The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-28
At St. Paul Theaters

IL was ICllSllcu ny highly
appreciatiye audience.
The Earl of Pawtucket." which
served to introduce a most amiabie
actor to local theatefgoerS. is the work
Of Augustus Thomas, whose Ala
bama'' endeared him to all Americans
as poetic playwright. and whose
Arizona" appealed to their love of
action and country. The admirable play
er for whom this play might we'll have
been written is Lawrance D'OrSay, an
EngliShman of convincing and most
agreeable personality.
Inasmuch as the earl Is masquerade
ing in this country under an assumed
name-that of a real American-dodg-
ing the payment of alimony and imag-
ines he is fooling everybody into be-.
lieving he belongs on this side of the
pond, because he has conned some
American slang, every scene he has is
rich with amusement
Thomas. who knows SO we'll how to
supply pat and characteristic speeches,
has fitted the earl with plenty of them.
and Mr.. D'Orsay delivers them with
inimitable relish and genuine British
aplomb.
He is tall and manly is D'Orsay.
with tawny. dropping dragoonlike
mCStache. a QuiZZical expression, a
most amiablc smile, and a thoroughly
genteel manner-not self-asSertiVe. but
never undignified, genial, but not eff
fuSiVe-in short, a typical English gen.
tleman. who reserves his emotions for
private exhibition. Such is the char
acter the playwright conceived and
such is the man that DOrsay shows
us. Without resorting to the conven-
tiCnal methods of denoting surprise or
CONSERVATION, D'OrSay depicts these
sensations effectively by a mere drop
ping of the head to one side, accom-
panied by an amazed stare. The laugh
invariably follows, and thus the. COM
edy, which might otherwise grow seri-
Gus, is preserved
After the limitations of the accent
of we'll bred Englishman with which
our stage is SoTely afflicted that of
Mr.. D'Orsay comes as Il relief, For aught
the writer knows, Mr.. D'OrSay may not
be an Englishman, but his accent and
meditation of voice sound so unmiS
takably British that il would require
documentary evidence to prove the ac
ter anything else. His speech to the
audience after the second act was
clever and modest little talk in which
the English accent was, if anything.
more pronounced than in the charter
of Montgomery Putnam.
MIR. D'Orsay is surrounded by an ad-
equate supporting company. Jane Pey-
ton was notably pleasing in the char
acter of Harriet Fordyce. who is the
cause OF the earl coming to America
to WOO under an assumed name. Miss
Florence Robinson contributed a Wig
| orous character sketch of Miss Jane
Putnam, the maiden aunt, and the sis
ter of Montgomery. A. p. Thomas was
convincing in the role of Mr.. Silas
Hooper. whom the earl call "Oopah!"
F. G. II.
Vernon D'Arnalle. the baritone, who
gave a recital last night at the Park
III, &c
expression, a phrase that means much in
an artistic way, but which speaks loud
er of natural musical and tempera-
mental qualities. Before an audience
almost eXtravagantly appreciative, al
though of small proportions, he sang a
| programme that might have taxed the
| capabilities of a more mature singer
| less richly endowed temperamentally.
Mr.. D'Arnalle, however, made small
| matter of vocal difficulties and entered
| so thoroughly into the spirit of each
song he interpreted that sympathy be-
tween himself and his audience was in
stantly established, with the result that
every genuine effect was heightened.
The young singers diction is ire
| proachable. he appears to enjoy a closer
acquaintance with the French and Ger
man languages than the average sing
| er and naturally his linguistic accom-
| plishments add UNNECESSARILY to the
Ndiue OF MS vocal art.
The voice itself, by no means re-
| markable for its range, is somewhat re-
markable for its quality. 1t possesses
warmth and color and verve and lends
J itself readily to the expression of the
most delicate shades of emotion.
Schubert's "Litanei," which Mr. D'Ar-
MALE sang last night, Illustrated as we'll
| as anything else his ability to achieve
| the more subtitle vocal effects. The old
German ballad, Edward" as admirably
! served to reveal the dramatic power of
| his voice. Perhaps the audience OBJ
! tafned as much enjoyment from the
| group of old Brittany and other French
folk songs as from anything else that
was sung.
Mr.. D'Arnalle appears to have fond
| ness for playing his own accompani-
| mentS and this is not an especially
| commendable penchant for a recitalist
1 to exhibit. The accompaniment for
1 these folk songs, all of which he played,
were nothing more than a few chords,
| however. and the baritone sang the
| quaint melodies so extremely well that
| there was no suggestion of a division
/ of interest and his accompanying,
| therefore, was no offense. The "Ange-
| lus" was easily the gem of this group.
! Half of the programme was made up
| of German lieder which the singer IS
we'll qualified to interpret. The Strauss
| Mann" was among the more brilliant
| of these interpretations. Mr.. d'Arnalle
was very good about responding to
| the encores which the audience eagerly
| demanded
Franklin w. Krieger, who played the
| accomplishments last night. again DEM
| Onstrated his proficiency in this very
valuable art. Throughout the pro-
! gramme the piano was in close sympa-
thy with the voice and cleverly aided
| it in achieving brilliant vocal effects.
With the exception of the accompani-
ments for the encores and the French
| group. Mr.. Krieger played all the 'ac-
4 compartments last evening.
This is ladies' day at the Star and
| the souvenirs will be given to each
| lady in the audience at each of the
1 performances. The bill is strong in
vaudeville specialties and the burlesque
| is well worth seeing.
Echo of Bank Failure
4 Gustav Willius, as receiver for the
! Germania bank,--has begun suit in the
| district court against G.. c. May TO
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