The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-04


Monday evening for a single weeks
She was greeted with extraordinary
enthusiasm and 1t was noticeable that
very considerable portion of her audi
ence came to the theater from the aris-
tocratic sections of the town in their
own private equipages. It is an odd
fact about the playhouse in question
that, while it is conducted upon a
strictly pcpular-pri basis, it's better
attractions command the patronage of
the very best people in New York. as
well as those who would naturally be
expected to go to entertainments pro-
Videds at reduced rates of admission.
This was Miss Glaser's first appearance
in Dolly Warden" before our commune
ty away from Broadway, and the fact
that her previous run had been broken
in upon by Illness long before it's natu-
raj conclusion has undoubtedly helped
to promote the immense crowds she is
drawing at present. She Appeals to
be In even better health and spirits
than when she first came here with
Dolly Warden, and her vivid acting
and brilliant singing are rapturously
applauded at each Performance.
The abrupt departure of Nine. Mai
de VillierS from the cast of 1.-THE Sill
Yer Slipper" at the Broadway theater,
where she. had been appearing in the
role of the Queen of Venus since the
opening night, has been the occasion
of great deal of gossip, some of it
quite acrimonious. Nine. de Villiers
has written to the newspapers that she
was i'll on the night of her abrupt with
drawal, and that Mr.. Fisher, the man
ager, insisted she should go on or leave
permanently. Mr.. Fisher, on the other
hand, remarks that he positively re-
To :. L. L. -
IN the cast at the time in question
and took advantage of the situation to
cancel her contract. Her place has now
been taken by Miss Eleanor Kent, and
the change, like the others, of which
mention has been made heretofore, is
very much to the benefit of the per-
Torrance. 1.-THE Silver Slipper mean
while runs on smoothly and briskly to
exceedingly large audiences, and there
is not the slightest indication of a fall
Ing off for long time to come.
japanese Play a Sensation.
The really big sensation of New York
IN the amusement line remains 1.-The
Darling of the Gods" the Japanese
play produced by David Belasco at
his own playhouse some weeks ago.
The ticket rack at the BeIasco theater
is In constant state Of exhaustion.
for no sooner is the sale announced for
an additional week in advance than the
seats are snapped up in an incredibly
short space, and the treasurer finds
himself once more to take I'D the dull
routine Of assuring the practically un-
broken line of applicants that he can
do nothing for them. The BeIasco
prosperity, however, is by no means
confined to this particular, spot, for
Mrs. Leslie Carter in 'sDu Barry" has
been making new precedents in the
matter of receipts in Boston. Even
during the week before. Christmas
quite the dullest period of the theatre
cal year-the statements of her bust
ness received every morning here in
New York showed that she was run
ming along to receipts amounting to
$4,000 a performance-tIat is to say,
all the money the theater could pos
sibly hold. Then, too, David Warfield,
in "The Auctioneer" has everywhere
been repeating his very large success
of last year, and all told, Mr.. Belasco
will enter upon the new year without
any misgivings for the future.
Julia Marlowe's contract with the
manager Of the Criterion theater calls
upon her to produce two new plays,
II necessary, during her current season
at that establishment, but there doesn't
seem to be the remoStest likelihood Of
such an outcome 1.-THE Cavalier"
dramatized from George w. Cables
novel of that name, has served to dup
Hcate the hit recorded last season,
when Miss Marlowe played when
Knighthood Was in Flower" and it
seems probable that the New York
public will be focking to the Criterion