The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-02
At St. Paul Theaters

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leaves home because of the folding bed.
Not so. She quits because of her
drunken brothers bad temper. and in
truth she is justified, for he is every
DIT as intolerable as drunken hus-
pand, and there are no children to
miss her.
But that folding bed. 1t really fur
nlshes the great desideratum of all
dramatists, a surprise.
iecherous villain. a la Scarpia,
chaseS poor, weak woman around
and over the furniture of a room in
winch she is prisoner. His intents
are wicked, not charitable She picks
UP knife to defend her honor He
knocks 1t out of her hand, with a
knocking laugh. She grabs a chair to
demolish him. He dashes it from her
hand and smiles again, quite audibly
and at the gallery. She executes a
hop, skip and jump over the bed. He
attempts the same stunt, but he no
sooner plants his foot on the counter
pane than the girl who left home"
with feminine intuition, starts the bed
heaYenWard. In a jiffy the villain finds
himself cribbed and confined. Just then
the madame rushes in. The girl who
left home pushes her over onto a sofa
winch topples over and suppresses her
temporarily. The black servant rushes
IN to protect his mistress, but the
girl who left home" is ready for him
with large white pitcher which she
shatters to smithereens over his
Uranium. Then she walks out, leaving
hef erStWhile captors somewhat dazed.
Perhaps the Grand's audience did not
applaud this thrilling denouement.
Shreks of ecstasy greeted it. The girl
who left home was INDICATED. Her
muscle redeemed her
Her hot-tempered brother, who tried
in IIIGfU fashion To lySJ &C.
All that is lacking to prove him a
murderer is the corpus deficit. But
Pearl shows up just as Brother Dan
is about to make his Quietus in his
dungeon cell, which clearly shows he
is not guilty. About the same time
the uncomfortable traducer is brought
IN with a beautiful black eve and 9th
er indications of frst-class licking.
at which the gallery howls, while the
HendIsh adventures is thrust into the
murderers cell--and so all ends hap
PLY for the good folks and the people
In 'front.' who belong to the same class.
The company is entirely adequate.
Distinction easily belongs to John
Webster in the role of the brother who
prefers his sisters death to her dis
honor Mr.. Webster belongs in a
higher class Of dramatic endeavor. He
is obliged to do heinous deeds without
due provocation in this melodrama.
Ellen Boyer, the girl who leaves the
domestic roof, must be commended for
her convincing portrayal of a young
woman with a temper. One almost
feels that unless she controlled it oc-
caSlonally she would hardly be pop
ular in any sphere of life.
Phillips Smalley contributed a cred
table character sketch in the role of
the police captain.
Long live the folding bed as an eff
fective adjunct of modern melodrama.
F. G. H.
"Royai Runaway Girls" at the Star.
At the Star this week Clark's Royal
Runaway Girls burlesquers holds the
boards with one of the most attractive
aggregations Of young women that has
been seen at this house this season.
The opening burleSque "A Kings Re-
ception, is the vehicle which is used to
present several musical numbers, and
although they have been heard before,
they were well received last evening.
In the olio some clever juggling is
shown Dy Darenda and Green. The
Burg sisters, in lightning change act,
first appear as couple of Bowery girls.
The inconsistency Of wearing several
diamond rings while dressed In rags
was remarked by the audience.
The La Walls, on the chain ladder,
furnished an interesting exhibition Of
nerve and muscle. Reynolds and Guhl
were acceptable. as German comedians.
George T. Davis and Rosalie. in
sketch, were good. The performance
concludes with a Iaughable burIesaue
entitled "A Mixed Affair." in which The
entire company contributes merriment
to the end of the act. The costumes
We're varied and pretty.
FRITZ Scheff comes to the Metropoli-
tan opera house for three nights, be-
ginning this evening. Miss Scheff's
success as a comic opera star has
been prompt and complete. She is
good-looking, has beautiful voice and
can act. This latter accomplishment
cannot be passed over lightly, either,
for it is proverbial that a good singer
cannot lose herself in a part
The public career of FRITZ Scheff
has been brief but rapid. She is only
twenty-four years Old having been
born in Vienna. Her debut was made
at the opera house in that city, and
her success was so instantaneous that
she quickly secured engagements that
took her to Paris and then to the Co
vent Garden, London. Here she at
tracted the attention of Mr.. Grau and
became a member Of his organization.
That was little over two years ago.
Dillingham; for comic opera.
Miss Scheff's vehicle will be Bah
ette," a light opera by Victor Herbert
and Harry b. Smith. She is supported
by one of the best casts that could
be gotten together out of Mr.. Dilling-
hams large and varied array of talent
Eugene Cowles, Richie Ling, Ida
Hawley, Josephine Bartlett are among
the principals Of the musical contin- |
gent, and Louis Harrison is the prin-
cipal contributor to the comedy. In
all the organization numbers 100 peo-
pie The production in scenery and
costumes is pronounced one Of the
most artistic OF the season.
E. H. Sothern's coming appearance
in "The Proud Prince" at the Metro |
politan next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday is commanding the atten-
tion of theater- goers. The scenes Of
the play are laid in Sicily In the thir-
teenth century, and Mccarthy has re-
Elected the same poetic, romantic and
medieval scheme as made eff I Were
King" so popular and artistic A new
however. is introduced in Nc
Carthy's present play In the religious
and supernatural, and the play is made
picturesque with scenes Of temples and
with the soulful music of |
organs, the chanting Of monks and re-
ligious choruses. It Is generally con-
ceded that Mccarthy has handled his |
subject with true reverence and dig |
nifty, and has attracted the attention |
of chureh-goers as well as theater- |
gOerS. A love theme is 4Fe moving