The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-21
NEW PRODUCTIONS RECEIVE
STAMP OF APPROVAL AND
MAKE MONEY
JOHN DREW OPENS
AT THE EMPIRE THEATER
"The Mummy and the Hummins Bird"
Likely to Duplicate Its London Sue
cess-Larse and Critical Audiences
Sees "Mrs. Jack"-"The Rogers
Brothers in Harvard" DazzIes and
Captures.

NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-With six new
plays put on during the past week
there has been no excuse for a COM
plant as to the dullness of things
theatrical.
John Drew renewed his acquaintance
with the American, public at the En-
pire theater on Thursday evening,
Sept. 4, in 1.-THE Mummy and the Hum
ming Bird" under Charles Frohman's
management.
The comedy had a good run in Lon
don and will doubtless duplicate it's
success here. The play was written
for Lena Ashwell who expected to dup
licate her success as Mrs. Dane in the
female part, which is taken by Mar
garet Dale on this side the Atlantic.
The action Of the play is laid in Lon
don and Paris. "The Mummy in the
case is Lord Lumley, a peer, who is
so deeply engrossed in his scientific
studies that for the time being he neg
lects his young and pretty wife. "The
Humming Bird is Signor D'Orelli an
Italian poet who turns out to be a de-
cided villain. D'Orelli makes love to
Lord Lumley's wife while the noble
man is following up some new line of
work in his laboratory. The Lords
eyes are opened to the actual meaning
of the Signor's attentions by Sicilian
organ grinder named Giuseppe whom
Giuseppe tells Lord, Lumley how fell
low countryman ruined his wife and
broke up his home and explains that
he has come to London to seek out the
villain and be avenged of him. Lord
Lumley discovers that D'Orelli is the
man Giuseppe is after. He surprises
D'Orelli in the latters bachelors cham
bers when Lady Lurnley is there and
when the young wife in shame fees to
Paris the scientist compels the Signor
to accompany him thither, where he
is confronted with the man whose home
he ruined and where after a complete
revelation of DOrelli's rascality he is
left to the vengeance of Giuseppe, while
the reconciliation of the scientist and
his foolish wife is promptly effected.
Many See "Mrs. Jack"
Mrs. Jack" an original farce COM
edy, by Grace Livingston Furniss, was
produced under the management of
Manager H. B. Harris, at Wallack's
theater, on Tuesday evening, Sept. 2,
before a large and critical audience.
Western widow, was taken by Miss
Alice Fisher who as Mrs. Jack" COM
menced her career as a star
Miss Fisher scored distinct per-
sonal success although some parts of
the play are apparently in need of
strengthening. Her impersonation of
an open-hearted breezy widow from
the West, suddenly possessed of ten
millions, much to the chagrin of her
husbands, ultra fashionable relatives,
among whom she lands, and who try
to make things as miserable as possible
for her, is excellent. The story of
Mrs. Jack" is interpreted with all the
charm possible by Miss Fisher, is of
her coming to New York to take pos
eli Of no. tot Of yxr1,ia hn,. Il
band had died possessed, and from
whom she had been separated for years
after a few months of martial infeli-
city. The plot is laid in the period be-
tween her succession to the estate and
the time when codicil to the will is
to be read. An insolent sister in-law
bestows upon her due measure of
terferes, and a brother-in-law only
melts because he sees the chance of
profitable match for himself, but the
reading of the codicil finally deals out
rewards and punishments a la carte.
Soldiers of Fortune at the Savoy
continues to attract large and fashion
able audiences and is playing to ca
Burg as Hope Langham is one of the
favorites of the play and is a very
pretty girl as well as vivacious &C
treSs.
Dazzles and Captures.
"The Rogers Brothers in Harvard /
at the Knickerpocker, is one of those
strenuous spectacular and pulchritudi-
nous effects which overWhelnl, dazzle
and finally capture you. by the very
forcefulress of the variety and clever 4
ness of their successive cachinnatory
shocks.
The DISCUSSES of the Rogers Brothers
in their new roles commence with their 4
appearance as walters at Clarenlont,
and take in football, college professors
and college society costumes. The
songs are splendid and have all the
old-tinne Rogers swing to them. AS
for jokes they scintillate throughout
the play like coronets at coronation.
"The Emerald Isle" is quite UP to the
standard of current novelties of it's
kind and is making a good successor
to "The Defender at the Herald Square
theater. De Angels, as usual, makes
the most of his opportunities and is
the soul Of the play, Owing to the