St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-21
LADIES' DARLINGS.
The Boat Club Boys Enjoy a
Very Brilliant Ben
eft.
METROPOLITAN is PACKED
With Youth, Beauty and a
Wealth of Beautiful
Costumes.
AMATEURS AT THEIR BEST
Cleverly Present the Pretty
Farce ga Tragedy"--S
cial Event.
AMATEURS AT THEIR BEST

The audience that greeted the APP
| pearance of the clever amateurs that
presented "A Tragedy" at the Metro
politan opera house last night was
the largest and most fashionable
that has been seen in the opera
house since the Charity ball, which
is always, before everything else, the
society event of every season. The
opera house is particularly well
adapted for such occasions, and the
boxes filed with beautifully dressed
women always present a very gay
appearance. The house was one of
the largest that hes ever been seen,
the boxes being nearly all taken,
and the entire parquet, as well as
most of the gallery, being occupied.
The society people who are still in
town certainly showed their appre-
citation of the efforts made by their
darlings, the boat club men, and the
affair was a most brilliant success
in every respect, and very fitting
closing of the season before the
penitential days begin. The piece is
rather a clever little comedy, al
though the action is rather slow at
times. In the hands Of the young
people who have labored SO indus
triously to give to the public an en-
teTtaining presentation Of the piece,
"a Tragedy was sure to entertain
and amuse, and to judge by the gen
r.
formers by the audience, the efforts
Of the people who had the matter in
charge were certainly appreciated.
With the
STORY OF THE PLAY
every one is entirely familiar, and
the cast was made up as follows:
Gregory Graysin Ga barris-
teri. 49, 800. ............. f. e. Powers
Mumford Merry. .........T. l.. McC1ung
John Phillip Macready BurGage
factor, elocutionist and pho
tographic artist. l.. D. Wilkes
Christopher Cute (of the GRIM
inal investigation depart
menD. ................ H. P. Bend
Isaac Parcher (Graysin's
clerk) ......... Charles Spencer
Mountcashel Stokes IAN Office
boy). ..................R. B. De Lano
! Mrs Gregory Graysin. Mrs. T. L. Wann
Mrs. Hawke Cher mammal
Mrs. H. H. Horn
Mrs. Mumford Merry 49, Miss Blakely
Mary. Miss Ruth Wheelock
The part of Gregory Graysin, the
lawyer, was taken particularly good
| hi Ito M
| T. l.. Wann, as his wife, was also very
satisfactory The role Of Mrs. Hawke,
Mrs. Graysin's mamma, was cleverly
enacted by Mrs. H. H. Horn, and that
of Mrs. Mumford Merry was very we'll
done by Miss Blakely. Lew Wilkes, as
/ John Phillip Macready Burbage, simply
kept the audience convulsed all the
| time he was on the stage. Cute, the
| Scotland Yard detective CHI. P. Bend
was very good, and Miss Ruth Wheel
ock, as Mary, the maid, was charming.
The remaining parts were all taken
very satisfactorily. Mountcastle
| Stokes, r. 3. De Lano; Parcher, Gray
sins clerk, c. L. Spencer, and Mr..
Mumford Merry, T. L. McClung. The
scenery and accessories used We're
| those belonging to the opera house, and
! made very acceptable settings for the
three scenes. On the whole, the per-
| Torrance was one of the best amateur
entertainments that has ever been given
i in this city, and the people who took
| part have all done an amount of work
| or which they deserve a great deal of
credit. The stage management, under
the care of Gen. Bend, was excellent
as was also the entire management
of the performance. At the end of the
| second act, in response to repeated re-
calls, the three ladies playing leading
parts came out to show their appre-
| citation of the continued applause, and
were presented with a quantity of cut
flowers. roses and lilies.
THE PEOPLE THERE.
Among the people who occupied
| boxes We're:
Box C-Judge and Mrs. George b.
Young, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. j. A. Morris,
Miss Horn and Edward B. Young.
Box A-Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mac
| Laren, Mr. and Mrs. John N. Jackson.
Box N-Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Schur-
meier, Mrs. Hewitt, Mr.. and Mrs. Cass
Gilbert, Mrs. c. e. Furness.
Box L-Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Scott, Mr.
and Mrs. ]. D. Lawler, Miss Gilfillan.
| Lieut.. S. D. Sturgis
Box M-Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Finch,
Miss Finch, M. j. Boyle.
Box B-Col. and Mrs. r F. Hell soy,
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Finch aad
| George c. Finch.
Box G-Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Tighe
Miss Gotzian.
Box Ell. E. Bigelow, W. C. Read,
A. H. Cathcart c. a. Otis, c. D..
| Thompson, D. W. Irand.
/ Box B-Mr. and Mrs. L. " Scott.
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