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ONE of the cleverest farces thathas occupied the local stage in

at least a year, if not more, is"Who's Brown?" which closed

en engagement at the Metropolitan lastnight.

"Who's Brown?" is not a comedy andsubject to comparison with such dra-matic delectation as was afforded by

"Cousin Kate," "Joseph Entangled,""Whitewashing Julia" and "The GirlWith the Green Eyes," but a farce. As

such it is to be judged and enjoyed, andas such it was judged and enjoyed byevery healthy, normal human being

;who witnessed it.It was capably acted, notably by Wil-

liam Morris, who played the principalrole, and Thomas McGuire and SadieStringham, who appeared as the realMr. and Mrs. John Brown, the former, a•simpering, mincing hairdresser, the lat-ter his well meaning but vulgar spouse.

The serious demeanor -and quiet

methods of Mr. Morris as the make-believe Brown heightened the effect ofthe amusing situations and predica-ments of the other characters. Indeed,

the salvation of farce lies in the seriousaspect of the players. Mr. Morris isan actor of ripe experience, who appre-ciates the value of contrast, and knows

when to impart that quality. Conse-quently his own exhibition of perturba-

tion and jealousy on the part of\u25a0*'Brown" in the last act added to thedramatic value of the scene, and in-

tensified the humanity of the character.The exaggerations of "Who's Brown"

are not only permissible but justifiablein farce.

Without dramatic license, dramawould be impossible. Naturally farce

demands a greater leeway in the mat-ter of probability than a genuine com-edy or tragedy. Its sole purpose is totickle the risibilities, and if it accom-plishes that end as readily and success-fully as "Who's Brown?" did at the[Metropolitan, with so little exaggera-tion, it may justly be pronounced arattling good entertainment. And it;was. y

' —F. G. H.

"THE JEWEL OF ASIA" AT THEMETROPOLITAN

edy which is said to have enjoyed a

profitable engagement in New Yorkcity, will be the attraction at the Met-ropolitan for the first half of this week,beginning tonight.

"The Jewel of Asia" is disclosed intwo acts. The two principal charac-ters are the title and an eccentriccomedy part of an alert and enterpris-ing Frenchman, who finds before long

he has ventured far beyond his debts,and through having impersonatedsomebody else, is compelled to make

,jc.eady for a combat with the pasha'schampion warrior.

\u0084 Tgp in "The Jewel of Asia,".\u25a0while Paris with her com-panions in the pasha's harem, under•the guidance of the pasha and his man.Friday, decides to cut it all and makegood jiec escape. This she does witha party which includes the trouble-stirring Frenchman, and after this thescene shifts to a pictorial interior,\u25a0which is not unsuggestive of the fa-mous pink ball room in the Casinoproduction of "Erminie." In this sceneare presented the sumptuous costumesand chorus combination whereintwelve statuesque young women figurein a gavotte while wearing fur frocks—which the ambitious press agentconfidentially asserts cost $5,000

... "The Jewel of Asia," a musical com-

apiece.Miss Vera Michelena, a young Amer-

ican girl, credited with attractivephjrsical attributes as well as a goodsinging voice, is featured as thejewel. anS William Blaisdell, who hasInterpreted many leading comic operajesters, appears as the omnipresentFrenchman. The production is theoriginal one.

The libretto is by Frederic R. Ran-ken, author of Miss Marie Cahlll's suc-cess, "Nancy Brown," as well as of"Winsome Winnie" and other New

York successes, and the score is byLudwig Englander. who has writtenmany successful light operas.

"WOODLAND" AT THE METRO-POLITAN

A distinct novelty in comic opera ispromised at the Metropolitan operahouse on Thursday evening next whenHenry W, Savage's latest musical com-edy production, 'Woodland," will begiven in this city for the first time.It is the new piece by Pixley and Lu-ders, who wrote "The Burgomaster,""King Dodo" and "The Prince o£ Pil-

sen." It was played all summer at theTremont theater, Boston, where it scor-

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Ed an instantaneous success and wasdeclared in many ways to excel any ofits predecessors. It comes here from atwo months' run at the Studebakertheater, Chicago.

The characters are all birds and thenovel effects which this permits incostuming and scenic incidents are saidto be striking and pleasing. The ob-ject has been to suggest in the dressingof the cast the birds represented, rath-er than to reproduce the actual ap-pearance of the birds. The eagle ispictured as the king of birds. He bringshis son. Prince Eagle, home to Wood-land and offers him the generalship ofthe royal army and the hand of his

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DR/IM/Icousin, Lady Hawk. The prince, al-ready in love with Lady Nightingale,refuses to marry his cousin, rouses thewrath of the old king and is banished.On the death of the king, the Jail Birdhas himself elected to the throne. Hemakes a bad ruler, his subjects rebel,and Prince Eagle is brought back andrestored to his rights, marrying LadyNightingale, and the Jail Bird is ban-ished.

Mr Savage has gone to great outlay

in staging the piece and the company,it is promised, is one of excellence, em-bracing such well known principals inlight opera as Harry Bulger, FrankDoane. Stanley H. Forde, Charles H.Bowers, Dore Davidson, Ida Brooks

In "The Jewel of Asia" at the Metropolitan Tonight

Hunt, Cheridah Simpson, Helen Hale,Margaret Sayre, Emma Carus, IdaMulle and others, together with a largeand adequate singing chorus. Seatsready tomorrow.

"HER FIRST FALSE STEP" AT THEGRAND

"Her First Fajse Step," filled to thebrim with new and startling sensationsit is said, will be the attraction at theGrand for the Aveek commencing with amatinee today at 2:30. The play is saidto be a realistic picture of rural lifeamid the hills of New Hampshire,where the first scene is laid.

Briefly sketched the story Is as fol-lows: John Allen, a sturdy New Eng-land farmer, has given his consent tothe marriage of his daughter, Edna, toJack Walters, and at the same timehas asked her to forget a former sweet-heart, Dan Matthews, whose immoralconduct has caused him to be dislikedby all his friends. Edna promises, andher wedding is about to take place

THE ST. PAUL GLOBE. SUNDAY. OCTOBEE 30, 1904

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In "Woodland*' at the Metropolitan Next Thursday Night

when Dan Matthews suddenly appearsand openly accuses Jack Walters of acrime of which he (Matthews) is guilty.By false accusations he convinces Ednaof the truth of his assertions, and she,blinded by disgrace and jealousy, elopeswith and marries Matthews. John Al-len disowns his daughter and drivesher from his home.

The scene then shifts to New York,where Edna has been deserted by Mat-thews, and with her two children strug-gles for a living amid the toilers of thetenements. In the fourth act a new andnovel feature has been introduced. It»shows the interior of a large circusmenagerie, owned by Dan Matthews,while Mary Foster is teaching Edna'schild to dance. Matthews grabs thechild and hurls it into the cage of lions.The little one is rescued from apparent-ly certain death by Jack Walters, who,after six years' estrangement andsearch for his former sweetheart, findsher at this critical moment.

After the Wednesday and Saturday

matinees a novel feature will be pre-sented in the feeding of the lions Neroand Cleopatra by the little child actress,"tittle Mildred."

THE STAR

"Pirates of Panama" is the title ofthe musical extravaganza which will beintroduced by the Trans-Atlantic Bur-lesquers at the Star theater this week,beginning with today's matinee.

The plot deals with a number of Co-lombians who organized themselvesinto a band of pirates for the purposeof wrecking vessels suspected of con-veying United States officials to runthe affairs of little Panama. Severalschemers and" Capt: Waters, an officerof the United States army, were onone of the ill-fated boats which wasbound for Panama, where the captainintended to trace his long lost child,the heiress of a vast fortune. Manyyears previous the unfortunate girl wasstolen by the pirates, who made theirheadquarters in the caves of the manyrocks surrounding the new republic.Inez, a Spanish woman, acting as a spy,is the only one acquainted with theidentity of Valetta, the young girl,known as the pirate's ward, who de-veloped into a beautiful young woman.

The captain and the entire party Qfthe ship are lured into the restingplace of the pirates, where Valetta, thefascinating and handsome, ward, foundmarked attention paid her by the cap-tain. Inez, the female spy, becomesalso infatuated with the captain.

The plotting and counter plotting thatfollow and the happy ending sustaininterest to the last.

Many specialties, picturesque scen-ery, attractive costumes and a chorusof pretty girls are promised.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

"Babes in Toyland," the big musicalextravaganza which Hamlin and Mitch-ell produced as the successor To thefamous "Wizard of Oz" and which fol-lowed that attraction at the Majestictheater, New York city, and whichran there nearly all last winter, is to

A BUNCH OF BEAUTIES

To Be Seen With the Trans-At'antlcs at the Star This Week

AMUSEMENTS

be seen at the Metropolitan Thursday,

Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10, 11, 12."Babes in Toyland'' is similar to the"Wizard" in some respects, but is saidto be much more elaborate and to en-list a greater number of people in itspresentation. The libretto of the"Babes" was furnished by Glen Mac-Donough, and all the music for it wascomposed by Victor Herbert. Like Itspredecessor, it is a fairy play, withconstant change of scene and all theglitter and glamour that belongs tothat style of entertainment. Particu-lar stress is laid on the music, how-ever, which is of a quality very muchsuperior to the usual kind to be foundIn an extravaganza, as it needs mustbe, coming from such a musician asVictor Herbert.

The opening scene of Frank Daniel'slatest musical success, "The OfficeBoy," which will play a half week'sengagement at the Metropolitan, com-mencing Nov. 13, is spoken of as a dis-tinct novelty. It represents the law-yer's office and the members of theopening chorus appear as typewritersand bookkeepers.

The Metropolitan attraction forNov. 17, 18 and 19 will be Hamlin andMitchell's musical comedy, "The Wiz-ard of Oz."

"The" Billionaire," one of the largestmusical extravaganzas of the presentseason, will be presented at the Met-ropolitan opera house for a half week'sengagement, beginning Sunday, Nov.20. The company numbers over 100people and is headed by Thomas Sea-brooke.

The Metropolitan will offer for itsThanksgiving attraction "The EternalCity." This was one of the most suc-cessful attractions that played in St.Paul last year.

The emotional four-act drama, en-titled "Wedded but No Wife," by Mau-rice J. Fielding, with Selma Hermanin the leading role, is coming to theGrand. The play deals with the mar-riage of a young minister and hissweetheart and their settling down inthe little village parsonage to a spanof marital happiness which, provesbrief, owing to the machinations of aformer lover of the wife.

Williams and Walker, colored come-dians, will soon present at the Grand"In Dahomey," a musical farce. Acompany of seventy-five people is car-ried by these* clever performers thisseason.

A production of unusual magnitude,It is said, will be given by the youngactor, Ralph Stuart, in his coming en-gagement of "By Right of Sword," atthe "Grand.

Kellar, the magician, is coming soonto the Grand. A new programme willbe presented, which includes a num-

berof clever and novel illusions andHindoo tricks. _

Howard Hall, a young romantic ac-tor who has been playing for severalyears in the Eastern cities, is coming

to the Grand with a big production of"The Waifs of Paradise."

"RAFFLES, THE AMATEURCRACKSMAN"

Kyrle Bellew and E. M. Holland, twostars of different spheres of acting, butof equal magnitude, will shine togetherat the Metropolitan.for four nights anda matinee, beginning Sunday, Nov. 6,presenting that whimsical and oddlynamed drama. "Raffles, the AmateurCracksman." Mr. Bellew as the gen-tleman burglar and Mr. Holland as theretired detective who runs down "ar-tistic criminals" like the cracksman"for sport," presented the now .famousHornung-Presbrey play for over sixmonths in New York last season—infact, this was the only drama to passthe double century mark in the metrop-

olis. Itis said that Raffles is the suav-est, nerviest, most lovable and irre-sistible villain that ever trod theboards, and that there never was amore engaging stage Hawkshaw thanCapt. Bedford. The supporting com-pany is tlje same as that seen at thePrincess and Savoy theaters, NewYork, and includes Clara Blandick,Beverly Sitgreaves, Hattie Russell,Olive Wyndham, Mignon Beranger,

Frank Connor and Stanton Elliott.

"HEARTS ADRIFT"

Patrons of the Grand opera housewill witness next week the melodra-matic novelty, "Hearts Adrift." Re-ports from other cities where the piecehas played pronounce it one of the at-tractions of the season. Besides havinga succinct story, with characters pe-culiar to New York life today, thedrama ia credited with scenic acces-sories lavish in their .fidelity to theoriginals they represent. The final

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C MISS VERA MICHELENA; _ . , Mr. WM. BLAISDELL and 50 Others

:;A $75,000 production, extravagantly gowned, . artistic scenic investiture.': "IfIVP'"""K" k VCAUPM" the musical number in Act 11., which cost $6,000 for the ;•'.- \u25a0

LUTC 10 A "™c;.~T imported .fur gowns worn by the 12 .show girls. ;

;- YOU WILL WHISTLE 'THESE -NUMBERS: P "What's \u25a0 the Use?" "My Oriental :Lady." "Please Don't Move," "Better Late Than Never," "Love is a Game,"Twelve Pretty Wives From Turkey," "A Woman's 'No' Means 'Yes,' " "KatieFrom Dublin," etc. : --\u25a0>;.\u25a0. . ;'•';\u25a0\u25a0 .;"'-\u25a0;.- ' . . ;The Cast fVera Michelena Tom Collins _ Etta Duryea • Norman Heatle

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\u0084..S^^: ivy'^Th*;"As You Like It"of Musical Productions -t; Henry W. Savage Offers Pixley and Luder's Latest Comic Opera

"WOODLANDr^-rr*-"*A musical fantasy OF THE forest.

A STORY OF THE BIRDSBEAUTIFUL MUSIC—INFECTIOUS FUN—RICH SCENIC ACCESSORIES, :-

S-f "^^WTH THE FOLLOWING NOTABLE CAST OF PRINCIPALS:• Harry Bulg^r^-'^' Charles H. Bowers Emma Carus . Margaret SayreIStanley H. Forde ' [Frank D. Nelson Ida Brooks Hunt Ida MulleFrank Doane John Donahue Cheridah Simpson Lucille NelsonDore Davidson ~ , Harry N.Pyke Helen Hale Mattie Nichols •

FOUR MONTHS IN BOSTON1 J2: TWO MONTHS IN CHICAGO

PRICES— 50c, 75c, $1.00 and $1.50. | Salt ol Seats Commences Tomorrow 9a.m.

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and original Princess Theater (N. V.) Company, including £• M. HOLLAND,in the oddly called, artistic and intensely dramatic Hornung-Presbry play,

Raff les 9 Amateur Cracksman"Only drama in N. Y. 200 nights last year.

;".Seats on Sale Thursday Morning.

THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY, NOV. 10-11-12FRED R. HAMLIN and JULIAN MITCHELL

Present the Original Musical Extravaganza

"BABES IN TOYLAND"Libretto by Glen MacDonough and Music by Victor Herbett. Produced under the

; . personal direction of Julian Mitchell.

mETROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE

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The Big New Melodramatic Farce Comedy

"HER FIRSTFALSE STEP"

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