The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-22

the coming of Mr.. Joseph Jefferson to
the Metropolitan. He will be seen to-
night and Wednesday matinee in rip
Van Wrinkle Tuesday evening in 1.-The
RlVaS, Wednesday evening Cricket On
The Hearth and Lend Me Five ShilI-
ings.''
The cast for tonight is:
Rip Van Wrinkle $3.50. Joseph Jefferson
Derrick Won Beekman .........John Jack
Cookies, his nephew wv. W: Jefferson
JACOB Slime ................. Charles Duvai
Clausen ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. d. Jones
Little Heindrich .......... Virgis GIyndon
Little vicente .........-...-..; lpna Yena1r
ACT II.
Rip Van Wrinkle 1890. Joseph Jefferson
Gretchen ......-......... rfolliet Paget
Little He.ndrich Virgie Glyndon
Little Meenie ...............1pha Yenair
ACT III.
Rip Van Wrinkle ......... Joseph Jefferson
Dwarf ................. Dudley Mccain
Heindrich Hudson .......... Robert Brown
ACTS " AND Y
Rip Van Wrinkle ......... Joseph Jefferson
Derrick Won Beekman John Jack
Cookies, his nephew w. w: jefferson
Heindrich Vedder, Nick Vedder's
son ............... Joseph Jefferson Jr.
Seth :. Observation-Disclosures. Harry OdIin
Gretchen .................... Ffolliet Paget
Meenie ..................... Blanche Bender
hatcher ..................... Rose Alton
GRAND.
Across the Pacific" opened the week
at the Grand last night to the banner
Sunday night audience of the season.
Standing room was ali that was left at
eight O'Clock, and many were turned
away after that hour unable to gain ad-
mittance. And it was an appreciatiye
audience too. The cheers and applause
9 II. L.
uratively speaking. This was the initial
appearance in st. Paul of this, Chas. f.
Blaneys latest effort, and, if the au
thor been among the spectators last
night he must have been we'll pleased
with himself, for the piece is certainly
a money getter what ever else may be
said of it.
Across the Pacific is one of the most
impossible melodramas of al the impos-
siple melodramas that were ever written,
but that does not hurt it from financial
point of view for melodranas are more
or less impossible any way. And the very
Representatives, make it one of the fastest
stage vehicles, in its own peculiar class,
that has come to this city in many
months The scenic effects are most
elaborate, characters are plentiful, there
is plenty for all to do with limited time
to do it in and gun powder and red fire
are literally used What could bring
more joy to the herats Of the people VINO
make UP the average audience that enjoy
melodrama. Just one thing more,
chance for comedian to display his fun
making talents and prove himself the
right man in the right place every six
minutes during the usual four acts. II
is this last that ACROSS the Pacific
does for Harry Clay Blaney, brother Of
the playwright, owner of the show, CO.
median and heir. Mr.. Blaney is the
bright, particular star of the cast AMI
he is given every opportunity to display
his talents and he pleases his audience.
When this is said then what use to say
TIT ne is either good or bad.
ACROSS the Pacific is founded on the
war in the Philippines. To give detailed
account of the plot would take columns,
but briefly: Joe Lanier is a wealthy Mon
tana mine owner in love with his ward,
Elsie Iscott. The first scene is laid on
the Lanier homestead The ward falls In
love with Bud Stanton who, with the help
of Sam Drisdale is trying to win her 1or
her fortune. Willie Live is newspaper
correspondent who drifts into the country
looking for material for play, and it is
through his efforts and those of Nellie
HaZleton, a wronged woman, that Lan1er
and Elsie are brought safely through
multitude of trying situations that look
utterly impossible TO the ordinary observ-
er, but are not complex enough to even
require thought from the above two.
From Montana tie piece travels to San
Francisco, through opium dens, the docks,
and finally lands in the Philippines, and
winds up, after an exciting fight in which
Capt. Lanier and some six or seven men
hold a block house against as many
thousands until they are relieved by
column under Gen. LaWton, with Miss
Elsie as a guide. It might be explained
- rYN,I s.l,A
made a good private. Some means is
found to work in every character in ev-
cry scene, although it seems almost GER
tain at times that one or two cannot pos
sbly make the required journey. Mr..
Blaney, as Willie Live, occupies the CEN
ter of the stage a large part of the time.
and it has already been said of him that
he pleases his audience. For the rest of
the cast Robert Gailard, as Joe Lanier;
Leslie Mathews. as Bud Stanton; Pearl
Seward, as Elsie, and Anna Laying, as
Nellie Hazleton, are all competent people
in melodrama, and carry their roles in
this particular melodrama we'll. The rest
of the ca st Is coed, but here are very few
others that have much chance to display
whatever talent they may have. The
piece is splendidly staged under the di-
rection of Chinese Johnny Williams, who
is cast as a cook in the Montana camp
and afterwards as the keeper of the OPT
UNI den in San Francisco. and who
makes a hit in both as we'll as looking
after the stage.
Across the Pacific" will be the bill at
the Grand for the balance of the week
with the usual ma tinees.
STAR
If large audiences are any sign CT sue
cess the production at the Star this week
will be considered one TIE house was
packed, parquet balcony and gallery.
Never before has there been such an au.
dience in the Star as witnessed the pro-
d1lati0T TreSSnfpd ~ eff