St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-13
AT THE THEATERS.
Perennial Maggie Mitchell in a
New Play and a Farce Comedy.


New Play and a Farce Comedy.
Grand Opera House. Commencing omor-
row evening, and commencing through the
week. with Saturday matinee. the ever.
popular Maggie Mitchell will present her
new play, The Little Maverick" " which was
written especially with view to the display
OF Miss Mitchells varied and peculiar tal-
ent5 The engagemen will be of renewed
interest because of the fact that this Is 10 he
the last appearance Of this charming little
actress in this city. she having announced
her permanent retirement from the stage, to
lake place at the end of the season. The
play is said to be pleasing from its very
simplicity breathing, as 1t does, the air
of the wild and woolly West, although
Blt one scene is laid within Texan bound
aries For the benefit of the tenderfoot the
heroine explains that "a maverick is any
stray cattle crltter that WanderS over the
range without any brand or owner, a pray to
every rasKlll of coyote aud cattle slealcr.'
May Percy has been taken from the poor
house and adopted by Peter Bunker..a Il Texas
rough diamond, but is discovered bv Lord
Arthur KenwOod. who recognizes III her the
rightful heir 10 his Inheritance. Kenwood
manor. Thlther he conducts her. After incur
ring Lady Kenwood's diSpleasure by her re
markable display of cowboy etiquette. May
PercY-captures the affections OF Lord Arthur
HeiS called from his seventh heaven bya reg
mental summons to the Soudan which leaves
him no time TO say goodbye to May. His note
s9f explanation is dishonesty retained by
9GorSon, the agent. Believing her lover un-
Worthy of regard. the little maverick
yields to the entreaties!' of Lady Kenwood,
@ahd promises never to see Lord Kenwood
,ssgaill OF course Lord Kenwood returns
and seeks May, but she won't see hlm-not
she and sends him aWay with the greatest
bravado, which utterly collapses three min
utes after he is out of hearing. But he comes
back-true lovers always do-and she for
gives hlm-fair maidenS always do-and
everybody is happy s
ijeu Opera Rouse-When one has been
sliding down the sluggish stream of life, it is
pleasure to have your bark steered into a
bubbling cascade of mirth, there forgetting
the difficulties of the other current. This is
q thought that will naturally occur to the
thoughtful one who witnesses that nonsen-
sical cascade, ''The Two Old Cronies (which
will make Its Initial appearance at Lifts
BlJou opera house at the matinee on Sunday
and every evening for one week together
with the usual matnees OH Wednesday and
Saturday. Two Old Cronies'' is said to be
constantly undergoing improvement. Just
the same as you would take an old house, re-
paint tine bricks, put in new woodwork, and
til alter the architecture dIte to suit the
ever new and inviting Such metamorphosis
is Two Old Cronies' constantly undergoing,
always new people in the cast, new cos
tunes, new tricks and everything always
new and inviting. Al Wilson, the German
comedian who appears as the professor, is
said to be humorous, unctious and genuine.
Heffernan, the other crony, is known TO be
clever Irish comedian, who ought to make
capital opposite to the Dutehman of wilson
Ada Deaves is too we'll known to call for ex-
tended mention The sisters Don are re-
ported petite and pretty and capital dancers
Pretty Florence Myatt, last seen here with
the Parlor Match company still retains her
fine soprano voice. Miss Fanny Bloodgood
well, everybody knows Fannie. Messrs.
Lindsay, Morrison, Harry Diety and Henry
MackS, make up what is said 10 be capital
trio.