St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-19
Harvest Festival Workers Are
Getting Down to Partic-
ulapiZation Now.
Again the East Side Gives
Rise to a Case Of Elope-
ment.
Several Criminals Arpaigned
in Court and a Woman
Arrested.

and gentlemen who had so kindly vol
unteered to assist the press club to &
position among the organizations OF the
earth were on their mettle. So was the
audience. The beauty and brains oil
the city packed the theater and stood
up along the wall. The brains and
beauty of the stage, for on the stage
brains always count for more than
beauty, stood in front of the
footlights and commanded the admira,
ton of the people in front. The com
bination of audience and entertainers
was something unusual. Is it to be
wondered at that the result of it was
the most successful benefit performance
ever seen in Minneapolis? The bill
could not have been improved upon. Its
range was almost coextensiye with
stage work, and in quality it was the
creme de la creme of the theatrical pro-
| feSSion.
The curtain rose few minutes after
2 O'Clock on Ringwal's orchestra. Ring
walls men never played better or to
more appreciatiye eals. The overture
finished, James Gray. the managing ed
itor of the Times, and president of the
Minneapolis Press club. waited himself
in front of the curtain and said:
Ladies and conference.-the the orches.
| ira is removing itself to a more secure place
| i have been asked to come before YOU dis
| guised as a sandwich man, bearing card of
| thanks. Mine will positively be the only
| amateur number on the programme, and il
| being short, feel sure that you will bear
| with me while | say in behalf of the press
| this magnificent reception from the beauty
| and talent of Minneapolis Not even a bank
| cashier on settling day could steep his coun-
| tenance in q more sincere appearance of
| universal ownership than frescoes the coun-
! tenance of the press club as it contemplates
| the splendid audience and reflects that there
is not dead head in the house. Not even
the gentleman who is an old newspaper
man himself came In free.
The preparation of this entertainment.
spontaneous as it may appear, has cost some
little time and labor; but the efforts of the
club SO pale into insignificance beside the
splendid generosity of our friends that they
should not and will not be mentioned in the
same connection. BY the kind invitation of
Messrs. Parker d. Thompson we have this
fine theater placed at our disposal by the per-
mission of the various managers whose names
are enrolled on this card we have the
services of their best artists; by the
kindly cooperation of the artists themselves
we have been told to command where we
COulO Will dignity nave asked as IaVOrs by
the permission of the newspaper publishers
we have been enabled, at nominal cost, to
tell YOU we had the greatest show on earth !;
by the desire of everybody we have been
assured that the house would be packed even
II the harvest home committee waited or
took their notes. Indeed, believe that we
have had the cordial cooperation of a unani-
nous population. with the possible exception
of Mr.. Donnelly, and even he has filed no
formal protest.
And SO, kind friends. it is my cheerful
duty TO thank you IN oIr own behalf; in be-
half of the artists; i'll behalf of all who have
personally interested themselves in prepar-
Ing the programme. Having obtained your
confidence we shall endeavor to deserve IL.
as we hope, we shall succeed in making this
organization OF reporters and editors an ally,
| even in modest way, or those public bodies
| whose aim is always TO lift Minneapolis
| highest it will not be an unpleasant remem-
| membrance that you helped to give it a
| start.
The gentlemen from "The City Di-
rectory" started the fun. There was
never such minstrel first part seen be-
| fore. There were but five people on
the stage at any time. but they were
such people! Talk about your forty
count 'em-forty! They were never in
| it. The five men that occupied the stage
in that first part formed the very cream
of minstrelsy. There was Dan DAILY,
the interlocutor; j. P. Witmark and j.
| Miron. the SOloists; Charles Seaman
and Burt Haverly, as end men,
at one time, and Luke Schoolcraft and
Willis Sweatman at another. These men
| do not have to wear burnt cork any
more to draw big salaries. but they are
the best MINISTRIES yet. 1T was old time
minstrelsy, too. They went on there
without rehearsal and without know.
| ing what they could do. No man had
any idea of what the others would do
| Yet they were such good MINISTRIES that
a better minstrel first part was probably
never seen. There fun was spOntan-
eous. DAILY is one of the best interloc-
utors In the business, but the old fel.
lows on the end almost lost him
once or twice when hey got to running
! on from one thing to another without
his knowing anything about what was
coming. 1t was genuine old-time min
strelsy, depending on the spontaneous
| wit and humOr of the performers, moi
on gags thought out in the cellar OF
| clipped from comic paper. Witmark
and Miron never sang better. This part
opened with "Old Time Rocks" as over.
ture and closed with "Sim Dimpsy.''
Miss Amelia Glover followed the min
strels in Spanish dance. She never
danced better, and she can dance better,
|
| dancer alive. Nelson Wheatcroft recited
1.-The Marseillaise at Sebastopol'' with
orchestral accompaniment. 1t was a
| brilliant effort and made the audience
wish that 1t were twice as long. Then
| came the DAILY sisters, sisters of Dan,
| the interlocutor, by the way. They
| maintain the reputation of the family.
They are pretty and graceful dancers.
| The audience wanted an encore. Harry
Gilfoil followed. He is a whistler and
an imitator. He whistles better than
any hooking bird. And his imita-
tons! Among them IAN every day
dog fight" and ian every night
cat fight" The former was
peded to the alley to see the fight, and
wagon load of bootjacks and flower
| pots was picked up outside the house
after the performance. They had been
cast by persons with acute hearing and
| poor eyes. Miss Minnie Seligman re-
| cited Owen Meredith's AUX Italiens."
1t is doubtful if Miss Seligman ever did
anything better, and 1t is also a matter
of doubt ii any one else ever recited
anything better. 1t was a rare gem,
full of color and eXquisitely cut. Gus
FrankePs topical song was immensely
| 1unny.
Frederick Warde's company pre-
sented the forum scene from Virgin.
ius," with Mr.. Warde as Virginius,
Harry Leighton as lcilius, Charles Her
man as AppiuS Claudius, Fl. c.. Barton
as Caius Claudius, Guido Marburg as
Numitorius, Miss Victory Bateman as
Virginia, Miss Oliver as Servia, Miss
Chester as the female slave. The work
of whole company cannot be judged
from the presentation of one scene, but
if Mr.. Warde's company does Virgin
ius' as we'll as it does the forum scene
the public is the loser by its not being
presented oftener. Miss Jane Stuart sang
so beautifully that one is at a loss
whether to praise her singing or hel
acting most. If Miss Stuart were moi
such delightful commedienne every
one would like to see her on the oper
otto ctanp Harry R0hincnn infrnd IN or