Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-10
AMUSEMENT NOTES.

at NcVicker's, Chicago
There are four "Olvette" and four "Billee
Taylor' combinations on the road.
Fanny Davenport is playing at Brooklyn
and draws almost as large audiences az
/ Beecher.
The Mapleson opera company has perform
ed to large audiences at Philadelphia during
the week.
| The Milwaukee papers speak in the most
company. 4xs
Miss Minnie Hauk, who is called the best
Carmen living, is singing with great success
| at Madrid.
| Mrs. Scott-Siddons did an excellent business
| at the Brooklyn theater last week, appearing
in several of her specialties.
Robson and Crane open the week at Hooley's,
| Chicago, in their new drama ga. D. 1900" 1t
is said to be extremely funny.
The Vokes family are hardly as popular a
during their last tour of the country, and are
| drawing only Indifferent houses.
| Mrs. Imogen Vivian, widow of Charles
| Vivian, who was well known in the West, is
| giving dramatic recitals IN Vermont.
"Little Buckshot" is new play OF the rifle
order that is successfully produced in various
parts of the country by Fanny Herring.
I Rose Eytinge is fifteen years older than her
husband, Cyril Searles, and about the same age
as her future son-in-law, John T. Raymond.
"The Black Crook was withdrawn
| from the stage of Niblo's last night after q
| reasonably successful season OF two months.
Murdoch is giving dramatic readings at the
East to but Indifferent houses. The veteran
tragedian seems to have been forgotten by his
old admirers.
indianapolis has proved to be the grave
yard of more than score of companies dur
ing the season. Few of them have donea a
paying business.
Anna Dickinson has, at the last moment,
refused to play Claude Melnotte in Philadel-
phia, and Manager Stetson threatens to sue
her for damages.
The Boston Ideal Opera company has filed
very profitable season at Baltimore, and will
open the week at Philadelphia with the "Pi-
rates of Penzaace,"
Mary Anderson will be at Louisville next
week. She will take rest this week, it being
Passion week. She was recently received into
the Catholic church at Washington.
Genevieve Ward has had pronounced sue
cess at Haverly's, Chicago, during the week
in "Forget Me-Not" She refuses to play on
Sunday evenings or at Wednesday matinees.
Haverly has as yet been unable to secure
site for his new theater in Chicago, and there
of h; la;p oh fn
in time for the opening of the next season.
Mrs. D. P. Bowers, the actress, has leased
for term of years "Bleak House" farm, 10
Gated near Washington, from Ex-Governor
Shepherd, and will make it her future home.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg has been obliged
to cancel her st. Petersburg engagement on
account of her mothers illness. The nihii-
lstic troubles have nothing to do with it, OF
course.
John E. Owens is not drawing as well as
was his wont, and some of the newspapers say
he is not acting as well as formerly, besides
having poor play in "a Man from Cattar-
angus"
Maude Granger is playing at Denver, and
during her season in the mining regions has
picked up handsome sum of dust 1t is
rob her.
'Billee Taylor" has proved good drawing
card at the Grand, Chicago, during the past
week, and will be continued for some time to
come. The city is in perfect furore, and "all
on account of Eliza"
Gus Williams put in a good drawing week
at McVicker's, Chicago, in "Our German SEN
ator." His audiences were among the largest
of the season. He appears in this city on the
18th and 10Th, en- route for California
The fire at the Union Square theater, New
York, on Saturday did not result in any cas-
ualties. There was scarcely any panic, the
audience acting with great self-possession.
The house was cleared in less than three min
utes.
Selma Fetter, LOuisville's latest star, COM
plains of having struck cold wave of criti-
cism in some of the northern cities. Such
wave is as disastrous to an ambitious novice
as Manitoba wave to the budding roses OF
Sprlhg.
The manner in which John x. Davidson
played his fagottO solo of bar and half at
the concert of the Musical society last week is
highly spoken of by our musical critics.
Nothing could have been. more absorbingiy
delightful unless, perhaps, fantasie on
bass drum.
Two very large audiences filled the Opera
house at the matinee and evening performances
of "Widow Bedott' yesterday. Bishop was
in his happest mood and kept all present in a
continual roar of laughter by his eccentrici-
ties. The company as whole gave him
good support.
Some of the members of the opera companies
are not singing in harmony. Byron and Chat
terton of the Strakosch and Hess troupe, had
fight on the stage of the Toronto theater,
the trouble being abont woman. Laurent
and Greensfelder, of an "Olivette" company,
had an alteration behind the curtain at Provi-
dence, the cause being similar. The prima
| donna of the Peerless opera company whipped
| the tenor, at Columbus, GA because he Missed
| her in too realistic fashion.
| Artistic circles in New York are discussing
| the new comic opera in two acts, entitled
'Twelve Jolly Bachelors" to be performed in
| that city the first of next season. The librettO
is the production of Deem belmont, formerly a
| Journalist and writer of several successful
| theatrical ventures. The music was composed
by Mr.. Edward !. Darling, the popular COM
poser, and will be brought out under the man.
agement of Daniel B. Hopkins and Major J. B.
Pond A GLOBE representative had the pleas
ure of listening to the libretto, which abOunds
| in sparkling dialogue and humorous situations
| which cannot fail to captivate
| The Opera--"Aida."
| The coming opera season is the chief topic