The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-15

company inclRdes, besides the stars, such
| popular favor1tess as Lew Sully, the in
dependent bEfkseper;' Larry Dooley,
James Tenbr@okS Manuel Romano, Fred
| Reynolds, W. H. Thompson. Charles D.
! Watson, Edward Hansen, John Perry,
| Harry ErnesE and B. S. Carnes. In the
| olio will be seen the famous club swing
ers' the four juggling Johnsons, the
| Quaker City quar- tette, tho singing COM
eolans, DooleyEand Tenbrocke, and host
| OF clever, up-to-date specialtles. The
MINISTRIES are now playing in Minneapolis.
where they haEe made decided hit.
GRAND.
At the Grand this week the king of
the Opium Ring''i is testing the capacity
| of the theater. Both the Sunday aapd
| Monday night RECORDS have thus far been
fractured. The king of the Opium
| Ting is not'a literary play. but IT full
| nils entirely tho purpose end intent OF
| the author in providing a series of thrill
| ing dramatic situations. A host OF start
| ling scenes and situa tons are Illustrated
| by a thoroughly capable company, who
| also offer some decidedly novel~and en-
PERTAINING features in the way of special
ties. The first matinee of the engage
| ment will be given today at 2:30.
After the Saturday matinee a recep-
| ton will be given on the stage by the
| retit Chinese actors, and feminine
Il
! tGntty to become acquainted with these
cute little players from the Orient, and to
| observe the vast scenic equipment Of the
| melodrama.
| Next week the Grand will offer duo
1 of popular favorites AS comedian
| Eddie Foy stands pre-eminent in the good
| gTaces of local amusement lovers. AS
| coincidence Josie De Witt has a local
| following and prestige that she has re-
| tanned for long time "HCtel Topsy
! Turvy,' a unique comedy creation, which
/ met with great success in New York, and
which IS now bound East after a sue
ccssful visit to the Pacific coast, will oc-
| cupy the stage. Hotel Topsy Turvy" is
| due to the combined creative efforts OF
Maurice Ordenneau and Victor Roger and
| is said to be their best effort. Much Of
| the story is told in song and the music Is
said to be new, bright and catchy. The
! fact that this attraction enjoyed con-
4 tinuous run of 102 nights at the Herald
| Square theater New York city, should be
a sufficient warrant as to its mirth-pro-
| ducing qualities. Aside from Eddie Foy
| and Josie De Witt other prominent COM
| edy players are mentioned in the cast
! including Phil H. Ryley, tOctavia Barbe,
/ BERTHE Fowler, Amelia Glover, j. G. iar-
| low and others
PEOPLES CHURCH.
| A grotesoue little man, whose face now
bent caressinglys over the piano while the
| measure dies away in delicately shaded
| diminuendo, now thrown back as though
| to accentuatet aetremendouS crescendo, Is
| distorted by the oldest of grimaces; an
! awkward little man, perhaps, whose bow
! is in no sense suggestive Of the grace OF
| the salon, but q man who, in spite OF
| his grotesqueness and his awkWardness,
| can do wonderful things with the black
| and white keys of his instrument. After
| hQo rin HiT1oir Ia g
! he played at the Peoples church last
night one Is not surprised that he is
| known as the player of Chopin compo
| sitions. Composer and interpreter have
much in common. Emotional to a degree,
| delighting in bizarre effects, often run
| ming helter-skelter in a mad melody of
rhythms, then shading quietly down. to
| quiet pianissimo effects that sometimes
verge closely on the sentimental such
| player is De Pachrnann, and certainly
| such composer is Chopin. A little more
| virilfty, more. dominating personality,
| and what player De Pachmann would
make. But as 1t Is the man does beau
| tiful, sometimes wonderful, things, and
! the largest audience that has yet attend
| ed the Peoples church in the artists
| series of concerts applauded vigorously.
| There were repeated cries Of bravo, too,
! and when one considers what a recent
| innovation this latter custom Is here in
the West, where European importations
are rare, the excellence that could call
it forth must be unquestioned.
De Pachmann's opening number, Won
| Weber's senate in A fat, opus 80, i'm
pressed one, first of all, with the brilliant
| technique Of the musician; then as the
story went on. the flexible fingers creep
| ing over the keys in a fashion peculiar
| to the player, an odd mesmeric effect, his
| chief charm, became noticeable.
| Some Schumann numbers followed the
sonata. From the Phantasiestucke opus
H. were played 'rWarum, 2" "Grillen' and
| ''Vogel Ais Prophet "Jaglied" and
''Abschied." Then came Mendelssohn's
''Rondo Capriccioso,' opus IA, arranged
| by Bartholdi most delicately and poet
| ically handled The remainder Of the
| programme was made up entirely of
Chopin numbers, except for the final
! encore. The first three, second i'm
promptu, the three preludes and the
the studies are in the composers SER
ener moods. They were followed by the
| B minor Mazurka, opus SO, full of wild
| Polish melody; the Valse Brilliante, opus
81, gay and dashing. but with the under
| tone of sadness that forever marks the
| waltz and finally the dashing Scherzo,
| in G sharp minor, and q tremendous
ovation for the player. Reluctantly he
came back and bowed his queer little
| bow, but the audience was not content,
so it was rewarded with Weber's "Invi-
tation to the Waltz
MOZART HALL.
"Das Nachtlager Won Granada" was
given its second presentation by the Mo-
Fart club last evening at Mozart hall
| The cast was the same as at the first
presentation, with the exception of Mr.
| Louis Shave who sang the part of Elm
Jager, his we'll trained baritone adding
much to the smoothness of the presenta-
ton. A large audience filed the hail.
! and both soloists and chorus were warm
! ly applauded.a Naturally, the opera was
| better sung last night than when first
presented. The acting was also improv-
! ed, and the orchestra was careful to tone
! it's volume to suit the voices of the sing
ers. Mrs. Paul HZumbach, as Gabrielle
produced a most favorable impression in
her arias, and IN the duets, trios and
| ouintettes, in which the opera abounds,
| her sympathetic soprano was heard to
| good advantage Mr.. Zumbach, as Go
mez, Gabrielles lover, had a part with
many possibilities, none of which was
overlooked. His duet with Mrs. Yum
! bach in the first act was finished bit
| Of work Mr.. Shave. as Elm jaeger, full
I filled all expectations, singing and acting
the part In a manner that left nothing
to be desired. The minor parts, Adolf
| Giesen, as Ambrosio; Martin Giesen, as
| Vasco; P. Larsen, as Pedro, and Albert
Meyer, as Graf Otto, were we'll taken.
The chorus, under the direction Of
Claude Madden, was excellent in tune
and time and was prettily costumed.
TO GREET THE ARCHBISHOP.