St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-09
AMATEUR THEATRlCALS.
Society Queens Make Many Charming
Pictures.
SEEN ON A PARLOR STAGE
Bishop Gilbert's Mission Fund Receives
Substantial and Welcome
Addition.

The entertainment given at the house
of j. A. White, AGO Portland avenue,
last evening, was calculated to make
one regret the millennium-the time
when the poor and the heather will
have ceased to furnish the occasion for
charity to seek such delightful means
of accomplishing its worthy end.
Mr.. Whites home is admirably
adapted to the purpose it served last
evening. The spacious hall and dining
room, opened into one room, formed the
auditorium. The stage was erected in
the reception room and the enchanting
effect which distance lends to all beauty
was secured with the aid of gauze
screen stretched between the stage and
the fOotlights.
The programme was arranged by
Mrs. White, and was conspicuous not
only for its artistic merit, but for the
charm programmes prepared for charit-
able entertainments are wont to lack.
1t came to an end before anybody
thought to ask the time of night, and
left all wishing there was more to come.
Due to the efficient management of Mrs.
White, not a single detail was amiss,
and the performance, from first to last,
went off
WITHOUT HITCH.
The first numbers IAN overture by Prof.
Blaikie, was followed by "Sweet and
Low" sung by the Christ church choir
with characteristic finish. Next came
violin solo by Miss Florence Lamprey,
accompanied on the piano by Miss
Frances TarbOx. In perfect unison, the
two little musicians brought forth, with
true artistic feeling, the sweet strains
of the Traumerei, gaining for pure merit
the applause that was given them. A
sparkling piano duet by Mrs. Gardner
Moore and Mrs. j. III. Morrison
preceded a tableau in two scenes,
Town and Country Courtship." City
cOurtship was pictured by Mr.. SkipWith
and Miss Maud Taylor, who was charm
ing in white satin gown and pearls,
her hair powdered and her fair face set
off by black patches. Miss Stevenson,
in rustic attire at the waShtub, and Mr..
Bigelow, in the garb of country swain,
interpreted cOurtShip as done in the
backwOods.
The "Ave Maria was eXquisitely
sung by Mrs. Tarbox, who was clad in
gown of blue satin and lace, wearing
diamond and sapphire ornaments, and
a blue aigrette in her hair. She was &C
companied by Mrs. Gardner Moore,
who wore white lace dress overdue
silk. The tableau Mistress Mary"
with floral accompaniment, was very
effective. Miss Margaret Smythe, EN-
costume, represented Mistress Mary"
and floral background was composed
of chrySanthemumS, with Miss Steven
sons face as center, Miss FOrepaugh's
pretty face was surrounded by the
petals of Marguerite, Miss TaylOr's,
the center of a suntlOwer, and little
Catherine MortOn'S sweet face, that is
A FLOWER OF ITSELF,
formed the heart of panSy. With the
same unique background, the ballad,
''Where Are You Going, My Pretty
Maid?" was acted and sung by Miss
Gordon and Mr.. Skipwith in such
fetching fashion that repetition of the
scene was insisted upon by the audi
ence. Little Ray Lamprey, clad ina
striped silk Overdress and white lace
skirt, gave banjo solo that was one of
the most delightful features of the
evenings entertainment. Miss GordOn'S
song was enthusiastically received.
The entertainment reached the eli
max in the following and last number.
Lord Ullin's Daughter" was read by
Miss Banning, and introduced a tab
leau that exhibited wonderful piece of
stage mechanism. a raging sea was
realistically portrayed by an angry
tablecloth kept in a frenzy by the I'M
firing efforts of an extremely attractive
stage carpentresS in evening attire.
Lord Ullin's daughter was sight to
behold in the Scotch laSSie, Mr.. Nc
Keever, with wig and petticOats la
mode. With the two Scotchmen,
Messrs. Foster and Corning, the fair
lassie put to sea in clothes basket,
labeled, This is boat" The effect
was ludicrous in the extreme, and to
use a stock expression, brought down
the house.
In theatrical vernacular, "the COM
pany played to packed house." The
object of the entertaiument-to raise
SIS for Bishop Gilbert's mission fund
was more than accomplished, by vOlun-
the ladies in the audience were in full
evening dress, and society was widely
represented. Among the well known
people present were Mr.. aid Mrs. +
Il. Clarke, Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. NJ
Smythe, Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Warner
Mrs. Dorr, DIR. and Mrs. Laughton, Mr..
and Mrs. Lightner, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Morton, Luther E. Newport, Miss New
port, Mrs. McMasters, Mrs. Lenkler,
Mis-. Edgerton, Mrs. Stanford Newell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ransom, Mr.. and Mrs.
Field, Mrs. Potts, Mr.. and Mrs. Cass
Gilbert, Gardner Moore, John Riddle,
Miss Fiandrau, Harry johnson and Col.
IL. p. Rugg.
AT THE PEOPLES.
Lester Wallack's beautiful comedy
drama .'Rosedale" was given its first
presentation at the Peoples last evening,
with the full strength of the stock COM
pany. The play was handsomely
mounted, the elegance of the scenery
adding materially to the general effect.
The best thing in the play was the love
scene in the second act between Elliot
Gray (Mr. Lipman) and Rosa
Leigh Miss LIE BarOn). Mr..
Lipman's acting in the Gypsy scene
and Mr.. Stanley;s comedy work. The
other characters did what they had to
do well. Sally Williams song THE
Bells Go Ringing for Sarah," might
be left out with good effect. 1t (the
song was chestnut before the war.
Company G kindly shed military ray
on the occasion of the gypsies' on
slaught, and took part in very realistic
tableauY Miss Edna Ranph as the