St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-05

Among the scenic and mechanical ef-
fectS is ''The Wreck of the Henrietta"
one of the most elaborate sets ever put
on stage. The company arrives to-
morrow by special train from Los
Angeles. The elephant will be paraded
provided the weather is not too cold.
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The attraction offered for the coming
week at the Peoples is the beautiful
and intensely interesting drama in four
acts, entitled "Mary Warner, or Wife's
Devotion" The piece portrayS some of
the impOsitiOns imposed upon the labor
ing men of the day, through the leech-
like principles by which the mOnOp-
OliStic employer sometimes gains his
fabulous riches. The story is most
interesting one and runs as follows:
George Warner, who is a struggling en-
plOye OF the firm of DuttOn & Downs, is
an inventive mechanic through whose
inventions the firm has become rich;
George, thinking himself not treated
right, wishes to withdraw from the en-
plOy of so tyrannical master and asks
for his back pay with which to
whereupon ga drunken neer-do-
WE'LL" named Bob Leavitt, who is a
friend of Bob's, robs the safe of Dutton
& Downs. and George is accused. Mary
Warner, Georges faithful wife, wishing
to shield her husband, prOclaimS her
self to be the thief. She is cast off by
George, who not understanding the situ-
alton, sends her to prison for five years.
During the five years Mary Warner is
in prison her husband becomes rich
through his inventions. After Mary's
release she is employed as governess in
her own husbands house. to her own
daughter, unknown to George, she being
disguised. Soon after her entrAnceitO
the family circle, Mr.. Warmers Safe is
robbed by one Milly Riggs, who has, i'm
nothing Leavitt. Milly is arrested
but escapes and in her stead, through
misunderstanding Mary is brought into
court again, accused of theft by her own
husband, whom she afterwards lSrecog-
niZeS and a reconciliation takes place,
which once more, after many
weary years, brings sunshine
and happiness into the HIhOme
of the man who is -, still
proud to be called "Only Day La
borer." The piece will be seen with en-
tire new scenery and stage settings
such is as characteristic of the Peoples,
and everything will be done in detaillto
make the week of Feb. 5 the most sue
clally the Peoples has ever SEEM
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''Parnell." the trick elephant used by
the Kiralfys in their spectacle, "ArouRd
the World in Eighty Days." is beauty.
Some one taught him in the past te par
take of the flowing bowl, and he likes a
glass of beer quite well. In San Fran
cisco he was taken out for call,
and the gang accompanying him took
him to popular resort to introduce him
to the proprietor. AS he stepped in OH
the floor the timberS creaked and the
crowd fled, fearing catastrophe. leav-
ing Parnell, master of the situation; he
stuck his trunk around the bar and
on hand. Mixed drinks had
its effect, and he proceeded
after the manner of his human brother
to smash things. His keeper at last
managed to drag him out, much to the
relief of the barkeeper and to the cha
grin of a large crowd who were on the
outside enjoying the situation.
One of the best pieces of forcible, i'm
pressive acting, in which the actor
makes his part stand out without neces-
sarily being obliged to speak. was seen
the past week at the Peoples theater,
when Charles Barringer, the new mem
Der OF the Peoples company, assumed
cault's 'OctorOon." Mr.. Barringer
may be called true artist, who
makes every motion and speech we'll
considered and earnest study. He is
never bOisterOus, but always powerful.
always takes his time, and never waits
for. effects. When the gift of
speech is added to his other
splendid characteristics he ac-
complishes his purpose wholly and
without any apparent effort. His style
and popularity of acting have been
much discussed the past week by
patrons of the Peoples, among whom
he has created quite stir, the ladies
all expressing their desire to see
him i'll a ''lover's part" and pro-
nounce him second Fred Bryton.
an actor, and has that peculiar magnet
ism about him that is fortune in itself
to an actor. He will undoubtedly add
much to increasing the patronage of the
popular Peoples" especially the
matinees. Mr.. Barringer appears the
coming week in the character of Bob
Leavitt, the ''Ne'er-do-weel."
The three productions soon to bepte-
sented at the Peoples theater on ascale
of elaboration are rip Van WnIkle.'
s'The Martyrs" and "Lost in Lohdon."
Special scenery is being painted for
each, including number of transform
alton scenes and tableau which will he
seen in rip" lai1
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The new stage settings of the IGrahd
surpasses anything of the kind ever
seen in the city. The Moorish interior
used in "AliXe" last night was the
comment of the entire audience.W Man
ager COnklin is painting scenery for the
great melodrama, "Jim, the PeHmah."
Following "Around the Worldsat the
Grand, HanloD's New Fantasma'' will
be seen for week. This comic and
spectacular pantOmime will he pre-
sented in the costly way thatilas al
ways marked the productions here be-
fore. Laura e. Burt, a stage beauty,
appears as "Fantasma.''
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Manager Conklin is getting up special
scenery for the production of "Jim the
Penman," which soon comes to the
Grand opera.
James Howe, representing Kiralfys'
"ArOund the World in Eighty Days"
goes to Europe in the summer looking
after new attractions for the Kiralfy
Brothers.
Minnesota Academy Of Medicine.
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