The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-11
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Foyer Chat.

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+ One of the funniest coon shouting
songs>ever sung is who's There-Who's
Knocking at My Door, done by Neil
O'Brien and John3King, the author of the
song, in Lew Dockstaders Ministries.
Dockstader's MINISTRIES will be at the
Metropolitan the first half of next week,
opening, Sunday evening. II, y: y 4.
"The Heir to the Hoorah," which kept
New York laughing for five months last
season, and which recently won the crit
ical favor Of Boston and Chicago, comes
to the Metropolitan for an engagement
Of three, nights ) and $Sat urdaXJ matinee,
commencing Thursday evening, May III
Tie. company is headed by Guy Bates
Post, we'll remembered here as Steve in
"The Virginian.'' Other wen-known IA
vorites inf the cast are Jane Peyton, Nora
OsBrien, Louise Rutter, Florence Coven-
try, Ernest LaInson, sWilfred Lucas,
Frank Monroe and Maud .Ream Slower
| Seats for this engagement will be placed
on sale next Monday morning.
The Orpheum theaters second season
comes to close tomorrow night, but
altho the house. will be- dark FOR sew
! eral months, the management has pro
vided for the last week SO much comedy
that its patrons will have the-skeenest
relish for the opening Of the third sea-
sona-nexts August. Especially designed
for the pleasure Of the younger genera
] ton is the comedy: acrobatic act m Mar
velous Frank, Little Bob and his
acrobatic dog, Tip" whose perform
| anees - are the last y on the bill.
Marvellous Z Frank. has but one leg,
yet he does all sorts of difficult feats on
| the horizontal bar. Little Bob is one Of
4 the funniest acrobats ever seen sat the
}, Orpheum, while Tip is a fox terrier
who does everything from Saying his
prayers to looping loop - and
1 Bob's antics with the ladder are amaz-
| ingly funny. And then there IS THE
! Modern. JONAH a deep-sea comedy, /. in
which whales, merrnaids and swordfish
take prominent, parts, while little Bessie
! French. who Is first on the program,
sings operatic airs with phenomenal
Eyotce:s Es S
The greatest comedy success Of the. Ly-
oeum's season is being presented this
week in the new English play, 'The
Brixton Burglary ia genuinely funny
I show The piece is broadly farcical, but
Fin the hands OF such capable performers
as the Ralph Stuart players. it affords
delightful amusement. Next week, Pink
EDominoes,' one of the best Of American
Ecomedies, will be the BILL. &
/ IOIllSHLH Will EDS dludCSul 1llSAl a. IllS
1 UNIQUE theater, ALWAYS the event Of the
/ week in local theatrical circles. Manager
1 Elliott has arranged stage space for 9
4 dozen new amateurs who are DESTROYS OF
trying their taking arts on, the public
! Some of the best professional acts will. be
u put on for good measure. sS
when the. World Sleeps one Of thu
most interesting Of sensational sceni'
productions seen on the local stage Thu
season. continues to do big business a
q the .Bijou. The performance Of tonight
tomorrow afternoon and evening vii
conclude the engagement here. Tonigh
the Journal newsboys, headed b.
The Journal Newsboys band, will marcl
to the theater in body and witness tn
performance as the guests Of the man
agement. If
g & seThe Burglar Daught RI a new pla,
by Owen Davis. will be presented at tn
Bijou next week. This play altho In st
a scenic effects d rnelodrarla, lays claim 4
be OF higher order OF merit THANH
) usual play Of sensations. RI 81