The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-28

appeared here this season and tried tie
experiment of br eakfng the week tc give
ire public three days in which to be-
come acquainted with the Sidman play
AS matter of fact york State Folks
is an innovation in the line of pastoral
plays and different from anything of its
KIND ever presented in this country.
Thursday evening the Metropolitan will
offer Miss Rose Coghlan in her latest
success, Forget Me Not" which will be
repeated at the Saturday matinee. Fri
day and Saturday nights Miss Coghla1
will appear in Lady Barter" preceded
by the one-act comedietta, Between
Matinee and Night" The sale of seats
for this engagement opens today
richard Mansfield is positively coming
to st. Paul next week. The distinguished
artist has been much annoyed by a per
slstent rumor that he had closed his
season and gone abroad. His representa-
tive gave emphatic denial to this on ar
rival last night, and further said that
since the report had been assiduously
wired all over America Mr. Mansfield had
paid out several hundred dollars in teIe-
graphing denials to anxious managers,
who feared they had lost their banner
SeNIA cANIlOIi. Mis- VndnSuSlQ ana their
son and Mr. Mansfeld's manager, A. NJ
Palmer, and his family, sailed April p
for England. Mr.. Mansfield was not even
at the dock to see them off, for he was
perforce detained in Chicago in the midst
Of long run Of ''Beaucaire.''
Very far from even thinking of closing
Mr. Mansfield will this year play the
longest season of his career. He has
never felt in better health or spirits and
he is so in love with Monsieur Beau
caire" that he Will continue to play it
until July s. He played "Beaucaire''
three months in New York and nearly
two months in Chicago. Boston and Phil
adelphia each had it for runs. Besides
these cities Washington, Baltimore, New
Orleans, St. Louis. Cincinnati and CIeve-
land have seen the great actor. This week
he divides between Buffalo, Toledo and
indianapolis, which last city is the home
of Booth Harrington, author of book and
play. Already seats for the two appear
9nces of Mansfield there are selling at
a premium.
One week from tonight the great actor
makes a one-night stand of Milwaukee
After the performance a special train Of
SIX cars will bring his enormous organi-
cation as speedily as possible to St Paul,
which will see him Tuesday and Wednes-
day evenings as ''Beaucaire." After fin
ishing the week in Minnea polls, Mansfield
begins a sweeping trip of 100 miles, by
special train, extending to Denver in the
Southwest, to Portland and Vancouver
in the Northwest, and via Winnipeg, Du-
luth and Detroit to Montreal, where he
closes his season July 4.
While weak in respect to two or three
members of the cast, a company fair on
the whole presents BARLEY CampbelIs
The White Slave at the Grand this
week. That it is a meIodrama hardly
needs mention. For, twenty or more
years the play has been presented, and
in the popular days of ''ten twenty and
thirty" few were the companies that did
not include it's manuscript along their
list of assets. gross Islander, our
Southern neighbors dubbed it, and pos
sibly for that reason it has been seldom
presented below the Mason and Dixon
line.
SANDER or not, the story of '"The White
Slave teens with wholesome excitement
and while possibly an exaggeration, is
yet entertaining The father of melo-
dramas, like it's numerous progeny, each
act has its climax, and in this attraction
there are six Portraying Southern life
the darby is a numerous quantity and
naturally his melody and wit has been
used to dull the edges of gloom and sor-
row that the story recites
Liza. the white slave, the unfortunate
responsible for the story, is in fair hands,
Miss Ruth Macadley giving the character
fair impersonatlon. She is at times,
however, a triflei too emotional
David NJ Hartford is the Clay .Britton
of the story. His enunciation is clear,
nd hi oy,i +Ioo ooIa -
Hay Cossar gives a fair representation
of William Lacy.
Decidedly refreshing is the Mrs. Har-
riet Lee Of Miss Constance HambGn and
the Mr.. Stitch OF Frank M. Drew Their
work is Of the finished kind and is free
from strain. Miss Hamblin looks her
part and acts it!
Darky life on the plantation is admira-
bly, presented by Miss Jennie Webster
and Charles Webster, who during the
progress Of the play introduce number
of specialties.
Unless it is a boat scene, which is de-
cidedly crude, the attraction is replete
with excellent scenery and effects. The
destruction of a beat on the Mississippi
heavy downpour of real rain and ma
rooned on deserted island are among
the scenic attractions.
The management of the Grand opera
ncuse is pleased to announce to it's
patrons that it has secured for its
next attraction, commencing Sunday,
May 4, the latest Whitaker & Lawrence
production, entitled Not Guilty" 1t is
promised that this effort will Guido all
previous ones made by this we'll known
firm, which has so successfully produced
''On the Stroke of Twelve and Cripple
Creek" The cast, it is promised, will be
everything that could be desired and the
scenic investitures will be of a most elab-
crate nature.
Rice & Barton's big gaiety company
gave the first performance of its re-
turn engagement at the Star yesterday
This second visit provides opportunities
to reiterate and emphasize the state
ment made in this column before that
this is unquestionably the best aggrega-
tior that has appeared here this season.
The initial farce, Brown Among the
Daisies is a continuous comedy, with
| just the proper portion of plot. The
portly comedian, Charles Barton, has
humor in every ounce of his avordupois.
To him belongs the credit for the sue
cess of the piece. The finale of the first
partfs a stirring patriotic medley, pictur-
esquely staged. The olio is started by
Miss Idylla May Vyner, the exceptionally
handsome woman in sthe bIIr1pSnIJe cir