The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-11

ton of two or three of the early poems
of John Hay, now q member Of Presi-
dent Rooseyelt's cabinet. AS counter
plots to the story of the Mississippi
engineer who. when his steamboat
caught fire, ran her aground at the
loss of his own life, in order to insure
the safety Of the passengers, the cpl
sodes of Mr.. Hays Little Breeches''
and ''Banty Tim have been made use
of by the damatist, and the whole
mixture turns out to be exceedingly
interesting and highly dramatic. The
leading scenic episodes of "Jim Bud
so" are a steamboat race on the Mis-
sissippi and the bursting of the levee
by the swollen waters of that majestic
stream, causing a disastrous flood and
furnishing opportunities for intrepid
acts on the part of the hero. 1t is per-
haps quite superf1uous to say that Mr..
Hilliard, in the pivotal character Of
this play, affords a sturdy picture of
Virile, courageous manhood. There is
no doubling the depth Of the impress
sion he has made or the favor with
which the entire performance has beeu
received by the public. Jim Bludso"
will have an extended and prosperous
run in New York.
BeIasco's Next.
David Belasco is hard at work MAX
ing ready for the presentation Of a
play to be called Five Little Pill
grins," dramatization by Martha
Morton Of the novel named "The Truth
Tellers." Considerable mystery is
maintained regarding the date OF. this
! production, some persons insisting that
while others rather strongly intimate
that the event will take place before
great while at the Victoria theater,
where 1.-THE Eternal City" with Viola
Allen as the main individual attrac-
ton, is not fulfilling the anticipations
| of its most sanguine admirers. The
| Belasco play was originally purchased
| from Miss Morton by Fred Berger, who
used to manage the tours of the late
| Sol Smith Russell, and who intended
| to present it eXperimentally at his La
! fayette Square theater in Washington
Mr.. Berger's stage manager, after read
! ing the manuscript thought he could
! improve upon it, and proceeded to
! make a number of alterations which
may or may not have enhanced it's
| value. At any rate, when the work
was finally placed before the public
! it scored a decided success, and the
| stage manager conceived the idea that
| he was wholly responsible for this
! state of thingS.-So he set up a claim
! to the rights in it, and tried to dis
| pose of them, but could not find an
! opening. Meanwhile MIR. Berger trans
/ ferred his ownership to Mr.. BelaSco,
who, it is supposed, has done some re-
modelling on his own account He will
dress The Five Little Pilgrims with
! the same elaboration that has marked
his equipment of 'Du Barry "Zaza''
| and ""The Darling of the Gods" and
already has engaged some of the best
! Juvenile actresses in this country for
| the principal characters.
! Meanwhile the other Belasco enter
| prises are going On 3wimmfngfy. At
| his own theater Miss Bates, in The.
Darling of the Gods" is turning away
large numbers of people at every per-
] Torrance. and in Boston the large
hHollis Street theater is damned almost
| to suffocation every time Mrs. Carter
appears in "Du Barry" While David
Warfield, with his unique characteri-
cation of an East side Hebrew auc
| tioneer, is entertaining large audi
ences "on the road
The season of souvenir perform
! ances in New York is beginning. s.rTha
! Silver Slipper is approaching its one
/ hundredth repetition at the Broadwav
theater, When suitable gifts designe1
1 TO commemorate the occasion viii he
distributed among the members of t7a
audience. This musical work is havS
ing wholly extraordinary rIn
Last week the receipts were
! IN round figures $4,000, a fact