The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-07

enee to the departure OF her husband
who, Whatever his faults, loveo her Tha
fourth act, Temptation is the most
dramatic, for Rawdon Crawley returns
from debtors prison to ind the cid
role, Lord Steyne, making very real
love to tolerant Becky and it is then
that Becky permits herself the in
diligence of a little very little emotion
me last act finds the plucky little ad,
ventures in garnet, where some Of her
old friends come to see her. She is
Becky to the last in spite of her poverty
ana her rags, and the curtain falls on
her drinking a toast to "our first love-"
with corpulent Joe Sedley making eyes
at her
Miss Coghland makes a very beautiful
Becky, certainly. The gowns of that
period suit her admirably Perhaps there
is more of winsome candor in the
young actress face than little red-headed
Beeky's own acting could ever have
managed-by the way, Miss Coghlan's
hair is golden, not red-but her manner
and her voice are always the manner
and the voice of the adventures, the
polished adventures.
Miss Coghlan was admirably SUP
ported last evening. Especially clever
was Miss May Donallue's portrayal of
the character of Mrs. Maj. O'Dowd
Herbert Fortier as RaWdon Crawlcy.
Cecil Kingston as Lord Steyne, and Har.
ry Hanlon as Joseph Sedley were entire,
ly adequate. Joseph C1eWorth's Pitt
CraWley, and Miss Annie Alliston's Miss
Crawley were interesting characterize,
tons.
The good sized audience present was
very demonstrative in it's approval. Miss
Coghlan received several curtain calls.
The play will be presented the remain
der of the week, with a Saturday matt
nee.
BIsPHAM-GORDoN RECITAL
Songs of love in all it's moods, songs
of the sea, of the wood, of grim-visag6d
war and of the many emotions that
play forcefully or lightly or soothingIy
upon the heart chords of mankind are
what large number of music-loving peo-
pie heard at the Peoples church last
night.
That the song recital of Miss Katherine
Richards Gordon and Mr.. David Bisphan
was success goes without saying. The
church was filed, and, at the close Of
the long evenings programme, every
soul went home feeling that he or Slo
had been enrolled, lifted up, made for
getful of the troubles and woes of
worldly life to live wholly in tbs pres
ent, and feel-untold things.
Such was the song recital.
Mr.. Bispham needs no advertising; nor
Miss Gordon. His forceful whole-toned
baritone voice and her clear, smooth So
prano voice are advertising enough.
Time and time again the singers were
encored, and beautiful roses were given
to Miss Gordon by admiring friends.
The programme began with the "Song
of Repentance" Tannhauser, Mr.. Bisp-
ham the singer. In close succession
followed Chan<on,' from the old French,
arranged by Sauzay; Let the Dreadful
Engines" Purcell, and 'sThe Pretty
Creature STORAGE. The last named
seemed to be the favorite with the lis
teners.
Miss Gordon followed with Reit.
Strophes, ''Lakme,' Delibes, and La
Chanson des Baisers Valse,' Bemberg.
In the last named the refrain is:
''I<isses that are given,
Kisses that are forbid,
Kisses pardoned by heaven,
Kisses Cupid has hid
Most charnlingly did the singer acquit
herself.
One song that aroused great feeling
during the evening was How Deep the
SIlmbers Of the Floods" Loewe, ana
sung by Mr.. Bisphon Music and words
so harmonized in feeling and sense, espe-
cially with the fine Interpretation, that
it was impossible not to be deeply
stirred.
If the song of Edward Loewe, by
the same singer, had not followed, the
audience would have gone home too
much impressed with the sorrow in life.
It Is from an old Scottish ballad and,
though the words were hard to under
stand to those knowing little of the dia-
lect, there was a force and fervent feel,
ing in it that pleased all
Miss Gordon, to many, seemed to be
at her best in the Gypsy Songs
brahms, or ''Zigeunerlfeder'' in the
original. Lightly, trippingly, airily went
the words and the singer knew well
how to handle the meditation of her
voice In the care-free and blithesome,
Miss Gordon is most at home, a fact
evident to even the most untutcred.
One of the features of the evening was
the duo, "Amours Villageoises" After
it's rendition the singers were obliged to
appear again and again and make their
bow. The songs in English, however,
seemed to be greater favorites.
THE Wedding Song" c. Loewe, from
the German of Goethe, was sung by Mr..
Bispham, and in it the imagination of
Goethe was strikingly shown.
GRAND.
''War on Women" the attraction at
the Grand the current week, has caught
on with local theater goers in a decided
manner. It is drama of intense action,
situations and the interest does not lag
for moment from the rise of the cur
tain to its final fall.
Miss Hope Booth, as Margaret Prescott.
finds roe we'll suited to her dramatic
abiiit ard she is most ably assisted |
by Edward Trevor and Charles Clarens.
The scenic effects and accessories are
elaborate. Matinee tomorrow at 2:30.
Mans Enemy" will be seen at the
Grand the coming week
STAR
The Gay Morning Glories are enter
tanning large audiences at the Star this
week, with one of the fastest bills in
comedy, burlesque and excel rent musical
skits that has been presented at this
theater this season.
Every performance is to a crowded
house, the winter evenings presenting
few cosier resorts than the new Star.