The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-19
At St. Paul Theaters

denfy w. Savage, who is offering
RAYMOND Hitchcock in the comic opera
The Yankee Consul at the MetropOl-
itan opera house, will close the engage
ment with matinee this afternoon at
2:SO and a last performance tonight.
In presenting Mr.. Hitchcock in THE
Yankee Consul Mr.. Savage has sur
rounded his star with an excellent COM
pany, the same as appeared at the
Broadway theater, New York, including
the large chorus. Henry NJ. Blossom Jr-,
the author Of the book and lyrics, has
htted Mr.. Hitchcock with extraordinary
care. The melodies are dainty and
lasting and there is a tunefulness about
them all which raises THE Yankee
Consur' to the plane of comic opera
A fascinating scene is that of the
first act of David BelaSco's ''Zaza,''
with which Florence Roberts will open
her brief engagement at the Metro
politan tomorrow night. 1t shows the
back of the stage of a French provin-
cial music hall while performance
and rehearsal takes place. One side
of the stage shows Zaza's dressing
room and the balance pictures the
green room, where all the players con-
gregate just before going on for their
turns and where they receive their
visitors. 1t is a scene full of snap and
ginger and reveals to the public many
of the tricks and devices used by stage
managers and dramatiSts for obtaining
effects such as rain. snow, thunder gall
Looping horses. etc. "Zaza'' is to be re-
peated for the Saturday matinee. Tess
of the d'UrbervilleS" will be the bill
for Friday and Marta of the Low
lands for Saturday night
That gifted player. Nat C. Goodwin.
Will again be a visitor in st. Paul and
viii be seen in three plays in which he
has scored decided successes. The
pieces are The Usurper." which will
be given Monday night. An American
Cltlzen on Tuesday night and "A
Gllded Foor' on Wednesday night. The
engagement beginning Monday night
April "a He will be supported by an
excellent company and his plays will
be magnificently staged.
Kirke La Shelle will present Law
rance d'Orsay in the Earl of Paw
tucket at the Metropolitan for an en-
gagement of four nights and a Satur-
day matinee, beginning Thursday night
April %. Both star and play enjoyed
a run of the entire summer at the
broadway theater. New York. last year,
There Will be matinee today at
2:3O of the merry musical comedy
Me, Him and l." at the Grand This
clever comedy has scored a pronounced
hit with the patrons of this theater
There is an abundance of good ma
terial of the lighter order scattered
throughout the performance. and there
Is not dull moment in any part of it.
OF the cast the palm for pure non
sense goes to the three comedians
Bickel, Watson and Wrothe.
Specialties in melOdrama are gener-
ally lugged in or are entirely foreign
to the play. 1t is not so with the spe-
cialties in the new melodramatic sue
cess, THE Way of the Transgressor,"
which will be the Easter Offering at
the Grand commencing next Sunday
afternoon. When one of the characters
does a speciality it is perfectly natural
and is introduced in plausible man.
ner.
Good music, funny dialogue, hand
some girls and brilliant scenes help out
good vaudeville bill at the Star. There
win be two performances for women
Friday.