The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-19
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sally in Our Alley another of the
george w. Lederer musical ''gaieties."
VIII appear at the Metropolitan tonight
ana the rest of the week. Sally is a
New York girl of today, who lives on
the East Side, or poorer section of
Gotnam. She is pretty, vivacious and
unconventional, and has, somehow,
peen given the nickname from which
the piece takes it's title. Her father,
1zzy, keeps shop where you can buy
and sell anything and everything, and
In and out of which place troop the
various characters from the Bowery, or
Fifth avenue. who are concerned in the
plot, and incidentally add plenty Of
Local color" to the stage scenes. In
this particular place the fashionable
contingent, headed by Mrs. Marigold,
OF tine smart. set" are after green
SILK dress which Mrs. Marigold gave
10 her maid; who sold it to the second
hand dealer, who in turn gave it to his
pretty daughter, Sally, as a present.
In the pocket are some love letters
which the amorous and usually dis
Greet matron would not have anyone
read Tor the world. George V. Hobart
Is the humorist who wrote the book,
ana Ludwig Englander's sprightly mu-
sic has furnished the tunes. There are
two acts and ever so many scenes, one
being fashionable Fifth avenue draw
tlfu! chorus girls to display their fam
liy heirlooms in the way Of diamond
tlaras and ropes of pearls. There are
over 100 people in the case, the most
prominent being JUNE McCree, Rich
ard F. Carroll. George Schiller, Frank
harrington. Harry Fairleigh, Trixie
Fr1ganza, Margaret Marston, Gather
Inc Lewis, Caroline Heustis and Tessie
Mooney. a
One Of the bright ideas in the libret-
to of Miss Simplicity" the new OPP
reatic comedy in which Frank Daniels
Is to come to the Metropolitan Sunday
night, Is burlesque on the Zenda-
ike kingdom that has been so useful
during the past two or three years for
writer's of romantic novels. During
the progress of the story Daniels, who
hrst appears as valet to the young
king of the pocket edition kingdom be-
comes for time the temporary ruler
of the place himself The troubles that
he has to sustain the dignity, the
amourS, the fntrigues and the conspir-
acies that are supposed to make up the
pl1fe of the average well regulated mon
arch are the principal ingredients in
the mixture Of fun that the comedian
offers his audiences. The Daniels en-
gagement is for four nights, with a
special holiday matinee Monday after
AAOOAA' 1AO Scd1S VI SGdlS opens to-day
The entertainment provided by the
Orpheum show at the Grand is suff1-
GENTLY varied in character to please all
tastes. Mcintyre and Heath's sketch,
The Georgia Minstrels,'' is as amusing
as ever. Nat M. Wills contributes a
funny tramp impersonation, and Gel.
litfs exhibition of trained monkeys is
highly diverttng. The other specialties
are all meritOriOuS
Next weeks attraction at the Grand
will be the Southern drama, "At the
Old Cross Roads," which Manager Ar
thur G. Aston presented at this the
alter last season. Miss Esther Williams
still plays the leading female role.
At the Star tomorrow afternoon the
usual ladies' matinee will be given,
and Manager Singer looks for very
large attendance Of women. The fair
sex is beginning to appreciate the ex-
cellence Of the entertainment offered at
the Star, and last Friday was an indi-
cation Of the imminent probability Of
turning the house over to women one
day in the week. The Brigadiers are
giving a show that is increasing in
popularity. a