St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-23

G;iStave. .................. Charles Wyngate
ArtIlur :. '''''''''.''' E. '.''';; wiz Marhs
MessenSer.-.. .....--..- Ben Johnson
Camille ........M Miss Loduski Young
Olympic. Miss Lisette re Baron
Nanine Miss Sally Williams
Nichette ....-........ Miss Katy Lanphear
Helene. ............ Miss Lille V. Armstrong
Prudence. Mrs Mary Myers
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The probabilities are that EDWIN
BOOTH has been seen in st. Paul for the
last time. Age and grief are making
serious inroads on the once vigorous
constitution of the most finished actor
the American stage has ever produced.
Mr.. BOOTH is not so old but that he
would be good for at least ten years
more of active life if it were not for the
deep melancholy which has taken hold
upon him. Notwithstanding the fame
he has achieved, life has been success
sion of dark pictures for EDWIN BOOTH,
and it is no wonder that his sensitive
spirit is being crushed beneath the
fierce ordeals through which he has
passed. The first great blow fell when
his brother. JOHN WILKES, assassinated
! President LINCOLN, and Mr.. BOOTH
never fully recovered from it. Then
came his financial losses, followed by
| the death of wife to whom he was
ardently devoted. Then more financial
troubles fOllwed; and last. but not least
of all his sorrows, was the marriage
against his will of daughter in whom
his life was wrapped up. No great man
has ever been more thoroughly subject
ed to the stern discipline of suffering,
and life for him has only been human
landscape, darkened by dark-fowing
stream of sorrow.
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LAWRENCE BARRETT's experience
has been the reverse of EDWIN BooTH's.
MIR. BARRETT was born in poverty and
without the advantages of dramatic
training, and had to hustle from the very
beginning. Mr.. BOOTH was the son OF
the worlds most eminent tragedian, and
was afforded the best opportunities for
acquiring stage education. The
only similarity of their cOndi-
tons is that both possessed genius
and both have been conscientious
students. BY dint of hard labor and
hours devoted to intelligent study, Mr.
BARRETT in time rose to the topmost
rank of his profession, and for the last
decade has occupied a position only
| second to Mr.. BOOTH. BARRETT has
had kinder fate than which befell
BOOTH. Having to rely upon his own
resources in early life, he acquired
business knowledge which did him good
service in the days of his prosperity, as
it is also doing Mr.. BOOTH most excel
lent service at this time. ..
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81 guess the GLOBE is mistaken in say
ing that LAWRENCE BARRETT is grow
ing stouter," remarked Mr.. HANFoRD,
of the BooTH-BARRETT company. 1t is
true be looks stOuter than formerly, but
it is because of that enlargement of the
neck. He has peculiar neck disease
which the doctors say is not of serious
nature, but be will have to patiently
bide the time when the swelling goes
out. 1t came on gradually and will have
to go away as it came"
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EMMA ABBOTT, the old reliable in
opera, will open the opera season in
this city next week. Miss ABBOTT has
had no church sensations this season,
but she has done wiser thing by keep
ing her old company intact and by add
ing two new operas TO her repertoire.
Her new additions are Norma" and
1.-THE Rose of Castillo"
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1t is singular how many ladies, in
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of Ophelia, found fault with her red
hair, just as if a woman didn't have the
right to wear red hair if she wanted to.
There was nothing Inappropriate either,
in the red hair to the Characterization.
Uphelia was Danish maiden, and con-
sequently OF the blonde type. Still, the
majority of people take more kindly to
MARIE WAINwRIGHT's dark brown
locks, even if they are not i'll keeping
with the Danish style.
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tits arare thing that 81. Paul audience
INDUCES in anything like extravagant
applause. The complaint is made by
most actors that our audiences are cOldly
critical. 1t was therefore an unusual COM
pliment MeSSrS. BOOTH and BARRETT
received at the conclusion of the "Othel-
To-" performance last night, when they
were called before the curtain, and the
audience rose up and cheered them.
The compliment was merited, too.
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| IGNATIUS DoNNELLY sat in the audi
ence at the Grand last evening, deeply
interested spectator of the great per-
Torrance. "Oh. that was magnificent"
he remarked to friend at the close. Il
think SALvINI is better Othello than
BARRETT-partly because he has the
advantage in physique. But Mr..
BooTH's Iago is the most finished pro-
duction the world ever saw"
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The Peoples theater company did a
generous act in rendering the use of
their theater, their company and orches-
ira for the benefit to be giving in aid of
the Jacksonville yellow fever sufferers
next Saturday evening.
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The BOoTH-BARRETT company go
from here direct to Chicago, where they
omen a three weeks engagement to-
morrow night at the Chicago opera
house. Julius Caesar" will be played
the first week; "The Merchant of
Venice the second, and "Othello" the
third.
Interesting Information.
Harper's Bazaar.
A Pennsylvania man recently wrote
to his somewhat illiterate son, who had
married and settled in the West. ask
ing: GLOW is your son and heir?" A