St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-24
DAS MUSK FEST.
Preparations for the Great German Fes-
tival Progressing Favorably.
The Hot Nights Scare People Away
From the Theaters.
Bob Ingersoll, a Musical Burlesque,
MinstreIs and a Circus Coming.
The Week.


Iinstrels and q Circus Coming.
The Week.
The nights are growing hot and the dra-
matte season approaches its close, and none
too quickly, it would occur to one who OBJ
served the small audiences of last week.
Barry s. Fay fired off their three explosions
of dynamite" the first part of the week,
and did good execution too, good many of
the audience being laid up for several days
with pain in the side. There isn't much to
the play and it is to be hoped it is not
fair exponent of the character Of the
nationality which is popularity supposed to
rule New York, but members of the
i'll large numbers to see it, and seemed to
enjoy it hugely. If they don't complain no
one else has a right to do so, surely
Miss Hawthorne, the American girl, fol-
lowed with one night of her new play,
''Queena," the author of which. it is feared,
has mistaken his calling. The same sort of
thing has been handled by others in a much
DIETER way. and there is nothing in the
general plan of this playto justify the hard
work which it puts upon the star SuppoS-
ing the heroine to be a person lacking the
first principles of common sense, then there
might be some excuse for her behaving in
the way she does, but if the author wanted
to picture in her true American girl with
some tact, he would have found some more
rational and pleasant way to have relieved
her of her troubles He might have written
a play ON the same general foundation,
which would have been more quiet and
pleasing and more in conformity with the
ability OF the star What is evidently put
forth as the strongest scene in the play is
the end of the third act, in which the hero
inc goes mad through jealousy. In wit
Messing it, however, one is painfully inn
pressed with the difference between it and
similar scene from Cora" as given by
Clara Morris. In that play the Fremont
tory symptoms of the approaching malady
OF mind are much more strongly marked
and skillfully cumulative. In this, play of
"Queena," however, partly owing to the
author and partly to the star, this evidence
of skill and careful study is lacking. Miss
Hawthorne, however, should not of course
be compared to Clara Morris, who has had
more years Of stage experience almost than
Miss Hawthorne has of life. 1t is certain
that Miss Hawthorne has the genius and, if
cultivated, the ability to take place in the
front rank OF American opponents OF the
hiStriOnic art.
Coming.
Great preparations are being made for the
production of ''EXiled, OF O'Phelan's Strata
gem" at the Grand, Tuesday and Wednes
day evenings. T. d. O'Brien wrote the
play just for fun and to top off st. Patrick's
day with. 1t met with great success at that
time, although produced under the nnfavor-
able stage conditions afforded by Market
hall. 1t is now to be repeated in IN ore
elaborate style for the benefit of two worthy
charities, the Orphans and the Convent OF
the Good Shepherd. The cast has been en-
larged and scenery and stage effects added,
which were of course impossible in Market
hall, Seibert's full orchestra will furnish
the instrumental music and Prof Henry
McLachlan will WELD the baton. There
is every reason why this engagement should
be literally patronized and not the least
among them is that the author may be en-
couraged to engage again his clever genius,
the next time, perhaps, in more serious
effort. The cast will be as follows:
Terrence O'Phelan. the strategist,
Observation-Disclosures. Mr.. A. NJ Doherty
Bee-Caim, the rajah and experimentaliSt,
.................... Mr. q. shea
Ba-Ad, his son, slangy conspirator,
Observation-Disclosures. Mr.. J. S. Donneliy
Sad-I-Am, love-sick conspirator,
Mr.. Phi. j. Schaur
See-Far,what he doesn't know can't be learnt,
Observation-Disclosures. Mr.. j. C. Haney
Catch-All, the incorruptible,
Observation-Disclosures. Mr.. NJ. j. Donneliy
M N Eye Model Detectives,
Mr.. L. j. Casse.ly, Mr.. H. J. O'Brien
1t is understood that there will be loud
cries for the author at the end of the second
act and that Mr.. OBrien has very eIabor-
ate impromptu speech already committed to
memory.
Ida Siddons' mastodons have pleased
large audiences at the Olympic during the
week. This theater bills Lavender &
Prices Consolidated company this week,
the principal people being Nellie Neville,
Joe F. Campbell and Maggie Evans, Laven-
der and Price, Louise Garland and Others
Capt. Dalton of Chicago and Patsey Car
diff Of Peoria have also heen engaged to
spar on the stage every evening.
Barlow 81 Wilson'S MINISTRIES need only to
be announced in st. Paul to draw crowded
houses. They will fill the last three dates
of the week, with Saturdays matinee, at
the Grand. The company announce all the
favorites, Hughey Dougherty, Milt Barlow,
George Wilson. and the rest. The business
will include burlesque game of base ball,
withHughey Dougherty as umpire, and
very laughable sketch, '.Our Hash House."
Bob Ingersoll viii give his famous lee
ture, Which Way? at the Grand opera
house tonight. 1t may be taken for granted
in advance that the great audience which
will listen to him will not be in sympathy
with his views. But it will be great lee
ture. all the same.
The first tent show to strike st. Paul
comes June 1. 1t is the combined show
managed by John B. Doris. whose name is
sufficient guarantee for its excellence.
Among other things he shows ''Krao."
which is said to ge the genuine missing
link between the human and the brute
creation