The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-02
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Me lden's Row of Flats cannot be
called a play. 1t is an adoption frorl
the stories written by e. w. Townsend,
Of "Chims1ie Fadden' fame, but while
the latter contained merit and moral,
''McF'adden's Row of Flats contains
neither 1t is "a mass of noise, a rag
time vehicle for the introduction of a
Eumber of songs and several freaks. The
stars of this absurdity are two dwarfs,
answering to the names Of Bobby Raj
ston ard Jerry Sullivan. They certainly
act and look the part for which nature
has built them.
Mentions must be accorded Harry Wat
son. whose Characterization of Weary
Willie is certainly praiseworthy. Some
freak bicycle work stamps him as q fin
ished product This also might be said
of the Klein and OFT brothers, who do
inst. uments.
In addition to posing as Mary Ellen,
the daughter of the Flats, Miss Katie
Rooney, wits the assistance of fairly
well-balanced chorus, furnishes a num-
Der of rag-tine songs She also appears
to advantage in several good d ancing
and singing specialties. Slap sticks, prop
erty pistols and an outland1sh make
up permit George Youmans and John
IiSitiSS u dtiSuipL Uctude4oil VI q
passing art, a German and an Irish
comedian of the old school. Together
with Miss Jennie Lamont, a typical
Irishwoman, they furnish the noisy hui
NOR of the attraction.
In the new play, Her Lord and Mas
ter, which Herbert Kelley and Ef1ie
Shannon are to produce at the Metrepol-
ltan tonight are these two lines:
THE sweetest woman ere drew breath
Is my dear wife Elizabeth
These lines slightly changed appear
in Jean Ingelow-s poem, 1.-The High Tide
OF Lincolnshire as many will remem-
Der this is the poem which made Jean
lngeloW famous on account of its Won
derful vividness of description. The
story goes that while the young mother
with her children was driving her cattle
to their fold at evening at great tidal
wave swept over that part Of Scotland,
1nundating the village and drowning the
young wife with her feck. In fact, the
story is SO vivid that many people even
today, in visiting that part of Scotland,
listen for the chime of the bells that
rang out the warning to the parish peo-
pie, and are much disappointed when
they find they are only imaginary.
Miss Adelaide Thurston, in Sweet
Clover will begin three nights en-
gagement at the Metropolitan Thursday
evening. Although this is her first ap-
pearance here as star she is by no
means stranger, this being her native
state. There will be a popular price
matinee Saturday, after which Miss
ton to the ladies and children. The sale
of seats for this engagement will open
this morning at O'clock
Scribner's Gay Morning GIories were
in full bloom at the Star yesterday and
they will undoubtedly continue to BIOS
som as there was no Indication of a
frost" from yesterdays audiences. A
farcical musical comedy entitled, "a
Bunch of Nerve in two acts, opens and
closes the performance. This comedy is
more pretentious than the usual run OF
burlesques, has a plot, is well staged and
acted.
The specially section of the programme
technically known as the olio, contains
several new and clever features. Cooper
and Schall two pretty girls who can sing
and dance, initiate proceedings. The Cou-
ture brothers are two acrobats. 1t
doesn't seem possible for an acrobat to
discover anything new in the flip-flop line.
but these gentlemen do a few turns that
are elaborate,Sif not original. Armstrong
and Porter, as the program says. don't
sing much or dance any but will tell
jokes. Harry Hastings, good actor,
who acts all the time, does an imper-
sonation of Albert Chevalier, the Eng
lish singer of coster songs. Mr.. Hastings
makes up for an old man before the
audience and follows it by a. bit of the
'legit'' which marks him a. man OF parts.
A man with the singular title OF
+ "DraWee' is dexterous juggler who Jug
giles anything from a dollar to real
cart Wheel Brooks brothers provide
lots of laughter with little effort. The
lady with the Russian label of Olga
Orloff'' sings an illustrated song which
is followed by moving pictures, one OF
which shows the late President Mckinley
making a speech. This picture is very
clear and was received with tumultuous
applause.