St. Paul daily globe., 1886-11-21

cinnati. man about 45 years old, who has
been struggling for bread on the meager
salary little penny paper pays him as a
local reporter. The play was drug on
Shaw's hands for long time and when the
author finally got it put on in an obscure
amateur entertainment in Cincinnati the
newspaper men did not think il worth the
trouble 10 go to see it. They may have
judged it by the modest apparel which Shaw
wore. and the ''dinkey' newspaper for
which he worked.
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Mr. Bran Stoker-What an outrageous
name-is making himself agreeable here
and in Boston for the sake of Henry Irving,
who is to be with us next season again to
play the devil in Faust" The interest
Mr.. StOker takes in America just prior to a
business engagement is very touching. He
has even declared that American drinks are
unequaled anywhere else on the globe. The
greatness of Henry Irving as an actor can
not be denied by any intelligent person who
has carefully studied his performances.
lie is the leader in stage management.
Altogether, he is probably the best equipped
man in England or America to give a
rounded and complete performance of
tiTSt-class drama, though individually he
IL.
Henry Will be welcome for the sake of his
art, and for the sake of the social qualities
be possesses; but let us hope he will We us
a respite from his pen about Ellen Terry.
He couldn't even restrain himself when he
brought her here with him on pleasure ex-
cuTSiun. Miss Terry is a good actress. but
too much gush is not calculated to allay
such suspicious as may have become
current.
We annually pay great deal of tribute
to foreign actors and actresses-gOOd. bad
and Indifferent. but we sometimes meet
with splendid compensation in the dreadful
shows which we send to London. Mr. w.
w. Kelly. manager long popularity known
as 1.-THE hustler" " is entitled to the gratitude
of every American citizen, and a medal
by vote of congress Mr.. Kelly usually
reckOnS the drawing capacity of his star"
by the length and breadth of his posters,
the quantity of notices he can put in the
newspapers. and by the fake advertising
lodges, which catch suckers. He has taken
a lady, whose stage name is Grace Haw-
thorne, to England, and attempted to boi-
Ster her up in amb tiouS roles on the cheek
he displays in advertising. She is as awk-
ward as amateur. and wasn't even re-
ruffians of Kansas. She has been dread
fully roasted" by the papers in London
She has done something. though. 1t was
hardly expected that she would get into the
papers at all.
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Speaking of theatrical advertising: 1t is
amazing to think of the extent to which
managers and agents can impose on the
people. An advertiser for a theater in
prominent Western city used to give away
hatchets to the patrons of one of FlOrence's
newest plays; brass rings to the people who
could be roped into seeing the dramatic
bilge water known as the Hoop of Gold"
little bags of salt to help along the fortunes
of the Corner Grocery" etc People
would rush and crush and almost break
their necks to get souvenirs that cost not
more than 25 cents gross. The writer
asked the hustler: 'Candidly. now, does
this brass ring and hatchet business pay?
The money investment must be very small.
but do you get any return for your trouble?
Is it possible that the public can be iuf1u
enced and gulled by such flimsy devices of
advertising? Honestly. does it pay?"
Certainly it pays" he exclaimed, with
enthusiasm: ''the uublc is a fool :"