The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-22

an evening of exciting amusement, It
ls the OLD rough and ready MIDWEST
show, with; long hair, big guns and
little guns. sombreros, sschaps,' spurs,
Indians, cowpunchers and nicknames,
reegalvanized and presented at consider
able expense. It stands head and shout.
ders above the, worthless and degrading
productions that exploit. the terrible I'M
derside of life in all its sickening de-
tails. It is at least alive and hearty.
and exerts healthier influence.
The story centers about the romance
and adventures Of Young Buffalo, whose
status in the society Of Angel Gulch
Is unknown Ak beyond the fact that; he is
sheriff and beloved by all except the
as a find Of Mr.. Blaney's and. while
he would attract equal attention On
Broadway or in Arizona, is still hear
-tY, whole-souled sort Of a grand-stand
player and captivates his audience by
his monstrous deeds of daring. He is
certainly all to the picturesque with
his long curls, frontier finery, his smile
and his drawl that Is evidently part of
the acting.
Tho there are loose joints in the story
they are forgotten in the interest that
fects, are pretentious and the company
for the most part capable, tho it should
be said that some Of the A1inor charac-
tiers outshine the principals. ss.f
En- Rosalie as Wild Nell, sister and
deputy sheriff to Young Buffalo, is a
bouncing lass who makes hit much
larger than herself. The rough and
ready cowboys and miners seem some
Of them. real actors. Charles Drake,
as Judge Grit, is hardy, staple char
acter. and glistenso with all the bril-
side his partner, Maggie Meredith, who
does a lot of work as Mrs. Miles Nc
Carthy, widow. Eugene La Rue is a
satisfactory heavy, and hated by the
gallery. A raid on any amateur school
of acting should produce more salts
factory Kate Morton. Miss Brewer is
new in the part, it is said, but above
that is personally entirely unadapted
to it., "A realistic piece Of work is done
Apache assistant Of the villain. He
doubles behind the scenes as interpreter
for the real Indians, who add color to
the show and afford some novel and in
teresting variety. - ~,
Wednesday afternoon the Indians will
receive on the stage following the per-
Torrance, custom that was intro
duced in Minneapolis by another band
Of Indians since departed. =
7 1900 p - Foyer Chat. a:H-,9 s<.5. &
Miss Alberta Gallatin, starring in
Dorothy Vernon Of Iiaddon Hail. the
play built from Charles Majors roman
tic story, comes to- the. ;Metropolitan for
the half week commencing Thursday
evening. Miss Gallatin has the assist
ance of strong company. and the play
is costumed and mounted in superb
fashion, Il 80 -
1.-THE Wizard ef o. with its realistic
cyclone scene, the Scarecrow, tho Tin
Woodman, and many other interesting
features, returns to gladden. the hearts
Of young and Did at the Metropolitan the
first half of nsxt week. The SCAT sale
for the engagement begins on Thursday
morning. #e. -
Behind the Mask romance of Col
orado, by Edmund Day. will be presented
at the Bijou next week under the direc-
tion9of Stair and Nicolai. The play tells
a strong story of a young secret service
officer who falls in love with the daugh-
ter of a wealthy resident Of Denver, and
later discovers her father to be the NOM
inal head Of syndicate Of crime which
heehas been specially detailed to run to
earth. Prominent In the cast are Will
burr Highly, late Of the Otis Skinner COM
paT,E and Miss Margaret Brewer, an
aetrsss of exceptional talent.
The FraWleys played their opening en-