The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-21

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because She Loved Him So.'' the first
play from the pen of William Gillette
since his world-famous Secret Service"
being an adaptation from the French o.
Bison and Leclercq, is to be presented
at the Metropolitan for five performances
commencing tonight. with matinee
Wednesday.
The comedy shows the manner in which
q morbidly suspicious and violent tenn
pered woman contrives to wreck her
own life and the lives of all unhappy
enough to be thrown into association
with her Her firm conviction is that all
men are false, and she Keeps a constant
watch on her husband, and gets quite
out of patience with him because he will
not be found out. On his arrival at home
his coat smells of patchouli and upon
Z his sleeve are two long golden hairs,
which never came out of the head OF MS
wife. Nothing short Of divorce will salts
fy her, and she rushes off, followed by
her husband, to seek the shelter Of her
parents home News Of their quarrel
and Intended separation have, however,
anticipated their arrival and the father
and mother of the heroine have time to
hit upon an expedient They determine
to show their offspring the unloveliness
of domestic broil, and the young couple
arrive in time to hear the noise of fierce
altercation and to see sugar basin
hurled by an elderly husband at the head
of his respectable spouse. In fact the
dear old things have never had cross
word in their lives, and while they are
counterfeiting hostility, steal out to kiss
and hug one another in obscure corners.
Holding her views about men, the hero
me Jumps at the conclusion that her
father is In fault, and that her mother
is Wronged Gertrude West, as she is
named, succeeds in dragging to light
forgotten chapter in her fathers life,
and changing Into real feud the sinus
lated quarrel of her parents She also
contrives to ruin the matrimonial
chances of her brother and to sow dls-
sension between other couples VINO are
weak enough to allow her 10 inleiieie Al
their affairs.
when mischief enough has been
wrought she discovers that she has been
herself duped and mistaken. Inc sup
posed proofs of her husbands quit are
due to her maid, VINO, for nteresteu
reasons, has sought to SOW dlssension De.
tween husband and wife, and has hersen
sprinkled scent on her mdSleI Coe'S -
carefully placed the sleeve hairs
nulled out of her own head.
The cast of characters is:
oI,,,er West Thomas DaVlo
John John etherby John Dale 7 Murphy ny
Thomas Wetherby. ......''' y olin w $500
Edward Marsh. .......... 'bSd W. '"iS
Rev. Lyman Langley, Dean OF Wa c,,sal
Albert Pritchard ...... Edward Phillpps
AZ To ckson Oscar Shay
NJ. II1sHI;,, Samuel Russell
Gertrude VEST. lara s,noI,
Mrs. John Wetherby ......; ,Ene GeLnlo on
Donna Adelina Gonzales. Helen Hemseh
Margaret, servant at the Wether-
by's......... NANNY
SUSAN 'Ai' Agnes Carter
Mice J,,lia langley Angela Ogden
Mrs jackson. Lula nc w. -
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fri
day afternoons of the coming week the
cinematographe pictures of the passion
play will be shown at the Metropolitan
opera house, illustrated by scholarly lee
ture descriptive of each scene. The pic
lures have the Endorsement of prelates OF
all denominations throughout the entire
civilized world.