St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-16
IN THE rHEATERs..

Roars of laughter and many recalls
rewarded the clever Liliputians at the
Metropolitan last evening. The weeks
engagement was opened with their old
established success. .The Pupil I'M
Magic" The play. which has the merits
of all interesting plot. has catchy music.
numerous topical songs and an abun-
dance OF humorous situations, was fully
discussed at the time OF the former ap
apearanee of these cute and clever conf
edians iii the city. 1t has lost nothing
OF its brightness. and the beautifap
scenery, the gorgeous costumes. and tile
enhancing ballets have done much SIN
achieving the pronounced success. But
the main attractions are always the
Lilipuians, especially Franz Ebert and
Adoiph link. who played respectively
the parts Of Puck aud Fritz Git
l. Mr.. Ebert has few equals; he is doutl-
less one of the FUNNIEST men ever seen
on stage. a wink of his merry eye, a
gesture of his hands or shake of his
head, ana the audience roars. as long as
it pleases him. His, delicate acting in
the drunken scene, where he. is just a
little bit tipSy from the. soIess of his feet
to the top of his iIead. and his hilarious
holiness in the beer song, demonstrated
this clearly. The beer SOM, for in
stance. had TO be encurpd six times last
night, and even then the audience ap-
plauded in the most uprOarious manner.
Agile AdoIph link deserves no less
credit. His refined comedy is most
pleasing.
Miss Bertha Jaeger. Miss Ida Mahr,
Max Waiter and the exceedingly funny
trio of fyroieans represented by Her
man Ring. Ludwog Merkel and Miss Toni
Meistrr. gave their brilliant support.
The entire company consists of about
100 people, including a ballet. which is
conspicuous for Its youth aud beauty,
and better trained corps Of dancers ST..
Paul has seldom seea.
The dances are mist original, repre-
senting the night revels of the auton-
alta anu the ballet of games. the
dancers heing dressed as cards. dice,
billiarxH chess anu other pastimes.
Ihescentry is varied, and changes
1roWlhe Shop of toy manufacturer 10
Parsslan pari0r; from the north pula we
wonder to fairy palace, ami little
later we meet Them in the famous
Grunewald near Berlin.
The Pupil in Magic" will he re-
peate.t until Wednesday, night and also
at the Wednesday matinee.
On Thursday the Liliputians Will
change their bill and present for the
first time i'll this city Candy" their
treuendous hit of last season. in WHICH
E0ert will be bootbiack, Zlnk news
boy and Miss Mahr all American mes
senger boy. Thinks parody on I.o,tie
Collins Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay is said 10
De immense.
The Brothers Byrne in Eight Bells"
opened a weeks engagement at the
Grand last night to large and appreci.
alive audience.
The play is well known to local the
ater-goerS, but the last act has been en-
trely reconstructed. and the change Is
entirely for the better. The stage and
mechanical effects are still Il prominent
feature Of the play. and afford much fun
for the audience. The Byrnes are
clever acrobatS. and make the best of
their silent parts throughout the per-
f0rmance. J Mathew Byrnes' Juggling
III the second act is taking feature
and called out yunstinted applause.
John f. Byrne as the unhappy McGuzzie
is the delight of the fun-loving public,
and the entertainment in its entirety
deserves all the appreciation the public
bestowed upon it last night. The same
bill tonight and the rest OF the week.
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The American Extravaganza company
will play an engagement of seven nights
and two matineeS at the Metropolitan
opera house, beginning next Sunday
evening, presenting their spectacular
success of TWO years ago. "Sinbad."