The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-25

Janet Melville and EVE stetsen, Carrori
and Herbert, Mamie Conway and others
as stellar attractions. The management
mas succeeded In securing as good an att
traction of it's kind as has ever visited
the Grand. and 3 the company received
an ovation last night in its first appear
ance for the week
AS many. as ten years ago Evie Stet-
son and Janet Melville were playing in
Chicago, comparatively unknown except
to the certain few who visited the vaude-
Vile houses. In the audience last night
were a number of their old friends and
their appearance was like a memento of
times gone by. Their Improvement has
been wonderful, though Miss Stetson has
| lost nothing Of her bouncing good humor,
and Miss Melville still retains the spir-
ituelle airs which. graced her in the be-
I ginning OF her career. The two intro
| duced an excellent musical turn, with
| several exceedingly clever songs and
| number of witty hits. Their patriotic
medley The Stairs and Stripes and tho
| Star of Luck" won rounds of applause
and established them as favorites in ST.
| Paul. tsJo
| Caron and Herbert have been known to
/ patrons of vaudeville for almost as many
! years. They9are comedy acrobats of the
| first water, and while their funny antics
were good, their acrebatic feats were ex-
eellent. Car6n executes a triple somer-
! set in the air which is something smooth.
while HerbertFs turn introducing a somer-
set in the afr, through hoop which he
! himself holds, is fully its equal.
| Mamie Conway has a hypnotic turn
/ with G. d. Melville, a comedy juggler,
which opens the dill. The combination OF
soubrette and clown is not altogether
! novel, but gives rise to enough amusing
| situations to raise a, laugh in a morgue.
| a 10 40 hot
and goes about the business of fun max
| ing with an abandon and enthusiasm
| which is catching
| Several excellent songs were given by
| the Cosmopolitan tria, Darlington, Hol-
| land and Galpen, including THE Song
Love Best of ALL" clever transposi-
ton and Encouragement of Home, Sweet
| Home" and a number of standard IA
vorites. All the members Of the trio have
| excellent voices, which blend perfectly
| and lack nothing to make them effective.
| The Irish had the usual place, in
| turn by Conroy and Mcdonald, who are
also old-timers They have improved
| since they were last seen in Irish COM
| edy, and kept up running fire Of good
! things until t1ey were compelled to re-
| appear twice to satisfy the audience.
| Mayor KIefer. received another shot when
| Harry Thomson, a famous mimic and
| character impersonatOr, appeared to show
| the audience how ''your mayor" walked
| to the city hall IN the morning and
! showed himself to the admiring multi
! tudes He did other things, too, in tho
| imperSonation way. none of which was
| better than his picture of a German
making a campaign talk against a pro-
| htbtion Swede
One of the best things in the bill this
| week is the Juggling feat of the Warten-
berg brothers. two athletes who pre-
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| balls with their feet while playing popu-
| lar airs on stringed instruments with
| their hands. They employ certain ap.
| paratus which give them a position some
height from the floor, and, lying on their
| backs, juggle two, three and four balls
at the same time and all without the use
of hands. The act is we'll worth going
| to see. rlttt
The only thing to cause disappointment
| is the accident which prevents Lille
Western, a great favorite in vaudeville,
! from appearing with the rest of the
company. She is Ill and unable to fill the
engagement, though billed to appear. The
attractions remaining, however, are suffi-
cient in themselves and are full of fun,
wit, quips and jokes and good cheer. The
attractions in vaudeville for several years
have been hardly as good. The Grand
presents vaudeville through the week.
with special matinee today. Ladies' and
children's popular-priced matinees will be
given every afternoon following the spe-
cial Christmas performance Monday,
throughout the week. Pc '-'''
Owing to the fact that so many dine
late on Xmas day the Grand manage
| ment announces that the special matinee
for this afternoon will not begin until
8 p. m.
Next week at the Grand comedy lovers
will be served with a menu that will no
doubt please them in a large measure.
The enga cement is announced of Hoyt's
latest comedy creation, "a Day and a
Night" Founded upon an original theme
this skit is said to be permeated entire
with the original humor which Charles
H. Hoyt has SO literally supplied to the
farcical stage. Music, always prom
inent element in the Hoyt productions,
is said to be a feature of his new play.
William H. Curry and several others Of
the original cast of this piece will be
seen in its Forthcoming production at the
Grand