The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
THE THEATERS

will bring forty or more people, and an
elaborate scenic investiture. p. - F.
The Price Of Honor is among the
early Bijou attractions. 1t tells a clean
cut story Of love, intrigue, devotion. char
ity, justice and childish pathos that never
Tails OF effect and impressiveness. The
various scenes are laid in New York and
contriye to show some of the great city's
historical spots
ACROSS the Pacific" the beautiful
scenic comedy drama Of recent war times
is scheduled for an early visit. The pon-
ular little comedian, Harry CLAY Blanev
known In the play as Willie Live, an up-
to-date newspaper correspondent, is the
central figure
Some OF the early attractions are "Sky
FARM which played for a long time at
McV1cker's theater, Chicago; Ward g.
Vokes In their new play called 1.-THE Two
Plnks'; 1.-The Two Little Waits" a new
melodrama, the best of rural pieces. isis
Hopkins y; Eugenia Blair in 'Zaza":
Shore Acres" and 1.-THE White Slave"
Lyceum-"The Private Secretary"
Opening tomorrow evening at the Ly-.
ceum the Ferris Stock company will open
their fifty-first week in the ever funny
comedy, "The Private Secretary" The
author, William Gillette, lis one of the
greatest writer's Of the American stage
Among his most popular successes are
the great war plays Held by the En-
envy, and Secret Service" Among the
daintiest plays by this author will be re-
membered THE Professor
The Private Secretary" as presented
by such talented array of high class art
lists as compose the Ferris company
should take on additional zattractiveness
The story Is highly amusing. Douglas
Cattermole 1s scrapegrace hopelessly in
debt and perpetually followed around by
his creditors. Gibson, a tailor, one of
the most persistent, has aspirations to
enter society. He knows that young Cat
| termole can get him into the desired realm
and agrees to receipt his bill in full in ex-
change for Cattermole's agreement to in
produce him into his social SET Harry
Marsland, chuln Of the young scrape-
grace visits him at his lodgings, and in
vltes him to his uncle's in the suburbs Of
London. Young Cattermole says 1t is i'm
| possible for him to leave London as his
creditors are Watching his every move. So
the new private secretary whom young
Marshland Is about to take down to his
fathers house Is left in charge of Satter-
'moles lodgings, while the latter, dis
gu1sed as the secretary makes his escape,
Old Benson Cattermole a rich uncle I'M
expectedly puts In an appearance at his
nepheWs lodgings and mistakes the fawn-
eyed curate for his nephew whom he has
not seen $in many years, and out of this
mistake grows a veritable comedy of .er-
rors. Old Cattermole is a bluff and
hearty old chap who Is much irritated to
find his supposed nephew an absolute
mill sop, instead of the reckless, gall and
dashing youth he had pictured. He is SO
Ichagrined at the characteristics of the
| innocent curate that he is continually hid
ing him away in closets and cellars to
keep him out of sight.
| The cast Is unusually large and the
company Is well cast Joseph Totten is
to be the Reverend Robert Spaulding, the
/ private secretary Carl Smith will be
seen as young Cattermole; A. Byron eBas-
| ley will be seen as his uncle from India;
the part of Sydney Gibson, the tailor, will
be taken by George Gilmore; Burt Mccain
Will be seen as Mr.. Marshland, a country
gentleman; Ernest Fisher will be seen as
Harry Marshland, his nephew; C. T. Jack
son Will be seen as Mr.. Knox, a writ
server; Grace Hayward will interpret the
role OF Edith Marshland: Maisie Cecil will
be seen as Eva Webster, her friend; Lau-
rette Allen will be seen as Miss Ashford
a spiritualist; the part of Alice maid will
| be taken by Miss McRae.
For the following week Dick Ferris and
company will present the beautiful drama
Friends