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


''The songs that I sing are just little
songs" explained Mrs. Carrie Jacobs
Bond, at the beginning of the pro-
gramme which she presented at" the
Odeon last night. She said it after
she had played Chimney Swallows"
on the piano and after she had recited
''Tallzin' Bout Little Things, so that
if the remark were made by way of
apology her audience already knew
that it was not necessary to accept it
as such.
Miniatures are little things, yet they
may be exquisite, and there was a
suggestion of dainty miniature work
about every number that Mrs. Bond
presented last night. This talented
woman does many things and does
them all not only extremely well but
after fashion that is entirely alone.
She is not a great composer, yet her
tone pictures touch the heart; she is
not a great poet, but the rhymes she
has written bring smiles and tears;
she is not a great singer, but the ten
der cadence of her sweet deep voice
Stirs the emotions.
Mrs. Bond is a slender woman, rath-
er above medium height and she has a
most gracious personality that wins
her audience instantly Her pro-
gramme last night was made up Of
half dozen recitations, a number of
songs and a tone picture for the piano,
Chimney Swallows" Whether stand
ing before her audience with her hands
clasped loosely behind her back and
reciting one of her character sketches,
or seated at the piano singing one of
her sad or gay little songs, she made
picture that held the close atten-
ton of everyone in the hall.
1t is difficult to analyze Mrs.
Bonds work-it seems so much a part
of herself. Indeed, it is herself. She
appears to have sympathies deep
enough to keep her closely in touch
with the work-a-day world, and the
pathos and humor Of 1t all she in
terprets in her compositions.
AS she herself says, they are "little
things" but they are exquisite in
their way, and the fair-sized audience
that heard the programme last night
enjoyed every bit of it.
Mrs. Bond was brought to st. Paul
|. through the instrumentality of Mrs.
Jane Huntington Yale and Miss Har-
riet Hale.
A matinee today at 2:3O and a per-
Torrance tonight will close a most
successful engagement of "The Prince
Of Pilsen" at the Metropolitan.
Commencing tomorrow night Lew
Dockstader and his minstrel COM
pany will be the attraction at the Met
ropolitan for three nights and Sat
urday matinee.
Clay Clement in his own pleasing
comedy, THE New Dominion" will
play one performance at the Metropol-
itan next Sunday evening.
The engagement of Miss Lulu
CHASER in Dolly Warden" at the Met
ropolitan will begin Sunday evening.
1t is promised that Dolly Warden
will be found to be an entirely diff
ferent sort of musical play from the
ordinary musical comedy, inasmuch
as it lays claim to being a comic
opera. ~
There will be a matinee today at the
Grand of BARLEY CampbelPs Southern
drama 1.-THE White Slave"
B. C. Whitney's production of Rice's
1.-THE Show Girl. will be seen at the
Grand next week The piece is said
to be brimful of jolly music, hilarious
fun and comic situations. Stella May
hew and Sam Mylie are the principal
fun makers.
The performance given by the Ken
lucky Bellies at the Star is drawing
large audiences on it's merits. 1t is a
good bill with plenty of variety and
the comedy and burlesque features are
we'll staged and cleverly Interpreted