The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-21
AT THE THEATERs.
METROPOLITAN.

age, apparently, cannot W1ther nor
custom stale the infinite variety of
Shore Acres but the subtitle appeal it
seems to possess for all classes of theater
| goers Its temperance last night at
the Metropolitan theater was greeted by
a good sized audience. Just wherein lies
the charm of "Shore Acres it would be
difficult to say. Other pastoral comedies
built on very much the same lines have
not outlived their one brief season, while
Henry's play, after several seasons, still
attracts. Perhaps it is the absolute sim
plicity of the story that touches the
heart Nathaniel Berry, the hero in
homespun, is so unaffectedly ma tural that
it is difficult to believe he has not step
ped on to the stage from his New Eng
land farm to teach his lesson Of unselfsn-
ness and sacrifice.
The company presenting ''Shore Acres
last night is the same one that presented
the play here year ago. 1t is on the
whole good cast. James T. Galloway.
as Nathaniel Berry, gives faithful pre-
sentation of the character of the beloved
old man. He seems to have grown more
into the part since his appearance here
a year ago. His portrayal last night was
a fine character sketch. A good piece OF
work is Atkins Lawrence's Martin
Berry, the hero's brother, and owner of
the farm, Shore Acres. Marion Cullen
makes a pretty Helen and Bert Flans-
burg a personable lover The children
that have so much to do with the success
OF Shore Acres were a pretty set of
midgets last mint, and danced naturally
about the stage and into the hearts of the
audience The rest of the cast was salts
factory and the play was excellently
staged "Shore Acres will be presented
the remainder of the week with a Satur-
day bargain matinee.
1.-THE Little Minister will be seen
Christmas week.
GRAND
"a Partisan Romance as presented by
James fNeill and his excellent company,
could scarcely be better played than it
was last night Mr.. Neill's popularity
was again shown by the frequent ap-
plause he received during the evenings
performance. The play in itself is very
interesting and entertaining all the way
through and is presented in a way that
commands the closest attention of the
audience.
AS Baron Chevrial, who lives a fast
life, Mr.. Neillis at his best, and his death
scene in the fourth act brings forth re-
peated rounds of applause.
The company which supports Mr.
| o'Neill contains several old favorites, in
Guiding Edythe Chapman. who plays the
part of Marcelle. Henri's wife. Ben How
ard makes dashing Henri de Targy. and
Grace Mae Lamkin is a good Nine. de
| CheVriaI AS Rosa Guerin, Julia Dean
made hit. The rest of the company all
| take their parts we'll and taken as
whole, 1t is very strongly and evenly
| balanced.
OBERLIN GLEF CLUB.
The OberHn College Glee club owned
| the Peoples church last night. The
| twenty-five young men that compose the
club sang burlesque, opera, college songs,
| everything that such an organization
/ would have in its repertoire, and the
| large audience went home after the
| lengthy programme was over delighted
| with what had been heard and seen
| The Glee club is ore in fact as we'll as
| in name. 1t was Impossible not to catch
| the spirit of the songs, for they were
! sung college STYLE which Is something
| other than stage style
Down by the Riverside" caused much
! naerrinent and it was encored time aud
| time again.
The college songs numbered six and
| all of them were entertaining. The five
| besides the one mentioned were "Chapai
| Steps," ITS All Over Now '.SIassa,s
| in the Cor, Col Ground "Towser Jen-
kins,'' and the "Oberiin Song" Chapel
| stems" and "Towser Jenkins were par,
| ticularly interesting.
| The Continuous Performances" were
| taken from the burlesques Of Herbert
4 dIl(l were DOLu well c1NION ottAAo' 1a@Cy
| were lau-habie in the extreme.
| "A Regal Sadness Victor Herbert, by
| Mr. Mills and the Giee club, was the
| distinctive feature of the evening. Mr..
| Mills posed in front and sang his weeful
| song in literally "a right royal STYLE,
| every now and then stopping to weep.
| His first handkerchief was taken away
| from him by one of the members Of the
! club. He pulled out another and wept
and sang. This handkerchief was taken
/ from him. He kept on pulling them out
until every member of the club had a
'kerchief and they were all weeping. It