St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-02
Dramatic Notes.

MSlANh h4snts
The wooden Spoon" has made a bit at
Daly's theater.
Sol Smith Russell played at jacksonville,
Fla, last night
''Msy Blossom" will be produced in Rich
mond this week.
''Nita's First'' was the attraction at wall
lacks last week.
Geo. Min is whooping up the Legitimate
in San Francisco.
The ''Hoop Of Gold'' was produced in
Buffalo last week.
The "White Slave" company appear in
Chicago this week.
"The Galley slave'' was reproduced in
New York last week.
The "Bunch of Keys'' company were in
Philadelphia last week.
Thomas Keene is billed for the Hot
Springs, of Arkansas.
Joseph Jefferson RECALLED large audiences
in Chicago last week.
The "Beggar STUDENT continues TO run at
the Casino, New York.
NJ. M.~Curtis aud ''Spot Cash. bobbed up
in Louisville last week.
The Abbott Opera company open in Wash
ngton on the 10th inst
"Orpheus" continues to draw well at the
Bijou theater, New York.
Ada Dyas delighted Chicago audiences last
week in ''Young Mrs. Winthrop"
Mr.. and Mrs. Florence were in the coal
regions of Pennsylvania last week.
The "silent Man. has been the attraction
at the Third Avenue theater, New York
Dion Bouccaut produces his new play,
"Robert Emmett" in Chicago this week.
Nine. Theo, with Grau's Opera company,
appears at Hooley's theatre, Chicago, this
week
Kate Claxton is billed for Baltimore this
week and the insurance rates have not raised
either.
The Emma Abbott Opera company closed
their second week in Chicago last week.
They met with splendid reception.
Fanny Davenport commenced her return
engagement in Chicago last week. She
played Fedora" with the consummate charm
for which she is celebrated.
''Called Back" was produced in Chicago
last week to large and enthusiastic audiences,
thrilling interest of the novel on which it is
based.
Clara Morris was unable TO play at The Park
theater, Boston, last Saturday night, because
of a sprained ankle. The injury was sus-
tanned in alighting from her carriage at the
stage door OF the theater.
Nine. Elelka Gerster and Signor Italo
Campanini, with the cooperation Of an
efficient concert troupe, will this winter give
series of Gerster- Campanini operate con
certs in the principal cities of the United
States.
The broken-English feature Of the drama
on the American stage will be represented
this season by Ristori, an Italian; Janisch,
an Austrian; Janauschek, Pole; Aimee, q
Partisan; Rhea, an Alsatian, and Modjeska,
Pole.
Mr.. Howard P. Taylor, author of Miss Min g.
ME Maddern's new and successful dramar
''Caprice" has orders which will take him
two years to I'll. His first work Is a play for
Miss Kate Claxton and the next one for Mr..
Geo. s. Knight.
Col. Mapleson sailed for New York last
Monday. He has contracted with Emma
Nevada, who win sing forty times during the
season. She will appear in Lakme. which
will be produced under the direction of the
composer, Delibes.
1t is conceded that young Mr.. Chanfrau Is
not capable Of taking his fathers place in the
dramatic profession. He made his initial at
tempt the other day, and it is impossible to
oil att ,,t,,
| than that of failure.
1t is rumored in the select circles Of the
opera-bouffe world THAT the fair but large Miss
Sommerville is shortly to lead young man
named Walter Ellis TO the altar The Young
bridegroom is covered with bushes at his te-
merity every time the subject is mentioned,
but Miss Sommerville does not allow this to
shake her kindly intentions.
Some very interesting, picturesque and ar
tistie cartoons are being prepared for the
farcical comedy entitled ''Of to Egypt -
which Mr.. August Piton has purchased with
a view of astonishing the provincial public
with light humor backed by oriental features
No less than twelve donkeys of rare persona
| appearance are TO be used in scenes requir
ing native performances.
To the end of his professional life, Mario
the great tenor, could not sing certain
vowels, and If a word occurred in an ari,
that contained any of them, he would changi
it for what was easy TO sing. A writer who
knew him WELL says that he was neve
known to use the words of the song, bu
would string together number OF impro
vised words, simply TO show TO advantage
his beautiful voice.
The New York Tribune says that the audi
ence at the Madison Square theater wa
quite surprised to see sanctinionious per
son in clerical garb pitched about, hustled
thrown into a coal bin and general fouted
insulted and misused. This was all in Tho
play of The Private Secretary, and 1t WAS al
right enough, only that the patrons of tina
theater have not been accustomed TO tina
sort of an entertainment.
She was young and sweet and he wa
young and mischievous. They were sittin
out on the veranda in the moonlight, an
she grew ethereal. 'Oh, how love to 81
out here in the moonlight" she cooed; ''t
be famed by the languorous perfumes of tn
roses, and to be kissed by the soft air from
the southr' Then he kissed her and sh
grew indignant. elbow dare youl" she al
most sobbed. "Why, I'm the soft heir iron
the SOUTH, +" he replied, contritely. She didn'
say anything when he kissed her again.
just as the curtain at Niblo's was goin
down Thursday night in the flower ballet
one of the bouquets of crisp flowers, which ar
lighted up by three Edison lights the momen
they are set on a wire across the stage, burs
into flames. A ballet girl caught it up an
ran of the stage with it, and the fire was a
: once extinguished The curtain immedi