The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-12
MUSIC AND THE STAGE.
SOUsA.s BAND

SOUSA'S BAND.
The inimitable Sousa. march king"
and official American band to the Paris
exposition" infused new life into the
people of St Paul in his two excellent
concert programmes given at the Met
ropolitan opera house yesterday after
noon and evening. Both concerts con-
tanned programmes of novelties, and each
of them was delightfully."- favored
with marches and popular music from
the Sousa repertoire. One Of the most
striking selections Of the day was 1.-The
Man Behind the Cum which was given
triple performance. with the brass, ten
strong, lined up across the front of the
stage. The name of Sousa Is so thor
oushly associated with the American ma
ton, and so much the band of the peo-
pie, that in his STARS and Stripes For
ever" 1t has become the National
March" Of the republic. and inspires
much the same spirit in the audiences as
does the national hymn. Sousa has one
OF the strongest stage personalities as
band director in the field of music today,
his individuality and characteristic in
terpretations. especially in the popular
vein, are the chief charms Of the compost
tons. Sousa lends particularly harmonI-
Gus and rhythmical pose in this particular
band literature, which is his forte
Two new so1oiSts in the West are Miss
Bertha Buckln, viollnist and Miss Blanche
Dufield, soprano. OF the two Miss Buck
lin Is the artistic balance Of the organiZa-
ton. Her matinee,E number was the
'Adagio and Motto Perpetuoto,' from
the third suite by Rles. Miss BuckIin
made profound impression on her audi
ence by her simplicity of manner, as we'll
as her artistic achievements. A broad
full tone. clean-cut technique, and beau
t1ful violin and left nand position are
qualities that make her a peer among the
women violinists of the day. In the even
ing programme Miss Bucklin played the
Russian Folk Song" with variations,
and was given an enthusiastic reception.
Miss Duff1eid, the soprano, has q pure
soprano voice of delicious quality. a
pleasing stage presence and dainty per-
sonality. In the evening programme, on
account of the indisposition Of Mr.. Sousa
several changes necessarily were made;
Mr.. Pryor, the solo trombonist. took the
leadership Of the band and carried the
programme through triumphantly Mr.
Herbert l.. Clarke, corpetist, supplied the
solo. in Mr. Pryor's stead, and, as at the
matinee, was given double recall THE
Lost Chord" was one of the most ar
tis1c numbers on the programme
The band plays a matinee and evening
concert in Minneapolis tonight, and Mr.
SOusa will have fully recovered, SO as
to be at his post. The itinerary Of Sousa
and his band after the conclusion of the
present season Includes an extended
tour of Europe, with series Of concerts
at the Paris exposition, and the return
to America will be followed by another
transcontinental tour. eclipsing all
former ones.
METROPOLITAN.
Fanny Rice Will begin an engagement
of three nights and Wednesday,
at the Metropolitan opera house tonight,
presenting at each performance three
comedies from the repertory Of Rosina
Vokes. The bill for tonight will be "a
Double Lesson" MY Nulliner's Bill" and
The Circus Rider" which will be re-
peated tomorrow night Wednesday mat
inee and night, Miss Rice will present
wig and Gown" Man. the Good-for-
Nothing and 1.-The Circus Rider"
Sporting Life is announced for four
nights and Saturday matinee, beginning
next Thursday evening, at the Metropoli-
tan opera house.
The play comes direct from its recent
triumph at McVickers theater,- Chicago.
where on g. return engagement 1t has
been packing that playhouse to the DOORS
The company retains the principal mem
bers of the original cast, 1t being head
ed by Eliza Proctor Otis and Joseph Kill
gour The sale Of seats opens today.
The last of the series of concerts by
the Danz Symphony orchestra will be
given at the Metropolitan next Sunday
afternoon.
Viola Allen. In 'The Christian" will be
the attraction at the Metropolitan all next
week. commencing Monday evening.
March 49,
GRAND.
"a Yenuine Yentleman," which opened
for the week at the Grand last evening,
will please many people more than did
lyon Yonson.S 1t is the farce comedy
of dramatic literature in Swedish dialect.
While 1t lacks the pathos of the original
productions of "Ole Olson" and 'sYon
Yonson' 1t Is far breezier, goes with a
livelier swing and Is brisker in action
Ben Hendricks presents the aristocracy
of Scandinavia His Sven Hansen is no
struggling Swedish youth rising in the
world by dint OF hard work and honesty.
Not bit OF 1t. Sven has money to start
with. Consequently he is always well
come to come around and can marry the
daughter Of an ex-minister to Sweden
whenever he chooses. And he chooses
to do SO at the first favorable oppor-
tunity.
The plot is rather more pretentious
than that of other Swedish dialect plays.
On the steamer. about to sail from
southampton, Sven comes in at the ca bin
\ windows, instead OF up from the fore.
castle. He has engaged a stateroom and
/ refuses to sell it. even at the high figure
of $3.50. offered by an adventuress Mrs.
Ruth Norman. But, when the lady is
overcome by the atmosphere of the
steerage and faints he cheerfully yields
the apartment to her for the seven days
voyage, and himself goes into the hell
hole" On the steamer he meets Jessie
Castle, daughter of the ex-minister, and
falls In love with her In line with con-
Ventional farce-comedy. all the charac-
tiers bring up In the Occur d'Alene coun-
try Idaho, and the play progresses swift