Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-16


his new piece sFor Congress-" in New
York.
Haverly's "Silver King" company will
appear ut the Opera house, commencing
January L.
'Mo-te Christo'' continues to draw big
audiences at the Fifth Avenue thsater,
New York.
'Girls and Boys" is the name of 4 come
dy recently produced as Daly's theater,
New York.
The "Paulnents of Paris" will be
brought out shortly in New York. at Col
ville's thsater.
Joe Emmett is mourning the loss of his
st. Bernard dog, which was said to be the
finest in America.
This week Chicago is to have Days
second company, with Biiou Heron and
Henry Miller in the cast.
The London success of Mary Anderson
as Pauline III the Lady of Lyons is de-
scribed as phenomenal.
Manager Hill, 1t is said, has leased the
Buffalo Opera house. 1t will be opened,
of course, by Margaret Nather.
The gable 6snds and cigarette dudes
who prance around the foyer of the Grand
between acts, should be squelched.
Judge Barrett has written play called
San American Wife" which will De brought
out at Wallack's thsater, New York.
"Monte Christo'' is the attraction at the
Fifth fbap4ar Now Will
be supplanted by the "Glsss Of Fashion"
'Duty" has been having a big run at one
of the New York the aters. A little of the
same medicine might be made pay out
west
Prince Methusalem was the attraction
in Chicago last week and the McCooll
opera company scored another big sue
cess.
The Vokes Family brought out their
new musical comedy, 'Rix's Fix" at Hav-
erly's theater, Chicago, last week and it
had a good run.
And now the hotel tends of Niagara
Falls are subscribing money to put up
theater. But anything to catch 'em, my
boy, as the elder Weller would say to Sam
my.
Emma Abbott gave g. benefit perform
ance in Detroit recently, for the family of
a police officer who was killed while
arresting burglar. The theeter was
packed.
London is in rsptures over new song
entitled, 81 Travel With My Mother Now"
as rendered by Minnie Palmer at the
West End. Nellie is said to possess a je ne
sais qasoi which her rivals cannot initiate.
Nine. Minnie Hauk concludes her west
ern tour at Detroit December 20, she will
spend Christmas in New York. The e1-
treme western point of her travels this
season was at Omaha the latter part of
November.
Dion Bouoibault says there are now in
the United States 227 theatrical COM anies,
com prising 4,087 persons, and that to pay
expenses during the ordinary season of
forty weeks they must draw $4,000, 900
into the theaters.
Speaking of failures, this is the season
of the year when the "bum" shows strike
the "bad crop" districts and go to pieces.
A poor excuse, ETC., but just the same no
crop at all would be better than some of
| the shows that have been in st. Paul this
| season.
Christine Nilsson, the prima donna, gavs
her age at dinner party in New York last
week, as forty years the 26th of last Au-
gust. This is the most remarkable in
stance of feminine candor on record, and
now that the fair diva has set the ball
rolling, let US hear from the res. Of tbs
stage spinsters.
Whenever a man fails in Chicago, his
bankrupt friends set him up in the mu-
Scum business. Chicago is bristling with
resorts whose chief stock in trade gensr-
ally consists of living skeleton, few old
skulls and an occasional fat girl thrown in.
But the people of that burg always were
eccentric.
The annual report upon the state thea
tiers of Paris for the year ending October,
1888, shows that the receipts of the GRAND
Opera during the year 1sS2-Ss were $61s,-
| $50, which is less by about $4,000 than
the preceding year. The receipts of the
| Francois, which amounted to $500, 1000,
also show falling of.
| What is the matter with all the amateur
dramatic talent lying around loose in st.
Paul? Now that Christmas is approach
ing why cannot We have q revival Of the
good old English custom with its panto-
mines, burlesque or extravaganza. Let
US have pantemime, if only for the chill
dreu, with its fairy scene
and Jack and the bean pole eostacies.
Such an Innovation would be hailed with
delight by many who are not children, but
who keep in fragrant memory the Christ
mas entertainments of their youth, and
surely it would stake" as well az the tire
some seven-up shows of the travelling
combinations.
The rage among theatrical managers
just now is in the direction of improving
their theaters. This is all right, but would
it not be as we'll for them to give the ma
terial they foist upon the dear public an
occasional whirl. There are good many
actors, for instance, who might be Sim
proved" into some more lucrative and con-
genial employment, and the Improvements
| in this line are too numerous to mention.
Mr. Shakespeare, for example, didn't pay
much attention to the decorations of his
theater, but it ia conceded that he pro-
duced some tolerably fair plays. Let the
managers make some of the hand-me-
down actors over or better still, s'shoot''