The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-31

actors tough friend was in high glee.
Il knowed it, GULL" he said trium-
phantly, AN 1 haven't seen Hamlet
for twenty years. But any one who's
ever seen de. play knows dat de big
scene in it is where de witches chase
around the kittle and t'row stuff into
it," Mr.. O'Neill did not think it worth
while to explain any more.
One of the best comic opera attrac-
tons of the season, which will shortly
appear here is the Frank Daniels Opera
Company, playing Harry B. Smith and
Victor Herbert's opera THE Wizard
Of the Nile" Common reports has it
that this was the only comic opera
company which was able to show
large balance to its financial credit at
the end of last season.
Jessie Wood tells the truth In the New
York World about Charley Hoyts "A Con-
tented Woman" well as Mrs. Caroline
Miske-Hoyt's impersonatlon Of the princl-
pail role in her husbands political satire.
She says:
Mrs. Caroline Mskel Hoyt is the contented
woman, and she certainly ought to be. She
talks during most OF the day, she is followed
in her movements by the calcium light, she
breaches about seventeen sermons on woman's
sphere, she wears four gowns of undeniable
style and beauty, five hats ditto. ten dla-
mond rings, fifteen diamond pins and a large
wears her noted shoulders bare, cries into
handkerchief edged with real lace, has the
center of the stage seven-eighths of the even
ing and has three homely women for foils.
What woman under such circumstances
wouldn't be contented? This fact is that Mrs.
Caroline Miskel Hoyt is rather too contented.
She Is indeed complacent, not to say Smirk-
ing. She keeps one eye on the audience all
the time and the other on her rings. do
not mean to imply squint but self-con-
seriousness that has never before been equaled
NV or talking heaven
and the angels.
"A Contented Woman might have been
play. The Idea Is, OF course, marital unhap-
piness. l cannot get away from that idea this
week. All the playwrights are harping on 1t.
l say that "A Contented Woman" might nave
been a play, for the idea of both husband
and wife running for the same Office and
the husband being beaten by the wife is not
a bad and has many possibilities which
Mr. Hoyt has treated rather comically when
not yugarly. But it is not a play, it is a
gown show, millinery show, jewelry show,
a show of a pretty woman who can't act
and doesn't even make an attempt to.
Mrs. Miskel Hoyt comes on and says lines.
They pretty fair lines, as Hoyt lines go,
and Favored with a little vivacity, a little
art little forgetfulness of self would have
been very attractive and sometimes naive.
own audience and this is fatal. She wriggles
and sguirms and smirks and laughs at her
own jokes, and we find her tireSome before the
close of the evening Her prettineSs Is not
even an excuse for exhibition of unparal-
leled self-consciousness.
Mr.. Morton Fullerton one Of the cleverest
representative in Paris Of the English press,
has favored US, it will be seen, with an in
direct account of the fete in honor of Nine
Sarah Bernhard says The Theater. Possibly
1t may be though that he does not take
sufficiently serious view Of this journee de
Sarah" the most unique event of its kind
in purely theatrical history. First came
dejeuner at the Grand hotel, the company,
about six hundred in number, included all
that Is most conspicuous in the French intel
lect of the hour NJ. Sardou proposed the
health of the actress, mo less good than
great" Nine. Bernhard, too full Of emo
ton really to speak, sobbed out a 'Merci
merci merci!" Under the direction of NJ.
Colonne an orchestra struck up "Hymne
Sarah," which was rapturously applauded.
On the same day at the Renaissance theater
Nine. Bernhard, facing a full and splendid
audience, appeared in the second act Of
"Phedre" and the fourth act Of Rome Vain
cue" Her impersonation of the grand
mother in the latter piece has always ap-
peared to us one of the miracles Of her art.
Afterwards, on a sort Of throne, surrounded
with flowers, she received several delegations
and few sonnets in her honor were recited
was tremendous.
"a Black Sheep" which gave universal sat-
isfaction to theater1goers last season, will re-
turn to the Metropolitan opera house next
Thursday evening The piece will be re-
membered as sparkling comedy written in
Hoyt's best vein. Since seen here previously
it has completed a remarkably successful
run of $50 nights at Hoyt's theater, New
York city. The production here will be- it
Is promised exactly similar to that given
in New York. "A Black Sheep" is a most
dexterous blending of comedy, character and
speciaities. It's situations side-splitting
and the dialogue is clever. The principal
character Of Hot Stuff, the "black Sheep