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OF the many pastoral comedies that
nave round their way into the the
alters, Way Down East" is one OF the
rev That seem destined to anything ike
a lengthy career. And it is not diff
hcult to find a reason for it's continued
popularity The play is genuine. It's
characters are village types, not bur-
lesqued deccentricitieS. They move
among scenes that are real, and, be-
cause OF their very realism, unusually
picturesque. The love story is strong
and wholesome. and the denounment
trlfle out of the ordinary. The play
contains plenty of genuine humor, and
its pathos never degenerates into
bathos.
Its hold on the affections of st. Paul
theatergoers was evidenced by the
good-s1zed audience that greeted its
third appearance at the Metropolitan
theater last evening. Only few
changes have been made in the per-
sonnet of the company since It's ap-
pearance in st. Paul a year ago, and
these affect only the minor characters.
The play is as handsomely staged as
ever. the scene in front of the farm
house in the first act: the scene in
the very vivid glimpse that is given
Of very genuine snoWstorm. and the
final scene among the sugar camps
III the fourth act are most effective
stage pictures
Phoebe Davies. who played the lead
ing role last year, is seen again this
year as Anna Moore. The success OF
the production is undoubtedly due, in
a. great degree, to the special fitness
Of hn Mo e. +, N.Y. .nc7lanfiua
Especially does the role of Anna
Moore fit Miss Davies. Indeed it is
difficult to imagine her in any role
but that of the unsophisticated but
honest-hearted village girl, whose
| ignorance of the world has brought
her to grief. Miss Davies plays the
part with simplicity that is con-
vincing, almost aeceiving. One is
hardly prepared for the success with
which she meets the more emotional
demands in the third act. Unfor-
tunately Miss Davies voice, is not
! pleasant, It's staccato sharpness is
certainly not demanded by the role she
assumes, and it sounds trained and
evolutionary.
Felix Haney repeats the success he
scored last year in the role of Hi
Holler. the chore boy. Ella Hugh
| Wood. as Martha Perkins, played the
that she was. loudly Kissed by the gall
lery. Charles A. Burke. as RUDE Whip
pie, the constable. and Archie Boyd,
as the squire, played their respective
roles with their usual success. A
| noisily demonstrative gallery was the
only unpleasant feature Of last nights
| performance.
WAY Down East" will be at the
Metropolitan for the remainder Of the
week.
The merriest Of all comic opera mon
archs, King Dodo,' comes direct from
a successful return engagement of six
| weeks at the Studebaker theater, Chi
cago, to the Metropolitan for four
nights and Wednesday matinee, COM
mencing next Sunday night,
The Days theater production is
carried in it's entirety of seventy-fve
people, headed by Raymond Hitchcock
the versatile comedian, and Cheridah
Simpson, Flora Zabelle, Greta Risley,
Margaret Mckinney, Arthur DEACON,
Arthur Wooley, William Corliss and
Albert Juhre.
Three dyed in the-wool Williams, he
| roes and heroines innumerable, a
wronged woman, dastardly attempt
to wreck the midnight express; res
cue from a mad house and the death
of the arch william hurled from high
cliff by Daffy Dan, is the exciting
mixture that answers to the name of
"Her Marriage Vow" which opened
the week at the Grand last night.
To say exciting is putting it mild
ly, for in every act of Her Marriage
Vow" there is enough Of villiany and
sufficient to more than satisfy the
| most eXacting. What brand its author
smokes is unknown, but he certainly
found favor with the gallery last night.
Between Kisses, deep and sonorous, for
the william and cheers for the Daffy
Dan and his coterie of life savers, the
very atmosphere was alive with vi
brationS.
Some of the scenery is above the
average and not a few of the climaxcs
have a smattering of mirth, hut beyond
this little can be said. The whole
thing borders on the impossible. OF
the cast Miss Elizabeth RathbuTn and
Thomas A. Irwin both whom attemt
leading role, are the best. The conf
pany on the whole is not strong. Her
Marriage Vow" will be seen at the
Grand the remainder of the week with
the usual natineeS.
The '"Trocadero Burlesquers," which
began the week at the Star yester-
day, is good show from beginning
to end. Every number is up to the
standard. Music, costumes, comedy
and comedians all show marked i'm
proyement over last season. The open
ing and concluding farces are new.
and in them both Larry Smith and
James Sullivan are seen to good adj
vantage Sullivan is hard worker
and the life of the performance.
Adolph Adams is the first on the
speciality list, with representations of
famous characters
With only the aid of wigs and
boards he gives remarkable represent
tations of those he portrays The most
noteworthy examples are his imper-
sonations of the Boer general, Cronje,
and Admiral Schley.
Another good one is that of Eng
lands famous statesman, w. e. Glad
stone.
The Van brothers, in an act of ex-
ceIlent comedy and good music, were
greatly appreciated by yesterdays au-
diences. Larry Smith and Mamie
Champion are doing last seasons turn.
Sullivan and Keller consume about
fifteen minutes in amusing nonsense,
but Sullivan, while good is much bet
ter in the burlesques. Massoney and
Habeman and the clever Herbert
brothers, acrobats, complete the olio.
A feature Of the performance is the
famous and funny staircase band"
in which the players range from about
two to twenty feet in height.