The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-22

house, after a long absence, and indi-
Gates that his powerful and brilliant
acting, In THE Bells" and waterloo"
was observed with admiration and re-
eeived with enthusiastic plaudits. Men,
ton Is also made of a banquet in his
honor, given at the town hall under the
direction OF ex-Mayor F. G. Admit and
other councillors and magistrates of
northampton, on each occasion adj
dresses were delivered, and the eminent
actor was the recipient of a walking
stick, made of a branch of a mulberry
tree, planted in Arlington Park by Da-
yiq Garrick in 1888
The Northampton Herald adds to it's
record these words of merited tribute:
Henry Irving's efforts have been
consistently and persistently devoted to
the elevation and Improvement of the
stage; and 1t is not too much to say
that 1t Is largely due to his magnificent
labors that the drama occupies PIN
nacle today it never reache before
The gracious act of "Victoria the
Good" in comforting the honor of
knighthood on the chief actor of the
day, was hailed with a chorus of ap-
prevail throughout the land, and the
hope was general that he might live
long to grace the art of which he is
so distinguished an ornament"
books, four of the biggest song hits to-
day in opera or musical comedy are
THE Song Of the Sea Shells in the
Prince of Pilsen,' Tale Of the Bundle
Bee" in king Dodo," Since I First
Met YOU in The Sultan of Sulu,' and
Lii Like You in George AIDES new
opera, Peggy from Paris" All these
are in productions owned and directed
by Henry w. Savage.
Pixley and Luders, who wrote
king Dodo" and 1.-The Prince of Pill
sen," received $4,000 last year from
THE Bundle Bee" song alone, without
counting their royalties from the ope-
ras. What revenue George AIDE de-
rtves from the song hits in "The Sultan
of Sulu' and Peggy from Paris" has
not been given out, but 1t is reported
that the author of FABLES in Slang
now has an income of $4,000 q year.
If the authors under contract with
Manager Savage are coming money at
such rate. it would be interesting to
know the fmpresario's profits on his
numerous enterprises.
Mr.. Charles Hawtrey the English
actor, believes in what may be termed
the liberty Of the audience"-that is,
the liberty of the audience to come
and go according to the dictates Of it's
own sweet will.
Regarding that matter he said,
after the first performance in Baltimore
OF "A Message from Mars Il like the
American audience better than the
English one. The English audience
generally arrives at 10 o'clock, and, see
ing only the last part of the play, pro-
nounce 1t rubbish. But do not think
the actor has any right to complain.
The people pay for their entertainment
and If they only take part Of it that
tS q ic hn ~ ho
persons in the audience who do not like
the late arrivals to take the initiative.
and, they could do much toward break
ing up the practice.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell has begun her
Western tour. It will undoubtedly be
the longest and most comprehensive
ever made by foreign actor in this
country. 1t will include all the princi-
pay cities between Chicago and San
Francisco. half a dozen Of the leading
cities Of California, then to the North
west, taking in Portland, Vancouver,
British Columbia Tacoma, Seattle
then over the Northern Pacific route,
playing the chief towns up to I.Iinne-
apolis and st. Paul. From there a long
jump will be made to New York state,
where she will play a half dozen of
the more important interior cities. Her
engagement in this city will take place
at the Metropolitan Opera house, be-
ginning Thursday, May a..
At the Chestnut Street Opera house.
last Monday night. Mr.. E. S. Willard
presented Mr.. Louis N. Parker's Eng
fish version of the French comedy of
La Chatelaine," by Mr.. Alfred Capus.
Mr.. Willard has named this play 1.-THE
Optimist," for the reason that optimism
is the essential quality of Its principal
male character, Andre Jossan-who
never yields to anything but happi-
ness" The French original was pro
duced at the Theater de Renaissance,
in Paris, in October, 1902, with Lucien
Guitry as Andre Jossan and Nine Jane
Hading as Therese de Rives-the Chat
elaine-and it was hailed by the Paris
ian press andepublic as q dramatic tri-
umph. 1t Is strong in its picture of
manners, various with detail, brilliant
! in dialogue, charming In spirit, and it
enjoys the somewhat exceptional dis
t1nction Of being clean, healthful and
refined. Mr.. Parker has preserved, in
English adapta ton, all the charm of
the French original. Andre Jossan is
| played by Mr.. Willard, and Therese
de Rives is played by Alive Lonnon.
Resurrection" the drama founded
on Tolstoy's novel, received it's initial
presentation in New York city last
Tuesday night, Blanche Walsh and Jo-
seph Haworth playing the leading
roles.
Willie Winter, the dean of all dra-
matte critics, scores the drama in
scathing language. He says of it in
the New York Tribune:
1T is all inflated bombast, dirty and
dreary, and it has no other effect ex-