St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-09
Children Cry for
Pitchers Gast0Eias
BENEFIT TO ELKs.

1t Proves One OF the Events of
the Season.
The BEST People on Earth" had 4
rousing benefit yesterday. That is, the
Elks. who have DeLeht annually for
the satisfaction of giving what moneys
accrue to them to the poor. gave a mag
nticent entertainment al the Lyceum
theater The house was packed to suf-
location. and in spite of the incOnven-
renee which a great many experienced
everybody had good time. The "shOw'
was The best and biggest ever given on
a similar occasion.
Tie programme opened by an over
ture by DanZ'S orchestra, which was
followed by a short address by {. NJ.
FOOle. exalted ruler of the lodge. Mr..
FUOte spoke OF the character of the or
der ana of its great secret, that of dis
pensing charity without OstentatiOn.
The funds raised by the annual bene-
fits. he said. were never diverted to any
other purpose than that OF succOrlng the
NEEDY in real distress.
The Elks QIaTtette, composed Of d.
W. Elliott. George Buckingham, ". II.
West and p. j. Dunn. sang a song
which was encoTed, and then the pro-
fesSiOnal part OF the programme began
with an exhibition of gTOtesQue aero
battles by the MOdena brothers. trio
from HaHlOus Fantasma company. The
act of these three brothers is a marvel
Gus one and needs to be seen TO be APP
precIated.
Frank BeIcher, the baritone of the
COrDett aggregation. came next in TWO
songs, which were sDlendldly sung.
Champion COrbett then gave an exhibit
tiOn of boxing with John McFey. Three
short rounds were contested. Which
tended mainly to exhibit the champion
as man OF QuIckneSS on his feet. The
boxing was not, nor was IL Intended to
be, strictly scientific. COrbett was
loudly applauded, and was called be-
fore the curtain after the bout.
Frank Henningo of the Thomas keene
company, with the disadvantage of a
dress suit and the absence OF a mob, 3"
reclted Mark AntOny's Grafton in a
manner that showed him TO be 4 trne
artist in tragedy. Mr.. Hennilg has a
beautiful voice. and spoke Shake
speare's lines with more attention 10
their sense and less attention 10 rant
than IS customary.
Miss Elsie Irving. Of the FantaSma
company, sang new song written by
Mr.. Crime, stage director of her com
pany, which was we'll received.
VIII A. Mack. q comedian OF the Joe
OF order. gave a very taking mono
Iugue. in which he lugged in some very
graphic local hits.
Miss Blanch Sheppard was unable TO
appear because of illness, ana Joseph
DUner and Master Sweeney, of the of
uhe Earth" company, gave a burles que
spaTrng match, in which Master
Sweeney, VINO weighs about fifIy-fiVe
pounds, had very much the best or his
1G0-pound antagonist.
One OF the pIettiest things on the
programme was the dramatic sketch by
Sir Charles Young entitled "DTifted
Apart" which was INTERPRETED by
Edwin Arden and Miss Lillian Law
renee. of the Thomas keeue company.
The little curtain raiser was almost too
refined for the occasion. and it is
doubtful if it received the attention
which { meTited'
The programme concluded with the
second act OF OF the Earth Eddie
Toy's new success. Tie act introduced
The fail strength Of the company, in
Guiding the only Foy, Miss Louise Mon
1agUe as the up-tO-date young man.
Miss Sadie Mcdonald as the cult
cured" girl and Miss Kate TART as the
queen of tie moon. The magnificent
burlesQue was heartily applauded.
Tie Elks are very happy over their
big entertainment and are bubbling
over with thanks for all those who so
kindly contributed TO make 1t so great
success.