St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-31


esting to the public than before. Your
average man is not furnishing for high
art. This year there are several things
IN the art rooms to interest him. There
is a collection of photographs there that
should attract the affection of any one
who ever had ''his picture took" The
largest photographs in the world are
there. The lower rooms of the art de-
paTtment are overfiOwiug with curious
things that could not be enumerated as
quickly as Minneapolis was last year.
Last comes the home of the cliff dwell
eTs and specimens of their handiwOrk.
To add TO the interest OF this branch OF
the display, several mummies and Skel-
etOns of the cliff jewellers are shown.
This room represents the cliff whence
all the relics were taken. It is an exact
reproduction, One-tenth the original
size. Turn an imagin alive man loose
in there and he would 20 crazy inside OF
three hours.
The individual exhibitors have done
nearly as we'll as the management of
the Exposition proper in the providing
of Interesting displays. Some or them
will be mentioned at another time.
The fact must not be lost sight of that
to-day will be the greatest day that the
gorgeous spectacle OF the ''Siege of
Vera CRUZ will be given for the first
time in the city of Minneapolis, or, IN
fact. in the whole Northwest. For sew
eral weeks the men have been at work
preparing for the production of the
piece. and the results TO please the pun
lie will undoubtedly prove successful
Several thousands OF dollars have been
expended in the preparing OF the piece.
and the pay roll for each evening will
amount to a small fortune. There will
be over 500 persons on the stage in every
performance. and all will actively par
ticipate in the production. 1t will truly
be Il gorgeous thing.
The programme, which has been ar
ranged for to-day by Senior Payeh the
leader of the Mexican band, is an unus-
ually fine one. Several of the star
pieces which the band has will be rem
dered. The programme will be as fol-
lows:
March Triumphale - .......... ....-Schu1tz
''Poet and Peasant" overture Supe
"Ophelia. schortische. .Avlla
''Ernani. grand selection. ....-........VeT di
The Pickpockets Dance .-.......... BalIOn
Tamborine solo by Senior Toledo.
PART Il
ia Sirene. overture Alexandra
Spanish National Melodies. Aeyrelles
"Legere. polka ...--.--.. ...-....-. BalIon
Cornet solo by ST. Martinez.
aida grand selection. e.. Verdi
"Ole, Tamborine solo by Senior Toledo.
EVENING PROGRAMME
THE Royal Port March. -.--.---.... Anon
"Ruv Blasi-OVerture ......... MendelssOhn
"I'u see Thee Again T. w altz- Estrada
I'll Trovatore '-erand Selection. Verdi
The Carnival Of Venice, lvaria-
n
Observation-Disclosures for clarionet French
horns. comets, Guartette- OF saxophOnes,
piccOlO. flute and trombone; other Varla-
lions BY piccOlO flutes. claU0nets; solo by
euphOnium; cOrnet solo with variations.
PART II
Blossoms OF Spring Medley over.
ture Observation-Disclosures. .... ....E. Boettger
"StObat Mater Inhammatus -
Coruet solo, by N. A. VeaZev.
NeapOltan scenes --...---... MasSeIlets
The Dream of the Flowers ..........- ROsas
The Forge in the Forest ..-. -Michaels
Description At Night-Morning-B the
BrOOk-MOrnIug Prayer-Ihe srecple bell
strikes five times slOWlv-Ihe Forge. Dur
ing the production the stage is in com
plele darkness. In the dim light the black
smith can be seen working az his forge
while flames are thrown out with the aid
Of Bengal lights. he keeps time with the
music, and the effect is very striking
One.)
ton parade. this time IN honor OF the
opening OF the "Siege of Vera Cruz"
tonight. Although the parade will not
be as large as the one which was given
on the day Of the opening, it will be a
good one. The famous Mexican band
will lead the parade and this will be fol-
lowed by the little Shetland ponies.
Behind the little animals will ride the
digerent representatives of the ''Siege
of Vera Cruz and several members of
the local stats of the different
newspapers. All of the different
rigs which are owned by Capt.
Murray HOag. and when are to be Sc
IN the Exposition building on the pony
track. will be in the procession. One
of the interesting portions of the pa
rade will be the employees of the Cen
fury Piano company. who will march.
The route of the parade will be from
the Exposition building across the river,
and up Hennepin avenue. After trav-
ersIng number of the principal streets
the procession will return to the Expo
sitOu building by the way of NicOlIet
avenue. 1t is expected that big
crowd will turn out to see the spectacle.