The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-03
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the city.
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.

METROPOLITAN.
a plump and pleasing embodiment Of
that modern fad, Tag time, IS Miss My
irwin, who made Ees first bow before a
81 Paul audience last night at the Met
ropolitan. It is rot ui-ncu,t TO reali7 e
now this clexer entertainer crept in4a
The affections of even 6lase New York
ers. The minute Miss Irwin appears n
the stage She causes a smile u raIate
over the sauaisn-e. When she s1ow,y
rdbs Plump, white hard over her
plump, white chin and allows in one eye
just the nerest suggestion of a wink,
that smile becomes a grin. But il is,
however. when she begins to talk in her
inimitable and very indivSdcal style that
the grin risesato the d gnity Of laugt,
and good, hearty laugh, too. Fae
audience is happiest. perhaps, when the
entertainer-fcF really May Irwin is not
prirna Gonna ard she is not So
brette, and she is not a CoredicnGe. mr.
is she in any other SPECIAL cIass-sings
coon songs TO rag-t.me Compartment,
and when she cakewalks. For Miss 1r-
win sings coon songs the way one al
ways fancied they should be sung,
with the abandon, even with the under
lying patnos that redeem them from
the Vulgarity tier words suggest. When
she cakeWalks. one sees a corner of 4
plantation with dusky faces ana wcoI,y
~iSSeN19 SiidGOWSu ittG o1l1 I4tSLC, i1c-s- -
the tump-ta, tumpta-ta of the banjo;
sees the fat, old nanny with turbaneI
heading showing the young 'uns' how
Angelina Johnsing once came. swingin'
down the line"
AS for the play that acccmps mes Miss
irwin, 1t Is light and pleasing vehicle
for carrying and displaying her special
talents. If there is nothing strlkingiy
clever about the farce it is at least
amusing and clean, and a fairly capable
company assists Miss Irwin in its pre-
duction. Joseph NJ. Sparks is clever as
Ajax O'Shaughnessey, and his. song in the
hrst act was good. William q. STaitb,
as John Smith, the attorneys husband,
is constantly called upon to repress him
self, which he dces very neatly. VII
liam Burress was excellent as Count
Cotton. who came back. A number Of
well gowned young women are intro
duced into the play as members of the
Folly theater and frien6s Of the attor-
ney. They haven't very much to Go,
but they look exceedingly well and add
to the attractiveness OF the farce Tna
minuet cakewalk or the cakewalk min
uet-it is difficult to decide which it is
that was danced in the second act, was
decidedly pretty Miss Irwin gave a
laughable imitation CT the old Southern
manmy's manner of dancing.
The audience-Which was a large and
fashionable one-Was very cordial TO
Miss Irwin last evening, and she was
compelled to come to come out a num-
Der of times to bew her thanks before
the curtain.
''Madge Smith, Attorney, will be re-
peated the rest of the week with Satlr-
day matinee.
GRAND.
But three more performances remain
of the engagement the current week at
the Grand opera house of Walter Fess-
ler's melodrama, 1.-The Great White
Diamond" The only remaining matinee
of the engagement occurs tomorrow at
2:3O
The sale of seats for the engagement
Of Arthur Donaldson in Carl Carlson"
at the Grand next week Is already Of
goodly proportions
STAR
The bill furnished by the Oriental
Burlesquers at the Star this week IS
calculated to furnish an enjoyable aft
ernoon or evenings enterta nment. The
company is large and some Of the fea-
lures are clever.
BENEFIT FOR Y NJ. c. A.
A concert was given at Raudenb- So
hall last evening by Swanson's Concert
Mandolin orchestra for the benefit of the
Y. NJ. c. A. recreation department. The
attendance was good and the programme
was highly appreciated. Two numbers
were given by the full orchestra, a waltz,
Alameda" and P!acerY Dolor, Pain
and Sorrow" Besides these, two rec Ia
tions were given by Miss Alice Schoch,
two solos by Miss Anna erode, a harp
solo by Sig. Valenza, and cello solo by
]. ,Blakkstad.
UNDER THE. PALMS.
%I,a
evening at the Central Park Metho list
church by the members of the church
choir, chorus and Sunday school. making
chorus of fifty voices. which sang un-
der the direction of MISS Mona O.
Sousa, director of the church choir The
soloists of the evening wee Miss E. T.
Weimer, soprano; Miss Elizabeth Wood,
Mr.. E. E. Woodworth, bass; Mr.. u.
Price, tenor, with Mrs Elliot at the
piano. The voices were substantially
supported by the viol.ns, flute and cello
from Miss Hopes Ladies orchestra,
with Mrs A. B. Bishop at the piano
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