The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-18

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The Dorothy Morton Opera company,
numbering fifty people, will open an
engagement at the Metropolitan opera
house Monday evening, presenting for
the first half of the week the tuneful
comic opera, "Girof1e- Girofla." 1t has
been many years since this opera has
been produced in st. Paul, but play
goers will remember it as one Of the
most popular and successful or the
light operas Of a decade ago.
The company promised is an eXcep-
tionally strong one; the chorus is one
of its best features and Includes thirty
people, we'll trained and carefully re-
hearsed. Miss Dorothy Morton, the
prima donna, is one of the best known
and most successful singers on the
American stage, and her appearance
III this city several years 40 is still
pleasant memory to st. Paul theater-
goers. Her mellow voice was never
better than it is this season, and she
has scored a tremendous hit wherever
she has appeared. Miss Morton IL
supported by such well-known artists
as Hubert Wilke, Will Stevens Charles
Callahan, Teddy Webb, Miss Helen
Harrington, Miss Mae Rae Miss Syl-
vester Cornish and the inimitable COM
edian, Ben Lodge.
The Dorothy Morton company comes
TO this city after a series of long and
successful runs in Chicago, ST. Louis
and Omaha, and, judging from the
immense business played to in those
cities, the engagement in st. Paul
should be a succession of crowded
houses for every performance Giro
fe-GirOfla" will be presented Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings and
Wednesday matinee. For the last half
of the week. commencing Thursday
in a
gar Student"
lyon Yonson," which will be the at
traction at the Grand the present week,
is pretty firmly established in public
favor. For five years it has drawn
large and pleased audiences with re-
maTkable regularity. "YOn YonSOn"
has given to the stage an entirely new
character. and one that has attracted
universal attention, because of its
striking originality. The play presents
American life in an aspect not COM
monty understood and seldom seen, the
scenes and incidents Of the piece be-
ing located in the lumber regions Of
the Northwest. The play made quite
as favorable an impression on Eastern
audiences as it did upon the Western
theater-gOers.
Ben Hendricks, in the title role, is
said TO have opened up a new field in
his study of the SWede, and in an ar
tistic sense the success of the piece is
said to rest upon his delineation of the
Scandinavian character. The play has
always been considered strong in re-
gard to plot and situation, and the
scenery and effects are novel, spectac-
ular and thrilling Aside from it's
strength as a drama of contempora-
neOus life, it lays claim to attention as
an elaborate and picturesque produc-
ton of more than ordinary magnitude.
The scenery used is all special, and is
said to be pictureSQuely true to ma
ture, scenes of life as they truly are in
the pine woods of the Northwest. There
are also several startling effects, the
most elaborate being a representation
OF the breaking of a tremendous log
jam in Act II. A company Of more
than ordinary strength has been Sc
cured to support Mr.. Hendricks, en-
bracing such well known players as
Annie Mack Berlein, who is said to
present the role of the rich widow, Mrs
Lat1in, better than any of her prede-
cessors; Clara Bell Jerome, who is
said to present the role Of the book
agent in a most fetching manner; Geor-
gia Bryton, as Polly; Beatrice Nor
man, talented young actress, as
Grace; Edward J. Mack as Mr.. Jen-
nines; George A. Weller, H. Armstrong
and others.
The Lumbermens quartette will be
meal u ulAI lIlS AL IL. III Il programme
of pleasing and up-tO-date popular
songs.
Following lyon Yonson" at the
Grand will be witnessed the first Of the
numerous war plays which have been
produced on account of the interest
and excitement Occasioned by the re-
cent conflict. The play to be seen on
this occasion is THE Commodore" a
novel drama from the pen of a sue
cessful writer The play is written in
five acts, and announces as its realis-
tic features a representation of the as
sault upon the flag at Matanzas, the
gun deck Of an American man-Of-War
in action, the bombardment of Matan-
Zas, Spanish torpedo boat firing sta
ton, the attempted destruction of an
American gunboat, and the engine Of
an American man-Of-war in action.
The author is also said to have deveI-
oped considerable comedy in addition
to the thrilling effects of the play, and.
as whole, the piece is thoroughly en-
tertaining.
One Of the stellar comedy events an
nOunced for the enjoyment of local
theatergoers is the booking for an