The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-20
"The Lighthouse by the Sea" at the
Grand


A we'll mounted, we'll PLAYED and
reasonably consistent story of heart
interest is The Lighthouse by the
Sea" which began the week at the
Grand yesterday. The situations are
intense and the action is for the most
part natural The scenic effects are
excellent, especially the thrilling storm
scene showing the wire walking per-
formance of "Minty" The audience
frantically applauded the climax of the
third act, in which this scene occurs
The representation of the thunder
clouds and the subsequent breaking of
the storm is masterpiece of stage
mechanism, which, by the way, has
been vastly improved in recent years.
Another bit of realism in the play is
the shower of rain in the second act.
With two or three exceptions the
company is the same as that which
presented the play here last season.
Harry 3. Bradley continues to give a
forceful Interpretation of Caleb Gale
the blind keeper of the lighthouse
Wilhelmina Francis retains the role of
Flora, the keepers granddaughter. and,
as formerly, is capable and pleasing
Without doubt the best bit of charac-
ter work in the piece is that of Louis
Haines, as Tom Cod. the lazy country
boy. He looks the part and acts,it in
most convincing manner without in the
least OVERRIDING it. Jack Dunn is first
rate as the hero, a young coast pilot
in love with the lighthouse keepers
granddaughter.
Lem c. Reeves and Neil Florence in
terpret the villainy of the story. the
former accomplishing it most effect
lively. Miss Eliza Mason is commenda-
BILE as Moya O'Hara, and Mildred Flora
is doubly efficient as Minty, who walks
the clothesline from the cliff to the
lighthouse and thus lights the lamp
and saves the heros ship from de-
struction. Thomas F. Donnelly is also
satisfactory as the postman.
"The Gay Masqueraders" at the Star
The aggregation at the Star this
week gives a very fair show, despite
the fact that several of the leading
members are on the sick list. In the
first part w. E. Browning, Charles
Bramlich, Cain and Camille Conde
manage to make things interesting and
amusing.
Miss Conde possesses a rich con-
tralto voice and received many encores
for her good work. The chorus is at
tractive, but some of the costumes
need session at the laundry.
Gertie DeMilt opens the list of spe-
cialties. She is an engaging young
woman, who sings well and dances still
better. w. E. Browning sang a num-
Der of songs and parodies which pleas
ed the audience. He is clever and
original and sings Alexander better
than anyone who has sung it here be-
fore. Mitchell and Cain contribute a
stunt composed of songs and Jokes
Cain has a very good voice and his
representations of the Frenchman are
very entertaining.
The Baker troupe of bicycle experts
are the features of the olio. They per-
form some difficult evolutions awheel
individually and collectively. There
are five people in the troupe and they
are all equally skillful.
The burlesque, "A Trip to Coney
Island is much the same as formerly,
with the possible exception of more
liberal use Of the slapstick. The cos
tuning in this part is more diversified
and the chorus appears to better ad-
vantage. There are several pretty
musical numbers, some new, through
out the show.