St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-24
IN THE WINGS.

The Primrose and West Ministries will give
five performances at the Metropolitan, be-
ginning Sunday evening, the 31st; and dur
ing The time the mllIstrels are at the Metro
pOlitan the Winston Opera company will
present "Pipafore' at the Minneapolis
Grand. The company will return to the Net
ropoltan. beginning Thursday evening, Aug.
!. for week and a half farewell perform
ances. The Winston engagement closes Sat
urday evening, Aug. j. The regular sea-
son Will begin Sunday, Aug. IA, with the eel
ebrated play Blue Jeans for one week
Theodore Thomas, Frank Van Der Sucken
and Michael II. Cross Will act as judges of
the WORK submitted III competition for the
following prizes by the Orpheus club of Phil
adelphla: prize of 500 for the best COM
position, with piano accom- paniment, set to
words legendary, romantic Or heroic in
character, ana requiring about fifteen min
utes for performance. prize of Si00 for the
best composition, with piano accompani-
ment, set to words legendary. romantic or
heroic i'll character, and requiring not more
than ten minutes for performance.
The concerts given By Walter Damrosch in
Madison Square garden are the best things
now to be heard in New York. though some
of the nuanceS in the string music are lost
at the far end of the enormous auditorium.
About a dozen more strings are needed, and
they will probably be furnished when the
garden authorities come to a realizing sense
of the lack of them.
The full name of Lawyer E. Z. Prices
play for John Sullivan Is Captain Harcourt,
the Man From Boston" Mr.. Sullivan is
plainly from Boston, but is he 10 be a Cap
tain. too? Would it sound well for man in
brass buttons and epaulets to say: thanks,
mudder, but can take care o meself. See!"
The closing week OF Lifts players this sum-
mer begins July31. Two plays have been
lccted: Woman Against Woman for the
first half Of the week. aud four act comedy
drama by G. II. Darcy entitled I'm Old Ken
tucky," which Will see its first presentation
on any stage.
CWilson Barrett. who has been in New Yorl.
a flying visit says he will have Maud JEFF
freys, an American, for his leading woman.
He will play here 'Oihello," The Bond
man" and Cur Pleasant Sins He will
repeat Hamlet" ''Claudian" and Ben My
Chree."
Fanny Rice is on her way home with seven
trunks filled with European clothes and
musical comedy called Molly" in which
she will personate a laundering servant.
She has been i'll Ireland in order to learn the
dialect that goes with the part.
One Of the striking scenes in C. 4. Dazey's
new comedy drama, In Old Kentucky is
a race scene in the third act. This scene is
entirely different from anything of the kind
upon the stage and will prove an attractive
feature.
Kate Large (Mrs W. H. Davidson) was
nearly burned to death while fixing red fire
to illuminate the death of Eva i'll Uncle
Toms Cabin" scene was torn off and
wrapped around her, but she was badly
burned.
Some London publishers offered prize of
$500 for the best play. Though 31 works
were sent i'll and faithfully read, not one was
thought worthy of production, and they were
returned to their writer's.
Miss Clara Louise Thompson, of Minneap-
Oils has been specially engaged by Manager
Lift for the last week of the stock season at
the Grand and will be seen i'll Woman
Against Woman"
The Duke Of Manchester has agreed to pay
Bessie Bellwood $500 dow Il and 500 year
for the rest Of her life. She supported him
III idleness while ne was waiting for his
father to die.
A third of the Lewis sisters, Constance.
will act here next season, in the COMPANY of
her sister, Jeffreys. The other one. Catharine,
is in England and one hears nothing of her
these days.
Paderewski will play once again in Lon
don. in October, for u charity He thinks
that as he PLAYED for nothing once i'll Amer
lea he ought to do as much for the English
Robert Mantell is said not to have been
very successful last season, and he has stipu-
lated for 500 week in money in addition to
his percentages hereafter.
| Mckee Rankin, if he has voice enough left,
| will play piece next season that is called
Tine Kentucky Colonel" a dramatization by
| o. Z. Reed of his novel.
Henry Arthur Jones new play is called
Father and SON" 1t will be produced by
| Daniel Frohman.
Farceur Hoyt gave his wife {FIora Walsh
bracelet worth 5000 on the fifth anniversary
Of his marriage.
Miss Rehan is to be cast for Miranda in
the revival of The Tempest at Days the
alter in October.
1t is now said that II. B. Conway will take
John Drew's place as leading man in the
Daily company.
Mrs. Cottrelly will return TO the stage. She
has agreed to sing the part of Alpaca in Tar
and Tartar"
One of Henry Dixey's sons has made his
stage debut in Boston as tram bearer to
''Iolanthe.'
| A boy choir will travel with Sousa's
Marine band, under the direction of the
Blakeleys.
! Arthur Sullivan's "Ivanhoe' and Verdi's
''Falstaff'' are to be sung in Berlin next win
| ter.
! Minnie Gale says that though married she
! will act next season for twenty weeks
Fay Templeton will take the place of the
late Kate Castleton in The DazzIer''
Joseph Haworth has gone to Chicago to
play piece called ION Change"