St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-20
DESTINED TO SHINE.
Miss Mountford's Splendid Per-
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Miss NIountford's Splendid Per-
fofmance-Last Nights Theat-
ricaIs.
The note that has been heralded at
the front of Miss Mountford's first tour
| OF this country that she is the predes-
! tined successor of our own famous
Clara Morris, is a voice for which Miss
Mountfofd'S talents give the fullest
license. In her emotional drama.
Eugene LIE Tour" which was pre-
scented to a packed house at the Harris
theater last night. she displayed an ex-
tensiye possession of those qualities
which have modelled the great emotional
actresses Of this day. She tran
seendS Lillian Lewis and she has
many charms which Clara Morris
once possessed, but of which time and
natural forces have long ago stripped
her. Miss Meuntford'S power is appar-
ent in the very first scene i'll the first of
the five acts, and from even this slight
manifestation her audience sees her
with increased interest. She is young
actress, and this is her first venture
across the American continent. Some
! years ago she made her debut in New
! York city, where she has won the dis
tinction OF wearing the daintiest foot
that ever actress stood upon. There
fore the women folk of the house
found anxious interest III the opera
glass. Miss = Mountford's personal
charms are beautiful embodiment
for her talents ard her company is not
ably composed of the finest aggregation
of handsome men we have observed fol
years, Eugene LIE Tour is an emo
tional drama from the pen of Frederick
Soullie, and in plot and character it is
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the time OF Louis XIV. Since the VIII
burs left. the Harris has had nothing of
such legitimate stamp. All the week.
Riee's Worlds Fair did not pack
the house at the Newmarket last night,
as was confidently expected. There
was a fasr audience. but not the throhg
that greetS any production that bears
Rice's nane. 1t was good and enter
tanning spectacular specially, but the
familiar form of George Fortescue,
though his uame appeared on the bills,
was not to be seen.
Frank Daniels and his big comedy
company in the comical extravaganza
Little Puck" opens an engagement
tonight at the Newmarket theater, of
three nights only. Sales of seats thus
far indicate good houses, and tonight
the Newmarket will surely be packed.
Sale of seats for the Hess grand opera
engagement, commencing Thursday,
begins at the Newmarket box Office to-
morrow (TueSday) morning.
Lifts Grand opera house was crowded
from floor to ceiling last evening. Every
seat was taken before o'clock, and
scores afterwards paid for the priv
ilege of standing. while hundreds were
disappointediy turned away. A more
highly enthusiastic audience never sat
through play. The people were
never better amused, or more thor
oughly entertained. As all anti
dote to melancholia the only
thing that is necessary is to see
"a Bunch of Keys" as performed by
Edouin & Sanger's company. 1t is
worth more than dozen doctors. and it
costs less. There is no cessation of
sparkling fun from start to finish, and
the lines run with vim that you have
hardly got over the laugh occasioned by
one witty sally than you are thrown al
most into commissions over another.
There a,e thousands of people who
delight in nothing more than hearty
laugh, catchy song and some smart
dancing. They are all to the ''front" in
"a Bunch of Keys" An ali-round
able set of artists make I'D the
company, imparting all the spirit needed
in the performance. Miss Ada Botliner
was as charming as she was vivacious i'm
the role of Teddy Keys, a wild rosebud
with the accompanying thorns. w. G.
Crosbie's was an excellent get up. Time
and again he set the house I'm an uproar
by his eccentricitieS in the character of
LittIeton Snaggs, legal gentleman
who 0tfnmnfc q hnfn1 I .ic
Wesley made a decided hit as Jones
Grimes. Some very pretty singing was
rendered by Helen Judson, Grace
Vaughn and BERTHE Conway. There are
other actors who assist in giving a most
enjoyable entertainments. Bunch of
Keys will be repeated all the week.
with Wednesday and Saturday matinees.