The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-06

nth saturday, Wnen Mr.. Gherardl
NJ IN lake the tenor role al the matinee
MI. COMBS will sing all the Plunketts
anu MI. Carrier ali the Sir Tristans.
Next Sunday evening Frank L. Per-
icy comedians will open for brief
engagement of four nights and
w eoiesuay matinee at the Metropoli-
tan opera house in the musical comedy
success, The Chaperons"
FolIoW1ng are few of the lines from
OF bhiSggy FROM Paris that are causing
CHiGdgo people to laugh:
II never knew a man that liked his
wife's singing. -i-'
fro, "A wi wise girl never keeps anything
innocent 'o"iis anu
We're not using rnusio. 4I,; = . ;
opera Ills 10 d ooiiiic
Every man that hasn't daughter
knows just how to manage one
A glrI never falls in love with a dozen;
lhere'S always one
when make love to You they'll have
10 use asbestos scenery
rms is the proud country in which all
IL True artists make the money they spend
90" Peggy's. pet snake has swallowed the
$zo.oo0 necklace given her by the king of
A naGysSa Ia i hope it doesn't get in the
when Lutte Plummer returns from the
GaIeSCurg conservatory and appears at the
iAiNACA LICK musicale with new song
her rather remarks dryly:
oo,,ia nidn care much for the tune and/I
coulont catch the words, but the rest
OF 1t was all right"
In answer to the request of the man
agement for suggestions. several letters
nave been received a the Broadway thea
Ter setting forth what sort of girl should
represent New York in the song of the
cities IN The Prince of Pilsen." A me-
dunn sized brunette, who holds her skirts
in If har md
takes steps across the stage five feet
apart is the suggestion of one man.
Another keen observer of metropolitan
lie says emphatically that she should be
a tail blonde and wear the most eXpen-
SIve gowns the management can afford"
ms !. letter led Mr., Savage to exclaim:
"A Daniel! Still another man says that
the New York girl should be tall. with
brown hair and blue eyes-the hair could
be arranged for easily-and should be
Gibson girl But did any one ever see
Gibson girl in real life? Why does not
Mr. Savage, as an easy solution of the
problem. f1atter the audience by securing
the best looking girl he can find? The
hkeliest field of search may be Brooklyn.
William Gillette and Maude Adams are
to star together in this country next sea
son in the new James NJ. Barrie produc
ton, The Admirable Crichton." accord
ing to advices received by representatives
of Charles Frohman yesterday. Mana
ger Frohman himself cabled that he had
obtain the American rights to the play
from the author and had already closed
with Gillette to appear in the title role.
1t is practically assured that Miss Adams
will appear as co-star in the play.
The drama is now in the sixth month of
a successful run in London and Miss AdI
ans witnessed the performance several
times The title role is one particularly
adapted to Gillette and should afford him
an opportunity to eclipse the sensation he
The story Of the play deals with the
adventures of a family of noble birth
sShipwrecked on a desert island. Their
Friday. or as the author chooses to call
him. Crichton. So admirable is his man
agement of the demoralized family that
he wins the love of a Miranda in the per
son of a fair daughter of the family. This
part is said to be as well adapted to Miss
Adams as the other is to Gillette.
Conditions at the theaters during the
last. week have clearly demonstrated that
Lent is no longer a period to be greatly
feared by, theatrical managers. says the
New York World. Close observation
Indicates that the falling off in attendance
at plays now current is considerably less
than 10 per cent.
is that the musical comedies and bur-
lesques have been affected less than the
serious plays. On four nights last week
: 1T was impossible to obtain a seat after
8 o'clock in any theater on Broadway
in which a musical play held the stage.
A purely Lenten comedy. which has
1Ound FAVOR on account OF It's Seml-fe-
ligious atmosphere and its literary polish
is The Bishops Move" in which William
Fl. Thompson is starring at the Manhat-
tan theater 1t is the general impression
that it will be replaced on March 80 by
The Earl of Pawtucket"
Most serious among the current dramas
are The Darling of the Gods" with
Blanche Bates as Yo San. at the Belasco
theater, and Resurrection" with Blanche
Walsh as Maslova, at the Victoria the
alter. Both are extremely prosperous.
Another serious drama was Ibsens
Ghosts" acted by Mary Shaw and the
Fawcett company, which went out of the
Osborn playhouse last night.