St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-02
BEN JOHNSON.

offer Miss Craig, after due reflection,
accepted, and Monday night she said
goodbye to home and friends and
left for Milwaukee to assume her new
duties.
Miss Craig is a blonde of a very love-
ly type with a. sweet, but strong,
mouth and chin and clear gray eyes.
She is young woman of intellect and
culture and is only twenty-four years
DID Her work among the students
1T the high school has been very sue
Hessful, and, while feeling that her
present change was for the best, Miss
Craig expressed the utmost unwilling
hess to leave st. Paul and the high
school work. In which her heart was
eentered. feeling as she did a per-
sonal love for the students, which love
was fully returned. The night Of the
presentation Of the ''House-Boat on the
Btyx," Jan. Is, was Miss Craig's birth
day, and after the departure Of the
large audience the boys of the school
sent up a yelP' for their young teach
pr which was heard for blocks. The
pest wishes Of hundreds Of st. Paul
people. young and old, attend the
young woman to her new home.
The production Of Augustin DaIy's
"a Night OFF, at the Grand next Fri
nay evening will result in the estab-
aishment in st. Paul of a theatrical
Club, and if the present members Of
Inat club are not carried away by en-
thuslasm In this, their first perform
E1ce, there IS that in them that will
presently put the st. Paul club on a.
footing of equality with the crack club
OF the country-that Of Brooklyn. The
institution will be, perhaps, not 80
much Of q club as a school Of acting.
The possibilities Of It's development are
ancalculable, for one can never tell
Wnat the raw material Of histrionIo
talent VIII amount to until it has been
Tested. The test has been applied to
the members Of the company that will
FORM the nucleus of the ST. Paul school.
and There Will be no question about the
rank OF the amateurs composing 1t aft
eg next Friday.
1t Is the refinement of fun that makes
fne nigh class comedy so ENJOYABLE.
and The people. In the cast Of "a Night
on seem to have the proper sense of
the refining process. A tone, a bizarre
Iouch OF color, an awkward movement.
even a badly placed shrug, any of these
Things may mar the finish Of a nice bit
OF acting or writing, and the amateurs
Who will make their bow to the public
next Friday night know this thorough
~. Every member Of the COMPANY is
30 finely finished in his or her part as
TO suggest that imperceptibIe LACQUER.
that indicates the DAILY comedian or
comedienne. It is this that will sur
prise and delight the audience on the
evening Of the entertainment. Miss
Sturgis has developed marked histrion-
lc ability-not that it was altogether
unsupported, for her friends have lons
known that she possessed talent. She
handles with Gelicacy a part that
trained and brilliant actresses have
approached with dread. Miss Haw-
kins does her work with much nicely.
Messrs Miller and Davis have already
assured themselves a distinct success,
and the other members Of the cast are
promising much. This Is perceptible
even under the disadvantages of re-
hearsal, were the stage accessories
were lacking. In the magnificent set
angs which have been provided for the
production the subtleties of the acting
will be accumulated, and the costumfrg
WILL add the finishing touches to the
Ehsge pictures.
The cost of the production made the
actors hesitate for some time. but now
there is no doubt that the disasree-
able, but obstructive question Of finan-
ces will be settled satisfactorily by the
attendance. Preparing the mountings
yas by far the largest item of expense.
Rhe scenery was especially designed,
knd Is entirely new The costumes.
mich are very handsome. were pro-