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II have appeared in your city at fire.
quent intervals during the past eigh-
teen years and have always met with
most kindly reception here" said
Lewis Morrison in a curtain speech de-
livered last night after the third &C,
Of Faust" Judging from the large
audiences that have invariably greet
ed me, conclude that st. Paul must be
rather fond of devils. Certainly
know that this particular devil is fond
of st. Paul"
Good will and enthusiasm, rather
than size, characterized the audience
which greeted Mr.. Morrison at the Met
ropolitan last night. The actors por-
trayal Of the role of Mephisto does
not lose in vigor, apparently, as the
years pass on. His well-bred diction
that bespeaks more the actor Of the
old, rather than the modern school, his
clear-cut and assumed portraiture, his
dominating and au-pervading person.
ality, made his Mephisto last night
What it has always been in his hands
an attention compelling piece of STACY
work. Few are unfamiliar with
Coethe's devil as pictured in Faust"
1t is plotting, hooking fiend, a reign
ing devil rather than a fallen angel.
1t is a creature OF uncanny grace, Of
insinuating, rather than of bold pres
ence.
Morrison's face, singularly unseamed
for man of his years, mirrors in mar
Vicious fashion the changeful moods Of
the plotting f1end. The baleful glance,
the derlsive smile, the inexpressible
diablerie of the grinning face, fit per-
fectly one's conception of such a fend
as Goethe's pen has drawn.
With two exceptions, Mr.. Morrison
has only fair support this year.
Florence Whitehouse's Marguerite is
excellent. Her guilelessness in the
first two acts and her tragic woe in
the succeeding acts are convincingly
contrasted. The actress has beauty
TOO, and most attractive stage pres
ence. Miss Farweu as Martha was
also adequate, but Leander de Cordova's
Faust" left much to be desired
The play is most satisfactorily stag.
eo thls year. The scene in the Brock
en- is almost disconcerting in it's real
ism.
taust' will conclude it's engagemen
at the metropolitan Thursday night
mere Will be the usual Wednesday
matinee.
"A Modern Magdalen," the power
Iul drama by Haddon Chambers. the
author Of Capt. Swift" which will he
pToauced here for the first time at the
Metropohtan opera house Thursday
oct. l6, for three nights. with Sat,1r-
DAY matinee, by the Amelia Bingham
Speclal company, as suggested by it's
tltle, deals with the tribulations of a.
peautlful woman who sacrifices her
nonof to save those she dearly loves,
ana is pregnant lesson of the heart
leSSneSS Of the world in casting stones
unfortunate
always appreciated by the sympathet-
lc' and "A Modern Magdalen" is so
feplete With intense scenes and beau
tlful passages that the interest of the
auditor is held from beginning until
the hnal denouement. 1t is enough to
add That no more powerful company
mas ever been heard in a modern
drama. The cream of the profession
IS enlisted in the production, includ-
ing w. ]. Ferguson, FRANKLIN Roberts,
Daniel Jarrett, Victor M. de Silke,
Charles Mason, Harry Lillford, Bern
ard c. MCGUIRE, Frederick Leet, Agnes
F1ndlay, Katherine Fisher, Laura Os-
born, Marion P. Johnson, Eveline
Haven, Alice Melville and RoselIe
Knott
The sale of seats opens this morn
ing.
Blaney as the star, and much scenery
of merit as it's most commemorate
feature, is the offering at the Grand
this week. To remark that 1t drew Is
simply repeating past history. Suffice
it to say the house last night was
packed and the gallery enthusiastic to
the point of explosion.
Like the Maxim gun that Blaney
uses in the last act in peppering a
or inc inin
outside of frail looking block house,
the play is of the rapid fire order. A
mining camp, a Chinese opium joint,
a big transport and a real battle are
the features, while melo- dramatic
climaxes, barking guns and splitting re-
volvers refuse to permit the beholders
interest to flag. There is a gun to
every man, shot for every insult, and
last of all, Willie Live.
Across the Pacific" was undoubted-
ly built for Harry Clay Blaney's spec
ial benefit and, as Willie Live he
certainly makes the most of it, for
between his kodac and happy faculty
of being always on the spot, the au-
dience is not permitted to loose sight
Of him. He and his company found
considerable favor with the house last
in which he was accompanied by Miss
Kittie Wolf, decidedly winsome lit
tie miss, brought him numerous cur
tain calls.
The attraction abounds in good
scenery and company of fair ability
1t is largely spectacular and this fea-
ture seemed to please.
The play will be seen the remainder |
of the week with the usual matinees.
A good story is told in the dressing
rooms of the New York theaters, in |
which Sir Henry Irving figures in a
rather humorous role. Sir Henry, as is |
we'll known, is of very serious tenn
permanent, and probably never said a
funny thing purposely in his life. He
was booked to appear at a big profess
sional benefit in New York, and being
the leading actor of the day he was
consulted by the managers as to his
choice Of place on the programme. |
There was an imposing array Of vol |
unteers, and among them was the pop
ular little comedian, Harry Clay |
Blaney, who is at the Grand opera !
house this week in his big war drama, !
Across the Pacific"
Put me down before Blaney," Irv- |
ing said gravely, Were 1 to follow |
him my soliloquy would empty the
even more laughable than he really is"
And the melancholy Dane was put |
down.
"The World Beaters' are record
heaters, for not even during fair week !
was there such an audience as gather
ed at the Star yesterday afternoon. OF |
course, the weather helped some
The performance is fast and full of |
novelties, and the spectators seemed |
we'll pleased with it. There is more |
Of the spectacular in the burlesque |
than in the average show seen at this |
house. The changes of costumes are |
numerous and novel. In the conclud- |
ing extravaganza a grotesque sea SER
pent or dragon, eXhaling fire from its |