Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-10
THE IDEALS,
They Crowd the Opera House and Give an
Exhibition of Which Professionals Might
Feel Proud.

They Crowd the Opera House and Give an
Exhibition of Which Professionals Might
Feel Proud.
Not since the opening of the new Opera
house has the spacious temple of Thespis
contained SO large and enthusiastic an au-
dience as that which assembled last night,
to witness the opening performance of the
st. Paul Ideal Minstrel company. The in
terror of the house was blaze of splen-
dor and beauty, the large audience embrac-
ing great share of the beauty, fashion
and wealth of st. Paul, while the
long line Of carriages without
reminded one Of an opera night.
Some idea Of the size of the audience may
be had by mention of the receipts,
| which Manager Scott said were in the
| neighborhood of $1,000, the largest, with
| the exception Of the opening night, since
| the new house was lnaugorated
OF the performance but little can be
| said but by way of encomium, and the re-
ception accorded the Ideals by
the audience was fattering in
| the extreme, amounting, in
deed 10 regular ovation, and the
young gentlemen who composed the organ
| ization may consider themselves en-
| dorsad.
The curtain went up shortly after s
O'clock, exposing to view the Ideals, over
twenty five in alI, arranged in the semi
| circle fashion peculiar to this style OF en-
tertainment, with the musicians in the
background. The setting vas very ap-
| propr1ate and tidy, and reflected credit
upon the designers. On one end were
| Messrs. Wilkes, Allen and Haas, manipu-
| lators of the bones, and at the other
Messrs. Hannaford, Flournoy and Clarke,
exponents of the tambourine. Mr.. Powers,
the interlocutor, occupied the centre, and
he did the act in great shape.
The performance opened with chorus
| by the company which displayed the vocal
ability of the members in a splendid man
Nor, followed by "Miss Brady's Piano
Fortay," by Mr.. Wilkes and if this must
! cal young lady could have been in the
| audience she would have blushed for envy.
SO great was it sung. The applause was
| immense, and of course an encore was
given. This may be said of nearly every
thing in the performance.
| Mr.. Schaub then sang ballad "Ill take
thee home again, Kathleen" He possesses
a fine tenor voice and this was one of the
best things of the evening.
The Messrs, Shae gave the duet, GLOW
Gently Deva," in a manner that pleased,
after which Mr.. Hannaford sang a comic
song, "Send 'em up higher" This brought
down the house, and when Mr.. Allen fol-
lowed with his original ditty, "Peck's Bad
Boy" he paralyzed the audience with
laughter. After Mr.. Griggs had gwen
| 'The Midshipmi -e'' in fire manner, the
company wrestled with the riddle, "Who
was George Washington?" a quaint and
comioal song, given With much spirit.
| This was followed with '.We'll All go
Crazy" comical oddly sang in first
class style by Mr.. Flournoy, who, by the
| by is one of the most original men in the
company. The first part closed with an
excruciating take off on "BilIie Taylor and
Olivette," by the company.
The second part introduced the "Ams-
tours in Parlor," in which the Orum
brothers first doomed up in their banjo
act. They we're Messrs. Blum, Brown,
Manship Croft, Lyon and Weatherby, and
their appearance and performance were
both fine.
Ehle Allen then dawned on the scene in
the song and dance selection, ga smile
from her sweet face" He gave it in CAPT
tai style, and responded to loud calls for
an encore. The elephant then went round
and round, and, as the band played
yankee doodle dandy" Mr.. Powers
doomed up as the prince of the circus
arena, Van Amburg. Mr.. Wilkes was on
deck as Madam Battersbey, the Pigs Eye
Lilly, Mr.. Clarke as Billy, and Mr..
Flournoy as Oscar Irving, etc.
This scene would have done for Floren-
tine panel or the etching ON a Grammercy
park breakfast plate. All that was wanted
to complete the illusion was the clown
with his "fery banner, oh yes sir; what
will the little lady have next"
The performance concluded with ''Under
the garden WALL ditty by Master Ben
ME, and the act of the 'Charlestol Blues
TIE ROSTER.
Ia order that the public may know just
who the Ideals are the ros-
ter of members is herewith given;
Mr. Wilkes, Mr.. Allen, Nr. Haas, bones.
Mr.. Hannaford, Mr.. Flournoy, Mr.. Clarke
tambo.
Mr.. Powers, interlocutor.
Mr.. Hanson, Mr.. How, mir. Schaub, Mr.. Shae,
LIST tenor.
Mr.. Dyer, Mr.. Bingave, Er. Taylor, Mr..
| Blanchard, I'd tenor.
Mr.. Griggs, Mr.. Shae, Mr.. Kayser, Dir. bet
weller, LIST bass.
Mr Simon, Capt. Wright, MIR. Haas, Mr..
Blaizie, Cd bass.
MIR. G. G. Titcomb musical director.
The Crum Bros, MIR. Brown, MIR. Croft, Mr..
Weatherby Mr.. Blum, Mr.. Manship, Dr..
Lyon.
| Master Bennie.
Seibert'5 orchestra of twelve pieces.
| Mr. Strickland, manager.
Mr. Tarbox, business manager.
Mr.. squires, treasurer.
| Mr.. Newell, in charge OF stage.
The performance will be repeated to-
night, and the proceeds will be given to
the Presbyterian Orphans asylum, Home
for the Friendless, Luke's hospital and 30
ciety fo- the poor.
Firemsns' Relief Associations socia, Party
| at Market Hall.
The Firemens' Relief association OF the
city of ST. Paul will give social party at
Market hall Thanksgiving evening, Nov.
%, for the purpose of realizing isuficient
funds TO liquida.e its present indebtedness
and to realize means to carry its cdarits-
bic organization over the Unnecessary ex-
penses of another year.
That the public may better understand
tbs necessities of this organization
and therefore extend to it
the patronage it deserves at
| ia banda at its coming entertainment va