The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-08
Vaudeville at the Riiou

! EzS ~ at the biIOu.
| Vaudeville, well diversified and entertain
ing, is the bill at the Bijou this week, For
| tunately for those theater- goers who have had
| a surfelt of melodrama- the Bijcu had an
open week, and Manager Hays set himself
the task Of filing it. He decided to organize
"a vaudeville comDan. for two weeks in Min
neapolis and st. Paul. and the result is in
every way satisfactory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Kelsey present q new
and most diverting sketch entitled ''Uncle
Phneas." The skit is funny in itself, and it
Is well played, the burlesque fight between
Uncle Phineas and his scapegrace nephew
making a great hit with the audience
George II. Wood contributes blackface
monologue that is the best thing of the kind
seen here this season. Mr.. Woods stuff is
all new. There is not an old joke in the lot;
and his story of the doctor who throws the
male bovine con" into prospective patients
is decidedly amusing, embellished as it is
with picturesque and pointed slang
Dolly Rathbun Chesley, an artistic vocalist
who has been heard here before, sings three
songs and sings them all excellently Mrs.
Chesley possesses a voice fitted for more pre-
tentous work than coon ditties. and to her
credit be it said that she does not confine her
self to popular music. Her selections were all
high class and were sung in such way that
even the gallery, which seldom approves an
| act of the sort, Joined heartily in the applause
that followed each number.
Eddie Girard and Jessie Gardner present
their familiar sketch, 1.-The Soubrette and the
Cop" In itself the piece is not funny, but
| it is made to '.go" by the ability of the per-
| formers. Girarc still retains some of the
| business that made him successful in Laugh
| fng Gas" several years ago.
! The Rozinos present novel acrobatic act,
| in which they employ a billiard table with
an elastic bed. They have been seen. here
before, but their act is good and is far from
becoming tiresome. The Harmony Four, better
! vocaists than omedians. amuse the audi
ence and @Vermette land Dionne present a
clever exhibition of work on the parallel
abrs.
La Favre's trained dogs, monkeys and cats
| make great hit with the little ones; and the
vitascope pictures. showing incidents of
Prince Henry's visit to the United States are
an attractive feature. j. S. Lawrence.
Foyer Chat.
1.-THE Pride pf Jennico." which met with
great success in New York and elsewhere. is
to be given here at the Metropolitan the latter
half of this week.
When the curtain rises on ''Humpty Dump
ty and the Black Dwarf at the Metropolitan
next Sunday night, 1T will reveal one of the
most elaborate and expensive productions on
the road to-day in this country.
In consequence of the great popular hit
scored by 1.-The Explorers at their recent
visit, Manager Scott has succeeded in booking
this organization for "a return engagement,
commencing Thursday evening April II. The
Explorers will be given Thursday and Friday
evening and 'The Burgomaster' at the Sat
urday afternoon and evening performances.
The STAGE of the Bjou next week will be
occupied by the great Weber & Fields Pan
American success, ..Fiddle- Dee Dee inter-
preted by great company of fifty people.