St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-27
LOCAL STAGE GOSSIP.


plications and funny incidents, but purely
of legitimate kind. 1t does not depend for
It's laughs ON what is generally known as
horse play. All the situations are brought
about by natural causes. 1t is said by those
who have had the pleasure of seeing ''Dr.
Bill'' to be one of the most laughable COM
| edies seen in a long time. 1t is in three acts.
but so quick is the action that 1t is found
necessary to do a one-act play. Sunset"
bright, one-act comedy. will precede DIR.
Bill' at every performance. The story Of
'sDr. Bill'' is about as follows:
II
The plot differs somewhat from the aver
age comedy, and the general synopsis would
be about as follows: DR.. Brown, a Young
Doctor with hosts of friends and a sufficient
income TO live on, throws up his practice.
His father-in-law, Mr.. Firman, DESTROYS of
seeing him acquire more fame, scatters cir
culars broadcast, inviting patients to call on
DR.. Brown to be cured and during his alb
sence fixes gigantic brass plate on the door
| inviting a consultation to DR.. Bill. The
| Browns have for neighbors Mr.. and Mrs.
Horton. He is a conservative 'den't-trust-
| anyone" chief OF police, while Mrs. Horton
| is a gay and giddy woman OF the world,
| with a knowledge of mankind in gen.
| eral In one of her wild moments
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| find whether he has the tendencies she has
observed in some other men, and particularly
her old friend, Dr. Biz This is in order
| that she may report to his wife results
| Brown, however, transfers the letter to
| George Webster, who has of invitation peen
| fascinated by the lady. The scheme Mr..
| Webster decides upon is to personify DR..
| Brown, and shows Mrs. Horton while in this
| guise that Mrs. Brown is far too trusting with
! her husband. She induces the doctor (?) to
retire to her boudoir, which is unlighted,
and wait there. She then sends for his wife,
| who promptly arrives and is told where she
can find her husband who in the darkness
| will mistake her for Mrs. Horton. A cuff
| on the head is the only sound that
breaks the stiffness Mrs. Horton now
locks her room and places the key on the
table. In few moments Dr. Brown appears,
and Mrs. Horton recognizes her old friend
i DR.. Bill Finding out who she is she faints
in his arms to restore her the doctor drops
key down her back. This has the desired
effect. She now tries to get his wife away
without his knowledge; but where, o where
is the key 4? This is the climax that throws
the audience in commissions, when it is
known that the key is down Mrs. Horizons
back. Trying to get it out she starts to dis
robe, and amid a scene of confusion the
jealous superintendent of police returns
home. st. Paul is promised a capable COM
pany. One able to extract all the fun from
the comedy, and there is said to be lots of it.
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Jacob Lifts lyon Yonson' will be seen
the current week at the Grand, beginning
with tonight, and as this will be its first time
in the Northwest the story of the play will
doubtless prove of interest: The central
figure is an Americanized Swede, whose dia-
lect as we'll as his mannerisms afford infinite
amusement by their oddity. Yon is the son
of Swedish machinist, who comes to Amer
lea when the former is a child. He is en-
ployed by Minneapolis lumber magnate as
superintendent of one of his big saw-mills,
and being of an inventive turn invents a
mechanical continuance for expediting the
work of the saws. When Yon is six
years of age, and his sister, Grace, child
of three summers. the Swede dies, leaving
nothing but his sawmill invention, which he
intrusts to his employer to hold in trust for
his orphaned children. The lumber mag
nate has his cupidty aroused by the discov-
cry that the invention is of incalculable
value, and disposes of the boy and his claims
by sending him out to Swede family in Da-
kota, where he is brought up. The girl Jen-
nings adopts himself. By curious whirli-
gig of fortune Yon, now grown to be
man, comes in contact with Jen-
nings and the young girl in the lum-
Der country of Northern Minnesota, where
, Jennings and his partner, Holloway, have
gone to consummate land deal with
young Englishman whom it is their intention
10 defraud. Yon does not know that the girl
is his sister, and the development of the plot
places both in number of interesting and
dramatic situations. Advanced in years and
shattered i'm health ri RI 6rax
out of the scheme to defraud the English
man, but his partner uses his knowledge of
the sawmill fraud to compel the old man to
continue as his accomplice. Jennings and
Harcourt, the Englishmar, go to inspect the
land, when the latter discovers the attempted
fraud. In the alteration that follows Jen-
nings strikes the Englishman down, and
leaves him apparently dead. Holloway
learns that Harcourt has left his money i'll
charge of his young nephew, and attempts to
secure it. In the struggle the boy becomes
insensible, and Holloway thinking he has
killed him. throws him upon the lumber jam,
frees the key log, and sends the
logs with their victim whirling
down the stream. The boy is res
cued at a critical moment by Yon and car
ried safely down stream and out of the way
of the dangerous mass of logs. The effect of
the breaking jam is startling in the extreme,
and the thrilling rescue is always received
with thunders of applause. In the last act
Jennings confesses the truth to his adopted
daughter: brother and sister are united, and
Grace and the Englishman fail in love. The
play has natural comedy ending.
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This is the story OF the play which is en-
bellished by special scenery and effects and
interpreted by most competent company,
including Gus Heege. the originator of the
Anglo-Swedish character upon the stage, and
also the author of the play ''Yon Yonson.''
Annie Lewis, the little comedenne whom
Mr.. Lift has selected 70 appear as a star next
season under his management, is also in the
cast and the general en- semble of the COM
pany is said to be most effective. ''Yon Yon-
! son" has been accepted and Endorsed "a ht'
| throughout the entire East where the dialect
| of the Swede is comparatively unknown, and
| it should add substantially TO its success in
| the Twin Cities where the perfection of the
| dialect and the coloring of the characterize
| ton can easily be criticized by comparison.
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| Henry E. Abbey, under whose direction the
great Sarah Bernhardt appears here next
| week. is the most ehterprising and pushing
! manager in this country. Not content with
having the only Bernhardt, he, with his
| partner, Maurice Grau, have two other col
| lossal attractions in the states this season. to
| wit: Nine. Adelina Patti for a concert tour
! beginning in January IN New York, and the
| largest, most complete and best organized
| opera company ever brought to this country.
| The comdany is composed of artists of great
| celebrity, and have been selected for
the purpose of giving grand opera
|. either in Italian or French, it being in
| tended to give Italian and French alter
nately. The following are the names of the
artists: Nine. Emma Aibani Nine Lilli
| Lehman, Mile. Emma Eames. Mile Maria
| Pettigiani Mile. Sofia Ravogli Nile Mathilde
| Bauermeister Mile. Ida Klein. Mile MNe
| Van Zandt, Nine. Sofia Scalchi. Mile. JS-e
| de Vigne and Mile. Giulia Ravogli. TENOR:
| Sgr. Fernando Valero, SCR. Gianini- Grifoni,
| Herr Paul Kallisch. NJ. Victor Canonl SCR