St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-04
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

OhAmA 11O Gh4H .
Mrs. MCKEE RANKIN and her Golden
Giant Mine'' proved drawing attraction
at the Grand last week. All the perform
anceS were well patroniZed, and every
body felt that they got the worth of
their money in the good, square laughter
which the play provoked.
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After an absence of six years, EFFIE
ELISLER will return to st. Paul this
week and begin a weeks engagement
at the Grand tomorrow evening. Miss
ELLsLER is best known in the dramatic
world as the original Hazel Kirke, :"
Since she left the Madison Square her
growth in public esteem has been steady
and positive, until she is recognized to-
day as the leading exponent of the sub
dued school of acting, or that extremely
rare type wherein enforced simplicity
takes the place of rant and buster.
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Miss ELLSLER'S engagement begins
tomorrow night with the production of
Against Woman," in which she has
scored success. The same play will
be repeated Tuesday, Friday and Satur-
day evenings and Saturday matinee.
Wednesday and Thursday evenings
Miss EI.LsLER will present LAURA
DoN's romantic comedy, Egypt, or A
Daughter of The Nile" Friday even
ing DUMAS Camille will be given.
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MINNIE PALMER is following EMMA
ABBoTT's footsteps by adopting a re-
ligious role. She refused to play in
Louisville on Ash Wednesday and got
into row with the theater manager
with whom she had contract TO play
that day. If Miss PALMER means to be
good Christian she should remember
that there is no religious duty more
sacred than that of faithful observance
of contracts.
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RUDOLPH ARoNsoN's curious lapse
of memory by which he permitted the
contract Tor the cuse of "Erminie" to
expire without renewal has been a
topic in amusement circles for some
time. Mr.. ARoNSoN secured the opera
for two years, from March, 1856, with
the privilege of renewal for two years
more by giving notice to that effect on
or before the first of last January. Mr..
ARONSON went off to Europe, and evil
IDENTIFY forgot all about the notice. So
did the agent of the authors of "Er-
minie," until his attention was called to
it a few weeks ago by his secretary. Ac-
cordingly "Erminie' is now in the
market.
The sensation of the week has been
the disarmament of the National Opera
company, which occurred at Washing
ton. When the company was here its
early diSorganiZatiOn was predicted.
Not because of lack of merit in the
organization or the failure of the public
to appreciate it. But on general
principles everybody seemed to
take it for granted that everything
Manager LOCKE took hold of was sure to
go to wreck. Our st. Paul people had
some previous knowledge of LOCKE'S
capacity as show manager in his man
agement of the Carnival of Nations in
this city. So they were not disappointed
when they learned that the National
Opera company had gone to the wall.
1t is pity that the National Opera
organization had to strand on the
had never been a decent production of
grand opera in English on the American
stage until the National Opera company
gave it. With its failure it will prob
ably be long time until there is an at
tempt to revive grand opera in decent
shape.
The Boston Home Journal says Amer
lea missed its chance to have Bern
hardt when some capable manager like
DAILY or PALMER failed to get the man
agement of MINNIE MADDERN. The
little red-haired slip of genius failed to
catch the tide of fortune when it was at
the food, and possibly it is too late now
to become what she might have been if
only capital and the direction of an
artist had come her way in the begin
ming of her stage career. But for all
that, MINNIE MADDERN has future
before her. Fate can't forever keep
down an artist with such a superabun-
dance of subtle magnetism as is pos
sessed by little MINNIE MADDERN.
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1t is limited in theatrical circles that
Mrs. LANGTRY's neuralgia of the heart
CoGHLAN rejoined Mrs. LANGTRY's
company in Chicago, the Lily cele-
brated the event by giving big supper
in her private car. The company was
small and select, but the morning star
was rejecting his last blush on the
world before the table was cleared,
and three champagne cases testified to
the jealous manner in which Mr..
CoGHLAN's reunion with the company
had been celebrated. The next night
Mrs. LANGTRY had her first attack of
heart neuralgia, and has been having
them right along ever since.
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If Mrs. LANGTRY's bad health COM
nelS her TO leave the stage neither she