St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-15
AN EVENT DRAMATIC.
The Annual Recognition
Asked by the Newspaper
Writers.
An Attractive Programme and
Indications of a Crowded
House.
A Municipal Club that Prom
ises a Utopia Of Re-
form.
The Langevin Will, After the
SQuabble, Admitted to
Probate.

The success ana popularity Of the
reoIganized st. Paul Press club IS al
| ready established The earnest effort
| of active members of the profession has
resulted in rouSing the entire local rep
| resentation from that lethargic indif-
ference to anything like social organi-
zation which has prevailed since the old
club became disorganiZed. and every
| newspaper writer in the city is inter-
eSted in the success of the new one.
| There was at the outset division of
| opinion as to whether or not the idea OF
reorganization could be successfully
carried out, but the projectors refused
to admit the existence of doubt; they
called meeting, prepared and sub
mitted new constitution, which was
| adopted, and within few days had Sc
cured Seyenty-eight charter MEM
bers. A discussion of the queS-
ton of funds resulted in 4 pro-
pOsal for Press club benefit.
The furnishing of club quarters re-
quIred q larger sum ofmOney than could
be raised by ali assessment of the mem
bers. Here it was that theatrical man
ayers and companies came to the front
with offers of assistance almost cOnfuS-
ing III their prOfuSion. Manager Scott,
Of the Metropolitan opera house, offered
the theater free of charge for the bene-
fit. Letters were received from the
managers of half dozen Of the finest
buildings in the city profering habta-
ton for the new club, and even the
least sanguine of the Journalistic host
was bound to admit that matters had
assumed TOSe-tinged aspect. And now
all the preiminaries have been ar
ranged. The Press club benefit matinee
at the Metropolitan theater next Friday
afternoon Will be the social as we'll as
the hiStriOnic triumph of the season.
Tickets are being sold 50 rapidly that it
is evident not a seat Will remain unSold
when the doors arc thrown opon. There
has been a scramble for boxes, and but
a few remain uusold, while the body of
the house is being rapidly disposed Of
The programme, rs yet unannounced,
is nevertheless practically made up. 1t
Will be without exception the most mag
nificent ever offered the amusement
loving public in St Paul. Subject, of
course, to slight changes in arrange
ment, the bill will be opened with an
overture ly the combined OrcheStraS
of Seibert, DAM and Brooke, under the
direction of Prof. Scibert. Then will
come the second act Of ''Oliyette" by
the entire Wilbur Opera company. and
ii the Wiiburs appear to better ad
vantage i'll any scene Of any opera than
the one selected. they have never pro-
duced it in St. Paul SpecialtieS by
Miss Susie kirwin and j. III. Jones,
Listen so My Tale OF Voc and other
dual successes Of the popular pair. will
also be among the attractions.
1t is extremely doubtful whether any
one who has ever heard the inimitable
comedian IiOey. in his latest success.
They're After Me. ;" would begrudge
dollar TO hear it repeated. Both Mr..
Hoey and his clever partner, Mr.. Evans,
have agreed to participate. and they
will both be heard in their most success
tul SpecialtieS. Mr.. Evans has been
seriously i'll during the past few days,
but recovered sufficiently TO appear last
night. MISS Jennie Ihropp, The In
n0cent Kid and the clcyercst little
woman in her line on the road, will ap-
pear with a quartettc Of members of the
company, and the Leyey sisters, also of
the Evans Il Hocy combination, will
give mandolin selections. Members of
the Oliver DOwd Byron company. to APP
pear at the Grand this week, will give
specialties, and several members of the
the Francis Wilson company have prom
ised to assist. Vanoa. tie Mexican
equilibrist, Will give au exhibition of
MS marvellous skill III that Hue. and the
entertainment will close with an origi-
nal farce-cOmedy, entitled The Mana
gerial Convention,' in which all the
managers of the Twin Cities viii be the
actors. Managers l.. y. Scott, of the
Metropolitan: T. l.. BiXby of the Grand,
and W. J. Wells, of the Olympic, are
the entries for St. Paul: j. Frank Conk-
limo the Grand: Theo J.. Hayes. of the
Bijou: Fred A. Pride. of Kohl & Mid
dletOn. and E. J. Hilton, Of the Pence,
will represent the Minneapolis theaters.
With snch list OF attractions as that
above presented, the entertainment can
but be royal one, such as BELTS the oc-
casion.