The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-05
THE 'ACOUNTRY GIRL
BOTH SAFE AND
SANE
Theatre Goers Saw Talent in
Comedy at Metropolitan
Monday Evening.
AUDIENCE "WARMED up"
Was Best Musical Comedy on
Circuit in Several Seasons,
Say Many.

In temperature that varied from
the freezing point in the parques to
possibly forty above in the dress cir
Gle and balcony, large and we'll
pleased audience witnessed the pre-
sentation of the "a County Girl" at
the Metropolitan last evening. Not
withstanding the frigidity of the at
mosphere- interior and exterlor-i:
goes without notary's seal that
Grand Forks theatre-goers have not
warmed UP" to any musical comedy
company in long time--untiI last
evening.
Pretty girls, we'll trained singers,
elegant costumes and stage settings,
clever comedians and dancers, and a
fairly rational plot, (for a musical
comedy all combined to the end that
those present might be given the
pleasure demanded and expected in
view of the representations of advance
agents.
The "a Country Girl" was as an
after dinner tonic of sparkling wine,
good to look upon and once absorbed
thoroughly agreeable to the system.
Sam Collins-that abbreviated speci-
men of the homus who had been elect
ed to furnish the comedy. or major
portion thereof-has the Mace, Leach,
and Weber & Fields stunt whipped
worse than an egg nog after the
buxom cook has completed her duty.
Collins is a little the best of anythin.,
seen in the Bread Basket circuit III
several minutes. P. s. And then
some.
Elgie Bowen, as Marjorie, Godfrey
Challoner's real" sweetheart, other
wise the actress, Miss Montague, may
be likened to a lark, flies high, sings
beautifully, and when she alights, is
a pretty bunch of ruffles-but alto
gether unruffled.
"Nan," otherwise Laura Butler, is
"strong'-both ways.
Barry and Sophie, otherwise Collins
and Viola Kellogg, have no business
outside of ireland and New York
where most of the goods" in thea
tricals are to be found. Collins was
cert, "cocky" boy-and Sophie the
other.
And now for the girl of the far east
Princess NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fin
ley in real life. Miss Finley paraded
a form-both of voice and body-of
which she, as we'll as others, might
we'll be proud. She possesses one of
the best contralto voices it has been
the pleasure to hear in Grand Forks
in 10, these several moons.
Italian Mostyn, the Rajah of Bhong,
is another of the good" ones in the
cast, while Godfrey Challoner. who
signs his name Melville Stewart on
the hotel registers, possesses voice
and figure that cannot fail to appeal.
Sir Joseph Verify, Douglas Verify,
Lord Anchester and, in fact, several
other members of the cast, are de-
serving of particular mention.
The music throughout was very
high class and the chorus showed the
result of many hours strict training
and attention to instruction.
The dancing was also out of the Or
binary with particular reference to
the work of the Misses Faust, in the
ballet work.
Miss Elgie Bowen, the leading lady,
who is suffering from broken arm,
received in fall while alighting from
a street car at Oshkosh, Wis, on
Jan. 10, was compelled to accommo-
date her injury by the use of band
ages, and SO we'll did she succeed,
that a large percentage of the audi
ence thought it was a part of the
play.
A big advance sale for "The Gin
galee" tonight is reported.