The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-26
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4san Toy" at the metropolitan.

A. 10 10 ne regretted that Sucn
splendid musical and picture stage
work as San Thy" which was given
Its initial performance in ST. Paul last
night at the Metropolitan. has not book
IN keeping Withs its other merits. 1t
IS beautiful production, magnificent
~ costumed, and the score is tuneful
and appealing to- degree.
IL may be said for Mr.. Jones, the
composer, and Harry Greenbank and
ADRIAN ROSS, who contributed some of
the lyrics, that they have avoided the
Snares which tay5in wait for those who
attempt 10 engraft suggestion Of ORR
ehtallsm IN music on the English
STOCK. The lyrics in San Toy are
merely incidental the score of the piece
itself being full of things so essentially
good that one is inclined to lose sight
OF the eXtraneOus, though excellent, in
Temptations.
There are two acts in San Toy" the
nrst showing a street in Pynka Pong,
the second the interior Of the emper-
or's palace at Pekin. In the two
scenes there is plenty of opportunity
Tor the display of a magnificently bar
parlc feaSt in costumes. 1t is to be
uouDted II, on the American stage,
tnere mas been shown heretofore any
thlng approaching the richness and
beauty or the costumes in San Toy"
There is an exactitude Of detail that
Gus colorIng delights the eye 1t is at
once apparent that no expense has
Deen spared in putting on the produc-
t1on, and the laviShneSS of detail is
quite as captivating to the eye as the
rhythmic music is to the ear.
Aside from Miss Isabel Hall, who
sang San Toy" Mr.. Samuel Collins,
the Ii, and Mr.. Hobart Smock, the
Capt Bobby Preston, there are no peo-
pie IN the cast who stand out pre-
eminently.
Miss Hall sang San Toy with a
nerve and spirit altogether delightful
She has one Of those voices that ap-
peal to such an extent that one is in
cl1ned to forget some few technical
musical defects. She sings charming
ly, and acts with a dash and spirit that
would easily carry5a very much worse
part than that with which she is pro-
Vlded. Her rendition of I'm So Fond
or Little BIT Of Fun" and Somebody"
| was deliciousIy good.
Mr.. Smock a most effective singer,
gave Tommy Atkins with a spirit
that commented itself to the house to
such an extent as to produce acclaim
from the upper tiers of the theater, in
spite of the fact that it is by no means
gallery song.
Miss Nellte Lynch, obviously labor
Ing under the handicap of a cold that
affected her voice, sang 'Rhoda and
Her Pagoda" In a fashion to commend
an 1nSiStent encore
San Toy" is too full Of tuneful num-
bers and rhythmic music to leave any
room for complaint, and that in spite
of the fact that the book is dull in its
prose. Mr.. Collins, who has the fat
part of Lii, really has no funny lines,
| but his work so much appealed to the
house, particularly to the gallery, that
at one time the demonstrative ones
threatened to stop the performance of
| the piece unless he and Miss Lynch
| returned and sang their Pretty Little
| Chinee" over again.
George FOrtescue, who has not been
| seen in st. Paul for some years, and
his six little wives" contributed very
| largely to the completeness of the pro-
| duction.
"San Toy" is infinitely superior to
| other recent productions in musical
| comedy. MusicallY it is most appeal
| 1ngly clever, having the essential ele-
ments Of popularity and really good
music. The chorus Is correctly tune
full and we'll drilled; the women young,
pretty and fresh, and 9nost sumptuous-
| ly costumed.y Icy
| 1t is by all odds the best thing in
| musical comedy that has been given at
| the Metropolitan this season. and
| should attract large audiences during
It's stay, which terminates Wednesday
night.
"A Little Outcast" at the Grand.
Any one with a love for the sensa-
| donal can certainly get a run for his
| money at the Grand this week in "a
| Little OutCaSt" The attraction with
Anne Blancke as the central figure,
| opened the week at that playhouse
| last night, and to say that it Caught"
! is perhaps putting it mild
What CELERY filled to overf1owing
| and at times enthused to the point OF
! rOwdyism failed to commend. a lower
house equal in numbers filled in and
| between the two, the hero was cheer
| ed to the echo and the villains, three
| OF them, please, were smOthered be-
meath an avalanche of Kisses and
| noOts.
| The attraction runs largely to seem
sery, some of 1T very good, and offers
| IN the line of the sensational sufficient
| to construct several Of the ordinary
| kind Of melodramas. There is action
| at every turn and the climaxes finish
! with vigOr that sends the audience
into ectasies. robbery Of govern
| ment bonds, an attempted house burg
| larry and a fire in the New York har-
i Dor, with a daring rescue by Bob, the
| newsbOy, are the features.
Miss Anne Blancke, who is we'll
| known to local theater-gOers, is the
| life and salvation of "a Little Out
| cast" for as Bob, a newsboy, she re-
| vamps a line of work-that Of a 1uven-
| ile-in which she has always been
| success. Little, 1.-THE and with lots
| of life, she imparts to the interpreta-
| ton of the Juvenile a correctness that
| is in every way satisfying. She is
the life and spirit Of "a Little Out
cast" and as Bob, newsboy, and prod
uct Of the slums, she does much
to enhance the drawing qualities Of the
| attraction.
| The support is not the best in the
| world, but it will suffice. PERHAPS the
| best is John T. Nicholson, who as
| Paul Weston, gives an adequate in
| depreciation Of a man much sinned