The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-26
AT St. Paul Theaters


The story of 1.-TWO Little Waits is
retold again at the Grand this week
and the usual throng of sympathetic
listeners was in evidence at both per-
formances yesterday.
Two Little Waits" is a rational
melodrana that thrills and anuses the
spectators without violating truth. 1t
contains many scenes of heroic action,
pathos and comedy. The interest is
sustained from first to last without
the sound of pistol shot and the play
closes with not a single character
IeionlouSly removed. The villain "gets
MS according to statue. The special
ties, Which are of the better sort, are
tremendously insinuated. not rudely in
truded
A capable company interprets the
various characters. Stanley and Lo-
Hta Lamb, the two young people who
portray the waits are unusually gift
ed and admirably trained. They act
naturally ana gracefully. Their spe-
c1aity is very pleasing, particularly that
part of it in which they appear in the
quaint Holland costume and execute
the wooden shoe dance.
A most commendable impersonatien
Is that by Blanche Shirley in the dual
role OF the mother of the waits and
her sister. The changes are made so
naturally and rapidly that it is difficult
10 Del1eXe that the same woman played
both characters. In the third act this
transition is so cleyerly done that the
audience is completely puzzled, mas
much as the woman, who was at one
moment lying on a bed, walks in the
door, seemingly without having left
the bed. Miss Shirley also keeps the
two personalities distinct from one an
other both in voice and action
The play is picturesquely mounted.
The story of s.Cousin Kate is a sim
pie one of love at first sight Of course,
Romeo and Juliet" is also a story be-.
ginning with love at first sight, but
while at one time Cousin Kate falls
into the depths of despair over the
seemingly hopeless state of her love
affair, she works out solution much
more happily than Juliet did. 1t is
only after acknowledging her love for
her unknown adnirer that she learns
he is the man her Cousin Amy was
about to marry. The working out of
the problem that confrontS Cousin
Kate, Amy and Heath Desmond makes
strongly interesting third act but
the sensational hit made by Miss Bar
rymore was due to her "curiously
fresh handling of the novel love scene
which forms the entire second act of
the comedy. The play is by Hubert
Henry Davies, a young Eng1ishmaIi,
who spent several years in this coun-
try learning the ways of the American
girl in order to create a bright indie
pendent young Englishwoman who
says things and does things naturally
Miss Barrymore has met with more
than her own usual success in her lat
est role, playing no less than five diff
ferent engagement in New York city
last season. Miss Barrymore will be
at the Metropolitan tonight, tomorrow
and Wednesday nights only, no matinee
being given.
@Glittering Gloria" John c. Fisher
and Thomas w. Ryley's now fareical
comedy, will be seen at the Metropoli-
tan Thursday night. Miss Isadore
Rush is the star. She is so we'll re-
membered for>her clever work in for
mer attractions that the mention of
her name in connection with this new
piece will be of much interest to the
atergoers. The same scenery. costumes
and electric effects used at Days the
alter will be seen here. Seats on sale
today.
Joseph Entangled," one of the plays
selected by Mr.. Frohman for Mr.. Mil
ler's present new season, first shown in
San Francisco recently, and for the
first time on the American stage, Will
be presented at the Metropolitan opera
house, where the play is underlined for
an engagement of three nights, begin
ming Monday evening Oct