St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-03
promised to include many glittering

scene.
Some thirty or forty children have
been engaged at the Chicago opera
house for a juvenile ballet and nursery
rhymes procession, to be seen at that
house July 2S. New costumes, which
were designed by Voegtlin, are in prep
aratioD.
Mr.. ]. 81. Gilmour, who has made
such hit as the grabbed old earl in
Little Lord Fauntleroy," will be the
leading man of the new West End
theater in New York. He is a young
man, although few Of his Chicago adj
mirers would imagine 1t.
Miss Hattie Harvey. young Chicago
soubrette, who is pretty and ambitious,
will twinkle as a star next month.
Clay Greene is now writing for her a
four-act comedy, which will deal with
Mexican life and be called "ChOneta."
Edmond Lyons, now playing Caliban at
McVicker's, will have one of the lead
ing parts.
A. NJ. Palmer is understood to have
accepted for production a new play by
an American author. The piece is called
Eugene Aubrey" and is drama in
four acts, from the pen of Edward NJ.
Alfriend, of Richmond, Va. 1t was con-
Structed for the Madison Square COM
pany and the leading role was written
with Maurice Barrymore in view. This
character is captain in the English
service, and on his life the play turns.
The New York Times says: ga syn
dictate of Philadelphia capitalists has
been formed by ex-Gov. Bum, of Idaho,
to send a company through the country
with Miss Esmeralda' and Monte
Cristo Jr.,' the two successes of the Lon
don Gaiety company. Mr.. Comley,
formerly Of the firm of Comley & Bar
ton, is to act as manager of the Organi-
zatioU." This seems improbable in
view of the fact that the Gaiety COM
pany will revisit this country next sea-
son to fill Miss Anderson'S dates
In two volumes, 1.-The Sleeping Car
and Other Farces," Houghton. Miff1in q
Co., and "The Mouse Trap and Other
Farces," Harper 81 Bros, W. D. How
ellis presents the public with eight little
stories in dialogue which he has written
IN the course of the last ten years. One
of the sketches, THE Parlor Car" is
said to have been intended for the DAILY
other pieces, however, are to be read.
not represented. The humor is light
and delicate, and the touch of the author
is artistic. even when it is devoid of
stagecraft.
II don't think the stage owes him
much" writes Nym Crinele of Wilkie
Collins. 1.-THE Woman in White
Man and Wife and No Name got
upon the stage. but did not appear to
belong there The writer forgets The
New Magdalen."l America did not
strike him. He was in an out an insular
and typical Englishman. He got no
material here for his novels, and l
think he was glad to get back. Charles
Reade. on the other hand. always
seemed to me to be the John Bright of
fiction. He had a sturdy admiration of
America that broke out now and then
in spite of British prejudices."
A. II. Wood, who is trying to take
Master Tommy Russell from his present
managers, is a newcomer in Eastern
theatricals. He is the protector OF the
new West End theater in New York.
ut appears that young Wood became
daft over Tommy. He claims to have
voluntarily paid the little actor $45
week since Feb. Z. merely because he
wanted to be philanthropic. He spent
from 500 to $500 week while 'Fauntle-
roy was at the Broadway, so that his
friends might swell the audience on
Tommy's nights. Moreover, he entered
into the Russell contract knowing that
the lad was bound to Mr.. French"