St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-26
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE.

Manager l.. N. Scott returned yes
terday from his Eastern booking trip,
and it is fair to presume he is loaded
down with famous attractions. Mr..
Scott is revolving several stellar feat
ures in his mind for a selection for the
opening of the new Metropolitan
theater. which will be the dramatic
event of the Northwest. There is nat
urally some little doubt as to the exact
time the splendid new amusement
temple will be ready, but it will be
pretty nearly up to the schedule. Those
attractions booked IN advance Of that
date will be played at the Newmarket.
Plump and charming Nellie McHenry
began an engagement at the Newman
ket last night, playing to a good house.
She is the play, but the play doesn't
suit her. 1t is an entire departure for
Peggy for the ripping and bubbling
merriment of the Nellie McHenry of
the days of the Troubadours. She can
charm in any play, and she charms
even in so radical a departure as
Lady Peggy" The story of it is
that of wait picked up by pawn
broker and "fence'' in the slums of
New York, and adopted by him, more
to be his drudge than for any feeling of
pity. When the curtain raises Peggy
| is young woman, and the gang of
evil doors who surround the pawn
| broker desire to use her to fill the place
| of a lost child, for which a wealthy
father has advertised. Peggy, dare
devil as she is, is let into the secret, de-
| ceiving the fond old father, who places
| her in his home in luxury, The girls
nature, purified by the refinement of a
| father, mellows, and at the end of the
second act she concludes rather to be
| driven away from the good mans door
than to aid longer in the deception.
| She is then again driven to the great
metropolis, where she discovers the
pawnbroker and his pal plotting for the
murder of the old man, whom she saves
during a strong melodramatic scene,
| during which two enormous Russian
WOf-hounds, her pets, come to the
rescue. In the final act Peggy is found
to be really the daughter of the million
aire, and the last curtain falls Oh Lady
Peggy at home, beloved by her father
for her own worth. The sympathetic
and emotional scenes in which Miss Nc
Henry was seen for the first time in her
| lOIlS CdIt6I, SllOWOQ UiiO CAOOilOIib u Gill
ing of the old school of acting from
which she graduated and the different
outbursts of pathos were so neatly
handled by her during the end of the
first act that her success was even then
acknowledged. Later on, however, she
developed force, latent until now, that
astonished her warmest admirers and
made the house re-echo with applause.
j.
Tonight the famous Strauss opera,
"Merry War;" will be given by the Will
burs at the Harris. While comic opera
is supposed to develop vein of comedy,
the music and melody should not be
sacrificed entirely. 1t would be too bad
| to have the beautiful strains OF Strauss
given over entirely to horse play. The
Wilburs are fine party of comedians
and know their long suit, but little
more opera would not be out of order.
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The farce comedy ''Later On" will be
given at the Newmarket the latter half
of the week. and the sale of seats will
begin tomorrow.