The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-07
MUSIC AND THE STAGE.
GRAND.

1t is the business of the advance agent
10 leave the impression behind him that
his show is the best on earth, and If he
is ahead of a comedy he will surely tell
you that it is the funniest thing ever
written. But one cannot blame him, for
it is a serious matter to be stranded out
in the wild West, 200 miles ahead cf the
treasurer, and much more serious when
the treasurer wires that he is broke
Mrs. B. 'Shaughnessey advance
agent was no exception to the general
run of advance men. He said that MIS-.
b. O'Shaughnessey' (wash LADY, was fun
NY was written to make people laugh,
and that it would make them laugh. AS
a rule the advance mans statements
must be taken with a grain OF salt, but
in this particular case the truth was
told, for Mrs. O'Shaughnessey made her
initial appearance before a st. Paul audi
ence at the Grand last night, and she
was all that had been said of her The
piece is purely farce comedy, and no at
tempt is made to make anything else of
it. True. it is bit rough in spots, but
the rOughneSs is necessary, and it IS GER
tainly one of the best laugh makers that
has visited the Grand this season. 1t Is
funny from start to finish The special
ties might be better, but still they are
good, and they do not come often enough
to disturb the laugh creating powers of
Mrs. b. O'Shaughnessey (wash lady).
The story of the comedy deals with an
Irish waShwOman and her three pretty
daughters. AT the start Mrs. O'Shaugh-
nessey. is a little short in pocketbook, but
she has a good heart, and is an object of
admiration in the eyes of Michael Tracy.
The villain in the plot is an attorney
named Holden Up, who learns that Mrs.
o ShaughneSSey is heir to a fortunee Of.
$4,000. He endeayers to win her affec-
ton before telling her the good news,
but his plans are upset by Jack Mon
tague, who is sweet on of the
O. ShaughneSsey girls The rise from pow,
erty to riches gives many an opportunity
for funny things to be said ana done,
and nothing has been overlooked along
this lire.
1t falls to the lot of George W. Monroe,
as Mrs. 'Shaughnessey wash LADY,, to
do most of the entertaining, and he is
more than capable of the task. With
out overriding the part, he Is excs ed ingly
funny as a hale old Irish washwoman
with a ready wit, a hearty laugh and a
light heart. There is not a dull moment
while he occupies the stage ard he is in
view a large part of the time Edith
Mayne, Esmonde Ellis and Geordie Lin
gard, as the O'Shaughnessey girls, are all
good, and make the most of their parts,
and James l.. McCabe. as Michael Casey,
could hardly be improved on. Edward NJ
Ellis, as Jack Montague, and James E.
McDuff, as Holden IN. and the rest of
the cast, are very acceptable.
Some fairly clever Specialties are W rk-
ed iii in each of the three acts, and TAX
en- as a whole Mrs 3. O'Shaughnes-
sey' twash LADY, is one Of the b9st laugh
proYokers that the Grand has had this
year.
The play that comes TO the Grand next
week will be kidnapped in New York"
written by Howard Hall. Barney Gilmore,
of "Hogan's Alley fame. plays the part
Of Mr. Dooley. an Irish detective.
METROPOLITAN
Commencing Thursday evening. and for
two nights thereafter, with a special Sat
urday matinee for ladies only, that high
priestess of all that is mysterious and
weird, Miss Anna Eva Fay, and her COM
pany of players, will appear at the Met
ropolitan opera house, and proceed to as
tOnish the public of st. Paul as she has
done that of other cities through the civ
ilized world for many years by her seem
ingly neXplicab!e achievements in ina
terialization" and thought reading
OF the company especially engaged by
Dunno and Ryley for their all-star cast.
to present the Hoyt plays the excellence
of each and all cannot be questioned nor
their merit challenged, as will be appar-
ent to all who are familiar with the
repute of such artists as Mathews and
Bulger, Mary Marble. Walter Jones, Nor
ma Whalley, Geo. F. Marion, Lansing
Rowan, Philip II. Ryley, Bessie Tame
hill, Tony Hart, Jno. W. Dunno. Marion
Cunning, Ethel Kirwan, the eight mas
cots, English dancing girls and Wize-
mans serenaders, surrounded by a splen-
did chorus
The company Is en- route to San Fran
cisco, where they play a ten-Weeks' en-
gagement at the California theater. com
mencing June 3, and Manager Scott has
secured this superb comedy attraction for
two performances. They will present "A
Rag Baby at the metropolitan next
Sunday and Monday evenings.
MOZART HALL.
The Concordia and Damenchor united
forces last evening at Mozart hall in pre-
senting three-act operetta entitled '.Ye-
Ida, under the direction of Prof. l.. w.
Harrison. A mixed chorus of thirty
voices and fourteen character parts were
sung and related in dialogue by an anna
teur cast, selected from the Concordia
singing society. The leading roles were
sung by Herr Kemstett, Fraulein Hede
man. Herr Voges, Frau Schaler. Herr
Rohland and Herr F'ritche A series of
living pictures followed the operetta. and
dancing INDUCED in until midnight.