St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-20

will be entirely new, and some novel
mechanical effects are to be produced.
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Bellew in Gan The announcement
of Kyrle Bellows and
tony and Mrs. Potter's appear
ance at Palmer's the
Cleopatra" alter is thus given in
New York paper:
Antony and Cleopatra a melodrama
by Kyrle Bellew, with suggestions by a
Mr.. William Shakespeare, of England,
and gowns furnished by Mrs. James
Brown Potter" The criticism that is
players is very harsh. Mrs. Potter is
said to fail to grasp the magnificent
role of Cleopatra, her gestures are
ridiculed and her arms are called
''windmills." There seems to be
nothing too mean for the critics to say
about Bellew; and, taking it all in all,
the "Wax dolls" are deserving of SYM
pathy.
Emma Abbott Years ago Emma
Abbott expressed de-
to Retire. termination to retire
from the stage if her
husband should be taken from her, and
after the close of this season she is not
likely to be seen on the stage again.
She would be glad to retire immedi-
ately, but should she abandon her many
contracts for the season, her pecuniary
loss would be great. Ho wever, if it is
true that she is now worth nearly 81
100000, she might be able to bear the
loss of few thousands without incon-
Venlence.
Cleveland w. S. Cleveland, the
minstrel manager, has
and a great aversion to
deadheads. He always
Deadheads. says, elf you want to
see the show, pay for
it," Even newspaper men are looked
upon with suspicion when they present
their ''compS" at the door. When
the Haverly- Cleveland MINISTRIES were
at Chicago, one of the members of the
company remarked, "Will's mother is
coming next week to see her sons show
for the first time" .'Then you bet
she'll pay to go ill.," was the reply of an
actor who had tried in vain to get in
some of his friends as deadheads.
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Mrs. Langtry Mrs. Langtry is said
to be writing sketch
an Author. of her life. 1t will of
necessity be an inter-
esting book, for both royalty and New
York swelldom will be likely to
figure conspicuously in it. 1t will also
prove valuable acquisition to the
fashionable mOdiste. 1t could hardly
description of her costumes, for her
dresses are part of herself.
Mary Ander- Much has been heard
of Joseph, the brother
sons Sister. of Mary Anderson, but
Mary has Step-sster,
who, with training, is likely to make
more brilliant showing on the stage
than the dull-headed brother. The Sis
ter is being educated by Mary, and is
soon to be taken to London in the
"Winter's Tale" company. The girls
genius is equal to that of her famous
sister, and her career on the stage will
doubtless be as brilliant. She is much
younger than Mary, prettier and better
form, but she greatly resembles the
appearance of her sister few years
ago, She is really a smaller edition of
Mary Anderson.
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Little Lord Elsie Leslie Lyde,
the child who is draw
Fauntleroy. ing such crowds to the
Broadway theater as
Little Lord FauntlerOy, is not yet ten
years old. She is a little mite with
a seraphic cOuntenance and golden hair,
and looks much younger than she is.
The little girl went on the stage five
years ago in Joe LETTERS on's company,
and has been playing ever since. Since
her debut as Little Lord FauntlerOy, she
has been the pet of New York theater
goers. Old men and society women are
lavishing bon-bons, chocolate creams
and dolls upon her, and in her nursery
she is mother to twenty gay and sad
specimens of dollhood. The child is
besieged with letters from auto
country and England, and she
keeps up a fourishing correspondence
with literary people and dramatic stars.
She was never sent to school, and in
some respects is more ignorant than
most children of her age, but she is
remarkably good reader, and her spell
ing is remarkable in its way. Elsie is
a firm adherent of the reform style of
spelling, and with her every word is
spelled as it sounds. Her letters are
amusing illustrations of this phonetic
spelling. Off the stage Elsie lives the
life of any ordinary little girl. She is
fed on bread and milk, takes her after
noon nap, and is chaperoned by her
nurse when she walks in the park. She
sits gracefully on her tricycle., dances
like little fairy, and is very DESTROYS
of learning to swim. This last accom-
plishment her careful mamma does not
approve of, and all her swimming feats
are performed in the bath tub, where,
as the little actress puts it, she ''foats
with satisfaction
Actresses ROsina Vokes says
she never wore wig
and Wigs. in her life, but most
actresses prefer to wear
wigs. There are very few actresses of
note who allow themselves to be bur-
dened with hair. They prefer hair that
can be put on or taken off at pleasure.
Long and heavy treSseS are undeSira-
BILE, for where it is necessary to conceal
them it is almost impossible to do so.
Patti has very little hair Bernhardt says
she could not exist with heavy head of
hair, and Nilsson had the mnst beauti
full blonde hair, butShe had it cut off and
made into switch. Adelaide Nelson,
Miss EaStlake and Charlotte Cushman
have preferred short hair. Kathryn Kid
der has fluffy golden hair that reaches to
her shoulders. Louise Dillon was shorn
to the scalp for her part in 'sThe Wife,"
She declares she doesn't know the color
of her hair or anything else about it.
Says she: "Hair is the greatest drawback
to woman's freedom, and l never
cease wishing that L had been born
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