St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-15
is Interested-A Minneapolis Reporter
as a Variety Performer.
Correspondence of the Globe.

50 merclleSSiy anu Tue lueuGltE VI ulduJ vi
them so thinly yelled that it is no great mat
ter of surprise that efforts were made to pre-
vent its publication. keenan,, the reputed
author of the book, was at one time news
paper man in this city, being employed as an
editorial writer on the Times. For some
reason Mr.. Storey took great fancy to the
young man and had very coy quarters fitted
up for him. And here, in the language of
an acquaintance, "He used to do some
of the Hottest word-building that was ever
erected in this city," He was unapproachable
and consequently unsocial and but little
liked by his associates. In personal attire
he was regular Beau Brummel, and always
avoided the elevator, fearing, as he said,
it would fall. But the boys always main
tanned that he climbed the long winding
stairway in the Times building for the sole
purpose of showing off the elegance of his
attire. Later he was sent to London as chief OF
the Times staff of European correspondents,
but one day found himself out of a job with
that suddenness which was characteristic OF
old Storey's dismissals.. He drifted to New
York and through the kindly offices of John
Swinton was brought to Whitelaw Reid's no
tice, who gave him employment on the Fri
bune. Col. John Hay, then an editorial writer
on the Tribune, was Keenan's bestfriend,
and now, in return for all his benefactor'S
kindness, keenan, grossly caricatures Col
Hays weaknesses, lbels the journalistic pro-
fession as an aggregation of sneaks and
blackmailers, villifies the dead and insults
lady of high standing, all to make a sensa-
ton. If that alone was his object he has
certainly succeeded, but if his connection
with the book be clearly proven, he'll find
his friends long distance apart.
49,
1t is doubtful if there be an actor on the
American stage to day better known or re-
garded more kindly than is the veteran c.
w. Couldock. met c. A. Davis, the mana
ger of the Hazel Kirke company, when they
were playing at the Standard short time
ago, and had quite a chat with him concern
ing "The GOVERNOR as Couldock is affec
tionately called by the other members of the
company. "Couldock is in better health and
more vigorous than he has been in years."
remarked Mr.. Davis. "The Governors pres
sent fine physical condition was brought
about by two months vacation enjoyed
with his old friend Joe Jefferson at the lat
ter's plantation in Louisiana. With nothing
to do but amuse themselves by hunting, row.
ing and riding ard swapping old-time gags,
the two veterans could not fail to improve
in health. / cannot say positively how many
times Mr.. Couldock has played Dunston
Kirke. But this is the sixth year of Hazel
Kirke,' and he must have played the part at
least LOO times. You know he was in the
original cast when the piece was called AN
Iron Will, and was produced the first time
in October, 1879. Couldock has wonderful
memory, which playing the same part every
night does not seem to blunt. He has never
stuck in his lines, and strange as it may
seem, though an actor for nearly fifty years,
never missed performance until the last
night of last season, when govt did the old
man up attacking both his feet at once, and
he had to QUIT. His memory is as green as
il was in his younger days, and only the
other day heard him boast that he could
memoriZe a solid column of newspaper type
in less than an hour. l believe he can do it,
too.' The sHazel Kirke" com pany will dis
band at the end of the present season, and
Mr.. Couldock will star in a piece he has
had written for him. short summer tour
is anticipated to test the drawing qualities of
the play.
49,
An incident occurred in this city a few
days ago that may, after ALL prove
public benefacton, as . druggists will
hereafter be very careful Of the pre-
scriptions brought them for compound
ing and will be sure that the right
ingredients are used. A stranger louDged
into Merz Bros. pharmacy near Lincoln park,
handing the clerk a prescription which he
wished compounded right away, saying that
he would return for it in five minutes, as he
wanted to run out and ''see man" across
the wav The clerk started to the rear of the
store, scanning the paper he held in his hands
as he did so. The effect Of the perusal was
most astounding. The paper fell to the floor with
the usual well authenticated thud, while the
clerk leaned against the prescription case to
recover from his fright He had read these
mystic words:
Potassa permanganate. ...................D DIR.
Glycerlne. ..-OZ. 1
Misce-M. Sig. Use externally.
DR.. CooPEE
The mixture he had been requested to
compound was easily recognized as deadly
explosive, and he recognized the fact that in
discovering the deadly nature of the COM
pound he had escaped serious bodily injury.
A few minutes after the departure of the
man who left the prescription, another
stranger stepped into the store, bought
cigar and hung around for an apparently IN
necessary length of time, as though waiting
for something to happen. But nothing did
happen, and the stranger finally went away.
Robbery is the acce pted theory, the first
stranger intending that the clerk should be
so injured that his confederate-if such the
second stranger really was-might empty the
till. At all events druggists will pay closer
attention TO their prescriptions hereafter.
zx*
see that E. ". Durant, the Saltwater
lumberman,i is interested with Fred En- elhardt
in a scheme which is called the international
Amusement association, and that they have
organized the Old World Gem company,
with which they propose TO go on the road
this season. Among the attractions already
secured are the Edelweiss Mountain Choir,
a company of Tyrolean singers, female
who is ssCreat" as the realization Of the ideal
Amazon in her wonderful sword feats, and
the 'sMerveilles Mystique," which is so mys-
ferrous that even S. c. Freeman, the clever
press agent, couldn't give me an idea of it
The company viii appear in st. Paul some
time during the summer.
~
By the way Minneapolis boy, formerly
connected With the Journal, and later with
the Tribune, think, has made hit as
club swinger in local vaudeville theater.
The papers mentioned his performance az
very meritorious. I've forgotten what he is
called on the bills, bu. he is Professor Some
body, and he seems to be doing very well.
He viii probably join the Durant-Engelhardt
company in Ike capacity.
Politicians belonging to the "machines"
of both parties are feeling very blue just now
over the sentences of Joseph c. Aackin and
". J. Gallagher, who were convicted Of gross
frauds during the NoTenber election. The