St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-22
FOYER AND FOOTLIGHT.

The Private Secretary old as the hills
as to time and ever fresh rs TO fun, will be at
the Metropolitan the first half of this week.
The Frohman company viii present it, and
that is sufficient guarantee. The story is i'll
Gillette's best vein. Douglas Cattermole is q
Wild jolly spendthrift, surrounded by impor
tuning creditors in London lodging house
He owes everybody. from his laudlady to his
tailor. but has rich uncle III India, from
whom he has unlimited expectations. hIr.
Marshland is 4 country squire with pretty
daughter and villa. who hires Rev. Robert
Spauding for his private secretary. In order
to escape his debts for time Douglas goes
down to The villa masquerading as the secre-
tary and leaves the latter in his lodgings
Upon the appearance of Mir. Cattermole the
uncle, he mistakes the secretary for his
nephew, and whole sea of troubles is the
result Around this rather slim plot or apol-
ogy for such, very funny set of situations
are gathered. A remarkably strong east has
been provided the best that has presented
the play The character of Rev. Spaulding,
with his everlasting "D'you know. is SPLEEN
dldly taken by r. j. Dustan. Tall. almost To
cadayerousness, with Il countenance as sol
emn as a graveyard, he submits to the most
fearful trials without change of face, and
the author Mr.. Cattermole from India, the
chronic Old fellow. who invariably inquiries
otter ones liver and helps wonderfully to mix
up affairs, is handled fully as well by Harry
Allen. Frank Tannehill Jr., as his nephew,
Douglass Cattermole. is deserving of special
performance Thomas Wise. u Bond street
tailor, is fine piece OF character acting
Misses NIaude Groux and Nettie Ferrel are
two bright piquant young actresses. who
give most charming performance of two
young ladies, friends who are full of life
and always on the qui vive for 4 bit of inuo-
cent fun, II. A. Morey Herbert Fortier Miss
Kate Wilson and Miss Adele Clark, together
with those mentioned above, carry the bur
den of the story, and all are strong. There
is about the entire performance a finish seen
only in the most refined productions, and
only then when interpreted by people OF I'M
doubted ability aud special fitness for their
roles. The performance is funny, but not in
the least boisterous.
When Herbert Hall Winslow wrote Town
LOTS he only had i'll view the creation of
laughter by the presentation of a broad stage
satire on the real estate boom craze of new
Western town known as Culpepper City,
WHICH exists only in the fertile mind of IL
real estate speculator, Culpcpper Meek, who
would convince an anxious world that he
had succeeded in discovering the very acme
of all thatcould be desired in the location of
a home OH this mundane sphere in the sur
roundngs and general location of this newly
discovered city, which, from his highly col
ored maps and well wOrded circulars would
seem to contain every advantage that could
possibly be asked by man. There are Sc
ries of absurd and laughable scenes and stu
l,n11
dances. 1t is just one of those plotess skils
intended to amuse the public and ut the same
time satrize some of the weaknesses to which
humanity is given. Eloisc Willard and Jay
Simms will be seen in the leading roles, and
are said to be ably seconded by q number of
clever people. The idea of Town Lots Is
clever one, and the subject is said to have
peen treated i'll way that renders it at once
highly amusing to the laughler-loving public,
which seems to delight just now in the rage
Tor productions of this order Town Lots
will be the attraction for the entire weel; at
the Grand.
90
The recent production of the latest version
of Joan of Arc, at the Fifth Avenue thea
ter, New York. proved to be a novel affair
The drama as presented is offered as that of
VI Jules Barbiere, in which Nine. Bernhardt
exploited herself the earlier part of 1890 in
both Paris and London. 1t is a spectacle in
i've acts with such choral and instrumental
music that it bears the scmbance of opera at
times. In the treatment of the Maid of Or
leans it compares with Schiler's old version
of the same story In scenic and decorative
beauty it far surpasses all previous attempts
to present the theme Electrically. It must
therefore, from this showing of it, be re-
garded as Il spectacle What it may have
been with Nine. Bernhardt to impersonate
the Maid we may conjecture. 1t takes
up the mystical character of the virgin
heroine, and endeayors to heighten and
enhance the supernatural element by means
of music. tabcauX and visions. Ii is multi
tuGinous with people and sonorous with
songs and vivid with sacerdotal costumes
and candies A great deal of expense has at
tended the production of this piece the en-
tire cost being something like $4,000. That
this is no eXaggeraton will be readily under
stood when it is known that to transport the
scenic and spectacular portions two cars of
the largest size are i'll use. The costumes
are both correct and picturesque and the
scenic establishment is in good taste and
very snowy. 1t gives the career OF the Maid
of Orleans in cartoons of beauty, and all
ends with her cruel death at the stake Miss
Mathers personation of the heaven directed
warrior maid is reported us one of the best
things that she has given the public IN her
histronic career. and the show, if we may
call il such. is said to be both effective and
popular. Miss Margaret Mather will appear
in her great production of Joan of Arc the
latter half of this week beginning Thursday
night. at the Metropolitan opera house. Miss
Mathcr has made the hit of her professional
career in this great play
90
Violet Mays French Folly COMPANY will
open weeks engagement at the Olympic
next Monday night, and the management
promises a great entertainment. The com
pany comprises novelty artists and pretty
girls who will appear in programme spark
ling with the rarest gems, the latest musical
features and new ideas. The talented per
formers with this company are: Phil and
Crissie Sheridan character duo Fred Har-
rison, clever female impersonatOr: John
| and Nellie Healy, great sketch artists; Lille
Maria dashing serio comic Brown Brothers,
wonderful dancers; Julia scott a beautiful
vocalist; Ed Rush and Jessie Bryant,a clever
sketch team; Lavada May, wonderful bari
tone singer: Victor and Victoria Lee novelty
creations Violet May, burlesque queen; IIar-
yey ana Annie Bendon. English comedy duo
This rafting olio of specialtes will conclude
with the sensational burlesque entitled "An.
tics, with an excellent distribution of char
acters. The usual matinees will be Saturday
and Sunday.