St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-22

new to Minneapolis, but isaan Eastern
favorite and will doubtless do we'll
The bill for this evening will be Com
mercial Tourists Bride" the plot of
which is as follows:
B. Innocent Smith, treasurer of the
Deep Mining and Railroad company,
starts with his bride On tour of Europe.
He arrives in New York, where an
order of arrest has been issued fer a
supposed defalcation. A detective
tracks him to his hotel. But Smith Dig
guises himself as a valet and attempts
to elude the detective until his steamer
the play a Boston drummer comes
on the scene; sees the name
of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith and Miss
Flour on the register; mistakes him
for large California merchant; pre-
sumes that Miss Flour is his buyer, and
Immediately sets to work to sell her
large order. The drummer meets Mrs.
Smith in the hotel parlor; mistakes her
for Miss Flour; she mistakes him for
the detective, and an opportunity is
here presented for considerable funny
business; Mrs: Smith by much clever
scheming makes the detective think
that the drummer is Mr.. Smith, and
from this point the play is a series of
mistakes and ludicrOus situations.
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HELD by the Enemy" William Gil
lette's successful American play, which
has just completed highly successful
engagement at the opera house, st,
Paul, will be presented for the first time
in this city for six nights and Saturday
matinee, beginning tomorrow evening.
1t will be presented by the original
cast, and every bit of its scenery and
mechanical effects, seen during it's run
of 400 nights in New York. 100 in Boston,
seventy-five nights in San Francisco and
fifty nights in Chicago. Those who
have seen it say Held by the Enemy
is as strong on the comedy side as well
as the emotional. The scene of the
play is laid i'll Virginia during the war,
but it is not regarded as a war drama,
although the leading characters are sol
dierS on both sides of the line. No at
tempt is made to appeal to patriotism.
Northern men are not made to suffer in
Southern prisons, and it's very care
and exceedingly skillful construction,
makes it as acceptable in the North as
In the South; for throughout five acts
no feelings of sectionalism or of the old
hatred are aroused. Col. Prescott, an
officer of the Northern army, is in love
with Rachel McCreery, who is engaged
to be married to her cousin, a COnfeder-
ate lieutenant, named Gordon Hayne.
Prescott declares his love, and
on that night her affianced hus-
band visits the house. He is
shot at, captured and tried
and while the trial is in progress, Pres
colt produces certain papers he had
taken from Hayne after his capture.
The papers which are plans of the
Union army prove him guilty of being
spy. Rachel accuses Prescott of having
forged them, in order that he might rid
himself of dangerous rival. The, spy
makes confession and is sentenced to
death. The subsequent scenes.
are among the most thrilling
and exciting scenes in the play.
Hayne feigning death endeavors toes
cape with the assistance of Rachelit who
was given permission by the general in
command to convey the supposed body
through the lines. In the hospital the
body is detained by the surgeon, Iwho
suspects things are not as it should be
and when the general enters an ex-'
animation is ordered. The supposed
dead man after passing through.
the terrible ordeal is about to
be examined, the cloth is
lifted and Hayne pronounced dead.
having died from fright and ANXIETY.
The examination removes all suspicion.
BY ana by the lovers are thrown to-
gether again, and all ends happily. There,
is an underplot concerned in the love Of.
Susan McCreery for Thomas Henry,
Bean, special artist for all illustrated
weekly. !.
This week all Irish drama in four acts
and prologue entitled "a Fathers
Love, or the Patriots of 49," will be
presented at the Peoples theater with
elaborate stage settings, etc. This will
be the first time in this city that Irish
drama has ever been presented in proper
style at prices suitable for that class
OF patrons that usually attend these per-
Torrance. While 10 Murphy, Scanion,
etc, are very clever, their prices are SO
high, as rule, othe people who attend
these performances cannot af-
ford to go. and consequently
seldom see this class of a drama
IA Fathers Love" while showing a
parents devotion, is overlooking with
Irish wit and humOr. Several promi-
nent irish societies will attend during
the week in body land the engagement