St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-24

| the next two years. The first of the series is
| already in hand
Miss Z. Ii. Ober, the manageress Of the Boston
| Ideal Opera company; has returned from Eu-
rope, where she has been visiting her contempt
raries, the everlasting hills Miss ODER reports
| that the prospects for the Ideals next year are
excellent, as the rage for antique bric-a -brac
| still continues.
Charles Watkins, Ada Gray's husband, pur-
| chased from Miles and Barton one-third inter-
| est in their company playing Orpheus and Fury
dice in the Far West. He will devote all his time
| to its management, Edward Bloom looking after
| Miles and Bartons interest as he has put Blue
/ Beard on the road
William Peake and wife, of the once famou $
family of swiss bell-ringers are living in want at
Waverly, n. Y. He is seventy-seven and sick,
| she is seventy four, and they appear to have
| been deserted by their children. Theatrical
friends are now trying to secure for them admis-
sion to the old folks' home at Elmira.
Nine. Judc leaves France August %. for a
| tour of Sweden and Denmark where she will
give fifty performances. On her return she starts
for a three months tour in Spain and Italy, Fl ON
the 9Th of October till the 31st of December.
For these three months Nine. Judic will receive
a minimum of two hundred and sixty five
thousand francs. Truly these are palmy days of
art
Parisans are greatly exercised over the fact
that Francisque Sarcey, the fierce atheist, dra-
matte critic and editor, has announced his re-
solve to enter convent. His conversion was
effected while an inmate OF the hospital of the
Brothers of St. Jean de Dieu where he was be-
ing treated for an affection of the eyesight. On
finding he was cured, Sarcey declared that he
would become brother Of st. Jean de Dieu.
One has to leave home to hear the news as
vide the following: There are some interesting
stories told about duel with fists which occurred
in Minneapolis between Gerald Eyre and Glenny,
both then Of the Wallack company. 1t all came
out in some dispute in the bar room of the hotel,
and it ended in Mr.. Glenny being ''laid OUT as
the gentlemen in the sporting world call it, l
believe Mr. Glenn's honor is to be satisfied when
he gets back east and the affront is to be wiped
out with pistols at short range. [ should like
to be at the duel 1t will be almost as tragic as
the wind up Of the Corsican brothers.-NeUs
Letter.
In referring to the "Pavements of Paris the
Nelcs Letter says: ''We have already taken
pleasure in commencing the remarkable charac-
terization Of Harold Forsberg as the Vicompte
de Flachons. He has made an unquestionable
hit in the part, which is an original character.
The work done by Mr.. Forsberg in this part will
do much to add to his reputation. The other
people in the cast are not well known in Chicago
but are gaining in popularity. The sketches
presented by Charles Rosene. Archie Boyd, Dora
Stuart and others much enjoyed, and all the
parts are being improved by the people playing
them
There is no society at Long Branch go pure,
unaffected and charming as that of the actors
colony, as they call the half score Of theatrical
families who built their summer homes-indeed,
their only homes-here years ago, and have
been coming every season since. The families
are nearly all related. and every of the nume-
rous children that fill the homes with cheeriness
is cousin to all the others. The center of life
and affection is the hillside cottage Of Maggie
Mitchell. There is an interminable line Of girls
and boys, who are nieces and nephews to her,
and many of them have good reason to think
often OF her great heart. The world does not
know of half the noble things that this bright
little woman has done, but doubtless Sir Gallahad
has heard of them ell far in the spiritual city.
Miss Ida Bell is devoted to her pug, which is
an interesting and talented creature. She says:
| when was travelling from Baltimore to New
York. the car was crowded and / sat next to a
nice old gentleman who very kindly offered me q
half interest in his seat. You know l always
have to smuggie the dog into all the cars and
hotels, go quietly put him under the seat. 1
was busily engaged or Seaside novel, when
noticed that the nice old gentleman gradually
but surely edging closer TO me and casting side
long glances that were truly awful. could not
comprehend il, as the old gentlem sn seemed to
be so highly respectable. Suddenly it occurred
| to me to call the dog to my aid. l bent down,
and. looking under the seat, saw that the saga
cious animal was rubbing himself against the old
gentleman's neither anatomy. The innocent old
party thought that it Was l who was being de-
monstrative.'i
The story of ''sieba,'' the great spectacular
play brought out in New York last week, briefly
told is that in early Legendary times in Germany.
Elfreda, furious at the DEGREES Of fate, Cursed
her seven sons, and they were turned into seven
ravens Al that time Siebe, their sister. was ten
year. old. and grieving at her brothers lot, she