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dering what caused the bubbles. Some
of the things said in "The Sultan of
Sulu" last night will be recalled and
appreciated this morning. Though there
is a dearth of slang in the play it has
this point in common with the fables"
that made the author famous-there is
something beneath the surface of fun.
Therefore is 1.-THE Sultan Of Sulu"
appropriately called a satire and there
fore is it a trifie more ambitious than
the average musical comedy. Some pet
American customs and what has be-
come, apparently, a pet American pol
icy are mildly satirized, but the satire
is not sharp enough to leave a sting,
and Mr.. AIDES satire is always subor-
dinated to his fun.
But this musical comedy is not all
merit The music of it is Indifferent in
quality, although the lines of the lyrics
are Catchy" enough to make one for
get the rather mediocre music to which
they are set. There are, too, some
rather slow spots in the first act,
though these are perhaps atoned for
by the very rapid action of the second.
The play is in excellent hands. Frank
Moulan as HIRAM, the sultan, is i'm
mensely and consistently funny.
He has a personality that holds the
attention and while the action Of the
play seldom forces the sultan to be-
come a part of the background, when
it does so that background becomes
very funny. The sultan rather monop-
olizes the best lines in the play but so
much does Mr.. Moulan make of them
that the monopoly can be forgiven.
Miss Berri, who headed the Princess
Chic company last season, has role
that suits her very WELL Handsome,
well gowned and, vivacious she made
a most satisfactory Miss Budd. Ger
trude Quinlan, who has also been seen
in ST. Paul before, played the part Of
Chiquita, wife No. 1 of the sultan. Miss
Quinlans voice does not carry very far
beyond the footlights, but she has
sprightly manner that wins her favor
The rest of the cast is satisfactory
The chorus of 1.-The Sultan of Sulu" is
broken up into quartettes, trios and
sextettes, which gives pleasing di-
versity to the excellent stage pictures
The school ma'am'' quartette is an
attractive feature Of the chorus. The
play is we'll staged and handsomely
costumed 1.-The Sultan of Sulu' will
remain at the Metropolitan the first
half Of the week.
The first dramatic event of the sea-
son at the Metropolitan will be the
engagement of Herbert Kelley and
Miss Effie Shannon in the dramatiza-
ton Of Conan Doyle's famous story,
"Sherlock Holiness" Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of this week. Mr.. KEEL
cey and Miss Shannon have been seen
here only in society plays, and their
advent in drama OF the Gillette type
will be awaited with great interest.
Mr.. Kelley has a, host of admirers In
this city, and his appearance in the
role of the famous detective will be
an event that, from motives of both
curiosity and admiration, will draw
crowds to the Metropolitan the latter
part Of this week.
In its offering Of "All on Account of
Eliza" the Grand this week treats it's
patrons to one of the best attractions
Witnessed at that play house since the
regular season opened. Bright, clean,
scintilating With wit and humorous
situations the play made a decided hit
last night and sent an audience of big
proportions home in good humor.
Built as it is on the trial and tribu-
Iations Of a pretty school teacher, who
is thorn in the side of lot of ma
licious feminine gossips, the story with
a phrase of ancient lineage for a title
furnishes excellent material for a
comedy and this the author has treated
DELIGHTFULLY."- and humorously It's three
acts are bright to a degree and por-
tray without an exaggeration the con-
Aict that generally results between a
city-broke school marin" and her
natural enemy, the village dame.
While not presented by the cast that
made 1t one of the comedy successes of
the East when presented at Garrick's
about two years ago, the company that
cave it last night is in every way ac-
neutrality-suspicious. none more SO than
Miss Stella M. Kenny, who is Eliza
beth Garter, the school teacher of the
story.
Internationally pretty and agreeably
winsome, the burden Of the story re-
ceiyes through her work such ingen-