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- "l0N the aftlStlc HIneSS Oh In1nSS,
lndt such speech implies, and when,
at the end Of the third act of 1.-The
| Mouhtepank last night, Frederick
| "afde was induced to crafty the de-
| mands for speech his clever response
won MN forgiveness for spelling an eff
| IecCVe climax. The audience at the Met
! fopolltan last night was decidedly small
| and very evidently Mr. Warde had noted
the fact. As he stepped up to the foot
| lights to express his thanks for cordial
| applause he asked the audience-those
| who had had the pleasure of seeing Mans
field in Henry VII they remembered
/ the kings appeal to his followers before
| the battle of Agincourt, when he called
| those followers a little band Of faithful
| brothers
Warde's emphasis On the word 'little''
| was marked, and it was hardly necessary
| for him to give his story point by adding
| that he could apply the kings phrase to
| last nights audience
frederick Warde certainly deserved a
| larger audience last night, though he
| could hardly have wished for a more en-
thuslast1c one. So accustomed have ST
raul people become to seeing the actor
| III Shaksperean roles, and particularly
| IN tragic roles, that the motley of The
| Mountebank which he wore last night
| sat rather oddly upon HIM. But it is
DOUBTFUL whether the ernnine of kings or
| the scarlet robes of cardinals have ever
| clad a mere artistic Characterization than
| tnat which Warde gave last night of
! that man in motley Not that the
| play IS comedy, or that the character
| Is comic one. On the contrary it is
tragedy, although it has a happy end
ing. The molly worn by the hero of
u Ennerys story is only an outward sign
| or his calling. 1t makes q subtle con-
| tfast for the sorrows that encompass
that hero from the moment almost that
| the curtain goes up until just before IL
| tails on the final act. A simple hearted
| lovable fellow is William Belphegor, the
mountebank homely in his manners, I'M
couth in all his ways, only redeemed from
Doorlshness by the great love he bears
| his wife, Madelaine. Through that love
| he suffers, for though he is poor, his
wife is of noble birth. and she is per-
| suaded to leave him in order that her
| youngest child may have plenty There
! are two great opportunities for Warde
in the play, one in the second act, when
ne comes home with his cheap gifts, for
the purchase of which he has denied him
self that he might give pleasure to his
wife, only to find her gone; and again in
the fourth act, when, disguised, he tells
his wife and her aristocraUic relatives
some OF the trials to which the mounte-
bank has been subjected. In both scenes
Warde is inimitable. But he does not
reserve himself in order that he may
dominate those two scenes. His work
is remarkably even throughout, his con-
ception of the character of Belphegor ad-
mirable.
Mr. Warde was fairly well supported
last night. John e. Hynes, as Fanfarna-
do, the mountebanks assistant, furnish
ed some excellent comedy of a certain
kind. John c. Harris gave an admira-
bic portrayal of the character OF Viscount
d Arprignoi, roue and aristocrat. Miss
May Warde was excellent in the small
part Of Mile. Flora, the danseuse Miss
Ashton was pretty, although a trife
STACY, as the mountebank's wife. The
play was well staged.
Tonight Mr.. Warde and his company
will present Shakperes king Lear
''The Princess Chic" returns to the Met
ropolitan opera house for an engagement
of one week, beginning Sunday night. 1t
will be presented by the Kirke La Shelle
Opera company. headed by Maude Lillian
Berri, and including such well known ia
voritea as Dorothy Hunting, Edna Floyd,
Edith MilWard, Thomas G. Leary, Hubert
WiIke. Edward S. Metcalf, Neil Mcneil,
Walter Lawrence, Frederick Knights
William Macarthur, j. r. Bartlett and a
chorus Of fifty
There have beer few comic operas pro
duced in the last decade to compare with
"The Princess Chic The Bostonians, in
"Robin Hood;'' Alice Nielsen, in THE
Fortune Teller and 1.-The Singing Girl
are about the only musical productions
of recent years which can be classed with
''The Princess Chic" The big swinging
chorus, WAR Is a Bountiful jade" the
dainty ballad of '"The Wood Nymph and
the River Cod" the soulful, THE Love
light in Your Eyes" and the rollicking
Fighting Man, are gems of this tunefuI
opera, and many of the ensembles and
concerted numbers approach very closely
the realms of grand opera. The comedy
element gives full scope to three clever
comedians, but is so deftly handled that
one never gets quite enough of it.
The Original Lilliputians drew another
large audience to the Grand last night
end bid fair to finish out one of the
most successful engagements of the sea-
son. 1.-THE Merry Tramps,' the musical
farce presented by the LilliputiaEs, con-
tains an element of novelty which is
pleasing The scenic effects are bealti-
full, the transformation scene at the end
Of the third act being one of the best
ever seen in st. Paul.
Musical farce will give way to old
fashioned melodrama at the Grand the
coming week, when "a Ragged Hero"
new play Of this order, will iEaugur-
ate its engagement with a performance
Sunday night.
Big business was done at both the per-
formances given by the Majestic Bur-
lesuuers at the Star yesterday, and the
indications are that the week will be one
of the best of the season. The entertain-
ment is excellent in every respect, and
is made up of strong burlesques and
an excellent olio. Women's matinee this
afternoon Next week Fred TWINS big
show will be the bill.
I0R0 al ERED WEnnEn