The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-07-27

there. are no. heat waves or humidity
within it's walls "a Chinese Honeymoon
is such an artistic and financial success
that Messrs. Sam S. and Lee Shubert and
Nixon and Zimmerman have arranged to
keep it there for the summer at least and
with their usual enterprise have redec-
Grated the theater throughout and made
every. sort of preparation to keep folks
cool in the theater, no matter what the
weather is on the outside.
The roof gardens are now at their best
and there is an excellent variety of en-
tertainment to be found on them.
Japan by Night as the newly opened
show on Madison Square roof is called,
furnishes a very novel entertainment.
The stage is a counterfeit preSentment
of the temple at Nike, but instead of be-
ing used for religious ceremonies the en-
suma, acrobatic feats " the Kadara
troupe, wire walking by Totimatan, stick
fencing by Otokiocho and Kotaro, music
on native instruments by Remando. tricks
by Japanese midget dogs and singing and
dancing by twenty geishas.
Off on the slope of the roof to the east
side of the big tower a garden has been
arranged in a series of terraces. The land
scape is built up of dwarfed Japanese
pines and the sound of rushing water as it
trickleS down the slopes is very pleasant.
Japanese plants, wisteria and cherry bios
SONS are draped about everywhere. The
intention of the projectors of this original
list of enterprise has been to show as
nearly as possible a bit of the real Japan
as it exists across the Pacific. Japanese
girls serve tea from pagodas and native
confectionery is baked by native women.
All the attaches of the place are attired
in the picturesque costumes of the Orient
| and the music is furnished by an orchestra
of twenty Japanese girls. The Mikado''
! will be played on the Japanese roof next
/ week.
A proof that business is booming at
| Paradise Gardens is shown by the fact
| that Mr.. Hammerstein has started VIGIL
nesday and Saturday matinees.
! The show consists of four hours of
| first class vaudeville, and there is a
! quaint old Dutch farm for the Iistless to
wander around and enjoy glimpse of
| Europe without suffering the fortunes of
] NAL der mer.
| Changes are constantly being introduce
ed into the vaudeville programme and
| only in eases where a feature has proved
exceptionally popular is it held over.
THE Chaperons' still holds the big
| roof of the New York theatcr successfully
and is preceded by some exceptionally
| good vaudeville acts.
1.-THE Wild Rose" at the Knickerbocker,
| with its sprightly chorus and constant ad-
dition OF new songs IS one of the hits
| alter is rounding off a season of excep-
tional prosperity with the latest Lederer
| production which seems to have taken
| the town by storm. Al Harris new song,
one of the newest features of 1.-THE Wild
Rose" another being the Hungarian
| dance Of little Florence Nesbit and Ida
Gabrielle, in the opening act.
| The production of Planquette's Chimes
of Normandy has been the feature, at
Terrace Garden the past week. The
piece was put on exceptionally well, Hen
| ry G. PeakeS, who has been singing the
role OF Gaspard for quarter of a GEN.
fury, having been specially engaged for
the production.
Comedy and straight vaudeville are both
we'll represented upon the strong bill that