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GRAND OPERA AT METROPOLITAN

The able manner in which the first
two operas Of the present grand opera
festival in the Twin Cities were put
upon the stage and sung at the Metro
politan in Minneapolis holds out a.
bright future for the remainder of the
engagement of the Castle Square COM
pany. Both III Trovatore" and Faust"
won the highest praise from all and
from every point of view
The coming week is to be the second
of the festival of song and it will open
at the Metropolitan in this city on
Monday evening. Grand opera in Eng
lish has been the aim of many i'm
pressarios to produce successfully at a
reasonable price, but it has remained
Tor henry w. Savage to solve the prob
lem, for this organization has long
proved delightful feature in the mu-
sic OF this country, and this coming
engagement in the Twin Cities promises
TO be worthy of the attention of ALI
true lovers of the best that is to be
found In music, for the reason that
Mr.. Savage's organization is stronger
and better equipped than ever before in
its history.
1t is a fact worthy of special note
that the Castle Square Opera com
pany as now constituted is one of the
great educational factors in the
music of the country, for the prices
which obtain during it's engagements
are such as to place the compositions
of the great masters within the reach
OF all and at the same time to popl
iarize grand opera sung in our own
tongue
Every possible opportunity has been
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whose groteSue caricature of an impoS-
sible swimming teacher actually grows
funny, after the first act, Knox Wilson,
whose concertina and saXophone spe-
cialities provoke insistent encores, and
the dimunitive Franz Ebert, who is
an artist to his littlest finger tips
Marion is an actor, a fact amply
demonstrated when he assumes the
disguise of an Italian organ grinder
This speciality, in which he is strenu-
ously and gracefully assisted by the
terpSichorean accompaniment furnish
ed by Marguerite Favart, is one of the
most enjoyable of all.
L never did think that the art of be-
ing funny was Indigenous to Joe Her
bert, but he comes nearer to it than
ever before in this vehicle. It is re-
freshing to hear the English language
spoken as he speaks it with that incis-
i've, distinct enunciation which indi-
Gates that he can spell all the words
that he USES an accomplishment for
which some of these, our actors" are
not distinguished.
AS for Franz Ebert, he Is immensely
funny, if such a big word can be prop
erly applied to such a mite of a fellow
1t would be pleasure to speak in
enthusiastic terms Of the music fur
nished by the fecund Reginal De Ko-
ven and the nbretto of the prolific
Harry B. Smith, but 1t wouldn't be
fair to some Of their more pretentfous
efforts Robin Hood" for instance.
The Little Duchess" doesn't pretend
to be a comic opera-but only vehicle
In which to display Anna Held and her
fair opponents Of beauty under warm
tints, and give her comedians an op-
portunity to excite laughter. So never
mind Reggie's score, which is dotted
here and there with catchy tunes and
don't look for Gilbert's equisite En-
glish and pungent wit in Harry's dia-
logue.
Be satisfied with penuine show.
sparkling with life. light, beauty and
Kaleidoscope color.
Fred G. Hunt
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With "a Ragged Hero at the Grand

ries of the way in which he was res
ceived. The manager of the opera
house was also q teacher of dancing
and wore a full dress suit in the street
at monday. He asked the agent what
play we would put up and was told
AS You Like tt
Not as 1 like replied the manager.
We will be pleased with anything you
wish to give up The agent tried to
explain that it was a Shakespearean
comedy bat tina Information fell fiat.
for the dancing mag1er allowed that
Shakespeare had never been to the
town in his r6coRection.
One especial point was, Is it funny?'
To this the agent replied: IF you saw
an old woman fall down upon the ice
you, would la4glk would you not p The
manager lrepliefisthat he would We'll,
would Tot,5trepiied my man, I would
think it was Mefw piGfui. No. Shakes
peare is not funny.'
Well We NeAt to the town They
and dare. not 'b5 l donf think. a COM
edy was SEyef received with more, re-
spect; tfFT would have kept us there
for a week If possible. One aged ma
tfve.+told me- it saWas the best play he
had ever seenssbl5F one. OF course, L Was.
anxious 10 ff4ioT, What comedy could
possibly rank above this masterpiece
ne admitted 10 fMufdoon' 5 Picnic, but
he, allowed that the picnic scene in THE.
Forest OF Arden was quite as good as
Muldeen's.~- @aEae 47fi-
Well, to make a long story marrow,
If ever we. go to the coast again they
swear that they will bring US to Cas-.
toria if they have to send a fleet of
sealers to San Francisco to getsus.
High art is not over the heads Of
the people if the play has a goedgsenti-E
ment. and + proteststhat good drama
will bess a6-epted with just as much
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taken advantage Of by the management
to make this organization one OF great
est excellence and the artistic growth
of the company has been steady ana
as rapid as sound development along all
essential lines rendered possible since
its organization From season to sea-
son the best and most promising ma
terial has been retained, hopeless
voices weeded out Of the chorus and
singers of merit and high repute added
from time to time.
It is a compliment to the musical
taste of the Twin Cities that ST. Paul
and Minneapolis have been included
among the few cities which will hear
this company in the brilliant repertoire
that has been selected for the engage
ment. The critics of all the other cities
which have been visited thus far this
season have been unanimous in lavish
ing the most unStinted praise upon
| the organization as a whole, it's artist
&c merits, it's scenery, its costumes,
and it's orchestra and the repertoire
to be presented has been carefully
selected with the view to pleasing all
musical tastes.
The artistic and numerical strength
of this company as it is constituted
this season provides for three casts
of equal merit, and in this connection
it may be remarked that the plan of al
ternating the principals has given the
Castle Square Opera company the
! proud record of over 1000 perform
ances without a bill being changed,
once it has been officially announced
| by the mana cement.
! The principals Of the organization
I include five sopranos. Adelaide Nor
wood Gertrude Rennyson, Norma Ro-
| mano, Maude Ramey, Padger Watrous.
The contraltos are Marion Ivell, Ethel
Houston Du Ere, Claude Albright. The
tenors are Joseph Sheehan, Lloyd
D,Aubigne, Piero Gherardi, Charles
Fulton. The baritones are Winnifred
Golf and Francis Carrier, and the
basses Francis J. Boyle and Parker
Combs.
A great feature with the organization
and one which has received most favor
able comment everywhere is the cho
rus. Numerically it is stronger now
than it has ever been before and it's
ensemble singing has enlisted COM
ment Of the most favorable character.
The orchestra, likewise, has been en-
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has always lived on the farm and who
is a somnambujst, energies from the
house, walking in his sleep. The muir
derer slips thegknife with which the
crime was Committed into the hand
of the sleeping youth, who a moment
later stumbles over the PROSTATE form
Of the farmer, awakes. and thinks he
has killed his step-father in a dream.
He Is forthwith accused by his step
brother and conviction follows, but is
saved by his Sweetheart who discovers
evidences againstfthe real murderer.
The characters of the play have been
Entrusted to what is said to be a COM
petent companyJ the leading members
of which are Hal Brown, Miss Ger
,trude Swiggett sand Miss Julia West
The engagement will be for one week
with the usual matinees.
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THE GRAND.

The Grand offers for It's attraction
this week one of last seasons melo-
dramas entitled "a Ragged Hero" The
story is founded ON occurrences in the
daily routine life in a New Engfxnd
village Most of the characters are rec
ogn1Zed types. The drama contains a
number of thrills and climaxes. y
The central figure of the play is an
outcast whose life has been wrecked
by Villains perfidy. While he is the
typical tramp and INDUCES in no. end
OF antics, the serious side of the story
is never lost sight of. He has faculty
OF bobbing up at the right moment, and
his heroic deeds are an important fac
tor In the development of the plot. He
is not the comic paper type of hobo"
however, but an unfortunate fellow
whose domestic troubles have driven
him first to drink and then to the, road
He is a. genial character, notwithsta,l1 :
ing his many faults. This Character
Will be portrayed by Hal Brown. The
story of the play is as follows:
A wealthy farmers prof1igate SON
robs the bank In which he is EMPLOYED
and then implores his father to save
him from the disgrace and imprison-
ment. The parent refuses and GUAR
rel ensues which eliminates in the
murder of the old man: At this jinc-
ture the profiigate's stepbrother. who
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22
PUNcTuREs A FALLAcY.
James o'Neiti Says No Good Play is
Over Heads of People.

There Is common saying" says
James ~O'Neill, (which is often used in
our business, when a good play does
not make money. that it is over the
heads of the people; this, to my think
ing, is fallacy., Nothing that is good
is over the heads of the people, for
the average American is very bright.
An evidence of this fact may be OBJ
served in the newsboys; he certainly
has very little education, but if any
one thinks that he is dense 1 must fall
out with his judgment. Few people
enjoy Shakespeare more than the street
gamin, hence l say nothing is over the
heads of the people. But there is a
great deal in custom and it takes lit
tie while to acquire liking for. olives,
or to get out of the habit of eating with
your knife.
There is a very thrifty town on the
northwestern coast Of this country,
which, on account OF ts~isolation sell
dom sees "a classic performance.
'Grimes's Cellar Door and g.McGonni-
gals Wedding are big shows in this
town and can easily draw a $500 house,.
No railroad runs into Castoria, but the
traffic -bysaboat and ocean traders is
wonderful. The town isz rich indus
trious and peaceful I was once in
duced TO go there and selected for per-
Torrance a Shakesperean play; my adj
vance agent sent back some queer sto-
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Enthusiastically received In all of the
cities thus far visited by the organi-
cation. 1t is under the able direction
| of Mr.. N. B. Emanuel, one of the best
known European operate conductors.
AS to the productions themselves,
nothing could better indicate the con-
I scientious endeavor, of the management
to give the music-loving public the
greatest possible values at prices that
| are reasonable in tie extreme, than
the lengths it has gone in providing
mountings and stage investiture for all
:. the operas.
For the coming week at the Metro
politan two favorite works have been
selected for presentation. They are
Wagner's 'LOhengrin" and Balfe's
Bohemian Girl" ''Lonengrin" win be-
presented on Monday, Thursday and
Saturday evenings and at the Wednes-
day matinee, and 1.-The Bohemian
Grip on Tuesday, Wednesday and Fri
day evenings, and at the Saturday
matinee.
In the cast of the Wagner opera will
be found the names of Mr.. Sheehan or
Mr.. Gerhardi in the title role, Miss
Rennyson as Elsa, Miss Du Ere as Or.
| trud and Mr.. Golf as Telrmund. Miss
Norwood is to sing all of the Arlines
in the Bohemian Girl" Miss well all
| OF the Queens of the Gypsies, and Mr..
Carrier all of the Counts. The tenor
| role will be divided between Mr..
| D'Aubigne and Mr.. Sheehan, each. of.
whom will sing it twice
The second week in Minneapolis, the
| week of March 20, is to open with a
| grand sacred concert, which enlists the
| services of the entire company and
which includes Rossini's beautiful Lat
In hymn, ''Stabat Mater" The operas
| for the second week in Minneapolis
will be Bizet's Carmen" and Wagner's
''Tannhauser." The second week in ST,
Paul is to open with a sacred concert
April 8, and like the concert of the pre-
| vious Sunday in Minneapolis, will en-
list the services Of the entire company
and is to include Gounod's delightful
| The st. Cecilia" and the operas for
| that week will be Verdi's Aida" and
Flotow's Martha" This engagement.
| should be a most important one to the
music lovers, for the repertoire is such
| that it appeals to all classes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

The attraction at the Grand opera
house following the engagement Of "a
Ragged Hero will be "Bolivar's Busy
Day a musical farce comedy In three
acts written by George Totten Smith
around the famous character. Patsey
Bolivar. Billy Van, assisted by Nellie
O'Neil and a score of actors singers and
dancers will appear in the piece.
1.-The Strollers," with Marguerite Sylvia
in the title role will be the medium of
entertainment all next week at the Met
ropolitan theater. Miss sylvia has been
received with much favor on her two
previous tours in a stellar capacity in
Princess Chic and Miss Bob White"
and her natural charm and delightful per
son s33nality5 nave made her many friends:
romantic roles. but she has strong COM
edy vein. and is said to form very pleas
ing picture in the part of Bertha The
music perhaps is not as pretentious as
that which she has been heard in before.
but it is tunefully pretty and has a swing
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IL, it that is a popularity. of all of Lud-
wig EnglanderS compositions. The play
was seen here last year and gave full
evidence of its quality and a repetition
with Miss sylvia in the cast should be a
pleasant epoch in the present theatrical
season. The cast is an unusually good
one and includes such artists as George
e: Boniface Jr-, D. L. Dom, Neil Nc
Nell, David Terrence Dorathy Hunting,
Louise Middleton and others
Among the early April bookings at the
Grand there is included another visit of
AT Cripple Creek a stirring melodrama
of Western life which was presented at
this theater last season.
Al II. Wilson, in his latest vehicle. ga
Prince of Tatters," comes to the Grand
early in April for a weeks engagement.
The Major and the Judge" is the title
of the vehicle which the com edians Lewis
and Ryan are exploiting this season. in
which they viii be seen at the Grand in
the near future.
May bookings at the Gyand include
Not Guilty and The Gamblers Daugh-
ter. pretentious rDelodramatic pro-
duction
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city for Marion early on March %. bring
ing the entire Tanning of Helen company
to the Davis cottage, where luncheon will
be served Then performance of the
play will be given free of charge in the
largest hall in the town, every man. WON
an and child in Greater Marion being in
vited to attend. The company will re-
turn to Boston in time TO give the regular
Arrangements have been completed
whereby Klaw q Erlanger are to install
In their New Amsterdam theater. now
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The structure will be ten stories high.
or 2VO feet from the sidewalk to the apex
OF the dome. The dome will tower as Se
Inc metropolitan opera house. The
building and furnishings. including the
ground, VIII represent an investment OF
nearly s.. 006. 00G
1t viii have seating capacity of 1900.
and VIII really be on Forty first street.
although the main entrance will be on
Forty-second. Rogers Bros. will open
The house. and will be followed In Novem-
bef ~ The London pantOmime success.
Mother Goose
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ya9nah. Charleston, Richmond. Norfolk
and New York follow. His repertory viii
include RIP Van Winkle." '''The Rivals
The Cricket on the Hearth" and Lend
Me Five Shillings."
The successful opening of Checkers"
the play written by Henry M Blossom Jr..
caused Mr.. Henry w. Savage to decide
to produce the opera Lieutenant Com
mander." written by Mr.. Blossom and
Alfred Robin, at an early date.
Frank Deshon has been engaged by Mr..
Henry W. Savage to play the title role
In the Western king Dodo' company.
W. G. Woods, a well known newspaper
ARTIST, is to marry next summer, Miss
Edna Hunter. of the "Florodora" com
pany Mr.. Woods enlisted on the Yam
kee during the Spanish American war,
and made many sketches on scraps of pa
per while in action. He has also been
Known for some time as an illustrator OF
yacht races and naval maneuvers
Richard Harding Davis IS not going to
see the town of Marion pass a whole win
ter without hiSh-class theatrical enter
tainment. During the next two weeks
Henry Miller will be playing at the Park
theater. in Boston, in Davis new comedy.
The Tanning of Helen" so Davis has
arranged for special train to leave that
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what If it does? That's their misfor-
tune.
Descending to earth again, reference
was made to Miss Helds comedians
of the genus homo, who afford the con-
trast to occasionally rest the dazzied
eye. They are that exceedingly clever
actor George Marion, whose Italian
dialect speciaIities first attracted at
tention to him, Joseph w. Herbert,
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1.-THE Little Duchess" says the pro-
gramme-and a little further on, it
adds. owing to the length of the per-
Torrance, the plot has been elm
mated"
After you have seen the performance
given by Anna Held and the aggrega-
ton of feminine beauty surrounding
her you will never miss the plot. You
will simply gaze in amazement on the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22

building in West Forty-second street New
York city, opposite the Belasco. marble
and bronze statuary costing upward OF
$500. 600. This is the largest sum by far
America
The following facts regarding this new
theater, which will open in September.
are now made public for the fist time.
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favor If written in scholarly language
as the sensational rot which is now
called the plays for the masses. Good
and good actors will always be
appreciated"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22
DRAMATIC GOSSIP.

George AIDE has turned his atten-
ton to writing play dealing with life in
finished.
Georgia Game scored an instantaneous
success III the title role of George AIDES
new musical comedy. Peggy From Paris -
now playing at the Studebaker theater i'll
Chicago. Peggy From Paris" will be TAX
en- to Boston for an all-summer engage
a close.
Joseph Jefferson starts his annual five
weeks spring tour April 13 In Nashville
Memphis New Orleans Eobile. Birn-
ingham. Atlanta, Macon, Augusta, Sa-
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Frank Deshon has been engaged by Mr..
Henry w. Savage to play the title role
In the Western King Dodo" company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-20

during the year the company wrote over million dollars off it's real estate and plants and had some $65O,0O0 more quick assets on hand than in the year preeed- ing. Not only was this the case, but 1t diminished it's liabilities by some S419OOo as we'll Counting treasury securities as quick assets, there was net gain Of s64O,OO in quick assets during the year and a net reduction of S144,00O or therea- bouts in current liabilities, making a gain of $SS0O0 in the position as regards working capital At the date of Decem- Der S1, 1901, the company had working ca pital of $2O9S,O0O in round figures, where as at the end of last year, it's working capital was $22s4,1f. The gain thus shown is but $2O0,O0O, but in addition to this, the increase in treasury securities must be taken into account. It is easy :, to see why the company cannot pay di- vidends at the present time. It needs at least all it's working capital and it ought to have twice as much before distributing profits to any large extent
 It is expected that owing to the ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-20
ON THE RACE TRACK
At New Orleans.

New Orleans, February 19.-Old Hutch and Sweet Alice were the winning favor ties. Floyd K was claimed out of the sec ond race by Ed Trotter for S1525, and sub sequently sold to S. c. Hildreth The weather was fine and the track good Summary:
 First race six furlongs-Orpheum, 112 (Robertson), 20 to 1, won; Barkelmore, 1O3 (Davisson), 25 to 1, second; love, 112 (Gannon). to 1, third. Time. :15 4-5.
 Second race, selling, mile and one-six- teenth-Hedge, 92 (Scully), to l, won; Stratton II, 1O3 (WinsletD, 5 to ?, second; Nettie Regent 100 (W. I1icks). 1S to 5, third. Time 49 2-5.
 Third race. selling. six furlongs-Ben Hullum, 1O2 (Pollock), Il to 5. won; Lit tie Chico 97 QI. Gilmore), 20 to 1. second: Ran After, 9i (Fuler) to l, third. Time, 1:15 2-5
 Fourth 'ace, handicap, mile-Old Hutch, Ill (Gannon). to ?, won; Carat, 93 (Rob- bins), 12 to 1, second; The Conqueror II. 1O7 (W. Hicks),i to 2 third. Time. 1:42.
 Fifth race, five and one-half furlongs- Sweet Alice. no (odom), I to ?, won; Birch Broom, no (Robertson), to l, sec ond; Musical Slipper, 100 (Gannon), l6 to 1, third. Time, :0S 3-5.
 Sixth race. selling, six furlongs-Bur- goyne, 102 (W. Hicks), to l, won; Ed L. 1 no (Fuller) to 1, second: The Caxton 97 Robbns) 1 to 1, third. Time 115.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-20
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ted. so all these other issues went down with the failure of the Alaskan boundary matter having been eliminated by ar rangement to submit it to a special com mission to take up again and adjust the same propositions that were under con sderation when the joint high commission adjourned. Most important of these are the propositions to amend the treaty of Washington, as to permit the building of warships upon the great lakes; to de-
 fine the boundaries in the Rainy lakes section to define the rights of Americans and of Canadian fishermen on the great lakes; to regulate the use of the bonding privilege for goods in transit from one port of the country to another. crossing part of the territory of the other country.