St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-26

high-grade farce Her untimely death
Was a distinct loss to the theatrical
world. which contains too few women
of her wonderful attainments She left
a daughter, Ethel, who is now an
actress, and is said to give promise of
ultimate though slow development;
out, to be perfectly frank. it is yet too
early to say whether or not her double
inheritance of histrionic ability will
give her the prominence which it is
not unnatural to expect
What a theatrical family those Drews
are, to be surei Sidney married a
daughter of kittie Blanchard and Nc
Kee Rankin. She has been a member
OF his company, as has also her sister
Neither of them is remarkably clever.
though both are quite competent in not
overexacting roles.
Effie Ellsler is the daughter of old
John Ellsler, once the theatrical idol of
cincinnati, and for some time part
ner of Joe Jefferson. In fact, one of
Jefferson's greatest early managerial
successes was made while in copartner-
ship with Ellsler in Charleston S. c..
IN bringing to that city sweet Julia
Dean, who afterward married Mr..
Hayne, one of the family which has
helped to make the Palmetto state IA
nous in history. Fife went on the
stage 1t an early age, but it was not
Hazel Kirke' during the phenomenal
run of that piece in New York city that
she attained anything like national
celebrity This 1t was which, in my
opinion, led to her undoing. so to speak
She soon afterward went a-starring
and met with sufficient success to con-
tinue indefinitely. The clean-cut meth
DDS, naturalness and spontaneity which
had made her charming were in a
measure lost, and she has never since
been the same Effie EllsIer Had it
not been for her great hit in Hazel
kirke," [ firmly believe-and I am not
alone in this opinion-that she would
today have been one of the most pop
ular female stars in America, and it
would not have been necessary for her
to travel all over the country each sea-
son either
e. L. Davenport was a great actor
in nearly every sense. He left behind
him son and namesake who is likely
to be a credit to his progenitor 1t is
not likely that he will ever reach the
heights of fame attained by his dis
tinguished father. for the conditions of
the present day in the theatrical world
are such as to render that we'll nigh
impossible, but he is certain to be heard
from prominently. His work is actu-
ally cameolike in its cleanness and di-
rectness, and he is possessed of a fine
physique. with the Indispensable good
looks which go to make up that vague
something, good stage presence with
out which no leading juvenile can hope
to succeed nowadays, in this country at
least. Young Mr.. Davenport is better
adapted for the romantic drama than
almost any contemporaneous actor in
America, and it is not unlikely that he
may be starred in it in the near future
Another son of a dead favorite is
j. K. Hackett, at present practically
the leading man of the New York Ly-
ceum stock company. This young man
is just as certain to arrive" as the day
is to follow night. Most actors Of
his age and experience holding his
present position would consider that
they had already arrived, but Hackett
appears to be looking ever upward
He never Sights a part for even
single moment and has never been
known to indulge in that reprehensibly
frequent practice of taking the audi
cree into his confidence-in other
words, playing to the gallery. He APP
pears to be oblivious of the fact while
on the stage that there is any one at
all 'in front" To this extraordinary
conscientiousness is allied ability of a
avery striking order, and how this COM
bination can fail to land him in the
front rank of American actors is more
than 1 can figure out
Aubrey Boucicault, the son Of the
Boucica ult, is an actor of merit. He
Boucicaultfi is an actor of merit He
has appeared in wide range OF char
acters and has made creditable show
ing in each line he has essayed He
is best in light comedy with a farccal
leaning, although In the serious leading
juvenile role in "A Woman of No I'M
portance" he made an emphatic hit, as
he also did later in the principal char
acter role in the comic operetta
Madeleine; or, The Magic Kiss"
Given good management and a trifie
more of continuity of purpose, Aubrey
Boucicault will be a money making
star. He is handsome and refined in
his methods He Is also one of the
very few of our young actors who can