The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-24
At St. Paul Theaters

Another sterling interpretation of
Avonic drama was the Macbeth"
played last night at the Metropolitan
opera house by the James Warde COM
pany. A performance of the remorse-
tragedy that has not been equaled
here in recent years delighted the
largest patronage of the short Shakes
that the matinee bill had been Julius
Caesar" applauded still more eagerly
the conscientious work of Messrs.
James and Warde.
For reasons not apparent the play
was shortened. The porter's grim
raillery-'sk knock, knock, etc,'-was
omitted, possibly because no comedian
had been enlisted with humor of requi
site subtlety. And-telI it not on the
Rialto-the ghost refused to walk.
Bloody Banquo shook his locks in
fancy only; the Scottish Society of the
Sons of Banquo paraded not their
grisly geneaology. Even the Army of
the North was compressed into six
men. Such abbreviation served no OBJ
vious purpose of stagecraft except
that the appearance of Banquo at
the feast has sometimes been COM
mended on the ground of psychology
ical intensity.
But the principals of the tragedy,
beside whose mighty Municipalities
the details of the cast are nothing, met
every expectation. The hoarseness
from which Mr.. Warde was suffering
accented no doubt, the sympathetic
sorority of Mr.. James reading. One
would conjecture, also, though trans
position of the roles might prove the
contrary, that Mr.. James as Macbeth
restrained his feeling with more dis
erection than did Mr.. Warde as Mac
duff. In the banquet scene, Macbeth
rose finely to his acme of soul agony.
Yet when he first beheld the "gory
locks" his exclamation was pitched
suddenly at a key that the least SEN
sitive auditor must needs accept as
thrilling. No less rare and welcome
was the measured haste of Mr.. James
lines; not a thought was wrecked by
inarticulate frenzy.
With Mr.. Warde spontaneity re-
manned the keynote. In his scene with
the messenger Mr.. Warde reverted, no
doubt, to something of the old-time
repression, as BELTS his character and
acts, elementary contrast may well in
siSt that Macduff should thrust his
heart upon his sleeve. Certainly Mr..
Warde'S grief sounded no false under
tone.
The Lady Macbeth, Miss Alma Kru
ger, displayed judgment in her sleep
walking opportunity. Miss Kruger is
not a Charlotte CuShman; hers is no
masterful personality. She turned,
therefore, with effect, to the self-pity
of the murderess; and put in promi-
hence the wrdsched womanhood laid
bare by the temporary inactivity of the
queens dominant intellect.
"The Mummy and the Humming
Bird" which opens a four nights en-
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| including Saturday matinee and end
Wyndham's theater, London, with
Charles Wyndham in the principal role.
[ Last season it ran for over six months
| in New York city with John Drew as
| the star. "The Mummy and the Hum
ming Bird" teaches that man should
not become so wrapped up in his bust
ness affairs as to forget his wife.
would you forgive me as he did herr"
| is asked by more than one wife as they
stroll home after the play.
Miss Jean Lane Brooks, the new dra-
matte soprano, who will be the Elsa
| in "Lohengrin" at the Metropolitan
next Monday night, and whom Henry
| W. Savage, engaged in Paris during
his recent visit to the French capital
in April was born only a little over
twenty years ago in the officers quar-
tiers at Fort Smith, Arkansas, She mill
tary post where her father, this late
| Gen. Edward ]. Brooks, oil the United
States army, was stationed at the time.
From babyhood she seems to havS
been destined for a singing career. Her
mother had beautiful voice, and she
was constantly surrounded by fam
lily of singers. Her sister is Madeline
Brooks, of concert and oratorio fame,
now singing in Paris, and her aunt,
Mrs. Gulager, was long time soprano
at st. Thomas church in New York.
While a small girl Miss Brooks was
placed in a girls boarding school in
Denver, where she received her English
education. Her early musical training
was conducted by her sister, who had
studied under Lampertf in Italy and
later with the famous French teacher,
JuIiani. Miss Brooks attracted the at
tention of music lovers while in her
teens, singing at the Cathedral and st.
BarnabaS in Denver.
The many exciting scenes and eli
makes in For Her Children's Sake"
the attraction at the Grand the cur
rent week, keep the audience in state
of applause. 1t will be seen at the
Grand all this week, including a mat
inee Saturday.
Another one of Theo. Kremer's melo-
dramas will hold the boards at the