The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-14
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.

Before q large and appreciative audi
ence-appreciative especially in the gal
lery-Sherlock Holmes morphine fiend'
and brilliant detective, observed, deduced
and gave the benefit of those deductions
between pipe puffS and with refreshing
sang frcsd. last night at the MetropO;-
tan. The Sherlock Holmes who makes
fascinating the detective stories of Conan
Doyle. was not robbed of any of ttSt
fascination when placed by William O.
lette on the stage TO unravel the mystery
OF the strange case of Miss Faulkner.
The play takes one back to that most
cherished of ones first love, the de-
tective story, and he enjoys ell the melo-
dramatic thrills so pleasantly associated
with that first love. The story told is
interesting. 1t deals with a class that
commands the absorbing interest of the
majority OF people, the great criminal
class. Some of the characters, especial
ly the character of Prof. Moriarty, the
Napoleon of crime, are Dickensonian.
The first act shows a London home oc-
cupied by couple who, under the cover
of responsibility, carry on systematic
robbery and blackmail They have i'm
pr1soncd a young girl, Miss Faulkner,
hoping to obtain some valuable letters
which are in her possession Sherlock
Holmes appears. announces his interest
IN the case and scores his first victory
the scene of part of the next act. MORT
arty plots the death of Holmes. Later q
view of Sherlock Holmes rooms IN Baker
street shows the detective in his dressing
gown, and with the wicked little syringe,
which enables him, as he himself states,
TO forget commonplace existence for a
while. - The climax of the play is reach
ed in the third act. In a gashouse, with
er he has been decoyed by Moriarty, he
lights a cigar while he defies five of his
Would-be assass1ns, proposes to Miss
Faulkner. en- PEASANT, and cooIly makes
his and her escape by throwing a coat
over the only light i'll the room. In the
final act the handouts are on Moriarty,
and the curtain falls on d suggestion of
wedding bells.
Cuyler Hastings makes a satisfactory
Sherlock Holmes. Perhaps he Is a bit
TOO wholesome looking for Doyle's some
what tlncanny hero, but he reads his lines
well and does not forget that the charac-
ter Is "a study in cOmpeSure." Griffith
Evans gives a good presentation of the
character of Prof. Morfarty. George
Odell as Billy, is good. OF the women
Miss MolliSon, as Alice Faulkner, has
very little to do, but she does it we'll
AS the unpleasant Madge LAIR abee, Miss
Rowan is satisfactory. The rest Of the
were realistic. and the fashion of turning
the lights slowly ON after the curtain
went up was novel and effective
Sherlock Holmes" will be continued
the first half of the week, with the usual
Wednesday matinee.
Eugene Blair and strong supporting
company in Frances Hodgson Burnett's
"A Lady of Quality" will appear at the
Metropolitan opera house for an engage
ment of four nights and Saturday matt
nee, beginning Thursday.
''The Sign Of the Cross" will be the
attraction at the metropolitan next week,
commencing Monday evening.
GRAND.
''The Gunners Mate. the attraction
which opened at the Grand last night
does not want in point of realism and
the lurfd. From start to finish these two
things are apparent, keeping the audience
in that state OF excitement which causes
the interested onlooker to cheer the hero
and deal out with lavish hand Kisses
and unconcealed disapproval for the
characters who attempt the part of the
villain.
The production deals wholly with the
brtny deep. The scene, laid on the deck