St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-03
DRAMATIC DRIFT.

Not exactly from the ashes of the old
Grand, but as sequence of its destruc-
ton, the New Market tbeater, nee
Market hall, will bloom out tomorrow
night in the freshness of pristine
beauty. In an incredibly short time the
old hall has been remodeled into an ex-
ceedingly attractive amusement resort.
Manager Scott merits all the praise that
an appreciative public is beStowing
upon him for his display of enterprise
in this matter. Margaret Mather, so
| we'll known to st. Paul amusement
patrons, will celebrate the dedication OF
this new temple Of art with her per-
Torrance of Romeo and Juliet" the
! latter being an representation in which
she excels. Tuesday night she will
| play Leah, the ForSaken," Wednes-
day evening 1.-THE Honeymoon" and
Romeo and Julet.'' OOripne the
Cute, in her bright comedy, Monte
CrlstO Jr., will begin her engagement
Thursday night, and Will occupy the
New Market the remainder of the week,
including Saturday matinee.
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"The Two Orphans" proved to be one
of those popular plays that the Peoples
theater management could venture ON
for two weeks run. The experiment
fully came up to the expectations of the
management. The stock company laid
off Friday evening to give place to the
production of the opera Patience" by
the amateur company, consisting of st.
opera was well sung, and some of the
members of the cast came up to the
standard of trained professionals. The
bill for this week at the Peoples is "a
Serious Family"
Cherry-lipped girls, temptingiy puck.
ering and whistling popular selections
and classical music, will be the attrac-
ton that will be presented at the Dime
Museum this week. Eight blondes and
brunettes, tall girls and short girls.
slender girls and plump girls, engaged
i'll the pastime of whistling with all the
whistle solos, Duets, triOs, quartettes
and choruses. Madam Milo. the long
haired lady, will also be in Curio hall
with Amelia, the young lady who is so
very fat. Apache Charley, the Indian
scout, aud his wife will be another at
traction. Upon the upper stage the
Bijou Comedy company will present
one OF their most successful farces,
"O'Grady's Boarding House." I'm the
lower theater will be the "Arian Trou-
badOurs." 1t includes Laura Fitzpatrick,
snake; Ella and Claude Fitzpatrick.
the character and operate yOcalists;
Kane Satsuma, the Japanese juggler;
Booker and Leigh; w. }. Fitzpatrick,
the comedian, and the AriOn bell
ringers in the popular selections on
Swiss bells.
The st. Paul friends of Agnes Hunt
ingtOn will rejoice to hear of that lady'S
brilliant success in London. The crit
les of the Old World metropolis concur
in the opinion that no singer ever made
a more successful debut on the London
stage than Miss Huntington in the role
of Paul Jones.
The proprietor of the opera house at
Jackson, Mich, is also an undertaken.
While Cud Given was arranging with
him for the production of "ShadowS of
Great City, in that city recently, some
fellow came in to get coffin for his
mother, who took permanent tumble
into the soup that night. The amuse-
ment manager and the undertaken I'M
locked a side door and pulled out lot
of collins of various sizes, much to the
CONSERVATION of Cud, who was not
ence of "dealer in futures" or hand
me-dOWn collins.
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Minnie Palmer makes this singular
observation: Henry Irving has re-
ceived much praise for the lessons he
taught Americans in stage manage
ment, but the lavishers of this praise
'forget that Henry Irving and Wilson
Barrett and all their disciples simply
eXalt and glorify the theatric effect Tor
the purpose of covering up dramatic
feebleness and histrionic poverty"
rags are royal raiment when worn
for virtues sake" is one of the most
beautiful and famous lines in BARLEY
Champbell's play of the "White Slave"
But these words were not written by
Mr.. Campbell. Tom McDonnough, who
staged the play, it will be remembered.
was present.Of course, at the first rehear-
sal Of the delightful piece, and when this
part of the reading of the play was
reached he changed the original lines to
read in the manner mentioned above,
and they struck the fancy of Campbell
and he struck out his portion of the dia-
loguc.
Mr.. Jefferson has made Mr.. Florence
an offer to join his company next season
to play in ''The Rivals" and in 1.-The
Heir-at-Iaw." Florence, it is SAID, is
willing. if Jefferson will bill the COM
pany as the Jefferson-Florence COM
pany. AS John Gilbert has arranged to
play in this company, and as Mr.. Drew
continues too, the conjunction would,
therefore, be very strong and admira.
BILE.