The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-23


octave volume Of nearly 900 pages.
What it does not contain in the way of
information concerning all of the
theaters in the country their dinen-
sions and seating capacity, 1t Is difficult
to imagine. The names of the local
managers. newspapers and hotels In
all the cities and principal towns Of
every state are published in this vol
ume, together with other useful data.
Managers of travelling attractions will
find the theatrical guide especially help
full.
Harry Clay Blaney, the bow-legged
comedian. will star this season in a new
farce entitled boy Wanted" The COM
pany will include O'Neill and Suther-
land, Allyn Lingard, Laura Bennett,
Flcrie Evans, Bryant and Saville, Max
Miller. Tom Peasley and others.
Matthews and Bulger. that clever
pair of tete tete artists in Rush
City" will appear this season in a new
comedy entitled Sat Gay Coney Island =
AT Gay Coney Island" is a skit illu-
Strating humorous incidents common to
the great seaside resort from which
the play takes it's title.
Madame Sans Gene" will follow
"Cymbeline" at the London Lyceum.
Sir Henry Irving will make up his
Napoleon after a picture Of the great
Corsican as young man which hangs
In the "beefsteak room" of the theater.
Miss Lillian Russell will take her
self off on the road with IAN American
Beauty" before she makes her bow to
the New York public at the Casino in
the new opera. Her New York engage
| ment begins in February, and mean
while she will be on a tour, opening at
Scranton, Pa, on Sept. IA.
The Academy of Music opened on
Thursday evening with Mr.. w. A.
Brady's production Of Under the Po-
! lar STAR" in which vice and virtue
are put on ice in high ATTITUDES and
| have it out in great shape. Mr.. Belas-
| co has had the staging of the piece,
| and 1t is said to contain thrilling
scenes that would make an ice baron
repent of his SINS A strong company
Is engaged, and neither time nor paint
has been spared in preparing the seen
| cry.
| The rivalry among the music halls
of today is driving the managers into
all markets as bidders, determined at
any cost to get the leading dramatic
or operate stars if money will induce
them to abandon the legitimate stage
| for the more remuneratsve enc of the
music hall, says writer in the New
| York Herald.
If it goes on as it has been PROCESSING
| or late. l expect some of these days to
/ see Sir Henry Irving and Nine Melba
| doing their turns" with the rest OF
them at an enormous salary at some
| popular music halls, while the regular
theaters are turned into histor-
/ 1cal museums where are displayed in
teresting collections of old scenery and
costumes, used at a period when stock
| companies were known and the actor
of the legitimate" was still in exist.
ence. =
| The Theatre Francois announces
| Romeo and Juliet" 1.-The Winters
Tale and Richard Ill., and several
Shakespearian pieces to be tried also al
the Odeon.
| Mr.. Hayman is spending a good deal
of money on the interior and exterior
| of the Knikerbocker, late Abbev's
theater in New York city. A consider
able portion of the amount is being ex
| pended in removing Mr.. Abbeys name
or initial from the various walls. doors
| windows, ratings, floors, even the root
| eornice, where he placed It. Says the
New York Herald: cit seemed as
| though from every place where it was
| possible to put it the initial stared Mr.
Hayman IN the face. and men were
| continually coming to tell him that
| that they had discovered another big
! "A" somewhere. The costly mosaic
| lobby floor had Abbey in great letters
cemented in to stay there. The work
men said it was pity to destroy such
a line piece of work. RIP it up and
chuck it OUT said Mr.. Hayman This
| Sc
| are sixteen great brass doors, beauti-
full and solid castings, each with a
great "a" in the main panel. "The a
| can't be cut out; the door is a solid
casting" said Mr.. Hayman's workmen,
but take out that A. Chuck it out"
The sign "Abbeys Theater" on the
| handsome wooden panel over the en-
| trance gave a lot of trouble. The letters
| had been carved in the solid beam.
They had to be cut out with chisels.
! The expensive brass ratings in front
| of the box office need not have been
| replaced by others had not Mr.. Abbey
| deliberately struck more examples of
that "a into the graceful ornamental
| work. Chuck them OUT said Mr.
Hayman. So it went on until it seemed
| to Mr.. Hayman that he was chiselling
out half of the theater and .chucking
| out" the rest, eternally removing an
"A" here, only to find another one bob
| bling up elsewhere.
So
| During the entire period Of his con-
nection with theatricals, old John Duff
| had fixed and unalterable dislike for
people who endeavored to obtain seats
without first holding a pecuniary in
| terview with the box-office man.
There are some good stories told of
his encounters with deadheads says
| the New York Recorder
On one occasion Mr. Duff was ac-
costed by a brisk and dapper party,
who had acquired some celebrity as
1.-The lightning ticket agent of Bar
NUNS circus, and was anxious to get
free admittance to the theater on the
strength of it.
who are you, anyway" demanded
Mr.. Duff, who happened to be in the
box office when the stranger proffered
his request.
I'm Ben Rattle, the lightning ticket
seller" was the reply.
WELL" answered Mr.. Duff. "just you
see how id quick you can buy one"
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