St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-12


Hbrettist takes neat fall out Of Bernhardt
and her school and gives his own leading
woman chance at burlesque in the following
lyric:
You forget my special magic
!, Qn q high dramatic sense)
s.! l. Lies in situation tragic lE
Undeniably intense.
AS I've justified promotion M
In the histrionic art, ia
I'll submit to you my notion Il
Or first-rate part.
have rival! Frenzy thrilled!
find you both together!
My heart stands still-with horror chilled
Hard as milestone neither!
Then softly, slyly, snaily, snaky-
Gr stw, creepy. Sualiy, quaky-
AS panther tracks her fated prey
fly at her soft white throat
The lily-white laughing tenant
On her agoniZed gaze l gloat
~, with the glee of glancing demon!
MY rival she-I have no doubt of her
so hold on-till the breath is out of her!
Till the breath is out of her!
ana then-Remorse! Remorse!
y cold unpleasant corse,
Avaunt! Avaunt
That lifeless form
l gaze upon
That face. still warm
But weirdly wan
Those eyes of glass
l contemplate
And then, alas,
Too late-too latei
I find she is-your aunt
Remorse! Remorse!
Then, mad-mad-madl ~
With fancies wild-chimerical- 49,
Now Observation-Disclosures
Now, hullaballoo hysterical!
Ha! ha! hal hal
But whether I'm sad or whether I'm glad
Madi mad! mad madi
This calls for the resources of a high-class art,
And satisfies my notion Of a frst-rate partl
Madame Rhea will be the attraction at the
Metropolitan opera house April %, "a and
20, and will be supported by an excellent
company in a production Of Nell Gwynne."
This will be Madame Rhea's first appearance
here in two years.
The Minnesota Boat club will give their
annual performance at the Metropolitan opera
house next Wednesday evening presenting a
new comedy written by Miss Beaumont, and
series of Giving pictures" A large num-
Der Of tickets have been sold by the members
of the boat club, and full house is already
ISSUED. The box Office will open for the sale
and exchange of reserved seats Monday
morning.
The Gus HILLS Novelties will make their
first appearance in this city at the Grand
the week following Daniel Sully's engage
ment. This attraction comes well recon-
mended by the prominent cities of the East
ern country. Besides Gus Hill, who is ac-
knowledged to be the greatest club swinger
in the world, the organization contains ten
other strong and very expensive acts, includ-
Ing Les Freres Romalos, Europe's wonders;
Lew Hawkins, the famous MINSTREL Bently
and Cameron, musical artists, Bonnie Lottie,
"The Little Sunbeam McCale and Daniels,
ricI,
trained dogs; Estelle Wellington, eccentric
vocalist; Gray and Conway, sketch artists;
DAILY and Devere and others.
In view of the surfeit of foreign plays writ
ten to exploit the achievements and woes of
foreign heroines with unsavory past and
questionable present, the Chicago Tribune
pleads for dramatic literature that will pre-
sent true types of the American woman of to-
day. 1t says:
Zone notable cause for this reform should be
found in the American attitude toward wom-
anhood. No one has been quicker to bear tes-
timony to the real gallantry which we as a
people show to our women than Travelled
Frenchmen, Max O'Rell and Paul Bourget
are rather recent instances. Not only that
but the feminine American has of late years
more than justified all the confidence the ma
tional feeling has put in her. Why with such
ideals growing and expanding all about us the
stage should with increasing insistence take
another type of woman from another race
for its heroines is more than confusing It
is no longer the young person. who Is to
be considered. 1t is the woman of the age In
almost all literature her influence is felt to be
overwhelming, and no book. is regarded as a
success today which does not enlist her
among it's advocates.
IF the American woman, by reason of her
leisure and her intellectual force, is able to
make her influence felt in fiction why should
it be lacking in dramatic literature? II 1t
is she and her sisters who constitute the ma
jority of the reading public is it not also true
that she and her sisters make up the greater
part of the playgoing population? 1t is to be
taken as certain that there are more of the
gentler sex to whom 1.-THE plays the thing
than of the other. Our wives and sisters as
suredly take to it minds unduled by the hard
work of business day, fresher faculties for