The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-05
At THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN

A cleverly staged, nicely costumed, well
acted and fairly well sung little comedy
is 1.-THE Runaway Girl and it amused a
good sized audience last evening at the
Metropolitan The comedy abounds in
catchy music and many clever dancing
specialties are introduced. Much of the
hunor of the~piece is furnished nv
Arthur Dunn as clipper, the jockey. Mr..
Dunn short stature, the humorous twist
Of his mouth and his impudent wink
make Flipper a very funny character
even when he is sient-which isn't
often. There isn't much to the plot. of
course. A girl runs away from a convent
and Joins band of wandering minstrels
to avoid being forced into a marriage
with a man she; has never seen. The
man meets her and falls in love 18th her.
thinking she is emily a street singer. The
scenes are laid III Corsica and in Venice
ard there are, naturally, some pretty
scenic pictures Aiding Mr. Dunn as a
fun maker are Clara Belle Jerome as
Alice, the maid; John B. Park as Guy
Stanley. the youthful looking lover: Spot.
tiswoode Aiken and Miss Work as Mr..
and Mrs. Creel, tourists; Joseph c.. FAY
as Prof Tamarin, the runaway school,
master, and Maurice Abbey as Lord
Ccodle. Miss Celeste Wynn makes a
pretty and graceful leading woman with
a fine taste in lingerie; Henry Leone Is
a tuneful Pietro Pescare, chief of the
musicians Mr.. Leone with Frank Regis.
Charles NJ. Holly and Percy Smith form
a very musical quartette One of the
cleverest features of the comedy was tae
coon dance of Arthur Dunn and Miss
Jerome Mr. Dunn acknowledged the
tribute of prolonged applause last night
with a brief a very brief. cllrta in speech
The music of 1.-THE Runaway Girl is al
ready familiar to st. Paul It has been
whistled and hummed on the street ever
since the score became known. Catchiest
of all the airs, perhaps, is "The Soldiers
in the Park with its splendid march.
Mr.. Dunns t'Follow the Man From
Cooks is more mirth-provoking, but not
so stirring Of a little higher order in
the musical line is the 20 Cigaritto Sly,
o Cigaritto, Fie." The chorus which sang
last night is tuneful and we'll trained
''The Runaway Girl will be repeated
the remainder of the week, with the usual
Wednesday and Saturday matinees. To-
morrow evening the mana cement of the
Metropolitan has arranged with the West
ern Union Telegraph company to have
special wire run to Box so that election
returns will be announced to the audience
as soon as they are received in ST. Paul.
GRAND.
One of the cleanest, most wholesome
pieces that has come to ST. Paul this
year, and by far the best laugh producer
that has beer here this season is isis
Hopkins. which opened the week at the
Grand last night to a crowded and appre-
ciative house, Miss Melville is to be con-
graduated. As Sis Hopkins, Miss Mel
Vile is well known to ST Paul theafer-
goers. and she is as favorab!y known as
She is well known Her Interpretation of
the awkward, ungain1y Hoosier girl is so
familiar that comment is hardly neees-
sary. But to see her graduate from the
LITTLE country girl into a full-fedged- So
ciety belle is a novelty. And if Miss Me-
Vile is a success in the first part, she is
more than that in the second She makes
stunning picture, and the pity of the
play is that It requires her to finish mas