St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-22

effective as Mr.. HIPS production. and with
the additional merit of closer observance
of the traditional customs of the time.
Miss AnderSon's scenery is more massive
than the other and in coloring is quiet and
Bombre. The painting is very perfect and
more finished in detail than we are accus-
toned to see in this country.
49,
Mr.. Bronson Howard wrote letter to
the Sun last week, protesting against some
of the criticisms that have been written
about lone of Our Girls, ;" now being played
at the Lyceum theater, with Miss Helen
Dauvray in the leading part; criticism of
this play appeared in my last letter. Mr..
Howard says in his letter: '"The lines of
the play show exactly what the girl is, the
character of her father and the fact that she
has not had the benefit of mothers care.
Ny object has been to contrast the French
and American systems of training young
girls. l was obliged to show the French
system at its worst and to have shown the
American system at its best would have
completely destroyed whatever value there
may have been in such comparison. The
subject is one that goes deeper than any
question OF mere good manners, and have
tried to Illustrate the fact that good
hearted and virtuous girl of strong moral
principles is a natural result of American
training" Mr.. Howard has been success
full in illustrating some of the results of the
peculiar training of young girls in America
as contrasted with that of other countries,
but he has made one very serious mistake in
forgetting that although Kate Shipley the
heroine, is 1.-THE daughter of a man utterly
absorbed in business, and has been
brought up unaided by maternal care
and Affection" yet her education
must have been obtained at good school,
which her fathers means would have en-
abled her to take advantage of, and then,
man, no matter how much absorbed he
might be in his business, would OCCASION
ally, at all events, give passing thought
to the welfare of his only child She must
have had some girl friends at school who
were of refined and educated parentage,
familiar with the customs and usages of
polite society and her associations with
them, combined with her own common
sense-for Kate Shipley is not girl with
out iudgment-would have told her what
was correct and what was not. Kate
Shipley is girl typical of a certain class in
America. but | do not think she can be
fairly put forward as a typical New York
girl. Notwithstanding the characteristics
of his heroine, which have led to many ar
gumentS and discussions. Mr.. Howard has
written an interesting play. which will en-
joy long run at the Lyceum theater. l
give two illustrations of this play, repre-
senting two of its most interesting scenes;
one where the marriage contract is being
signed in the first act and the other where
Capt. Gregory, Kate's iancee, slaps the
count in the face with her glove, in the
apartments of Henri Saint-Hilaire, whittier
Kate has gone to protect the honor of her
cousin. Julie Fonblanque.
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Mr.. W. S. Gilbert has hit upon delight
full way of amusing his guests after dinner
at his house in London, by giving them
private hearing of 1.-The Mikado" After
dinner the host leads the way to the tele-
phone room. which is connected directly
with the Savoy theater. Applying the
telephone to the ear, one can hear quite
plainly what is going on at the theater, the
music, the spoken words, the songs and the
applause. 1t is, of course faint, but quite
distinct and the identity of the performers
can be recognized as easily as if one were
looking upon them on the stage. Mr.. Gil
bert has started for Egypt, where he will
spend his holidays. and perhaps pick up
some notions for piece to succeed 1.-The
Mikado," which in the meantime shows no
signs of dropping.
So
Col. Mapleson has at last reached his
level as an impresario, and is giving Italian
opera OF the second class at the Academy of
Music, of which the stage of the academy has
never seen the like before. He announces
reduction in the price of seats lin compli-
ance with public request" (sic) and now
charges 50 for the best seats in the house.
The character of the audiences have savored
of operate enthusiasts of the billboard
class. The best performance so far this
season was Carmen" while his new prima
donna has not set the town astir. Fortu-
nately for New Workers they are not depend
eut upon Col. Mapleson for opera. The
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