St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-24
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!; SCHOLAR OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS !:
/: TO GRAND sTEREopT1coN EXHIBITION !:
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/: SATURDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 80, !:
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The,kind of comnanu the child has to

The'kind of company the child has to
be found in is placed in very small type,
but it is usually the most important line
Oh the ticket. Almost every other de-
vice has been tried by the managers of
travelling compa MES, but none so eff
fective as this. 1t has been said by
aged members OF the profession that
this same method was used to ensnare
TheSpis and many of the boys then run
ming the streets of Athens by Manager
Aeschylus. who had resigned his posi-
ton of general in the Athenian army TO
accept the management of Bacchus the
ater of Athens. This was about $50
years before the Christian era began.
and as Athens was considered a good
show town, and as the Bacchus didn't
have any competitors, Aeschylus sue
ceeded in getting all the latest attrac-
tons. High Tide" ga Clean Sweep"
maggie MITCHELL "Keep 1t Dark"
and all those big attractions made their
first success about that time. Twice as
many children will buy their tickets
and get into their seats in theater in
the same length of time women can. 1t
sounds strange, but il is fact. They
always have their money ready in their
hands-or mouths-when they come up
to box office, and buy their ticket and
OIL UP OHO bII q
time, with a joy and blaze of happiness
beaming from their features that easily
tells what they are thinking of and pro-
claiming them childish gems" This
is, of course, from the age of five
to ten or twelve years, but when
below the earliest of these ages they
yell Papa" or "Who is that man.
ma?'' at the actors in the midst of a
serious stage situation. Why, that
throws an entirely different colored cal
clum on their childish natures.
Children, no matter how young, so
that they talk, have disposition to-
wards plays; in fact, it seems inherent
in human nature. That's probably the
for over 1000 years. Pat Bauman, the
doorkeeper at the Grand, was one
matinee afternoon quickly ap-
preached by two chattering little
fairies, who said: sinister, won't you
let us go III free? Us little girls are 60
ing to play Babes in the Woods in
mammals kitchen, and we want to see
II your players know more than we?"
The little ladies were admitted without
ticket, and eagerly took in every stu
alton, and probably proited by what
they saw, which added much to the
elaborate kitchen revival of "Babes in
lfiO w OOuS. IdT6uUS are nOU Only look
ing more and more towards the drama
as moral educator for their chill
dfen, thereby drawing large
share of youthful patronage, but
child heroes are at present the
reigning successes in plays, as Illus
trated by the prosperity of Tommy Rus
sell and Ray Muskell in 'Little Lord
Fauntleroy," and Little Eslie Leslie, ia
the latest New York Lyceum theater
success, 1.-THE Prince and the Pauper."
1t must be remembered when the word
drama is used as moral educator it
does not refer to the biood-curallng, re-
voting scenes that have been allowed to
exist under that title and fill the patron
OF the cheap price price theaters with a
sincere feeling that the only attributes
to immortality that are necessary
are pair of big top boots, plenty of
experience in crime, blood hounds, gun
powder, red fire and something to wreak
his vengence upon. The characters
put upon the stage by Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett are new and exceed
ingly happy contribution to recent stage
productions, and by their faithful ex-
hibdti0n few years more will weave
web OF goodness and morality in the
atrical performances that such attrae-
tons as ''Whirlwind Jack, or the Night
Riders Revenge" or shows of this or
der, can never break, because they WON'T
be tolerated.