The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-23
At THE THEATERs.
METRoPOLITAN

N.
A great genius does not grow old. That
MoiioeFIui mesmer1c spark which flashes
out to kindle humanity, and which tha
world has named genius. CLOVIS briobtIv
and evenly until the end. There is q
sudden going out, but there is no slow
dying ember.
Inc American stage has not produced
MANY genfuses, but of the number
Joseph Jefferson stands surely first. Last
night reappearing at the Metropolitan
aIter an absence of three years, he show
ea mat he has lost none of his oIj
power over an audience, in spite of the
increasing weight OF years that rests
upon his bowed shoulders. He was given
as cordial reception as it is in tbel
power of st. Paul audience to give any,
BODY, and he faced, perhaps, one of the
smartest audiences that has ever as
sembled In the Metropolitan If, in the
light of modern art, the vehicle of his
genus appeared rusty, like the. old gun
left twenty years on the Catskills. his
famous Characterization of the easv-go
ing drunkard does not permit one to re-
member that the play might be criticised
Men and women are absorbed in Rim
Tip dominates everybody and everything
he compels laughter and he forces tears
Mr.. Jefferson is as agile as ever on the
stage. 1t is true that his dance in the
danced 1T was with the vim of the Young
Dutchman, that he was for the time be-
Ing So much. has been said of Josenh
Jefferson's rip Van Wfnkleo that-welI
what more can be said of it now than
that it is the same? The audience is
forced by one mans genius to love a
character that everyone. present would
spurn did he know him in real life. But
ethical considerations are thrown to the
winds in this characteristic American
play, and one loves Rip every time he
says, Il have reformed, but I guess |
won't remember that time" And one is
absolutely glad that he says it as reso-
lute1y at the end as in the beginning
Mr.. Jefferson has surrounded himself
as usual with a capable company Per
haps one or two of the people are too
modern for the old Dutch atmosphere OF
the play, but, on the whole, the cast is
a harmonious one, and the stage setting
is above reproach.
Ffolliot Paget is the leading woman.
She has much of the repese of manner
that makes Jefferson's utteranees so
impressive, and she is comedy woman
as well as a good actress. John Jack
as Derrick Won Beekman makes fine
Dutch villain. His facial expressions
are as natural as they are funny, and
his delineation of the character is as
we'll rounded as himself Cherubic, clear
voiced, little tots are Vfrgie Glyndon
and Ipha Yenair. Their funny assump-
ton of a grown-up manner when dis
covered whispering together by Gret-
chen was clever. Blanche Bender is
pretty Meenie, with a dainty PERSONAL
fty It is always unconvincing for a
girl woman of twenty-six to wear her
hair in long braids. however, as Meenie
does. Joe Jeffersen's son, Joseph Jr.,
takes the part of Heindrich Vedder
TJo &c fran WIG
man, and plays the part of the lover
very we'll The rest of the Company are
competent in their small parts.
Tomorrow evening 1.-The Rivals Sher-
.dan's famous comedy, will be presented.
At the matinee Wednesday Rip Van
Wrinkle will be repeated, and Wednes-
day evening Mr.. Jefferson will appear
in a double bill, Cricket ON the Hearth
and Lend Me Five Shi1Iings." Tonight
the cast is:
SIR Anthony Absolute. John Jack
Capt Absolute. under the assumed
name Of Beverly ...-.-..-.. Boyd Putnam
Sir T.rcious O'Trigger ......:.........
.......... Joseph Jefferson Tr.
David ..-.......-.. ...George Dsnham
Fag 49,. ..-...-..-....-. William Jefferson
Mrs Malaprep ...-...-.-- FfeIIiot Paget
Lydia Languish elsie Leslie
Lucy . ...................-Bia Blanche Bender
GRAND.
The fact that the public appreciate
thrilling melodrama, well produced, IS
evidenced thoroughly by the S. R. 0.
business being done at the Grand opera
house this week by Across the Pacific
Sunday night fully LOCO people were
turned away, unable to gain admission,
and last night the crowds in the vicinity
of the theater were tremendously large
The advance sale is enormous. The bat,
tie scene, which closes the show. is one
of the most effective and strongest ever
witnessed here. Tomorrow at 2:30 the
first afternoon performance of the en-
gagement VIII be given
Next week Hopkins Trans-Oceanic Star
Specially company.
STAR
The Ideal Bon Ton Burlesauers are en-
tertainfng large audiences at the Star
this week with a bill that is merry from
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