St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-10
TO PLEASE THE PUBLIC.

Menus, the god of laughter, reigned
supreme last evening al the Metro
polltan opera house, when the inimita-
bic princes Of farce-comedy, Evans and
H0ey. presented their remarkably sue
cessful play Of "A Parlor Match be-
fore an audience which has only been
exceeded in numbers once this season.
when Jefferson and Florence opened
their engagement. The play has been
seen SO often that the char
acters of Old Hoss, l. McCorller
and Innocent Kidd are so familiar
as to make one feel that we are meeting
friends we have known all or lives.
Old H0ss, as depicted by Mr.. IIoey last
evening, was as amusing as ever. and
while the stage possesses many clever
comedians none could bring to bear on
the character the artistic and unctuOus
humor which Mr.. Hoey infuses into it.
One cannot but wish that Old IIOss
should secure the 81 for which lie places
himself in SO many lddicrous situations
in the play. Mr.. Hoey once again
proved his skill as a musician,
and his playing of various instru-
ments, especially the Scotch ba@pipe,
was hailed With delight. ~ ParIor
Match without Mr. Hoey singing a
topical song would be like "Ilamlet''
with the prince left out; and the clever
comedian sings song entitled They're
After Me, which last evening WAS en-
Cored time and time again. until Mr..
HOey became exhausted
Nlr. Evans seconded the lead of his
partner, and i'll his delineation of I. Nc
COrker, the irrepreSsible book agent.
cQnYulScd the audience With laughter
MI. Evans has style pecul-
iarly his own, and the many funny
situations in which he finds himself.
are aCcentuated by Mr.. Evans comical
posing. Both MeSsrS. Evans and iioey
have been supplied this season with a
whole budget Of new Jokes and puns.
ana when the twain are upon the stage
tie fun reignS fast and furious. The
part of Innocent Kidd is now PLAYED by
Clara Thropp, who made big hit ia
the production of The County Fair i'm
New York. Miss rhropp is a sweet
singer, graceful dancer, and possesses
an inimitable cuteneSS which last even
ing quickly made her a fayorite with
her audience.
The three English sisters l.eycy sus-
tanned the claim to all the praise which
has been iavished upon them. They
have enhancing figures, beautiful feat
ureS, and sing SWeetly. Their perform
ance upon the mandolin last evening
was received with enthusiasm. Another
feature OF the performance WsS the ar
tistic singing of the famous Olympian
Quartette. If any fault can be found
with the performance of Evans X IloeV
and their clever company il is that thcy
are the cause OF many Sidcachc
through excessive laughter, but il is a
fault that the company is 10 be cOngrat-
ulated upon heartily.
The Grand opera house last evening
again held a large audience. who wit
messed with pleasure the performance
of the only Indian actress, GLWOngo
Mohawk, and her supporting company,
in the sensational play, The Indian
Mail Carrier"
Town Lots" which has gained some
n0toriety owing to the quarrel between
EloiSe Willard, the managerrsS, and
Manager BiXby, of the Grand opera
house, or the merits of the play. opened
at the Harris theater last evening for
weeks engagement. A good audience
was present, and the play was received
III manner which must have been
pleasing to Miss Willard. The play is
farce comedy OF very pronounced type.
but serves its purpose 10 amuSe and
create laughter.
The heavy SHOW storm of Sunday de-
layed the train by which the Lille Me
Henry BurleSque company was travel
ing SO that they did not reach the city
until $50 last evening. A very large
audience was present at the Olympic
theater, but Manager Wells was COM
PEELED to dismiss it and refund money.
The company will, however, open It's
engagement tonight, when the patrons
of the house Will be RECALLED by one OF
the best burlesque companies on the
road, composed Of beautiful women.
aided by magnificent costumes and spe-
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