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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27
CONCERT BY THE RED BAND
THE JOURNAL NEWSBOYS' BAND
WILL GIVE A FINE PROGRAM
MARCH Is AT THE METROPOL-
ITAN THEATER.

The Minneapolis Journal Newsboys'
band will give it's sixth annual con-
cert in. the Metropolitan theater on
Sunday night, March 13. Prof. c. c.
Heintzeman, the director, promises
that his ffty-fve young musicians will
surprise their many friends with the
proficiency they have attained must
cally during the past winter, and he Is
very anxious that the public shall hear
them to the very best possible advant-
age. The intention is to make the con-
cert thoroly popular one, and yet in
keeping with the day. The program
will include some Of the most ambi-
tfous band compositions as well as
some popular airs Of the day. a.
The band will be assisted by Miss
Frances Vincent, the young soprano
Miss Vincent has an unusually pleas
ing voice, possessing fine quality, and
she will be heard in some Of her best
selections.
All the seats in the parquet and bal
cony are on sale by members Of the
band at the popular price Of SO cents
the gallery being rs cents These tick
cts will be exchanged at the Metropol-
itan box office commencing March TO-
| at g.. m.
The Journal Newsboys' band has
achieved a wide reputation and the
organization Is worthy the support and
encouragement Of the music-loving
b = &
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Merian's trained dogs, European
act, and one Of the most expensive
on the stage to-day. is another to
Wh1ch unusual interest attaches. The
CANNES play an entire comedy drama
IN pantomime, and without any
prompting whatsoever from their
master. Each dog carries his charac-
ter part thru the piece, coming on
and going off at the proper cue"
Victor Moore, assisted by Emma Lit
tleheld & Co., will present a ridicu-
lous act called Change Your Act, or
Back to the Woods The piece is
bit Of professional absurdity, showing
how hard it is for the average variety
team to break into legitimate vaude-
vile. Ed F. Reynard is billed as an
"Incomparab ventriloquist,' and is
said successfully to defend the title
against all corners. Assisted by sew
eral dummies" which work both
upon the stage and In the audience
Mr.. Reynard gives a performance
| truly novel and entertaining. The
Melani Trio. vocalists from Sunny
Italy, contribute the musical number
! of the bill. On the program they are
billed as street singers The Jug
Cling Matthews complete one of the
strongest bills in vaudeville ever pre-
sented to local theater-goers.
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At this the castle and the garden of
Klingsor crumble to ruins.

At this the castle and the garden of
klingsor crumble to ruins.
A lapse of years intervenes. The third
act discovers Gurnemanz, an aged
hermit living in hut. Kundry ap-
proaches, begging to be allowed to
serve him. Parsifal appears in black
armor. He is armed with the sacred
spear, which he plants in the
ground before him, and then kneels
in prayer. GurnemanZ and Kundry
recognize him, and learn that all these
years ne has been searching for Mont
salvat. Gurnemanz tells him that
Titurel has died and that Amfortas
has refused to unveil the Grail, hoping
to secure release thru death. Then
Kundry- bathes Parsifals feet and an
oints them. Gurnemanz anoints
Parsifars head. The latter baptizes
Kundry.
Then, draped In the mantle of a
Grail Knight, Parsifal accompanied
by Kundry and Gurnemanz, proceeds
to Montsalvat, where Amfortas makes
agonized refusal to unveil the Grail,
SO tremendous is his suffering. Par!
sifal touches Amfortas with the sa-
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THE IsTHMUs IS "A MEAN HOLE !"
Stories of
Two Sides Of the hmuThe Jungle


Speaking Of Panama, the newest
republic the map, and one of the
smallest" said New Yorker who had
lived down there, "the hottest day I
ever felt in my life was Christmas at
Panama along in the seventies. BY
Jove, it was terrlble-125 degrees in
the shade. The Isthnus of Panama
is one Of the hottest places on earth,
anyway, and one of the unhealthiest.
Still an outsider from the north can
live there If he Is careful not to drink
alcoholic drinks, watches his eating
closely, keeps out Of the rain and sun
and doesn't sleep where the night air
can get straight at him. The city Of
Panama is on the Pacific side Of the
isthmus, at the west terminus Of the
Panama railroad, with Colon, or As
pinwaH, at the eastern terminus on the
Gulf Of Mexico, forty-seven miles
away. It is said that in the construc-
ton Of this road each tie represents
human life, so unhealthy was the
work along the line. Panama city Is
one Of the Oldest European settlements
in America, having been founded by
the Spantards in 1873.
At one time it was the richest city
in the western hemisphere, and there
is still some wealth in the town, but
not great deal. Colon, or Aspinwall.
is a modern town, built in 1859, as the
eastern terminus of the railroad. It is
somewhat cooler than Panama, as 1t
gets some little air from the trade
winds, but it is always hot and damp
and unhea1thful. It has population
of 1000 or 5000, and Panama is three
times as large, but there are more for
eigners doing business in Colon than
in Panama. It must be a money max
ing place, for there are many Jews
there. and they won't stay where there
is no money. Prices are high, and liv-
ing is expensive in both towns. There
are other towns on the isthmus, but
they are Of small Importance. The
population of the isthmus is about
10000. chiefly along the coast. as the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27
Bijou--The OrDhcrm Show.

Commencing tomorrow afternoon,
the Orpheum show, the only travelling
organization owned by the Orpheum
Circuit company, will be the attrac-
ton at the Bijou for one week, includ-
jig .iiA regular Wednesday and Satur-
day matinees. Mcintyre & Heath,
those prime favorites of minstrelsy,
hold the place of honor the pro-
gram. Thirty years ago Mcintyre &,
Heath joined fortunes and started out
to do an original minstrel act, por-
traying the ever-amusing characteris-
tics of the old-fashicned go de wah''
negro. The act was named Georgia
Minstrels." and was a success. 1t is
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ed from him the sacred spear-tie
one that had been thrust into the Say
ior's side-and has wounded him with
it. Such a wound can be healed only
by the touch of the spear that in
flicted 1t, and as Klingsor is now in
possession of the weapon, there is sor-
row at Montsalvat.
All this happens before the rising of
the curtain, but in the opening scene
Gurnemanz,s one of the Grail Knights,
relates the story. Then appears Kun
dry, that strange combination of NOR
pentant and eager to serve the
Knights, at others she is in the power
of kllngsor, who compelS her. to do
his bidding. Now she comes to pour
some balsam on the wound of AmfOr-
tas. GurnemanZ accepts this, but de-
clares that the wound of Amfortas
can be healed only at the hands Of a
sinless fool.
Then comes Parsifal. a boyish, UNI
tanned character. He shoots one Of the
sacred swans and seems delighted
with his misdeed. Gurnemanz takes
him to task; then he questions the
wild youth about his parentage and
his home. and to all the questions the
youth makes answer, 81 do not know"
Gurnemanz suspects that Parsifal
may be the pure fool destined to save
Amfortas; SO he conducts him to
Montsalvat to witness the unwilling Of
the Grail. Parsifal hears Titurel, the
aged and decreoit father, plead with
his son, Amfortas, to unveil the Grail;
he hears Amfortas cry Of pain at the
coming ordeal Finally Amfortas In-
wells the Grail and the Lords supper
follows. Parsifal is asked to partake.
but seems stuoefied. The Grail is
again covered. and Gurnemanz dis
gustedly thrusts Parsifal out Of the
temple.
j, The opening of the second act
shows the tower in klngsors castle.
The magician calls upon Kundry to
lure Parsifal to his fate. The scene
changes to I<lingsor's enchanted gar
den, into which Parsifal is seen gaz-
ing. The fower-girls try to entrap
him by their wiles, but his innocence
is his safeguard. The voice of Kundry
is heard calling. She tells him Of his
mother, Herzelelde, of her suffering
and death, and under the guise Of
sympathy, she presses upon his lips
an ardent kiss. Instead Of respond
ing Parsifal repulses her with a cry
of anguish: "Amfortas! The Wound!
The Wound!" In that moment when
Kundry is trying to acquaint him with
the meaning of love, the realization
of all he has seen at Montsalvat leaps
into his mind. He now understands
Amfortas' plight and realizes that the
the same as those to which Amfortas
succumbed. Kundry struggles to win
Parsifal. Klingsor comes to her aid,
and furiously hurls the sacred spear
at Parsifal. To their amazement the
holy weapon remains suspended above
Parsifal's head; he grasps it and
makes the sign of the cross with it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27
NEW DEVICE
Takes the Buzz Out of Telephones and
Makes Talk Clear.
New York Cor. chicago Tribune.

New York Cor. Chicago Tribune
With a view to making improvements in the
present telephone system and to test the inven-
ton of Professor Michael I. Pupin Of Columbia,
telephone companies with headquarters In this
city and established lines in accordance with
Professor Pupns system and already many sat
isfactory results have been determined BY
placing coils wound wire at regular intervals
in the circuit. Professor Pupin found the current
was Transmitted without Interference waves or
loss Of current.
To apply this discovery practically the New
York Telephone company has installed an under
ground cable to Kingsbridge N. y, and the
New Jersey company is experimenting with an
underground line between this city and Elisa
beth, and two lines on Long Island and the
American Telegraph and Telephone company Is
testing an overhead Pupin line from Omaha, st.
Paul and Boston.
The first practical application was the laying
! of cable to Kingsbridge, which the New York
Telephone company has Just completed at an
expense of S200. 600. Some wires In use now
have satisfactorily accomplished the results ex-
jipected.
"The purpose of this Kipgsbridge cable said
Chief Engineer. j. J. Carly, sis to enable US TO
carry ong-distance wire like the Chicago wire
into this city, underground. By the old system,
conversation over long distance Of fifteen miles
would be impossible. The final test is yet to
be made, but SO far the results have been
satisfactory.
Professor Pupin expects his new system will
xsvolution1xe the construction of telegraph cables
and make t61Hble telephone communication be-
tween this city and London
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Dewey-Rice & Barton.

. - : f. ! .
The management Of the Dewey
theater will put on for next weeks
attraction Rice &, Barton's musical
burletta in three acts, the music Of
which was composed by Edward Nor
| back, Jr., and the comedy written by
Dumont, the Philadelphia minstrel
king. So much has been promised by
the genial advance boomers that there
will be q great deal Of curiosity to
see the production. 1t is simple JUS
tice, however, to say that the Rice &
Barton productions always come up to
expectations. This seasons, produce
ton is said to be a most beautiful and
elaborate spectacle. The company is
declared so large that the capacity
of the stage will be taxed to hold it;
the chorus of such number that one
the size of the ordinary travelling bur-
lesque show could drop out and never
be missed. This allows of a rapid sue
cession of beautiful dances by large
ballets, as the services of the whole
the same time. It is also said that a
prettier lot Of women will never be
seen together on any one stage, there
not being a plain one in the lot, while
the costuming is rich, brilliant and
artistic.
AS a singing organization I, this
company is said to excel, and the or
CneSITd Oh the lHedleT' Will De OOuDleQ
for this engagement. The scenery
deserves great praise for it's beautiful
effects, and the stage furnishings are
rich and complete. The Rice & Bar
ton show is said to go with snap and
vim, with something funny to laugh
! at or something pretty to admire
every minute. It has scored a COM
plete success in every city visited this
season and is likely to duplicate this
hundreds Of times before the season
is over.
The company is headed by Charles
Barton, William j. Patton's great in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-27

opera, brought up to date by the chief
accessories of singabIe music, lots of
pretty women. quick action dainty
costumes and fetching dances. But it
has really intelligent plot which
holds the audience from rise to fall of
the curtain and involves the princi-
pal figure in a series of romantic adj
ventures.
"Winsome Winnie" Is an American
soubrette. who is stranded in a Med
iterranean coast town, and is forced to
give a snake charming act to secure
funds. She is seen by an American
heiress who desires, for time at
least, to exchange identity with some
body else. Miss Winnie accepts the
role and makes merry with it for two
hours, during which she sings, dances
and convulses the audience by her
antics.
Associated with Miss Edwardes are
some sterling singers. notably Madi-
son Smith Of Under the Shade of the
Sheltering Palms fame; Joseph c..
Mirop, a basso with a strong comedy
instinct; Alexander Clark, the eccen-
trio comedian recently seen with 1.-THE
Runaways"; William e. Philip, the
romantic tenor long associated with
the Bostonans; Evelyn Carter, late of
"Florodora'; Isobel Hall, a most
pleasing mezzo, and a double quartet
OF male singers VINO are scoring one
OF the hits Of the production.
Among the song numbers which
win from three to six encores nightly
are THE Tickle Rosebud" sung by
Miss Rohde and Mr.. Philip, with the help
Of hidden chorus; They're Look
ing for Me-" by Miss Edwardes; I'm
the Good Old Days. by Miss Carter,
Mr.. Miron and Mr.. Philip; Maiden,
In Thy Eyes" by the male octet; THE
Montenegrin Patrol" by Joseph C.
Miron and chorus, and "Wirsome
Winnie" by Madison Smith.
To this singing cast Of exceptional
strength has been added q convincing
coterie of comedians. including Alex
ander Clark and Budd Ross. Stately
and beautiful women make UP the
Show line" while the regulation
Chorus" consists of girls who can
both sing and dance. The scenic in
vestiture Is rich the costuming lavish,
and to this add the pleasing fact that
the book and music are by Paulton
and Jakobowski, authors Of "Ermi-
ME-" and the most fastidious music
lover may expect to be both pleased
and amused. "Winsome Winnie" was
highly praised by the New York crit
les during the long run at the Casino
theater. The entire production will
be brought intact to the Metropolitan.
Matinee performances are announced
for Wednesday and Saturday.
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Jungle Of the interior Is SO unhealth-
tut that even the veterans can't stand
It. There are high mountains down
the backbone Of the isthmus, and 1t
should be much cooler on the high
lands, bur no one over tries to 1.-Two
terror has never been explored, and q
census Of the population has never
ber taken.
Taking the isthmus by and large,
It Is probably one Of the most unde-
sirable places Of residence on earth to
anybody except those who never have
had any other home. I don't want to
say that II 1t had not been for the
urgent need of that canal connecting
the two oceans, the United States
would never have recognized the new
republic. think they ought to
change the name of 1t from Panama to
Canalama, for that Is all there is to
it, unless the Yankees discover some
kind of mines In the mountains. Be-
tween the terrific heat (about the
same all thesyear round) the Chagres
fever. the ignorant population, the
lazfness of the people generally, the
poisonous and other insects and sew
eral other drawbacks, am inclined to
think that Panama as a sister repub-
lie is not much for kinsfolks. One
popularity I have not mentioned Is the
tide on either side of the isthmus. On
the gulf side it is only three or your
feet. but on the Pacific side, forty
miles or so away, 1t rises as high as
twenty-four feet. don't know why
this is unless it is trying to get UP as
high as the temperature or the, price:
of living. [ have lived for two Or
three months In that country, and III
am here to say that have got all Of IT
want"
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Lyceunl-''Parsifa Draynatized.

DICK Ferris, manager of the Lyceum
theater, promises a magnificent pro-
duction Of the drama tization of
Richard Wagner's masterpiece, par
slfaL' beginning Tomorrow night.
"Parsifal,' the swan-song of the great
est Of all music-dramatists, Richard
Wagner, is finally to be heard outside
OF Bayreuth. 1t was Wagner's dying
wish that this music-d drama should be
exclusively retained for performance
at Bayreuth for a term of thirty years
following it's production there; but it's
artistic value Is too great to permit of
this, Enterprising American mana
gers secured it and gave a far greater
production in New York city than was
possible at Bayreuth. No production
in the last decade has caused so much
comment. st. ..-
Mr.. Ferris, being alive to the oc-
casion, was first to secure the rights Of
production in this city, making it the
second presentation in the United
States. It will be given here in dra-
matte form.
~''ParsifaT' deals with the legend Of
the Holy Grail, and the note Of re-
ligious mystery sounds persistently
sketched thus:
Upon n mountainous height stands
the castle of Montsalvat, wherein re-
poses the Holy Grail, the cup used by
the Savior at the last supper, and in
which, after the .crucifixion, some of
his blood was received. Montsalvat is
the abode Of the Knights Of the Holy
Grail. ..',..
| Down in the valley lies the castle Of
I<lingsor, the magician. At one time
he was DESTROYS of becoming Knight
| Of the Grail, but eadmittance to the
I sacred brotherhood was refused, be-
cause of his sinfulness. Swearing re-
| EPnge.
harm the Knights. He has an en-
chanted garden, the flowers in which
are beautiful women; and with these
he lures the Knights to disgrace. By
these means Klingsor has trapped
Amfortas, the grailkeeper; has wrest-
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AT THE THEATERS
BILLS OF TIE WEEK

still called by the same name, and is
to-day as much of a success as in the
days when the characters were played
by two beardless boys. Its longevity
Is due to the fact that. the public in
sistently demands it, Notwithstanding
that Mcintyre & Heath have several
new and more modern sketches. one
of which will probably be put on here.
Elizabeth Murray, with her sparkling
wit and fetching songs. is also a mem
Der of the Orpheum company. She
mas a style distinctively her own.
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nights and matinee commencing Monday,
March Id. FL.
halls & Kemper's scenic production of "Alexan-
der the Great will be the Offering at the
Metropolitan for three nights and matinee, open
ing March "a. .'5--
Theodore Kremer, the author Of "Wedded and
Parted the Inelodramatic success. which will be
seen at the Bijou. is said to have written and
produced more plays this season than all other
authors combined.
embarrassing Julia" an entertaining three.
act comedy, by Henry Arthur Jones; Will Ie
beginning March II by Charles Frohmans EN-
pire Theate- Stock company, with Fay Davis
In the leading role.
George D.. Melville. who has created the role Of
Giovanni Lusan in 1.-The Stain of Guilt under
lined at the Biiou. is not only character actor
Of reputation but legitimate actor a gym
and pantommlst with 11anon's "Superba."
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FoorL1GET FLASHES

care You a Mason?' comes to the Bitou in
March.
''The Sign of the Four new romantic drama
is among the Bijou's bookings
'Yon Yonson,'' the famous Swedish dialect
comedy drama comes to the Bitou for week
following Joseph Murphy.
"David Harum'' will have presentation at the
Bijou this season with an exceptionally strong
cast The play is said by competent critics to
be an Improvement upon the book.
Joseph Murphy, the popular Irish coMedy actor,
will play week at the Bfjou following the
Orpheum show. presenting his favorite Irish
dramas. "shaun Rhue" and Kerry Cow"
Early bookings a Metropolitan, include
Francis Wilson ard an all:star cast in revival
Of "Erminie," and the Castle Square Opera
company in a repertory Of opera sung i1
English. - sT>
The Roosevelt Marching club in r. A. Bar
nets musical comedy, Baron Humbug," will
hold the boards at the Metropolitan for three
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THE MINNEAPOLIS. JOURNAL.

cred spear, atswhich, the wound heals.
Then Parsifal uncovers the Grail while
voices are heard chanting from the
dome above.
Over a hundred people will be used
in the. production and the orchestra
will be augmented to eighteen pieces.
There will also be boy choir of
twenty voices. The regular. .matinees
will be given on Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. The principal charac-
ters are cast in the following roles:
Parsifal, The Guileless Fool..A Byron Beasley
A1nfortas King OF the Grail. ). George ]. Gilmore
Titurel, IIis Father ..::, Charles g Burnham
Gurpemanz, an Old knight Ben Johnson
Klingsor,. q Magician s.........W. II. Murdoch
First Knight Observation-Disclosures Joseph Totten
Second Knight ................ Ernest Fisher
First ESQUIRE So. Wm Groulx
Second Esquire .............. Joseph Santaw
Third Esquire ........... Addison Madeira, Jr.
FOnfln E.luire WIN. Wellington
Hearer or the Grail Harry Sour
hunafy 49,. .Grace HaxW m
Second Flower Girl e............. .Maisie Cecil
Third Flower Girl ................ Eva Sargent
Fourth Flower Girl ............. Louise Mclean
Flower nlnidens. knights of the Holy Grail, es-
quires cup bearers, pages and choir boys.
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Observation-Disclosures Winnie"

In 'Winsome Winnie" the romantic
musical comedy which comes to the
Metropolitan tomorrow night for the
first time, Miss Paula Edwardes, one
OF the most magnetic and vivacious Of
condolences, has found, it is said, a
delightful vehlcle for her talents. Of
the making of musical comedies there
seems to be no end, but 'Winso,ne
Winnie" is not as other musical COM
edies. 1t is q reality, a light, romantic
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ACT Il, SCENE 2, IN :" PARslFAL," AT THE LYcEuM.

ternational four, Lillian Washburn
and Ada Lane, Mark and Kitty Hart,
Charles H. Mackie, the Orolf troupe
Of acrobats, Robert Garnella and May
Shirk, Annie Dunn and Ida LaPearl,
Amy Nelson and Oracle MILESTONE.
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Not one person in fifteen has per-
feet eyes, and the larger percentage
of effectiveness prevails among
blondes.
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COMING EVENTS CAST SHADOWS.
Harvard Lampoon.
We've had baked Indian pudding at Memorial
Hall three times already this week.
Yes. I read that some had been killed in an
uprising In Oklahoma lately