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he is seeking to teach his people, so
reverently is the drama of death and
mortality acted by the splendid English
company under Ben Greet s direction;
the student Of customs and manners is
absorbed by the vivid representation of
an earlier and simples civilization, the
art lover by its richness of suggestion
and color, while the average patron Of
the theater, fresh from frothy musical
play or a whirling melodrama, gives
himself up unreservedly to the spell
that this work, which for all it's sim
plicity is marvelously dramatic, casts
over all who witness it. sEveryman -
is not monotonous affair for the en-
joyment Of the few, it is bit Of true
drama and its appeal is to all men of all
creeds and of all degrees of education.
The two Shakesperian comedies,
g Twelfth Night y and Merchant of
Venice will be given precisely as they
were in the days Of the author. The
stage setting represents a hall and there
are no changes Of scene. The text is
given in its entirety, and Mr.. Greet 3
plea is that more SHAKESPEARE and less
stage carpenter is not only more artistic
but actually more entertaining, for the
plays stand out far better when there
is no distraction Of scene shifting and
no indifference in the story caused by
cutting and slashing the play to- meet
the requirements OF the scenery.
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"SPO0FING" IS LATEST
ENGLISH SLANG TERM

The Piccadilly equivalent of the great
American term, "talking thru your
hat, - has been discovered, and by no
less eminent an authority than Augustus
Thomas, the playwright. The term is
!" spoofng," and this word Mr.. Thomas
has incorporated in his comedy, "The
Earl of Pawtucket, which comes to
the Metropolitan for half a week COM
mencing Sunday, April %, with Law
rance D 'Orsay and his original New
Lawrance D'Orsay, who plays the
part of Lord Cardington, uses the word
in his speech to the American. girl in
the play to whom he is endeavoring to-
appear an Americana native of Paw
tucket. He says:
s'You are sure you are not spoofngf"
~ beg your pardona" says the girl.
"Spoofng is, jesting-er, -
with a sudden Inspiration, Etalking
thru your hat 49, 80 I
Mr.. Thomas did not put the word
into the play until assured by Mr..
D 'Orsay that "spoofng'' is exactly
what thoro Englishman would say,
and now that the precedent has been
established, it is not unlikely that the
term will become incorporated into the
vernacular of the street. SS
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Some Stories Told BY
RNyyn0,,d Hitchcock C01uedian

himself was present, and arose with
good-humored but pointed inquiry is
to where the comedian really came
from. g Auburn, N Y, where the pris-.
on is" replied Hitchcock, and further
remarks were lost in the roar of laugh.
ter that filled the room.
Some years ago when Mr.. Hitchcock
was with transforming troupe, he
was called on to play. the hero in
lurid melodrama, Bertha, the Sewing
Machine Girl. - In the course of the
action, the hero, after experiencing all
the ills that flesh is heir to from the
sleek, cigaret-smoking villain, is finally
tied to the railroad track.
"My character, " said the comedian,
in telling the story, "was that of a
brave section hand, and if I remember
rightly, the heroine was the daughter
of the village boarding house keeper.
The mean villain first locked the suffer.
ing heroine in the fagman's shanty,
and then after a terrible encounter,
he bested me and tied me to the track.
Now the property man on this occasion
had forgotten to place the ak, with
which the heroine was to break open
the door and iberate me from my peril
GUS position. The lady impersonating
the heroine was rushing around-like
| Richard of old-shouting in hoarse
| whispers, an ak, an ak The men in
| charge of the train were over-zealous,
| and without waiting until the all-nec.
essary ak was secured, started the
train. Eight day coaches and a bag.
gage car passed over me, to say moth
ing of the pasteboard engine. Yet |
/ was ready in the next act to deal out
deferred retribution to that deep-dyed
| villain - ..-- . =
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Metropolitan-Raymond Hitchcock in
The Yankee Consul = .ts.s'@

Raymond Hitchcock in that phee
nomenally successful operatic comedy.
production, "The Yankee Consult is
to be offered by Henry w. Savage at
the Metropolitan for half week be-
ginning Thursday, April 20. For nine
months Mr.. Hitchcock and his support
cinating theatrical dish from which a
qomewhat jaded population :in& New
Fork partook of refreshment and later
yor two months in Boston, like period
2n Chicago, and one month in Philadel-
phia. in which places the production
was boon to those patrons Of the the
alter who sought novelty and enjoy
ment. When Mr.. Hitchcock is seen in
this city, the cast will be almost iden-
teal with the one that appeared with
him in New York, Philadelphia, Boston
and Chicago A large and well-trained
chorus and an augmented orchestra are
features. In the cast are such capable
and well-knoWn artists as Flora Zabelle,
recently rejoined the cast, having been
absent thru the illness Of her mother
in Paris; Eva Davenport, Rose Botti,
Sally McNeel, Albert Parr, William
Danforth, Joseph NJ. Ratliff, J.. e. Haz.
yard, and the usual large and we'll
drilled chorus,
AS many are doubtless aware, song
part Of the success Of this charming
comic opera. Mr.. Hitchcock's songs,
g In the Days of Old, = I" Amt It
Funny What a Difference Just Few
Hours Make, and In Old New
York, = are the most whistlable conceits
Of the year, and Hola by Flora Ia.
belle, HThe MOSQUITO and the Nudge. .
with which Rose Botti scores strongly,
and Albert Parr Is song 8 Cupid Has
Found My Heart have proved de.
lightful in the extreme, and there are
many Others in the same category, all
Of which will be heard when The
thru the country ss;s
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MISS BOWER TALKS
OF. "RANGY" VOICES

Miss Cole Frances Bower; the, Cali
fornia contralto, singing this week at
the Unique theater, has this comment
to make upon statements made in the
article that appeared in e J:o ur :
March 81, in which it was assert
tague, Is years old, has a range of
voice from C below middle G to F
sharp above high G:
.Of course, I will not dispute the
assertion. | sincerely hope she pos
sesses this phenomenal voice, for it may
mean fame and fortune. At the same
time, seeing, or, rather, hearing is be
lieving, and I have never heard Miss
Montague. sing. If she can make
She is the vocal wonder Of the age.
Grau's new find, Nina David, is the
only singer in the world who claims a
range of twenty-nine sustained notes.
"Since comparisons have been made
between the range Of my voice and
that claimed for Miss Montague, let
me say this: Miss Montague is spoken
Of as high Irish soprano. I think
this must be a mistake of the types
and that a high lyric soprano is meant.
Now, comparison between lyric
soprano and a contralto cannot well be
made. | am contralto. The surpris.
ing quality of my voice, to go by what
critics say, is that 1 can go as high
as b fiat, and that my tones are nat
ural and fully sustained. Musical au
thorities and physicians agree, | have
always understood, that it is impossible
for lyric soprano to reach G below
| middle G. Ellen Beach Yaw, who, like
myself, is Californian, and whom
| know quite intimately, never claimed
| to 90 as low as that1 Miss Yaw's voice
is said to have made her eight fortunes
! So Miss Montague can understand from
| this the value of such voice.
| It should be understood that / d.
do double voice. oy does not indicate this
. It simply means that can sing in boil
lower and upper registers. sing lowe
than the average barytone and highe
than the average soprano. So far Al
I know, there is no singer besides my
self that lays claim to ability to d,
this except Miss Montague, or whoeye
!. speaks for her.
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liberty loving citizens of Russia have
arrived at the desperate decision that
open violence and the appeal to arms
me1its that can be used TO bring about
conditions that advanced civilization
is bringing to other countries Of great:
er en1jghtenm ent. is y, fs ;3 81 =
And.7 Darkest Russia will teach all
this I'M the :pieasantest method by
which a lesson can be taught; sugar
coated with delightful and artistic en-
tertainment; the wholesome excitement
OF an engrossing and powerful drama
carrying the great world truth of its
subject into the hearts and minds ofTits
hearers on the wings Of recreation. 3.
The two vital questions upon which
Of the Nihilists and the Jews, form tlls
basis upon which is built the fabric Of
this strong and exciting drama. ST.
IBERIA with its horrors of exile and pun
ishment is strongly used, while it's
wildly desolate and picturesque scenery
is effectively employed in elaborate. and
spectacular scenes.
The heroine is Ida Borosky, a beau
;tiful Jewess, and member of the lib
eral party. In the first act, in most
unusual and absorbing scene, she pre-
p1tdCcS Guo 0ICudb4Ou w AACA
troubles, political and otherwise, by re-
fusing to play on her violin, (" God
Save the Czar,' tho he who commands
her is the powerful Count Nazimoff, the
father of her lover. Rather than play
the air she breaks her beloved instru.
ment in pieces
This passionate role of the Jewish
girl, tinged with the sadness and trag-
edy of her race, and finding the only
light among life's shadows in the love
she bears young Nazimoff,g will give
Lyceum patrons, an opportunity, to see
Eva Taylor, the, new leading lady,. in a
part quite different from the two in
which she has already appeared. An
other phase Of her versatile art will be
required to depict the role, which is
one Of the. strongest and most appeals
ing in modern drama, es y.w
: The play bristles with exciting
scenes, among them being a rescue from
the wolves ON the vast Siberian
steppes, and the entrance Of the sled in
which is the courier of the czar, newly
arrived at the Siberian outpost with
pardons. for the suffering exiles. e y
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Raymond Hitchcock Of The Yankee
Consul comes in for good-natured
raillery from his friends, because Of his
extreme thinness. In, early life this
used to bother the comedian consider
ably, and he tried in vain all kinds of
medicines guaranteed to put on fatty
tissues. At. last the comedian went to
q physician, famed not only for in
ducing avoirdupois in his patients, but
'fHe promised to do me all sorts Of
good, = said Hitchcock, 3and after
sounding me all over, gave me bottle
of medicine, and said:
q will guarantee that that will
give you remarkable appetite, and
you II soon be all right
"Well, I went back at the end of
the week thoroly Disguised. Doctor,
said, you told me that I was going to
get fat, and that this stuff would give
me remarkable appetite. Why, l
haven t eaten anything but soda
| cracker all week. y
| well, I kept my word, didn It r.
| said he. 'That's certainly remark
able appetite
| "And it cost me $685. said the
comedian ruefully..
Mr. Hitchcock was guest recently
at a smoker in leading club and wa
called on for a. speech. He solemn!
arose and told in great detail how, al
a boy, he worked for John Wanamaker
but had to answer to a number insteat
Of his name. 1t was No. 36'' and h,
finally left his situation, becauses as h
expressed it, the people where com
from are representative about being
4 known by numbers Nh. Wanamake
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Dewey-The Kentucky Bellies.

There are many new and novel. fea,,
lures promised BY the management Of
pany, which viii be seen at the Dewey
next week. The company has been Sc
lected with care and good Judgment,
and inclu9.s such well known artists as
the three I.l1gi BROTHERS European com,
in this country; which must be seen
to- be appreciated; Reid and Gilbert,
the Celtic stars, in a potpourri of non
sense, guaranteed to- create hearty
laughter; Aleene and Hamilton, the
acrobatic girls; Reliance quartet, sweet e;
singers and harmonists; Terry and Ell
mer in the clever speciality, "The Dan
cling Missionary, the fascinating and
charming Jessie Homer Brodrick, and
twenty up-to-date gushing girls in the
humorous farce in two acts" Murphy s
Masquerade.." which will include
and marches, up-to-date songs, beauti
full scenic effects, enlivened by rides
cent lights and electrical effects, and
an extravagant >display Of beautiful
costumes of new and novel design.
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UNDERLINED ATTRACTIONS

~ . "a : s.Sts -
Auditorium fl terest increases in
the enga cement 8of the Ben Greet Eng
fish Players for week beginning Mon
day, April "a. The old morality play,
s. EYeryman, Il Wi 55be given six times,
fand.one peri rmanee each of "Twelfth
Night = and the $ Merchant Of Venice"
will be given. ~ IHlverymano will be
the bill on Monday Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday :, evenings, and at the matt
Wednesday evening, and MERCHANT of
Venice on Saturday evening. Both
comedies are to be given in the Eliza
bethan manner. Ben Greet's Eliza
bethan performances ], have created a
furore in Chicago, where the audiences
have been both large and enthusiastic.
Last Saturday hundreds were turned
away unable to gain admission. The sale
opens next Thursday morning at the
METROPOLITAN Music store. ~.
Metropolitan Comedy will reign SUI
preme the week Of April 90. The first
half Of the week will be signalized by
the appearance Of Lawrence. D'Orsayy,
the inimitab!e English; comedian, in his
tucket." D'Orsay plays a bowling
British swell to the very life and in a
way to tickle the American sense of. hu-
NOR. vastly. He was discovered by Au-
gustis Thomas, who saw him, in minor
roles and Immediately declared that he
would write a comedy to fit him. ''The
Earl of PaMtuckctss'. the result, and
taneous. ! , '0rsaT literally yoke up the
next morning. to- find himself famous.
This will be Minneapolis first chance
to see the famous productions The lat
ter half Of the week comes the%ever-
welcome Nat Goodwin in a repertory of
his most famous comedy creations, in
American Am j; Citizen tq and "The Usur,
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~ e.iS Si0 $snSISiOaS FIay5 IVStyIlaIly
It is a fact that the first production
to feel the benefits of that great wave
Of reawakening taste for the best in
the drama, which has for some time
been apparent in this country, was
!" Everyman, = which is to be produced
the week Of April "a at the Auditorium.
Everyman, after tremendous
success in England, was brought to
Mendelssohn hall in New York in the
fall Of 1902. Even the most optimistic
persons familiar with dramatic condi-
tlons declared that the venture was
doomed to failure, yet in the face Of
very small houses at the start, the
managers, Ben Greet and Charles Froh-
man, persevered.a Within week the
audiences had grown to more than the
capacity Of the hall and a larger theater
was found necessary. This morality
play was given $50 times in New York
that season at. FIVE different theaters
and wherever given in outside cities at
tracted widespread attention. These de-
tails may seem sordid when touched
upon in relation to drama Of the pro-
foundry religious spirit as well as the
remarkable educational value Of Ev-
eryman, but they best illustrate
the tremendous hold this splendid old
morality play has upon all classes. The
clergyman sees In 1T serman, which
teaches the same fundamental lesson
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Gently come. to Minneapolis from North
Dakota. She is member of the Hen
nepin Avenue church choir and has q
strong voice, a pleasing personality,
and good stage presence. -
IA nurses home has long been desired
for st. Barnabas, and plans for raising
money for this purpose have been under
way for year or two. At present four.
nurses sleep in one -cramped room, and
are unable to- attend to their duties as
capably as they might if they had more
adequate opportunities to rest. There
are more than twenty-five nurses at
the hospital and all are hampered in do
ing their best work by the small quar-
tiers allotted to. them at present. 1t is
we'll known that no emergency case is
ever rejected at the hospital, and that
the free beds maintained for tbs wor-
thy poor of all denominations have
saved innumerable patients from going
to the city hospital. from which they
shrank. The convalescents fund for
patients after they leave the hospital
is another of the notable charities of
st. Barnabas. There is already strong
demand for tickets and all of the
boxes have been sold. .- --
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called. g Jockey Jones, and deals with
the misfortunes of a jockey, who thru
an accident suffers the loss Of both legs,
just before the big race is run. In his
dying moments the jockey fancies him
self in the lead Of the great race, and
as his vision fades away his life comes
to an end. Mr.. Corrigan was recog-
nized emotional actor before going into
vaudeville two wears ago, and he brings
to his little play the art and the meth
DDS of the legitimate stage. Incident
ally, there. is panoramic TRANSFORMED
ton showing horserace, the effect
being similar to that used in" Parsi-
fal.' Assisting Mr.. Corrigan will be
Helen Courtney Madge Coleman and
Lee Hickman.
,. BY ~ way Of e9ntrast every other mem
provoking sort, altho Willy thinner
man g life portraits Of celebrated com
posers are SO faithful as to command
serious attention. Zimmerman is a
talented Hungarian making his first
| tour Of this country. One after another
Of the great omposers-Wagne List
Verdi, Rubenstein and others, come be.
fore the footlights and lead the ,orches
ira thru some difficult score. Generally
Oscar Hammerstein, Sousa and others
OF recent renown. TN $a
Trending more toward the hilarious
are Charles II. Burke and Grace La
Rue and their Inkey Boys'' in. a skit
in white and black called 'The Silver
Moon. !" Burke is clever, Miss La Rue
is attractive and the whole mixed
quartet can sing and dance to the
public IS taste, y.s <~}&
Then there are Paulton & Dooley
possessors of an unequaled repertoire .ot
bicycle tricks, whose daredevil riding
is happily interspersed with comedy
Still another semi sensational acrobatie
Hthe acrobatic coopers. - The team does
some recordbreaking long and high dis
lance jumping, landing in empty, up
ended -four barrels, into and out OF
which they turn somersaults from al
sorts Of heights. ,.y,.. =. ,.s:@ .,i~
=. HThe Genuine GEORGIA Girl,l Is Artie
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A group, of prominent society women
will act as patronesses for the presen-
tationi of the "Chimes of Normandy
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, May
2 and g.. in the Auditorium, for the
benefit Of the charities Of st. Barna-
bas hospital. They are Mines. E. j.
Carpenter, j. B. Gilfllan, A. B. Jack
son. Cavour Langdon, Hiram Truesdale,
H. IT,. Wi Is R. 3; La Langa9n, =. v y + !
more, Cyrus Northrop, G. ?. Harding,
s. G.. Edsall, SIS. Cargill. R: w. Vince.
lock. G. G.. Goodrich, W. J. Murphy and
G. e. =Welles. sss - ss 44s5.s.s:rss 80 p
3 Rehearsals for the opera are held at
the Auditorium, under the direction of
Willard Patten. The chorus is one of
tho best that could be secured among
the younger singers in the city. and
numbers nearly 100 voices. The princi-
pal parts will be, taken by a group. of
we'll known musicians Ravens
croft, Harry E. George of ST. Paul. Ad-
Olson MADEIRA, Mrs. George A. Hughes
and Miss Edith Pearce. With the ex-
ception Of Miss Pearce they are all ex-
perienced in operate work. Miss
Pearce is a young singer who has re-
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Unique Continuous Vaudeville.

Farmer Jones comes to the Unique
theater next week with his educated
cs VIII VIII
OF all trained animal acts on the vaude-
vile stage this is said to be the most
novel. Farmer Jones is real farmer
he does not claim to be an actor He
and his good wife love animals, and
they have trained some Of their barn
yard pets to perform some unusual
tricks. Their fame as teachers of COM
tention Of a vaudeville manager WHO
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Observation-Disclosures Roberts
Marta of the Lowlands.'

Florence Roberts commences the last
part Of her notable engagement ct the
lavish production Of the Manhattan
theater, New York, success Of last sea-
son, Marta Of the Lowlands.' Miss
Roberts has proved herself an artist of
exceptional powers and an enterprising
and progressive star with the two pro-
ductions Of this week, and her presen-
tation Of this new romance will be
keenly enjoyed.
The hot blood, fierce passions and
ardent natures of the southern chimes
are said to be thoroly illustrated in this
play, in which the tinkle of the guitar
and mandolin mingle with the rich
toned voices Of the peasants singing
the native songs. The plot winds around
the experiences Of, Marta, a pretty. beg
gar girl, found On the highway with
Sebastian, who shelters and befriends
them After the fathers death Sc.
bastian ruins the girl and, tho he loves
her, is compelled to marry q rich WON.
an Of his own class in order to save his
estates, Not wishing, however, to lose
with Manelich, one Of his mountain
shepherds. Sebastian tells Marta he
has paid Manelich for the contract, but
withholds all facts about her from the
husband. The shepherd falls in love
with his wife, but she, thinking he
has basely sold himself, despises him
Afterwards, when she learns the truth
and sees what a noble character he is
she returns his affection and tells him
her story. Enraged at the treachery
Of Sebastian, the shepherd tries to kill
him. but is driven away. He returns
again at night and, finding Sebastian
strangles him with his bare hands Then
he and Marta 60 to his home on. the
mountain top. Miss Roberts will ap
pear as Marta, Melbourne Mcdowell as
the shepherd and Lucius Henderson as
Sebastian. The rest of the characters
will be in capab bic hands.
the prettiest provinces of Spain and
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AT THE TFIEATERS
BILLS or THE WEEK,

Observation-Disclosures Roberts Marta Of the Low
lands Spanish drama, April %, "a 25 and 26
with Wednesday matinee. sss@s ss8s8
Raymond Hitchcock in Yankee Consul April 81 % and
80 with Saturday matinee.
oRPHEUn1- Vaudeville AL the week with daily
matnees
BIJoU" Dangers of Working Girls meodrama All the week
with matinees Sunday Wednesday and Saturday
LYCEUM-Ferris Stock Company in Darkest Russia meo
drama All the week with matnees< Sunday Tuesday,
s. Thursday and Saturday.
UNIQUE Continuous Vaudeville with Farmer Jones and his
barnyard pets headlner -Four daily at
$780, 8 and 8 80 pm. Bill changes Monday.
overwhelmingly Bellies buresquers All the week with daily
matinees Ladies performances Friday afternoon and
& evening" 80 ~