The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-25

M. Flanmar1On shows that, weighing the
mathematical chance of death happening
at the time Of a Authorization, the chance
equals one in o4,622,222; (which tends to
prove that the telepathic theory which
embraces the idea of a cause for an effect
Is 8O4, 622,222 times more probable than the
hypothesis Of fortuitous coincidence !:
ADJUSTMENTS .
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Colonel CASTOR Bordeverry the French
| rifeman, furnishes the sensation Of the
week on the Orpheum bill. Bordeverry Is
| a wonderful shot and some of his feats
border upon the miraculous. His subjects
! and assistants have unlimited confidence
| in his skill. as their lives are in his hands
from the first to the last of the act. The
| most sensational part Of the work is the
! playing of a piano with a repeating rifle.
The keys are connected with targets
! placed beneath the keyboard, and it re-
! quires a "bul1seye" on every note. The
| shooter did not strike. a false note last
night in three selections, altho the playing
| of America was something of a rag
| time effort. Another stunt, fully as haz-
| ardous, was the disrobing of Nine. Borde
very by clipping the gown fastenings with
| rifle bullets.
| The show opens with the Parisiennes in
! globe-running, tumblng, cakewalk on the
| wire, and dancing. The act goes well as
a curtain raiser, the&work on the globe
being especially good and new. Raymond
| and Caverly follow in a rough house talk
| ing turn, in which the action pleases the
gallery, altho the dialog should be SUBJ
jected to a rigid bluepenciling.
| Edmund Day, assisted by Patrice Win
ston and Robert Watson, give 1.-THE Sher-
iff,'' a playlet by Day. dealing with Life
in Arizona. Day is the author and the
actor and the act is a hit thru his clever
| ness. 1t is a clean, little drama and Day
has scored another triumph in authorship
and playing. Violet Dale gives frenzed
representations of famous actresses, fairly
| out Gathering Mrs. Carter in the selection
| from ,ttDu Barry" The work is we'll done
and ranges from Fay Templeton at her
best to Anna Held in her lively singing of
topical songs -.
La Belle Estellita gives the Spanish
i dances and sings a ballad in the finest Of
Madrid English, She is assisted in the
national dance BY Senior Gabardon. Har-
per, Desmond and Bailey, have an act
which lives up to the program promise Of
l versatile entertainers The act is a
musical and dancing turn and nothing but
ragtin1e all of the, way. The kinodrome
film shows an exciting series of pictures,
1.-THE F'irebug." j. H. Richie.
i Bijou-"Queen of the White Slaves"
Melodrana, double distilled hair-rais-
ing and blood curdling, based on bare, un-
vanished deeds Of villainy bluntly pic
tured and spoken, holds forth at the Bijou
this week 1.-THE Queen of the White
Slaves" IS told in four acts, subdivided
Ifnto sixteen strenuous scenes. The action
| NJ 1roo ho 1oi
in the Alazar' concert hall and dope joint
in Frisco, to the xsteenth in the harem
of Fong Low in Hongkong, vice in all its
varied forms is portrayed with a prodi-
gality that leaves the category Of villainy
bankrupt, and the play must needs end.
i Fortunately, however, there are bright
spots. The high tension and wickedness
in which the action abounds is relieved by
i the many victories Of the forces of vir-
tue. A bit of comedy interspersed now
land then gives the audience opportunity
for hearty healthful laugh. Virtue
finally comes off permanently triumphant
The beautiful girl who Is stolen to become
the queen Of the white harem Of the
Chinese villain, Fong Low, is restored tc
, her lover, who rejoices in the highly local.
: lied alias Of Bert Hall, secret service man
and detective. a... @y.f
The audience takes to the Queen Of the
y White Slaves" with vim that would be
dangerous in a community where firearms
and vegetables were allowed in theaters
4 The villains are Kissed and hooted in {
most threatening manner, and the heroe:
and heroines are greeted with applause
that is deafenfng. &N 81 r..
: A. Byron ,Beasley, formerly with thu
> Ferris company, Is the leading male herr
t and plays the spectacular and Impossible
: part with finish and moderation that il
most pleasing and the more surprising II
: a high-hair melodrarna hero. AS Der
Hall, better known as James Wendell, thu
governm detective, he appears in prac
ideally every scene, and finally triumphs
:. Miss Curran, as Grace Fawn, the victim
& Of the cohorts of villatny, is pleasing ami
: natural. Alma Estee,. as Maggy Murphy
: the flower girl, is a favorite with tn
d audience Among the other favorites ar
g r. F. Sullivan as John Mack. the sailo
(. whose heart IS right, and Richard Milloy
as Smoke Pot, black Nick Carter, VIII
wears loud clothes and carries razo
| that 'tcuts both ways
. ]. 3. Miltern, who is starred as Ralp
3 Crimes the leading villain, has a thankles
y task and one that would prove dangerou
: in Tombstone Ariz. where the standar
h of Workmanship Is high. His work
Q capable, for 1t never fails to draw fort
t.. the hatred Of the audience. Joseph Car
r ter as Fong Low Is a very dignified vii
: lain. =. S
i The stage settings and effects are stump
:, tuous and rich. Nothing has been spare
= to make everything seem as real as pos
It sible. Scenery, costumes and effects ar
), far above the ordinary melodrama stand
el ard The piece itself is too bold an
# brutal in its wickedness and has little tina
10 should be praised M. C.. Bachelor.
Z Foyer Chat.
4 The comedy, Mrs. Temples Telegram,
a opened brief engagement at the Metro
q i politan last night. It will be reviewed
a this column tomorrow.
a Alice Fischer, the new star in the com
al edy, 1.-THE School for Husbands" is to b
/ presented at the Metropolitan the last ha
II Of this week.
The Lyceum was packed with three bi
audiences yesterday, the double attractio
of Ora Cecil and her troupe OF tratne
, leopards, with Miss Tenie Murphy, Il
sweet singer, being irresistible A CON
ae3, plete change of bill will take place tn
2. afternoon and continue for the remaindt
= Of the week. Bartlett & Collins and b
e vaudeville program will be presented