The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-19
QUO VAD|S" IS COMING
1T WILL OPEN THE REGULAR SEA
SON AT THE METROPOLITAN
SUNDAY, SEPT. 2
"a WISE GUY" AT THE GRAND
New Comedy VIII BE the Opening
Bill of the Regular Season
There This Even
Ing.

The season of 19O0-1901 will open at the
Metropolitan opera house Sunday even
ing, Sept. 2, with "Quo Vadis," the dram
adzatiOn by Stanislaus STANCE of Sien-
kiewitz's famous story, This is the orig
inaI production as presented under the
direction of F. C. Whitney and Edwin
Knowles last season at McVickers the
ater, Chicago, and the New York thea
ter, In New York city. 1t is necessary to
dwell on this point and to designate par
ticularly the management under which
this great religious drama will be pre-
scented In st. Paul, as a multitude of "Quo
VadiS'' companies of inferior character
are appearing in all parts of the country,
and 1t Is desired to emphasize the fact
that the production at the Metropolitan
opera house state fair week will be the
same as seen during the phenomenal runs
of this play in Chicago and New York.
The interest in the coming Quo Vadis'
is not confined to any one class or creed,
but embraces all sorts and conditions Of
people, of all races and religions; the
wonderful narrative of the days of Nero
and the Christian martyrs is perhaps the
most widely read story the literary world
has known for many years, and this gen
eral familiarity with the book has intcn-
sified the interest naturally felt in a pay
dealing with the most eventful period of
the worlds history.
Many inquiries in regard to this engage
ment are received daily at the box office
of the Metropolitan, and requests have al
ready been made for reservations Of seats,
but the advance sale for "Quo Vadis"
will open at the box office Monday, Aug.
q, at a. m, and until that time 1t will
be absolutely impossible for any one to
secure tickets or make reservations for
this production.
The finishing touches are being put on
the decorations of the Metropolitan OPP
era house, and before the opening of the
coming season the Improvement on which
Manager Scott has been engaged for
nearly two years will have been complet-
ed This includes the redecorating, reno
waiting and repainting of the entire thea
ter, auditorium, foyer and lobby, q new
drop curtain was hung just before the
close of last season, the renewing or re-
placing of all furniture showing signs of
use and a thousand and one minor de-
tails. During the coming week the artists
will complete the decorating Of the lob
by, which will be the handsomest and
most tastefulIy decorated theater en-
trance in the United States. The prevail
ing tones are rose pink and old gold, re-
ceiling on either side are two large pam
els on tapestry; representing Spring and
Autumn respectively; from the center
hangs a mammoth chandelier, brilliant
with myriad of vari-eolored electric and
gas lights A similar chandelier hangs
in the foyer, just inside the main en-
trance. The foyer will be laid with the
latest invention in the way Of noiseless
flooring, a form of interlocking rubber
thing, elastic and yielding to the foot
more durable than the hardest stone floor
ing, beautiful in design and, incidentally,
the most expensive flooring ever laid in
q public place of amusement in this coun-
try The Metropolitan opera house in this
city will be the first theater IN the world
to utilize this rubber flooring, but its ad-
vantages are so apparent that 1t Is likely
that many other frst-class theaters will
be equipped with it before the end Of the
season. The people of ST. Paul have rea-
son to congratulate themselves on the
possession of a temple Of amusement
which is not excelIed by any in the world,
and it is to be hoped that they will ap-
preciate 1t accordingly.