St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-13
talk OF The TOWN.
Matters of Interest to Mime
apolitans Of a Diversified
Nature.
The Racket Family Orchestra
and Its Nice Little
Racket.
Theo Hays in Tights and Red
Fire at the BUou Opera
House.
Why Aid. Sterling Wanted
to Jump Athwart Aid.
Sterling''s Neck.


between "Dyspeptic" of the Evening
Tribulation and Manager Egan of the
Harris theater. over the ability Of
the Racket family orchestra,
which plays at the theater. ''Dyspep-
tic'' remarked that the Racketts
couldn't handle Sullivan's orchestra
ton of the '.Mikado,' whereupon
Manager Harris wants to know if eight
men are supposed to make as good
music as the full DAM orchestra. Tho
Racket family, and by the way it's we'll
named, is composed of very ambitious
young men who would play Wagner's
"Tannhauser" overture, or rather play
at it, if it was set before them. The
criticism of that portion OF the public
which knows a little something about
music probably would be that this cele-
brated aggregation of musical talent
makes too much racket. 1t undertakes
| to give limitations. of cyclones.
ocean steamship trips to Coney Island
| and other descriptive pieces, in which
the squeaking of viollns and occasional
footing of a cornet, together with ener-
| getic work on snare drum, are sup
posed to represent the commissions OF
nature. the marching of armies, and
trips around the world, aided, of course,
| by a lively sense of Imagination and
conjecture on the part of the nearer. "A
| ridiculous instance of the attempt on
the part of the members of the orchestra
to distinguish themselves at the eX-
| penSe of good taste occurred when Rhea
| appeared in Minneapolis last winter In
Josephine, Empress of the French"
The curtain had just gone down on the
touching scene when Napoleon banishes
his faithful Josephine from his side.
The scene was such sad
one that many of the audience
were in tears, and even applause
seemed out OF place. Suddenly the
Racket family burst out IN wild con-
| catenation Of weird sounds supposed to
represent a midnight debate and subse-
uuent violent disagreement OF two cats
on back yard fence, followed by the
hurting of bootjacks and the firing OF
pistol. It's wonder that there was not
a revolt on the part of the audience and
that es'favorite family orchestra" was
not mobbed, but the righteousness OF
the offense provoked too much good
| humor.
IL
Well. the teams got to playing ball
| again, and you can attend with some as
surance of getting your moneys worth,
instead of an attack of biliousness. 1t
is to be hoped that Elmer Foster will be
released to play with some team In
South America or some other distant
quarter of the globe. 1t would seem
that his private affairs and grievances
had occupied about all the space, edlto-
rial and local, i'll the evening papers
that his Importance warrants. He has
PLAYED ball in the Northwest for seven
] or eight years, and has always been an
! element of diScord wherever he has ap-
peared. Even his brother couldn't get
| along with him when he had the team,
and the chances are that no one ever
will.
Frank N. Shaw is going to have the
town out to see his running races, II en-
terprise and advertising will do it. His
billing is gorgeous beyond comparison.
People will take some pleasure in help
ing along a man like this, who appears
to have some "go'' in him.
Il
Frederick Book, Jessaline Rodgers,
Edwin Barbour and Neil Scully are
back here and are going to give four
weeks season of comedy at the Bijou.
beginning tonight. These people all
have friends and admirers in Mime
apolis who remember them in the old
stock company days. There are doubt
less several hundreds of people who yet
think Neil Scully is the Funniest com
edian in the world. Scully, by the
way possesses the same graceful con-
tour as of old, and has somewhat recov-
cred from the paralysis of an optic
nerve, which gave him the appearance
of perpetually wlnking at some one
who had just gone around the corner.
Edwin Barbour is but ghost OF his
weighed but 129 pounds as the result of
the fla grippe" He thinks of writing
another play and calling it by that
name, and says he could sustain the
leading role to perfection. "La Grippe"
wouldn't be bad name for play,
would it?
The return of the old-time favorites is
due to the enterprise of Theodore Hays,
who leased the theater for the month.
and will run it on his own account. 10
make the attraction doubly certain OF
drawing big audiences, the statueSque
Theodore has volunteered to ''go on''
himself and give fencing exhibition
with an adult Tribune reporter. Theo
is to appear in tights, and it is whis-
pered that Frank BiXby intends to have
him photographed by flash light, the
same way in which Marion Manola, who
is singing with De Wolf Hopper in
"Castles in the Air" at New York
theater, was take at the instance of her
manager when she refused to have her
shapely limbs and swelling bust photo
graphed for advertising purposes.
What do you think! A Minneapolis
band yesterday, in the course OF its
pilgrimage as advertising agent for a
base ball agent, played 'Down Went
McGinty' and Little Annie Rooney"
The stroke of enterprise that induced
the band to procure music OF such re-
cent composition is commendable.
Heretofore most of the Minneapolis
bands have selected "Montrose Quick
step,,' and other relics of former years
with which to regale the ears OF the pub,
lie, which is defenseless to protest
against either the quality or class OF
music rendered, because it is free.
The smoothness with which the play
"The County Convention was put on
at Normanna hall last Tuesday indi-
, I Gated careful rehearSing and drilling OIL
the part of both principals and chorus
, Uncle Loren Fletcher, who essayed the
part of heavy walking gentleman, al
though he did not read his lines clearly
at first, carried his part well on the
whole and is to be complimented upon
the intense but quiet sarcasm he in
| stilled into the passage, This is con
, vention in the interest of no man.
which was especially effective. remind
ing one of the cutting scorn with which
Daniel Dougherty spoke the words
$50 are they all, all, honorable gentle
men," in Marc Antony's address ovel
Cesar's body in his lecture OIL
"Orators and Oratory," at Armory
hall last winter. A. A. Hall
the comedian, was funny, especially
in his makeup. although the construc
ton of the piece gave him but little
prominence. R. E. Perkins, the con
tralto, sang the part of the Excelsior
: Maid'' to perfection. The chorus, al
though not strong, was we'll balanced
for harmony, although the sopranos wh'