The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-01
"For Her Sake" at the Grand.


with red-hot irons and inf1ict other
impossible cruelties in For Her Sake"
the attraction at the Grand this week
Gr1egroyeich is the name the leading
villain answers to, while Prince Vlad1-
mir Walanoff is the alias under which
the leading man sails.
To tell the whole thing briefly. the
author of For Her Sake" has drawn
on Russia and one of her Siberian
penal settlements for his inspiration,
and to say that he has found prolific
field for melodrama Of the strenuous
kind is putting it mild. In the last
act the majority Of the villainy and
atrocious deeds that this country OF
mystery is supposed to be endowed
with are conferred, but the GREATNESS
awe and smothered horror Of the audi
ence, as it witnesses a woman knouted
at the stake, and man branded on the
back with a red-hot iron that sends
up villainous eeddr, are nothing to
the shout Of joy from the gallery when
the author Of all these cruelties is done
to death by one of his victims.
The first three-acts are tame in COM
parison with this closing feature, but
what you do not. see in the others you
are supposed to- imagine. The task,
however, is considerably easier than
attempting to n6emorize some of the
names that the author, has seen fit to
dSCI1DS 10 sIQ0 CnaraCL0rS.
The company is fair Millfcent Ev
ans, in the character of an iTrepreSSible
American heiress, has been supplied
with speaking part that runs to bur-
lesQue rather than good common sense,
but she does creditably under the cir
cumstances. Ella Marber, in a heavy
role that is decidedly trying, does well.
Helen Ray, in the role Of a serf girl
Is to be commended. Hers is a. tragic
story and it is told well.
A decidedly refreshing contribution
is that of an English lord by Eugene
Shakespeare, a Minneapolis boy. His
work runs in a eomedytvein, and he is
really one Of the hits of the attraction.
The villain Of the story is ably present
ed by J. Neil Mcleod. Charles Lind
holm, 1.-The, leading role, contributes
good work, and SO does William Marble.
The plot has been fairly worked out,
and it is aided by some scenery that
is above the average. For Her Sake
Is the last ATTRACTION Of the season at
the Grand. 95J
The Pabst Theater company. of Mil
waukee. closed itsJ engagement at Mo-
Fart hall last night, producing "a
Maiden's Dream!
The principal roles were taken by
Adolph Schumacher, Emma Brentano,
Marianne Coma, Bernhard Menthaus
and Anna Roithmenr, all of whom pre-
scented their different conceptions in a
finished manner. "a
The management Of the company is
very well pleased, indeed with the
manner in which the German theater-
going people of the Twin Cities have
manifested their appreciation of the
companys efforts, and expressed a de-
termination to return at no remote date
with an entirely new repertoire.
HThe Invaders" at the Star.
'The Invaders" which opened a
weeks engagement at the Star theater
yesterday, is well-staged and we'll
presented musical comedy. The music
and comedy balance well and many Of
the songs and situations are new. The
songs, especially, which are not the
Worn-out popular songs Of the day,
are melodious and catchy.
The company is strong unsteady,
Ida Emerson, Alice Gordon and Nettie
Peters have good voices, and they are
supported by large, pretty, vivacious
and Well-coStumed-- chorus. Miss Net
tie Peters has rich strong voice, one
of the best heard at the Star for a
long time. Alice Gordon leads; a quar-
tette in the song When the Ballet
Girls Come to Reuben Town." which
by reason of the unique makeup
proved popular. The duets sung by
Harry Leonard and Ida Emerson were
appreciated.
Joseph E. Howard and Phil w. Pc
ters as Dillkrout and Blitzmeier, create
fun out of apparently nothing With
out any striking comic situations and
without horseplay, they keep the audi
ence in good humor with their genial
mirth and quaint expressions
The comedy is constructed on a
small plot that is frequently lost sight
of during the action. 1t represents a
real estate transaction through which
Dillkrout and Bfitzmeier get the best
of Counselor Buffer and acquire title
to valuable tracts of land in Brazil
The first scene on the veranda of
hotel is well staged and presents
pretty picture. The second represents
the deck of a man-of- war.