The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-21
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.

From the point of view of fun making,
the most successful attraction in Amer
lea, 1.-THE Rogers Brothers in Central
Park, will be at the Metropolitan all
next week. It is also the most profitable,
that is, the theater returns wherever i
appears are enormous. The world at
large is hungry for honest laughter, and
this show is able to produce 1t. It Is
remarkably free from all coarseness too.
This quality separates it from a great
many that have found success with the
crowd. John J. McNally, the Boston
newspaper man, who has shown such a
happy knack in devising ways and means
for stage entertainment, such as Rogers
Brothers affect, has become rich from
the royalties Of his pieces.
The Rogers Brothers themselves are
the drollest pair on the vaudeville stage,
and the material which Mr.. McNally
supplies them is deHciously new and
thrilling. Klaw & Erlanger, who direct
the business fortunes of these popular
idols, surround them with a company
of expert speciality performers, including
a chorus of sixty, so that there is never
break in the gaiety and effect of the
proceedings from the beginning to the
end of the performance. Even between
the acts the spirit of entertainment never
flags, for Maurice Levi, the musical d.
rector Of the company, directs the Or
chestra through a medley Of dancing
tunes that follow. The sale of seats
opens Thursday morning.
GRAND.
As devoid of plot and as laughabla
as all of Hoyt's other farce come
dies, is "a Hole In The Ground"
which pleased an immense and good-na-
The piece is a series of funny specialties,
of which, perhaps the dancing school.
with Frank c. Young and Bessie De
Vote as interpreters, Is the best Their
dancing was really good.
The tortures inflicted upon each other
by the station agent and the nervous
stranger evidently appealed to the house,
for as each well-known, nerve-racklng
phase of station waiting was presented
the audience responded literally. Chas.
Cow1es, as the Stranger" merits more
than passing mention, and his railroad
songs made a hit. Barry Maxwell, as
q dilapidated umpire, was warmly well
coined, and some of his tramp specialties
were not half bad. Nellie De Courscy,
the brassy little pie girl, was little over
worked in the cast and was most accept
able in her coon specialties. Edward
Craven is not a failure as an Irish COM
edian, and his song ''There'll Be No
More Rag-time Songs Tonight took well
with the house.
The lantern song was q pretty feature,
and the male quartette, Messrs. Taylor,
Rale, Norman and Springer, did some
pleasing medleys. Altogether, the host,
who came to laugh went away with their
desires satisfied.
There were some stereotAped jokes
and some really new ones. The stage
setting quite faithfully pictured a country
railroad station.
Every available seat was taken, and the
boxes were well filed.
STAR.
The attractions at the Star theater the
past two or three weeks have been much
better than the ordinary run in the vau-
deville line, and Joe Oppenheimer' Miss
New York Jr." is no exception, for the
whole, girls, costumes, scenery, special
ties, music and songs, 10 highly enter
tanning.
The olio proved to be the more interest
ing part of the programme. The Hilton
brothers, who style themselves the East
Side Jugg1ers," are wonders In their line.
Their combination tricks have probably
never been seen before in this city.
The twentieth century pair, Clifford and
Burke, did we'll, and so, too, Nellie Hill
and Hattie Mills, while the songs Of
Emma Kraus were encored time and
again.
The opening burietta. 1.-THE Suicide
Club" showed the adventures of two
"rubes' in large city. The closing bur-
letta was not quite as interesting as the
first 1t was called Cleopatra at Coney
Island" but the costumes, the dancing
and the singing were the chief source OF
interest The musical numbers introduce
ed in this last were: HAL Cleopatra"
'Dinah,'' 'Drowsy Babe" Strike Up
+he Band"