The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-27
10 NRhMATI6.
- And MUSICAL. :
METROPOLITAN.

Metropolitan theater last evening to hear
Phinney's United Estates band in its second
concert The weather was undoubtedly the
cause of the small audience, for the band
has we'll established reputation in the
country. and thel concert given last night
was certainly uDf To the standard. The
audience an abpreciative one. however
II somewhat lacking numerically, every num-
Der being enthusiastically encored.
The programme given last night
varied one. including classical, military,
topical and popular selections. with two
compositions by Mr.. Phinney himself.
The opening number, the overture to
'Tannhauser, was finely rendered, and for
an encore odd little darkey dance
played in manner; that delighted the audi
ence.
Mr.. w. V. Kenney played concert solo.
medley Of popular airs. and responded to
an encore with Columbia"
I All the late popular songs were strung to-
gether in the third number played by the
band and entitled Popular Medley" ar
ranged by A. F. Weldon
Perhaps the finest thing on the programme
was the selection from the opera Les
Huguenots," by Meyerbeer. The selection
played was La Benediction des Poignards."
and the solemn romp and the dignity well
expressed by the composer were as finely
interpreted
The two descriptive pieces were Phinney's
own COMPOSITIONS. a march. The Pioneer
Limited" dedicated to the Chicago, Mil
waukee & ST. Paul railroad. and Grand
Fantasia-From Battlefield to Fireside," por-
traying medley Of military scenes from
the soldiers departure from home to the
tragic conclusion. implied in the sorrowful
little song, THE Vacant Chair
pretty number was CoX's How Can
Leave Thee" played with variations, by
the entire clarinet corps in unison, with A.
c. Davis as principal.
Hubert T. Murphy, a young man with
very assured manner, sang Every American
Girl Is a Queen. He has an expressive
baritone voice, and his singing apparently
pleased the audience for he was forced to
return.
The band gave a concert yesterday after
noon ALSO which was better attended than
the one given last evening.
GRAND.
The Smyth & Rice comedians opened q
weeks engagement Of My Friend From
India" last evening at the Grand to full
house that thoroughly enjoyed Du Souchets
play. There are twelve persons in the cast
and it would be difficult to select any one for
special praise, for all excellent; but
distinct hit made by Ada Gilman, who,
as Tilly, the German maid, proved to be
little coincidence of unusual talents.
Charles II. Bradshaw looked and acted well
the part Of Erastus Underholt, the Kansas
City pork packer, ambitious to shine in New
York society; Ernest Warde was very ac-
ceptable Charles Underhot, the spendthrft
and dssipated son of the pork packer; and
George Mack inimttable Friend from
India" Buddhist, theosophist and seen under
strange and embarrassing circumstances
he r,sS
airy, was we'll played by Charles E. Mitchell,
while Thomas Dodd was an unusually good
stage policeman.
The cast includes the Strickland sisters.
Ethel and Mabel both accomplished actresses,
who do much to make the play success AS
Marion Hayste, Ethel Strickland was very
charming, and as Gertrude Underholt, Mabel
Strickland was extremely clever. Louise
Arnot, Mrs. Beekman Street was chic and
gave the character snap that made her very
popular with the audience. Madge Otis was
very graceful and winsome as Bernice Under
holt
My Friend From India" will continue at
the Grand all the week. with the usual
Wednesday and Saturday matnees
METROPOLITAN.
The story of THE Jolly Musketeer," IN
which Jefferson De Angels and his opera COM
pany will open at the Metropolitan this even
ing, has for its chief motive the love romance
of a swash-buckling young cavalier of the
French nobility, lieutenant of 'The Kings
Own Musketeers." The action of the opera
takes place in Amens, France, in the year
1854, and during the siege of that. city by the
Spaniards, that picturesque period in the
history Of France when the luxurious Louis
XIV. was king, and Cardinal Richeieu was
the power behind the throne. The opera
abounds in funny situations and startling
climaxes. Suffice it to say that the action of
the pretty opera cumulates with bubbIing
merriment to a comedy finale, which ends in
an unexpected unraveling just at the final
curtain. The jolly Musketeer" is in two
acts. The first scene is the flower garden at
Amiens on a June morning; the second. the
ball room of the Chateau Chantilly on the
evening of the same day. Both sets of scenery
are said to be as fine as ever seen on any
stage in America, the first being painted by
Walter Burridge, and the latter by Ernest NJ
eros, famous Partisan scenic artist.
Tonght's productions will be by the original
New York cast, as follows:
Francois Marquis de Chantilly, Cap
tain of the Kings Own Muske-
Henri, Count de Beaupret, Lieu ~''
tenant of Kings Own Mus
Capote, Corporal Of the Kings Own
Musketeers' -. ...... Winfield Blake
MuSkeLeefS-
Antoine -. 49,. ......... Joseph Smiley
Sc,'oi - - :. .Oie ANoi uudH
Didot Blanc, Proprietor of the Cafe
Richelieu ..... 49,. Harry Macdonough
fvette, his daughter.... 1850. Maud Hollins
Verve, his niece. $3.50. Bertha Watzinger
Flower Girls
Jacquelne -. Helena Fredericks
Chorus of Musketeers. Flower Girls, Ladies
of the Court etc.
GRAND.
Vaudeville will hold the boards at the
Grand the coming week. The programme will
be headed by two features of stellar excel
lence the Leonidas cats and dogs, which
made such a great hit here during the en-
gagement of the Hopkins Trans Oceanic Star
Speciality company last season, including the
wonderful cat that makes parachute drop,
and the Nelson family, conceded to be the
greatest acrobats in the world
Manager Hays, of the Grand, was in receipt
of telegram from Mr.. Lift last evening,
stating that Sporting Life Mr.. Lifts big
| melodramatic production, had broken all rec
ords at McVicker's theater, Chicago, last
week. playing to total receipts Of $4,000.
The advance sale is very large, and judging
from the favor with which the play is being