The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-29

will be the biggest musical attraction ever
seen in this country, Miss Alice Nielsen and
her own company of ninety people, in the
great operate success, The Fortune Teller"
for three nights and matinee While Miss
Nielsen has never appeared in this city, her
name is familiar to local play goers, as she
was prima-donna and the leading feature OF
the Bostonians for the three seasons preced-
ing this. Her success in this opera last fall
was the greatest ever scored in New York
city, she has played to tremendous business
in Washington, Baltimore. Boston, Philadel-
phia and Cincinnati, and has Just closed the
biggest operate engagement ever played to
In Chicago, at the Columbia theater. After
three months of continuous and tireIess
efforts Manager Scott has secured this at
traction for st. Paul, and he takes consider
able p!ide in announcing this engagement
Other ATTRACTIONS booked for the Metro
poEtan opera house are: Shore Acres" the
most successful pastoral drama of the past
decade; Stuart Robson, with the best com
pany he has ever travelled with, in his new
play. The Meddler;" Mr.. Jefferson de Ange-
lis will appear in his great operate success.
THE Jolly Kusketeer." The next minstrel
engagement will be that of William II. Vests
Jubilee MINISTRIES. De Wolf Hopper, the pop
uiar favorite of our local public, will bring
his successful comic opera, THE Charlatan."
Daniel Frohman's famous play, "The Prisoner
capable company. Sol Smith Russell is an
nounced for an early appearance, also
Madame Modjeska in repertory Mcdjeska
has fully recovered her health and is said
tn ever. The popular comedian, Fvlk
Da IS, win be here for a week, presenting
his two latest operate successes THE IDOLS
Eye" which has never been seen here and
THE Wizard of the Nile" which made Mr.
Daniels famous as operate comedian All
G; Fields MINISTRIES has been booked and
Charles II. Hoyt's latest comedy "a Day
and Night" will also be presented here
Sousa and his band will play a return en-
gagement. Miss May Irwin will be seen
at the MetropoIitan' for the first time in this
RrIv eyoJ DIT.
rose & Dockstaders MINISTRIES have also been
booked.
Miss Olga Nethersole will make her first
visit to St. Paul this season, appearing in
"The Termagant," Camille and fThe Sec
ond Mrs. Tanqueray." The Banda Rossa.
composed OF fifty musicians will be one of
the musical features of the season The lat
est New York Casino sensation "Yankea
Doodle Dandy" has been booked for the Met
ropolitan, and will be presented here by the
original company, headed by Walter Jones'
Americas greatest actor, Richard Mansfield
has been secured for an engagement In the
most stuDendous success of his brilliant
career, RoStandS "Cyrano de Bergerac In
addition TO the list of attractions which have
already been secured number of first-class
bookings will probably be made before the
end of the regular season.
1.-THE Sign of the Cross Wilson Bar
retts bea&Sul and impressive story
of the struggle between Christianity
and paganism in the days of Nero. re-
turns to the Metropolitan tomorrow
evening for the week. There will be a
popular price matinee Wednesday and
a regular price matinee Saturday. 1t
will be remembered that when 1.-The
Sign of the Cross was presented here
last season it scored an instantaneous
and pronounced success. not only
among the regular patrons of the house,
but more particularly among the class