St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-20
AT THE THEATERs.

usually strong drama, the celebrated work
OF A. h. Lancaster and Julian Magnus, which
was given its first presentation in ST. Paul
last night, and which served to open a brief
engagement Of Marie Wainwright and her
company at the Metropolitan. The drama
itself is based upon incidents in the lives of
some English people, and contains several
strong situations. The story deals with the
love affair of Rose Wicherly, who is the per-
'sonihcation of all that is pure and ideal In
woman, and the obstacles to her happiness,
born out Of the sensational elopement of her
twin sister. known as Rhoda Daintry, who
is pictured as a woman Of the declasse type.
Rose is receiving the attentions of Robert
Hawthorne, who, In spite of her fathers
wish that he cease them-a wish caused by
the action of the hayward daughter-calls
on Rose and asks an explanation of the
ribald joke made by some club acquaintances
over one of her photographs. She spurns
his request, and to keep her sisters secret
though it break her heart, Rose allows him
TO go away. He drinks, and meets Daintry
at parvenu ball, mistakes her for Rose, and
heaps invective upon her. Lord Charles Tai
bot, the clubman who has twitted about the
photograph and gay original. comes in. and
upon being denounced by Hawthorne, strikes
the latter, knocking him down.
Daintry falls in love with the injured man,
who Is taken TO her apartments, and at his
convalescence implores him to return the
| love she bears. He reminds her what she
brought upon her sister, but forgives her.
She goes away heart-broken to a convent
not, however, until she has brought Rose and
Hawthorne together
While some Of the action is triie slow and
drawn out. the cast q rule brought out
the possibilities of the piece, the ball room
hai iaIlxr rf,,J II
en- by Lady Kitty Harlow is such as is at
tended by the quicker set who count more up
on champagne than introductions, and af-
fords opportunity to introduce Mrs. Mon
tague Dobbs, a society hack, Mile. Marina
Martini, gaiety dancer, and the usual num-
Der OF male bon vivants.
Miss Wainwright, whose impersonation of
the dual character OF the twin sisters gave
her plenty of scope for her ability as an
emotional actress, was ably supported by Ma
| thaniel Hartwig, who gave manly, consist
emit Interpretation of the part of Hawthorne,
and Barton Hill, that sterling actor of the
old school, and we'll known in St. Paul.
Miss Wainwright did a full share of JUS
tice to the tragic scenes, and the capable
manner in which she brought out the oppo-
site characteristics of the sisters gave proof
Of her versatility.
The part CT Roses father was we'll taken
by Barton Hill. Godfrey Stein looked and
played the part of Roderick McAllister, pro-
fessional society man, very satisfactorily,
while Joseph Zahner was the English club
man. Lord Charles Talbot. The women in
the cast were for the most part good. Miss
Hattie RUSSELL who by the way is sister
of Ada Rehan was capital as the woman
with a past and without money. Lady Kitty
Harlow, the brummagem social leader, was ap-
propriately ignorant of the ways and habits
of the better class, and made the most of the
character. The Juvenile parts were taken by
Fulton Russell and Miss Gertrude Elliott.
This evening Miss Wainwright will be seen
in '"The Love Chase"
Frederick Hallen's clever company have
made a hit at the Grand this week in satire
on the new woman, 1.-THE Twentieth Cen
fury Girl The theater has been crowded
every performance, with very enthusiastic au-
diences. There will be a matinee on Satur-
day.
A daring experiment has been made by
Kellar, the magician, and his engagement at
the Metropolitan next week will test its Wis
dom, so far as this city is concerned. After
establishing an enviable record in this coun-
try as a professional magician and slight of
hand performer, he devoted some of the best
years or his life to studying magic among the
adopts of Hindostan. The results of those
researches he now embodies in a series of
scenes, entitled "The Queen of the Roses -
The Flight of the Adepts,' 'The Astral
Bell, "The New Shrine and "The Growth
OF the Flower" These are absolutely original
and unapproachable feats of an art in which
kellar is admitted a past master, both here
and i'll the old world. The engagement is for
one week, commencing Sunday, March %.
Ihe most entertaining features of modern
high class vaudeville and farce comedy are
blended with fetching melody Of comic opera
ano the manifold beauties of spectacle and
burlesque in "Hendrick Hudson Jr., or the
discovery OF Columbus" the operate extrava-
ganza which Corinne and the Kimball Onera
Ccmique company will present at tbe crard
opera house next week.