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14 w&w FAIRLWEEIC 1.**" Metropolitan'' Ben Hur.'' Minneapolis is to again have an op jortunity to see Klaw & Erlangcr^s great speetaculai presentation of Gen eral Wallace's Ben Hur. The play is already familiar to the local theater oers, as it has bcrn seen this citv Wice befoie, but this time it comes back greater and more massive than ever. Everything is new. The scen ery and costumes were never used until the opening peifoimance in St. Paul last Monday evening. The company is also new, except thiee or four of the principals, who have made distinct hits and who have been retained on this ac count. The organization has been pro /nouneed by the pi ess of St. Paul super ior to any of the other companies seen there in the play. Numerous changes have been made in the mechanical equipmentespecially in the horse race scene, which is much more effective than ever before. The play is in' six acts and eighteen scenes, and closely follows General Wallace's story So skillfully has the dramatist done his work that it is difficult for the average auditor to discern the few changes nec essary in dramatization. The first scene represents the Star of Bethlehem in'd the Three Wise Men. Wierd music is heard and the theme is heard whenever any reference to the Naze rene is made. No one will be seated ,vhile this scene is on. The next scene (hows the palace of Hur in Jerusalem, where the quarrel occurs between Ben [ur and Massala. The next scene is tid in' the interior of the Roman gtr ey, with the rowers at work then omes the meeting between Arrius and Jen Hur and the wreck of the galley, "he next scene presents the open sea, nd the rescue of Arrius by Ben Hur. 'hen comes the Grove of Daphne, the ileasure park of Antioch, where the iallet is introduced. Ben' Hur again "leets Massala and rescues the Egyptian eiress from beneath the feet of the Soman's horses. Ho also meets lldrim nd arranges with the Arab for th^ use his horses. Then comes the lake in |e Orchard of Palms, probably the lost beautiful scene e"\er presented on hy stages The race is so familiar iat it is pretty well understood by the ublic Aft^r the race comes the Mount t Oliver-scene afc'd the vision, proba cy the most impressive stage picture* rer presented. 0\er 340 people ap 2ar, and the Naz^renc is represented ZJ\ awe-inspiring shaft of white gbt^,,. All, told 400 people, twelve METROPOLITANKlaw & Erlanger's spectacle, "Ben Hur." All the week with matinees .Monday, Wednesday and Sat- urday. AUDITORIUMBanda Rossa in concerts, including musical spectacle, Perosi's "Resurrection of Christ," all the week be- ginning Monday evening, with matinees at 3 p.m. BUOU"In Old Kentucky." All the week with matinees Sun- day, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. ORPHEUMModern Vaudeville. All the .week, with daily matinees. i LYCEUMLow-Priced Vaudeville, matinees. UNIQUEContinuous Vaudeville. Performances at 2, 3:30, 8 and 9:30. Amateur night Friday. WONDERLANDOutdoor Amusement Park. Open from 1 to 11 p.m. Fireworks Tuesdays and Fridays. DEWEYMay Howard's Burlesquers in burlesque and vaude- ville. All the week with daily matinees. Ladies' perform- ances Friday afternoon and evening. Saturday Evening, n AMUSEMENTS Attractions of Next Week i v- All the week with "daily horses and a camel take part in the production. So great has been the de- i manu for seats that Manager Seott has ananged to open the engagement with a special Monday mitmee. Bijou' 'In- Old Kntucky." After having remained closed all summer, the Bijou, resplendent in its new decorations, and thoroly renovated thruout, will reopen its doors Sunday af ternoon. In Old Kentucky,'' the ever welcome blnegrass drama, now on its. thirteenth annual tour, will be the at traction thruout fair week. 4. more popular selection could not have been made. Jacob Litt has established an enviable record for this xla by keeping the cast and production keyed up to the very highest standard of excellence. This year an exceptionally fine company has been secured. The country has been ran sacked for the funniest and cle\erest lit tle pickaninnies obtainable, and this feature will be better than ever. In Old Kentucky'' has a sharp, in- SCENE FROM "BEN HUR" AT THE METROPOLITAN NEXT WEEK poitraval of -outWn hfeon^V.e\n er I r__ -_- tn01 can stne A special matinee will be given on Monday, Labor Dav. OrpheumModern Vaudeville. Two duos of farcurs, a trio of mar velous French aciobats and a dog and pony show are among the fe^tmes vrith which the Orpheum will nik its bid for potronage state fair week. It will be_ a v/eek of mirth and melody with mirth piedomiaating. Hcadktg this bill will be Bert Leslie and Robert L. Dailey, who made thousands laug'i while stsrring in "Paris by Night" and "The Fortune Hunters Their I i MAY, HOWAR D, ....,_ pines with Her Burlesque Company to the Dewey "next week. tense story, with consistent characters Rav Bailey. They achieved ^their first and a clean plot, marked contrasts, a fame by their marvelous poetic "cak e- strong r?cing feature, comedy and pa- i walk" when that terpsichorean exer- thos deftly interwoven, and an ab'in dance of dramatic episodes and stirring clmia-xes. The plot is laid in the blue grass region of Kentucky, and presents as its chief figure a simple, warmheart ed mountain girl, who has lo^ ed above her station, but with the sincerity which products of the Parisian high school of brings her out triumphantafter sho has defeated the plots of villainy. A double interest is created, involving the contention between 11 hrLo and the max who thinks hjnWelf wronged* on the one hand., .ind the hero and the villain, on the oxhei. The plav admit* ed to be perhaps the in"st vtviu and tirthful canil me on tn Ameni- ,lnT1f :_,' said to acrobatics., Head-to-head and hand-to hand bala%ing while standing three men high. walking up and downstairs las"t "Peronal series which opened season, is the kino drom contribution. I is called "An Adventurous Automobile Trip." tli latest offering, "Going Abroad," is drome''s contributi said fairly to scintilate with wit. Rob- LyceumVaudeville. The event of the coming week in the amusement world will be the opening of the Lyceum as a popular-priced vau deville house. The first performance will be^given Monday night, and one of the banner bills of the new manage ment's long list of attractions has been selected for the occasion. Mayor Jones will deliver an address of welcome, and give official sanction to the launching oi the new venture. A fine audience will b,e present- /and a notible performance will make the oe cpsion memorable* In his remarks. Mayor Jones will "ring out the old and ring in the new," for all thiii'gs are to bechrnged at the Lyceum* The familiar faces of stock company play ers are to be seen 'no more and in their places will come new acquaintances, new figures in an endless variety of en tertainment comprehended in the word "vaudeville." Thu3 every week, patrons of the Ly ceum will see a new set of entertainers, comprising eight distinct acts at each -performance. Everything will be new, as the bookings for the important vau deville houses of the country, which are in the Lvceum's circuit have never been available in this citv nntil now. "Zutka," the London Hippodrome's twentieth century mvstery, will head the big bill of fair week. This extraordi nary act deals with a strange* life-size figure which is placed in a receptacle too small to accommodate a child^ body. The mystery is how the pupxe or doll, if not instinct with lif ey can per form a number of astounding tricks. Seven other ambitious ac^s including! the refined urdsical tturttf oi Luce and Luce, the songs of Gertrude Morton, the eccentric monolog of Billy l?aun and the singing and dancing turn of Javois and Tudo, will be presented. The Bill is replete with novelty afcHl concludes with a fine set of motion pie- tures\^ UniqueContinuous Vau^evillef The Unique theater offers a strong bill for state fair week. As this thea ter presents ietmtinupus vjujdeviller it will be particularly attractive to vis- TkE K)IINNEA^03LI- JOURNAL LIND EN BECKWITH, Entertainer at the Orpheum Next Week. ert Dailey is brother to "Pete," come dian and monologist. The headlmers will be assisted by William Mowry and Maud Emery. Another famous pair of mirth mekers will be David Genrao and Miss eise had it3 greatest vogue. A Cigar ette Case'' is the skit in which they now appear. Nat Crane plays "The Smile that Won't Come Off,'' be a very pleosmg part. The De Koe trip are the greatest itors for the reason-*that they can drop in any time and see much or little for a yjry reasonable price of admission. The "bill is headed by the Zimmermans, who appear in a comedy sketch. Then there will be H. V. and Bessie Lee, who present a series ^of novelhead which come under*"1 while playing musical instruments in I briskly, pauses bfit a moment and then this position, and dozens of similar shoots out into the *air. He generally feats are in this unequalcd trio's rep ertory. The Sheep Dog and Pony show is a circus in vaudeville, as the illusions the of magic.'' Some of the other enter tainers are Tuesa, a vocalist on the sou brette order, who appears several changes of costume James H. Max well, a monolog comedian Black and. Leslie in a novel comedy act: the Fay sisters, "The Matinee Girls," in songs and dances. Harold 'Bec-kro will fur bish the illustrated songs feature and will present a new, ballad entitled Gliding Down the, Waters of the Old Mississipp." There will be motion pictures as usual. The entertainers for the past week hold over Sunday and it can be said of them as a whole that they present one of the mast satisfactory entertain ments of the Wtnc* season. DeweyMay "&QWZT&. Burlesquers. /fter 'three' /years May Howard, styled the quoen, of burlesque, will W MinneapaAyat another visit. Miss Howard comes to the Dewey theater ^statf fair wTSelc, Commencing^ With "the matinee tomorrow, lsta spe,caal &ttrac ti^ai. Her company"^"a clever one and eaip|i aaidle&iss W^ft h#s been carried oijMtOj mafcp tflre^fVforniance a "top ''nor?hek*""',*Among# tne vaudeville acts are the Craigs, aOlainty? pVir^of mu- jficaV artists. La-#ele ancf-3rftnt ex- ?ponj| rfts vf physical culture Russel and .Loe&c, singers and dancers. As an [Added feature, Riga's art studies wity fsClose the olio.i The entire eolffp&ny of forty peoplfe will be seen in. a musical satire en titled "MUe. FiFi," It is decidedly worth while seeing, as it is replete with catchy niusic, ^gorgeous scenery and twenty-five shpw girls in ijfteen changes of "wardrobe-. The comedians are Edward Moriis and Dan Gallagher. WonderlandStat Fair Week. Wonderland will present for state fair week several features in the, "way of free aets. Peter Lind, the high diver ^Who makes a plunge from a height- of 100 fee^ijlto the lagoon, is to be retained. He makes an exceedingly graceful dive. I& ascends his ladder starts head downward, turns a somer sault during his descent, and hits the water feet first. Sometimes, however, and eqnines do everything ever he varies his a* so that he makes the n_r mi T-,-T donei in a circus out, and "King" is a real mind-reading dognTwi A new feature will be the "singing Dortraits" of Miss Linden Beckwith. In artistic costuming and lighting ef fects and perfect vocalisni, it is said to be sensationally exceptional. Bertie Fowler is "the merry monolog maid," seen here last season, whose clever stories and damtv imitations make her popular. Talbot and Rogers are sing ers and conversational comedians. An original comedy in animated pic tures, heralded as the equal of the fa- mousOrpheusm descentt headfiistt thee entiree distance.. deseen headfiis th entir distance I is a sensational feat that always wins hearty applause. The other attractions will include a sensational slide~Tor life by a woman who, suspended tS$i-her- hair, will make a terrifically swift journey down a cable across the*gfounds-from a height of over one hundred feet, and an aerial casting act. Dajly concerts by the Journal Cadet .feiind will be another pleasing feature, And there will be elab orate* displays oSB a?ain 's fireworks Tues day and Fridayi 'nights. They will in clude a number" of set pieees, among them a pyrotechnic representation of Governor Johnson^ Wonderland* should prove an attrac tion to state fajjftvisitors as strong -as the fair itse^f.-vjlis the most notable amusement enterprise ever undertaken in the northwest and has necessitated a big expenditure *of money to provide some of the features that have made such resorts as Luna park at Co- !j VVTfi fc vv'*"'vvy wvvn vwyww IMAMS, Defective Page ney island, famous. Wonderland nas twenty odd features, which include a scenic railway, an airship swing, shoot the chutes, the o\d mill, etc. The park is brilliantly illuminated atr night, 25,000 incandescent lights, 50 arc lights and a searchlight, presenting a brilliant spec tacle. The park has .the capacity for entertaining 50,000 people a day and has established itself in the esteeem of the people of Minneapolis and St, Paul as a resort conducted on a high plane, with no objectionable features and the very best ot order maintained at all times. UNDEBLINBD ATTRACTIONS vl Metropolitan. Robert B. Mantel!, the eminent tragedian and Shaksperian actor, supported by a company ot excellence, will present a repertory of standard successes the week of Sept. 11. William A. Brady has provided sumptuous scenic produc tions Mr. Mantell's repertory will Include "Richard III." "Hamlet," "Bichelleu," and other well-known plays. The engagement will be for one week. "The Forbidden Land," a comic opera of which much has been written, comes for the week beginning Sept. 17. Guy F. Steely has taken Tibet as the scene, and out of the opera tic forbidden land come laughter and merri ment, beautiful music and riotous spectacular effects. The score is by Frederic Chapin. The cast is headed by Edward Garvie. Among other early bookings at the Metropoli tan are William Morris in "Mrs. Temple's Tele- gram," half week Sept. 24 Alice Fischer in "Tie School for Husbands" half week Sept. 28, while Augustus Thomas' comedy "Mrs. Lef fingwell's Boots," and Ezra Kendall in his new plav "The Barnstormer" -will divide the week of Oct. 1. Auditorium. The appearance of Emma Eames in November will be a musical event of much interest. She will bring a first-class concert company. Harrison Grey Fiske, the husband and man ager of Mrs. Fiske and manager of the Man hattan theater, has about decided on the pro duction of two new plays "this season in addi tion to "Mary and John," which is to open the Manhattan theater season, and "What Will Pep ple Say," the new Rupert Hughes play written for Mrs Fiske. This will mean two additional flrst-class attractions for the Auditorium.1* The present arrangement for the appearance here ot Mm Leslie Carter call for four per formances of her last season's success, "Adrea," which lan all last season at the Belasco theater, but efforts are being made to make the engage ment cover a full week and-thereby bring about the presentation of some of Mrs. Carter's earlier successes "San Toy," the dainty Chinese-English mu sical comedy will be seen early in October. Rehearsals, of "Mary and John," the comedy by Edith Ellis Baker have been In progress since Aug. 21 and the new play is" said to gfve excellent piwmise. The cast is a notable one, Including John Mason, William B. Mack, Flora Fail child Amy Ricard, Vivian Holt, Ida Thomas* and Mrs Annie Yeamans, one of the giand old woman of the American stage. and John*' is an Auditorium booking. When "Fantana" is presented here the com pany now appearing at the Lyric theater. New Yoik, will be seen. The organization is headed bv Jefferson De Angelis, whose comic drollery has made him a favoiite of the first rank. The "Kilties," Canada's famous band, will be seen early in October for matinee and evening conceits, during which they will render the "Roial Command Programs," which were played for the edification of King Edward and his suite diiring the "Kilties" recent tour of Great Britain. One of the big successes of Webtfr and Fields New York Music hall was "Hoity Toity/" The otly authorized company producing k%XJKx^j xx^xxXA'AJ'.{e%x.A^AAAXAA!i!:a 3c%sn ing done, telephone W. S. Nott Co., 376. xtheU iplays -nill p'resent "Hoity Toity" following "lb Old Kentucky." The book and lyrics are by Edgar Smith, the music by John Stromberg and the original and intricate stage ouslness by Julian Mitchell In "Her First False Step" are shown a realistic bank robbery scene, a dfiring race for lite in East river and the successful rescue of .i child from a den of African lions. "Queen of the White Slaves," a stirring melodiama. will soon be seen again. David Higgins in. "His Last Dollar" is among the Bijou bookings. He is a prime favorite wltn local patrons. Many new musical and comedy numbers and a large chorus have been added to "The Street Singei," the musical diama. Florence- Bindley appears again as La ella Violetta, the street singer. Jce Welch, the Hebrew impersonator, is sure to lecfeive a stirring welcome when he appears bere in his new play entitled "The Peddler." Orpheum. lor the week of Sept. 10 are Mme. De Serris' living pictures, aft .artistic European act, for which fifteen Parisian models pose Macy and Hall in &i-sketch caUed-"The Timelv Awaken ing" the Messenger Boys' Trio, excellent sing cis and comedians the Wilton- Brothers, hori zontal bar experts Hal Merritt, monologist and cartoonist Kherns and Cole, in "The Baron," a musical piece and Sansome and Delilah, as tonishing exhibitors of musical stiength. "Picks" Sensitive To Northern Cold Traveling Avith a band of pickannin Tries may seem an easy thing, but it has its drawbacks. The several managers who have in turn had charge of the !i In Old Kentucky" company tell marvelous stories of happenings en tour. One of the features of the performance is the "Woodlawn Wangdoodles,'' a band of pickanninnies, who play in the second act. These boys have been the source of much profanity on the part of the managers, as well as infinite amusement to the publicY T-ke ^climate is never warm enough for them-, and whenever they can get together they pile up in a heap, the under boy being the happiest of the group because he is the warmest. There is a new band this season with "In Old Kentucky," the old boys hav ing grown so big they no longer come under the caption of pickanninndes." But the characteristics remain the same. One of the duties of the band & to parade, every day and to play for halfr an hour before the theater in the evening. In the winter the little fel lows manage to have their instruments frozen tight most of the time, and are continually running into the house "list ter get the freeze out." 5Q. *A. Consadine, the present manager Hells of many Interesting things that occurred while the "picks" were un der His charge. The frozen instrument plot came to his notice when, the drum major came up and remarked, just as the band was ready to start on its morning parade in Buffalo. "Mistah Consadfrv?, we eyan't play today, 'kase it's too col' for de boys to blow. Dev-ho'ns jis' freeze so ha'd dey cyan't play 'em." "Oh, this is all nonsense," the man ager answered. "Get them out, qui^k." "All right, boss, we gwine,. but 'tam't no use. tell ye, 'tain't no use. Dem ho 'ns is froze tight.'' But the* procession started, and from the mouths of the horr^ occasional blasts emerged, but so feeble and So veiled it was not music at all. Mr. Consadine took the party into a saloon to thaw out the Instruments and get warm. There was a dive, "for the free lunch counter, and after a few minutes the onslaught of twenty "picks" left npthtag hut empty dishes with parties of dark-skinned youngsters fighting for the morsels that were pushed out on the counter by the first rush. Then there was another sally into the street and another attempt to play, with far great er success. A Chicago Comedy Triumph. Chicago, Sept. 2."A comedy tri umph" is what New .YorS called it, and even if Gotham may have been a little inclined to exaggerate the worth of a really clever play in the midst of a rather dull season, there is no doubt that "The School for Hus bands," by Stanislaus Stang.e-, to be brought a Powers' theater tomorrow evening, is a comedy^p% exceptional merit. P. G. Whitney continues to think so well of it that' he decided that Alice Fisher should open her season of 1905- J906 with the play rather thftu take the chance of finding another not suited to her half so well. I is a piece of jollity all thru, frankly intended to amuse, and Alice Fisher has caught the intent of the playwright full cen ter, so to say v-Mii"lSs-- Any person with money in a^alvaglr bank can double their income. Bead advertisement in this paper of Sharood Shoe Corporation, St. Paul, Minn. If you want a hUrty-W job^of^or^ MtiS&g&A*.** *-^',^fei fi O have such a double attraction at one time as the Banda Rossa with its superb record of past successes, and the Besurrection of Christ," the new oratorio by Father Perosi, said to be the finest work by any Italian cdmposer since "Cavalleria Kusticana," seems almost too good to be true. Yet such is the treat in store for the Minneapolis public and for the visitors from St. Paul and thruout the state during fair week at the Audito rium. It will be the first formal pre sentation of the "Resurrection" in America. In selecting Perosi's work, Sorrenti no has made no mistake. It is a work written out of a heart filled with love and adoration. It is conceived upon a plane as high and noble as that which brought forth the "Messiah," the Creation, "^and it is as intensely thrilling anrd dramatiacl "Samso,n Delilah EUGENIO SORRENTINO. "Parsif .a"s Indeed itanid 7 spoken of as leaving much the same impression upon the mind of the listen er as the great Wagnerian epic. Perosi has followed the Biblical nar rative as laid down in the twentieth chapter of the gospel according to St. John and the incidents follow in the se quence there recorded. The music is very beautiful, breathing wonder, anxi ety, sorrow, astonishment and exaltation in turn, while the angel chorus preced ing the ascension music is exquisite in its serene and almost divine beauty. To illustrate this wonderful work, which has caused such enthusiasm thru out Italy, the Ansel Cook studios of Chicago have been utilized. A number of wonderfully fine paintings repre senting Marv at the tomb, Mary and the Angel, the Angels in* the %omb, the meeting between the Savior and Mary Magdalene, the meeting of the Savior and the Disciples on the Road to Emmaus. the Savior in the Multi tude and the Ascension Scene, have been prepared. As the music progresses, these views, each 30x40 feet, with tha wonderful eleetrie lighting effects, ats dissolved one into another. The ef-