The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-27
Things to See at the
heaters Next Week

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B. G. whitney 8 gorgeous musical
.sPiffl tPaffl Poufl which |
will begin an engagemeut Of four
nights and matinee at the Metropolitan,
opening tomorrow night, was written
by Stanislaus STANCE, author Of Dolly
Varden,D and many other successful
productions. The music and lyrics
are by jerome and Schwartz, whose sue
cess as song writers 1sp;ee has B IN not been
these brilliant composers have added
to their regulations with over twenty
one immense song successes. sPiff!
Paffl Pouf! - was first produced at the
New York Casino, where it enjoyed
prosperity and uninterrupted success
for eight months, OF 285 performances.
The production is made by 3. q.
capital in the exploitation of this IA
nous musical comedy. The story con-
Germs one August Melon, who cannot
touch $2,OOO,O00 left to him by his wife,
should he marry before his four daugh-
tiers have found husbands. As"the gay
widower cruises along the sands Of At
lantic City for wife, he meets the
dashing widow, Lillian Montague,
whom he considers his affinity. I'm
mediately they begin laying plans to
get the four Melon girls married off.
This situation leads up to a number Of
other amusing and overwhelmingly fun
ny complications. Fred Mace assumes
Eddie Foy s former part as Peter Pouf-#
file, the sandman, and Robert p. Ora
ham, comedian of ability, enacts the
oh no otor Of urI1st M 1op ouI %bn
widow falls to Kathryn Osterman.
Others in the cast will be Nellie Hew-
EFT, Fred Horribly, Lulu Mcconnell,
Chas. A. Morgan, Eveleen Dunsmore,
Harry Stuart, Gertrude Wallace, Martin
Cheeseman, Lisle Bloodgood and others,
including the famous. NPony Ballet
conceded to be the greatest octet Of
dancing girls in the world, assisted by
the American Beauty chorus compris-
ing the brightest, and prettiest singing,
acting and dancing choruses ever organ
lied.
Among the principal song successes
are the following: 81 IN the Ghost
that Never Walked, - Love, Love,
Love- Elm So Happy, :, - Ching
Ling Fong,o Eronly Yoa,' Under
Lone ''The Melancholy Sunbeam and
Il "
burger" and ODDLY Dimple. z
At the Metropolitan next Thursday
evening an all-new and up-to-date YER
/ sion is promised Of that most emphatic
! OF, ~ with Montgomery and Stone. No
musical extravaganza of recent origin
has SO completely taken America by
storm. To say. that s.The Wizard Of
or is an enduring hit is putting it
mildly. Screams after screams OF
laughter, round after round of applause
encore after encore, reward the work
OF the immense score of people engaged
! in this representation. Such scenery
and such costumes as are disclosed II
"The Wizard of Or" are rarely seen
/ productions. Such a bevy Of pretty
girls could only be congregated by {
stage disciplinarian like Julian Mitch
ell. Such an amusing pair of four
footed favorites as the Cowardly Lio1
and the Skittish Cow could only have
Ebeen secured by pillaging the foreign
school of great European pantomimists
! AS a production 'ssrrhe Wizard OF, or
is in its entirety a genuine novelty
| There !e1e. is / nothing approximatingy sus
tanned story in it; but the little threat
y
amusing incidents are hung, suffces t,
amuse and Please both q children an.
adults. =. y.
I The constant succession of ,beautifu
stage pictures, the gorgeous TRANSITION
Of the Poppy Field from summer t.
5 winter, the wonderful electrical effect
and the picturesque ensembles Of til
fourscore dashing beauties combine
make 1.-The Wizard of or spectacl
, re- nj nf oil
:. all tastes.
ssThe Wizard Of Oz'' is an ,importan
reason for the plays great success. AZ
lene Crater, Refine Davies, Marion Star
ley, Helene Maye, Bert Dean an
| Therese Won Bruno head the beaut
brigade this season. Not only is tn
7 extravaganza alluring in its femininity
enchanting in its music, gorgeous in il
but its humor has the flavor Of novelt
that would alone insure the success {
the play. The life and soul Of eth
Wizard of or are the Tin Woodma
: and Scarecrow, most original concel
tions that provide precisely the rigf
opportunities for grotesque characte
|! izations. So numerous are the encore
= that the management has been con
!, PEELED to announce the early rising {
| Inc curtain Oh Jne SplenQOfS OF - LIZ
a Wizard. of Oz''$at 7:45 punctually f,
n the evening performance, and 1 so fl
: the Wednesday matinee. The cyclor
y scene, which opens the play, is an ill
>. sion well worth seeing, and altogethl
= novel in modern stagecraft. The O.
~ gagement is for half a week only.
Is In selecting the company which wi
il be seen at the Metropolitan for fo1
% nights and matinee commencing Su
d day evening, Feb. 4, IN George AIDE
v comedy, ''The College Widow Hem
n w. Savage received and examined hu
10 dreds Of applicants. The play is o.
,e Of American types and each play
3. was selected with a view to his phys
8 cal fitness to realize the role entrust'
III to him to portray. The universe
II chancellor the mild-mannered thtt
id the railroad magnate, the rural fres
IS man, the athletic girl, the tooth,
player, the trainer, the coed, the toy
n marshal-these are few of the peor
3. so truly sketched by Mr.. AIDE and !.
I. company. "The College Widow "}e
n fords an evening of fullest and rare
$. enjoyment.
y, ssThe serio- Comic Girl new co
IN edy with music, will have its first loc
presentation at the metropolitan t
: three nights and matinee, openl
NJ Thursday eveninr Feb. 8. Nellie Bes
mont and Richard F. Carroll head
-. unusna1lv STRONG cast the former bel