The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-09

minstrels will minister to the amuse-
mentioning public. The Bachelor 8
Honeymoon" will be given at the 6atur-
day matinee.
One of the most gifted condolences on
the stage, says the Detroit Free Press,
Is bonnie Fannie Rice, who comes to the
Metropolitan March IL, 10 and A.
Sporting Life" which is under the d.
rection Of Jacob Lift, Is by all odds the
most pretentious and heaviest production
of melodramatic play that has ever
been presented In this country. To pre-
sent 1t sixteen complete sets OF scenery
are shown, and more than $50 people, be-
side thoroughbred horses, are used.
Sporting Life comes to the Metropoli-
tan opera house for an engagement OF
four nights and Saturday matinee. be-
ginning next Thursday evening.
GRAND.
The jolliest girl of all is "The Telephone
Girl" now holding forth so successfully at
the Grand opera house. Nothing more di-
verting or entertaining of q comedy ma
ture has been seen here this season than
this laughable creation. The company Is
In every way worthy of the play, Jessie
Merrilies being particularly artistic in her
representation of the title role, her i'm
perSonahon of the French maid being a
very artistically and naturally drawn
creation. Dave Lewis creates no end OF
merrlment as the telephone inspector,
while James r. Mcdonald and others are
seen to advantage. The girls who are
seen in the ensemble are the prettiest
and shapeliest seen here in q long time.
Matinee tomorrow at 2:30.
The coming week, at the Grand opera
house, Ben Hendricks will present ga
Yenuine Yentleman."
PEOPLES CHIJRCH
The close of the musical attractions
of the Y. M. c. A. course took place last
evening at the Peoples church before
a representative Y. M c. A. audience.
The Redpath company is composed Of
five artists, some of well known repute,
others less known. The programme was
extremely long owing to the many en-
cores, and programme that should have
occupied about two hours was stretched
out into an embarrassing length. OF the
singing artists. DR.. Carl Duff carried off
the honors. Those who have heard Mr.
Duff in oratorio are familiar with his
powers, and in HaendePs 1.-The Lord
Worketh Wonders" he displayed his ex-
quisite art and his authority over the
vocal and difficult technicalities of the
aria. In response he gave Simon the
Cellarer' and 1.-THE OWL" by Adam.
Mary Louise Clery, the organ-voiced
rum. and gave 80 Mic Fernando" from
"Favorita," which captured the audience
and responded with DenZa's May Morn
ing" Miss Clery has a commanding
stage appearance, and is a constant re-
minder of Scalchi.
Unheralded and unknown, the violinist,
Helen Won FurSch, made a profound i'm
preston upon her audience. Miss Won
Fursch Is a young woman in years, but
an artist to her finger tips. Souvenir de
Moscow" her first number. brought her
a deserved encore, and in response she
gave Bach'S unaccompanied air in the G.
string.
The tenor, Mr.. Towne, and the So
prano, Eleanor Meredith, supplied the
tenor and soprano numbers, and their
solos were among the pleasing numbers
on the programme. Eleanor Meredith,
who sang the aria, "Ah fors lui.' from
"Traviata," gave 1t a brilliant render
ing, although not always true to pitch
on her higher notes. AS encore she gave
Henschel's Spring Song" Miss Georgia
Kober the pianist, accompanist, does
not always subordinate herself In her ac-
eompanyings, and many of the solos
were drowned and marred by this defect.
She gave a somewhat careless and ordi-
nary Interpretation Of Faust Waltz"
but received an encore, giving the
March," by Hollaender.
Mr. E. c.. Towne, the tenor, sang
double number by Van der Sucker and
responded to an encore. The duet and
quartette work and all concerted num-
bers were well done. and in the closing
quartette from "Rigoletto" reached g.
fitting and artistic climax. The next at
traction of the series Is the lecture by
Prof. De Motto.