St. Paul daily globe., 1886-04-22


difficult TO write the column or so editorial
notes. Young Castle agreed to do SO, and for
his services was TO receive all the exchanges
that came 10 the Union Office. Mitchell, the
present editor of the Duluth Tribune, was an
attorney at Anoka in those days and did the
editorial writing on a second Republican pa
per, which later was merged into the Anoka
Herald. The Union was the organ of one
faction Of the Republicans of that county aud
Mitchelrs paper performed like office for a
| second faction. The week following the ar
rangement between Castle and Pease, and be-
| fore he had written a line, Mitchell's paper
came out with column article abusing the
imported editor. The article said that 1t was
a shame for any one TO come up there for the
express purpose of widening the breach be-
| between the Republicans OF that county
"Any one can see what kind of man this i'm
ported editor is" continued the editorial ''by
going by his room ut the hotel His window
is filed with bottles. Thus is the temperance
loving people of Anoka insulted."
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| 7vThe bottles were the small vials used for
homeopathic pills and powders. Castle re-
sponded, and the two editors made things
lively for themselves and the people for the
next six months. Strange to say they never
met until years afterwards, when they became,
as they are to-day, good friends. Castle re-
moved TO St. Cloud, still editing the Anoka
paper, and retained his interest and position
until he came 10 St Paul few years after
wards. On reaching the capital city he went
in the hardware business, opening u branch
for the sale of Comstock. Castle & Co.'S
stoves. In a short time he retired from that
and became proprietor and editor Of the St.
| xvlaf ha los
spring.
II. W. Herman, playing the heavy lines in
''The Shadows OF Great City," the weeks
attraction At the Grand Opera house, is an
old ST. Paul boy Before going on the stage
he was known as Herman Zuikowitz. On
making his appearance before the footlights
he dropped his surname and retained his
Christian name. He got rid of the 'Zuiko-
witt" because he thought that he might be
taken for Russian Nihilst. He also knew
that such a name would be religiously mur
dered by the dramatic critics and its bearer
and wearer would never achieve a reputa-
tion.
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Years ago he was the prescription clerk of
the drug house of Cordet a. Bethune, and
manipulated the soda water fountain. mixed
pills and gave away almanacs as naturally as
anybody. He had a yearning for the stage
and wantedto be an actor. His wants were
communicated to the manager OF poor but
| honest company of transformers then play
! ing an eng agement at st. Paul One OF the
transforming actors got more whisky than
| he could carry, and there was vacancy in
| the cast of 'Ten Nights in a Barroom." The
manager sought the soda-water fountain
clerk, and he made his debut. He resigned
his place In the drug store and continued with
| the company.
Thus was first-class druggist spoiled to
make a very inferior actor.
"Have yer been TO the circus Billg" ques-
! toned boy of his companion on Dayton's
Bluff yesterday. Its dandy and don't her
forget It. You'd better 60, for yer won't get
no more chances this summer"
To-day the last day, Amt ity' exclaimed
| Bill.
YES" replied his companion. "Yer Just
ought to see ther elephant. He's Jim dandy,
he is
"That settles it" remarked Bill. "Tbe
cistern chains got TO go. / guess that's good
| for quarter, maybe fifty. Help me sell It.
I'll take yer in tonight"
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Samuel Stadler, the musical director of the
Boston Ideal Opera company, has been with
that organization for the past seven years.
HlBuI uuu lnAilncS performance ana
every rehearsal during that time he has
been at his post, with baton in hand, except
one evening performance. On that occasion
| he threw himself down late in the afternoon
| TO take a nap. When he awakened from his
slumber he found, on looking at his watch
that he had slept until 10 o'clock at night,
| and the performance was about over when he
reached the theater where the company was
| playing an engagement. Since that expert
euee be has never enjoyed an afternoon nap
without having an alarm clock, with the
alarm properly set, near his couch.
A rather peculiar feature of the profes-
sional ethics of the Boston IDEAL company is
that which permits the different members of
| the organization. who are not cast for the
evenings performance, TO enjoy themselves
in attendance thereat by occupying the boxes
or other conspicuous position in the audi
| torium.
Hardly performance he's been given dur
| ing the engagement OF that company at the
| Grand opera house at which the non-perforIn-
ing members have not attracted more or less
attention from the audience by occupying a
prominent position in the auditorium. These
of-night vocalistS are most enthusiastic in
| their applause of their fellow members on the
stage, and pretend to enjoy the entertain
ment, as well as the attent. On which they nee
essarily attract.
am informed that it was custom estab-
lished by Miss ODER, the organizer of the COM
pany, whose hobby was TO make the members
feel that they all belonged to one musical
| family. The weekly breakfasts, shared by
the members of the company and at which
| they took turns in presiding, were one of the
| incidents of this family business. Another
was that the singers on an of-night could en-
| Joy the entertainment, if they so wished, in
| full view of the audience.
It is not allowed-this exhibition of n per-
former i'm a box or elsewhere I'm the audience
| by any other irst-ciass musical or dramatic
organization. The on-nighters are not de-
prived of seeing the entertainment but
they are Obliged to view Il from
the stage or from a box that is protected
from the view of the auditors. Cases are on
record where performers have lost an engage
ment by thus exhibiting themselves while
enjoying an of night.
There is no law on the subject and such ex-
hibitors can not be punished. II is simply q
question of taste, the preponderancc OF
opinion being opposed TO the practices en-
| joycd by the members of the Boston Ideal
company.
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Two little girls played in the ruins OF what
was once their home at Sauk Rapids. The
cyclone had razed the roof that sheltered
/ them and bad scattered the dwelling I'm all
directions. They and their parents had been
/ spared In the very midst of the disolafion
| they were at play. Out of the ruins they had
dug their doll babies, and. as they seated
themselves with the dolls in their arms, were
surrounded by a molly collection of broken
teacups, saucers, spoons and other articles
dear to a childish heart
''Say, Betty" exclaimed one Of them,
''ainth dis a petty pay house. ] wish dc vain
and wind would tom agin-"
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