St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-22
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

The decorators are now playing few
weeks engagement at the Grand opera
house. The house is filed with scat
folds, and number of artists are bus
lily engaged in painting pretty curlami-
jigS on the walls and ceiling. Judging
from the beginning that has been made,
Manager SCOTT's statement will be YER
fled when he said he intended to make
it the finest theater in the Northwest.
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That fearful old play, East Lynne"
tire week. The audiences were large,
and mainly composed of ladies. Hard
hearted men find no pleasure in linger-
ing over the sorrows of human life as
depicted on the stage, but tender
hearted woman finds morbid charm in
weeping over tribulations, even though
they are fictitious.
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The bill this week is 'Newport." and
as the name indicates, is a society
drama. Another st. Paul amateur is
going to essay the professional role at
the Peoples this week. Mrs. GEORGE
W. CORY is billed in the cast.
the leading actors in the Peoples COM
pany are preparing to leave to fill their
engagements with other companies
during the approaching season. Mr..
CooTE, the stage manager and clever
comedian. is engaged to play next sea-
son with CORA TANNER in ''FaScina-
ton" The management of the Peo-
pies will tender him a complimentary
benefit the evening of Aug. 2. The pro-
gramme will include Specialties by the
st. Paul Ideal minstrels, Miss ADA
DEAvEs, Mrs. Cory, Miss DIETZ, Mr..
RUSSELL, Mr.. DoUGHERTY and the
second act of ''Our Boys" Mr.. LIP
MAN is also to be rendered benefit by
place to be selected p ey himself
Miss ADA DEAvEs, of the Peoples
stock company, has been engaged by
Manager HARRY PHI LIPS to play with
KATE CASTLEToN the approaching sea-
son. 1t is rumored that Miss DIETZ
Will organize a company and star in
CHARLEY CooTE's play, "Forsaken."
HAvERLY's MINISTRIES, who will open
the season at the Grand on the 10th of
next month, have taken the road early
this year. Their season commenced
last Monday evening in weeks en-
gagement at the Academy of Music in
Buffalo, N. Y. The Buffalo Express
says the troupe starts out under most
gratifying auspices.
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The vicissitudes of an opera singer
are singularly eXemplified in the career
of Madame JOSEPHINE SoLTEZ, billed as
Balladist and Tyronean Warbler on
the concert programme of an East Sew
enth street saloon. Madame SoLTEZ
was educated for the opera in Vienna
and was the pupil of KAROLINE PRUCK-
NER. She made her debut on the opera
stage in her native city and had most
tlattering reception. The pure quality
attention of German opera managers
and she was Immediately the recipient
of number of good offers to sing in the
leading companies of fatherland. 1t so
happened that the young lady's heart
had been won by lover who
had an aversion to stage life.
Preferring marriage to opera, she
quilted her profession. Two years after
wards her husband died, and being
thrown upon her own resources, she
again took to music. This time she en-
gagged to sing in concert, and came over
with her company to New York about
eighteen months ago. The company
had all engagement at the Eighth Street
musical organizations, it went to pieces
and the members of the company were
stranded in strange city and without
funds. Without following the details
of how it happened, Nine. SOLTEZ is
earning small salary by singing in
saloon concerts in this city, and those
who have heard her wonder that such
wondrOusly sweet singing should be
heard in such strangely inappropri-
ate place.
The tearing down of the old Madison
Square theater in New York has almost
the appearance of vandalism. Madison
Square is so Familiarity identified with
the theatrical history of this country it's
disappearance will be the cause of uni
versal regret. The lease of the present
management has not quite expired. but
the owner of the land on which the
theater now stands has made his plans
to tear the building down at the eXpira-
ton of the present lease and to build an
extension of the Fifth. Avenue hotel on
the site.
Miss LILLIAN LEWIS, the popular
emotional actress, is visiting her sister,
who resides on Pleasant avenue in this
city. Miss LEWIS brought with her the
pack OF young wolves which she
captured some time ago while out riding
in the southern part of this state. The
whelps were only two weeks old at the
time of their capture, and under Miss
LEWIS training have become as docile
and tractable as pet dogs. Miss LEWIS
will add to her repertoire next season
BERNHARDT'S great play, "DOna SOlo