The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
At ST. Paul Theaters
"a GiIded FooIy at tn. metronoI;+an

"a GiIded Fool" at the metropolitan
If Mr.. Goodwin's manager had pre-
Sented "a Gilded Fool" on the opening
night of the comedians engagement at
the Metropolitan, the result would GER
tainly have redounded to the financial
betterment of the Goodwin enterprise
If We may assume that box office re-
suits are ever considered by the anna
bic and artistic gentlemen who pro-
vide our theatrical amusement For
the audience last night, when the
Carleton play was given, was larger
than on the two previous evenings
and better suited withal. Mr.. Goodwin
may have done better things than "A
Gllded Fool" but he has done nothing
into which he fits so completely
Chauncey Short is such an endearing
chump. so engaging an ass. so thor
ough good thing for the plucking,
yet carrying about with him an
amount of good sense so ponderous
that he pays excess baggage on it up
to the last act. that no American ever
failed of getting all the humor that
Goodwin discovers in the situations
developed-nor the pathos either. In
Mr.. Goodwin's hands the play, old
though 1T be, is always worth the sit
ting through, and the actor himself
The company sufficed. Miss Mackay
is rather pervasive in her magnitude.
and when the eXigencies of the play
demand that she appear en- grande
tenue there appears to be a great deal
more of her in actual evidence than
the part of Margaret Ruthven de-
mands shall be shown. A somewhat
Emphatic young person is this Miss
Mackay. but some day she will act,
and then she may be wonder. Last
night she was a bit prone TO suppress
the sentiments which Mr. Carleton so
amiably provided lines TO express The
Perkins of Neil O'Brien was a clever
bit OF character work
The presentation of Grace Wasselrs
Shakespeare song cycle by the Metro
politan quartette was the feature of
the Schubert musicale yesterday after
noon in the OdeOn. In Stratford this
week they are celebrating the poets
anniversary and the opening of the
London season has been made notable
by the revival of many of his plays by
the great Shakespearean players.
St Paufs little celebration consisted
merely of this singing of the song cy-
Gle, but it was exceptionally good sing
ing, and it was enjoyed by a large au-
dlence. so ii cannot be said that the
famous Elizabethan had no honor paid
him here.
Mrs. Wassell's cycle is a musical set
ting for some of the sonnets. To ex-
press in music the full beauty of these
great poems would tax the resources of
musical genius. but there is some
thing fresh and fragrant and alluringly
melodlouS in the cycle composed by
the Chicago woman. and it's charm was
preserved in the quartette's interpreta-
ton yesterday. The members. Miss
Clara Williams. soprano; Harry E.
George, tenor; Mrs. Jane Huntington
Yale. contralto. and Harry E. Phillips,
baritone. were in good voice. and the
singing of each was stamped with the
distinction of art. The ordinary song
cycle is the musical expression of
mood. but this Shakespeare cycle ex-
presses d variety of moods The quar-
tette conveyed these subtly. yet def
nitely. to the audience yesterday. dis
playing rare musical sympathy as well
as vocal intelligence throughout
Miss Fillebrown played brilliantly
the Beethoven sonata Cop. 53). Ballade
Cop. 20), by Reinecke. and Tristan and
Isolde" Wagner-LisZt. Mrs. Yale sang
Grieg's Autumn Gale"
Yesterdays musicale most satisfac-
torily closed the Schubert clubs sea-
son.
Creston Clarke, nephew of Edwin
Booth and son of John Sleeper Clarke.
likewise a noted player. will appear at
the Metropolitan next week, presenting
Monsieur Beaucaire.''
Lawrence D'Orsay. in THE Earl Of
Pawtucket," will commence an en-
gagement of four nights and Saturday
matinee at the Metropolitan tonight.
Gus Thomas wrote The Earl of Paw
tucket" to prove that I.aWrance Dor
say was really true. If such were in
deed Mr.. Thomas only purpose. the
merry farce has triumphantly vindi-
Gated his judgment, for it has shown
Mr.. D'OrSay one of the most accom-
plished light comedians of his day, a
talented actor whose limitations in the
past were noticeable perhaps because
his impreSario didn't give him any
wide range of parts to play. Anyhow.
The Earl of Pawtucket" and D'Orsay
have triumphed in New York, Boston,
Chicago, Philadelphia and San Fran
cisco and the engagement here will
doubtless witness a repetition of these
successes. The cast is the same that
during the long New York run.
Harry Corson Clarke in Sydney
Rosenfeld's comedy. His Absent Boy.
will be the attraction at the Metro
politan the first half of next week.
with a matinee Wednesday at popular
prices.
1.-The Way Of the Transgressor" at
the Grand Is a stirring story of life.
The play is effectively staged. each OF