The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-02

in fact Of Mondory, a strolling player,
impersonated by Mr.. Lackaye This
player finds that the successful result
OF his lovemaking to his leading w7o-
man is imperiled by the rivalry Of
King Louis. The herpine's name is
Armande. She is faithful to Mondory,
but the fancy which the king has taken
for her threatens the prosperity and
union Of both the hero and heroine.
An element of jealousy and intrigue
is copiously provided for in the drama
through the Introduction of Mime de la
Valliere, the kings favorite. who nat
urally does not relish the diversion Of
his attentions to ArmarIde., She makes
it her especial purpose to incite the
king to many acts urfa vorable to the
lovers than otherwise would have oc-
CURED to him. The course of events,
therefore, Is, in the main, the outcome
Of the cross purposes Of de la valliere,
using Louis as her tool and the actor
Mondory as we'll. The actor it should
Furthermore be noticed, has a personal
enemy in De Harley, who has previ-
ously attempted to capture and turn
over to the enemies of the king, a po-
litical fugitive It Is the knowledge of
weapon with which to fight De Harley.
Mondory demonstrates to the king that
this man De Harley is a false friend
and thereby wins the kings favor,
which is substantially demonstrated by
the kings withdrawal of his affections
from the heroine and yielding her to
Mondory. =
From this slight insight of the plot
it may be inferred that intrigue plays
as important a partSfn The develop
ment Of the story as romance and chiv-
airy. Mr.. Lackaye has spared nothing
in order to give fine production and
to cast his play adequately and with
close regard for the personal qualif1ca-
tons of the actors for the parts they
will interpret. The costumes will be
elaborate and beautiful and the seen
cry will be most picturesque. In the
large company will be seen Alexander
Kearney. Henry Bagge, w. T. Melville,
Britta Griffin, Alice Evans and Helen
Hunt.
Since Flo Irwin became a star, as
she is this season, twinkling in THE
Widow JONES'" which comes to the
Grand tonight, she has begun to tell
stories, but the fact need not alarm
any one, as she always tells good ones.
Here is her latest. Said she: II was
travelling in the West a few years ago
and while in a small Missouri town,
ran across q stranded 10, 20 and
30-cent comedy company. Some tro-
BILE in the town had caused nearly the
entire organization to be summoned
as witnesses in a case that was being
tried before the local Justice OF the
peace, and Flo, who meyer misses any
thing funny, went to the trial. The
lawyer for the prosecution was a big
tragic looking man, with a voice that
rUrnbled like a freight train on a
bridge, while the attorney for the de-
Tense was a little thin, hatchet-faced
man with red hair and voice like the
the squeak Of a toy balloon. One by
one the members of the resting COM
pany were called to the stand, and Flo
describes the scene as most ludicrous
No sooner would a question be hurled
at the witness than the5 prosecuting
lawyer would thunder in! the deepest
bass, 1--WE object" which would be in
stantly followed blythe shr-ll voice
of his opponent sayings 1--WE appeal"
the contrast between the two voices
made as funny situation as could be
evolved by nine legitimate playnnates.
but the climax was reached when the
heavy man Of the company occupied
the witness box. The examining law
yer asked him his profession. Il ann
an actor" proudly answered the heavy,
while the balance of the. company with
one accord shrieked, s"Per5ilry." which
action caused the judge to clear the
court room.
For the present week. commencing
tonight, farce comedy will again hold
the boards at the Grand. The attrac-
ton will be one of New York's comedy
successes, 1.-THE Widow Jones'"
1.-The Widow Jones" is the work Of
John j. McNally author of such sue
cesses as "Courted Into Court" "a
Straight Tip" ETC.. and has been pro-
duced with signal SUCCESS in New York,
Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and all
the prominent cities of America. Dur
ing the tour, which is now in progress,
the role, Of the willy widow. is assumed