The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-05
1>RAWA TIC

"The Prisoner of Zenda," that Won
derfulIy strong, romantic play when
was the success of the metropolitan
season at the Lyceum theater Tor zoo
nights. and for three seasons has peen
presented to packed houses in all the
principal cities of the country, Will pe
seen tomorrow evening at the Metro
politan.
Such hackneyed terms as perfect
performance" ideal cast" superb
mol1ntings," etc, have done duty so
long that the press agent admits that
he is at wits end for new descriptive
nhrases for THE Prisoner of Zenda'
He expresses confidence, however, thal
after sitting through performance oI
the drama that the dramatic critics
will he tempted to express regret that
o,,on stronger words of praise are not
ot their command. 1t was demon
st,.ated here last season that the sue
oe.s of ..The Prisoner of Zenda' is not
denandent upon r. II. Sothern, VINO
,1Ia1ad the dual roles on its first
Iy.ca,,m production. 1t has peeh
,,roved during the past three Seasons
IN which the play has been touiine
+ba country that the plays the lnins'
During an extended tour OF tne pi
o;,,o1 cities last season with Howard
Cd,,ld leading the cast, the puolic
readily accepted that talented ac'o1 IA
.l,o role and there were no more SUI
oeeefu1 productions than "Ihe Fllso!el
~ 1o,7ds,, IN the road. This OPINION
80 r.ao so frequently indorsed tnat
:. -, he assumed in all truth thaI
few more generally enthusiastic CO.
o,ces will assemble in this clty ouilHe
+ba season than that when VIII sleo'
This remarkable play 90
DanieI Frohmans prisoner VI
zacda" company, is said to ce one %
~, host organizations he will senu OUT
t17ie eeason. The cast is extensive IN
aI,,dtro q number of capable people:
~ +lao whole THE Prisoner of Zenoa'
ss given by Daniel Frohmans playels,
,,,aI- he heartily commended as liioee
-,loo witnessed it's performance lele
last season can testify.
1T The engagement of THE prisoner
1anda',. is for three nights and
wednesday matinee, beginning '0iii0-
rev night.
1oc,bart,s elephants, whose engage
,,,ent here a year and nan ago VIM
he remembered as a great success, ap
near tonight, for one performance 80
at the Metropolitan, as the s'ai
of a vaudeville company. =;
These wonderful elephants hVe III
no N uninterrupted Cd
l,oa1, of success for the last fourteen
-,oors and. with their trainer Prof..
f.oclEbart have travelled all over the
gIohe visiting every city of note IN
Fnrone Asia. Africa, America ana
Australia. Unlike the African elephant,
the Asiatic species, to which these pc
long. acclimatize themselves readlly,
enduring heat and cold with equanlm-
itv. During the entire period not one
has ever been seriously i'll, though all
have suffered from the effects OF tfaVel
and accident from time to time 10
prof I.ockhart they are like children,
ia he petted, humored and made much
of. They have become so perfect IN
their act that no word of command is
needed to put them through their
paces. A crash of the band, wave
of the professors wand, and they pro-
coed to dance jigs, form pyramids,
stand ON their heads, and do all their
various tricks without ever making q
mistake. The feature which always
provokes the laughter of the crowd is
the drunken elephant. In this act
table is set for Charlie and Jennie, and
they proceed TO enjoy bottle of wine
together. Charlie, however, drinks the
bottle and rings for more, till he finally
falls off his seat in a drunken stupor.
Jennie then calls in Romeo, the ele-
phant police, to wake up her compan-
ion and make him pay the bill. The
elephants make their gestures unm1s-
takably plain, and the professor as
serts that Jennie winks distinctly when
kicking her supposedly drunken part
ner. ---- '-= ----
Johnson and Lundin, the Swedish
athletes, claim to be the strongest men
in the world, and declare as proof the
fact that they have defeated all COM
ers in tests of strength, including Mont
gomery Irving, Samson and Louis st.
Cyr They offer to bet any amount
from 1000 to $4,000 against anyone
who will try issues with them
The other acts on the bill are said to
be clean, refined and bright, includ-
ing Joe and Nellie Doner, in a comedy
SKETCH Williams and Stone, black face
dancing comedians; The Clerise sisters,
in an instrumental and vocal speciality;
Monsieur GiiSert, Partisan equilibrist;
and the Slavin brothers in bUflesque
boxing act.
The attraction at the Metropolitan
opera house for the last half of the
week, commencing Thursday, Dec. 8,
and ending with the performance Sun
day evening, will be the popular actor,
Frederick Warde, in his new romantic
play "Iskander." Mr.. Warde's appear
ance in new production of this nat
ure, so entirely different from any
thing win which he has been identi-
fed for many years, will be awaited
with much. interest Fer "Iskander' is
not a tragedy. 1t is a drama of ro-
nance, love and chivalry, presented, it
is said, with beautiful and elaborate