The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-14
MlNsTRELs ARE TO FOLLOW.
Big HaverIy Company to Appear Fou
Nights at Metropolitan.

NI9hrS at metropolitan.
Haverlys Mastodon MINISTRIES will
appear at the Metropolitan for four
nights and Saturday matinee, Begin
ming next Thursday evening. The sale
of seats for this engagement opens
Monday morning.
Real black faced minstrelsy has new
er lost it's hold on the affections of
theater goers, and the coming of HAY
erly's Mastodon minstrels will be
awaited with pleasurable anticipation.
There are many minstrel companies
on the road this season, but only one
which faithfully adheres to minstrel
traditions and Loyalty clings to original
minstrel texts. That show is Haver-
1ys and in this show no white faces
are allowed to mar the study in black.
Haverly's MastodonS come to St.
Paul fresh from triumphs in San Fran
cisco, where for two weeks at the Cali
fornia theater they played to unpre-
cedented business. The success they
scored in Frisco is always illustrated
by the fact that five nights after the
opening there, the Haverly's broke all
previous records at the California
theater for big receipts. The San
Francisco papers, without exception,
heartily praised the performance and
Judging from what the critics from that
city said, the theater patrons of st.
Paul may expect an artistic enter
tainment with comedy features of I'M
usual merit.
f. Mr.. George Wilson, who is chief
comedian, has a reputation SO well
established, that little more than the
mere mention of his name is necessary.
He has had many rivals and a host of
imitators, but his originality and by
keeping abreast of the times, has main
tanned his position in the forefront
through all the varying changes in
minstrelsy. His monologue this season
is described as something altogether
unique. Mr.. Wilson's assisting fun
| makers are Happy Johnnie Swor, one
of the cleverest of the young comed-
| ians; Jake Young, Burt Swor, Frank
! Young, Garden and Sommers and a
huge bunch of others.
The vocal soloists are highly spoken
of by press and include George Nor
gan, the phenomenal male contralto
direct from Moore and Burgess min
strels, st. James hall, London, Eng
land; Frank Coombs, lyric tenor; Mas
ter Charles Richards, the marvellous
boy baritone, and John j. Roland
basso ,profundo.
! The company carries the finest band
and orchestra in minstrelsy. The or
chestra is under the leadership OF
Frank Van DENSE, the American Pa
| ganini of minstrelsy, and Francis w
| Sutherland, who has charge of the cele-
brated Haverly band, is called "The
| Sousa" of minstrel band masters. He
has won distinction in the musical
world as director and composer.
The first part setting represents a
| Venetian water scene, showing the
/ gondoliers carrying seranaders through
| the beautiful waters of anciet Venice
| A new departure with mechanical
| lighting effects, of an indescribable ma
| ture. The color scheme has been SO
arranged in conjunction with the me-
| chanical part of the setting as to do
away with anything that looks like
| painted scenery. The olio is exclusive
! ly made up of minstrel specialties and
| includes the famous George Wilson, in
one of his hysterical monologues;
| Garden and Sommers, musical kings;
| Swor brothers, eccentrics extraordin-
. airy; Young brothers, and the worlds