St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-31

town, wears a short coat nowadays and
smile. The coat makes him look like
a small edition of Falstaff, but the
smile redeems the tout ensemble. Ed
basks in the sunshine on bright days,
chats eheerily and in many other ways
is floating gently down with the tide.
His balm of Gllead is a contract to
travel next season with Louis James
for good fat salary, And to go with
James is to have good time, for the
husband of Marie wainwright has heart
as big and warm as his hand. ~
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Jessaline Rodgers, of the Pence, is
not exactly dog fancieF, but she has
four or five canine pets. Three of them
are Newfoundland pups. and she is saw
Ing her money to buy farm for them.
The fourth dog is the only one GIFTS
kind on earth. 1t looks like cross be-
tween an old muff and porcupine, aud
believe it is. 1t IS longer than Bret
Harte'S ''BOonder," yellow, elephant
footed, png-nosed, lop-eared, wall-eyed,
tough-skinned, and a great masher.
Two of the Newfoundland pups were
sent Miss Rodgers recently, a present
from the young tragedian Foote. FOote
is now out West somewhere, doing the
legitimate.
If it had been generally known that a
good-looking young lady who has S4O.-
OG0 IN her own name was appearing at
the Pence last week, Manager Book
might have been made few dollars
richer. The wealthy young lady took
very small part. She is good-looking.
She said few days ago that she had
decided finally to try the stage and WOO
fame with sock and buskin (dollarS).
The question has been asked since
Potter of Texas" was announced. why
Gunther, the author of the book, did
not dramatize it, as well as his Barnes
of New York" Potter" IS a much
stronger character. and the novel is
more dramatic than Barnes" Fhe
secret is that Mr.. Gunther knew of no
actor who could create Potter"
john L. Raymond only made a
success of Col. Sellers. The
character is great in the novel. but it
was great on the stage only in the hands
of Raymond, who was born for the part
Frederic Book says that Potter is as
difficult to portray as Sellers, and
Stronger-Potter is more of man, But
with feeling that he is peculiarly
fitted for the part. and the weeks of
study and rehearsal he has put upon it,
Mr.. Book believes that at the first per-
Torrance tonight he will place Potter
among his masterpieces.
i
Since that solemn and deeply tragic
scene in the county Jail, which was the
built around the murder has been sug-
geSted. What bright and pleasant
evenings entertainment would be af-
forded by beautiful play whose theme
was brutal murder that advertised
bad family and ended with a henging
beeI
A late rumor is that the Define people
are negotiating for the Pence opera
house building.
Phosa McAlliSter, whose career at the
Pence was about as short as glorious, is
playing ''Theodora'' through the South,
OF was about month ago.
Manager Pat Harris, of the Hennepin
theater, or Harris's theater as he will
call it. has engaged the Andrews Opera
company for the summer, beginning
May l.
Ed Barbour may be up this way in
May with his company. Hundreds of
friends will be glad to see HIM, and a
good many will eagerly help to spoif,a
good actor with an invitation to drink.
Ed is something of a Rip Van Wrinkle,
always hoping all his friends may 'Hf
long und prosper" He was often
shiftless in his acting at the Peoples
and Pence, but at both places he made
lots of friends because he IS sympa-
thetic on as well as off the stage, and
has generous endowment of ability.
What a struggle the bright side of his
nature has had with the darker Ocea-
sionally the fine impulses get complete
control on the stage, and then he sends
a thrill of nobleness, pathos OF affec-
ton into every heart in the house. How
many will remember his Dunstan Kirk
and his Rip Van Wrinkle.
OTIS CoLBUEN,