The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-02-04
AT THE LYCEUM.

MI DdAAc1 0u1Ay, WHO lie" year,
ago created a sensation by daring to
appear In the character of priest on
the stage, will appear at the Lyceum
on Tuesday, Feb. Z. in a new play en-
titled Our Pastor" in which he again
essays a clerical character. Mr.. Sully's
venture in THE Parish Priest" was a
startling innovation, but after the first
shock was over the public found MOTH
ing surprising in the fact that the re-
lations of a pastor and his flock were
found to be sufficiently interesting to
prove the basis of. a strong, well con-
structed play. 1.-THE Parish Priest
turned out to be one of the greatest
successes of Sully's career but in ''Our
respect Is an Improvement on it's pre-
decessor.
Our Pastor" IL q threS-act comedy
drama by Jerrold Shepard; the scene
is laid in Boom City, Idaho, where Jim
Carter, wealthy cattleman, is lead
ing citizen and general :. boss Of the
community. Carter is a fiery, quick
tempered, rough and ready customer
who has fought his way to success and
who bitterly resents any interference
with his plans. Carter has a ward,
Margaret Manning, with whom he is in
love and whom he has determined to
marry; the young lady, however, has
other views and Is secretly bethrothed
to Arnold Leslie, a mining engineer
who Is in Boom City as the represen-
tative Of an Eastern syndicate. Car
ter learns Of Margaret's engagement
and tries to break it by soaring the
young engineer and driving him out
Of the country: falling in this he sets
a lot Of tough citizens on Leslie's trail,
and they, finding him with another
mans horse in his possession, imme
diately organize lynching party. Les
lie is about to be strung up when
Father DAILY, pastor of the Boom City
church, appears on the scene and res
cues him. Carter Is enraged at Les
lies escape and continues his perse-
cution, but is opposed by Father DAILY;
the desperate, INSCRIPTIONS, daredevil
boss and bully of the town meets his
match in the good-natured, easy-go-
ing priest who eventually forces Car
ter to re11nquish his hopes of Mar
garet and induces him to return to a.
woman who has a real claim on him.
The play is strongly dramatic; the
action is rapid and the climaxes nat
urally brought about. The situations
are cleverly worked out and the char
acters are natural types, portrayed
without exaggeration; the comedy ele-
ment is admirably handled and the
undercurrent of humor, cropping out
In the most unexpected places, saves
the most trying scenes from becoming
unduly serious. AS Father DAILY, Mr..
Sully has the best and most satisfac-
tory role he has ever played and he
feels confident that Our Pastor" will
rank as one of the biggest hits Of the
season.
1.-THE Sultan of sulu," the book and
lyrics Of which are from the pen of
George AIDE and the music by Alfred
G. Wathall, is, according to the famous
author of "Fables in Slang" neither a
light or comic opera, nor a musical or
farcial comedy, nor burlesque extrava-
CANA, but merely a musical satire,
which contains the good features of
ell This brilliant musical opera broke
all records for receipts at Wallack' s
| theater, New York, where it was the
attraction for six months. It has also
! received the endorsement of Chicago,
Boston, Philadelphia. st. Louis, Wash
ington and other theater patrons. 1.-THE
Sultan of Sulu," with it's array of COM
edienne singers, exquisitely dressed and
perfectly drilled choruses, and artistic
triumphs of scenic art has been Sc
c.