o'clock. During the prelude showing
THE Star Of Bethlehem" no one Will
be seated
There Is every indication that Mrs.
Fiske. who comes to the Majestic thea
trc Boston. for two weeks beginning
Monday, January 2l. in THE New
Idea" will have the most brilliant en-
gagement she has ever played in that
city. The desire to see this actress in
Langdon Mitchells brilliant satire on
metropolitan society is keener than for
any of her former roles. Mrs. Fiske,
and the Manhattan Company, the not
able group of players that surrounds
her. come to Boston directly from New
York, where they won an immense
success. In The New York Idea"
Mrs. Fiske has "A role admirably suited
TO her, that calls into play all her
talents at comedy and her subtle de-
notement of emotional progress. Mrs.
Fiske will give matinees on Saturday
only Seats for any performance Of
her engagement may be ordered by
mail accompanied by remittance, with
the assurance that the best seats avail
able will be given.
The attraction at the Boston Grand
Opera House this week is to be an
unusual one. 1t is none other than
Charles Il. Blaney's magnificent spec
tacular production of his latest and
most successful melodrama, The Curse
OF Drink" with L. Aug. Anderson as
Bill Sanford. This play has attracted
an unusual amount OF attention by rea-
son of the strength of its theme rs
well as TO the gorgeousness of its pro-
duction. Ii combines many thrilling
and sensational scenes and situations,
and tender heart interest, which is
unusual in a drama of this kind.
Houdini is outdoing all Of his prev
ious efforts during his present engage
ment at Keith's. His feats are more
sensational and mystifying than ever
before and he is attracting record
crowds. Next week is the last Of his
stay and special features will be given
at practically every performance. as he
has received and accepted a sufficient
number of challenges 10 fill all OF the
afternoons and evenings. Due an
nouncements OF these special features