St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-10
Dramatic Notes,

Brown s JOllltleS are In the SOUTH
Chanfrau will be in Boston Sept l.
Joe Emmett appears in Albany Sept. I.
Mile Rhea appears in Cleveland Sept. I.
Clara Morris appears in New York Sept. 30.
The Corinne Merry Makers are playing in Bos-
ton.
Forepaugh's circus is doing the southern Hi
nois.
week,
John Mccullough is in the mountains for his
health.
The Januschek season opens in New York
Sept. 10.
The White Slave Company play in New York
August IS.
The German opera season in London has been
a dead loss.
The Silver King company is billed for Bangor.
Me-, this week.
Neil Burgess opens his season with ''Vim" in
Boston, Sept. 1.
Curtis in "Spot Cash." will play in St. Paul
on the 18th inst.
John T. Raymond, in "Fresh,'f is billed for
Cincinnati Sept. 5.
The alpine Roses combination appear in
Boston this week.
Frank Mayo's first date of the season is at
Philadelphia, Sept. s.
The Aimee Nam zelle company open in Troy,
F. Y, September Is.
The Shaugran company open their season at
Elgin, ILL.,, September 49,
The Bankers Daughter company open in Au-
gusta, Me-, September4.
open in Philadelphia, oct. g..
Margaret Mather Clara Morris, and Fanny
Davenport all rusticatng.
The Florences begin their season in Chicago
Sept /, in ''Our Foreign Friend"
"Dstrust' did not pan out as produced in
New York. 1t has been withdrawn.
Lecocq's 'Little Duke" was produced at the
Casino in New York, last week, in fine style
The summer night concerts have been well
patronized in Chicago, and this in the absence of
Theo. Thomas.
The molodrama, ''Shadows of Great City,"
recently produced in Chicago, is spoken of as
elaborate and intricate, with but modicum of
originality.
sAdons, the Statue has had a five weeks
run in Chicago. The muse of burlesque is al
In sash and becoming tights.
The Chicago Church Choir company have re-
Gently tackled ia Grand Duchesse" and the
Necs Letter hauls them over the Goals for at
| tempting the too difficult feat.
Mr. Lawrence Barrett passed through Chicago
last Wednesday, and was interviewed by several
the London audiences. He must be; he paid
| enough
Among the old chestnut plays that will be on
the road next season again may be mentioned
! flights o. London, ''Silver King and "Only
Farmers Daughter" One would think they
! had been worn threadbare
Here is a description of the dress worn by
Mile Meaine Hirsch, Of the grand opera at
recent ball given at the Continental: "Miss
Hirsch, bottle of champagne; bodice and short
skirt of bottle green satin; sqnare Of white satin
arranged across skirt, with 'Veuve Cliquot in
| gold letters gold hood representing cork I;
! green silk Gloves No will but admit that
the costume is one admirably suggestive Of pop
ping.
The late Nine Taglioni's stage costume would
have surprised ballet dancers Of the present day.
| The fact was that she never in her whole career
wore a dress which allowed her knees 10 be seen
| Her own high ideas OF her art were expressed in
/ the rebuke she administered to one OF her adj
mirers in Milan, VINO begged her to shorten her
/ dress ssjust very little. s'Signor, replied the
| dancer, II do not dance Cor men. dance for
/ wives and for daughters"
| Miss Lulu Hurst, the Georgia electric girl, has
! literally laid out Langtry. They had semi
| private audieDce-good word The Lily grasped
| a billiard che in her most sinewy English manner,
/ and put on her Prince Of Wales expression The
/ Georgia girl snickered and gave the billiard cue
/ an upward flip. The Lily did few steps Of the
| racket. With solid south giggle the Georgia
gave the billiard downward hot The Lily
| did a cOntortion act. With an electric snort the
Georgia girl gave the billiard cue Gip-1op Good
clothes and all, the Lily landed violently on her
| back about four feet away.
Stephen G.. Foster, the auther Of Old Dog
Tray and Old Folks at Home, was genuine
American, farmers boy, who had but limited
opportunity for musical instructions still, of his
Old Folks fully 900, 900 copies have been sold,
and OF his Old Dog Tray eco, 600. Besides these,
his Uncle Ned and Susanna are favorites. The
reason Of the popularity OF Fosters songs lies
in their easy, flowing melody, the adherence to
plain chords in the accompaniment, and the
avoidance Of intricacy in the harmony, or en-
barrassing aecidentals in the melody. At the
burial Of this sweet singer in Pittsburg, in 1854
his own song, Come Where Ny Love Lies Dream
ing, was sung with impressive effect. 1t is the
simplicity and sweetness Of tune thst makes the
popular singer, and the same conditions hold
good to-day.
''There are dull and rocky times for us. "
sOiiloquized the property he moistened
his clay at one Of the wet goods supply depots
which glories in his patronage the other day. 81
tell you the dramatic business has been parayzed
lately: nothing going on to speak of; all the
actors a. can raise money enough have gone tr
the country and taken their hammocks with
them; nobody on the road worth talking about
Then there is the Lily gone over 70 Urup and