St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22

sparkling and VivaciOuS embodiment of
his heroine. DR.. Goldsmith would have
been less enthusiastic over the rest of
the company, though, as kindly per-
son and just one withal, he would
have had no very harsh words for any.
But 1t was Mrs. Taber as Miss Hard
castle, who renewed the life and dash
ana spirit which DR.. Goldsmith nut
INTO his play, which, in these DAYS, is
only TOO apt to lie dormant ever in tho
hands of good artists.
At the Grand opera house tonight
the hlmban Opera Comique companv
VIII llaugurate their annual visit to
the city, presenting an entirely new
and reconstructed version of that oner.
atlc extravaganza, "Hendrick HUDSON
Jr. Inc production is said to be new
IN music, songs, specialties and seen
cry.
Inc company is headed by Corinne
whose talents as a singer and comedi-
e I nave oeen made the most of by
hef mother, Mrs. Jennie KiInbalj
whose efforts in a managerial wav
nave resulted in the accumulation Of
comfortable fortune. Mrs. KinohaII
is noted for the sumptuous manner i'm
Whlch the eXtraVaganzas that have
served as vehicle for Corinne have
peen mounted, and in "Hendrick Hud-
son Jr. she is said to have eclipsed
all her former productions "Hendriol<
Hudson Jr." is a pictorial ola nodri6a
OF brilliant stage settings and costum-
ing, enliVened by comedians dancers
vocalists and specialists. Moreover
HUDSON has plot-a breezy. humor,
Gus conceit of plot, light as thistle
down. William Gill, who wrote the IA
nous 'Adonis" for Henry Dixey, and
ROBERT Frazer, who collaborated in
Frank Daniels Little Puck taken
from Austey's Vice Versa" are the
authors of 'Hendrick Hudson Jr ,,
Messrs. Frazer and Gill introduced
us to Hudson during that Dutch navi-
gators second voyage to New Amster
Dam, in 1909, and his sail in search of
christopher Columbus, when he is
driven on the Florida coast. Corinne
plays the title part Corinne and her
associates present a lengthy pro-
gramme of specialties during the mis-
adventures of Hudson. One of the feat
ures or these specialties is the mando-
lin playing of Corinne. She is an ex-
pert on the mandolin, being a pupil of
the famous Scotch mandolinist, Signor
PietrapatroSa, who was her instructor
during her stay in Paris last summer
Ben Grinnelle, the comedian and
singer; the Nichols sisters. in planta
tlon songs and sketches; Lillian Knott
with ballads; Charles Cameron. Charles
Fostelle, the woman of the future:
Harry Dixon and ]. Henry Mack, song
and dance artists, and Lindsay Morri-
son, are members of the company. The
artist model dance eccentrioue. and tho
Trilby quadrille and burlesque, are in
Guided in the specialties. Some Of the
scenic effects are the Everglades of
Florida, New Amsterdam in 1909. the
Falls of Niagara, the Santa Marie and
the Egyptian palace.
70. j. Henley hopes now to recover
his lost voice, and if he does will pro-
duce the dainty dramatization Of
Robert Macaire,' which his brother
w. q. Henley, made in collaboration
with Stephenson. He also hopes to do
Hamlet 0he- real part, not burlesque
this time), and snappishly, says that
he will not come to Brooklyn if he de-
cides to try 1t. Nevertheless, Brook