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The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
ORPHEUM-
Modern Vaudeville.

Sensational climaxes on the vaude-
vile stage have been eclipsed by
"Pals,'' the playlet originally written
for and played by James j. Corbett,
and the headline feature for this week
by George Fisher, Blanche Alexandra,
Walter P. Richardson and William E..
Powell. The finale includes fight to
the death between two longtime pals,
one Of whom has insulted the others
wife. Comedy is the keynote until sud-
denly there is a transition to such a
whirlWind of mortal combat and chaotic
confusion as leaves the interior of the
couples home hopeless wreck. 1t
makes the audience rise in its seats in
>astonishment and Keeps the whole town
talking
Rice and Cady, headliners of German
comedy, will return in a conversational
offering, Slaying the Ponies.,' o..
Raffayette's dogs will make their first
bow, introducing Box: German box
bulldog, who walks up and downstairs
on his hind feet, balancing on his nose
a smaller dog: Alice Hanson and Gus
sic Nelson, singing and dancing com
ediennes, will demonstrate the versatil-
titysof Womankind in vaudeville. Other
turns are Jimmie Lucas, I. the boy with
Sth eli dialects, ~ in .imper ations :Ss La
tina, the beautiful physical culture
girl, and Georgian11a Clarke, who
sings Scotch songs in Scotch costume.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
BIJOU-
"A Race For Life"

"A Race For Life,'' which scored
a hit last season, will be seen again
this week. The scene is laid in the
picturesque Sierra mountains. givino
opportunity for landscape effects, Of
which artistic advantage has been taken
to provide a realistic setting for a
powerful and, in some respects, peculiar
play. The place, plot and people in
volved are said to afford unusual
advantage for display of Mr..
Kremerc's remarkable talent for rapid
fire action. The story introduces among
other characters Austin Seymour, a
badly involved cattle ranch : owner;
John Hunter, "a western horse owner.
Also appears Our Jessie,'' Seymour IS
speedy candidate for the Los Angeles
Derby, who plays sensational role as
the; objective victim Of dope, dynamite
AND deviltry; and finally, as her owner s
savior. Hunter, thoro-paced scoun-
drel, takes advantage Of his power as
Seymour.'s chief creditor to force him
into wagering his life insurance upon
his mare; and, in case she loses, Sew
mour is to commit suicide. The posi-
bilities involved in such bargain are
strongly utilized. Family jars between
sleepy Chinanan and a bustling Irish
cook, furnish comedy galore. A com
pany of players of exceptional. ability
will be seen in the various roles. -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
DEWEY
Innocent Maids"

The next burlesque attraction to
vnsa VISIT this city will be that well known
which will be the Offering this week at
the Dewey. It is said to surpass any
leading members include such favorabIv
known aan,H5 artists as Smith & Champion,
GgGme9ay gria9'iy Sketch th artists; Horton 8 La
human doll; The .seyons, eccentric
talk!lng GI5!c act; Sadie Huested, the famous
Ca!1fornia lady barytone, and Hughes
& Hazelton, travesty sketch artists
l 1--we musical melanges in the form Of
to tH1rtSSsaqe tSsa ns, WI be offered in addition
is called "The Geezer,O while the the
closing burlesque is entitled "Happy-
land, ~ and is satire on the arrival
IN this. country of Ii Hung CHANG
Ihere is a concourse of famous show
beauties who are paraded in musical
numbers and dances. IS The costumes
scenic and electrical i effects are re-,
ported as most artistic. Athos, the
French wrestler, will meet ali comers I
at every performances = :
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
D2Woy:-
Mamie Champion
with InnOcont Maids
THE AMERICAN DRAMA
thoughts Suggested by Some New Play. in New York

Of small and tsexclusive,, social
group. @"The New York Idea, sia. Is =
game of tag played by divorces of
Ihe smart set. Childless and soulless.
these creatures furnish repulsive com,
ment on the problem Of divorce still
vexlng the country, as the presidents
recent message indicates. However. the
eplgrammatic dialog and daring situa-
tlons Of the first three acts fail to suq.
gest moral reform. Belle Bohn, who is
temporarily taking the role Of Mrs.
Phllhmore, gives lifelike portrait Of
the woman who-to quote herself-be-
lleves in high living and no thinking
at all George Arliss is inyincible
and lndescribable as the contemptible
cur, Sir Wllfred Cotes-Barby. Mrs.
F1ske. by force of her vivid personality.
aided, or rather expressed, by innumeIr..
able mannerisms, contributes portrait
to high comedy, that of Mrs. CYNTHIA
Karslake. The last act is by ali odds
the best in the play. Mrs. Karslake
returns to her true husband, and here.
II anywhere, is the reason-for-be Of
the piece. The interest holds to the
last moment. -.
There is another new play now rum
ming in New York which was such a
foreegone conclusion that the feminine
contingent Of the audience put on their
hats five minutes before the final cur
tain. Notwithstanding this obvious
comment on the structure of the drama
as well as the breeding of the audience,
tins IS perhaps the most serious effort
OF the most popular American dramatist
Men," by Charles Klein. Unlike the
authors first success, 'eThe Music Mas
ter,,' this piece exploits no star, altho
there are capable people in the cast.
Like "The Lion and the Mousse, the
play consists Of series of startling in.
cldents strung on the thread of vital
problem. The problem is here one Of
philanthropy; how can an altruistic
man, such as the hero, John Stedman,
capital and labor9 Stedman is uniustIy
suspected by both sides, and, altho he
finally effects a compromise, that is not
solution. The real merit of the theme
lies in the application of Christian
principles to business, on the part Of
Stedman, and to society on the part of
the rich girl toward the poor girl.
The American drama. Has it comet
Not yet. Is it coming9 Certainly.
And when it comes. it viii combine the
good qualities Of these plays: The vital
struggle Of 'tThe Great Divide. - the,
pathetic and humorous characterization
Of The Three of Us'' and "The New
York Idea and the seriousness of pur-
pose of s.The Daughters of Men. :, It
will be alive and wholesome the Amer
ican audience insists on that. Is it
too much to hope that the audience, re-,
fusing clap-trap, will soon demand rea-
son and thoughtfulncss7 Said Henry
Arthur Jones in his recent Harvard adj,
dress: Bid your dramatists dare to
paint, American life sanely, truthfully,
searchingly, for you. -
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
LYCEUM-
Double Bill.

''The Littiest Grip and "Lost, "a
Hours, Hours" g.. which th;:; d3t the Frawleys an:
adapted for a double bill; the one. q
pathetic character study, the other a
sparkling society g. comedy study
Harding Davis story, Her First Ap:
Pearance,' condensed by Robert Hill
lard into a one-act drama tThe Lit
tlest Girl, - retains as the central fig
ure, Van !Bibber, who will be inter
preted by T. Daniel Frawley.
In "Lost, "a Hours" Mr. Mortimer
will essay. the role of Dick Swift, a
wealthy. New York .elubman, who in
dulges in a nights dissipation during
the absence of his wife, and believes he
has slept six hours instead Of thirty.
Bertha Darce will - be vivaciousiy
played by Miss Norris, while the for
giving wife will be charmingly pre-
sentede, by Ethel Clayton. Pretty
Consue1o Bailey will beEquite coquetish
as an "a affianced bride,E and Christine
Hill will be seen in new role as the
Quaker missionary.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
UNIQUE.
.r@'' --.f = ~ IS .-~es-
Polite Vaudeville.

;. Heading the program of a goodly
list ofssfattractions at the Unique for
the coming week IS thesD1d time favor
ties, Joe j. Bowling and company. who
are remembered their clever pre-
segtatioq &c gs,td g of - : . z, and
half Of the week they viii present the
amusing an e act, Mrs. Barnum s Baby. y
ana an = for:the last half, the equally mirrth:
ful sketch, "Lot's Wife. '34"7 The
dancing and singing of Curtis and nd
Adams, In a German comedy act, comes
warmly W. recommended, as does the work
OF BAY Ogden and company in the ap.
gropriate Yuletide. sketch, stThe% iRight
otocklng. An exclusive musical
numb number by Bingham and Gable pre-.
|'EgaeS ,nhia5 inc nc act of, Mile, Brachard, in
Juggler. The sensational globe rollins
ana club juggling of. this number Is
enhanced ena Ra by some clever club work
ana patton swinging. A new illus
trated song will be effectively sung bv
the dainty Irene Little. - : "
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
Boston widows Convene.


pany Of "The College Widow intro
duced novelty in theatrical Way
last Thursday night in Boston by cele-
brating the one hundred and tenth per-
formance OF. George AIDES football play
with q s 9 Widow $ Night. = The idea
originated with a letter received from
local society Of widows asking for q
number of seats to be set aside for the
evenings performance, and further set
forth the query, Why does The Col
lege Widow overlook the Boston wild
ows9'
A special widow 3 might was imme-
the hub was invited without regard to
class, creed OF. age. The result Of the
scheme. was attested when the spacious
fremont was crowded with the fairest
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
METROPOLITAN-
Sergeant Kitty."

Now comes Helen yron in the
comic opera Sergeant Kitty The
book and lyrics are by R. II. urnside
whose tuneful IMocking BirdT ' and
Gingerbread Man, are still well re-
membered. There is told in a rational
way the. story Of a winsome, head
strong girl, Kitty, who is determined
to wed the man she loves despite the
opposition of. an old aunt. The elope-
ment, the. marriage by proxy, the pur-
suit, the compiled tions that arise from
Keeping the marriage secret, the trou-
bles of another couple also married Sc
cretly and the loveInaking and disap-
pointment of a funny captain are the
ingredients. The scene is in France,
about 1880, during the great military
period. Soldiers predominate and the
costumes are beautiful. Helen Byron, a
bright and vivacious young lady, will
be seen in the leading role. Miss By
ron is not only a singer, but she is
chic and wears gowns that cause many
an ah' from the feminine portion
Of the audience. She enters into her
work with zest and she is a winsome
1assle Ia unspoiled by. applause. James
la Il ls7 3 capable come edian, as is
also Tom Hadaway, and the entire cast
may be termed an effective one.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
Lyc0up.- l.
Lillian Ethel Norris
with The Frawley5

serettis,. whose astounding somersault-
next. week. Also. come that charming
mimic, Violet Dale; Emmett Dewey and
company in "The Sanity Mr.. Bill
lings"; James H. Cullen, "the man
from the west'; Willy Eckstein, the
boy pianist; Howard IS dogs and ponies
and Watson and the Morrisey Sisters
in singing and dancing act. Julius
Steger, the operate tenor, will appear
in "The Fifth Commandment soon.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
The World Of Vaudeville,

Sometimes Broadway fails to weave
the fascination that is often fatal to
actors who cannot make goodo there
Sometimes, too, it fails to have fas.
| cination for one who has really Z 'made
good on the great white way.
Rose Stahl, who played sketch called
The Chorus Lady, at the Orpheum
here year ago, took it to London and
the provinces and was ma de much of, is
now in her third month in HsThe Cho-
rus Lady, as a four-act piece. She
has played in the Savoy, the Garrick
and is now at the Hackett, New York,
where she bids fair to remain some
time. In other words, "The Chorus
Lady, is a Broadway hit. And yet
Miss Stahl takes reporter into her
confidence and indulges in the follow
ing heresy:
The reason love vaudeville is be-
cause I honestly believe it takes a
greater artist to make hit in vau-
deville than in the regular drama.
You've got four acts in the latter and
you can grow on your audience like tan
and freckles. do in that time, if there IS
anything in, you at5all. .'l's.a 25.5s&& ~ !
50 # you .sfump in the first act, why,
try, try again, and when the curtain s
rung up for the climax, perhaps YOU III
nave got used to your clothes and can
seize sci the opportunity by the forelock.
There are plenty of actors and act.
resses today. who, if it were not for the
length of time allowed them for that
groWlng-on process, would be buried
deep under the daisies of dramatic crit.
icism. .a ..@->.. -
"Now, in vaudeville, it bingl-
and it the audience doesn It sit up and
take notice at the bing, you re a, dead
"Twenty minutes to make. good,
That s all. No second act, no third
or fourth. You we got a time allow
ance and the next attraction,s in the
wings waiting it's turn and you've cot
to hustle every second Of the time.
When you feel that you we made
good from the start, you come pretty
near getting genuine thrill, none of
your near-thrills that you get from a
iukeWarm audience after you we work ed
like drayhorse for an hour and a
half.' - e'n' a q
The letter addressed by Will NJ,
Cressy to managers all over the coun.
Try asking their cooperation with the
comedy club in the protection of ORIG.
1nal ideas and business from piracy
mas brought most encouraging replies
from Martin Beck, general manager of
the Orpheum Circuit company: Tony
castor, +: Albee, Percy Williams. Lee
Shubert, William Morris and MANY
other big managers and agents, The
Cressy letter was the first definite and
vaudeville. o. 49, r-1~o1 - -
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
The District LEADER

The new production, teThe District
II Leader, - =, which will appear at the
M M etropolitan the second half week,
teens with situations of vital public
interest, interspersed with lights and
shades of comedy and song. It is a
Drama embellished with music-that is
to, say, the musical numbers dovetail
1nto l9 the plot, and fit the situations.
Mapel Barrlson< lends herself to the
character Of Flossie in the endearing
manner that has made her public ia.
Volrlte. While good to look upon. she
possesses the real dramatic Instinct.
Joseph p. Howard, writer of this pro-
ductlon, who has startled the world
whistling his t:>Umpire,'' ellis High-
ness the Bey,' "The Land of Nod,,
and elsie Of Bong Bong,'' is sing
ing his own songs in his own peculiar
style. This is Mr.. Howard's first pub
nc appearance for several seasons. With
these two is select company and a
beauty chorus Of fifty.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
Press Agent Yarns.

Ezra Kendall, who comes to the
Metropolitan Christmas week. was talk
ing to an old friend who had at one
time y nasp1red to become an actor.
Tel me, friend, y said Kendall.
why caraera;y you gave up your theatrical
Ezra, tits sad story r atarted
about the same time you did. The first
company | started out with stranded
several miles from home, and it was
mighty hard walking back. Still IN
daunted, started out again. this time
in different direction. and we were
stranded again, The only consolation
that had was the scenery was different
and the climate little warmer thar
the first strand 80 -, -
II had decided to 90 to work in a
grocery store when I was offered a fine
part in a big show with plenty Of
money behind it. You can imagine nv
We'll, the opening night came, and
was confident of success as BRYAN is
Of election. I, was working up a bio
climax, the audience seemed spellbound,
and had Just delivered The lines which
were sure to bring forth enthusiastic
applause--When Sc the steam pipes broke
~ ! - 2 . .sH
Will Cressy, who is a familiar figure
in vaudeville, is to be starred next year
by the Shuberts in play from his own
pen, called "a Village Iawyer.O One
of his vaudeville sketches bears this
title, and while the role he impersonates
in it has been elaborated into a play.
the theme of the sketch and the drama
are in no way alike. It is rather a re-
m!arkable n q; fact that of the 12e vaude-
vile sketches now being used in Amer
lea Mr.. Cressy wrote eighty-six. This
will be Mr.. Cressy s first effort at q
four-act play.
When Mile. Latina, the physical cul.
ture girl who returns to the Orpheum
this week, is asked how old she is she
rules of life, she is a little more ex.
plicit. - z .i5-.. .
81 sleep late. of course; for sleep Is
the great medicine; q Z she says. IS "a q
never eat anything until IL o clock il
1.-The morning and then i eat. sparingIY
! But ats5 o'clock + have my dinner and
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16

By way Of contrast, step into the
Lyric, where Mrs. Fiske and her Man
haitian company are giving an excellent
oduction Of g The New York Idea, !,
a new play by Langdon Mitchell Par
sallel to the brilliant and salacious com.
Sedy of the Restoration, this play, too,
ssis q clever treatment OF the immortality
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16


drama-has it comet Is it comingq
These, are the questions which critics
have been asking for the past century:
and there have been temporarily affirm
atlve answers, incited for, example, by
the appearance Of such plays as ''The
OLD Homestead, "Shore Acres, .
Alabama and Shenandoah But
these old stand-bys, splendid as they
are Tor acting purposes, are now seen
to lack those elements of permanence
which make for greatness in dramas as
in literature.
At the beginning of the present sea.
son the New York papers announced
the discovery Of the American drama in
"The Great Divide" still PLAYING to
packed houses at the Princess theater
A remarkable feature of the success of
this production. is the fact that the
author, the distinguished poet and edu.
Gator, William Vaughn Moody, had
never before essayed the dramatic form
and yet, whatever else may be said of
the work. it is distinctly an acting play.
garet. Anglin shows herself an emo.
tional actress of power and reserve
and Henry: Miller g impersonation is
as usual, finished, interesting and con.
vincing. Indeed, it is their realistic
acting which saves the first act from
pure. melodrama, and the last from
hopeless incongruity. The opening sit.
uation is theatrical enough. A girl, left
alone in ranch house in the desert of
Immediately-and the speed lis a pal
pable flaw in motivation-she selects
the best-looking man and promises to
become his wife If he will save her from
the others. The details Of this scene
are. worthy Of Dumas, pere. The re.
naming two acts merge into the essen.
tial struggle between husband and wife
really in love and yet separated by
the great divide between culture and
crime. Herein Is the power Of the
drama, this combat between New Eng
One feels that the inevitable end is
tragedy, and SO It was in the original
Chicago production, I am told; but the
author, like Pinero with his ssProfi
gates was forced to sacrifice art to
the popular mania for a happy ending
There are fashions in drama, as in
wrote Gas You Like te It'' there nmae9pvas was
a fashion of pastoral drama. In the
past few years there has been an Amer
icanz craze for melodrama of the wild
west The Great Divide,'' scarcely
emerges from this sort Of thing. The
Golden West which has just com
pleted tremendous run here, furnishes
the type; and, as tho to prove that the
theme is not worn threadbare, it is
now supplanted by another Belascc
spectacle, "'The Rose Of the Rancho
According to the vox populi, this is the
best show0 in town.
Recently Miss Rachel Crothers, q
New York school teacher, utilized the
western idea. She took an old plot, sci
it in a Nevada mining camp, and fur
nished a wholesome evening 8 entertain
ment. The character drawing is the
prime feature Of the play, and yet this
is unequal. The men are mere shadows
but the two boys and the sister, who
constitute nThe Three Of Us" ring
true. John Westley g portrayal of the
elder brother Clem is a splendid bi,
Of human nature. AS the sister, Car
lotta Nillson scores triumph. The
sscene in which she persuades Glenn tt
stay home brings tears to every eye.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16

MyTa Davis DoMlin@

eat anything I crave. However.
make it s. rule to rest two hours after
eating, and am then in condition to
40 my work in. the best form. I have
always believed in giving digestion a
echanyee-for digestion is bodily
faculty well worth preserving. And I
ne never worry. Ny father weighs 200
There is no mystery about physica1 cys,I. yi.
ture. It's system. I have Followed Il
eight years and am healthier and han.
pier than ever in my life.'' .
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
NEAR DATES.
Metropolitan


Ezra Kendall will be the Christmas
week attraction, beginning his engage
ment. Dec. %. Kendall holds unime
position, that Of comedian who has
no n; .lmltators, because he is inimitable.
This season he has scored his greatest
triumph in a new play entitled 1sSwell
Elegant JONES' from the pen of Her
bert Hall Winslow, author Of Mr.. Ken
dali 8 last successful play, The Vine
gar Buyer The New Years week
offering will be /" Way Down East. =
with Phoebe Davis and other old favor
ties. Jan: 60 Mildred Holland is
scheduled for new play, and GsThe
County Chairman comes again on Jan.
II. Jan. 1916 Francis Wilson will be
seen in his latest success, "'The Moun-
tain Climber and Max Figman in
1.-THE Man on the Box comes the last
nalf OF ct the same week. Nance O'Neil
In The Sorceress is underlined for
Jan: 20-23, and James x. Hackett in
The Walls Of Jericho for Jan. 1926,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16

after the manner of Patti. Her trip is
described by an exuberant press agent
as an cart pilgrimage.''
w. B. Chamberlain,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
Bi.jou-

The coming engagement Of sAri-
zona,O by Augustus Thomas. will he e
one Of the notable events. Harry Clay
]Blaney, the popular little comedian. in
his war play, The. Boy Behind the
Gun, written by his brother, Charles
q. Blaney, will be seen New Years
week.
Billy ,. Van, the eccentric come
dian, follows in a brand new vehicle
called .eThe New Errand Boy.'' James
j: Corbett is coming in his newest
piece, by Langdon Mccormick, called
{ The Burglar and. the Lady, 8,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-16
.Orpheu.1a-

Probably the only group Of ground
acrobats who could successfully g fol-
low the -Four Bards are the Six Clin-
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