St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-04
GIVEN FOR GAMINs.
Professionals and Amateurs Con-
tribute for NewsbOys' eeds.

tribute for Newsboys' Needs.
1t is seldom that the Grand opera
house contains such a representative
or distinguished audience as the one
which gathered yesterday afternoon to
give Substantial encouragement to the
entertainment to raise funds for the
heWSbOyS' reading room and gymna-
SUM. There was not vacant seat IN
the lower portion of the house, tickets
being sold at 81 each, while the
gallery was so cents. Prominent
among the spectators in = the
dress circle was Archbishop ireland,
who has taken the deepest interest IN
nounced from the pulpit of the cathe-
aral last Sunday that the entertainment
would be given, and called upon his
parishioners to aid it by every means
possible. In the boxes were MesdameS
Frost, Morton, John w. White, Towns
end, TarbOX, Sessions, Stockton. Sher-
man and Finch, Stone. Seymour, Borup,
Stanford Newell. Courtlantlt Taylor,
Bates, Barnum, Flandrau, Clarke
and Semmes; Mrs. Williams with
Mrs. Crawford Livingston's aud
Mrs. Stones children and Misses Her
sey, Finch and F1andrau. The task of
seating the audience was assigned to
the following ushers: MeSSrS. G. W.
Gordon, w. H. Patterson, Jared l.. How,
F. w. NJ. Cutcheon, l.. s. Bigeiow. j.
w. Riddle, James G.. Evans, Etha
Allen, WinSloW Williams, II. G. Wood.
w. F. Peet. Townsend Mchelyyer.. 1t
was expected that GOV.-elect Merriam
and family would be present, but they
were unavoidably absent, being in at
tendance upon the funeral OF Mrs.
Breed, all intimate friend of Mrs. Mer-
riaG's. The performance was model
one i'll every respect, and the success OF
the entertainment was largely due to
the untiring efforts of Maj. A. E. Bates
and +. W. Peet The stage was set for
parIor scene and tastefully decorated
with exotic plants and elegant hang
ings. The members of the BoStonianS
who took part in the performance are
entitled to the credit of having origi-
mated this entertainment. A year ago
they were DESTROYS of showing their
appreciation of the kindness shown
them by the st. Paul public,
and suggested to Major Bates that they
denied to give an entertainment Tor
some charitable object. After conSid-
cradle discussion it was decided that
the newsboys' home would probably
be worthy of their efforts; and when
they were here a week ago they reiter
ated their promise to take part in an
entertainment if the directors of the i'll
Stitution desired. Messrs. Karl. Mac
Donald, Barnabee and Stndley, Misses
Gordon and Maconda and MIR. and Mrs.
f. w. Hoff represented the BOstonians,
and Fred Warde, the tragedian, gave
recitation, while local talent was rep
resented by Mesdames f. b. Clarke and
T. B. Jilson, Prof. A. Aamold, Miss
Katherine Gordon and Mr.. Cole. BY an
oversight the name of the latter had
been omitted from the programme, and
Mr.. Barnabee, in his inimitable man
ner. mate an announcement to that
effect, and prepared the audience for
treat in the baritone solo rendered by
Mr.. Cole. Every number was enthusi-
astically encored, and the par
Elephants very generously responded,
to the manifest delight Of the
audience. 1t was proposed as mark of
appreciation of the efforts of the ladies
OF the Bostonians, that they should be
presented with choice floral Offering,
BUT when they learned of this
they vetoed the proposition and
urged that the money intended
to be spent for flowers should be
turned into the treasury of the home.
1t is expected that the entertainment
will net upwards of $1,000. and Manager
SCOTS contribution was Il receipted bill
for the advertising and bill posting, SO
that the expenses of the affair were re-
auced to q minimum.
NOTES.
s.Damon and Pythias" will be pre-
scented this afternoon at the Grand.
The sale of seats for the engagement
of Joseph Murphy will begin this morn
ing at 8 O'Clock.