The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-18

The reputation of st. Paul for pretty
girls is amply indicated by the Elks' en-
tertainment at the Metropolitan opera
house. "a Night in Bohemia . the mu-
steal comedy, the first performance Of
which was given last night under the
auspices of st. Paul Lodge No. SO, B. P.
O. E. turned out genuine beauty show.
No travelling organization surely has
ever brought upon the stage of the Met
ropolitan so many girls and young wom-
en-; no professional company, in recent
years at least, could boast a similar
pulchritude.
This beauty is displayed with due en-
vironment, both picturesque and novel,
with attractive costumes, varied dances,
abundance of engaging music suffi-5
cheney of fun. A large audience that filled
twelve boxes and well nigh every seat ap-
plauded heartily the merits of the show.
The comedy directed ysits author, T.
P. Getz permits Edmund Keene,'' re-
tired actor, to make his home in the
country a meeting place for innumerable
friends from "the profession who dis
pei his melancholy with their several
turns
In the dramatic part Al G. Johnson
appears as the retired actor; James W.
Sflke as DustyxRhodes, tramp manager of
'tdefunct'' face comedy company; Hen
ry Hardick. as a BLACK face" minstrel;
@Leavitt Corning as Charles Frohman,' an
old friend Of the actors; DR.. John Dav-
ern as a policeman;- Edward DAM as a
slangy boy, Mr.. Henry Nelson as Dolly
Mobiles, the sunshine of the actors
life.
Mrs Nelson formerly Miss Grace
Cummings with Murray and Mack ap-
peared in a delightful t'cut up roguish-
Io,,
cially her nationality songs were adj
mirable. James Silke sang well topical
song, 1.-THE Man Behind In a medley
of popular songs other soloists were Mrs.
A. P. Herschler, singing Sunbeam Sue"
Miss Laura Stone, Resale, My Royal
Rosie;'' Miss Helen De Guinan, Scan
dalous Eyes, Frank L. Hoffman, Game
of Eyes," DR.. John Davern, Doing His
Duty A very droll imitation of Sis
Hopkins was given by little Miss Irene
Murphy. The same role4wiH be taken to-
morrow afternoon by Helen Calvin.
Among the concerted numbers partie-
a double sextette. eI1F Be Your Rain
RHy IN Ehsh the wy T9eg gtiman M fhe
Misses Hanson, Stone, Theyson and Car
stem; another double sextette. also after
the "FlorodoraI style "A Lovely ,,; Day
fSl Nionette sarsent and
.Rinker; sextette, nssimilar fashion,,
HAS Your Mother Any More Like Your
Misses Stone, Turtle and Kendrick: the
Salvation Army, twelve girls in uniform;
lish dude song, by Misses Haney Nichols,
King, TheySon and Miller; 1.-The Girls
From Gay Paree,'' with dance, Misses
Peterson, King, De Giinan. Sargent and nd
Hanson; "Cocoanut LOU coon song, by
Misses Chaser, Thorn, Hall, Graham isis
ters), Golden, Keisel, Niquette and An
nette, and 1.-THE Hottentots," by the
Misses Mae Matthews and Dorothy
BTuggeman, together with angelic ranks
of little maids, more little and most lit
tie, to-wit: The Misses :Beulah Mounts,
cry. Dilworth, Thomas, Birch, Ross, Nu-
gent, (Sisters) Lice, Beck, Rochelle,
1mhoff, Benepe, Scott, Lee (Sisters) Prid-
homme, Lightberd Lewis and Schwartz.
A diverting trayesty upon melodrama
was presented by Miss Rowena Francis,
Leayitt Corning and Thomas p, Getz.
The number that preceded the final
song, 'Auld Lang Syne,' was a "jay''
chorus and dance when the Circus
Comes to Town. Here Will Brennan was
the country fiddler, George H. Miller was
Seth Haverstra,w, and Morris Abrahams
was Patrick Levy, peddler.