The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-26

bonnam saves his honor, and leaves MIN
the accepted lover of Bonita and half
owner In Aravaipa ranch.
Some Of the characters of Capt. Charles
Kings novels seem to have stepped out
from between the covers of the book and
to be walking on the stage.
OF the cast. each one Is an artist.
Henry Candy, by Mr.. Theodore Roberts,
is presented with a fidelity to the charac-
ter Of wealthy Western rancher that
won hearty applause from most ap-
preciative audience Edwin Holt, as Col.
Bonham, and Vincent Serrano. as Lieut..
Denton, are comrades in choice bits Of
dramatic fidelity as they are comrades
at arms In the story of the play. The
a well and equally sustained piece OF
villainy He is the modern Iago devoid
Of all the Hist woman, have thee in
me poWer!" rant.
Miss Jane Taylor. the Estella Bonham
OF Arizona, needs no fattery at crit
les hand. She portrayed the hesltating,
weak, yet repentant woman Of modern
life. This is what Is demanded of her
part, and she disappointed no one. Miss
Eleanor Robson, as Bonita Candy, Inn
proved all her opportunities. and in so
elaborate production as Arizona they
are numerous.
play run some threads Of comedy that
were picked UP and deftly woven into a
web Of fun by George ODonnneil, as DR..
Fenlon, and Miss Matte Earle, as Mrs.
Candy.
The audience was large and enthusiasts
tic. In one box were seated the princi-
pals of "The Sorrows of Satan," includ-
ing Charles Kent; from another Otis
Skinner and Walker Whiteside witnessed
the play Arizona will be seen all the
week, with the usual Wednesday, and
Saturday matinees. r. F. s.
GRAND.
Patrons Of the Grand opera house last
night witnessed thoroughly good per-
formance of Giliettes famous play, Sc
cret Service" With the managers who
have handled the play the question has
not been one of the play itself. but rather
one OF securing talent to give the play
an Interpretation that would do justice to
its great effective forces. Those who
have seen the best presentations of
Shenandoah" saw in 1t more mechanical
effects, but the thread of interest is no
stronger or more continuous In "Shenan-
doah' than in Secret Service. 'Shen-
andoah' is more sombre and has not the
continuous vein of comedy through it that
lightens the tense situations and serves to
prevent the oppression incident to pro-
longed high nerve tension.
Secret Service" Is war story. The
scene is in Richmond, Va, the few hours
before the capituiation of the Confederate
capital to the besieging Union forces. The
principal characters aare Edith Varney,
daughter Of a prominent Confederate gen.
eral. who meets and falls in
love with Lewis 2Dumont. attached
to the federal secret service, who
is in Richmond = disguised as a
Confederate Capt. Thorne. The part of
Capt. Thorne Is taken by William B.
Smith as the Leading man. Benton Ar
resford, attached to the Confederate Sc
cret service at Richmond, who has been
rejected by Miss vanney, Is played by
Frank Rolleston. Marion Childers takes
the comedy role of Caroline Milford, a
sweet sixteen-year-old daughter of the
Confederacy. who furnishes all of the
comedy there Is in the play
The plot of the: play is the discovery of
the work of the federal secret service
agent. who is arrested by his brother. Ar
resford conducts the investigation and
discovers enough to warrant the arrest
OF the spurious Capt Thorne. who,
through the efforts of Miss Varney, has
been given commission in charge of the
war department telegraph lines. Thorne
acting as secret service agent for the
Union forces, corrupts servants In the
employ of the. Varney family His brother
Is prisoner OF war at Libby and negro
servant carries secret dispatches between
the brothers.
The servant is arrested, and one of the
messages found In his, possession. Arres-
ford informs Mrs. YaEney and her .daugh-
ter that Thorne IS federal spy, and un-
dertal1es to prove the chas ge. With Edith
Varney he secretly watches trhorne while,
the latter is on duty IN the telegraph Of
f1ce, and as Thorne Is In the act of send
ing out a forged dispatch that will lead
the Confederate forces to defeat Ares
ford shoots him through the hand, and
when the corporafs guard enters, Therne
turns the tables by ordering the arrest
of Arresford. The arrival of Gen Ran
dolph, in command at Richmond, causes
an investigation, and the forged telegram
is not sent. Arresford denies .Thorne's
authority at the telegraph Office, and Miss
Varney hands Gen. Randolph the COM
mission shs has received for Thorne
through the president to command the
telegraph Office. After finding himself In
control under the commission Thorne re-
fuses to act, and stops the forged mes
sage Mr.. Smiths strong lines are those
in which he tells Miss. Varney Of his love
for her. confesses his connection with the
federal secret service. and goes away
under guard to drqmhead court-mar-
tial. after assuring her that secret serv-
Ice official is not the, master of his own
movements, and that soldiers death
would be vastly preferable to being shot
as a spy. As Edith Varney, Miss Frances
Ring has the natural beauty and manners
of a cultivated Southern woman, and she
was at all times equal to the trying lines
of tense situations. :. All of the other
characters are well presented, and the re-
suit Of witnessing the performance is the
finding of deep interest from the rise to
the fall of the CURTAIN