St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-29
ADJUSTMENTS.
The CreoIes at the Pence-"Crys-
tai Slipper" aud 1.-The Mascot


Tomorrow night, for the entire week,
with matinees Wednesday, Friday and
Sunday. will see the first appearance in
this city of Sam I. Jacks Creoles' Bur
leSque company. The troupe brings
with them artists of high standard.
Many admirable vocal selections, in
Vulnerable witty sayings, and budget
Of original jokes, all Of which serve to
keep the audience bordering on the hys-
terical most of the time, make up the
programme. The performance begins
with about twenty ladies grouped
around the stage in minstrel fashion.
The funny men are represented by
AIessrs. Weston and Piper. and
the Twilight quartette lend their
| presence to the festive scene
Miss Florence Briscoe was the CONVEX
SatiOnalist. The De Wolf sisters sing
some sweet melodies and the end men
| also contribute their share to the en-
tertainment. The second edition in
PRODUCES Miss Florence Hines as con-
| versatiOnaliSt, Mess! 5. jackson and
| Jones as clowns. Miss Hines sings
! sweet song as an Introductory member,
and Irving Jones follows in A remark
able specially that merits loud ap-
| plauSe. Mr.. Jackson twists his face in
! every conceivable shape and earns
! equally as much applause. The third
| change IS marked by the appearance of
! Messrs. Lucas aud Hawkins on the
| ends and Mrs. Lucas as iuterlOcutOr.
All acquit themselves creditably. Mr..
| Lucas renders There Goes McManus."
! in capital way, and MI. Hawkins
! sings a song with rich Irish dialect,
| and dances like fairy. At intervals
| during the progress of this part of the
performance, a gold-colOred, fan
| shaped piece of scenery parts and eXhib
| its to the gaze of the audience some fine
| Informed women in various tableauX.
! Part two of the programme is an an
| cient Egyptian burlesque by William
r. Watts. entitled The Beauty of the
Nile; or Doomed by Fire" The re-
mainder of the entertainment is of va
! riety order Some amusing and artistic
specialties are given by artists in tina
| line. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Lucas are al
! ways particularly we'll received. jack
son and Jones, the pOssessOrs of remark
able voices and lively feet, sing, dance
and batter one another about the stage
| to the delight of many. Miss FlOrance
| Hines is a clever male imperSOnatOr,
and Hawkins and Nestor dancers and
| banjo players respectively, entertain
| their auditors in good style. The Twi-
| light quartette sing a few selections in
| more than pleasing way, and the enter
| tainment is brought to close with an
AmaZ0nian march. For the wee of
April Sheridan and FlYnn's Grand
company will be at the Pence. Joe
Flynn Is the author of Down Went
McGinty" and other popular songs.
This afternoon and evening Fay Eos
ter's big burleSQue company is the at
| traction at the Pence, closing highly
profitable engagem ent
Grand Opera House.
1.-The Crystal Slipper. or Prince
! PrettiWtZ and Little Cinderella" the
| most popular burleSQue extravaganza
that has been presented in the history
| of Minneapolis, comes to the Grand
| opera house. 1t is cOStumed tout of
sight, includes nearly 100 people, and
as a spectacle is said to have been vastly
| improved over its former preSentati Ons
| here. The burlesque element of the
piece is in the hands of some of
the most capable and weIl-known
Louise Montague plays the prince:
Little Ida Mule, who will be remem-
bered as having been the original Cupid
III "OrpheuS and Eurydice," is the Gin
derella; Annie Dacre, clever young
English burlesque, plays the princes
jester. Mardi Gras, and Topsy Venn and
Fannie DabOll, two excellent character
| actresses. are OlnQerelaS cruel step
sisters. The fairy godmother is played
by Babette Rodney, who is said to be
one of the prettieSt women on the Amer
lean stage, and frankie Raymond and
Clara Miner, two shapely young bur
lesquers, impersonate the roles of
Capt. Riff Raft and Tip Top,
cOurtly followers of the Prince.
There are seventy other pretty young
girls in the chorus and ballet of the
company. The male contingent is also
very strong. Edwin Foy, who is we'll
known in Minneapolis through his pre-
viouS engagements here with''The Crys-
tai Slipper and "Bluebeard Jr.," plays
his original part of Yosemite, the bar
On's valet. Henry Norman, a comedian
well known in California. and the pos
SCISSOR of magnificent baritone voice. is
the baron, while Joseph II. Doner plays
the part of Tollstoy, the princes sala-
ried poet. The minor roles are hlled by
equally capable performers. The en-
gagement is for the week.
Lyeeum TheaIer.
1.-THE Mascot will be the opera pre-
scented by the Wilbur Opera company at
the Lyceum this coming week. and it
will undoubtedly be given fairly
clever presentation. At the close of
Tuesday and Thursday matinees, at the
Lyceum theater, all ladies in attend
ance will be given the privilege of 60
ing on the stage and taking peep at
Miss Kirwin's dressing room, which is
said to be charmingly decorated; and
| also her hundreds of gowns and dresses.
| costing no end of money, Will be placed