St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-20
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| laSI week, at the Museum.
Rhea is to dedicate a new opera house in
| Los Angeles, Cal, May Goth.
''The Pulse of New York" will be produc-
| ed at the Star theater May 70.
Rice's Surprise Party played ''Pap' in Chi
cago last week at the Standard.
The ''White Slave" will be produced in
| New York, tomorrow night.
Irving continues to draw crowded audi
ences at the Star theatre, New York.
"A Bunch OF Keys" was played in Chi
! cago last week to healthy business.
Barrett's reception in London on the 18th
is spoken of as uncommonly fervid.
Manager Scott, of the Grand Opera house,
returned from brief trip to Chicago, yester-
day
| Madame Gerster, the celebrated Italian
| prima donna, asked 81, 900 for three concerts
in st. Paul in May.
Robson 81 Crane, the comedians, arg
! billed to appear at the Grand, commencine
ON the 2Sth inst.
Confusion - by Stetson's company, con-
tinued to play to big business at the Grand
Opera house, Chicago, last week.
John Mccullough brough this season to an
abrupt close the other night and started for
Mexico. Tragedy, my boy, seems to do them
all up.
| Nat Goodwin seems to have run of i'll
luck. His wife was taken sick in New York
last week, and he had to cancel his engage
ments.
Mrs. Langtry, the lilly, opened at McVick-
er's theater, Chicago, last week, in ga Wife's
Peril" The Chicago critics have roasted her
support.
The people of San Francisco are hopelessly
| divided as to the relative vocal merits of Pat
| ii and Gerster and the sand lots critics are
waging terrific war.
Col. Woods museum opened in Chicago
on the 18th with favorable send off, and
the patronage has been good. The museum
| occupies its ante-tire site.
| The eastern press is teeming with stuff
about ''poor John Mccullough" having ref
erence to his health. Is the actor sick, or is
it merely an advertising dodge?
Augustine Days American society drama,
Pique, was produced, for the first time in
Europe, at the Gaety Theater, London, March
| 26, with Miss Rose Osborne from New York
as a star.
''Stolen Money! is the title of four act
| play produced at the New Park theatre, New
York, last week. 1t is simply Charles Reade's
'iSingleheart and Doubleface, - in theatrical
| brooches.
"Stormbeaten' was produced at Haverly's
Chicago theater last Monday. The piece
was handsomely mounted and accorded {
good reception. 1t is dramatic version OF
Buchanan's novel God and Man.
| A few crits are going into Mysteries over
the relations that Patti is said to sustain tc
Nicolini. The diva is certainly old enough
! to know her own business, and considering
the Marquis OF Caux she should have had
experience enough, certainly.
The latest rumor that comes from across
the water is to the effect that Mary Anderson
the accomplished Kentucky actress, has re
jected the matrimonial offer of Westminster
Abbey, brother of Henry E. Abbey, the the
atrical manager.
The current copy of the Clipper contains 6
wood cut of William Terniss, the Englisl
actor, late of Irving's company. He vii
shortly produce in London an American
| comedy, an event which is anticipated witt
considerable interest, marking as it does 6
new departure in international theatrica
annals
How the world changes. When death ranE
down the curtain in the good old days, al
| actor was refused Christian burial. ''HoW
! deep does your consecrated ground go?'
asked the dying Moliere of the monk. ''Oh
eight feet, y replied the shaven pated sou
saver. dig my grave ten feet deep and Sc
overcome the difficulty, ,, said the witty come
dian and author.
In Paris, France, recently, it is said, thu
Countess Kissier gave a dinner to assist il
bringing out the daughter of Mrs. "Bo
nanza'' Mackay, and with the idea of fur
nshing something that should be strictly
| American as part of the entertainment
twenty banjoists were hired to play and sins
such nationalities as yankee Doodle" anC
''Dixie's Land"
The latest novelty in the way Of an oper;
party was that of twelve members of the st
! Paul sketching club who attended perform
ance of the Boston Ideals, occupying from
seats in the upper, but lower-priced section
of the Opera house. They had just as good {
time as they would have had in the costly
! boxes, and heard the music much better
while they did not have to put on any style.
educated hog wanted; also other curl
osities." The poor ''legit," out of job
reading this sad" over his lonesome beer il
the saloon, with coat down at heels, shoe
discouraged, linen vague, and ears tinglins
with his landlady's latest recitation (writteI
by herself), sadly pondered, and ferventl.
wished himself an educated hog. The hope
less impossibihty of the scheme, however
made him ''perish the thought with sigh
He was slightly cheered by having his atten
ton called to the possibilities of the sails
other curiositiesn part of the advertisement
The closing performance of Abbey's oper
attic season was to have taken place last Sat
urday afternoon at the Metropolitan oper
house. New York, Carmen being announced
A large audience had assembled, but wer
/ informed that Trebeli and others were i'll AM
no performance would be given. Much dis
satisfaction was expressed by the ticket-hold
ers, who thought it strange that Nilsson, Sem
brich and Trebei should have all been takel
i'll at the last minute. 1t is said Abbey aske
Schalchi to sing the leading role in LIE Pre-
phete, but that she refused, giving as rea
son that she had just breakfasted and mus
give her food time to digest.