The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-16

Of Mr.. GOOdly's daughters induces the
professor to accompany him to a prize
fight in the interests Of anatomy, and
after some persuasion the professor
goes. The contest is supposed to have
taken place in q private club, but the
police raid the place. The professor
and the young man escape and are pur-
sued by what they believe to be a po
1ceman, but who no more than fell
low spectator, who is being pursued
himself He enters the house a few
minutes after the professor. and. after
some explanation of his presence, re-
lates how he had whipped q policeman,
and then the complications begin. This
Is Jones. He is man OF the world,
who lives more or less by his wits, and
says. when explaining his business as
that of drummer, who, when he
strikes a slow town, sells prayer and
hymn books and in a lively town play
ms cards AS the police are around
and in the house all the time, the fam
lily are compelled to consent to shield
jones, and he is introduced as the right
reverend bishop, the brother of the
professor. So the story complicates it
self throughout three acts and works
out admirably. The most laughable
part occurs when the right reverend
gentleman makes his appearance on
the scene. Jones has many funny
scenes with him; one in particular is
very diIuSluS. 1nefe IS a Sdnitarlum
close by and Jones makes it appear to
the family as though the bishop is one
OF the inmates who has escaped. The
professor is also kept busy as Jones
has convinced his wife that he is
very sick man and must be kept in
bed Through all this Jones is putting
up bluff game of love with the maiden
sister, and a real game with the ward
The company is an exceptional one and
includes George G. Boniface Jr., Anna
Belmont, ]. W. Cope. Kathryn Oster-
mann, Gerald Griffin, Helen Bell, Frank
Currier, Florence Robinson, H F. Rob
ert, Mrs. e. A. Eberle, Lewis H New
comb and Ada Craven.
Jones" has proved to be about the
only American farce to make a genuine
English success. 1t is now in its ff-
teerth successful week at the Strand
theater in London and playing to
crowded houses.
This production will include the orig
inal cast which embraced the p-oduc-
ton Of the piece in New York and 9TH
er Ea stern cities, and which lately was
seen in the play at the Columbia thea
ter in Chicago, where it was given at
high prices.
Following What Happened to
jones" at the Grand will be seen a re-
vfval production Of a. farce comedy,
which has, in its time, enjoyed a re-
markable popularity "Muldoon's Pic
mic, headed by Barney Ferguson.
Chares H. Yale's new and successful
pantomine burlesQue spectacle which
IS now enjoying big business at Nc
Vicker's theater in Chicago, will ap-
pear soon at the Grand opera house in
this city.
"a 10,
the Palm Garden vaudeville show last
evening. The amusing olio provoked
much mirth and the clever specialties
were we'll received. The company thai
has proved such an attraction at thu,
Palm Garden during the past ween
concludes its engagement this evening
tomorrow there will be an entire
change Of bill.
Epigrams from "Pudd nhead Wilson,
Nothing so needs reforming as other peo-
Pies sr, habits "a IT'S. oo..
swear.
Few things are harder to put up with
than the annoyance Of a good example.
Truth is the most valuable thing we
nave; let US economic It,
ut Is often the case that the man who
can't tell lie thinks he is the best judge
Consider well the proportions of things.
1t is better to be young June bug than An
old bird of paradise
Why is 1t that we rejoice at birth and
grieve at funeral? 1t Is because we are
not the person involved
1T were not best that we should think
alike. It is differenence OF opinion that
makes horse races
October u, the discovery. 1t was won
derful to find America, but 1t would have
been more wonderful to miss It,
Habit Is habit. and not to be flung out
OF the windows by any man, but coaxed down
stairs a step at time.
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