St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-27
SAINT PAUL.
FOYER AND FOOTLIGHT.

The versatile and always popular
actor, Milton Mobiles, and his charming
young wife. Dollie Mobiles, will make
their appearance Monday evening at
the Newmarket, in his Successful play.
From Sire to Son." The play is by
far the best work yet given to the pub
lie by that versatile actor and success
full dramatiSt. 1t possesses in an
eminent degree the essential element
of human interest. The men and
women are flesh and blood. There is
nothing artificial about them. Dollie
intelligence. She sings exquiSitely,
accompanying herself with the mando-
lin. Mr.. MOBILES plays with the ease,
polish and magnetic force that have
always characterized his work. Many
admire Milton Mobiles as an artist far
above the average in point of ability.
lie is always conscientious, and, while
lie may fail sometimes to realize
a character, still you will never
lind him commonplace. He is prod
uct of our American civilization, and
has risen from the ranks, like others
that might be named, to a prominent
position as one of our leading native
actors. His plays show broad knowl
edge of men and things. A close ana
Iyst himself, he has given to the litera-
ture of the stage much that in the fut-
ire will be regarded as models of their
class. The company supporting Mr..
Mobiles is above the average. several
names being familiar to theater-goers.
Two acts of From Sire to SOM are To-
Gated at Yuba, Cal, during the days of
the Argonauts. They are pleasant COM
pliments the drama has received in its
enthusiastic reception in California, and
its cordial praise by the entire press of
San Francisco. One able critic there
pronOunces it the best play yet written
by an American, dealing with California
life and character Another makes note
of the fact that Mr., Mobiles is the only
playwright to date who has been able to
write California play without drag
ging in the Chinaman as principal
character.
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One of the best and most profitable
engagements of the season will be that
of the far-famed VaidIs Sisters Novelty
company, which opens at the Harris on
Tuesday evening. 1t will be impoSSi-
bic to give performance on Monday
night, as it takes twenty hours to adj
Just the silver trapeZone rotaire, the
Hdtttfttu AiOiu tiiO
dome of the theater, and upon which the
daring Vaidis sisters perform their
thrilling aerial feats. These wonder
full women are fresh from their
triumphal tour of Europe.swhere their
skill and daring excited the wonder and
applause of thousands. In their trapeze
work they are eXcelled by none, ard
one of the features of their startling act
is Lizzie VaidIs' headleng plunge from
the trapeZe to the net spread beneath =
al feat unsurpassed in trapeze annals.
Allied to these brilliant stars are large
number of artists who rank high in the
vaudeville profession, and whose work
is simply irreproaehable. the entire
entertainment being filled with
old-fashioned variety of clean,
palatabe character. The list in
cIudes Napier and MarZello, the kings
of gymnastic comedians; Keller. the
wonderful human enigma; Janet Mel
vile and EVE Stetson, motto yoealists
and dialect artists: BelIac. the PART
sian necromancer; John L. Drew, Irish