St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-24
WALKS AND TALKS.

Shakespeare will live forever and pro-
pose to stay by the legitimate while liye."
said Frank Hennig. the leading man for
Thomas W. Keene, who has just closed an
engagement at the Metropolitan. Mr. Hen
mig is one OF the promising young actors on
the American stage. He began life as o tele-
graph operator and was remarkably expert
liz handling the Associated Press report He
was born in Wheeling. W. Va. Nov. %, 1859,
and is the son of DR.. J. Hennig, promi-
nent homeopathic physician Of that city. At
the age OF fifteen Mr.. Hennig became stu
dent of Shakespeare, possessing a wild in
fatuation for the classical drama and the
'thespian's art. At eighteen he made his first
visit to New York and entered the college of
oratory and acting, where he graduated at
twenty-one. During his studies he followed
his profession of telegraphy, receiving Asso-
ciated Press and specials for the New York
papers. AT one time he was looked upon as
being almost the youngest telegrapher in
America, being efficient at fourteen. Miss
Katherine Rogers gave Mr.. Henning his first
professional engagement in 1882 opening
with her in Newark. n. j., doubling" Ben
volio and Paris in Romeo and Juliet The
following season he Joined Mr.. Keene's COM
pany, and played the same season at the
Cincinnati Dramatic Festival. appearing
with Fanny Davenport Modjeska, Agnes
Booth, Marie Prescott, T. W. Keene,
Fred Warde, Robson and Crane,
Barton Hill. John Jack and other prominent
actors and actresses. receiving most favora-
bic comment lie has remained with Mr..
Keene ever since he first joined his company,
except during the tragedian's eighteen
months retirement when he supported Miss
Bella Moore on her visit to California. His
experience has been almost exclusively legit-
innate. having played in nearly the entire
range OF ShaSespearean dramas. from the
smallest part up. He says: ''The classical
dramais the acme of art and the only gen.
uine school. Legitimate actors are growing
scarcer every season, not that Shakespeare is
waning, but because there are so few sue
cessful tragedians. and since the stock
system went out of vogue there is
comparatively little schooling. Nowadays
combination runs one play an entire season
when In the stock days the actors and act.
resses where schooled to play many parts
during season-comedy, tragedy. melo-
drama and all. Shakespeare will live for
ever, both on the stage and in the library;
but in this progressive age the public de-
mands spectacular productions and novel
scenic effects of the immortal bard's works
as we'll as in melodramas or other stage rep
reservations. 1t is, perhaps lamentabie, but
it is true that there are not enough patrons
of the theaters who can appreciate Shake
speare's plays for their own depth and merit.
Therefore, TO successfully pecuniarily pre-
sent them managers must offer glittering and
brilliant effects to the masses to assist them
in enjoying what they really cannot under
stand"
1.-THE cheap lunch counter establishments
of metropolitan city meet with ali sorts of
odd customers" said typical hash singer"
yesterday. "A good many times the propri-
etor gets the worst of it. There are a lot of
fellows who walk in, take seat as near tn e
door as possible, and, after eating what they
get, walk off without settling. The WATERS
are ali behind the counter and can't stop EN-.
But there is another kind Of men that often
get in their work I'll tell you how they do
it, One calls for something that costs about
10 cents, say sandwich and cup of coffee.
When he eats it he says he hasn't been
given q check and the waiter gives him one.
Next day he comes in and eats sumner.
His check is 40 cents and that's lot in
cheap house. But when he gets to the cash
| Ter he produces ten-cent check and lays
down his dime. Do you twig? Well be had
| pocketed his first check the day before and
| swore he hadn't been given one. Then he
| got another, see? But that's an old gag, and
we're all getting on to it. Yesterday 1 caught
| a fellow at il, but he didn't seem to care
much, only he had to pay for what he got.
and suppose that hurt him some"