St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-21
SUMMER THEATRICALS
Which Relieve Those Who Cant
Get Away From Gotham.


NEW YORK, May 19.-lt was demon
strated once more on Monday evening
of this week that Bret Harte's stories,
beautiful. touching and wholly delight.
ful as they are, cannot easily be dram.
atized to suit the public taste. The
production of 1.-The Luck of Roaring
Camp" ut the Empire theater, with a
most competent cast and all the acceS-
sories that help play to success. was
attended with unmiStaKable and pro.
nounc9d failure, and the little piece is
to De taken OFT as soon as suitable SUBJ
stltute Can be rehearsed in its place.
Dion Boucicault has written this free
adaptation Of Mr.. Harte'S poetic tale as
about the last work or his long anu re-
narkable career as a successful dramat-
list. he had introduced SOme material
friends that he had made good play
out OF great story.
Considerable diversity of opinion at
first prevailed regarding the merits of
The Passing Snow" which was pro-
duced at the Casino last Saturday night,
and which was good deal in the line
OF daring experiment in amusements.
The Idea OF this entertainment is to
lightly buriesque all the successful the
atrical productions of the past season.
At the first performance there were in-
Vulnerable bitches, many OF the cost
umeS were not finished, and the curtain
did not finally fall until midnight. But
On Sunday aud Monday there were ex-
tended rehearsals at which the pruning
knife was freely USED, and by Tuesday
night the story OF the show had gone
around the town SO enthusiastically that
MOS Tn it,tr
standing room ill the theater. ''The
Passing Show" appears to be just the
sort OF light nonsense to tickle the sum-
mer fancy, and no one would now be
surprised to see it fill in with great pro-
hit the hot weather term at this tneater
The row that has broken out between
Jonn Chatterton Perugini and his wife.
Lillian Russell, has not been entirely
unexpected for the past six weeks
among those who were closely informed
regarding the affairs of the family. 1t
seems To be rather generally accepted
by the friends of both parties that
Peruginl was altogether too devoted in
his attentions to his bride, who is said
to have been dissatisfied with the idea
of never being out of his sight. Even
when she went shopping. SO the story
goes. Perugini would go along, some
times accompanying her INTO the stores,
aud sometimes sitting in the brougham
outside waiting for her to finish. There
is 10 doubt Ill the world of the depth of
his infatuation for his fair bride. 1t
began to noticed some time ago among
the members OF the company of which
Miss Russell is the star that there was
growing disposition OH her part to
fine fault with nor husband. There is
all Old adage that familiarity breeds
contempt. In this case there isn't any
contempt, but familiarity has bred
Irritation. and from that it was but a
step to dissension. | am told there will
be no legal complications for the time
being, but that by and by, when the
affair has blown over to an extent,
efforts will be made to quietly get a
divorce. tef'--
The disturbance between Henry G.
Miner and the Rosenfeid brothers, at
the Fifth Avenue theater, which was
ago, finally broke out in earnest last
Saturday, when the Rosenfelds under
took to announce LADY Gladys" with
Minnie Seligman Cutting in the cast, for
Monday night. Mrs. Cutting had pre-
viously had trouble with Mr.. Miner
over an engagement at his theater in
Newark, and there is pending a law
suit between them. He strenuously
objected to having her put forward as
star in his New York playhouse. but
the Rosenfelds, claiming that he had no
right under his contract to tell them
what they should play, insisted upon
going ahead. Thereupon MIR. Miner
took the bit in his teeth, as the saying
is. and locked up the theater, refusing
to let the company enter the house.
The piece formerly known as 1.-THE
Noble Art" but recently rechristened
"Charley's Uncle" in obvious imitation
OF ''Chariey's Aunt" come 10 an ln-
Saturday night after two weeks sea-
son OF poor business.
Tue living pictures at Roster & BiaPs
are the latest thing of that descrlpt ion
i'll town. They were devised and ex-
ecuted by Oscar Hammerstein, gen
tleman whose fertility of unsupported
qualities every now and then amazes
the community. Mr. Hammerstein is
one of the most remarkable figures of
metropolitan life. He began his career,
| believe, by conducting a little paper
in the interest OF the tobacco trade. He
then began to invent machinery for use
in cigar factories, and finally secured
patent which he sold for cold 800, 600.
L am told that nearly all the best ma
chlnery used i'll the manufacture of
cigars i'll the United States today was
invented by Hammerstein. With the
considerable capital thus secured MIR.
Hammerstein launched out in real es-
tate speculations Oh the upper end of
Manhattan island, and, the first thing
anybody knew, he was the heaviest in
dlvidual holder of land in Harlem. Next
he began to build theaters, and in an
Incredibly short space of time he had
put up three magnificent structures,
two of them in Harlem and one in
Thirty-fourth street. The lasl-men-
toned house is the one now conducted
by Roster. Bial & Co., of which Mr..
Hammerstein is the Co"
LEANDER RICHARDSON,
Editor Dramatic News.