St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-17
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

from tnlS time forward the Newmarket
will stick to the legitimate" remarke d
Manager Scott few days ago. And
the bills for this week and next con-
firm the managers statement. 'sStill
Alarm" goes on the boards at the New
market tomorrow night for weeks
run, and next week ''Jim the Penman"
will be the attraction. "The Still
Alarm is romantic comedy drama,
which proved a great success in Lon
don, New York and Chicago. 1t is re-
plete with stirring and ambitious ele-
mentS which enter into fireman's life.
The managers promise to produce the
play at the Newmarket with all the re-
alistic effect that it has been produced
elsewhere, including the scenery, which
gives such picturesque effect to the per-
formance. There will be a perfect en-
CINE house on the stage, showing all the
details as seen i'll any fire department.,
and a real engine drawn by horses.
Harry Lacy takes the role of Jack Man.
ly, and the performance is under the
management of Joseph A. Arthur, the
author of the play.
Screaming fsrce-ccmedy will be the
attraction at the Peoples next week,
offering sweet relief after lurid melo-
uahia. luC pay, OdDy, Is du dudp-
tati0n from French comedy entitled
"Be-be," which was first produced in
1877, and shortly afterward brought to
this country. The scenes, situations
and incidents are righteousness itself,
and the action turns upon the advent
ures of Adolphus, the Baby, who is
firmly tethered by his mothers apron
strings when at home and SoWS wild
oats abroad. The cast will be:
Adolphus, the baby. .........A S. Lipman
Mr. Birkett, his papa. R: F. Cotton
Mr.. Dawson, his tutor. go. Charles Stanley
Capt. McManus, his mentor. F. C. Huebner
Dick Talbot, his chum. ...... Harold Russell
Frizzle, his barber. ........... Charles A. Gay
william, his man ..............W Will Marks
Mrs. Blrkett, his mother. .....,.... Mrs Myers
Nine. Bolenta, his tormentor-
Miss May Louise Aigen
Mrs. McManus, mis- 'auntie"-
Miss Lisette LIE Baron
Nellie Bassett, his sweetheart
Miss Kittie Lanphear
Oracle, his chum's friend. Miss May Adams
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The biggest feet on earth will be seen
at the Dime museum next week. They
belong to Miss Fannie Mills, 'sthat girl
from Ohio" who has become known all
over the world from her immense pedal
teXtremities. No human being, and, in
tact, no animal, has as large feet as this
slender girl, who weighs but lis pounds.
1t is estimated that her feet weigh forty
pounds. At her birth it was remarked
that Miss Mills bad unusually large
feet, ana as she grew older they con-
stantly increased in size, out of all pro-
portion to her stature. Miss Mills
wears No. 80 shoe. T hree goatskins
are required to make her a pair of
shoes, or sufficient to make eight
ordinary pairs of ladies' shoes. Her
feet measure 19 inches in length, 715
inches in width and 1919 inches about
the instep. Ed. Willis, the strange
half-man, whose body is covered with
tattooing, will also be in Curio hail.
who makes the most beautiful designs
with cOlored sands, remains another
week. The Seibert children, the beau
tiful albinos, and the Madagascar girls
will also be seen. Upon the upper
stage, the Peassee q Howard Comedy
company will present 'Girl from Vas
sar." The Alhambra Vaudeville COM
pany will appear On the lower stage. 1t
includes Tyson and Vaughn, the Eng
lish musical artists; Miss Gertie Sea-
man. the Operatic vocalist; j. j.. ...Kauffee,
the acrobatic roller-skater; Richard
Brothers, the blaek-faced team; Pauline
Parker, the banjo soloist, and Bert
Hawkins, the cOlOred comedian.
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Business the past week was very good
at the Olympic. This week Blackson
& Burns merry Ramblers'' will be the
attraction. The speciality stars are the
Walsh brothers, very funny Irish come
dians; the three .Ronaldos in groteSQue
dances: Harry de Lain, motto and top
ical vocalist; Blackson and Burns,
negro comedians, in laughable act;
Kitty Smith, skipping rope song and
dance artistic; James W. Thompson in
comic conversation and songs; also
first production of new first part, en-
titled '.The Quakers," introducing J.
Grace Sylvano and our entire company.
This show to conclude with the funny
musical comedy in seven scenes, en-
titled "The Tramp"
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William Gillette is playing the part of
the special correspondent in his play,
Held by the Enemy" and is making
bigger hit than in ''The Private Secre-
tary." The play is really one of the
strongest of our American dramatic
productions, and Mr.. Gillette is per-
forming the part of wisdom in lending
his abilities as an actor to making a
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1t is curious how those English people
get mixed up on American history.
For instance, here is London paper
which announces that Mary Anderson
and Edgar Allan Poe were sweethearts
in their youthful days, and that the
poet of weird Imagination was in the
habit of throwing kisses at her from
his garret window whenever the en-
bryOnlc young actress passed that way.
1t is possible that this attempt to make
Miss Anderson contemporary with Poe
has had something to do with herrecent
illness. At all events, Miss Anderson
is very sick woman, and her physi-
Comfort for rest, and she will not
play any more this season.
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Rev. s. r. Fuller. of Buffalo. in
speaking of the bad effect of sensational
Sunday newspapers, says he does not
object to Sunday publication, but he
thinks there are good and bad Sunday
papers, just as.there are good and bad
theaters, and that he never condems
good theaters. Mr.. Fuller enjoys good
personal friendship with Henry Irving.
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The McCaull Opera company has re-
vamped -''Bocaccio." with Marion
Manola in the leading role, and De Wolf
Hopper to do the funny work. The
company has been playing to a great
business in New York, which goes to
show that an opera with good music in it
never loses its charm by age.
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s'Heroism feels and never reasons,
and is, therefore, always right" says
Emerson in his Essay on HeroiSm."
which begins in this way: Sin the elder
English dramatistS, and mainly in the !
plays of Beaumont and Fletcher, there