The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-25
s"THE EVIL EYE
YuIc's New Spectacle at the Grand
This week,

YuTc's New Spectacle at the Grand
This week.
The bare mention of an evil eye used
TO be enough to make the devout New
Englanders shiver IN their boots, and If
any old man or woman or perhaps a
thoughtless girl or mischievous boy could
be proved to possess the power OF the
evil eve the next thing that was on the
stapis Of the staid old town of Salem and
other equally religious settlements was
q nice big bonfire, with a human being,
he of the evil eye as the chief fagot. And
after the unfortunate had been reduced
To ashes the pious townspeople would go
10 church and feel easier. Teams OF wild
horses would not be able to draw any
such superstitious Puritans to the Grand
the coming week. for they would think
that Charles H Yale's laugh-making SEN
sation, The Evil Eye" would cast a
spell on them or throw them into terrible
commissions, and so 1t might and so it
Will, but not in the way they would think.
Every one who sees the Evil Eye" when
Il IS presented here at the Grand the
coming week will be forced to yield to
its spell, but it is a spell Of such pleasant
delight that they will regret the awaken
ing when the final curtain falls-and 1t is
altogether probable that there will be
cOnvulsions of laughter, and no one now
q.
or course they are not, but now to The
Evil Eye" for, after ALL 1.-The plays the
thing. 1t is great big production, and
needs It's lengthy title Of THE Evil Eye"
or The Many Merry Mishaps of Md and
the Wierd Wonderful Wanderings of
Nod" 1t was written by Sidney r. Ellis,
and staged and produced by Charles H.
Yale, so popularity identified with a num-
Der OF phenomenal successes The play
is most attractive and thoroughly COM
ical It's fantastic surprises massive
stage tricks and mechanical devices, all
entirely new and absolutely perfect In
their action, are but part of the enter
tainment. There are a host of novelties
ehoir Of sweet-voiced singers, acrobats.
pantomimists, entertainers and specialists
or every kind, but all these are but feat
ures of The Evil Eye as whole. The
production vibrates with harmony. catchy
music, and there are other features, for
lnstance-but why should we tell everv-
IhIHg ana anticipate, and, to a degree,
mar the pleasure of seeing the piece in
It's neWness and attractive freshness.
me hrst act is located in the picturesque
surrounding of an old village in Holland
,ne Dutch atmosphere, it's Vineyards, its
peasantry, their dances, costumes and
music are realistically portrayed.
ne second act is laid in St. Petersburg
ana the third produces a feudal castle
overlooking the Rhine, and the play win
not be spoiled by saying that it Is pur-
sult and gIObe-touring chase of an ir-
PIesSIple New Yorker to discover his
t44iity. lie locates her charmer at last.
nut only under innumerable dif1cultfes In
the narration Of which scores of wierd.
Efotesque and comical personages are
encountered Here is sure SCOPE sufficient
TO bring out many of the comical. many of
the pSauuIui ana many Of the fantastic
lives We live.
There is the Introduction of a number of
surprising mechanical effects one. 4 Sc
RES OF wonderful disappearing rooms
Whefe nrst you see them and then you
uoh [. Another, q working windmill with
its huge sails revolving, which brings
out most comical effect, and another.
the catapultic draWbridge which hurls the
Evil one into eternity One of the
p1ettiest features of all is the electric
ballet which Is introduced In the last
act The dancers are covered with hun
dreds Of miniature tiny tncandescent
hghts that flash and sparkle in all variety
of cOlCrs.
The company is a large and strong one.
and embraces not only acrobats, panto-
mimlsts, singers, dancers, but specialists
OF international repute. Among the lead
ing people is the clever German comedian
Al H. Wilson, the talented and viyacious
Fanny BioodSood; the peerless pantomirl-
ISIS ana gymnasts, Rosaire and Elliot:
the well known Miss Lillian Wren, of the
London Gaiety forces; Theodore West
man. an eminent baritone, formerly with
the Carl Rosa Opera company; the IA
nous Phasey troupe of dancers, singers
tnd musicians; also, George w. Kerr, Ed
ward Caron, Edward Kerr. William Eli
nice, Z. c. Armstrong, Eugene Spever
and twenty others.