St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
GAYETY IN GOTHAM.
Three Great Opening Nights at the New
York Theaters Creating Sen
sati0n.
Stokes Refuses to Board Violet Cameron
and Lord Lonsdale at His Hoh-
man House.
Mrs. Langtry to Remain in This
Country Year--The Plays She
VIII Produce.
Manager Daly's Great Success in Flu
rope--His New Comedy From
the German.
Coming week in New York.

the German.
Coming Week in New York.
Special to the Globe.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3.-Ip all probability
not once since the ''Mikado" opened for
the first time have the New York theater-
goers looked forward with so much pleas
ure to any single week as they do to that
one beginning Monday. Oct. 4. Even one
of the attractions would be sufficient to
cause stir in the theatrical world, but
when we find three great opening nights
falling in one week we are reminded OF the
old proverb, 1t never rains, but it pours."
On Monday, Sept. 81 Mrs. Langtry ar
rived Oh board the Alaska and the Cunarder
Aurania brought back to America Augustin
DAILY and his company. Mrs. Langtry has
taken house. No. SOL West Twenty third
street, and Sgnifed her intention of remain
ing one year. She opens at the Fifth
Avenue theater on Monday, Oct. 4, in
"A Wife's Peril" She also intends playing
in Enemies" which she produced in Lon
don, and thinks of bringing out
a new play by Sidney Grundy later
on which will be called 1.-The Ladies'
Man" With Mrs. Langtry came thirteen
members of her company.
Mr. Daily and his company open on
Tuesday, Oct. 5. in an entirely new comedy
adapted from the German by himself. Its
title and all particulars, including the cast,
are withheld from the public, and will be
announced hereafter. Mr.. Daily returns
from Europe happy man. He not only
brings with him goodly supply of
sovereigns, but the praise of all Europe
Dir. DALY's COMPANY
is distinguished from all other American
troupes, in being composed, not of one or
two stars and host Of minors, but col
lection of actors all good, who play for the
company as much as for themselves. This
has always been Mr.. Days ambition and
he seems to have accomplished 1t. He
looks. not for a grand piece Of acting here,
and then a poor support, but has endea-
vored to form a company which, when
put into harness. will pull together. and each
play into the others part. Thus play
produced by him has no great virtues
counterbalanced by fragrant faults, but
another symmetrical picture is presented to
us. No one ever saw Wyndom's company
who did not come away struck with the
evenness of the performance. No one of
the whole cast is there who is not perfect
and finished actor or actress, and from the
leading part to the lowest we find nothing
but excellence. Days company is much
the same, and it is not to be wondered at
that the English were pleased with their
performances. He played to crowded
houses in London, the success being phe-
nomenal. The Prince of Wales witnessed
Nancy & Co. From London he took his
company to Edinburg then to Glasgow,
Hamburg, Berlin and Paris, in succession.
at each of which places he was rendered a
cordial welcome, and the German thalers
were as plentiful as the sovereigns had
been.
In Paris he received his first adverse
criticism. There it is not the custom to
wear dress suits to the playhouse, rough
tweed, cheviots, and even shooting jackets,
being worn, but when Daily opened at the
Vaudeville all Americans and Englishmen
fiocked to the theater attired in full evening
dress, to do
HONOR TO MR.. DAILY.
This the French press took exception to,
and to vent their spite, diSparaged the act
ing of the troupe. Mr.. DAILY claims, how
ever, that this was confined to the smaller
papers and that he was treated handsomely
by LIE Gaulois and LIE Solell and others.
Be this as it may he played to crowded
houses and has no reason to regret his trip
to Paris. Therefore it is but natural that
the New York public should be proud OF
such worthy representa- tives of our stage,
and that they will receive cordial recep-
ton on Tuesday night but little doubt
exists. This is not all, for Mr.. Wilson
Barrett, the eminent English manager and
actor, will soon be with us. He opens at
the Star during the coming week. 4
Some little stir has been caused in
theatrical circles by the actions
of Lord Lonsdale, the frlsky young
manager from England, and his charge,
Miss Violet Cameron, who opens at the
Casino in the Commodore" on Monday,
Oct 4. The public may remember that a
short while ago reports reached us that NJ.
de Besand. the husband of Miss Cameron,
had been elected from his wife's presence
by Lord Lonsdale. and following this came
sundry rumors concerning the relations of
the lord and Miss Cameron. Miss Came
ron was quartered at the Hoffman house.
NJ. de Bensand was seen hanging around the
corridors, so when
LORD .LONSDALE APPEARED
in order to see Miss Cameron, he was in
formed that Mr.. Stokes. the proprietor of
the Hoffman, wished to see him. Mr..
Stokes then told his lordship that he owed
it to his guests to request Miss Cameron to
seek quarters elsewhere. Lord Lonsdale
appeared surprised. but Miss Cameron re-
moved to Hotel Madison. Mr.. Stokes
gives his reasons for so acting on the
ground that some of his guests might be-
lieve the rumors from abroad and so take eX-
ception to Miss Cameron's presence. Again
he thought it possible that fracas might
occur between the lord and M. De Bensaud,
and he wished to run no risk OF having the
Hoffman house connected with such an oc-
currence. 1t is commonly believed, how
ever, that the whole affair is a grand adver-
tsement for Miss Cameron, and it is sup
posed M. Bensaud is but a partner to this
hippodroming business. However, as an
advertisement it has been success, since
the Times devotes column on the first
page to this affair alone, thus doing its
share to boom Miss Cameron. X
Dixey still draws large houses at the Fifth
Avenue. He goes on the road after leaving
New York. Mile. Aimee is at the Union
Square, playing in SardOu's comedy, Ma
rita" She is followed by Clara Morris.
= McCaulrs Opera company still
hold the boards Wallack's in Josephine
Sold by Her Sisters" From here they go
to Philadelphia and then will go on the
road giving place to Don Cesar" which
played to enormous bouses in Chicago last
week. Col McCaull also has company
rehearsing 1.-THE Black Hussar" at Wall
ack's which will go on the road and travel
as far as Denver. He intends to open at
the Star theater Jan. II, in Dellinger's
opera, Lorraine" with the company now
playing in Josephine"
Mrs. Cleveland i'm Buffalo.
BUFFALO, Oct. 3.-Mrs. Cleveland spent