St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-22
THEIR FOURTH ANNUAL.
Characteristic Success of the Press
Club Entertainment.
GIVEN TO A CROWDED HOUSE
A Large and Cultured Audience at the
Grand and Most Excellent
Programme.

Who was not ravished by concord of
sweet sounds at the Grand last night.
or who did not for moment forget his
cares in burst of laughter, certainly
had ears but heard not. 1t was the an
nual entertainment of the Minneapolis
Press club. The standing room only"
sign was displayed early in the evening,
and the late-comer looked through the
foyer windows upon as fine an audience
as the Grand often contains. The Press
club does not often display to the public
the combination of its taste and in
fluence, but when it does do so
the occasion is well worthy of patron
age. 1t was only necessary to display
the choice bill of fare to procure ready
sale of tickets, and the success of the
entertainment was assured before the
doors were opened. Even the storm
kept nobody away, and the house was
gorgeous with the gowns of foremost
v0tarieS of fashion. Every box was
filled and some of them were secured
in competition at lively prices. The
entertainment was opened, before the
rise OF the curtain, by an overture from
the ''Semiramide of ROSsini," by DanZ's
orchestra. This superb organization
was at its best and executed the difficult
music in brilliant style. The curtain
rose upon a court scene specially pre-
pared and a triumph of scenic art
greatly enhanced by a quantity of cut
and potted flowers. President Cyrus
NorthrOp, of the university, delivered
short address which had the effect of
putting everybody in a good humor. He
was there, he said, in the capacity of
menagerie, but he had no objection to
the part in view of the excellence
of the programme. He showed
the great responsibility which rested
on the shoulders of the young
newspaper men who composed the club,
and compared the power of the daily
paper with the limited influence of the
Guiding, he expected these young
writers to combine an effort for
good with their work. While news
paper must make money, that should no
more be its object than it should be the
soel object of the minister to fill his
pews. The higher welfare of the
reader should ever be before the mind
of even the humbleSt newspaper re-
porter. 1t was sound, slightly serious
address, but to the point and suiting the
occasion.
The opening number of the pro-
gramme proper was quartette vocal
ization by the Carol club. composed of
Mrs. w. b. GroSskopp and Misses Susie
Sprague. "Legends," by Mohring, and
Barcarola from Brahms, were given
and rapturous encore brought ''Annie
Laurie" IL was gem, and the audi
ence heard it in rapt delight. The four
voices blended admirably, and the
happy selections were sung with a skill
and expression that fairly carried the
audience away.
George NJ. Cirprico, the tragedian,
rendered that difficult selection, Poe's
Raven" in admirable style. He threw
dramatic fervor into it rarely heard
from ordinary elocutionists, and held
the audience spell-bound. Though re-
peatedly encored, he declined to give
second number.
The first part of the programme
closed with novelty in the line of in
strumental music, concert by the Min
neapOliS Either club. Max Mayer di-
rected, and the performers were Gott-
lieb Hack, Max Zaph, ]. l.. Nopper, p.
f. Lund, Carl Geist, f. j. Geist, p. NJ.
Scheig and G. r. Shibley. This sweet
and
RARE INSTRUMENE,
the either, is seldom heard in public,
and its music was very much enjoyed.
''Brennende Lieb'' was the selection,
and hearty encore brought another
equally enjoyable number. Selections
from Faust made up the overture to
orchestra fairly outdid itself
Then followed a lot of the
inimitable character songs and sketches
by Sol Smith Russell, who kindly con-
sented to resume the stage for this oc-
casion. He brought out peals of
laughter as only he can, and was re-
called again and again. On the
last recall he made neat
little speech, saying how he
valued this evident appreciation from
the people of his new home and con-
Guiding with the.sentiment that if for
one minute he could chase away care
and Danish sorrow he was more
than repaid. The Mandolin club
gave a selection, "Flowers of Italy"
that enraptured the audience. Led
by Sig. Mantonelli, the club is composed
OF Miss Trefethen and MeSsrs. Palmer,
Braden, Willard and Merriam, mando-
Inns, and Buckman and Williams
guitars. The music is exceedingly
sweet, and the encore that followed was
a perfect storm Of applause. A. w.
Parter, the baritone soloist, sang the
Tercador's song, from Carmen, with
great expression and sweetness, and
the entertainment closed with a selec-
ton by the Hollow Cave Banjo
club. Messrs. G. r. Shibley, Robert
Gale, E. S. Rogers and Louis Garis ma
nipulated the banjoS and Ed Morse and
Will Gale the guitars. The ''Seek Us
Further North," was delightfully."- ex-
ecuted, and the curtain fell upon as
highly pleased an audience as ever
visited the opera house. The Press
club will net something like 81 ZOO, and
its members are more than satisfied