St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-20
ADJUSTMENTS.
'sThe Shadows OF a Great City.'--A
ROrsc on Roller skates.

AOrsc on Roller skates.
1.-THE Shadows of Great City, reminds
one of THE Lights o. London" i'm many of
Its incidents and in the general class of the
play. 1t is melodrama that has chance
for many exhibitions of good acting. There
is much that is pathetic in it and much that
is humorous. The story is long one,
covering, i'm the time that is supposed TO
elapse. something more than fifteen years.
The characters are dying millionaire. an
heiress, at first a baby and afterwards the
heroine, a guardian who is a villain, a
scheming pawnbroker. a convict who agrees
to kill the heiress for his liberty, another
convict unjustly imprisoned who saves
her life, and in after years Is her
lover, a detective who at first ap-
pears in the service of the villain
but toward the close does some good work
for the heiress, a goOd-souled Irish woman
at whose home the little heiress lives from
the time of the attempt on her life until she
becomes the heroine. and the necessary at
PENDANTS. The scene Is in New York and
takes in a portion of East river and Black
wells Island. 1t is an interesting story
with shadows all through it and sunshine
at the end. Perhaps the most noticeable
feature of the play as given by the company
at the Grand last night was the
scenery which was magnificent and worked
to better advantage than is often the case
AT one place by revolving piece the inside
and the outside of a loft in lower New
York life were shown almost in an instant
and then the whole moved away, revealing
the harbor, a quantity of ships, waves,
rocks, ETC., etc. The scene when little
Nellie is rescued from the water by the con-
Wet is especially realistic and
brought out applause that called
up the curtain. Some of the acting. too,
was especially good, while some was weak
George X. Edesen, as Tom Cooper. the
wicked convict. was good in about all of
his parts, as was II. w. Herman. as George
Benson. the scheming guardian. Miss
Edna Carey in the dual role of Annie and
Helen Standish. the dying mother, and
later the heroine, was admirable
especially in the latter part. Miss Annie
Ward Tiffany. as Biddy Roman, was the
favorite with the audience. and was bet
ter representative of the good-souled Irish
woman than is often seen. Her slightest
word brought rounds of applause. w. II.
Benton, as the detective, was worthy of
special mention.
The audience was of fair proportions,
but very enthusiastic and generous applause
was given throughout The same bill the
balance of the week.
A HORSE on ROLLER SKATES.
AT the exposition rink last night Dolly"
pretty little grey nag. amused an audience
of perhaps two hundred by her wonderful
performances. 1t was the first time horse
on roller skates has been seen in ST. Paul.
Dolly is wonderfully intelligent, and be-
sides actually going around the rink several
times on roller skates did numberleSs other
tricks that held the audience for an hour
and half.
Yellowstone Vic and Montana Bill.
called the Cowboy Kings, gave an exhi-
bition of rife and pistol practice at the
Seventh street dime museum yesterday.
The shooting was phenomenal and some very
clever fancy shots were executed. A good
stage show was given in the theatorium by
Haywood and Moore and others.