Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-01
AMUSEMENT NOTES.

Kate Claxton has been touring through
Ohio the past week.
The Strakosoh Opera company has been
drawing well at New York.
Zelda Seguin will Tot be able to sing this
season, her illness having taken a serious turn.
Gus. Williams, the Dutch comedian, will
fill McVickers theater, Chicago, this week with
u new play.
Joe jefferson, after marching through
Georgia, is on his return to the North with pie
thoric pockets.
Mrs. Billy Manning is filling Il six months
engagement at San Francisco, where she is ex-
ceedingly popular.
Lawrence Barrett has fairly carried Boston by
storm during the past two weeks, and has
reaped rich harvest.
my Partner" Aldrich and Parsioe's special
ty. is to hold the boards at Pixies Opera House,
Cincinnati, this week.
For the twentieth time the Chicago critics
declare that there's nobody like Eliza Weathers-
by to make the dust fly.
The Flyers sisters have drawn crowded houses
at Philadelphia during the past week, and have
received unstinted praise.
Pearl Eytinge, the daughter of Rose, is doing
leading juvenile business in New York, and
bids fair to eclipse the fame of her mother.
The Irish drama of Robert Emmett, written
especially for Henry Irving, is now under re-
hersal. Mr. Irving anticipates great success
in the role.
Chanfrau will be in Chicago this week. He
has been playing to splendid business all the
season, and says he will plant at least $4,000
at its close.
A. NJ. Palmer has enjoined the production OF
'.rhe Bankers Daughter by thu Wallace-Villa
com bination. He may get out as far as st.
Paul shortly.
Augusta Dargon recently received testiIno-
NAL in Melbourne, Australia, and in addition
to the receipts she received pair of bracelets
valued at 5 900.
Among the attractions underlined for the
Opera House in the lear future are John Dill
lon, Maggie Mitchell, John Mccullough and
Miss Emma Thursby.
Abbey and Hickey have started "Humpty
Dumpty" troupe in New York, which, they
say. eclipses everything in the pantomime line
ever before attempted.
Fanny Herring, who was few years
ago the pet of the Bowery theater, is now
doing the dizzy business in variety dive, in
the lower part OF the city.
Boucicault, it is rumored, has written new
play called ''Fag-a-Beallac. 1t resembles the
colleen Bawn." 1t would be astonishing if it
didn't resemble something.
Maggie Mitchell will visit Leavenworth,
Atchinson and st. Joe this week, and then
work her way northward to st. Paul, where she
may be assured of hearty welcome.
There are over seven hundred actors who
claim to be stars, yet there are not more than
three score that have ever been heard of out
side of the readers of the dramatic papers.
BARLEY Campball has removed to New York,
where he will in the future reside. He has
made enough money out of his late ventures to
enable him to maintain metropolitan airs.
Louise Pomeroy couldn't suspend her tour
through the South to defend suit brought
against her in Chicago, and as a consequence
judgment was entered against her for $780,
Harry Sargent has abandoned the attempt to
force Adele Belgrade upon the public a first
class star. and expects to blossom out as the
ayant courier of prominent male actor within
a week or two.
Mary Anderson refuses an average of three
excellent original plays u week.-E9change. If
the plays are excellent she ought to accept a
few of them, and give rest from those that
are worn SO thrsadbare.
The brother of Neil and Dan Bryant, who has
hean deaf and dumh frnno hia birth had I,
severe fall recently, and found that he had re-
covered his hearing consequence. He will
soon be able to speak huently.
Miss Fanny Davenport declares that the cur-
rent reports about audiences in Texas are
grossly exaggerated. Her audiences haye been
uniformly intelligent and res pectable. Fanny
wouldn't be satisfied with any but the best.
Eugene, who tried to make a strike by
bringing out the Hibernian Blondes in this city,
recently attempted suicide in Milwaukee
house of ill repute. The company played only
four nights alter leaving St. Panl, and dis
banded at Addison, Wis.
young gentleman Of Chicago is shortly to
lead Miss Ada Somers, the Hebe OF the Chicago
Church Choir Pinafore company, to the hyme-
neal altar. He should remember, in the midst
of his joy, that there other hearts that will
ache, especially in st. Paul.
The entertainment to be given on Thursday
evening by the Misses Banning promises to
attract a, large audience. 1t will consist of d
play. written expressly tor the young
iadle,, III which they sustain five different char
acters. 1t has been il rehearsal for several
weeks past. and the Misses Banning IRE fully
scquaiuted with all its requirements, dram attic
and otherwise. We have doubt the Opera
House will be packed the occasion of it's
rendition.