St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-12
hing 1t WAS the

atlves.
Fashion is everything. 1t was the
fashion to either participate in or wit
ness the unique entertainment for the
benefit of the chapel at Burlington
Heights. and as an easy and natural
consequence, Harris theater held
about all of the society people
of st. Paul. The capacity is
considerably over 400 and the Inference
is that more than the sailed society 400
were present. The large predominance
of the fair sex gave particularly
jaunty air to the house, and from the
st ge to the rafter curve it reSembled a
huge and brilliantly colored bouquet.
The smile might be completed by add
ing the bouquet was tied at the bottom
by the strings of the DAM orchestra,
which furnished no inconsiderable por-
ton of the programme, invigoratlng it
with an overture from MendelsSOhn.
When the curtain arose it disclosed
an exceedingly pretty tableau, and there
were enough "Ohs!" and "Abs!' to tes-
tify to superabundance of feminine adj
mlration. The tableau pictured scene
from the fourth act of midsummer
Nights Dream" and was, if not true to
art, bewitchingly pretty. The scene is
familiar to all readers of Shakespeare'S
beautiful comedy. Oberon and Titania
have quarreled. To avenge himself,
Oberon squeezed on the eyes OF Titania
while she slept the juice of a
flower which will cause her to love
the first thing she sees when she
awakeS. The first object her eyes rest
upon is Bottom, mortal, who is in the
wood, and whom Puck, for the sake of
fun, has donned with an ASS head.
The scene represents Titania, surround
ed by her attendant fairies, careSSing
Bottom, while Oberon and Puck in the
background, unseen by her, are enjoy
ing the scene. The various characters
were represented as follows:
Bottom, q weaver. ........... LeedOm Sharp
Oberon, king of the fairies. Master G. Acker
Titania, queen of the fairies. Miss a. Monfort
Puck =. ............-..- Master Dan Moon
Moth 49,. .... Master kimball Stone
Peasblossom. Titania's | Miss c. Kalman
Cobweb. 80. Attendants Master Auerbach
The group was very prettily set and
included. besides those specified above,
a score of cute little sprites, every one a
household darling from the hill, with
gauze wings and glittering crown or
tiara. The audience applauded rap
| turously, and the tableau was shown
three times before the applause would
permit the continuance of the pro-
gramme.
The second part of the entertainment
was devoted to an exhibition of Ed
sons mechanical talking and singing
dolls" in which the inimitable l.. d.
Wilkes figured as the greatest Snowman
on earth. Messrs Wright and Gilbert,
as military and dramatic dolls, respect
lively, convulsed the house with laugh
ter. Mrs. j. l.. Snapp, as Patti, re-
sembled the great diva and very sweetly
sang Meet Me Again." receiving
warmest applause. Mrs. Dr.. Fitch, of
Rockford, LII. who is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Jones, sang Comm Thro'
the Rye" in faultless style. displaying
| magnificent voice whose quality is not
unknown to st. PauPs music lovers.
With selection from Carmen" the
DAM orchestra introduced the third
| part of the programme, and the chief
! attraction of the entertainment. Mrs.
| Manly B. Curry very effectively recited
| the delicious dream of Fair Women"
the tableauX showing at appropriate
times. The first tableau introduced
Helen of Troy (Mrs. W. r. Merriam)
and Iphigenia Miss Spaulding) at the
moment where the latter is reproducing
! the former as the cause of her death in
precipitating the Trojan war. Cleopatra
Mrs. Auerbach) followed. and then
came the daughter of Jephtha Miss Ma
| pier Fair Rosamond Mrs. Lane K.
Stone), Eleanor of Aquitaine Mrs.
| Stryker), and Cleopatra formed strik-
lug trio, harmoniZing with the lines of
the poem.
In an interlude, at this point, Mrs. ].
B. TarboX sang very pretty selection,
with violin obligato, nicely executed
by Miss Lamprey, and received warm
encore.
The dream continued with Margaret
Roper Miss Maud Taylor, Joan of Arc
! (Mrs. Selmes) and Eleanor of CASTLE
! Miss Keyserj in the act of drawing
forth with her balmy BREATH the poison
from the arm of King Henry |. Then
the entire dream was formed in group
picture, and the tableau brought to a
| conclusion with America (Mrs. Furness)
in the center. Mrs. Furness sang
"Star-Spangled Banner" very nicely,
and at its conclusion the ma
tional anthem was sung by group
of choristers, dressed in national colors
and accompanied by waving OF ban
ners. Throughout it was very charm
ing entertainment. The costuming of
| the ladies in the dream was superb, and
none of the historical and NEUROLOGICAL
characters represented would have
blushed for her nineteenth century rep
resentatlye. The groupings were ex-
eeedingly fine aud the music rendered
| in DAMS best style.