St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-30
FOOTLIGHT AND FOYER.

niSht, prescribing Dill o. UNUSUAL magnitude |
ana r,crit. The list Of stars includes Jack !
Jarkeek, the famous wrestler, 1,I,iy carter,
the original comedian; Lew Hawkins, an
other of the same brand; Yank Hoe, the jug
gler who can always draw a crowd in 81.
Paul, and his assistant, Omene, who is as
popular as she is pretty: barrow brothers,
gymnasts; Connie Leslie and Louise Mont
rose. original gaiety dancers; Byron and
Weston, operate sketch duo Each evening
prizes will be offered as follows: $25 to the
man whom Carkeek fails TO throw in fifteen
minutes; 500 to the man who throws Car
keek i'll fifteen minutes; 50 per minute for
each minute after the first five to any man
whom Carkeek fails to throw.
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The Two Johns which is SO well known
That 1t Is unnecessary to describe it, will be
this weeks attraction at the Grand opera
house.
"A Barrel of Money" which has been do
ing good business all week at the Harris,
will be continued over this week
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One OF the pleasant dramatic recollections
of last season is ''The Burglar" which makes
It's second visit to st. Paul. opening at the
Newmarket tonight for four nights and u
matinee. The story is an old one, because it
is story of every day. and yet one that is not
often brought to the surface i'll real lie. 1t
Is the story of young man with home
friend fortune, handsome, educated, married
and loved-and yet burglar. he dwells in
the sunshine of a home, wifes love and
child's innocence by day, yet committing
burglary by night. Hunted down and driven
from post 10 pillar by officers of the law, he
becomes an outcast and man upon whose
head price is set By strange but unique
improbabiiity, this burglar is brought into
house that might have been his home. He is
there for plumber Among the treasures he
finds his own child, and then the hardened
face of the thief blends with the golden
tresses of the little innocent. 1t is a lovable
story. Nor is it all tears sorrow. There is a
wealth of refined comedy running
through Mr.. Thomas play that relieves
the weightier portions to a most
cheerful advantage. One objection made TO
the play last year was the tragic ending of
the last act, the burglar dying as the last cur
tain fell. Although this was natural finish
to his life, IL seemed as though, after repent
ing, the playwright should have given him
some chance to redeem his life. Since the
former visit new fourth act has been sub
stituted, and instead of his dying the burg
lar is reunited 10 his family and the curtain
falls on the prospect of the reformed man
making long-suffering wife happy in a new
life tar away from the scenes of so much sor
row. This should prove a most pleasant
change, and one that will certainly relieve an
audience of that impression OF agony that
this otherwise charming play used to close
with. A sound moral is taught by the play:
a moral which strikes home in every family,
a moral which, if needed. makes better men
and women. Laughter and tears intermingle
freely throughout the piece, and one feels
better for having seen it.
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Frank Talmage is banking on his fathers
NAME" said somewhat s6eptical gentleman
yesterday in discussing the coming visit and
lecture by the son of DR.. Il. De Witt Talmage,
of Brooklyn. This gentleman evidently had
not seen the Eastern pap .rs. which have been
giving Frank no END of complimentary no
tees for his remarkable performances on the
lecture platform. No young man in gen
Grafton has received such universal and I'M
qualified praise from every quarter, and es-
pecially from papers which might be ex-
pected to take an opposite ground. But
Frank Taimage Will be here himself next
Tuesday and will give people q chance 10
judge for themselves of his abilities. He will
lecture in the evening at the Central Park
Methodist church, corner Twelfth and Min
nesota streets, on the subject, First I'm
pressions.' This lecture has been delivered in
New York and vicinity with great success.
For the benefit of those who know more
about the father than the son it may be said
that Frank Talmage was born twenty-five
years ago in Philadelphia, where his father
was then preaching. The family moved to
Brooklyn when the son was quite young. His
first experiences of school life were obtained
in the Juvenile High school. and the Poly
technic Institute of Brooklyn. Later he
attended, no CinO Sine nd
from thence went to Williams College. After
two years he was transferred to the Univer-
ity of the City of New York, from which he
graduated last June with first nonors and
was also class orator at the commencement.
He is now studying in Union Theological
seminary. Personally Frank resembles his
father, both in manner and physique He
has resonant. sympathetic voice and a
power over an audience which is phenome-
nal in so young a man, it being apparently
his natural gift TO move his audience to tears
or laughter as the occasion suggests.
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At the Peoples Church-Donald Downie
B. C. L., who has just terminated brilliantly
successful engagement in one of the leading
theaters of New York city, has been secured
for course of three illustrated lectures, to
be given in the Peoples church Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday evenings of this week.
His subjects will be Japan Napoleon the
Great and the Paris Exposition" His
illustrations are not simple photographs, but
are colored views painted by celebrated
French artists, and are said to be finer than
anything of the kind heretofore seen in this
country. The great New York dailies
unite in speaking of his entertain
ments in the very highest terms
Not only is there TO be brilliant lecture and
superb illustrations. but what the public
will doubtless appreciate as much as any
thing else, the manager has decided to give
them the advantage which he has obtained
in securing the immense auditorium of the
Peoples church, and has fixed the prices of
admission, including reserved seats, at but
half the rates usually demanded for these en-
tertainments. This liberal policy will, un-
doubtedly, result in completely filing the
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