The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-30

success is due to the general excellence
of their organization, and the refine
ment of their entertainment. Their
performance this season is said to be
especially attractive. The organization
includes the Miller Bros. famous Diora-
ma, a most entertaining speciality with
its scenic maTvels, and William Fl.
Vests original drill feature, The Van
ishing Grenadiers." The aggregation of
frn-makers is headed by George Fl.
Primrose and William II. West, sup
ported by George Wilson, Jimmy Wall,
the Ben Mowet Trio, w. H. Window
the phenomenal alto; Charles Kent, the
baritone; Arthur Williams the operate
tenor, and a number of other singers
and comedians. The sale of seats for
this special engagement opens at the
box office Of the Metropolitan Monday
morning.
The coming engagement of Ward ~
Nokes in "a Run on the Bank, at the
Grand opera house will include only
two performances commencing with 2
Wednesday matinee June 8. These
comedians and the company with
which they are surrounded. may be
depended upon to furnish a most
amusing entertainment. "A Kun on
the Bank is simply a pot poufri Of
with no purpose in the world but 70
create fun. Ward 6, Vokes have i rep
utation as the creators of the stage
t,amp 1t is now nearly seven years
since their Percy and Harold" spec
ialty attracted attention in the vaude-
Vile theaters 1t cannot be said that
Ward and Vokes copy anyone. Their
every movement is original and gro
tesque. AS Lord Percy Soakup' and
Baron Harold De Canter" in "a Run
on the Bank" these funny fellows are
enough to provide an evening of fun
for anyone, but they come to tint
Grand with a company of artists, IN
Guiding the following clever people:
Lucy DAILY, the dancer; Gilbertie Lea
rcck, Margaret DAILY Vokes, Charles
Guyer. a past master Of acrobatic
comedy: Tony Williams tChieG who is
well known in every American city;
Kelly & Mason, a team" of singers
and humorists.
don.
The American dramatic pessimist
must have experienced a severe chill
last Sunday morning at breakfast-lf
he believes in breakfast. and has any
faith in his own digestion-when he
read the report from the British me-
tropolis that Secret Service" pro-
duced at the Adelphi theater on Sat
urday night, had scored an instan-
tane0us and emphatic success, says
the New York Mail and Express.
Manager, author. play, treatment,
company-aI American to the core.
and London capitulating with applause
and without a struggle Very much
like treason, wasn't it? The American
Anglomaniac and pessimist to whom I
addressed myself last week. at about
the hour the London curtain went up.
would doubtless have whistled God
Save the Queen" to drown the ap-
plause, had he been present at the
Adelphi, and denied that he was whist
ling the air Of his own national
anthem.
But never mind the pessimist He is
forced to keep himself company
throughout life, and that is punish
ment enough for any sin. The un-
equivocal success of "Secret Service" I
take to be the most significant fact
Of American dramatic interest-or
rather importance-in England within
a generation
We have had many individual sue
cesses by actors and actresses from
''the states in the British metropolis,
from Edwin Booth and Mary Ander-
| son down: and we have heard faint
praise at long intervals for eccentric
comedy of American production inter-
preted in part by English players Of
| experience on our stage.
We are familiar with the measure OF
success which has attended Mr.. Daly's
London ventures, with a company.
partly English and with plays largely
| adapted from one foreign source or
| another-a success so unequivocal that
he has become London manager with
a. theater of his own.
But the performance Of "Secret Ser
vice" one week ago tonight was the
first production in London of serious
drama that is American throughout
From the author. Mr.. Gillette: to the
| stamp of New York city. and no more
distinctly American topic could be
found than that of the War OF the Re-
bellion.
AS already reported by the cable. Mr..
Clement Scott. ablest Of London
dramatic critics, said Of this perform
ance, which challenged the British in
tellectuals and not the British risibili-
ties: cit fascinated us. 1t is the best