St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-01

cllpS IN 'front.' OF me ana three aces.
The manager said, THAT is the other
half ticket The conductor said, How
old is hep He replied Eleven years
| old The conductor replied, For
eleven years old he is the best poker
player l ever saw. Full fare for him..
"Trilby' returns for five farewell per-
formances to the Metropolitan opera
house next Thursday, Friday, Saturday
matinee and Saturday night and Sun
day night.
There can be but little doubt that
Paul M. Potter's dramatization Of Du
Maurier's famous novel, "Trilby," is
exceedingly clever Outside of the fact
that the book is deeply interesting and
is being discussed by ALL the contro-
versies it has caused have led consider
ably to it's popularity. Like all other of
the idiosyncracies of human beings, the
great desire at the present time is for
something new '"Trilby' is all of this
and even more. 1t possesses the essen
tials of originality and realism. 1t is
lifelike in the portrayal Of character,
and nothing is lost in the dramatiZa-
ton. The character of Trilby is unique.
She is a strange, fascinating creature Of
the earth, with only superficial knowl-
edge of what is going on around her,
but with all the worldly instincts that
girls nature is heir to. AS stage
heroine she is effervescent in a way
that beSpeaks the innocent vulgarity of
the period in which she lives. She is
surrounded with an atmosphere Of re-
finement for the while which deftly
touches on the extraordinary doings of
the people among whom she dWellS.
The company is the same as that
which presented "Trilby'' here early in
the present season.
1o4o to
era "The Chieftain," comes to the Met
rCpolitan, March II, from Abbey's thea
ter, New York, where it was given its
first American production early last
September by Francis Wilson. The
new opera was an immediate success
in New York, where the critics were
unit in it's praise, and the audiences
steadily increased until they reached
nightly the capacity Of the house, and
this experience has been duplicated
wherever the opera has since been pre-
serted. The music is said to rank with
the best that Sir Arthur Sullivan has
yet given to the public, being bright,
sparkling and catchy, and yet or the
highest class, the orchestrat1on being
especially rich and beautiful: us good
points are Of course, admirably dis
nlayed by the able conductorshlp OF
Signor A. De Novillis, who is again MI.
Wilson'S musical conductor. Mr.. Will
sons production of the opera is, In the
matter of scenery and costumes, what
Mr.. Wilson productions always are, rlch
and appropriate in the extreme, The
company numbers among lts principal
members Miss Lulu Chaser, Miss Lillian
Carllsmith Miss Alice Holbrook, Miss
Christie Macdonald and Messrs. Rhys
Thomas. John r. Brand, j. e. Mlron,
F. P. Temple and Peter M. Lang. MI
Wilson will give four performances OF
'The Chieftain' in this city, including
the Saturday matinee. The ADVANCE
sale of seats will open on MONDAY.
March 8.
There was one novelty in New YORK
citv recently that attracted as mucn
attention as YVette Gu1lbert. Inc at
traction referred to is LockhartS coih-
many. The elephants, which are nVe
in number, are really the most re-
markable specimens or brute lhtell-
eence ever exhibited They do every
thing but talk. Prof. Lockhart has
nlayed in all of the principal cities Oh
E,1rope and at every place he mas
received high praise for the manner
in which he controls these beasts. IN
New York city the elephants recelVeu
more newspaper comment imam any
other attraction in the metropolis
They will be seen at the Grand opera
house soon
Manager Lifts next venture will be
the production of a new play by n.
Grattan Donnelly, bearing the suggest
i've title of "a Tammany Tiger MI
Lift says that the drama is some
thing of a satire on New YorK ely
politics and campaign methods. Inc
plav will be produced in New York
some time in April.
az never wanted it anyway" re-
marked E. E. Rice the other day,
when he heard that Messrs. KlaW q
Erlanger had secured R. A. Barnett's
latest burlesque. I'll tell you, ne
added. turning to Oscar HammerStein,
''you and I'll collaborate on bur-
lesoue. I'll write the book and you the
music"
"All right" responded Mr.. Ham
merstein. Lets take Lucrezia Borgia
for the heroine
What can we do with herr
ooh, she'll just suit U.S. You know
she was the lady who poisoned so
many people. Well, you kill the audi
ence with your jokes and I'll write the
funeral marches. See?'
And now there is a GOODNESS between
Mr.. Hammerstein and Mr.. Rice.
LA Loie" Fuller, who has just re-
turned from Europe, is now playing
in New York city. She has brought
with her innumerable trunks full of
costumes, and boxes Of electrical and
other paraphernalia. One of her cos
tunes alone contains so much ma
terial that. when set in motion, the
silk reaches ten feet from the body in
each direction. The color effects which
La Loie" will introduce, it is said,
are simply marvellous. In one Of her
dapceS she forms the figure of cOIOS-
sal lily, the upper edge Of her skirt
being at least fifteen feet above the
level Of the stage In another. she
stands upon large square of glass
that is sunk in the stage. and vast
volume of electric light streams upon
her from below, while above are placed
other powerful lights. The commin-
Cling of the ascending and descend