The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-20

The opening Of the Metropolitan to-
day at cheap prices in the regular sea-
son is a matter of comment. The at
traction offered is the Woodward stock
company, a company said to be a very
capable one, under the management Of
Woodward & Burgess, who are operat-
ing the same style of entertainment in
Omaha and Kansas City. They will
play at the Metropolitan, st. Paul, and
the Metropolitan, Minneapolis, for an
indefinite period. The stock company
viii change the bin every week; the
vaudeville acts will be changed every
week. Thcp rices are the lowest ever
attempted in this city. The opening
specialties are: Miss Bessie Bonehill,
Mr.. William Window and his quar-
tette, Seeley & West-certainly
strong bill.
Men and Women" the play selected
for the opening of the regular season
of the Woodward stock company, Is
probably one Of the strongest and
most absorbing plays of modern times.
1t is conceded to be the greatest play
of the past decade, written as 1t was
by those brilliant dramatists, Messrs.
De Mile and Belasco-the former
literary man of wide knowledge, the
latter a master of dramatic construc-
ton. The quartette Of plays that have
resulted from their united efforts are
1.-The Wife," Lost Paradise" The
Charity Ball" and Men and Women"
four plays that will live; and, excel
lent as are the first three the authors
consider Men and Women their mas
terpiece. The great strength of Men
and Women" lies in its humanity.
The engagement begins at the Met
ropolitan with a matinee today. The
new venture will be watched with In
J,o
before played to the prices about to
be inaugurated. The tending of the
atrical business is towards cheaper
prices, and, though there will always
be stars, productions and combinations
that cannot be offered at less than
standard prices, the Woodward com
pany will produce here plays that have
never been seen IN the city except at
high prices.
The feature of the new system Is the
vaudeville, a new departure In con unc-
tion with the drama, and one that has
always been highly successful under
the management of Mr.. Woodward.
The vaudeville acts which are booked
for this week are: Miss Bessie Bone
hill, William II. Window and his fa-
nous Blackstone quaItetta, and Seeley
6; West, comedy musical act.
The people who Will compose the
Minneapolis and st. Paul companies
are: Miss Bertha Creighton. Miss Ger
trude Berkel y, Miss Emma Dunn, MISS
Little Allen, Miss IneZ MacaCley, Miss
Beatrice Lieb, Miss Cora Ernest, MISS
Louise Rirley, Miss Agnes Hyatt, MISS
Lola Phelps, Frederick Montague, VIII
son Enos, Walter Greene, Hal Davis.
Frank Lind n, VIII Davis, Harry Long,
De Witt Clinton, Johnny Scott, Carl
Smith Frank Sheridan, Lawrence Mar
ston. Charles T. Peckham, b. A. Trav-
ers. Charles Ryan, f. II. Livingstone
and Gus Neville.
The following specially artists have
already been booked, and others Will be
added: Bessie Bonehin, William Win
dom Seeley & West, Four Eddys, Val
dis Sisters, Horwitz & Bowers, So1aret,
Charles Wayne, Kingsley Sisters, Bar
ney Pagan and Henrietta Byron, Sadl
Alfaraibi, James McAvoy. Leon1tas, La
Belle Male, Edward Lang, Pauline
Hall, Morris Ponies, Camille Urso,
Merkel Sisters, John and Bertha Glea-
son, Dcherty's Pcod rs, Robert Hi dard.
George Thatcher and Ed. Marble,
CorfIgne Ole Hayden, Cissy Lotus,
John c. Rice. FnsCn and Earl, Harry
Lee, Mari> Jensen, Gus Williams, Della
Rocca, Henry +. Dixey, Clara Morris,
Kate Claxton, Isab liza Urquhart, Wood
and Shepard, Alice Shaw, jim and
Bonnie Thornton. Richard Harlow,
Lillian Burkhart SCR. Del Puenet
The Introduction of this class or en-
tertainment and this class of artists
into st. Paul at the exceeding low
prices which are quoted can scarcely
help but secure n large clientele. The
result will be watched with interest