St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-15
PRESS CLUB BENEFIT.
1t Was n Great Bill Witnessed by
Fashionable Audience.

Was it great bill?
We'll! Ask any one OF the over a
thousand people who attended the an
nual entertainment of the Minneapolis
PTess club at the Lyceum yesterday aft
ernoon, and there will be no doubt in
your mind that it was great bill. Last
year demonstrated, and this year only
emphasized the demonstration. that the
annual entertainment under the au-
spices or the Press club is the swell So
cial event, in theatricals, OF the year.
Everybody who is anybody went 70 the
Press club entertainment Yesterday aft
ernoon and was glad of it.
1he Lyceum theater never looked
hahdSomer. Directly in front of the
entrance TO the foyer rose a pyramid of
palms 10 the right and left the parlors
mad been converted into flower booths.
ana over them presided Misses Helen
and Henrietta Byron, ReDnie and Law
renee. OF the Nelly Mchenry company;
Misses Mariowe, Linden and Rollo, of
Frohman'S The Lost Paradise" COM
pany; Miss Eytinge, formerly of Froh-
mans company: Miss Towne, of Mime
apoiiS. Inc flower booths and the
charming young ladies attending them
were among The most attractive features
OF the entertainment. Tie entrances
10 the parlorS and to the auditorium
from the foyer were draped with smilax.
Potted plants and palms were dis
trIbuted in every place possible in the
house and on the stage. The beauty
OF the floral display must be credited to
the good taste of NJ. G. Allison, super
intend OF MendenhalPS greenhouses.
The boxes, the loges and the indi-
Yldual seats were filled by the most
f4Snlnn1 a fnr1 lo
theater in Minneapolis. Beautiful
races and brilliantly handsome gowns
commended for admiration with the
beauties OF nature so lavishly spread be-
lore the eve. But the main point with
that audience was the amusement it
came to seek. 1t found it.
Before the curtain rose Danz's or
chestra played the beautiful Tampa"
overture. Then President W. B. Cham
Derla!n came before the curtain and
made a neat little address of thanks to
all the people who had in various ways
contributed to the success of the enter
tainment. He specially thanked. and
every member OF the press club will in
dorSe what he said, the chairman OF the
entertainment committee, Smith B.
Hail. who did the work of ten men in
arranging for the entertainment. A
descriptive medley. "A Night With a
Reporter" arranged by Jacob L. Schet-
ter, of the BijOu orchestra, was played
by that orchestra. 1t was a clever thing,
including the start from the office.
the church assignment, an encounter
with street organ, the passing OF the
Salvation Army, a torchlight procession
Oh Nlcollet. a moment in concert hall.
midnight jewellers on their way home. a
row on the street, call for, and the ar
rival OF, the patrol wagon. Forest
Robinson, Merriam Bruce, Miss Esther
Lyon and Miss Airline Athens. of Charles
trohman's company, presented the
beautiful one act piece, "In Honor
Bound" 1t is needless to say that it
was beautifully played. Miss Nellie
McHenry threw everybody into hys-
tericS by her laughable imitation of
Nine. Patti singing the grand aria.
The Shadow Dance" from "Dinorah."
Then she and j. II. Bradbury, of her
company, caught the house again with
topical duo.
That simply sweet and beautiful bal
cOny scene from Romeo and Juliet
was played by Miss Julia Marlowe, with
Robert Taber as Romeo and Miss NJ. A.
Pennoyer as the nurse. as only Miss
Marlowe, of all American actresses. can
play it. Miss Fanny Cohen. of Froh-
mans company, sang pretty song in
pretty way, and responded 10 an encore
with character song and dance. Frank
Dayton, also of Fr0hman's company,
read the press Clubs Response" a
greeting TO the audience in verse. a
scene from The Operator" of the
Newell Brothers. only gave the audi
ence a hint of the heights OF
realism reached in that play. Mas
ter Carl Hecker. eight years old,
played a violin selection, accompanied
by his twelve-year-Old sister. like d vet
eran virtuoso. a sketch,''A Newsboy's
Courtship." was funny, and served to
show what clever dancer Miss Clara
Havel is, and what wonderful acrobat
is Thomas 0'Brien. George Neville. of
Frohman's company, presented the mon
ologue. The Face on the Floor" in a
dramatic manner. Frank Latona, as
1.-The musical vagabOnd," assisted by
his trick mule, Nancy Hanks, con-
vulSed everybody. j. II. Bradbury, of
Nelly McHenry'S company. started to
give a recitation Before the au.
dience would let him stop he
gave three. The programme closed
with the categorical tableau.
1.-The Reporter localized" showing the
Angel of Reward presenting, amid
celestial surroundings. the earth to the
reporter. Mention should not be omitted
VI az 49, SNpS'ONt fiN.Ncs AlOAuO4a4S
views of the recent Republican national
convention in Minneapolis and few
hits OH the reporter, including him of
the courts, the social circle. the police
run" and the sporting department.
One view. labeled. What Reporters A Q
Coming To-" was that OF pile OF bags
of gold, and seated on top of it was "A
man looking like \. j. Blethen, marked
''bank president"
There was not dull number on the
programme, nor one that failed 10
please. The management of the stage
was perfect.
M'GOWAN'S POSITION.