St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-28


most fragrant Rose, is advertise. There's
nothing like it.
John K. Rogers is trying to get up a con-
troversy with Lolita concerning her London
season. Miss Crabtree treats the tricky
John with silent contempt.
Nat Goodwin ridicules the idea of Ameri-
can actors priding themselves upon royal
patronage in Europe, while he can stay home
and enjoy nightly picnic with kings and
queens, providing he has stamps enough to
see jack pot.
The engagement of the celebrated actor
and playwright, Dion Boucicault, com mences
at the Grand Opera house on Thursday, Oc-
tober the I'd, on which occasion he will ap-
pear as Conn in his word famous drama of
the "Shaughraun."
John Mccullough opened at McVicker's
theater, Chicago, last week, and he met with
nearly reception. He is said to possess the
Vlrilty of any two of his maligners, and the
talk about his feeble condition is said to be
stuff and nonsense.
Mr.. Lester Wallack has arranged for the
American rights in Theodore, the new play
written for Nine. Sara Bernbardt by NJ. Sar-
dou. In London, the piece will be produced
at the Haymarket, and the same version will
be used at Wallack's.
Miss Minnie Madden has been quite as
successful in Boston as in New York. Both
Minnie and "Caprice' are highly praised.
Miss Madden will not act during election
times, but will reopen at the Grand Opera
house, Chicago, Nov. 9.
The Herald of Saturday last says: 'sRumors
are current that the recent quarrel between
Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Terry, which
has been latent, is likely to be reopened, as
both of the parties mentioned have been
stopping at different hotels.n
More than $50 theatrical, musical, operatlc
and minstrel companies are on the road.
Or the $50 troupes that have organized this
year, l65 are regular theatrical companies
thirty-hye are concert companies, twenty
hVe variety, twenty operate, and ten devoted
to burnt cork.
Marie Varoni, who very sensibly withdrew
herself from the concert and beer saloon
element and went on the regular stage, has
drlited back to her old occupation. She
made her temperance at Roster aud Bial's
peer saloon Sunday night, amid good deal
OF Dutch applause and tobacco smoke. 1t is
pity she should throw herself away in this
manner.-EX.
The new comic opera, upon which w. s.
Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan are engaged,
is expected to be ready in November. Ac-
cording to W. F. Morse, D'Oyley Carte's
American representative, the story will be
entirely different from the fairy plots of
lolanthe and Princess Ida, and the music will
tha t~Io 80
opera than any of Sir Arthur Sullivan's for
mer compositions of similar character.
Madame Ristori, who appears in America
this season, is said to be only fifty-six years
Old This. statement is, doubtless, made by
her subtle managers who wish to counteract
the suspicion that she is too old to act we'll.
1t might be suggested that she is therefore
young enough to learn some new lines. As
she has been able to acquire the English
tongue, it would seem that she could have
bettered the repertory she proposes to give
US. Queen Elizabeth, Mary, Queen of
Scots, and Marie Antoinette have grown very
te.-E1.
Alexander Dumas, pere, when he gave a
dinner party to commercial men, had a
| somewhat singular method of deciding the
time for the inferior wine to be produced.
He enjoined his servants to put the best
/ wine on the table at the beginning of the
meal, while the guests heads were clear;
''Then," said he, "watch the conversation,
and directly you hear any single one of the
company say, Il, who am an honest man, )
yon may be quite sure that all their heads
have gone astray, and you can serve up any
rubbish you choose.''
Bottoms Dream" an extravaganza by
Mr.. w. T. Ball, was purchased last week by
Mr.. Nat Goodwin, who proposes to produce
it year hence, himself playing the part of
Bottom. The piece is in four acts. The
first is in fairyland and shows the awaken
ing of Titania, Puck and other characters in
Midsummer Nights Dream" after sleep
which is supposed to have lasted since
Shakespeares death. The second act is laid
in Central park, where the fairies congregate
and mingle with the people of to-day. The
third is introduced so as to enable Mr.. Good
win to give limitations and specialties. The
last act is taken from Shakespeare, the Py-
ramus and Thisbee rehearsal scene included.
The production at the Fourteenth street
theatre, New York, September II, of Mr..
Harry Meredith's new drama, my Life, -
written with a view to Nine Janauschek's
transcendent abilities, was noted theatrical
event and the play was received with unus-
ual enthusiasm. After some judicious cut
ting of dialogue and business the great act,
ress and her manager, Mr.. Edward Taylor,
will find ''My Life" a dramatic bonanza
Madame Janauschek's performance of the
blind woman, Leben, and Gree Encore. the
French actress-pathos and comedy oppo-
sites-gems of artistic skill, were received
with long and continuous applause. The
play was well acted throughout, and the sets
are massive, realistic and beautiful.