St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-31
AMUSEMENT NOTES.

The BOSt0nianS have Just closed
highly successful engagement at the
Grand opera house, st. Paul. and open
their engagement tonight at the Grand
opera in Pygmalion and Galatea."
The opera is new here. and will be cast
to the full strength of the principals.
"Fatinitza" will be played.
The repertory for the Florences in
cludes 1.-The Almighty Dollar" The
Guv'nor." ''Dombey d Son. and Heart
of Hearts" The engagement opens
next Monday for one week only.
The patrons of the Peoples theater
evidently consider that gorgeous spec
tacle, THE Forty Thieves" about the
finest thing the popular house has ever
done. At any rate, they have been
flocking to the theater all the past week,
and then telling all their relatives and
neighbors to 60 The eighth big house
since the play was put on filled the cosy
auditorium last night until standing
room was as scarce as teeth in the
mouth of hen. The play ran very
smoothly. John w. Burton does some
really clever work as Ali Bahia, the
woOdchOpper, and he delivers himself
of some new gags every night. The
red flannel devils of assorted sizes
who dance and sing in the en-
gallery nightly. and the chorus
of fairies in brilliant hosiery and huge
diamonds had powerful attraction for
the front row of the parquet. All of
the special features were we'll received,
Miss Kemp's song in Turkish and the
trio by Mr. Callahan and Misses Kemp
and Strong meeting with especial favor.
The grand tableau in the last act, show
ing the life-siZed white elephant with
bevy of pretty girls in howdah on his
back, is one of the finest things of its
kind ever seen on Minneapolis stage.
The Forty Thieves" will be seen for
the last time this evening, and at the
New Years matinee it will be followed
by The Hidden Hand" which will fill
out the week.
Ringwall & Thyle's military band
gave pleasing musical entertainment
at the Peoples theater yesterday after
noon. 1t was the third concert of the
winter series and the attendance was
much larger than on the preceding
days. The audience was very enthusi-
aStic. and every number rendered was
heartily applauded. The cornet solo by
Arthur WaSshousen was one of the
features of the concert and the young
man was forced &c repeat it. The
fourth concert will be given one week
from next Sunday.
Hazel Kirke'' is founded upon the
beautiful drama produced at the Pence
last night, under the title of Driven
From Home" The play was originally
called The Green Lanes of England"
and is particularly strong. Its story is
more melodramatic than the plot of
Lights O. London" and its scenery,
as produced at the Pence last night is
equally picturesque. The leading
character is beautiful Jewess
who has been betrayed and driven
from home by her father. Jes-
saline Rogers i'll this part last night sur
prised the audience with her power to
express the sad and pathetic; She
quietly, with earnest actions and voice.
held the audience spell-bound. especi-
ally IN the scene where she takes her
child and leaves her fathers home for
the second and last time. In this eli
max, also, Mr.. Book as the old blind
father also shows how strongly and
finely he can act. The scene calls for
power of the highest order, but Mr..
Book rose to the occasion without
OVERRIDING in the least. The character
all through the play was finely brought
out. Neil Scully in linen buster and
fur collar brought down the house, but
Connelly's reference to the Whitechapel
murders was the humorous hit of the
evening. There Is a scene of White
chapel in the play. The betrayed girls
father kept pawnshop there. Billy
Wilson, as q wrecked dude, was also very
good. Oracle Beebe, as the Legitimate
daughter and constant companion Of
l., u 500 hrr,a IN, he
blindness, was pretty and spoke her
lines remarkably well. "Driven From
Home'' runs until Thursday, including
the New Years matinee tomorrow.