The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-12
At St. Paul Theaters
"QuEEN OF THE HIGHWAY AT
THE GRAND.

Melodramas infinitely more offensive
than Queen of the Highway have
"fretted their hours upon the stage of
with lines that would make a horse
sick with alleged comedy that would
make the angels weep" have been not
only tolerated at this playhouse, but
cheered from pit to dome.
Queen of the Highway when you
come to consider it's James H. Wal
lick stamp, passes muster as melo-
drama, we'll adapted to a popular price
theater. It's author is doubtless pro-
life enough to turn out another that
will do equally strenuous duty next
season.
No attempt to unfold the plot and
spoil the surprises of the drama will
be made here. Suffice it to say that
the plot is of triple-ply character,
requiring four acts and twice as many
scenes to explicate Meanwhile inter-
est is constantly sustained.
This is because the central figure is
| a highwayman of the feminine gender,
paradoxfcal as this may sound. 1t is
I also because the female knight of the
road happens to be impersonated by a
woman with an interesting person.
y-magnetism-some call this pow
er to rivet the eye.
| Charlotte Severson is her name on
the bill. Miss Severson is not gifted
with voice attuned to express the
| tragic muse, but nature has favored
| her with 1.-the and graceful figure, a
! fine carriage and expressive and pleas
| ing features. Though impersonating
an essentially ungrateful role, neceS-
sarily semi-masculine in it's character,
| Miss SeverSon imparts sympathetic
/ quality to the portrayal that preserves
the woman. In a worthier role she
! should achieve worthier things.
| To the credit of this melodrama, be
| 1T said, its impossibilities are not so
| glazing and laughable as they too
| often are in plays of this ilk, it's COM
| edy, mainly supplied by ubiquitous
| Hebrew, who is thrust into about
| every scene, is fairly excusable, and
| the speeches are not long.
The company is adequate in the
main. The characters of this melo-
| drama possess some individual colors
| primary though they be. Joseph Kill
day in the role of Oscar Lilly, the gov
| eminent detective, whose wife is the
| bandit queen, and Frank Kilday, as
Mat Rowley, the cause of all the
| trouble, merit special mention for their
| impersations.
Some real wolves, a gigantic mastiff
and an intelligent horse behave in a
| AliOoI tdlC anu COtlSGINdtlN6
| manner. F. G. H.
! Joseph Jefferson will begin a limited
| engagement of three nights and e
matinee at the Metropolitan, tonight
| Mr.. Jefferson is the foremost figure OF
| the time on the American stage, his
| record of successful achievement COW
ering a period of nearly fifty years
Over forty Of these have been passed
with rip Van Winkle," the vagabonG
hero of Washington Irvings delight
full romance. Mr. Jefferson will ap.
pear as Rip tonight and at the Wed
nesday matinee. Tuesday and Wed
nesday evenings he will appear as Bot
Acres in THE Rivals"
l"The Bowery Burlesquers" at the Star
From overture to finale and from
handsome leading woman to the las
| girl ina the chorus this entertainment
and the competent cast are entitled t.
unstinted praise. There is mirth and
much good music every minute of the
performance. The comedy is of the
kind that an intelligent person neeC
not be ashamed to laugh at. TIL,
slapstick is on the shelf for the weel
and wit is working.
There are not three better come.
Watson, Bickel and Wrothe, and it |!
sad news to the Empire circuit tina
this is their last season at the Star
They are clever trio and their popu
larity was evident yesterday when they
| were greeted with hearty applause up.
on their appearance.
The entertainment is in three act
and is called con the Yu-Con." TIL,
scene plot is sufficient for what con
iT1I1i icf 70 h. F1I.
first act is in railroad station tn,
second on a ship and the third In tn,
KIondike. Everything in the piece /.
original with the exception, Of course
of few of the songs, and the latter ar,
Of the variety that have not been done
to death.
Two new and clean cut faces belong t,
the Warsaw brothers, who do a musi
cal turn which is uncommonly clever
| They are a valuable addition to tn,
cast and perform their parts with com
mendable spirit. Another part con
| vincing1y performed is that of Klon
dixie Charlie by Mark Bennett.
The feminine side of the company il
also much more capable than the av
erage. Lizzie Freligh, the leading
| woman, Jennie LIE Beau and Netti,
Nelson are pretty and clever and pos
sess good voices. The chorus 1.
spIendidly dressed in costumes that ar,
| artistic and models of good taste
| Noteworthy musical numbers are {
spirited song, 1.-The Man in the Over.
alls." sung by Erne Warsaw and the
| chorus; MY Creole Babe" pretty
lullaby song by Jennie LIE Beau, mo
toriety." by Miss FreIigh, and sadie,
by Miss Nelson. A sidesplitting stun
| is the comedy bands rendition O.
| "Hiawatha."
Individually and collectively tn,
company Is quite the most capable o.
the present season to date