The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-24
AT THE THEATERs.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

4 N-AN " - pay WHOSE scenes cluster about
an Old farm; whose characters are the
| unpublished, genuine ones that many a
man and woman's childhood has been
| 4amlhar with; whose lesson is the old.
old lesson that only the blase have for
/ gotten-the lesson of truths triunonh
over falsehood, Of virtues triumph over
vice. A play Of this good, old-fashioned
type Is The Dairy Farm" There is not
much of plot to it-what there is CEN
| tiers about the inevitable mortgage, the
villain who would foreclose ii, the hero
| VINO saves 1t by an opportune arrival
| hut the playwright has made each of
her characters real characters, not pup
pets, and these characters and some ex-
ceiient stage settings are the play. 1.-THE
! Larry Farm has been compared to other
4 plays of like order, but 1t has an at,
| mosphere of it's own that has no SAVIOR
! or imitation about it. Seldom has a play
| visited St Paul that has been more cIev-
/ erly staged than this The first picture
| given Is that of the farm itself The
squire drives up In his cart, the men
come III from blowing, and there is a
| real ploW and some real horses, and there
| Is twilight and wIippoorwill that sounds
almost natural. The farm kitchen and
Christmas eve are the scene and time of
! the second act. The girls, with their
] loopsklrts-the time of the play Is 1851
! and the men in their store" clothes,
] play old-fashioned games, and that other
] game. which is neither old nor new-fash-
! Toned, and there Is some singing, which
! is not very good, and a climax that is
excellent. The time of the third act IS
| the day before the presidential election;
the scene village street Finally the
audience is taken back once more to the
| farm itself and its occupants
The company is a large one, and, on
/ the whole, very fair. Mac NJ Barnes is
j .llr,,k
/ as Sarah Newkirk, the squire'S sister,
| gives a vigorous portrayal of an inter
esting role Miss Blanch Carlyle makes
a pretty Mfnty, but Miss Carlyle does not
rely entirely upon a charming appear
ance for her success. Her scene in the
fourth act with Harry Dunkinson, who
! takes the part of Jehu Sparmley, her
lover, is cleVerly enacted bit of COM
1 edy. John Milton, as Nathan Newkirk,
/ the squire's nephew, and Grace Hopkins.
as his wife Lucy, are indifferently good
MISS katherine Carlisle, as Eunice Jane
Perklns, is a youthful and pretty Mrs
| Malaprop. w. r. Walters is naturally
dramatic as Bob, the runaway slave
Simon Krun Theodore Rook) and Elias
Plough q. H. Hollingshead) were real
| enough in their villainy to make the gal
| lery hiss.
The play viii be presented the remain
Ger OF the week, with the usual Wednes-
day and Saturday natinees.
THE GRAND.
1t may be well said of "a Stranger in
New York that it is one of tie best
OF the many good things that Hoyt has
put behind the footlights The piece
| is not new to st. Paul people, indeed
/ 1t has been here often enough SO that
it may be regarded as IN old friend.
1t certainly could not be looked on with
any but friendly feelings, even in the
| hands of a bad company, and the people
presenting it this year are far from bad.
1t would be useless waste Of spaca
to give the story of the little plot that
winds its way through the three acts
and Is allowed to crop out rather fire.,
quently for a Hoyt production, since
The Stranger is no longer a stranger
| in st. Paul.
| John L. Kearney, as the stranger, is as
good as ever and among the men, Geo
! w. Callahan, as Wright limit; Hairy
| Stuart, as Carroll Sweet; O. p Holden,
as Coming Swift and John T. Powers, rs
| I. Collier Down, make up strong sup
port. The Baron Sanda of Sam Marion,
! is as good as it is possible to make it
Mr.. Marion and the Mccoy sisters, the
latter two occupying odd moments with
| the parts of Rosie, the chorus girl, and
May Ketchum, the society spy, do some
| of the best specialties in the singing and
refined acrobatic dancing line that have
| ever been in st. Paul. They were re-
called many times last night. These
| three people are the stars of the support
! ing cast and are given the center of the
stage most of the time to good advantage.
| Hattie, the best fellow of them all, is
j this year portrayed by Miss Hattie De-
t laro She is not equipped with the best
voice in the world but still her songs
are far from bad. Kearney is funny and
! ha kos hut
| people who do not care particularly for
! the songs that he sings. They are Did
| and something new could easily be SUBJ
! stituted to advantage and the change
would undoubtedly be greatly appreciat-
| ed. The smaller parts are we'll filed, not
! overlooking Miss Pearl Reding, as Vir-
! ginia Pryde, who fits her French ball
! costume admirably. The piece is espec-
! tally well staged.
1.-THE Stranger Will lie the attraction
at the Grand for the rest OF the week
with the usual matinee.
THE STAR.
| That the local public appreciate high
class vaudeville is evident by TIE packed
! house that greeted Fred Twins Majestic
| Burlesques at the Star theater last even
ing. The performance begins with a
| humorous and eccentric travesty entitled
/ Down the Line" made up of the entire
caste of twenty-five people. Down the
l Line has no plot particularly, save that
of merry-Inaking by a large bevy Of pref
/ ty girls, broken by severaf songs by diff
! ferent members, of which the most COM
mendable are MY Evlyn,' sung by
| Percy Walling, and French song by
Doliie Dahl The dance of the Taggers
! in this act was also good. The act was
concluded with the soldier chorus and a
number of specialties, commencing with
Morgan and Otto German, dialect come
dams, who do some clever dancing.
Katherine Dahl sings 1.-THE Valley of
| Peace in which the scenic effects are
good. Following this, Bailey and Madi-
/ son do very funny acrobatic comedy
! sketch A song entitled ''The Saucy
/ Soubrette,'' by a quartette of girls, was
very fair The biggest hit OF the even
Ing was the three Merrills' comedy, trick
| and fancy bicyclists They are by far the
best ever seen in this city. The show
concludes with comic burletta entitled
! 1.-The DEVILS Daughter in which are
| shown some very pretty costumes, and
| several changes of same. Fred Baily is
exceptionally funny in this act If the
Star continues to give st. Paul such at
fractions there is no doubt Of its sue
cess.
The Burlesquers will run the rest OF
; the week with usual matinees.
NOT ASHAMED TO OWN IT.
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