St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-22
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

JAMES O'NEITL has done an excep-
tiOnally fine business at the Grand the
past week in "Monte- Cristo." Mr..
ONEILL succeeds in maintaining the
popularity of the old play by giving at
tention to the stage setting, and by
keeping first-class support at his back.
The company is away above the aver
age, and the scenery is excellent. When
Mr.. O'NELL returns next season he
will have new play.
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The Bostonians have their return en-
gagement at the Grand this week The
repertoire includes "Mignon," which
will be produced for the first time in
this city, and will be sung Monday and
Friday evenings. At the Wednesday
matinee Bohemian Girl" will be sung,
by special request of a large number
of opera patrons who have a desire to
see Miss MCPHERSON'S artistic dance
again.
Harmony In an opera company would
be an anomaly. The Bostonfans started
out as happy family, with the pros
pect that, whatever else might befall the
never beset its pathway. And yet, be-
MUoRI has left the company, and Miss
HUNTINGTON has signifed her intention
OF going.
1t is stated on authority Of ED JOHN
STONE, the advance agent of the COM
pany, that Miss HUNTINGTON'S pro-
Spective departure will not be the re-
suit of any misunderstanding or un-
pleasantness. On the contrary, her re-
lations with the company are of the most
cordial nature. 1t is purely business
affair. Miss HUNTINGTON wanted more
salary for the next season than the
managers were willing to pay her, so
they closed a contract with JESSIE
BARTLETT DAVIS TO take her place. It
is also stated that Miss HUNTINGTON
proposes to organize all opera troupe of
her own next year, to be known as 1.-The
Agnes Huntington English Opera COM
pany."
CAMILLE MUORI, who recently left
the BoStonians, pOurS tale of woe into
the ears of the Chicago press which dis
counts the horrors of the De LUssAN
episode. MUoRI attempts to upset the
acting and imperious little ZELIE, backed
by a partial manager, who created
discord in that once peaceful FAM
lily, the old Ideals. She says that
the mature Miss STONE and the am
bilious Miss HUNTINGTON waged the
same war of determination against her
that they had formerly done against DE
LUssAN. According to MUoRI's own
statement, she had not been with the
BOStonians long before her beauty, intel
Hgence and fine singing commenced to
attract attention; and when to this crime
was added the fiattering comments of
the newspapers, Misses STONE and
HUNTINGTON issued their edict that
She must be Inundated. She says that
her success in the character of Mignon
was the straw that broke the back of
these suffering females. The role was
taken from her without an explanation,
and when she pressed for a reason, the
managers with true Boston dignity told
her that they were running the show to
suit themselves. According to her ver-
sion of the disturbance. season with
Miss STONE and Miss HUNTINGTON is
equivalent to hot July in Pluto's do
minionS.
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1t is plain Justice to the management
and the leading ladies of the Boston
iansn to say that MUoRI's story needs
confirmation before it will be devoured in
this section. Miss HUNTINGTON is on
the eve of quitting the organization her.
self, and there is no reason why she
would want to prosecute MUoRI. And
as for MARIE STONE, everybody knows
that the anliable, tender-hearted little
woman wouldn't hurt a fly.
If Miss HUNTINGTON starts out with
an organization of her own, she will en-
! Joy the singular distinction of being
about the only woman in the profession
who will star under her real name
| EMMA ABBoTT's right name is
Mrs. EUGENE WETHERELL, MINNIE