St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-02
SAINT PAUL.
additional City News on the Eighth Page.
AMUSEMENT NOTES.

Emma Abbott as YUM Yum at
the Grand---"Martha" at the
PeopIe's--SmaIlA Audiences, but
Good Performances.
When the curtain rang up at the
Grand last night it was evident to
Emma Abbott's manager that mistake
had been made in opening her engage
ment in opera in this city with the
9sMikado.'' The number of vacant
seats i'm the house told plainly enough
that St. Paul people were not partial to
threadbare performances. Yet the oc-
casion seemed an excellent OPP
.portunity for a display OF tnat
rare quality of grit which
Miss Abbott possesses, and winch mas
been a potent agent in achieving her
Success. In addition to being compare
tiyely few in numbers, the audience
seemed disposed to chillineSS. The CON-
pany appeared to be depressed by the
Surrounding conditions, and the opera
had a wonderfully tame beginning. The
average prima donna would have
been discouraged, and would have
hied herself to her dressing
room to drown her chagrin in
tears. But not so with plucky Emma
Abbott. She came on to the stage as
clipper as a cricket, her face Wreathed
in smiles and her voice tuned to
melOdiOuS key that would have set
song bird wild with envy. To those
who knew her best it was evident that
she meant to warm that audience up to
fever heat. And she did. BY the time
She had reached the solo THE Moon
and l. the Grand was ringing with
plaudits. and when she responded to an
encore with the interpOlated song "Nhat
the birds sang to me" there was no
bound to the enthusiasm. She had
caught her audience, and carried them
with her to the close of the perform
ance. Miss Abbott is not the ideal
Yum-Yum. because she looks too we'll
fed to have come out of a boarding
school. But. in all candOr, she never
sang better IN her life than she did last
evening. Nor has she ever looked
younger and freSher than she is looking
this season. Miss Annandale's voice
was also in perfect condition,
Mr.. Broderick. The other mem
bers of the company did not come
up to the usual standard of an Emma
ABBOTT cast. Walter Aliens funny
work in the role of ''KokO' delighted
Nhe audience and kept up constant
sippIe of laughter. The chorus is well
drained. The orchestra could be i'm
proved by the addition of some more
pieces. 'TrOYatore" tonight.
MARTHA. THE FACTORY GIRL"
ssMartha. the Factory Girl" pretty
little Serio-cOmic drama in three acts,
was presented at the Peoples last even
ing before an audience far smaller than
the excellence Of the play ought to
warrant Mr.. Russell and Miss LIE Baron
were not cast. and their places were
filled bv Mr.. Wyngate and Miss Arm
strong. MI. Cotton appeared again
after an absence of week, and
was lucky enough to fall IN
to an ''Old man" part-his forte
Mr.. Lipman took to the Scotch dialect
like a duck to water, and the love
scenes between himself and Martha
We're as touching and affecting as they
were true to nature. Miss Armstrong.
for the first time since she joined the
company, was cast in part of some
Importance. In dress and appearance
she was an ideal Lady Valeria, but
she Las two faults which she must learn
to correct, Tigidity and frigidity. The
comedy work of MIR. Stanley and Sally
the Peoples stage. Miss Will
jams was especially clever as
Sally White. and she dispOrted
herself with a reckless abandon posi-
lively refreshing. The scene between
herself and Mr.. Stanley in the last act,
where they both affect the ''heaYy,"
-yaS a treat worth going miles to see.
f the paradox may be permitted, Mr..
-1uebner was a good villain. The other
members of the cast were all that their
characters called for. The same bill
the rest of the week.