The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-08
AT THE THEATERs.
METROPOLITAN.

METROPOLITAN.
Plenty of band music Of an invigorating
kind was played by the presidents Unit
ed States Marine. band yesterday after
noon at the Metropolitan theater. The
audience was not large-is there any
thing exciting or great enough to cause
st. Paul to turn out en- masse?-but 1t
was enthusiastic enough to more than
double the programme by it's tnststent
encoreS. Perhaps there are no two bands
just alike. The Sousa band is piquant,
the Banda Rosa has verve and warmth
to a remarkable extent and the United
States Marine band is-well, perhaps it's
just banda band of lively, rollicking
kind.
The programme presented was a varied
one. The always popular and very IA
miliar ''William Tell overture and
Strauss waltz, 1.-THE Beautiful Blue
Danube" were the best things the band
played. Wagner's tremendous 'Valkyre'
was not interpreted in quite SO satisfac-
tory manner Tremendous crashes are
not crescendos, and the whole interpreted
ton was noisy rather than impressive.
PENIS march, 1.-THE Fox Hunter" was
played with a true martial swing, and
Santelmann's caprice, Hearts Message"
were melodiously interpreted. Mr.
player, created very favorable impress
sion He played Haseneier's Third
Fanta STA" and was compelled to respond
to three encores.
Miss Anna Whalley, the soloist with
the band, possesses voice that is rather
below the average Of those usually heard
with a band Her voice is decidedly
mediocre and is entirely lacking in the
qualities that one associates with lyric
soprano. Her tones are badly placed,
metallic, her enunciation Is faulty to
degree, and there is no warmth or color
ing in her tones. Perhaps the single word
punk would describe her work as well
as all the adjectives in the lexicons II 1t
would not the adverb very could be
used to advantage.
GRAND.
The Royal Lilliputians, in their farcical
comedy, 'The Merry Tramps," proved
extremely entertaining at the Grand last
night. The production is striking
change from the usual run, and may be
called original because of the fact that
'little men" and little women" are
on the cast, though per Sc it is not.
Franz Ebert is funny. He looks, acts
and talks funny. always wearing look
of injured Innocence most becoming TO
one so small At wrestling with Mumm' s
Extra Dry he is an adept; at flirting he
makes a pronounced success, and he can
drop a philosophical remark in a blase
philosophical fashion most refreshing
Louis Merkel is another diminutive
man who does creditable work. He, too,
is funny, as are all the rest Of the Lilli-
putians. Will Archie is the swell
among the little men. He dances well,
has a young healthy appearance, and
sings entertainingly. The Misses Leila
and Bertha Cautna also sing well.
The giants were John Church and C. c..
Busby and their work served the one
purpose of producing a striking contrast.
James =. Rosen, the di}ninutive st. paul
boy, took the part of a policeman. and
he was amusing, though comparatively
little was seen Of him. The bevy of
pretty girls who sang several of the pop
ular songs of the day did creditable
work, particularly in their marching.
STAR
The ''Gay Burlesquers,'' at the Star
theater, are minus a burlesque; but a
lively farce, as a chaser for the olio, has
some coherency and is a welcome sub
stitute The company comes near MAX
ing good it's claim that every thing is
new but the name" A number Of songs
that are new here are given, and for
once a vaudeville programme is present.
ed that is both goo-goo eyeless and
lamb-lamb lambless.
The hit of the show is made hs W. J.
Sullivan, ballad singer, who has very
agreeable voice. C1arice Pasquelina. who
appears with him is a dancer out of the
ordinary Charles and Minnie Savan and
Harry Smirl are very clever acrobatic
comiques; Swift and Huber present an
acceptable musical sketch; Rose Kessner
and An6etta Reid are graceful dancers.
and John r. and Lillian Hoover appear
in a sketch which includes juggling,
baton whirling and several other stunts
Ed B. White and j. F. Sullivan, COM
edians, do good work. The female contin-
gent, while not strong numerically, in
cludes several girls who can lay claim
to more than usual good looks. The
colored light effects, which throw geo
metrical designs upon many Of the
scenes, detract from rather than add to
the effectiveness.