The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-16
Foyer Chat.

- Foyer Chat
Work" says Nine. Bernhard, whose
engagement at the Auditorium opens
next Thursday evening, II do not work.
I play. It is not labor; it is fun. I have
good time. I never get tired. People
only get tired when they are idle"
Nine. Bernhard laughs when she is the
most serious, and works all the time she
is awake, devoting nine hours of each
day to sleep, often playing ten perform
ances in six days. To Bernhardts mana
gers, the whims of American stage ia
vorites. especially those which are thus
prevented from giving the usual Wednes-
day natinees, are great jokes. And so
Bernhardt regards them: Bernhardt' $
work is probably made the easter be-
cause the moment she passes the stage
door she banishes all other thought and
| becomes the part she plays. The regular
box office seat sale. will begin Monday
| morning at the Metropolitan Music COM
! pany's. - - ~
| I'm New York Town." the laughable
| musical comedy, is meeting with great
success at the Bijou this week, and
large sized and appreciative audiences
| have been the rule. The characters are
! all sketched from life. Isaac Skinalski,
! as impersonated by Charles Howard. is a
stage presenta ton Of a well-known East
Side politician Of New York, who is a
pawnbroker during business hours; Rag
| Time Jimmy (Charles Nevins), is a Bow
! cry type of which Chuck Connors is
| the best-known specimen; Knox Knox
{Teddy Burns), is a know-it- all sport
| from the neighborhood Of Broadway and
Forty second street, while Mock Duck,
| as played by Loney Haskell, is the type
| OF. the smooth Monaghan, who keeps the
police guessing. The performances Of to-
| night. tomorrow afternoon and evening
Will close the engagement.
Buster Brown with chorus. ballet
and handsome settings, will be the at
traction at the Bijou ali next week, COM
| mencing Sunday afternoon. - Matinees
Will be given every. day. The title is so
| widely known that almost EVERYONE will
recognize the fact that it is plav
founded on the adventures Of that funny
little fellow with the innocent look and
| the Infinite capacity for mischief that
Richard F. Outeault has made known.
| Buster,' the members of his family. and
| his dog: "Tige," have all been incorpor-
| ated into very amusing farce with mu-
sic that has proved equally attractive ia
| auditors of all ages.
| HiS 40 oHe week OF costumes, singing
ana comedy at the Orpheum stheater The
sisters Perle and Diamant Wear a wide
variety Of. Spanish dresses whose
| total value is well into the thousands.
agnes Mahr exhibits a quintet of stun
ming creations; Ethel Hoag is pretti1y
| goWned, and Flo Adler always has tbo
best. AT least one song is sung in evern
one OF the numbers on the bin. and ali
but the two dancing acts are filled with
comedy. Va. "-'i'
Ihe engagement Of the Orpheum road
| show at the Orpheun thea ter d,,rin, a..
week of Feb. % will be nota bIe bae.,,se
1t viii mark the return of Carnpheu ., =
Johnson, the comedy acrobatic bicvcIiets
VINO made such hit here last seaso,, =
! "A Rough Riders Romance, the 1,.r
play at the Lyceum this week. has tbis
conspicuous merit. it Is true to life To-
scenes about Santiago before the invest
! ment OF the city by Uncle Sans so,d;e,
poys are correctly drawn. and afford :.
picturesque =, "a, setting to one of the mos,
thrilling melodramas ever written car
the Comforts of Home Gillette,s hr;I
liant farce, is in active rebearsa, fnr
! next week ~ iot
ionisnt will be amateur night at the
UNIQUE theater. and one Of the biggest
oatcnes OF aspirants for Thespian honors
ever booked Is on the call board "a
the making of amateurs there is no end.
/ Ior every week sees new faces on the
i gniaue,s boards. Only the most promis
/ ing VIM De featured In tonight's bill,
however, and one or two good profess
slonal acts thrown in for good measure
IN his latest musical comedy, Miss
Doiiy Dollars" the piece in which Cha rles
Dlihnsham Is starring Lulu Chaser this
/ season, Harry B. Smith has sustained
MS reputation as a most amusing libret-
tist. Without going into details and
| complications of this musical comedy.
which are many and strikingly humor-
Gus. 1t is sufficient to say that the entire
/ comedy has a decidedly up date auto
mobile flavor to It. A potent reason for
the wonderful success of the piece is the
fact that Victor Herbert is Responsible
for the score. The entire New York ca st
and production will be, seen at the Met
/ repontan for one week, beginning Mon
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