St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-07

The pretty little play ''Esmeralda"
will be presented at the Metropolitan
opera house on the evening of April
10 for the benefit of the free dis
pensary. This is about the first
event of any kind to follow the
great Easter festival, and it is say
ing very little to announce that it
will be the event socially of the
brief season that follows the days of
abstinence from things of this order.
The beneficiary of the entertainment
is one of the most worthy charities
in the city, and as the affair is in
charge Of some Of the most energetic
workers in this cause, a very brill
liant success is assured for it,
The cast of characters is as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Rogers, North Carolina
farmer. -. John D. Miller
Lydia Ann Rogers. his wife.
Mrs. H. H. How
Esmeralda Rogers, his daugh-
ter. Miss Katherine Jewell Everts
Dave Hardy, a young North Car
Gilman. George Willard
Mr.. Esterbrook, a man OF leis-
ure.. Observation-Disclosures. l.. Davis
Jack Desmond, an American art
lst in Paris. .................H. G. Hale
Nora Desmond, his sister
Mrs. Fred Powers
Kate Desmond, his sister
Miss Margaret Hale
marquis" de Montessin,
French adventurer. w. L. Banning
ulator. Frank FarwelI
The ladies who have consented to act
as patronesses of the entertainment
are:
Mesdames George B. Young, R. NJ.
Newport, d. r. Moves, E. C. Mason,
Z. n. Saunders, Henry Hale, F. 3.
Bass. S. S. Eaton, j. L. F'orepaugh, w.
H. Vittum, c. E. Flandrau, Y. p. Nor
gan, w. B. Bend, ]. Q. Adams, e. H.
Cutler, E. w. Peet, George R. Finch,
n. T. Langford, John Harrington, A.
E. Senkler, c. E. Furness, A. B. Stick
ney, W. H. H. Stowell, c. A. Wheaton,
Albert Lindeke, Matthew Clark, A. l..
Green, Archibald McLaren, Harvey
Officer, Charles e. Bigelow, Arthur
Sweeney, John Townsend, w. F. Tuck
er, w. ]. c. Kenyon, G. E. Glenn,
William Rhodes. c. j. A. Morris, c. A.
Severance, A. Kalman, T. T. De Witt,
J. j. Hill, E. G. Rogers, John F. Full
ton, c. b. Lamborn, d. A. Monfort,
Justice Rice, A. j. Stone, Lane X.
Stone, Horace Thompson, Gardner
Moore. F. Seymour, Gillette, W. H.
Sanborn. Kenneth Clark, e. j. Abbott,
P. H. Hillard, F. p. Wright, c. c. De
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H. Wedelstaedt, John LAWYER, William
Dawson, D. H. Moon, j. Allen, w.
Constance, H. 1. Fairchild, Oscar Tay-
lor, John jackson, r. Warner, r. 3.
Galusha, c. w. Bum, G. G. Squires,
]. F. Shade, Charles D. Gilfllan, c.
W. Carpenter, w. E. Bramhall, I. L.
Schurmeier, ]. ]. Parker, ]. E. Nc
Williams, Robert Rantoul, W. H. Light
ner, Ambrose Tighe, F. w. NJ. Cutch-
con, ]. w. Lusk, John A. Humbird,
Marie Creve, Frederick Driscoll, Cass
Gilbert, Walter Morton, T.. T. Smith.
The officers of the society and the
board of managers is as follows: Pres
ident, Mrs. Ansel Oppenheim; first vice
president, Mrs. William F. Graves;
second vice president, Mrs. c. w.
Haekett; treasurer, Mrs. j. B. HoXsie;
secretary, DR.. Helen w. Bissel; as
sistant secretary, Mrs. E. H. Ozmun.
Mesdames Burbank, j. B. Tarbox, E.
A. Jaggard. W R. Merriam, Oliver
Dalrymple, E. L. Booth. Warren Mead,
H. F. Stevens, J. Owens, w. B. Dean,
w. G. Robertson, Maurice Auerbach,
julius Austrian, H. F. Hersey, Thomas
McDavitt, ]. NJ. Howell, Gustave
Schadle, Charles Green, Burnside Fos-
ter, Miss Lindeke, Miss Wilder and
Miss Kalman.
Entertainment committee-Mrs. Ed
win A. Jaggard, chairman; Mesdames