The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-22
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Foyer chat

Foyer Chat
A large audience witnessed the special
matinee performance OF Miss Dolly Dol
lars at the Metropolitan this afternoon.
Miss Lulu Chaser, who Is appearing to
great advantage in this successful must
cal play, will be seen at the Metropoli-
tan for the remainder OF this week. in
Guiding matinee again on Saturday.
Direct from Lew Fields theater, In New
York. where 1t has been presented over
three hundred times, cit Happened in
Nordland' will be at the Metropolitan for
one week. opening next Sunday night.
The well-known comedian, Lew Fields,
will then make his first appearance here
with big supporting company OF 400
persons, comedians, dancers. singers,
show girls and chorus girls from Mr.
Fields New York theater. Seats for this
attraction are selling today.
There is heavy continuing demand at
the Metropolitan Music company for seats
for the engagement Of Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt in repertory at the Auditorium to-
night, Friday and two performances Sat
urday. Choice seems to be about evenly
divided, a1tho liberal demand has de-
yeloped for the opening piece, la Sor-
ciere." In which Mrs. Patrick Campbell
has been seen In this city. Nine. Bern
hardt in the role of Zoraya, the Moorish
girl accused of witchcraft, finds one OF
her most powerful moods. and her work
In the part has been commented upon as
one of the marvels Of her widely diyersi-
fed and imperishable talent
The story of la Sorciere'' revolves
about the love Of Zoraya and Don En-
rique. a Spanish grandee, who comes to
arrest her. instead falls violently in love
with her. To protect her, he commits a
murder; she. to protect him, confesses
having Influenced him by practicing the
black art, before the inquisition. He
spurns her in horror, but in the last act,
as she is being stormed by mob de-
manding her life, he realizes his mistake
and PUSHES to her aid Both die on the
cathedral steps in the kiss of death, he
sharing the poison from her lips.
The bill selected for Minneapolis gives
wide sweep of possibilities, from the
popular Camille of the younger Dumas
and the dramas Of Victorien Sardou, to
the equally popular, but essentially classic
Greek play Of Jean Racine. La 'Sor-
ciere" will be given tonight. Camille" on
| Friday night, "Phedre" on Saturday af-
ternoon, and la Tosca" on Saturday
night.
Buster Brown the famous cartoon
musical comedy success. is proving to
be an immensely popular attraction al
1 the Bijou this week, not only to the chill
dren, but to those of larger growth who
have warm corner in their hearts fol
4 the memories Of their youthful days
Matinees are being given every day this
4 week but Friday
a Thomas e. Shea, the noted character
4 actor, under the direction of Nixon &
! Zimmerman, comes to the Bijou Sunday
/ afternoon for weeks engagement. in
4 Guiding the regular matinees. The play!
4 to be presented here will be given in tn,
4 following order: Sunday matinee ant
night, Wednesday night and Saturda,
4 matinee, THE Bells; Monday. Thursda.
and Saturday night, ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
n Wednesday matinee. Cardinal Richie
4 lieu," and Friday night, his latest sue
II cess, Napoleon the Great The sal
of seats indicates big interest in this en-
gagement. -~
7 If there are any two persons on tn
q current bill at the Orpheum who ar
4 proving more attractive to the masculin
contingent and more interesting to tn
feminine patrons than any others, 1t l
the sisters, known professionally as Hel
4 gymnasts of remarkable accomplishment
and. altho they appear in different act.
are as like as two peas. Heloise doe
b some remarkable horizontal bar and som
ersault work with Tony Wilson. and Mil
Amoros appears with her other siste
Charlotte, at the beginning of the pei
Torrance in trapeze work. which In
/ cludes a triple dislocation of her shou
/ ders-a feat which invariably makes til
feminine portion Of the audience gas,
Both young women are unusually prett,
graceful and agile. -
Winona Winter, the charming deusr
ter Of the famous minstrel, Banks Wiz
ter, Is with the Orpheum Road Show TIL
season and will be seen in her song
limitations and ventriloquial work at til
Orpheum theater next week Her Del
sonality has. given her the title, ,'Tt
Alabama Rosebud" and her talents hay
called forth the unualified praise of If
critics. go
The Lyceum theater was the scene I
one OF the most, extraordinary matinee
, ever given in the history of Minneapol
theatricals. Manager I. G.. Speers had ar
vertised a special "School Children's ma,
inee," and long before o'clock 1t locke
as tho half the pupils had arrived. TT
. attendance was the heaviest in the his
tory OF the house, which was prettily def
grated with patriotic emblems "Au tt
Comforts OF Home" the screaming fart
presented by the Ralph Stuart compan,
was received with tremendous applaus;
The enterprise Of a successful play
house was apparent about the Unior
today when decorations, floral embellisf
i ments and fancy costuming Of en-
ployees gave hint of colonial times. ]
honor of Washington's birthday, the usf
ers were dressed in the snowy costum.
; OF the period and the father Of h
r country was signally honored IN all Il
business OF the theater The Buckle,
l State quartet sang patriotic songs, viii
t the moving pictures reflected coloni
{ scenes and martial pomp.
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