St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-16

familiar to playgoers, is hardly the one to-
foist upon so young and deserving an actor
as Mr.. Harkins, the part will not be slighted,
and the other good characters will serve ma
terially to make strong production. New
scenic effects have been prepared, and Prof.
Brooke promises an excellent musical pro-
gramme.
..*
Il Thursday of this week local pride will as.
sert itself, and Ben johnson, a ST. Paul boy
who was born here, reared here made his
amateur and professional debut here, and is
climbing steadily and winning recognition
right at home, will be given a benefit at the
Peoples theater. His friends have rallied
and sold tickets enough to fill the house, and
the programme will be one of the best OF the
season. Luke Martin will sing his plaintive
ditty "Any Ornaments for Your Mantel-
piece?" Manager Walker will give a reading;
Harold Russell will recite a favorite selec-
ton: Laura Burt will be seen in some of her
clever specialties; Franklyn W. Lee will re-
cite an original poem, SIN the Shadow, by
the Gate" and the bill will close with the
sparkling comedietta 'Sweethearts," with
Mr. johnson q nd Miss Adah Hawkins in the
heading roles
There will be man Of mighty strength at
the dime museum next week. Like all very
strong men who place themselves upon ex-
hibition. he calls himself Sampson, but he is
new Sampson, and he is said 10 be more
wonderful than all of his predecessors. The
manner in which he can benz bars OF iron
and break strong chains has been pronounced
little short of marvellous. Shaw, the long
bearded man; beautiful Mary Sawyer, the
dark-eyed Circassian, and Apache Charley
and his wife, Prairie Flower, are also in
Curio hall. Upon the upper stage Deaves'
Marionette troupe will present an amusing
performance. In the lower theater will be
Mcintyre 4 Rice's Brilliants. They include
Nelsonia's wonder full dog circus: Miles Nor
ris, the Irish comedian; Christy and Pearl,
the sketch artists; Jerry Cunningham, the
old time negro delineator; and Mcintyre and
Rice, the character change artists.
**
P. S. Gilmore will give st. Paul the benefit
of a concert by his entire musical forces at
Newmarket theater next Sunday night. The
wonderful band, with its entire list of SOLO
lists, will be heard in all its excellence, as
we'll as the vocal artists Campanini, Del
Puente; Herr De Danckwardt, the Swedish
tenor from the Copenhagen Royal opera;
Nine. Blanche Stone-Barton, the leading
concert soprano of this country; Miss Helen
Dudley Campbell, the charming New York
contralto, and Signorina De We're, the Won
derful Italian song stress, who is everywhere
being praised as the finest contralto who has
visited these shores for years. The concert
here will be of Sunday character, but there
is just as grand and thrilling music appro-
pirate to Sunday as to any other day of the
week, and in the hands and mouths of such
company of celebrated artists, and under the
direction of such a master as Gilmore. 1t will
be rare musical feast for any community.
While in Boston short time ago Ed II.
Sothern, who makes his first appearance on
st. Paul stage tomorrow night, ran across
an old play bill colored by time, which he
eagerly snapped up to preserve as souvenir.
1t was the bill of his fathers appearance at
the old National theater at Boston away back
in 1852. which. by the way, was his first ap-
pearance in America. Owing to the trepida-
ton produced by his anxiety that night, the
elder Sothern made miserably poor i'm
preston on his audience. In fact, he played
very badly. and the audience became so de-
risive that he finally stepped to the footlights
and said: ''Ladies and gentlemen, if you will
kindly permit me to finish this performance
I'll go home and learn how to act.' which he
Immediately proceeded to do. The next
time he visited Boston he was the sensation
Of the day.