The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-23
AT THE THEATERs.
METROPOLITAN.

AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.
The decentralization Of Mark Twain S
''Pudd nhead Wilson," by Frank Mayo,
furnishes an unusually striking play
which was reproduced again in st. Paul
I last night by Edwin Mayo, supported by
the same cast, with but few exceptions,
| which gave 1t it's first appearance here.
Tie famous humorists most entertaining
| work has been dramatized in a way
which has lest to 1t none CT it's original
amusing features, and has presented a
drama of the greatest power, through
which runs an enticing Touch of comedy.
Edwin Mayo carries the title role with
a simplicity and sincerity that preserve
all its humor without ever losing the dig
nifty Of its underlying seriousness. His
| work was comprehensive, strong and fin
| ished in every particular. The never fail
ing nonchalance of one who has been ali
his life misunderstood, yet is conscious of
| superiority, and the goodness of heart
and kindness of the bachelor lawyer
| were effectively portrayed. Without eX-
ception the act in which, with his niece.
he discovers the perfidy and deceit of Tom
Dr!scol1 and demonstrates the innocence
| Of a man accused of murder through the
aid of the thumb marks on his bits of
glass the collection of which has been his
! lifelong hobby, was the prettiest, most
| striking and entertaining of the whole
production.
In the character of Roxy, Miss Adelaide
| Fitz-Allen succeeds Ada Dwyer. Her
work in the prologue left a doubt of her
| ability to effectively portray one of the
| strongest characters in the play, but III
| her succeeding work she displayed no lit
| tie power, and gave an exceedingly diff
| cult characterization in a very satisfac-
| tory manner
| delightful as ever with his ''o'der in the
! cote
Of the minor roles, Frank Gampeau as
| Tom Driscoll, Frances Graham Mayo as
| Rowey, and Menefee tombstone as Cham
| bers were the great favorites. Mr.. Cam
peau's work as the villain was so effect
| i've that In two situations he evoked out
| spoken expressions Of disgust from mem
| bers of the audience. Mr. Johnstone's
| work was clever, and in several instances
| striking. Miss Mayo carried her role with
extreme grace. and presented delightful
| character in a most satisfactory manner;
| Louis Wassel and Norman Mcdonald as
| the twins We're satisfactory. Miss Stoddard
| as Patsey, Pudd nhead's s endowed sister.
| made hit, and furnished an inexhaus-
| tible amount of amusement Edwin Ma
! lod as Judge Driscoll, and Colin Camp
! bell as Howard Pembroke, a lawyer, were
| also we'll received
"Pudd' nhead Wilson will continue
| through the week, with the usual ma
| tinees.
The enduring popularity of the vaude-
| Vile style OF entertainment was demo--
| strated anew at the Grand opera house
| last evening
cry available space in the theater ac-
corded Hopkins Transatlantic compa ny
an enthusiastic reception The perform
ance consisted of some Specialties more
or less familiar to the vaudeville stage.
/ presented cleverly enough to be almost
new, while the novelties were startling
| and highly entertaining.
The premier attraction is Mile Mar
leila with her troupe of educated birds.
consisting of parrots, cockatoos, ravens
and pigeons. Under the direction of Nile.
Marzella the birds accomplish feats
| scarcely less than human. Their cackle
and noise at the rise of the curtain IS
startling, but at a word from their train
| er the feathered beauties become as or
DERBY as school children and with comical
/ attention watch for every word or COM
mand They harness themselves 10
dininutive carts and draw each other
about as at play, conduct funeral over
one of their humber who has been duly
| executed with a cannon fired by a COM
| panion and perform wonderful acrobatic
| act on the horizontal bars. The ravens
are gymnasts and leap through rings of
fire and paper hoops like veterans of
the circus The tunlbing cockatoo is the
| star of the troupe, accomplishing back
| ward and forward somersaults with grace
| and ease.
he Morello troupe ADDS much to the
| entertainment with some clever acrobatic
! and slack wire feats, while the perform
ance CT the bag punching and somersault
dogs is remarkable. The canires show
an unusual degree of Intelligence, one
/, throwing Somersaults and jumping rome
| cleverly, while the other bunts a punch
| Ing bag and Wrestles football about
like q college athlete.
Wills and Loretto as the tramp and
the soubrette, furnish the genuinely fun
ny act of the show. Wills song Of his
nerigrinations as a "Weery Willie" is a
hit as well as his jokes, while Loretta
! does graceful fandango. Annie Ken
wick sings negro songs pleasingly and
| does an intricate buck dance cleverly. A.
| o. Duncan, with his wooden figures and
/ ventrilhquial accomplishments. contripu-
| ted one Of the laughabe numbers of the
programme. Max MILAN and Rem
/ Shields, in Il running fire of Jokes, and
| clever repartee, kept the audience In a
| roar, While John T. Tierney sang some
new songs in a. rich Irish brcgue Fake
| and Semon, in a musical comedy, showed
| proficiency upon a number OF Instruments
and told some funny stories, interspers5d
with vocal selections. The three Grlitanos
In an acrobatic pantomime executed soma
| difficult feats of tumblng