The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-16
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"At Coy c0rners,0 at the MetropoIitan.

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| An. unpretentious, entertaining little
comedy drama, appropriately entitled
AT Cozy Corners" was presented at
the Metropolitan last night. 1t might
with equal propriety have been chris
| tened 1.-THE Broken Violin
The play serves Miss Adelaide
Thurston as vehicle in which to dis
| play her histrionic accomplishments.
/ Keeping this fact in view 1t must be
| admitted that 1t fulflls it's purpose in
a satisfactory manner 1t is the result
| OF the collaboration of Pauline Phelps
and Marion Short. The result of their
! work is simple wholesome story Of
4 loVe ana marriage, misunderstanding
after marriage and final reconciliation.
such stories never grow old.
The fair dramatists are at their best
IN depicting the scenes of connubial
| Dllss between the young minister and
MS pretty Wife, which impart a sweet
| flavor to the second act and heaven the
| close OF the final act. They also attain
| a dramatic climaX-the only stirring
| scene in the play-in the church scene,
In which the clerical husband in a
frenzy Of religious jealousy, smashes
| his W1fe's precious violin to Slnithereens
| and at the same instant comes danger
! ously near snuffing out her love for
| him. This scene saves the play from
| innocuOus desuetude
Lack Of craft is shown in the at
tempts to afford comedy relief" Four
| persons are lugged in for this purpose,
| two of whom are amusing-a skinf1int
| church deacon and an old maid sur
! charged with asperity-and a country
| lout and g1ggling girl who are utterly
! impossible and therefore not to be toll
/ Grated. am afraid the aforesaid fair
dramatists were thinking Of Audrey
and William in "tAs You Like It." when
| they invented these two creatures.
| They are familiar creatures-to regular
theater-goers. for their like is never
seen except upon the stage.
But to return to the star. The play
| is "all for her" and as such is pleas
| ing, forsooth, because she is sweet,
| dainty, sympathetic and unaffected. 1t
| affords Miss Thurston frequent oppor-
| tunities to display her best qualities as
/ an actress. In no sense an artist Of
/ subtle fineSSeEnor the poSsesSor Of rare
| hiStrionic genius, she is nevertheless
most agreeable, easy, spontaneous
| actress. Though petite, she is not
| without womanIy dignity and repose.
/
an elocutionist. A large endowment OF
! common sense seems to inspire her
| speech and action. She is most happy
| in exhibiting those playful connubiali-
| ties that make the old maid sick, but
| fairly delight the audience. In the one
| dramatic situation, when the minister's
| wife resents his iconoclastic destruc-
1 ton Of her Stradivarius violin, Miss
| ThurSton manifested unexpected
| spirit. The essence Of refinement clings
| to her personality Her limitations
are physical. She incites interest,
rather than compels admiration.
To Francis X. Hope is allotted the
! role of the young-one is tempted to
| say the little-minister for Mr. Hope
is not many inches taller than Miss
| Thurston. Mr.. Hope is an intelligent
actor, whose features and general per-
sonality are adapted to the role. I'm
| fortunately, the minister's assumption
that his wife is about to leave his
! house to return to her violin and the
| concert stage seems a violent one.
| This is the fault Of the play itself,
! which is hazy in it's development of
the villains plot. In consequence, the
1 minister's subsequent behavior ap
/ pears unjustified.
| The two eccentric character that
make GOOD are Deacon Pettibone,
! the stingieSt man in Cozy Corners, and
! Amanda, the old maid, who works out
| for accommodation" They are clev-
| erly unprecedented by Leo Hardman
/ and Constance Glover.
! The names Of those who played the
| impossible boy and girl will not be
divulged here. Fred G. Hunt.
Daniel Sully will present his latest
play, "The Old Mill Stream" at the
! Metropolitan next week, beginning
| Sunday night
/ Charles Hanford, in Shakespearean
| repertoire, will be the attraction at the
| Metropolitan during the latter half Of
next week. Mr.. Hanford will present
THE Tanning of the Shrew" and Much
Ado About Nothing"
Only three more opportunities re-
| main to witness "The Royal LilIipu-
| tians," whose engagement at the Grand
| will close with tomorrow's matinee and
! evening performance.
BeIasco's stirring war drama, Heart
| Of Maryland" will be next weeks at
traction at the Grand, with Miss Alma
! Kruger as Maryland Calvert.
The usual ladies' matinee will be
| given today at the Star. This week
| ly event has become very popular and
| the clever vaudeville bill offered this
| week should serve to attract shopping
| women. The performance is full Of
| good things and the burlesque offered
| by the London Burlesquers is quite in
keeping with the other features.
"Ten Nights in a Barroom."
The Cosmopolitan Dramatic compa-
| ny very creditably presented the five
act drama, Ten Nights in a Bar
| ROOM" at Mozart hall last evening be-
fore a fair sized house.
The players are all local people and
amateurs, but judging from the man
| ner in which the drama was presented,
it would be difficulty to distinguish
| from a performance by professionals.
Mrs. N F. Krag, who has had some
experience in the theatrical line be-
fore in the East, impersonated Mrs.
| Morgan most commercially. Frank
SoIars, in the character of Joe Nor
| gan, the inebriate. afterwards REFORM
ed drunkard, is well worthy of men
| ton.
In the character of little Mary Nor
gan, Miss Myrtle Leavitt exhibited I'M
mistakable talent. The role calls for