St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-31
ADJUSTMENTS.
The Grand Has CIosed-Hypno
tism and "Uncle Tom at the BIZ

The Grand Has CIosed-Hypno-
tism and "Uncle Tom at the BIZ
Jou.
Uncle Tom" will reign supreme at the
Bijou this week, and the hearts of the Min
neapolis young folks will be consequently
gladdened. II. B. Thearle's production of
The old-time play will be presented, and the
engagement will commence Monday evening.
June |. and end with matinee and evening
performance Sunday, June Z. This version
of Uncle Tom" as presented by Manager
Thearle, departs considerably from the old
stereotyped attempts that the play is so fire.
quently subjected to. and presents many new
and attractive features. The company pre-
senting the piece is said to be an excellent
famous Hyer sisters (colored), who, in the
roles of the two Topsies. are seen
to good advantage. their perform
ance being embellished by the intro
The Nashville Students band of jubilee sing
ers have been consolidated with the Uncle
Tom" production, and is said to be a feature
of the performance They appear in many
charming renditions of plantation songs and
melodies sung in the delightful manner that
has made them so famous The scenic and
stage arrangements of the production are of
an elaborate order. no expense being spared
by Manager Thearle to make this department.
as complete as possible. The scenery was all
especially designed and painted for this pro-
duction, and some wonderful triumphs in
stage mechanism have been accomplished.
Among the scenes that command particular
attention is one depicting a levee scene on
the Mississippi by moonlight, presenting with
a deal of realism the famous boat race be-
tween the steamers Natchez and the Robert
Lee. The production, on the whole, is an
excellent one. The matinee performances
have been made especially attractive for the
young folks by the introduction of many ad
ditional comedy features. 8
Lyceum-The Park Opera company will
play a return engagement at the Lyceum
Sunday evening, presenting Planouette's
charming opera, "Chimes of Normandy.
Miss Alice Verona has been engaged by the
PARK management and will lend additional
strength to the company. The orchestra will
be increased, and smooth performance is
promised.
Commencing June Is the Lyceum VIII in
augurate its second season of comic opera
with the Bert Shaw Comic Opera company,
headed by Miss Hilda Thomas. Charles Gilbert
and numerous other comic opera stars, COM
prlslng in all company of fifty people. The
first opera to be presented will be ''Olivette."
The prices will remain the same as during
the Wilbur engagement, TO- Is and %, and u
few seats at so cents.
Pence-Harts' Big Boston Vaudeville COM
pany will make their initial bow before a
Minneapolis audience at the Pence opera
house tomorrow night. This company is
headed by one Of the highest.salaried per-
formers in America. Mons. Sablon, a very
clever French mimic, whose groteSque I'M
presentations keep the audience convulsed
with laughter His representations of men
prominent in public life are true to nature
The act is so refined in its character as to be
a novelty. The Sisters Coulson, Emerson
and Cook, Miss Edna Melville Willis Clark,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanley. Frank Emmerson,
Harry La Rose, and the great Keller COM
prise the balance of the company, and it is a
good one. Manager Hilton saw the show in
Chicago two weeks ago and pronounces it
one of the best if not the best, he ever saw.
Family matinees Wednesday, Friday and
Sunday.
Hypnotism at the Bijou--This afternoon
at 2:30 and tonight at S:l5 will be given the
last of the series of hypnotic and mesmeric
entertainments that Manager Lit has ar
ranged for his Bljou patrons. Prof. II. L.
Flint word-famed for his wonderful mes
meric power, will provide a most entertain
ing performance The professor is said to
make his subjects, when under mesmeric
control. do some of the widest things imag
Unable, and the audience is kept in q contin-
uous roar by the laughable antics of the mes
merzed subjects The professor is said to
produce some wonderful tests, such as sew
ing throagh the face of subject while in
d cataleptic state: this operation alone is a
wonder to scientific men. Prof. Flint has a
number of students in the city who have
been under the tuition of the professor for
the past week in order to perfect their mes
meric powers. One prominent young Mime
apolitan is said to be wonderfully strong in
this way, and it probable he may assist the
professor tonight in some of his hypnotic
tests