St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-09
MINNEAPOLIS,
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Jacob Lift and Gus Heege deserve
credit for having given to the stage a
new comedy character, that of the
Swede. To Mr.. Heege alone belongs
the distinction for having created the
character, as well as for having con-
ceived the idea OF making the Swede a
dramatic figure. Mr.. Lift is doing The
work of putting the character before the
people. 1t must be admitted that Mr..
Heege gives a good representation of
the Swedish man. the Swede who is new
TO America and American ways. He
does not burIeSQue the part more than
is necessary. He preserves the
quiet, stoIid. earnest manner of the
Swede. He makes up to look like a
Swede of the lumber camps. He does
all this work creditably as an actor.
But as dialect actor he fails in one i'm
portant particular-he has not, as yet,
mastered the Swedish dialect. His dia-
lect is fair, but it cannot pass for the
genuine Swedish dialect III Minneapolis,
where the Swede and his peculiar
speech is SO well known. Mr.. Iieege's
dialect are too broad-that is, he uses too
much breath for the enunciation of each
word. The Swede is not a rapid
talker, neither is there anything
of drSwl in his speech. Then there is
peculiar infection of the Swedish dia-
lect that Mr.. Heege has not mastered.
Representing the Americans manner
of using the voice by straight line, the
Swede'S in comparison must be repre-
scented by a wavy line OF course, it
must be considered that the preServa-
ton of dialectic peculIarties through a
whole play is quite a different thing
from dom z the same thing in short Sc
lection. But Mr.. Heege lacks a good
deal of having the dialect right any
how, tn ough the defects here mentioned
are his principal ones.
Col. Jack Haverly is a unique fig
ure. He is one of those men who always
have a scheme. Mr.. Haverly is now OH
the rising road again, and, of course,
his schemes are coming fast. The story
of how he lost his money has been told
SO often that the public is familiar with
it. He says that he made all the money
he ever had in amusenents, and he is
determined to stick to them from now
on. At one time he was managing
twenty-siX road attractions and eight
theaterS. He made money by it. That
convinced him that he was cut out
for handling big enterprises in the
amusement line. He has now OH foot
another mammoth enterprise for amuse-
ment-lovers. He intends to surprise
the world next summer with big min
sIrel show under canvas. Big in this
connection means something when it is
stated that he promises to have no less
than 200 minstrel men all in one big
show. He will have band numbering
at least $50 pieces. His plan is to sup
ply that band with every sort Of inStru-
ment known to the world. Then he
will have a solo for each instrument
that will best exhibit the qualities of
that particular piece. The minstrel men
will be the cream of the world, he says.
He intends to put Billy Emerson at the
head of it. The whole show will be run
on the circus basis. 1t will be given UNI
der canvas. He will play week stands
and each night will be given up to some
one star minstrel performer. The others
will be used to fill in. If Haverly can
make 1t go it will certainly be novelty.
1t Is not every day that one can see a
minstrel company of 200 burnt cork
artists supplemented by band number
ing nearly 200, together with at least
100 singers as eg0od as can be found in
the country. This is big scheme, ole
worthy of Barnum in conception.
Newspapers are continually CRITICS
Als LHO OllICldlS VI every lOEin Vi gov
eminent for want of due regard for
economy, yet they most hagrantly vio-
late the economical principle them
selves. For instance: Every time Prof.
Tousley's name is mentioned in connec-
ton with any place involving honor and
little work, they always waste time and
printing bills by printing the professors
statement that he will accept if offered
IL.
r. R. Odell is quietly giving it out
that the credit for having the great
American hog admitted to Germany is
not due to William Walter Banglet
Phelps. Odell dropped off while wait
ing for train lii Berlin. and went up to
the palace to tell his imperial whisker
propagation that the American hog must
be admitted or he, Odell, would report
the matter to John Goodnow.
If the Farmers Alliance will just tell
the people that it is the middleman of
three in bed whom they want to get
rid of they will receive good deal
more sympathy.