The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-31
At St. Paul TIseaters

sam Bernard, in 1.-THE Girl From
Rays, viii close his engagement at
the Metropolitan with performance
tonight and tomorrow night. This pro
auction is by Charles Frohman and
George Edwardes. Owen Hall has fur
mshed the libretto, while Ivan Caryll
arranged and composed the music. In
the unfolding of the comedy a large
company is made use of, the star of
winch is Sam Bernard, formerly with
Weber & Fields company. Another
important member of the cast is Miss
Hattie Williams, who plays the title
role of the comedy.
The Girl From Kay's" is one of the
most amusing, entertaining and laugh
able farcical comedies with music that
has been seen in the United States for
many years. The play is being pre-
sented here with the original company,
numbering sixty, with some of the
most beautiful women that could be
obtained in this country and in Eng
land. There will be no matinee given
tomorrow.
As the months pass it becomes more
and more apparent that "a Chinese
Honeymoen" will be numbered as one
OF the few perennially popular musical
plays. There are now two big COM
panies, entirely equal in playing
strength, appearing only in the large
cities Of America. One company is
Just completing it's third year at one
theater in London, and two companies
are now touring with it in the English
provinces. Another COMPANY is play
ing the large cities Of Australia, MAX
Ing six companies in English speaking
countries. It is being translated into
German, to be produced in that coun-
try and Austria, and early in the spring
1t is the intention to put it on in Paris.
Its visit here will occur Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday and Saturday matt
nee at the Metropolitan
The mere fact that the hero of owen
Wister's widely read novel, "'The Vir-
g1nlan," the dramatization of which is
to be seen at the Metropolitan all of
next week, is cowboy, is not enough
to arouse the genuine interest that is
unmi stakably felt in this attraction.
The hero on cattle pony has been
common enough ever since the West
was first exploited as a field of fiction.
There mas been no lack of the sombrero
and the six-shooter, as everybody
knows. The difference between the
conventional cowboy hero and Mr.
Wister's Virginian is that the latter is
real He is man. He lives the life of
his kind and one may not like all he
does; but ne acts the way such a man
would act, and that is what gives life
and strength to his story. On the
whole he is such perfect specimen of
virile and honest manhood that the rea-
SON for the sale of a quarter million
copies of the book is plain. The stage
embodiment of this story should prove
even more attractive. 1t is said that
Dustin Farnum, who is playing the
title role, is in his manner and appear
ance the Virginian himself, and Man
ager Kirke La SheIle asserts that he
idealizeS the character of this cowboy
hero. Helen Holmes is the cowboys
sweetheart.
Laughter reigns supreme at the
Grand this week, Mason and Mason are
presenting the new musical farce.
Fritz and Snitz.'' The piece is splen-
did vehicle for the exploitation of the
language twisting Dutch comicalities
of these eccentric comedians. The
piece contains many good catchy mu
sical numbers and several excellent
specialties are presented by company
of smart entertainers. A pleasing por-
ton of the entertainment is the work
of the chorus, which is composed of
several pretty girls who can sing and
dance. The first matinee will take
place tomorrow.
Agreeable information is contained
in the announcement that the come
dianS, Williams and Walker, with their
large company of colored players, coon
shouters, sweet singers of negro melo-
dies, buck and wing dancers and cake
walkers, are booked at the Grand for
next week, commencing Sunday after
noon. This is the first American tour
of Williams and Walker and their
III foIa1 fI1l
European engagement of nearly two
years. Many features have been pre-
pared that will be welcome surprise
to all who enjoy musical comedy.
In the new version of 'In Dahomey"
elaborate scenery and beautiful cos
tunes will display all that a vivid i'm
agination can conjure up when view
ing with the minds eye a real king, in
real palace in the jungles Of African
tropical magnificence.
An excellent vaudeville treat is in
store for all who visit the Star thiE
week. The Tiger Lilies company give
two erood hI1r1aSuuaS and tho OljO soS