St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-21
FOYER GOSSIP.

Burbank's superb spectacular production
of II Rider Haggard's She will open the
regular season at the popular Harris theater
this Sunday evening, and the indications
presage an overfowing house. Using the
fascinating story of the mysterious Ayesha
as basis, Mr.. Edwin Barbour has made
strong play, which is looked upon as the best
and most consistent version of the novel vet
produced. The novelty of his dramatizatlon
is the formation of connecting link be-
tween the perennially beautiful Queen of
Kor and Aspasla, thus making the play par
TALLY historical. The management pays par
ucular attention to the scenic and Spectac-
ular possibilities of the drama, and the stage
pictures are something to be remembered.
The mystic confines of the land of Kor are
fully shown, and the tableauX include the
city, the caves. the terrible chasm. and other
features peculiar to the story. Electrical
effect is a speciality of no small importance
The interpreting company is above the aver
age. and includes the actor-author, Edwin
Barbour. who will appear as Leo Vincey and
Kallikrates. Miss Elna Wilton. woman of
beauty. grace and ability, impersOnates She
who must- -obeyed. and is said 10 be very
effective. The engagement will continue
throughout the week, and the regular mat
inees will occur on Thursday and Saturday.
The Gypsies are the typical wanderers of
modern times: and yet they trace their origin
back through the mists of the ages TIL before
the dawn of history. and even then they
were nomads. A most curious and interest
ing people they are, with their swarthy faces
heir small. bright black eyes, their fondness
Tor rings in their ears and their lore from
incient times. In all parts of Europe the
traveller comes across the Gypsy camps, and
nowadays they are occasionally to be found
N America. They have their tribes like the
indians, too. There are the horse Gypsies-
he families who exc out a living by raising,
trading, and sometimes stealing horses.
Then there are the familiar fortune-tell-
ratr vhn NIT cplo
your palm or a shuttle of a greasy pack of
cards foresee your whole future. Rarest and
most interesting of all the tribes are the mu-
sical Gypsies. 1t is band of this sort which
is to be seen on the stage in Curio hall at the
st. Paul museum next week. There are in it
two swarthy faced men, two women, who
have dark. weird, fascinating sort of beauty,
and their children. These strange folk play
sort of uncanny and yet pleasing music on
drums and accOrdiOnS.
In Theater No. 2, Mind Reader Hughes
ioes some strange and notably inexplicable
ihings, while Murphy and Macken get some
new and funny kinks on the song and dance
act. In Theater No. 8 Ward and Man, YER
latile musical duo, play on their list of queer
Instruments: Italian harp, mandolin, con-
eertina, orcarina, Otto harp, bandurria, gui-
iarine, and many others.
i
Pete F. Baker opens at the Grand for q
week tonight, presenting for the first half of
The week his popular and successful dialect
er part of the week his new comedy, BIS
narck, = Will be seen. Mr.. Baker is German
dialect comedian we'll known for his abilities
Is an actor. and also as singer of ability
He will be heard in number of new songs,
several of which are of his own composition,
Is he is both actor and composer Both of
bis plays are said to be full of amusing and
laughter provoking scenes and situations,
and his supporting company is one of merit.
i
AT the Olympic the attraction for the week
will be the City Club Vaudeville and Bur
esque company. With the well-known
vaudeville artists whose names appear in
The company role, and the varied programme
announced, the entertainment should be a
pleasing one. One great attraction in the
company will be the presence of Annie
Livingstone, wife of John L. Sullivan. The
curtain goes up on an opera bouffe, ''Studies
IN Black the production getting its name
from the fact that the characters wear hand
some black costumes. The entire company
appears in the act. 1t is an original concep-
ton, beautiful beyond description. To fol-
low this Matt Morgan has been engaged to
produce his celebrated pictures, "Parisiau
The acme of female loneliness Afterwards
will be given the novel East India feature.
the rip-rap dance, full of life, fire and excite
ment. Then comes burlesque on 1.-THE Old
Homestead" called 1.-The O'Home-in Stead"
Introducing a number of novel features. in
Guiding the funny tramp, the old farmer the
lively messenger, six pretty dudes lovely
lawn tennis players and many bewitching
girls. The company opens at the Olympic
Monday evening" and there will be the usual
Saturday and Sunday matlnees.