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By Arr^niemenTl %^ %| Management
Jacob Lltt. f| I^l % M| Jf I^l I Arthur C. Alston
YENTLEMAN.
WEEK ARCH 18 -FREDERICK WARDE AND COMPANY IN REPERTOIRE.
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"My lady of the contagious fun," as a
Chicago newspaper writer styled Fanny
Rice recently, comes to the Metropolitan
for four performances only, beginning to
morrow .
Tliis engagement promises well for a
• it house and a most pleasurable en
tertr.^fment. Misa Rice occupies a very
uclQue position on the American stage.
Sha is a brilliant comedienne of many
accomplishments, but her greatest chaxm
•consists In the beneficent atmosphere of
Jollity and good nature which ehe spreads
all around her with a prodigality that
only she ran afford. Mi^s Rice can do
more with an audience and do it Quicker
than any actress on the stage today.
From the moment her voice Is heard an
anticipatory smile flits over every face
In the audience, and when she bursts Into
view, like a flood of sunshine, the smile
epreads into a grin and develops into a
laugh. Her glowing, effervescent person
ality Is the very incarnation of cheerful
ness and joy. It Is a healthy, happy
flow of humor, surmounting the somber
nees and severity of life, like an eternal
spring of happiness, light and content
ment. No better vehicles for the display
Of this clever little woman's art and
wonderful versatility could be conceived
than those famously successful plays.
"My Milliner's Bill," "A Double Lesson/
"Wig and Gown," "Pun in a Fog," "Nan,
the Good-for-Nothlng," "The Circus Rid
er" and other plays of this stamp. They
furnish a most delightful and novel even
ing's entertainment, not only affording
£n opportunity to see Mlsa Rice in three
Vrldely different characters at one Per
formance, clearly demonstrating her ver
satility, but they permit her to present
■with perfect consistency many of her
Wonderfully clever specialties,
Fanny Rice was one of the famous all
etar cast with Joseph Jefferson which
presented "The Rivals." When the man.
flgers of that organization first approach
ed Miss Rice as to the terms sho would
accept for this tour she was obliged to
name a very high figure, for it would
necessitate th© closing of her own regu
lar starring tour several weeks earlier
than usual. As the 6alary list of the
other stars already amounted" to an enor
mous sum, the managers began to think
that they had bettor look about for
some one who would aot be quite so ex-
T>< uslve as Miss Rice. When Mr. Joseph
Jefferson heard this he is reported to
have said: "Expense must not be con
sidered in forming this organization. It
must be an artistic success above every
thing else. There will only be ten of us,
and each one must be the representative
of hla or her line. We want Fanny Rice,
end we must have her." That settled it.
Miss Rirc-'s terms were acceded to, and
it is gratifying to know that her success
fully justified Mr. Jefferson's high opin
ion of her. The critics were unanimous
in pronouncing her Lucy a revelation.
"SPORTING LIKK" AGAIN.
Bier Melodrama Will Open at the
Metropolitan Thurimlnv.
Lovers of dramatic action have much
to look forward to in the coming engage
ment of Jacob Lltt's big company, which
Is to present his mammoth production of
"Sporting Life" for four nights and a
Saturday matinee, commencing next
Thursday evening at the Metropolitan
opera house.
"Sporting Life" was introduced to St.
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Paul theatergoers late last season, and
the engagement was most successful. The
same company and the same big produc
tion Is to be presented In the present in
stance.
The play opens in a scene representing
Lord Woodstock's training etnbles, at
New Market, England, which shows a
dozen spacious stalls on cither side of a
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FANNY RICE,
In the Rosina Yokes Comedies at the Metropolitan.
commodious courtyard. Each Is occupied
by a restless thoroughbred, eager for the
time to come when he shall be called
upon to test his speed and endurance on
the neighboring track.
In act two there are fly* distinct
changes of Bcene, but so rapidly are they
executed by the great array of stage
hands that the aotlon never flags for an
instant, and yet every change Is made
In total darkness. The last scene of this
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 1900.
act is the reproduction of the ancestral
home of the Woodstocks, taken from the
famous painting, "The Day of Reckon
ing." It is a massive scene in construc
tion and beautiful in execution.
The three scenes of the third act are
each of the most elaborate description;
the first, Earl's court exhibition by night,
showing the famous resort, all brilliant
ly illuminated and patr6ni*ed by hun
dreds of people in evening costumes, a
triumph of stage illusion, which in a
twinkling all this is transformed into an
exterior view of the grounds. Little less
astonished is the spectator at the next
change, which carried him from Earl's
court to a richly furnished suite of apart
ments at the Cecil, London's most cele
brated hostelry.
Act four starts In a lifelike picture of
the famous old Coveitt garden, and
finishes in the Interior of the National
Sporting club. More than 200 people par
ticipate In this scene, wherein is given a
genuine boxing bout in a regulation twen
ty-four-foot ring. There are two tlerß of
commodious boxes filled with shouting
devotees in dress suits, the announcers'
platform to the right, with the distin
guished guests, trainers, seconds, bottle
holders and timekeepers hovering about
the ring, all together producing the most
spirited and sensational picture ever wit
nessed in melodrama.
Five magnificent scenes In act five,
laid adjacent to the historic Epsom
Downs race course, and the final curtain
falls on a reproduction of the track it
self, the winning of the classic Derby
by "Ladylove" being the closing scene
of the many-featured play.
The company Is a capable one, and has
just finished a return engagement at Mc-
Vicker's theater, Chicago, where the play
ran for three months last season. The
cast includes Ellta Proctor Otis, Joseph
Kilgour, Marion Elmore, Frank Burbeck,
Francis Stevens, Joseph Wheelock, Adel
ade Warren. Frazier Colter, Fred Strong
and some fifty others.
"A YENUNE YENTLEMAN.)'
Ben Hendrlck* In Swediah Comedy
at the Grand.
"A Yenuine Tentleman" ia the title of
Ben Hendrick'B new play, which has
achieved success and which is to be given
upon a very complete and elaborate scale
by arrangement with Jacob Litt, at the
Grand for the week commencing1 tonight.
Mr. Hendrlcks is a clever comedian of
original methods and exceptional ability.
Of the many characters introduced on
the stage within the past generation, few
have been received with greater favor
or gives .promise of more enduring lif*
than the Americanized Swede, as por
trayed with such nice discrimination and
consistency by Mr. Hendrlcks in this
popular play. It has been commended
everywhere for its originality and its
Quaint and unique individuality.
In "A Yenuine Yentleman" is promised
an entirely new conception of the droll,
phlegmatic Swede of impassive coun
tenance and methodical manners. He
has elaborated and broadened the part
and given it many artistic touches. The
play tells the story of an ambitious young
Swede—a graduate of Upsala university—
who has left his native land to make a
fortune in America. As a mining ex
pert he has secured a responsible posi
tion in one of the great mines of the
Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho. He Is
introduced to the audience on board an
ocean steamer en route to America, to
gether with the other characters that fig
ure conspicuously in the exciting event*
of the drama later on. There la a
strong humorous element in the play, in
.which* of course, the Swede figures prom-
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FRANCES STEVENS,
In "Sporting Life," at the Metropolitan.
lnently, and hie many excellent qualities
are brought out clearly and with no lit
tle skill. Among the characters are an
ex-minister to Sweden returning to this
country to engage in business, a German
baron who talks with a decided accent
and who Is something of a villain of the
gentlemanly stamp, the executive officer
of a German ocean liner, who, in the
issuance of orders uses the English and
German languages with humorous Im
partiality; a sweet, ingenuous American
girl, the daughter of the ex-minister, who
falls In love with the ' manly young
Swede, and infuses Into the play a
breezy air of good, healthy Americanism;
a rough, but good-hearted Irish woman,
oast in a heroic mould, who hides beneath
a rough exterior a heart as soft and
Warm as a baby's, and several others of
more or less Importance to the -plot. The
scenes about the mines In the Coeur
J'Alene district are full of exciting mo
ments. The scenery Is elaborate and
picturesque, showing a view of thehar
por of Southampton, with the Isle of
Wight In the distance, New York harbor,
With a 'grand panoramlo view of the
itatue of Liberty, and the great city to
the right, an animated scene on the deck.
of a big ocean liner with a dancing fete
6f the emigrants*in progress and a varle.
ty of views of the Coeur d'Alene moun
tains. Manager Arthur C. Alston has
tftver been niggardly In mounting hie
plays, and this time he has been more
than usually lavish, so that the patrons
$f the Grand can feel sure of a produc
tion of unusual magnitude.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
METROPOLITAN.
Viola AlleJi In "The Christian."
Vitoscope pictures of Jeffries-Sharkey
contest.
GRAND.
Frederick Warde in repertoire, March 19.
"'The Evil Eye.'
"A Grip of Steel."
"Who Is Who?"
"For Fair Virginia." April.
"Uncle Tom's Cabin."
■\VhiH«-<1 a THl* Role.
A self-confident young man-recently ap
proached Charles B. Hanford with the as-
Buranoe that the James-Kidder-Hanford
company would be greatly benefited by
engaging him. "Wha>t do you do?" was
the inquiry. "I can play the title roles
in all the classics," was the answer.
"Well," replied Mr. Hanford thoughtful
ly, "our title roles are pretty well filled
at present, although we might give you a
chance at the-part of Julius: Caesar dur
ing the oration scene."
BEN IIENDRICK.S,
In "A Tenuine Teuileman," at the Grand.
New York Gossip. S
Special Correspondence of the Globe:
NEW YORK, March 9.—Until the meet-
Ing of the grand jury, the "Sapho" sen
sation is a closed Incident. A magistrate,
who has never soiled the ermine of his
judicial skirts by appearing in a theater,
has shifted all responsibility of an official
character by holding Olga Nethersole and
her manager to the grand jury in th*
Bums of JSOO each.
Meanwhile the cachinnations of "moral"
New York over this farcical absurdity
have somewhat subsided. Now and then
a face "slips" in a momentary convulsion,
as memory revives some of the mor#
grotesque incidents, but on the whole
there are still cakes and ale in Gotham,
despite the B«nile performance of a sllp
pered pantaloon, who never saw genius
and beauty exploited behind the foot
lightß. -
• • •
Tim Murphy, in "The Carpetbagger," is
winning 'lils way with all those people
who sincerely admire artistic acting; act
ing that holds human interest and por
trays human nature. There are actors
and actresses who are wealthy in the
educational utilities of the drama. They
shine, however, in a reflected light, like
the moon, and are equally cold
and repellant. There are actors
and actresses with less of the
book love and more of the 'magnetism of
dramatic talent whose every word Is a
diamond; each gesture a jewel. Tim I
Murphy belongs to the latter class. He
is original. And without originality an
actor becomes merely a lay figure upon
which to display stage costumes. After
all, theatrical success is like all other
fortunate realizations in every-day busi
ness. One man who can scarcely frame
a grammatical sentence in dictating to
his typist will amass millions. A Yale
graduate will be found conduct ing the
destinies of a trolley car. The one pos- i
sesses a genius for doing the right thing ;
at the right time; the other gleams like i
an alabaster vase, lighted up within, but j
altogether too fragile to come into con
tact with the rough and tumble manipu
lators of the business- world. Tim Murphy
takes his audience to his heart and it
nestles there contentedly. Other actors
mouth their lines in an atmosphere of
frost.
* * •
The ever Industrious David Bclasco has
METROPOLITAN
L. N. SCOTT, Lessee and Manager.
g^ MATINEE AND EVENINO, -M
wunday, March ■ I
The Official American Band at the Parli to ■ ,^
SA 11 C A JsP® ff
UUdA&Lgf
Only appearance hero before departure for .^ti^H mS<'^HKn^.
Bertha^ Bucklin, ' Blanche Duffield, 3^& ftK^
HertSjLChrki, Arthur™Pryor, Wm%W^
new eoij»fl00 MAiRCHEa W f^Wnm^
PpipCO j Afternoon 50e. 7fic, $1.00 7 * >//7/V
rniULOj J£veniug 50c, 75c, $1.00, 81.60 '
\beginning march 12/
\ MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. /
PRIPJTCJ Matinee 50c Best Seat j^_r»
F m X miULO (Evenings 35c, soc, 75c and $1.00 X |r«
\ % THE COMEDIENNE \ g
rFANNY r
EVBry EX!! Har l> |nr Delhi! W'"1
Perform- S 1" II I I L S llgW" Matinee
ance, a UIUL; I wed.
Monday and Tuesday Nights: Wednesday Matinee and Nignt
"A Double Lesson." 'Wig and Gown."
"My flilliner's Bill." "Nan, the Good-for-Nothlng."
"The Circus Rider.'' "The Circus Rider."
4 iSffiss THURSDAY. MARCH 15
BARGAIN MATINEE SATURDAY.
THE BIGGEST Sr|OW IN AMERICA.
JACOB LITT'S MAQNIFICENT PRODUCTION
OF THETMOST TRIUMPHANTLY SUCCESSFUL PLAY OF THE CENTURY.
I#| Great Scenes ~^* Direct from
11% of Wondrous McVicker's Theater I
IU Beauty Chicago.
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250 People on tb» Stage. SAME PRODUCTION,
10Thoroughbred Horsaa. SAME COMPANY.
4 Carloads of Scenery. Qgg | M KBH bAMK priqss^
THE LARGEST AND STRONGEST COMPANY OF
PLAYERS EVER ASSEMBLED.
1115 IC. I HE. rffalOßlO 1 Ilatinee test Seat 50c
SEATS ON SALE MONDfIY.
I one ia/eek: only, march 19,
THE SEASON'S OREATEST SUCCESS.
lAs GLORY QUAYLE, Ol*»ms^*s«.*
supported by a strong company of players. Hk ■ ■■ ■
fST Seats Selling Next Thursday. ■»#%■■■■■
shaped for the stage a novelty—one en
terprising young critic terms it a "new
novelty"—ln the way of a dramatization
of John Luther Long's Japanese story.
"Mme. Butterfly." Herein Blanche Bates
Is made up like a far more beautiful Jap
anese giri than any ever witnessed in real
life. There is a lull in Chinese plays,
therefore an opportunity is afforded the
Japanese element to take the center of
th« stage. "Mme. Butterfly" is being ex
ploited at the Herald Square theater. The
play is permeated by the incidental beau
ties of Sir Edwin Arnold's "Light of
Asia." It accentuates the fact that even
a Japanese girl le susceptible to the in
fluence of a genuine passion. It is a play
descriptive of human nature in the Orient,
and, were his attention called to it, would
likely be supported by Magistrate Mott.
• * *
Maude Courtney, the pathetic Maude,
has revived enthusiasm by her singing of
the old songs at Koster & Blal's. The
lady has been engaged for another week,
and will appeal to the memories of the
elderly portion of her auditors. The au
thor of "I Cannot Sing the Old Songs"
was certainly the antithesis of Maude
Courtney. She can and does sing them
with an appreciated expression.
*• • •
Maggie Cline, with her rotund voice and
authoritative personality, is at Keith's,
in continuous performance, in company
with Harry Lacy, Cherlda,h SOrtnpson, the
elderly George Thatcher an<i othets. But
Maggie is the top liner, and eha deserves
th© distinction.
• « •
True, all the stellar attractions are not
In New York for the Lenten season, but
there is a rather unusual number of them
Just at present. Anna Held is at the
Manhattan, in "Papa's Wife;" Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Drew, at Schley Music hall;
Modjeska, at the Fifth Avenue, In
"Macbeth;" Tim Murphy, In "The Car
petbagger;" Maude Adams, in "The Lit
tle Minister," at the Harlem Opera house;
William Gillette, in "Sherlock Holmes,"
at the Garrick; James K. Hackett, at the
Criterion, in "The Pride of Jennico;" Nat
C. Goodwin and Miss Maxine Elliot, at
the Knickerbocker, in "When We \Ver«
Twenty-one," and Olga Nethersole, in
the suppressed sensation, "Sapho," which
la billed indefinitely at Wallack's. Here
is a galaxy—a sort of milky way of stars
—all rounded up in giddy Gotham.
For the present season Chas. Frohman
appears to be producing a great many
plays In which the absence of stars la
noticeable. Perhaps, on the whole, an
entire company about the mediocre Is
more acceptable than one stellar attrac
tion supported by a herd of "rabbits."
Manager Frohman, at the Empire, has
"Brother Officers;" at the Garden thea
ter, "Hearts Are Trumps;" at the Miadison
Square, "Coralle & Co., Dressmakers,"
and at the Lyceum his London Comedy
company Is playing "My Daughter-in-
Law." Yet in none of these attractions
Is there a distinctively recognized star,
yet all the leads are acceptably filled.
• • •
Has Magistrate Mott ever Been "Cora
lie & Co., Dressmakers," advertised In
the press? Of course he has never wit
nessed a presentation of it, as he never
has been Inside a playhouse in his life.
"What would Mott do to 'Coralie &
Co.?'" "inquired an actor on the. Rial to
this week.
"He wouldn't do a thin* to it," was
the significant reply of a brother Thes
pian.
• • •
Those people who imagine that "Sapho"
is "dead entirely" will be interesteu in
the following list of "Sapho" companies
on the road:
The Western company playing the au
thorized Nethersole version of "Sapho"
opened in Ann Arbor, Mich., March 6,
and J. J. Rosenthal has received a. tele
gram from the local manager saying the
house was sold out completely.
The Eastern company began its tour
at Paterson, N. J., on Thursday evening,
with Mabel Eaton in the leading role.
This is the company that is to play in
Wllliamsbuig, at the Amphion, during
the week of March 19.
Walter Hudson will probably be in ad
vance. Fred Peel is ahead of thf W«= st
ern company, and Harry Elmer ie "back
with the show."
• • •
It has just been learned by a dispatch
from Toronto that it is very nnlil
that Miss Ellen Terry will be
fulfill her engagement in New York this
week. Her attack of pleurisy has «'hk
ened her considerably, and, aHhoml Di
Primrose, the specialist who is at 1 1 '.dinar
her, states that her life is not In danger,
he says she will require the greatest
if she is not to suffer a relapse.
Miss Terry is able to move around her
bed room for a few minutes each day,
but is not allowed to go outside her
room, and most of the time she spends
in bed. Even when she is able to travel
she will be too weak to undertake any
active work.
Sir Henry Irving tele^rnphs regularly
to learn how his associate is, and every
fow hours he ia kept informed by tlia
doctor. —Snow Flake.
The Best "Way to Secure Hotel Ac-
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All persons who are intending to vlFit
Paris during the Exposition will be in
terested in Messrs. Raymond & W'.iif
comb's announcement in another column.
It poes without saying that Paris will be
lillcd with strangers during the whole
season. He who £o<-<= thore without se
curing1 hotel accommodations In advance
will subject himself to much trouble and
annoyance. The Hotela dv Trocadero have
been constructed In a splendid location,
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