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measurements. When Marion Crawford
nfst conceived the story of I'm the Pal
ace OF the King" it is said that he had
MISS viola Allen in mind. AS the dra-
matte possibilities in the character Of
the Spanish girl Dolores, gradually I'M
foIded themselves with the maturing of
the plot and story, the writer kept al
ways IN mind the capabilities of Miss
Alien. when the story was completed
ana 1t was given over to Lorimer Stod-
caro- 1or dramatization the latter did not
lose sight of the purpose Mr.. Crawford
had in mind, and while in many essen
tIals the story differs from the play, the
Dolores Of the play is the Dolores of the
book, and, as a consequence. the role fits
very neatly, indeed, Miss Allen.
WhHe In the Palace of the King
takes one back over 300 years in history
the play cannot be called a historical one.
On the contrary it is love story, pure
and simple To be sure that story has a
splendid court setting and there are all
the dark intrigEes Of which the sixteenth
century court of Spain was capable to
give the necessary atmosphere" to the
tale, but 1t is not the weaving of the
black threads of intrigue that makes the
interest of the play. 1t is the love of
Don John and Dolores. Crawford and his
dramatist have made this thread of love
brightly in the black and purple meshes
of royal intrigue. Not that the story
lacks in dramatic interest. On the con-
trary, indeed! But love is the
dominant motif and therein lies the
strong attraction of the play, for a strong
attraction it must certainly have for the
majority of people.
Since the play was built for Miss Allen,
naturally most of the work falls to her
Her conception of the character of the
young Spanish girl who has fallen in love
with the brother of the king of Spain is
most interesting and convincing one.
In an exceedingly clever way she makes
the audience realize the extreme youth
fulness and girlish raivete of Crawford s
heroine even when she impresses on it
her thorough wCmG nliness. In short
Miss Allen has most successfully graspetl
the southern type she representative
odd combination of extreme youth and
mature passion that has found it's lest
literary expression in the character Of
Shakespere's Juliet Especially does
Miss Allen dominate the scene in the last
act where she deffes the king ard OBJ
ta1nS from him Don Johns release.
The supporting company last night was
fairly good. w. E. Benney as King Phil
Up; Arthur I. HOyt as Adonis, the court
fool; William Pascoe as Don John of
Austria, and Helen Pascoe as Donna
1nez, We're all excellent. Especially good
was MIR. Hoyt's presentation of the role
OF the dwarf. Mr.. Pascoe as Don John
made comely lover, and he did the little
that was allotted to him very we'll Miss
Van Duser as the Duchess was also sat
1Sfactory. The stage settings were I'M
usually elaborate and the costumes hand
some. The incidental music played dur
ing the evening fitted in admirably with
the character of the play
n.
one OF the biggest audiences of the sea-
son witnessed "Jn the Palace of tho
KING last night. Nearly every box was
taken, and the gowns worn by the wom-
en- were very elaborate. 1t was an en-
thuSlaStlc audience too, and gave Miss
Allen cordial reception.
A benefit concert will be rendered the
Misses Arma and Margaretha Mich at
the Metropolitan opera house Sunday aft
ernoon at $780, These little girls are the
daughters of the late Louis Mich, a for
mer member Of the Seibert orchestra,
and this concert has been arranged by
the Metropolitan opera house orchestra
for the purpose of aiding them to COM
plete their musical education.
''The Climbers the greatest drama Of
American social life that has appeared
during the last ten years, comes to the
metropolitan for an engagement of three
nights and Saturday matinee, beginning
Thursday, April TO-
Two big, stalwart men, wearing tlue
clothes and brass buttons, and holdin!
pohceuens helmets in their hands stood
IN the foyer of the Grand Opera house
last night and watched Eddie Girard car
| feature their calling, to the accompanf-
ment of riotous laughter and applause
| from the audience. And, strange TO say
the two men from the local force were
| obliged to join in the laughter and g1lf.
| faW merrily, in spite of their uniforms
/ Oh think I'm stabbed" whispered a
| cop on the stage, with terror stamped
! on his chimpanzee face. Bing! went g
pistol shot. To the floor, straight as q
| die, dropped the stage policeman, an6
! the reverberation made by his contact
with the floor rivaled the pistols report
| And for this, walled the stage DO.
lieeman, II gave up my happy place In
| a livery stable to be chased and worried
| by a pack of thieves"
| Then followed. on the part of the
| pseudo officer behind the footIights. 2
| succession Of ludicrous and hilarfty pro
| noting antics, each of which brought 2
! good natured laugh at the expense of thu
| great American policeman. That the
| policemen in the rear of the theater en-
| Joyed the traveSty on their business is q
which Eddie Girard managed to invest his
| Characterization. 1t was Girard by the
| way, who first hit upon the idea of utiI
| lZ1ng the policeman as lay figure fol
| divers funny doings, sayings and happen
| lngs. The stage then had its typica
| dude, portrayed first by the elder Soth
| ern as Dundreary; it had other well
known types, but it remained for Girard
| then the leading force comedian of the
| company, to seize the salient r,oip+a ~
| a composite cop" deepen the lines OF
| the picture, touch up the high lights
! and make American theatrical audiences
| laugh in uncomfortable glee over the
! portraiture of an Irish-American polfce.
| man on the stage.
Performances tonight and tomorrow
| afternoon will bring to a close the en-
| gagement of the high class vaudeville
! organization which has been entertaining
| large audiences at the Grand the current
| week. The programme is varied in The
| extreme and includes a number of new
and novel features.
| fFfddle-Dee-Dee," with its pretty girls
bright and catchy music, clever come
! dams, large list of principals, splendid
| chorus, elegant costuning and superb
| scenic effects, in fact, Just as 1t appeared
for over 200 consecutive performances al
| the Pan-American exposition will inau
| gurate a weeks engagement at the Crane
/ Opera house with a performance Sunday
night at Sis
An artistic success was the presentation
last night at the Central Presbyterian
church, by the st. Paul Choral club, o.
Haydn's oratorio, THE Creation" The
| audience that filed the church was {
| most enthusiastic oney and showed ouicl