The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-04
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ADJUSTMENTS
Foyer Chat.


This seasons most pretentious theat-
gsiaaIsassessag in ssEdssci wIIpnaoubts dsa
lyaayefhat Of. ''TlitsIr nipire asssSSiich opsns
tonight at the Afrp olitanHso hoAse
|Fpr@ah engagemeM W thrraes night s1sAahd
Saturday maiinea.8 This@Sfs the musical
comedy that played havoc with all the
long, run records.in Chicago last season,
|having been performe something like.
$50 times without interruption, and with
the public at the close Of the engagement
clamoring for more. Several features Of
merit are, claimed, for The Umpire"
among them being the timely nature Of
graft" politics, diplomacy and other
| topics of current interest, to say nothing
Of a blithes little. romance. that fairly
sings its way thru the piece. :. + =
"Forty-five Minutes from Broadway
is to have it's first Minneapolis hearing
at the Metropolitan operahouse next
Sunday night George Cohan IS the au-
thor Of both comedy and music The
! character of ''the5 Kid which WILL sbe
played by Victor Moore, is said to be
even funnier than the 'Unknown'' in
:Little Johnny Jones'" Fay Templeton,
who hasn't appeared in Minneapolis in
years, is the most welcome principal of
the promising cast.
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lone Of the most. pleasant features Of the
Emodern vaudeville bill presented at the
Orpheum theaters this week is the sing
ing of the Basque quartet three mer
and g. woman. They introduce them
selves with the ever popular Strauss
waltz, "Blue Danube" and then proceed
to selections from . '"rraviata,'' "Car-
men" and ''Troyatore,'*, growing more
ar moro in o1I6ienca O.
each selection, The brilliantly character.
istic costumes ofTthe four add to the
success of the number. !.
The fascinating play of "Moths,'' dram
atized from Ouida's powerful novel of tn,
same name, is attracting large audience
to the Lyceum theater this week. T
Daniel Frawley's impersonation of Lor,
Jura, Consuelo Bailey's wonderful por
= trait xof Vera arc fine artistic. achieve
1ments. Next week the. bright Englisl
t comedy, Brother Officers" will be tn
, bill, with the greatest cast Of the en-
gagement. 4
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t Amateur night + will be made much Q
at the Unique family theater on Frida
y evening, when all the young men an
! women who think they have a call t
t adorn the stage will be given an oppor
tunity tos present their acts,g The bes
n professional acts will also be given, t
: round out a full entertainments for thos
: who do not care to laugh WITH or at tn
e amateurs: ~e- ~ 49,
: "Old Isaacs> from the Bowery,
e Charles p. Blaney's Hebrew play, de
t picting life on the lower East Side <
II New York, is drawing big audiences q
. the Biiou Harry First as "Old Isaacs,
, succeeds in delineating the picturesqu
character Of the Hebrew to good advar
tage, and all the parts are in capab
hands. Souvenirs will be given to tt
ladiesTat the Saturday matinee.
+ "Mr. Blarney ftpm ireland, s the. late:
I Of Innovations from the prolific pen
! Charles E. Blaney, will serve to Intro
i duce new Irish singing star in the PEI
! son Of Fiske OHara at the. Bijou ne,
L week. Mr.. aO'Hara has composed sever
i songs for the piece, the most worthy
i mention being Sunbeam. of My Heart
/ "My Own Mother Dear "Ro1lickir
Barney 9" and Zone Little Baby"
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! A BROKEN PETITION
i Chicago News.
I'D Mama" Squeried. 4-year-old Robh
IA how does a. deaf and dumb sboy say /
j prayers when he's got a sore fnger?'
I ss.z...oFF THE KEY. :.,ss
i Oh. life is like sweet. sweet song