The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-01
"AFTER MIDNIGHT" AT THE
GRAND

The poet calls 1t 1.-The city of sighs
and tears" DR. Parkhurst calls it
"hades with the lid off; New Workers
call it the "tenderloin,' which is prob
ably the most accepted name of New
York's district of vice. This notorious
section of the great city is shown in
lifelike colors in the melodrama, "After
Midnight" which will be the attraction
at the Grand for the week commencing
with the matinee today at 2::38.
The story opens In the clean, healthy
surroundings of country life in the
up state" country of New York. James
Livingston, a plafn-spoken, honest
young man who has been prosperous
in the metropolis, visits his uncle in his
palatial country home and falls in love
with beautiful young girl, Emily
Sherwood, in whose care is a bright lad
of eight years, supposed to be her
brother. Garrett Livingston, the mil
lionaire uncle of James and Robert
Livingston, has married young and
beautiful woman. In the development
of the story, it is seen that Margaret
Livingston, the young wife, has been
secretly married before, but her former
husband died, leaving her with a little
son, who proves to be none other than
the boy, Jerald, Emily Sherwood's sup
posed brother.
ingston, it is plain to be seen that,
while one is the soul of honor and man
ly character, the other is his direct an
tithesis. James Livingston is the per-
sonification of all that is noble, while
his brother Robert is as unprincipled
and cOwardly a scoundrel as ever ex-
listed. These two brothers were the
only heirs to their uncIe's vast estate,
until he married the young and beauti-
full Margaret. Robert, exasperated at
the affection the old man bears for his
young wife, and with the prospect of
her inheriting all of the wealth, tries
to turn his uncle against Margaret by
telling him that Jerald is her illegiti-
mate child. The elder Livingston dies
from the shock, and in his will, it is
found, he has left the bulk of his es-
tate to his young wife, a liberal amount
to James, and a comparatively small
legacy to Robert.
Then comes the plotting of Robert
and his viIlainous associates to secure
the property by hook or crook. The
locale of the play is transferred to New
York city, where finally, failing to set
aside the will or gain the property by
law, Robert adopts drastic measures
by kidnapping Emily and the boy, Jer-
aid, with the hope that Margaret will
give up the greater portion of her
wealth TO get the boy back Emily he
has designed to possess for himself
and has her consigned to disreputable
resort in the tenderlein.
The two victims of his nefarious plot
are finally rescued through the bravery
of James Livingston. the good brother,
and the criminals are all brought to
justice. 1t is doubtful if two more
unique scenes have ever been portrayed
on the stage than that of the school
for crooks" where the boy is secreted
among pickpockets and sneak thieves,
and that of "geisha" in the s.red light
district" where Emily is imprisoned
among degraded women. Another real
sistic scene is that of the Grand Central
station in New York, where the kid
| naping takes place.
1t is said that Messrs. Spencer and
Aborn, the producers of the play, have
invested it with one of the most beau
tiful and elaborate scenic equipments
ever given melodrana at popular
prices, and patrons of this style of en-
| tertainment are promised yeritable
treat.
There will be special matinee to-
morrow at p. M.