St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-05
I'm 0LD KENTUCKY. !"
A Local Artists Effort in the
Line of Stage Compo-
SitiOn.
The Play Successfully Pro-
duced by Lifts Popular
.et*t - Players.
Boss Kerens and Arch bishop
Ireland Have a Confer
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Cleveland.

st. Paul has become of late the dog on
which things theatrical are tried, but
the initial performance of ain Old Ken
tucky'' by Lifts players at the Grand
last night was not at all the sort of
thing the dog has usually to endure. In
the first place; "In Old Kentucky" is
decidedly above the average play. 1t is
sensational, but the sensations are not
at all improbable. nor have they a flavor
of blood and thunder. The first act is a
little unsatisfactory. There is trifie
too much of the villain in it. In fact.
the villain is allowed too much talking
room all through the play. He needs
pruning, for his. plans are sufficiently
apparent without his taking the audi
ence into his confidence quite so often.
and he brings with him now and then
hint of conventional clap trap which
mars the natural element Of the play.
The second act is good. 1t moves along
smoothly and logically, and it's climax
is one of the most exciting things done
here this season, with the additional
merit of being original, The third
scene of the third act is the cieverest
thing in the play. and it is de-
llghtful. The fourth act is more pleas
ing than final acts commonly are The
play is very good indeed. 1t is made of
new material, and has new situations.
The humor is delicate; the sentiment
such as finds an echo in everyday life.
The play is bound to succeed without
change. 1t bears evidence of careful
work, and is well conceived, but can be
improved by curb for the VILLAIN.
The night had the faults first nights
ALWAYS have. Little traits here and
there delayed the action. The per-
Torrance tonight will be better. The
Part of the piece is Madge Briefly in
which Marion Elmore does the most ar
tictIc work she has ever done in st.
Paul. The part suits the clever little
woman to L. 1t seems to have been
written for her. She does not pose nor
over-act. Her fidelity to nature is
charming. and her business in the
Jockey costume. when she appears to
ride Queen Bess and win the race, is
finished, careful, and wonderfully TAX
ing.
Mrs. Selden Irwin. as Miss Lethe. is
so sweet one cannot wonder at the colo:
nei's admiration. Julia Arthur is con-
sistently disagreeable as Barbara Hol.
ton. 1t is to be regretted that SO admiral
BILE an actress should play at her last.
appearance a part SO beneath her abi-
ity. :
w. H. Elwood Is handsome and manly
in the not eXacting part of Frank lay
son. The male part of Col. Sandusky's-
Doolittle is a part of infinite possible
ties. If Louis James could lie persuaded
to consider it seriously, it could
not be IN better hands. Mr.. James
does not know his lines, and.
he is having entirely too good time TO
pay any attention to the possibilities.
He is good, but when one thinks what
he might be he is painfully yet enter
tainingly disappointing. -: -5r s6tgIT
;. Frank Losee7 as Joe Lorey reads his
lines well. and does not rant. George
Edeson is an intensely amusing Neb.4
Frederick Book as Horace Holton. the
villain. lacks variety. He convention
allies the already conventional part,
and is mOnOtonOusly heavy.
"Old Kentucky" is playe ed all the rest
of the week. and the stock company
plays farewell in one of the best enter
tainments of the season.
Take BrOmo-SeltZer for insomnia
Before retiring-10c bottle.