The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-27
Things to See at the
Theaters Next Week

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Metropolit tan
B; g; Whitney in! Z, g s, gorgeous E musical
will begin an engagement of four
nights and matinee at the Metropolitan,
opening tomorrow night, was written
by Stanislaus STANCE, author Of q Dolly
Warden and many other successful
productions. The music and lyrics
are by Jerome and Schwartz, whose sue
cess as song writer's has not been
equaled, and in ssPiff! Paff! Pouf!',
these brilliant composers have added
to their regulations with over twenty
Paffl Pouf! = was first produced at the
New York Casino, where it enjoyed
prosperity and uninterrupted success
for eight months, or 285 performances.
The production is made by B. G.
Whitney, who has invested unlimited
capital in the exploitation Of this ia
nous musical comedy. The story con-
Germs one August Melon, who cannot
touch $2,000,000 left to him by his wife,
should he marry before his four daugh-
tiers have found husbands. As'the gay
antlc City s for WIFE, me he n meets he
dashing widow, Lillian Montague,
whom he considers his affinity. I'm
mediately they begin laying plans to
get the four Melon girls married off. .
This situation leads up to number of
other amusing and excrhciatingly fun
ny complications. Fred Mace assumes
Eddie Foy s former part as Peter Pouf- |
fe, the sandman, and Robert E. Ora
ham,, comedian Of ability, enacts the
character of August Melon, and the
widow falls to Kathryn Osterman.
9sheEs Fred II Mof Ha5s WI Lu IL Nss MsM
Chas., A. Morgan, Eveleen Dunsmore,
Harry Stuart, Gertrude Wallace, Martin
Cheeseman, Lisle Bloodgood and others,
including the famous Pony Ballet
conceded to be the greatest octet Of;
dancing girls in the world, assisted by
the American Beauty chorus compris-
ing, the brightest, and prettiest singing,
acting and dancing choruses ever organ
lied. : Is,
Among the principal song successes
are the following: 81 IN the Ghost
that Never Walked, y Love, Love,
Love, - II IN So Happy, = q Ching
Ling Feng,o "Only You, - AUnder
the Goo Goo Tree,'' s'Gordelia Ma
lone, - "The Melancholy Sunbeam and
the Rose, ''3sI Don It Want AnysWurtz-
burger and ''Dolly Dimple.''
At, the Metropolitan next Thursday
evening an all-neW and up-to-date YER
sion is promised Of that most emphatic
OF modern successes, 1'.The Wizard of
OF, - with Montgomery and Stone. No
musical extravaganza of recent origin
has so completely taken America by
storm. To say that sEThe Wizard Of
or is an enduring hit is putting it
mildly. Screams after. screams Of
laughter, round after round Of applause,
encore after encore, reward the work
OF the immense score of people engaged
in this representation. Such scenery
'sThe Wizard Of Or are rarely seen.
even in these days of ultra elaborate
productions. Such a bevy Of pretty
girls could only be congregated by a
stage disciplinarian like Julian Mitch
ell. Such an amusing pair of four
footed favorites as the Gowardly Lion
and the Skittish Cow could only have
been secured by pillaging the foreign
school OF great European pantomimists.
AS a production 'fsE7rhe Wizard Of Or
There, is nothing approximating a sus.
tanned story in It; bit the little thread
OF fairy tale, upon which the various
amusing incidents are hung suffces to
amqse and p Please both children and
The constant succession, of beautiful
stage pictures, the gorgeous transition
Of the Poppy Field from summer to.
winter, the wonderful electrical effects
sfourscore dashing beauties combine to
make ".The Wizard of Or spectacle
that enchants playgoers Of all ages and
! all tastes.
| The ample feminine fascination Of
The Wizard of or is an important
reason for the play great success. Al
lene Crater, Refine Davies, Marion Stan
ley, Helene Maye, Bert Dean and
Therese Won Bruno head the beauty
brigade this season. Not only is the
extravaganza alluring in it's femininity,
enchanting in its music, gorgeous in its
succession of splendid stage pictures,
| but its humor has the flavor of novelty
that would alone insure the success Of
the play. The life and soul of "The
! Wizard of or are the Tin Woodman
and Scarecrow, most original concep-
tions that provide precisely the right
opportunities for grotesque character
lzatlons. So numerous are the encores
that the management has been com
the curtain on the splendors of ssThe
| Wizard. of Oz''sat 7:45 punctually for
the evening performance, and 1850 for
I the Wednesday matinee. The cyclone
scene, which opens the play, is an illu-
i sion well worth seeing, and altogether
novel in modern stagecraft. The en-
I gagement is for half a week only.
In selecting the company which will
be seen at the Metropolitan for four
nights and matinee commencing Sun
day evening, Feb. 4, IN George AIDE q
comedy, "The College Widow,0 Henry
I W. Savage received and examined hun.
dreds of applicants. The play is one
of American types and each player
was selected with a. view to his physi
cal fitness to realize the role entrusted
to him to portray. The university
i chancellor the mlild-mannered tutor
| the railroad '1nagnate, the rural fresh.
man, the athletic girl, the football
player, the trainer, the coed, the town
marshal-these are few Of the people
so truly sketched by Mr.. AIDE and sc
completely realized by Mr.. Savage
. company. ttThe College Widow saf
: fords an evening Of fullest and rarest
enjoyment.
HThe Serio-C Comic Girl,'' a new com
edy with music, will have its first loca
presentation at the metropolitan fol
three nights and matinee, openln:
Thursday eveninr Feb. 8. Nellie Beau
mont and Richard f. Carroll head al
unusually strong cast, the former being
seen in the dual role of governess b,
day, and serio-comic singer at night
ffbn 10 tar DC on un-to-dafa muSic-hAl