The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-13

night and Wednesday matinee, Car
men" and Wednesday night, the dou-
bic bill, "Cavalleria Rusticana" and
III. M. S. Pima fore"
The Dazzler," not a new, yet always
bright and welcome farce comedy,
will be presented at the Metropolitan
the last three days of this week BY
Cosg:ove & Grant'szsG Comedians.
The Dazzler2sAis one ef$those roll
licking farce comedies thai is decided
ly short on plot, but long on fun. There
is story, but it never zobtrudes itself
to interfere with the merriment Co.'S
grove & Grants Comedians are report
ed to be clever entertainers, with an
abundance of bon mets, lively dances
and merry Songs. ~
OF the favorites of Fast years COM
pany. Ida Rogers, Will West, Lizzie
Sanger and the Leslie sisters will be
seen again. The additions to the COM
pany are Emile Heusel the German.
comedian, whose dancing is his forte :
Agnes Evans, the parody singer;
Boulder and Griffin who play on
great variety of musical instruments:
Frank Mack, the character clog dancer,
and Evelyn Murphy May Fisk and
Kitty Dahl
The flag specially that - c'oses the
second act has been arousing great
eHIHGSidSDl eNelyW is pdfJIcl
pated in by the entire company, and
consists Of verse for each Of the prin-
cipal European countries, after which
tie national flag is shown and the ma
tlonal air OF that country is played. AT
the finish comes the American verse.
and at its close, instead of waving
small flags. the outer coverings Of the
ladies suddenly disappear, showing
them dressed in the Stars and Stripes.
a living flag. while all join in singing
the "S.ar-Spang'ed Banner" The eff
feet is said to be electrical, and it is
easy to believe that audiences are seiz-
ed with a war-like frenzy in these
times
Will West is singing a couple of new
songs this year. as is also Ida Rogers;
in fact. the music. solos and concert
ed numbers are all new, it is said. as
we'll as the dances and other special
ties. In other words, "The Dazz,er''
comes in new dress.
Says a Washington, D. c., exchange:
"Clara Morris made her first appear
ance here in vaudeville last night at
the Columbia theater, before a large
audience. Miss Norris ard her vaude-
vile company are again under the
management Of her old director, Frank
L. Goodwin.
The novelty of Vaudeville at
first-class house attracted repre-
sentative Washington audience, and
the one-act sketch Of Miss Morris, with
the rest of the excellent programme,
was well received,
Miss Ada Lewis, who pays the &C.
centric girl in "TheAsWidow JONES'"
headed by Flo irwin, Was, married last
week in Washing tpn, I'd. c., to Tim
Frawley, of the Frawley Dramatic
company, of San Francisco.
The wierd and uncanny scenes of
Faust will give way at the Grand
to the laughable incidents of that
Anglo-Swedish play "Ole Olson" which
will open a weeks engagement tonight
at 8:15. "a
This play was the first of the se-ealled
Swedish comedies. ut was written by
Gus Heege, the author-actor who gave
to the American stase-the only success
"Ole Olson" Mr.. Heege's first play. is
lighter in vein than his subsequent
Efforts
The action deals with the incidents
that surround the career of "Ole." His
Introduction to American customs, the
demonstration of his braveness and
Sagacity and the quaint manner in
which he meets with his initatory
baptism into American ideas and GUS
toms. are amusing in the extreme. The
Swedish character is not, as many sup
pose, burlescued in the piece. The
Swede is presented as he is seen in
every day life when he arrives from
NorseIand.
The title role on fhis occasion will be
assumed by Ben Hendricks, an actor
who has been presenting this role for
number of years, and who has met
with success tflersin. Mr.. Hendricks
possesses Swedish cast of counte-
nance which, when heightened by the
art of makeup, makes him just like
Ole Olson.
The foil to the character of "Oie" is
Mrs OFlanniganp an Irish comedy
character. who falls in love with the