The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-03-02
ON GOTHAM'S STAGE
"MISS SIMPLICITY" WITH FRANK
DANIELS, HOLDS BOARDS
AT CASINO
FRANK KEENAN'S GREAT HIT
Sol Smith Russe1ps Successor Max
ing PhenOmenaI metropolitan
Record In 'Hon. John
GFigEsby."
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, March l. - There are
several changes to chronicle again this
week in local theaters. At the Casino,
where Anna Held has SO long held sway,
R. A. Barnets new opera, Miss Simple
ity'' appears TO be- travesty upon the
modern school of romantic fiction and
drama. Mr.. Barnet has located the ae-
ton in Santerella, an imaginary kingdom.
and the plot deals with the troubles and
adventures involved in the coming OF
a new king.
Resale, a beggar maid, declares that
she will marry the new king. Clair de
Loinville. a Partisan countess, is in real
ity under family compact to become
the wife of the coming monarch, who is
a young London swell of the period, by
name Philip, Lord Montfort. Mile de
Loinville is not particularly anxious to
marry this man whom she has never
seen, and she exchanges places with the
beggar girl. Montfort, accompanied by a
gay party of London nobility, comes to
accept his honors as a jolly lark. He
meets Clair de LoinVille, disguised as a
poor peasant, falls in love with her, and
decides to pose as peasant and follow
her
AS he Is about to start for his rustic
life he is reminded by his companions
that the coronation cannot be postponed
So he commands his valet, Blossoms,
played by Frank Daniels, to be crowned
in his place and to marry the unknown
Cfd1T U6 kOinV1Ile. BLOSSOMS mas former
ly been a trolley car conductor, and does
not make a success of the king bust
ness. His ministers try to plunge him
into war, con5pfrators plot for his life.
and he finds it most embarrassing to try
TO successfully carry 1.-the intrigues OF
a wen regulated court when his own real
sweetheart is keeping her eye close upon
him every minute. Blossoms, In order to
avoid the unpleasant task of leading
his conquerfng army into the thickest
Of the fight, is just about to hand in
MS two weeks notice TO quit, when
Montfort makes the discovery that the
beggar girl sweetheart IS in reality Clair
de LolnV1Ie, whom he is booked to marry
according to the compact. He immediate
ly resumes his rightful station as king
and Blossoms becomes a valet once mores
Frank Daniels and the other members
or the company received a cordial well
come and the chorus was a particularly
strong part Of the presentation.
Willie Collier has returned to the Mad
lson Square in ron the Quiet" a play
which has previously enjoyed a lengthy
run IN the metropolis The story Of the
play is that of a youth who returns to
college to take up an interrupted
course in order to- crafty the ambitious
brother of his sweetheart. The eompli-
cations whichAensue afford ample oppor-
tunities for expressing the quiet humor
which Is the strong point In the play. The
indications are that ION the Quiet will
enjoy long run.
Henrietta Crosman has revived "Mis-
will not Withdraw it until she is ready
to present AS You Like II" in which
she is to make her first New York essay
as Rosalind. Meanwhile Joan of the
shoals" which is not without good tthat-
r1caI qualities Is being toned down and
subjected to the usual modifying process
which many of the new plays have to
submit to. 9~4 Ut
Miss Amelia Bingham continues to
| make the Bijou the society headquarters
| It was last season during her production
| OF The Climbers. She greatly increas-
| ed her reputation as an actress in Mr..
Roses charming play and the manner Of
| its presentation stamps her al second
| to none as a manager, even though she
| be a woman Her personal following be-
came very large last season and she is
| heartily welcomed at every performance,
| both by her old friends and the new ones
| who become such through their appre-
| citation of her womanliness and clever
| work in the new play. The feminine por-
| ton of an audience is always Interested
| in the gowns worn on the stage and in
| this respect. Lady Margaret stood en-
| tirely alone among all the plays that
| have ever b-en produced IN lew York
| There is a perfect plethora OF them and