St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-28
AT THE THEATERS.
AL g. File Ids Minstrels at the
MetrODOlitan.

NAOLtOpOilG1Hs
Those who enjoy an evenings enter
tainment that makes them laugh TIL
their SIDES ache should see AL G. Fields
MINISTRIES. The four days. stand of the
aggregation opened at the metropolitan
last evening toa good audience.
The show is the old-style minstrelsy-
the style that was made famous by Jack
Haverly. 1t is the style that pleases
best. y The new fangles of the past three
or four years are failures. People 90 to
minstrel performance expecting to see
negro nonsense. and the negro nonsense
that amuses most is that which ap-
proaches to some extent the character
istics OF the negro. The connection be-
tween the new fangles and the negro
is too remote to give satisfaction.
Mr.. Fields organization Is almost as
large as the Mastodons of Haverly
fame. l. presents sufficient variety in
the way of acrobatics, musical bells,
ETC., to avoid surfeiting the audience
with the negro characteristics.
There is the usual run of Jokes
cracked between the end men and the
middlemen, some of which, of course,
have been heard before, and many of
which are new and exceedingly funny
There are the usual beautiful tenor,
baritone and base voices. and their pos
SCISSORS delight the audience with the
usual run of sentimental and comic
songs, some of which have been heard
before and many Of which are quite
new.
There are the usual gags, the Breck-
inridge and Madeline Pollard affair,
David Bennett HIPS course, and other
incidents of the day, affording the foun-
dations.
acrobatic and other features outside of
the negro performance have not been
eXcelled Ill st. Paul.
The musical barber shop is new, in
st. Paul. The scene is a complete
barber shop. and in the shop are "a
scissors grinder and some other things.
Everything in the shop turns out to be
musical instrument, and the four
BARRIERS give good concert in comical
way. -,
The performance on the horizontal
ottio VI NdplSl anu w al LGllO 10 GACCl-
l9nt. Some OF the feats are entirely.new
and most daring. 5s.saf
CradOe'S performance with the Roman
battle axes is a rather startling feature
of the performance, and itself is worth
the admission. -.
The company is excellent from Mr..
Field down to the foot. 1t deserves, a
liberal patronage.
Same bill Monday, tuesday 9 and
Wednesday nights and Wednesday mat
inee. 54'i --@ 7:h@ rn-.g
The matinee is a special Memorial
day, and the admission will be % and SO
cents.
Frederick Warde and Louis James
will be the attraction at the Metropoli-
tan for three nights and Saturday
matinee, beginning Oh Thursday. These
artists played one of the most success
full engagements of last season in this
city, and there is every indication that
the coming performances will be largely
attended. -Four splendid productions
are promised. The opening bill will
be Shakespeare's "Julius Cie sar," with
undoubtedly the strongest cast now OBJ
tainable. Mr.. Warde will appear as
Mark Antony. Mr.. James as rufus
and Charles d. Herman, a fine actor,
as Cassius.
Francesca da Rimini'' will be given
on Friday night, with Mr.. Warde as
Lanciotto and Mr.. James in his famous
role of Pope the jester.
Henry Guy Carleton's romantic drama,
"The Lions Mouth" will be presented
at the Saturday matinee. and damon
and Pythias" will end the engagement
on Saturday night. Sale of seats opens
this morning.