St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-09
AT THE THEATERS.

Song-and-dance girls to entertain
them. The visitors eyes are almost
ready to pop out of his head, and the
expression on his face is a whole
show in itself. But the acme of his
surprise is when he discovers that
there is but one private in active
service in the regiment and his du-
ties consist of playing lackey for the
aristocratic officers.
There is another regiment of militia
in the city, and the rivalry between
the two is so great that when 1t is
learned that the Daily Blues" as
the other regiment is called, is going
to have a great military funeral, the
officers of this regiment insist on
having a funeral also to give them
a chance to outdo the ''Blues" The
only thing they lack is a corpse. Pig
gott Luce, a mine speculator who has
lost q fortune for Phil Graves, who
is an undertaken, puts up job with
Graves that he, Luce, is to feign hav-
ing been killed, in order to swindle
the insurance companies out of a
large amount of money. AS soon as
it is reported that Luce has been
killed, the officers of the regiment get
together and elect him a member,
and then arrange for a grand military
funeral. The undertaken fixes it so
that Luce is to be put in a vault
from which he is to escape the same
night. While the arrangements for
the funeral are going on, the visiting
officer from the regular army and the
colonel of the regiment are competing
for the affections OF the widow, and
all kinds of ridiculous things are the
result Suddenly a telegram comes
to Luce that one of his mining specu-
lations has turned out rich and he
has suddenly become millionaire
He wants to give up his ruse. but is
persuaded by the undertaken to carry
1t through rather than face prosecu-
ton. He gets back in to the coffin,
but when it is suggested at the last
moment that the body be cremated
| the strain becomes too much for him
and he jumps up out of the coffin,
bringing the whole affair to a sudden
| end.
Charles Stanley, as colonel of the
regiment, makes up like Napoleon, and
initiates the great warrior in manner
and looks with remarkable cleverness
Lloyd Wilson, as the life insurance
man; e. S. Wentworth, a, well known
lawyer who was engaged to secure a
divorce for Mrs. Luce before the sup
posed death of her "dear departed hus-
band;" Ed Gravie as a leading physi-
| clan; William Distin, as a music teach
er, and John S. Marble, as the UNDER
taker, all of whom are officers in the
regiment, are all equal to their parts,
and carry the play along with snap
and Smoothness not common to all
farce comedy actors. Frank Lawton,
as the only private, is good, and he
does several speciality turns that brand
IF in IiJa
seen here for some time. Charles War
ren, who takes the part of the regular
army officer, while not having a great
deal to say, is really one of the most
interesting characters in the play by
reason of the serious expression on his
face all the way through, and his put
ting the whole regiment of DAILY
Blues to rout when they engaged in
q riot with the regiment he was visit
ing. was one of the cleverest bits of
burlesque in the whole play. When the
scrlrnmage was over, the officers of the
regiment he was defending began
crawling out Of closets and from under
tables and talked about how they had
put the enemy to rout, with as much
self-satisfaction as though they had
saved the country from an invading
foe. George A. Beane, who takes the
part of the supposed dead speculator,
is clever, and his comments on the
effects of keeping a live corpse on ice
after he has been nearly chilled to
put the audience in a roar.
Lee Lamar as the wife of Luce:
Rose Sutherland, as his daughter, and
Cora Tinnie. as the friesf of "the
| not exceptionally clever. The bill con-
tinues throughout the week
Henry w." one of the gems of
Shakespeare genius, will this season
form prominent feature Of the reper-
toire Of Julia. Marlowe Taber. This
play possesses so much merit, so many
elements of strength and human inter-
est, that oommendation seems un--
necessary. It is a. great historical
tragi-comedy, in which every character
seems to live, and which not only edu-
Gates, but interests and charms those
who see it. Old and young play-goers
alike find in 1t various fascinating feat
ures. Mr.. and Mrs. Ta.ber will appear
at the Metropolitan next week. They
are supported by a large and meritori-
Gus company, that is the most COM
plete organization travelling this sea-
son. Among its principal members are
William F. Owen, Henry Doughty and
Mrs. Sol Smith, Henry Meredith and
Eugenia Woodward.
"Rush City" Gus Heege's laughable
farce comedy. was presented at the
Grand last night to a crowded and
appreCiative house, nearly every seat
in the theater being sold. Since the
son many new and brilliant specialties
have been added and the scenery re
neWed and remodeled. The famous cy-
clone scene presented a thoroughly
novel spectacular departure. The en-
tire company is composed Of first-class
artists, who in their respective parts
were enninenty successful in enter
tanning the large audience. J. SperTie
Mathews, in the character of John
Rush, mayor and postmaster of "Rush
City" was extremely clever, while
Harry Bulger, as Prof. Leyden Jar
the official rainmaker, convulsed the
audience with his impersonation. The
new music and songs made a pro-
nounced hit, particularly the parodies
of Mathews and Bulger. Olive White
as worlds fair girl planted in Rush
City" was very pleasing, while Maude
Craig, as the New York typewriter,
received hearty applause. The re-
mainder of the parts were handled in
a most acceptable manner rejecting
high credit upon the, entire cast.
Rush City, is booked for the frs.
three nights of this week with the
usual Wednesday matinee.
dd!,Stid In oid Virginia." i1 i the new Southern
gagement at the Auditorium tonight
The company is a very large one, and
composed entirely of genuine Southern
negroes, whose natural talents make
them the best of entertainers. Aside
from several comedy sketches of plan
tation life, q number of excellent
specialties and the negro singing and
dancing, there will be a cake-walk
and a prize dancing contest. Owing to
the immense seating capacity of the
Auditorium the prices have been placed
at an exceedingly low figure.
"Since have been in the horse busi-
ness" says I. H. Brockway, of Bos-
ton, Mass, there have been a great