St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-03
FOYER GOSSIP.

Among attractions to visit st. Paul next
season will be Gilmore's band, greatly en-
larged over what it has ever been heretofore.
1t is Mr.. 6ilmOreS intention TO have 100 men
in the band and double quartette OF the
most famous concert singers on the Amerl-
can stages In order to know if Pacific coast
tour would be successful. Mr.. Gilmore has
had his agent visit California, Oregon, Wash
ington and Montana. While business has
been light for the ordinary attractions in
many of the coast cities the prospect OF get
ting Gilmore's band was sufficient to call out
either guarantee or subscription sale In al
most every place visited. MI. gilmore St:
Paul engagement will be about the middle OF
November.
Lillian Russell is now in Paris looking after
costumes and consulting NJ. Audran regard
ing new comic opera. In 1.-The Mounte-
banks" with which she will open her season
in San Francisco in October, Miss Russell
will not sing the prima donna role, which
Geraldine Timer has been doing In London.
She will have the part of the dancing girl,
which is to be written up" for her. Laura
Clement has been engaged by Manager
French to sing Miss Timers part
souprette, says Dunlop's Stage News. is
never at her best until she IS thirty, and none
of them who have made any mark al all are
less. Proof: Lolita, Nellie McHenry, Lena
Mervills, Alice Harrison, Maggie Mitchell,
George Parker Fay Templeton, Laura Burt,
Jennie Yeamans, Katie Emmett, Amy Lee,
Loie Fuller and Ullie Akerstrom. What is
known as the fluffy. haired, chippy soubrette
is really chorus girl throwing out a great
big bluff.
Robert Downing, the robust young TRACE
dian will add two new plays to his reper-
tory next season. "Cross and Crown" is OF
an historical nature. and said to be intensely
play vereing on comedy. Mr.. Downing will
undertake a role in 1.-The Huron" different
from anything yet played by him.
The late French composer, Ernst Guiraud,
had novel and effective way of prolonging
his life After his death over 1000 unopened
letters eI1 were found in his room A Partisan
Journalist accordingly calculates that Gui-
raud saved for his work several years which
it would have taken him to read and answer
all these letters.
was in the train of Sarah Bernhardt's ad-
mirers, and sent the actress a tea service that
proved to be of plated metal instead of the
repousse silver that the actress supposed it TO
be- Bernhard is said to have tainted when
the discovery was made by one of her Gu
rious friends.
ssThe Ensign" is generally conceded as be-
ing the most sumptuousiy appointed dramat-
ic production ever seen in this country. 1t
was a tremendous success wherever present
ed last season. The ensuing season will I'M
euestionably prove more remunerative than
the past to its wide awake managers.
Manager Pearson. in his preparations for
the production of The White Squadron" at
in some llamas for his cast. One of the scenes
in the new play requires these animals to
represent silver train, which will be intro
duced for the first time on the stage.
The new Empire theater in New York will
be opened with an American drama now be-
ing written for that purpose. The second
production at that theater will be Oscar
Wildes Lady Windermere's Fam" and Mr..
Wilde will come over at that time.
Ten years ago Mark Pendleton was one Of
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with Mary Anderson, Modjeska, Davenport
and Nelson. All at once he vanished, and
only last week died in the insane asylum,
where he had been for decade.
There will be two more weeks Of the stock
company at the Grand after the coming
week. 1.-The Silver King, will be put on for
the entire week commencing the 18th inst.
Manager Lift, of the Grand. will leave the
city shortly for New York, where his several
companies begin active rehearsal for the
coming fall and winter season.
Sir Arthur Sullivan is now able to take
carriage exercise, and will soon complete
work upon his new opera for the London
Savoy.
Evans Hoey have engaged three skirt
dancers in London to be added to their feat
ures in "a Parlor Match
Ed Hilton has pulled out of the Olympic,
and the popular vaudeville will next season
be run by f. d. Abbey.
James H. Wallick will be seen at the Grand
next week in bis successful sensational play,
''The Bandit King"
". F. Blande has signed with Rosenauest
4 Arthur. as business manager Of the Blue
Jeans company.
Annie Meyers is to. continue '.Way Down
in Dixie" in Tar and Tartar" next season.
Fanny Rice writes that London has proved
the biggest kind OF jolly surprise to her.
Men and Women" and 1.-The Lost Para
disc" will be produced in London next sea-
son under Frohman's management Mr.. aud