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

of a. United States ship of war, has :ts
bright sides, any fatigue that might arise
from too liberal introduction of the
lurid. finding relief in the merry life led
by the boys between decks in which
songs and dancing play an important
part. The realistic is found in the ships
furnace, in which the gunners mate, dis
graced because of an attack on a SUI
perior officer, enters the fiery bowels
of the throbbing monster and at the
risk of his life saves the ship from de-
struction.
With the close comes exposure of the
plotters, while triumphant, the gunners
mate enters and carries off the prize in
this tragedy between decks.
The company is fairly well balanced
and with the specialties, found favor at
the hands of the large audience.
Clement Carroll, as the gunners mate,
gave a fair Interpretation of the prin-
cipal character. Dorothy King. as Mil
dred Emerson the heiress, Is an actress
of merit.
representations that appealed possibly
more to the audience for the humor they
furnished were Miss Louise ] Valentine
as Plum Duff and Edward Powers. as
Brockfe. Dancing and singing speciaIties
or excellence were introduced by these
two
Marion P. Clifton, as Mrs. Lukens. a.,
that was above the average. Henry
Crosby and ]. c. Hickey, are known in
stage parlance as the villains. Prolong-
ed dlsapproval of their part In the drama
was sufficient Endorsement of their art
The drama is not a war play though
glittering guns and blue bedecked tars
enter into its composition, but it is SUI
ficiently exciting to please, and that is
sufficient.
"The Gunner's Mate" will be at the
Grand for the. entire week with the usual
matinees.
Next week Hoyt's "a Hole in the
Ground
STAR
Dyspepsia, corns, boils, sick headache.
earache, toothache, 70 rXetfulness dizzi-
ness and divers other Ills, ailments. in
conVeniences or troubles were cured.
temporarily, at least, at the Star theater
last night. BisselFs "Fads aid FoIiies
Burlesquers" turned loose with buckets
or red paint and white lead and acces-
series, and went and did it, with the
result that the individual members of
the audience even forgot to forget-say
nothing OF corns ct cetera-and laughed
and then laughed again, and again.
The first farce comedy was entitled
Tim Sullivan's Chowder'' There was
nothing In the plot worthy of rnoation,
but in it certain characters We're bur-
lesqued most amusingly Frank Fogarty.
as Yobne YCbneson, Swede put the
audience in doubt almost as to what
his real name is. Theater goars will
probably take his word for it, and call
him "Fogarty''
James F.. Leonard, as Timothy D. Sui
Ivan, and Otis Shattuck, as Slatsey IIo-
gan, tough mug. did we'll.
In the Olio the Brannigans, Sadie and.
Patsy entertained surprisingly with their
singing and dancing.
Mark Bennett and Albert L. Rich, in
their act, "At Camp in the Philippines.
sang number of new songs, some of
them beautifully illustrated. They had
a tent, stacked guns, fire, khaki suits
and other accessories to add viriltty to
the songs.
The closing burlesque, "a Night on the
Boulevard" was laughable. for exactly
the same reason that the first one was.
The costumes in this part of the pro-
gramme were beautiful, and the bevy
of pretty girls made the best of the op-
portunity.
There were other interesting features
Of the evenings programme, but the most
important have been mentioned.