The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-02

scenes unique in their preparation. A
quartette and several specialties are
included In the features offered.
1vN ,"High Rollers" at the Star. 49,
Two burlesques of considerable merit
and an olio, all the features of which
are very good, make up the show offered
py the High Rollers Extravaganza Com
pany'' at the Star this week. Though
the company is not quite as musical as
1T might be, the large variety of the feat
ures In the show make up for the de-
f1ciency
One Of the best speciaIties seen at
the Star for many a week is the musical
Du Beire, who performs some clever
feats. The living album, with Able Carl
ton as the scholastic exhibitor, is good
Sam Howe and Robert Scott as Hebrews,
Palfrey and Hilton as bicycle riders, Dix
on and Lang and the Franklin sisters as
character singers are all entertaining.
Robert Scott, impersonating a girl in
the burlesque, "A Runaway Girl is
clever. Same Howe, as broker all
broke. in the burlesque In the Heart of
New York., is amusing.
Walker Whiteside will open an en-
gagement at the Metropolitan Thurs
day, Feb. 5, for three nights and Sat
urday matinee. During this engage
ment he will put on Hamlet Rich
ard Ill.," and THE Merchant of Ven
ice"
The talk of a benefit performance for
Miss Clara Morris, who is said to be in
poor health and financial straits, has
revived many stories concerning her
early experience on the stage, before
she came to be recognized as the great
est emotional actress of her time. Last
week an old associate, Mrs. Fernandez,
recalled the first appearance of Miss
Morris In leading role at Days thea
ter, an incident that the actress recites
in her book on Stage Life" but more
modestly.
Il Will never forget the first night
that Clara Morris got chance to show
the public what a great actress she
was. l was then playing in Austin
Days company, and Miss Morris had a
very minor role. The play was Led
Astray,' and Fanny Morant was the
leading woman. On the eventful night
she had reported for duty as usual, and
her understudy had vanished to a din
ner party. Soon after Miss Morant
reached her dressing room she became
so i'll that she was not able to appear.
and Mr. Daily was in despair He call
ed the company together and asked if
any one was acquainted with Miss
Morants lines. A thin little voice from
the rear replied: I am, Mr.. DAILY and
on his invitation Miss Morris stepped
forth. Selling a prompt book he put
her through a rigid examination on
the first act and then said: I'll try
YOU
r GAS Miss. Morant was as large as
Miss Morris was small we had a most
exciting time in dressing her, and, in
fact, she was complete collection Of
safety pins when the curtain went up.
Meanwhile Mr.. Daily had apologized to
the audience and begged their kindest
consideration if the young girl, who had
volunteered, should break down and be
compelled to read her lines. Well
Miss Morris made good in that first act
beyond anybody's expectations, and
when her great emotional scene came
she fairly lifted that audience out Of
the chairs and turned it into a wildly
enthusiastic mob. Mr.. Daily was called
before the curtain and an apology
from him was insisted upon. He gave
it with as much enthusiasm as it had
been asked, and then, returning to the
stage, walked straight to where Miss
Morris was standing. Bending a little
he took her face between his hands,
and looking straight into her eyes,
said: God, you are homely, but how
you can act!' This he followed with
the announcement that no. one else
save Miss Morris should ever play that
role in his theater again, and no one
ever did"
Chauncey Olcott recalls a story that
Maurice Barrymore once told him with
much JUNCTION. 1t bore on Barrymore's
earlier hfStriOnic experiences and on an
u occasion when he was transforming
through the West The hotels were
of character which left much to be
desired, and one house in particular he
considered the limit In the morning
when the men of the company met
in the hotel office after breakfast, one
of them saidato Barrymore: How did
you sleep last night?"
Il didn't sleep at ALL" was the re-
ply. Il was kept awake by insomnia"
Then the landlord spoke up and
wrathfully said: I'll bet We five there
amt one in the house!"
There were no takers.
The story of Peggy from Paris is
another satire in Mr.. AIDES character
istic style. In a programme note the
author says: ''ThiS effort is supposed
to deal more or less directly with the
strictly American habit Of paying hon.
age to the foreign artist" The prin-
cipal role has nothing to do with Peg
Wellington or any other Peggy of stage
fame. She is an American girl from
Hickory Creek, Ill. She is the daugh-
lage Pooh Bah, and has been educated
in Paris, where her vocal fame has
spread over the artistic world. Her
American nativity is not known outside
of her immediate family. She is en-
gagged by a Yankee impressario for
great operate production, under the
impression that she is a Paris stage
divinity who will electrify American
audiences. She plays her part in
French dialect, initiating the imported
artist until when near the close when
she has had enough of the silly honor,
casts the mask aside and declares that
America is good enough for her. The
piece opens with a scene in the Hick-
DRY Creek hotel, introducing the fam
lily and childhood friends of Peggy in
an old-fashioned party, with characters
as rural as in any pastoral drama.
Later they appear in scenes with Peg
gy. There are many touches of real
sentiment wherein the famous Peggy
betrays the true heart of an Ameri-
can.