St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-08
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE
Theatrical Affairs Here and There
in the Metrupoiis.

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Special Correspondence ST. Paul Globe.
New YORK. April 5.-There is likely,
before this letter is put into cold type,
to break out something very much in
the line of riot between the leading
comic opera stars, Lillian Russell and
Pauline Hall. Miss Hall, it seems, was
on the point. up to Tuesday morning. of
closing contract to produce mime.
Favart" at the Casino on Monday, April
%, at which time Miss RusselPs engage
ment with ''Girofle-GirOfla" is to come
to an end. SO far as this city is con-
cerned. 1t is told how Miss Hall put off
the production of her opera at Harri-
gan'S. which is theater not at all suited
to firSt-claSs entertainments, in order
that she might go into the much more
desirable Casino. The contract, accord
ing to the story which is being waited
about the inner circles of theatrical
gossip in the iLetrop0lis, is that Miss
Russell heard of the proposed agree.
her foot down upon it. Miss Russell,
as everybody presumably knows, is
under engagement to Canary and
Iederer, who. in addition to man.
aging her affairs. also conduct the
New York Casino. They argued in
their conversation with her, that as she
was going out OH the road anyway at
the end of her month in the metropolis,
it could not make any possible differ
ence to her who should come into the
theater afterward. She replied, SO they
say, that it made a difference - that
Miss Hall should not play in the Casino.
The managers then set up the protest
that Miss Russell was really interfering
\, flllir oh of IN q haj
theater. To this the prima donna re-
Piled that If Miss Hall was permitted TO
sing upon the Casino stage, she Miss
RusSelD would not sing any more for
Canary and Lederer at all. So there is
a very pretty kettle of fish and an Obvi-
Ously violent hostility between the two
brilliantly beautiful and accomplished
ladies who used TO grace the ArCns on
companies at the Casino.
1t is. by the by, undoubtedly fact
that Howard Gould purposes making
Miss Odette Tyler his bride. He has
admitted the intention to all his friends.
Mr.. Frohman's forces to 90 into private
lite The bridegroom is small, slight
person in physique. with the olive com.
pleXion of his father, and a tendency
mat is the reverse of conversational.
..Sowing the Wind" which continues
to be played to all enormous business at
the Empire theater. was originally
under contract to have been produced
at the Columbia theater, Chicago, with
Charles Frohman's stock company,
Easter Sunday. 1t has taken some
rather lively figuring on the part OF the
manager to keep the play going in New
York, for the reason that he had in the
first place to induce other combinations
<,G IN tharn
and Iii order to secure these cOmblna-
lions he was obliged to fill their broken
engagements with other companies, in
some cases peing called upon to furnish
guarantees of the receipts reaching a
certain figure.
A. Nj. Palmer goes away to Europe
Saturday, OH what he had Intended
should be secret JOurney.at least until
such time as he should have been well
on his way across the water. News OF
his intention, however. leaked out
Tuesday, since when there has been
some speculation concerning the object
of his mysterious trip. My information
is that there is play in London for
which the bidding among number of
American managers had been strong
and the competition hot. Mr.. Palmer
hopes by getting on the ground In per-
son to secure something of an advantage
over his opponents i'll the race. He
does not know, as lido, that still another
| manager well known in all parts OF the
country has the start of him by over ten
| days time.
"Charley's Aunt" is this week an
nounced as being in the last month OF
It's run at the Standard theater. prior to
it's transfer to Chicago, where the whole
summer season has been laid aside for
this remarkable piece.
The Gilbert and Sullivan opera called
utopia, Limited" which is now In its
second week at the Broadway theater.
has been drawing a succession OF very
large houses in spite of the fact that the
critics don't like it, and the other fact
that the conduct of the audiences does
not Indicate any great amount of enthu.
siasm for the work. 1t is conJectured
that the magniE cent mounting of the
piece has great deal to do with the
large takings at the door.
The company from Henry Irving's
Lyceum Iheater. London, coming over
to produce cinderella" at Mr.. Abbey's
theater in New York. sailed on Satur-
day from Liverpool with all the extern
sive and costly paraphernalia to be
used in the production. The organlZa-
ton will arrive on Sunday or Monday.
LEANDER RICHARDSON.
Editor Illustrated Dramatic News.