St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-02
And THE BEAST"
NEWS80YS' BENEFIT AN EXCELLENT
ENTERTAINER.
SUPERB AmATEUR ACTING.
Beautiful Songs. Pretty Dancing
Performance Equal to Pro
fessionai Work, and All DeveI-
oped Within Three Weeks
Worthy Undertaking in the In
terests of the Newsies.

The first performance Of. Beauty and
the Beast" the spectacular extrava-
ganza arranged by Miss S. S. O'Neil,
was given last night at Ford's Music
hall, for the benefit of the Newsboys'
club. Between 100 and 1925 children,
ranging in age from four to sixteen,
took part, and the majority did remark
ably we'll, considering that it is only
three weeks since Miss O'Neili arrived
IN the city and commenced drilling and
rehearsing them.
The play affords many opportunities
for the introduction of pretty dances,
all of which were taken advantage of.
The story. founded on the old, old nur-
sery tale, is as follows:
The first scene shows the home of
Muffi, merchant Of Bagdad, who has
been waiting lorg time for one of his
ships to come in The common report
and beliefiS that the ship is lost, and in
consequence the merchants credit has
been impaired. In this scene, however.
news comes of the arrival in a distant
port of his ship, the Golden Swan. and
Muffii, the merchant. and Tuifi, his
nephew and junior partner. a comic
character which was very we'll Dor
trayed by Daisy StrutZelI, prepare to
start out to meet it. Before going,
however, the merchant asks his daugh-
tiers each to wish for something for him
to bring back TO them. This they do,
the youngest, Beauty, wishing for
rose, much to tbs, amusement of the
other two sisters. This scene concludes
with village fete, with chorus, which
gives opportunity for introducing
number of chorus and solo dances.
The second scene is laid in the cave of
the imps OF darkness, and storm. In
this Paw Paw and his arch-confederate,
Claw Claw, conspire against all the
dwellerS by land and sea. In the midst
of the storm the fairy queen. La Rose.
arrives and pleads for her godson,
Prince Graceful, who has been changed
INTO a beast. A highly amusing and
dramatic scene between the impS and
the fairy ensues, in, which the fairy, OF
course. wins. A gypsy band and dance
IS introduced at this poiut.
The palace of Prince Graceful is the
background for the next scene. The
prince is lamenting his sad fate in hay
ing to go around as beast, but the
fairy queen arrives and promises that
he shall not long remain so. but will
again resume his natural form. At this
Muffi and Tuffi. who have been. ship
wrecked on the enchanted island in the
storm of the last scene. appear. Some
funny things Happen here, and
Mufi plueks an enchanted rose, which
he wanted to take back to his daughter.
There is Il sudden crash, ami the beast
appears ami threatens the traveller and
his nephew with death. but finally
allows them to depart with the promise
that the merchant shall send back one
of his daughters to marry him.. To this
proposition the merchant consents, and
is then entertained with music and
dancing. a
In scene five the palace OF Prince
Graceful on the enchanted island again
appears. The prince in the form of the
Beast proposes, but his form causes her
to reject him. He takes it philosophi-
caiiy, however, and gives her an enter
tainment, i'll which is introduced one of
the most charming dances of the pro-
gramme-the ''Revel of the Roses" But
the entertainment does not cheer Beauty
up, for she has seen in a magic glass
her father sick at home. and
on promise to the Beast to
return departs for home, with
an enchanted rose given her by the
prince at her breast. AT home she of
course relates all the wonderful things
size has seen, ana arouSes the envy of
her sisters, who steal from her the rose,
Whereupon the imps of darkness make
| their appearance, and think that at last
| the prince is in their power, but the APP
pearance of the fairy queen foils them
again, and she makes Beauty consent to
wed the Beast. The last scene of all is
| the arrival of Beauty and the wedding
party, the betrothal and the transform
| alton of the Beast into his rightful form.
| Some of the dances were executed
with as much grace as the usual profess
! sional performance, but those especially
| worthy of notice were the tableau
| dances to the air of America" and
| The Star-SpangIed Banner" by the
| little Bryant girls, of Minneapolis. and
| the Spanish Castanets by Queen Arey,
! Edna Gooch and Josie and Daisy Bell.
| The complete list of dances is here
| given:
Spanish Castanets : Queenie Arey.
| Edna Gooch, Josie and Daisy Bell.
| America Margaret and Princess
| Bryant.
| Datch Wooden Shoe-Emma hilbert
| and Gertie jacobson.
| French Jig-Mabel Rutherford.
/ Sailors Hornpipe Lily ami Lucy
| Lippon.
| Petite Coquette-Margaret and Prin-
| cess Bryant.
Primrose Dance Caprice-Ethel Bell.
| French Hornptpe-Blanch Springer.
| CIog-By ''Newsie.''
| Plantation Hoe-dowD-Fanny Dean.
Baltimore de Bangot-Queenie Arey.
| Tkuma'-Gertrude Miller.
Highland FIing-LuciIe Egan.
| Class Dances Vatican, Shepherds.
Revei of the Roses, Petite Vassar, in
which the children appear as Vassar
maidens in miniature; English Peas :.
| ants. Minuet de la Cour, Hungarian
| Gypsies and Turkish OdaliSque.
| Chorusas BE My Sweetheart"
.'Push Dem Clouds Away" and "Planta-
ton Song"
| Besides the play Itself and the dane
ing there were several special numbers.
| Miss Floy Brundage, the whistler. who
has delighted SO many audiences on
other occasions, rendered waltz tune
in most pleasing way, and when en-
cored responded very pleasingly with
another selection, in which she accom-
| panied herself on the piano. Mr.. Beau
mont gave an imitation of j. w. Riley,
which was very amusing. and the boys
| of Christ church choir assisted by sing
ing the thinkers Chorus" Miss Aus
rella Phillips contributed number, as
| did also Mr.. Zenzius.
| The entertainment was opened with
| an address by Father Heffron, one of
| the officers of the club, which was fol-