Star Tribune from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 18

TIT A 7 Tl tt fi ri A Tf A A i-i laiiii.n'uLij i I i SJilDii, -a. li ii. 1 4 4 -jfljj- 2 I 4jw. fit ho equips to South Amnni'a to spend a winter, mil -ftlillt? Ihorn strikes and revolutions place the party In great peril. Robert Clay proves himself a hero and general in guiding the party oil sorts of danger Into safety, and his reward is the, heart ud hand of Hope Lnntthani, the bountiful daughter of his employer.

The oust for the big Ferris production follows: Hllti.Tt C1.1V I Uric F'TI'lH MiU'WIIllnnm Lewis S. Stone VVilllnm II. ItuiK- I'ctn I'aplaln Hlii-ut CliiiriH l.lnl!i.lin Te.ldv Mmi-ok: eimar I.aur.ii.' Mr' Inpham t' liL-rnhan Kir.x rcerm Mwadlpy Ki.hr l'r--l It-lit AlnaieK Aian St. ha Itf.Jaw VierKe (i.ul. Krtuik Srt.

J'aul llHrt.a:isl I. lm Ailuen S-ndi-o Mavk K-von M'iniie! Klio-i Winter Hi Srr.I-h much laudatory mention an have been devoted to any star in the vaudeville profession. "The Girl with the Auburn Hair" la no one really knows who she Is In private life but on the stage she Is a girl with auburn hair, as per advertisement, but. she is also a girl with a singularly sweet face and voice and wealth of scenic environment, which maka her Bongs and her accompaniments on tha pipe organ of the "thrilling" sort. James K.

Hackett, who has another huge success to his credit in his new play, "The Fortunes of the King," 1 looked for appearance at the Metropolitan for the half week beginning Sunday even lug. February 2'). Edna Wallace Hopper, who Is starring in "A Country Mouse," comes to the Met ropolitan for an engagement of three mghts und matinee, starting Thursday night, March 2. The other early March attractions at the Mtropollian include "The Tender foot Nanette Comstock In "The Crisis," Mildred Holland In her nirw play "Tha Triumph ot an Empress," and "The Isl of Spice." Mason and Mason, In their new musics, comedy success, Snitz," whlrB has been very conspicuous as one of th leaders" in this line of stage produo-ttons, will bo seen at the Bijou following the onra'teiii'iit of "The Heart of Mary sfl-C 11 7 IfA 5 v. CH3.BAT?TNoF RICE BARTON'S BIG GAIETY CO, DEWEY.TUJ5 WK MISS EULflHA iJENWETTRff MHKYHND CALVERT in "THE HEilRTF nflHYLiTD Bl JOU.

PLAY BILLS FOR THIS WEEK Vtr't Harry (iur pin Prank Client lni-hani Cloilia l.neas Madam Alvu Lt-ila IIuIj IjitiKhaiii Florence St.ne UNIQUE llrflnrd-Vnadevllle. 1113 plan of entertainment estab-libhej by the theater of EiviiiR four Khowa daily, but al- lovln? p-'Ur ins to drop in 'at eny iline and stay Irom o-tow to another ko as to pee a i.o:t::dete pro-(Tram thus giving eontinuous vaudeville, has j.roveii ko popular that there is talk how of enlarging the theater by adding i Rallery. It has been decided to keep the theater open th year around. The bill will he changed for the coming week with tomorrow's pei and will bo heaili by Jaml-tou and Iioei Vocro, voealiflts. The latter is tioted for possessing a soprano voice of unusual clearness and compans, which has earned hlni the title of "the boy I'attl." There Is another vocalist annovneed who 18 out of the ordinary.

Ti.ift Is tho Binttlng dog, "Chicago," al.io a ci'niue wonder in the way of performing many tricks of a remarkable character. The nionolcgist tills time Is to be a woman In the person of Bonnie Gaylord. a comedienne 03 the Sla Hopkins order. f-'ha appears as "betsy Ilatcs," in puiihonnet ami gingham drei. Among the other acts is the comedy sketch team of Wilson and Moran.

There will also bfl illustrated songs and moving pictures. DEWEY Hli'r Iliirlon'a Gaiety Co. EN1AL, Joyous, Jolly, Jovial ivtiar-ley Barton Is to te with his Minneapolis admirers again. Rice and Bi.rton are nam to con-lure with In burlesque. Two shows they always have In the and each one oi Is close to the top of the ladder ol oxci I letice.

year the big gaiety company lias new material from start to finish, and is In i rued bv those who have seen the company in later offerings that it is bead and shoulder- above anything it has ot.erd before, i.nd that Charley Bar. tin Is giving chances that were uevtr dreamed of in prior efforts. So with his aiislve chest, Proadeiiing smile, cavernous month and Santa cl.uis paunch, he will bring the latrgus even from the St Oil'S. A-i le from the comedv there is a big chorus as well as -islam ct medians. Bert Hal; the well known mouologist.

wih the company this year and acts as the foil to the chief merry maker. Aside from the nig singing, dancing and ensemble a' is there are seven big special' numbers that 1-ave selected from thl'i country and Europe. Mr. Kic made a special trip To Europe jam summer to look over I be field find see If something new could be secured for his tig fouipanv, and the atttai'ion is said to show the resell of bis M-let'tiun. The manaveuient promises that, the chow, which starts this af'einoon at the Dewey theater, is doubt the atira'tion pll the but bvque com panies to appear ii.to.

er- naming inecincai Attractions- If the ch if end of the play is entertainment, i a1 to his lining, then the theatergoers of Minneapolis who prefer a light, merry show in which music pro-dominates and In which the important factor of good looks is present In abundance, have a rich treat In store In the new musical play by R. Melville Baker and Joseph Hart, which will be given pro. duction at the Metropolitan by William A. Brady during the week commencing Sunday, February a. Al Leech and the three Rosebuds, long famous In vaudeville, are the stars of Manager Brady's aggregation of musical celebrities, which numbers over sixty people.

Thousands of lovers of sound, sincere and convincing romance, have real Owen Winter's stirring story of "The Virgin-tan," and It Is safe to say that, the moro discerning and critical the reader has boon the more he bas enjoyed ihe book, and the more genuinely he has fallen in love with the cowboy who is its hero. It is seldom In recent years that any character of fiction has taken so firm a grasp on the hi unstrings of the better class of readers as has this wild young American. It Is therefore not surprising to learn that the dramatization of this interesting story is to lie ottered at, the Metropolitan for the week beginning Sunday evening, February 12. In New York and other Eastern cities the stage version of "Tho Virginian" has heen met with real delight, and It is not ditliciill to believe the reports that the receipts for this play have heen unusually heavy. The play that has hoi made from tho book is said to be dramatic and powerful In its development, and if it had retained the charm and interest of the original story one can hardly imngine its being anything but an overwhelming Rue.

i ess. In the company to be seen here are I Hist in Farntim, Frank Campeau. Guy Bates Post, Helen Holmes, Mane Pettes, Frank Monroe, F.xnk Vail and Marqulta Dwight. "The Sho-Gun." fresh from the triumphs of a seventeen weeks' run at Wl-lnck's theater. New York, will be the next Henry W.

Savage attraction to be ottered in this city. It Is booked for appearance at the Metropolitan for four nights and ma.ii.ee, opening Sunday night, February ID. Among those prominent in the rant nre John K. Hen.ihnw, Fdward H. Martindell, XV.

Bourkc Sullivan, Thomas O. Leary, William C. We-den, Trixle Frlgenza, Christie May Ten Broeck, Graco King and Iji.uls Scirsdale. Geoger Ado's "The County Chairman," which comes to the Metropolitan for a brief engagement of three nights and matinee, opening Thursday, February 23, is an American comedy presenting a view of the middle west that is refreshing, reasonablo and appealing, and presenting it by the nld of characters that are positively and deftly drawn by one who knows them from association. Tho company that will be used in the Interpretation of tho play here contains a number of names of well known peoplo.

Including Theodore Roberts and Georgo Thatcher. Two especially strong vaudeville attractions have been secured by the Orpheum management for tha week commencing Ke'bniary 5. One of these Is the decidedly famous "Girl with the Auburn Hair," about which there has been so much comment and speculation and as i ,4 GEOHoifi BRYTOM -I. MISS.I1fBL riTlLEY. Tffi Florence Rossland and Eulalia Bennett, Alice Fitch, Arthur E.

Sprague. Harold Salter end Robert Mclntyre. The following presents the complete cast: Gen. HiiRh Kendrick, Commanding Confederal Forces H. J.

Murphy Cut. Alun Kendrick, hie son, of the Ninth Cavalry, U. 8. A William F. Walcrtt Col.

Fuitnn Thorpe, of the Secret Service Arthur K. Spragu Mtut, Robert Telfair, Battery B. ('. W. Artillery Oscar Nerflcet Prcst Sergt- Wont, ex-Jailer ut I'lgwog, Mi John M.

Sf-vena Tom Hoone, of Chariton Lloyd Calvert, Maryland's brother K.lwin L. Itennlson The Sexton of the old ChurcV William I'llclc Dan'l R.iherl Mclntye Captain LelKhton Clarence llandilia Captain Blair Arthur Redmond Lieutenant Hayne fcdKar tilyn Aldes-de-Camp of Oen. Kendrlck'a Cecil Phelps, W. A. Carmll Corp raJ lister Van Dyke BlndiJoe, an orderly -Harold SaUer Fxchanged Federal Prisoner O'llara C.

Burton Walter Meade Fori- Kohert Irf-lKh Jehnson, a Southern W. Arthur Jcffrlea Phil, a Federal prisoner C. Carstalrs Mrs. Claiborne iJord, nee Calvert Florence Foster rVixlio. Yancev, Lloyd's sweetheart Alice Fitch Nnncv MrNalr, ward of Mre.

Clnrdon'n Florence Reasland Maryland Calvert Eulalia Bennett ORPHEUM Modern Vaudeville. LL the worjd has doubtless heard of Miss Mabel McKmloy at least all the world which Is attending the American theater and much of that world na-s embraced the semi-occasional opportunity offered during the past three seasons of seeing this gifted composer, vocalist, and pianist In a rendition of her own songs and the songs of others. Beginning her stage career but three yeats ago she had her choice between the concert stage and the stage of the modern vaudeville theater, and. after careful deliberation, adopted vaudeville as a profession. What her sucesscs might have been on tho concert si ago Is purely a matter of conjecture.

That she has been almost phenomenally a fa-vorlle with vaudeville audiences is a matter of fact. Miss McKinley completed her musical studies under the famous Le Cource of Paris, where her voice was pronounced of unusual quality. Upon Bcr return to America sh" divided her time between tho study of the voice and piano and the composing of Instrumental and vocal numbers, which gained for her a wide nopularity. During the life of the lato President' McKinley, whose- niece she was. Miss McKinley was called upon to preside as hostess at tho White house during the Illness nt Mrs.

McKinley, and her social successes there have been largely repented wherever Bhe has gonef During her present tour all box office records have been broken, while the success she has achieved as an attraction in vaudeville has been more than duplicated by the artistic appeal she has made to discriminating audiences. Endowed with a fine stage presence and a charming personality, Mies McKinley is aiso of good voice and of ability as her own accompanist, and the manner in which she sings her songs and the other songs In her repertoire is rewarded by repeated encores at every performance. As modern vaudeville in Its most, satisfactory form gives Its patrons a 'wide variety of entertainment, there have been provided Tor the younger generation In attendance nt. the Orpheum this week an extra attraction in tho way of Capt. Webh'g trained seals.

Of all the creatures which Inhabit the ocean seals, or Bea Hons, are the only ones which have ever shown intelligence enough to master tricks and participate in an entertaining '4 It be the In of his all at In In of in of by his land." The company is under the direction of Hroadhurst Currie. Han Ion Bros, promise that this sea son's new version of "Superba" will ex eel anything the firm haa yet put forth. A new book abounding In humor anl situations haa been written by a Boston uuthor ami a new American ballet will be a feature, together with new tricks and specialties. "Superba" will play an engagement of one week at the Bijou very soon. Manager Hays announces as one of tha coining attractions at his playhouse la the near future the new melodrama, "Lighthouse by the tiea," which Is said to have a strong heart-interesting story running throughout.

"The Factory Girl," Charles E. Blaney'g great labor play, will be seen at the Bijou shortly. At ouo time during the of the play over lOu people will be seen at work in tho great factory scene, to operate which a special and elaborate electric plant Is carried. The cartoon comedy, "Buster Brown." will be presenied at the BIJou In tha pear future. Young Gabriel will have the title role and Le Mar is to play the dog.

Both of these players are said to be well suited to the parts, "Me, Him and a new musical comedy, now meiting with much success tn New Vrjt. Is underlined for presentation at the BIJou. The scenes of tho piny are laid in Seattle and Dawson City. George Blckel, Harry Watson, Jr. and E.I Ix-e Wrothe will be seen In the till" The supporting company will be beaded by Marion Stanley.

Among some of the more notable actt booked for the I'nlque In the near futurt are Zelda, a famous llltmlonlst; Drako dogs, cat.3 and goats, and the hlgb-gradt comerjy team of Bartlett and Collins. Trixie, the trained horse that has tdayec two Hiiciessful engagements at the L'nlquf theater. Is io be ehown at the Portland exposition next summer. GREET EACH OTHER WITH A KlSi Tniinril Seals nt (he Ornheniu TbIj eek Are rrr Affectionate. There is a strange sort of family a home under the stage of the Orpheun i theater this morning a family which, I the mutter of genuine affection, migb give the traditional cards and spades t' many a family in town.

There are fl members In the family, and although the are net altogether In affluent circum stances, their wardrobe is of the best and thuy atfect sealskin coats continu ally. Thi.i latier alfeetatlon may be par doii'd, however, because where they cam-from everybody wears sealskin coats re gardk-ss of expense. For this family i known In the theatrical world as Capt Webb's trained seals, "old ocean's onl actors," and the seals arrived fron Omaha yisterday to participate In tb performances at the Orpheum. On their long railroad Journeys eacl seal occupies a little slide box all himself, and although he Is given a ba every so often. It isn't like being In t'j water.

Besides that, seals are very Jf of each other, and get decidedly loncsAn. when they are traveling. So when the were turned loose In the big gallo tank under the Orpheum stage yesterday there were things doing In the om-ulator way. Seals, being decidedly affection ate, are also rather Americanized, a least Capt. Webb's seals are, and, though some of their relatives across Pacific have the Oriental aversion to kiss, the Webb seals have not, and al tb th th- way they sealed (he compact with a kiss yestTday was a caution.

Even "Char ley." the down seal who has pcrforme before the usual crewned heads of Europi I had the kissing bug habit, and was nc above greeting with a sound smack "St to." the ba.ss drummer In the sealskl band, when that gentleman slid grandl lntK the water after two days on th ears. "They are the most affectionate animal you ever saw," said Mrs. Webb, who in charge of the family. "They knot their names and come readily at my call But although they are very fond of mj and of each nt r. I dare not show anl partittlity toward any one of them there would bo the grandest fight anion! my pets you ever saw.

They are a quee Jealous, sensitive lot of animalB. and th can do everything else but talk. 1 Borrv thev can do that, for they cen talnly try hard enough to converse wB me." EVA WILLIAMS A YOUNG MAUVE Her Work nt lic Oriihrunt Altrnci liiB I niiNUttl Hnd Merlleil I'mine. Something of a revelation has bei given to Minneapolis patrons of the th ater who have attended the Orpheu during the past week because of tho ut usually artistic presentation of what been described as "a classic In slang entitled "Sklnny's Finish." Given an unhappy title, one which wi unquestionably recall disagreeable met orlos among those who have seen mai alleged Interpretations of East Side Ne York character sketches, Eva Wllllait and Jac Tucker, who originated In vauri ville tho Bowery type and whose sueces es have been such that they have bee forced to cling to "Sklnny's Finish cine years, are able to convince Orpheu audiences that they arc able to mlng the artistic with the conventional ai score heavily with all classes ot the 0 pheuni patrons. There are those in the profession ai! out who assert that Eva Williams will he one of tho big stars of the legittma stage, and who reckon not upon the if fluenfes which, being brought, to bea I Vi a mnal lmnlln rt ai theatrical careers.

However, what future professional career may be. El Williams, who Is only second in the leem tn urn punnc iu oer cii'vur uuuaii Jac Tucker, in to those who have seen ti Orpheum show during the past week tlj best, exemplification of the artistic una slsted by scenic environment, yet sueces ful on the Orpheum stage. A better crit, than the one now writing says of her: "Tho girl Miss Williams presents Is I tensely feminine, but In tho elementa sense. She has not the development mortal nature that, enables tho woman refinement to support, calamity phlloo-phally and endure mental suffering wl calmness. She is but a child grown ta METROPOLITAN "A Chinese Honeymoon." Jan.

29, 30, 31, Feb. 1. Matinee Wednesday. "The Girl From Kay's." Feb. 2, 3, and 4.

Matinee Saturday. BIJOU "The Heart of Maryland. All week. Usual matinee. OEPHEUM Modern Vaudeville.

Change in bill today. Matinee daily. LYCEUM "Soldiers of Fortune." All week. Usual matinees. UNI0.UE Refined Vaudeville, Moving Pictures, etc.

Four performances daily. New bill Monday. DEWEY Rice Barton's Big Gaiety Co. All week. Matinee daily flS'TllT'IN win, i fir I.

II 4 if. 4 AfHiRiQifi 50FBM) QPJOT. performance. The famous Webb seals show marvelous dexterity In Juggling all sizes of rubber balls, tossing fire sticks, playing in their own brass band and doing lots of other things calculated to amuse the, little Eva Williams and Jac Tucker, who have been a huge sucess during the past week in their slang classic, "Skinny Finish," have been retained for the second week and will offer another artistic Interpretation, that of "Driftwood," which is a sort of sequel to "Sklnnv's Finish." For the first time since the Orpheum began its initial season its patrons will treated to a series of illustrated songs. Werden and Gladdisb, who will present this feature of the bill, have good voices and enough Improvements on familiar picture machines to give tbelr number the virtue of a novelty.

Egh-rt Van Alstyue and Louise Henry, composer of "Navajo." and the. original "Sal Skinner" girl, have a novel offering music and comedy. Billy Link, than whom there are none better in his line entertaining, will produce a new and characteristic monologue, and I'iwitt, the "colossal mimic," who has been entertaining Chicago audiences during the past four weeks, will be on the bill with "mysterious face," which has amused Europe. The kinodrome will tell Ha animated picture story of Kit Carson and that great scout's adventures, and tho bill will be repeated each ufternoon and evening of tho week, commencing this afternoon. LYCEUM "Soldiers of Fortune," HE Ferris Stock company will present this week at the Lyceum theater, for the first time In stock, and also for the first time in Minneapolis, Richard Harding Davis' great play, "Soldiers of Fortune." The play, hich Mr.

Ferris has secured an unusual outlay, the royalties being exceptionally high, is the original dramatization by Augustus Thomas, which ran for 3u0 nights at the Savoy theater New York, anrf places Robert Edeson the stellar ranks. No expense wiil be spared by Mr. Ferris In giving the famous dramatization the popular novel a setting in accordance with its well known' merit. Special scenery and properties have been prepared, and when the curtain rises at the Lyceum Sunday, 't will he upon as complete and artistic production as Minneapolis has seen In many years. There are nearly thirty speaking parts "Soldiers of Fortune," and the cast the company will lie augmented with excellent tnleti' to meet the unusrual requirements of the play.

The leading part of Robert Clay, the resourceful American hero, will be played by Did; Ferris, and fits him. It Is said, as If made to his special order. Florence Stono will appear as the winsome girlish heroine, Hope Iingham, undoubtedly the finest and most captivating feminine character ever created by Hard-lug Davis. In the Thomas dramatization her winning picture has been strongly painted, and in Miss Stone's hands much may he expected of the charming role. MncWIlllnms, tho ever-ready and always humorous assistant, of Robert Clay in both business and danger will be played Lewis 8.

Stone. The story of "Suldiers of Fortune" was written in Richard Harding Davis' favorite vein and in his happiest mood. Starting in New York it soon mows the scene of action to a small republic of South America. Robert Clay a young American engineer, is engaged, by a rich New Yorker, Mr. Ineham, to care for mining Interests on tho South American coast.

With his daughters and son 1Ni Is at the seashore In Hoggenhelmer's company, and it happens that the bridu and groom have come to the same hotel. Then there is more trouble. Many complications arise. The domestic differences of the bride and groom, and the engagement of Hoggenheimer and the milliner are brought about later at the Savoy hotel in London. The play Is said to contain more real rich fun of a high order than any similar theatrical offering that has been shown in the L'nlted States for many years.

Sam Bernard bas a great reputation, much of which he acquired when associated with Weber Fields. The piece is in three act3 and in the cast are about forty girls, some English and some American, who are said to bo adorned with most beautiful costumes. There are numerous songs and dances, and murh merriment is promised in the antics of Mr. Bernard, assisted by Miss Williams and their fifty or sixty associates. Ernest Lambart, an Englishman, impersonates a grotesque London swell and parasite.

Miss Katharine Hutchinson. Miss Grace Dudley, Miss Kathleeu Clifford, George Howard, Louis R. Grls-sell, George H. Sprague, Mr. Temple, Mr.

flecker and about twenty other principals contribute their share of the fun. BIJOU "The Henri of Maryland, OLLOWING a week of comedy at the Bijou, will occur a return to drama. Manager Hays offers this week that well-known dramatic production, "The Heart of Maryland," familiar to most theatergoers as one of David Belaseo's masterpieces. "Thn Heart of Maryland" is not an imported article, nor an extraction by paste and scissors from a popular novel. It is an original uroduction, with the additional virtue of belli" thoroughly American In plot, character, scene and locality.

It 's Vriown as one of the most perfectly constructed dramatic productions of the score or mare successes from" the P.elasco pen. "The Heart of Maryland" is a story of love's defeats and triumphs, and the clamor and turmoil, the excitements and intensities of men's cassions on tho battlefield and in camp, and among all those opposing elements, deftly intermingled and strongly contrasted, woman's love, devotion, courage and loyally ate the romantic then.es which illume and soften the foreground of tho "Passing Show" and arouse the heart interest of the audience. The characters ar? life-like portraitures and they live and move, each one bearing his or her full share in sustaining and vitalizing the progress of the story to Its briliit.nl flnale in which the clouds of ar, its fierce struggles, anitnesit ie-i ami the of arms vanish Inio forget fulness In tho presence cf the triumph el Mcryland Calvert's love, tiie redemption bv her of her lover from an lgno-ntiious death as a spy and the reunion 'if a divided nation by the beneflclent bonds of lasting peace. The great climax comes in the final scene of the third act. After stabbing tho officer, who, in a moment o' drunken rage, has vlley Insulted her.

she rushes i away up the narrow, winding stairs In 1 ho tower of the old colonial ehtlrch to the fral! platform of the belfry and at I the risk of her life leaps out Into the i -pace where the great bell is beginning to sway to end fro. One leap, and with- out -st reteped hands she claps the clcpprr land, sv.nyiii'-' back and forth with its vibrations, sbp prevents the ringing out of the alarm that, else would have caused Hie recapture of her lover and his death as a spy. 'I lie loading role will be played by 'William F. Walcntl, B. J.

Murphy. Oscar i N'orfloet, Jehu M. Stevens. Francis Charl-1 ton. Ivlwiu L.

Benaison, Florence Foster, Messrs. Frohman and Edwardes brought It to the United States, a year ago last August, It was installed at the Herald Square theater. New York, and that remained its permanent home for the entire theatrical year, numbering fully ten months. In Boston it played at the Hol-lis Street theater for four months. Its first appearance in the West was In Chicago in the early winter, and there it remained for two months.

It has In en seen in very few other cities than thosi above named. It is safe to say that It. Is always the successful plays that can dwell any great length of time in one community. ThiB naturally being the test, the record made by "The Girl From Kay's" for long rune is an excellent recommendation in cities where it has not bci seen. In presenting this play, which, by tho way, designated as a larclcal comedy, with music, it Is not intended to convey the idea that it is a musical comedy, nor Is it a light opera, as these are understood in this country, but purely a comedy, with music, that could be successfully presented were the musical ft-a-t res eliminated.

In presenting the piece Its managers are also Introducing Sam Bernard as a staij, and the riputatlm ho has made playing the chief character of "The Girl From Kay's" adds likewise to the Importance of the pred ict ion In general, Mr. Bernard has come to be aj a comedian of unusual proportions. Briefly out lined, the s'ory of the tdav. "The Girl From Kay's," begins on the day of one Harry Gordon's wedding, wh. there comes Into the apartment, which tho departing bride and groom to lease, thre characters who form the chief principals in the play.

Hoggcnbeinier, a suddenly made millionaire, ed by Mr Bernard, better known as g-gie." is looking up apartments, im rely Iwenuse his social sponsor, an Impoverished son of the Kur.lish aristocracy, if It mk'ht relieve the tedium of the hour, as Hngcenhelmer, affect the smart s-t, is terribly bored. Ml-'s Winnie Harborojiih, played by ih luvlitcibb' HatMo Williams, also from Kay's millinery establishment to il li'vr to the bride her newest hat. Winnie had been of the chorus a few moons back and had known the groom. (She Is ir-prised that her former Bwecthoart is married. She plants on the not unwilling check of the groom a lass.

Just as the bride Bemilt, a d.ir.ivtlc exidoMon. I is not the lir: Instance where a kiss fai bet recorded as turning gaily 'nto trug- eiiy. Willie tin. tragedy is goiig on HoKipuiheimer i ndeavors to make (putintam of tle ptetty millinery girl He ih'l'uos that everything lie d' es i eo''-rei t. lucre) IT hcciMlso lie is icit.

lie ran do rude things uml be forgivn. Willi at first shows resent merit, but consents to acknowledge Hogenheliiier as a good friend. Later their friendship develops Winnie has exguisite clothes uad METROPOLITAN "A I hliioc Honeymoon." CHINESE HONEYMOON'," which will be seen at the Metropolitan for four nights and Wednesday matinee, starting tonight, is heralded as one of those clean musical comedies that theater-goers will welcome, as it is entirely different from musical comedies that have been ieen here this season. It does not depend wholly on one or two characters for Its success, as tha company contains tbout. twenty prlnciiwils and curries a chorus of over seventy-five voices.

The costumes end scenery are among tho handsomest Been on tha stage today. Tho music of "A Chinese Honeymoon" is tho work of Howard Talbot, ami tho book and lyrics are from the pen of George Iiance. Among the many clever numbers are: "1 Want to Be a Lady," "Holy l'olv," "Tha A a Girl," "The Official Mother- in-Law," and "There's a UC1" Street in Heaven That They Call Hroadway." The company selected tor this success includes such not abb as John h. Kearney, (ieoree Urod. rii Albert Fnmm, E.

Miller, Misses Ceorgia llrvlon, Regina McAvoy, MabMla Maker, Winnie Carter, Helen Intien anl Kveleen iJun-inore. These, together with a chorus of M'venty-rlvei make it one of tho best of Rll musical companies. A singular coincidence concerning "A Chinese Honeymoon" 1b that tho book of the comedy is free from Bugnestlvn lines. ai the costumes do nut include iher tights or short dresses something tuusual for the majority of musical comedies which are now presented to the public. Another important feature is the grand ensemble numbers, particularly the finale of the first act, which is the wedding scene, and the finale of (be second act, "The Keast of Lanterns." On this f-ecene over 400 diminutive electric lights are and the rear ground fbows several ragodas illunilna'eed for the occasion.

Nothing on the electrical fUigo has eclipsed this electrical tableau for gorgeous beauty. "Tne Girl From Kay's." HE Metropolitan cpfra house will open its doors next Thursday night giving the Minneapolis public, the first glimpse of 'The Clrl From Kay's." which comes here for engagement of three evening performances and a Saturday matinee. Tins play comes to this city most highly r--(f)inmnded. not cwnUally in he h'f-slding by Charles PTobman and Ourga Fdwardes, who are pres.ntlrg it, but to verdict, passed upon it by the u-F tnds of theater-goers in London, New ovk, Jiopton. Chicago and a few other ('ties where it has been ceeti.

In the first named city, where it bad i's original production. It had a stay of two J'sars at tho Appollo theater. When.