The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Crowded
houses continue to be the rule at the
tour Broadway playhouses where mu-
steal comedies hold sway. The nauti-
cal musical extravaganza, "The De-
FENDER" is still housed at the Herald
Square theater. 1.-THE Defender" is a
merry connection of comedy, satire and
music, Iavishly staged by A. H. Cham
berlaln, whose skill in stage craft has
invariably made notable successes Of
his productions. Although the piece was
introduced, In it's bid for theatrical
prominence, on the hottest night of the
season, the audience completely filed
the house, and up to the present time,
at every performance the entire seat
ing capacity of the theater has been
sold. The book travesties characters
that were prominent in the last inter-
national cup race and also contains a
rich vein of comics. The music is Of
the variety termed catchy with a
few pretentious numbers in the score,
that have received great praise. The
principals of the cast incl1de, Miss
Faula Edwards, Blanche Ring, Emma
Carus, SandolM illiken, Edith EIdridge,
Maym Kelso, Alexander Clark, Harry
Davenport. Richie Ling, Charles Wayne
and Gordon Tompkins. The stage set
t1ngs are particularly elaborate and
the costuming effectively and gor-
geously done.
Finishes Ninth Week.
"a Chinese Honeymoon" has finished
It's ninth big week at the Casino and is
going along merrily to receipts which
few OF even the most p%retentious pro-
auctions can approach in the regular
theatrlcal season. Musical comedies
ana comic operas at this pretty home
OF that class of productions have been
overhauled and beaten to a finish both
financially and artistically by "a Chi
nese honeymoon" 1t is funnier and
more tuneful than anything seen on
in many years and it has
never been approached for beauty Of
costumes and scenic environment. In
addltlon to these much appreciated
features, Messrs. Sam S.. Shubert and
Nixon q Zimmerman have provided in
Mr.. Thomas Q. ~Seabrooke, Miss Adele
Richie, Mr.. Edwin Stevens, Mr.. Van
Rensselear Wheeler, Mr.. William Fru-
cite, Mr.. William Burress, Miss Amelia
/ stone, Miss Aimee Angeles, Mrs. Annie
Yeamans, Miss Nella Webb and Miss
Edith Barr a cast of principals far
ahead OF any which have been in the
employ of one management at one
time for one production. The aug
mented orchestra and splendid chorus
OF pretty and blithesome girls also add
considerable to the righteousness of
the show,
EaTI--
The Wild Rose" management at the
kn1ckerbOcker theater seem to be sin
cere the motto they have adopted,
namely, Fresh Every Week. as not a
single week passes but what some
thing new of interest is added to the
| already bright performances. On Mon
day evening recently Master Archie
Guerin and Miss Florence EVELYN Mes
DIT were heard in a new waltz duly en-
titled You NOW Sweetheart, You
! Know" and another important event
was an ensemble number written and
! composed especially for '"The Wild
Rose by Mr.. Fred Solomon, in which
Miss Madge Morston sang the solo and
the twelve picture girls assisted. The
nam OF this number is Bellies of the
Opera Bouffe." Judging from the re-
hearsals which have been in ogre
for the last ten days of this new fea-
ture, it promises to be a most sensa-
1OAAo1 oAAO 0A1 SAplO1ldllOu. new
costumes have been provided for the
participants. Of course all Of the 9TH
er popular songs of the piece still OBJ
tain, and Nancy Brown" by Marie
Cahill, "They Were All Doing the
Same" by Eddie Foy, Irene Bentley's
Gypsy Maid" and Al Harris "Sing a
Little Tenor, Sing a Little Barytone,
Also a Little Bit of Bass" are received
as enthusiastically as ever.
"SaIIy in Our Alley"
First Of the shut theaters to open
will be the Academy of Music, on Aug.
6, with Quincy Adams Sawyer" fol-
lowed by the Third Avenue on the 10th
with Gypsy jack and the Broad
way on the 18th with sally in Our Al
ley"
"The Chaperons'' continues to draw
exceptionally large crowds to the roof
of the New York theater and is I'M
doubtedly proving itself to be one of
the biggest attraction that the sea-
son has brought us. The constant in
PRODUCTION of new songs and other
novelties makes it perennially fresh to
those who have enjoyed the tuneful
opera before and it is quite a common
thing for people to go again and again
to this lively and stirring musical sue
cess.
Heading a strong bill at Keith's
Union Square theater is the James o.
BarroWS-John Lancaster company, in
their one-act comedy Tactics" This
sketch a made a great hit in vaude-
vile and gives Mr.. Barrews splendid
opportunities for the quiet comedy
that has made him famous. Zeno, Carl
and Zeno, an European acrobatic act.