The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-01
MUSIC AND THE STAGE.
GRAND.


h!ghteen breezy songs and whirlwind
OF fun, fast and furious, combine to ms lie
up "A Day and Night . This is Char
ley Hoyt,s latest medley of farce conf
edy and vaudeville. 1t opened last even
Ing at the Grand to the usual overflow
Ing Sunday night Grand audience.
True. "A Day and Night is trife
wicked, with dashes of risque dialogue
ripping through the rapid action Of what
is. eminently,S "a Heytian attraction In all
the name implies: The company has been
judicfously selected and two of the char
acters, Comn1ddore Hart and Marble, his
son, could noE be improved upon. 1t is
evident that Mr. Frank Doane has Gre
ated part fullyAs catchy in its broad
burlesque as 1hatSaf Eelland Strong, by
Harry Connorsin "A Trip to Chinatown"
And, as in "A Trip to Chinatown so
in "a Day and Night" there is violent
and sudden transformation of character.
In the formef play the hypochondriac
evolves into the wise man about town,
and in Hoyt,s latest Marble Hart drops
the hypocrisy4of the rural pillar of the
church, and IRONS the cocoon of piety
energies into the Butterfly of New York
swelldom.
Commodore Hart has been with the
Asiatic squadron for the greater Part
of thirty years. Married to a rich wife
remember the play has been staged since
the Dewey episode-he Is finally retired
on half pay, and proceeds to get ac-
quainted with his family. AS he mag
ines mis- son, Marble, is a milksop, with
no go IN him. So he bewails this I'M
fortunate circumstance to the manager
of New York tfleater The latter sug-
gests that the SON be brought from New
Jersey to Gotham and given "a run for
his money" Chance favors his project.
for Marble comes on to New York at the
same time to engage in a new choir for the
home church in New Jersey, Of which his
wealthy mother is leading patroness.
Manager Routt Booker introduces him to
number of his chorus girls and special
lists as candidates for choir singers. Under
these circumstances one can easily see
the young mans finiS.l. Those who have
seen 1.-THE Private Secretary" have seen
fairly good Marble Hart, fresh from Jer-
sey.
What. am l up agairst?' he inquiries,
so soon as he discovers the plot Of the
manager. From chat time out lie out
Hereds Herod, and trips the fastest to
the music Of sporting life The meeting
of his af11anced at the managers house
is complication which breeds the great
est portion of the fun.
Aside from the songs and bons mots- Of
the dialogue there are number of stage
groupings and picturesque effects which
Hoyt knows SO well how to produce.
And In Commodore Hart, III the capable
hands of Charles L. Warren, the author
las discovered a man who can both act
and sing, one of the raj est combinations
on the American stage.
7 here is a dash of true patriotism
thrown into the play by N. Gage Chips
and d. Wing MInkittrick, by w. F. Ryan
and Mart Reagan, respectively. Mr.. Rea-
gan presents Brother Jonathan and MIR.
Munkittrick John Bull, and their lines
invariably give Jonathan the best of the
| argument.
Miss Hattie Williams. as Ada Mari, re-
I tired actress, and professionally known
as Mile. BAUM Teuraine, does we'll in
what Is really the most serious part in
the entire amusing medley. The dancing
of the Clayton sisters evoked approval
from all the gallery people, and it Is
given over anc candidly admitted that
they invariably know a good thing when
they see 1t. The gallery is the true dra-
matte barometer.
ga Day and a Night" will be accepted
as "Hoyts best''-until he stt ges another,
as it is misnoIner TO say he writes his
plays. lie builds them. And his work.
shop is the sehearsal. 1t viii be at the
Grand all the week, with natinees today,
Wednesday and Saturday. -R. F. s.
METROPOLITAN.
The New Year will open In a blaze of
glory at the Metropolitan with a special
holiday matinee this afternoon with
Charles. Frohman's company in the great
est dramatic; success of the season, THE
Little Minister" This a ttraction played
Ito record-breaking- business in Minneapo.
lis last week. and the Indications are that
this will be rep aated here curing the pres
ent engagement. The great interest
aroused byoaBarrie's famous story has
been heightened by the wonderful success
of the play. and it is more han preba BILE
that the capacity of the. Metropolitan
Will be tested at every performance dur
ing. the engagement.
The story Of the play varies somewhat
from that Of the book, although the main
incidents are retained. The dainty at
rlnsphere which pervades the story, the
delicious vein OF comedy which runs
through and the artistic narner in which
each character Is presented, make the
performance one of great interest and
real enjoyment.