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4san Toy" at the Metropolitan.


It is to be regretted that such
splendld musical and picture stage
work as San Thy" which was given
It's initial perfOrthance in st. Paul last
nIght at the MetEbpoIitan,l has not book
in Keeping With its other merits. 1t
IS beautiful production, magnificent
~ costumed, and the score is tuneful
and appealing to- degree.
1t 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 laysin wait for those who
attempt to engrAft suggestion OF ORR
ehtailsm In music on the English
stock. The lyrics in "San Toy" are
merely incidental, the score of the piece
ltseI 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
11rst showing a street in Pynka Pong,
the second the interior of the emper-
ors palace at Pekin. In the two
scenes there is plenty of opportunity
Tor the display of magniicently bar
paric teast in costumes. 1t is to be
DOUBTED it, on the American stage,
tnere has been shown heretofore any
thlng approaching the richness and
beauty or the costumes in San Toy"
There is an exactitude of detail that
astonlsheS quite as much as the gorge
Gus coloring delights the eye. 1t is at
once apparent that no expense has
Deen spared in putting on the produc-
tlon, 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 LII 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
nerve and spirit altogether delightful.
she mas 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 dash and spirit that
would easily carrysa very much worse
part than that with which she is pro-
V1ded Her renaition of I'm So Fond
of Little BIZ OF Fun" and Somebody"
was deliciousIy good
Mr.. SmoclS a most effective singer,
gave 'Tomi19Y 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 tact that it is by no means
gallery song.
Miss Nellie Lynch, obviously labor
Ing under the handicap of a cold that
Her Pagoda" in a fashion to commend
an insistent 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 it's
| prose. Mr.. Collins, who has the fat
part of Ii, 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
Chfnee" 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
ingly 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, andFnost sumptuous-
| ly costumed.J ssEF
| musical comedy that has been given at
| the Metropolitan this season, and
should attract large. audiences during
ITS stay, which terminates Wednesday
| night.
"A Little outcast" at the Grand.
Any one with love for the sensa-
uonal 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 OVERLOOKING
| and at times enthused to the point OF
| rowdyism failed to commend lower
| house equal in numbers filed 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
%ery, some of it 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 A robbery Of govern
ment bonds, an attempted house burg
| larry and fire in the New York har-
/ Dor, with 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, newsboy, she re-
vamps line of work-that of juven-
| ile-in which she has always been a
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