The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-05
ADJUSTMENTS.

Alabama" closes at the Metropolitan with
a matinee and evening performance. Tomor.
row night the engagement of Otis Skinner.
The critics OF the country have unanimously
agreed that. in the delineation of the great
male roles of the standard and Shakespearean
drama. Otis Skinner Is the peer of any actor.
Mr. Skinner is presenting this season a
large and varied repertory. His repertory
for the coming engagement in st. Paul has
been arranged as follows: Sunday, Richard
ILL.," Monday and Friday Hamlet" Tues
day and Thursdag, Merchant OF Venice"
and Katherine and Petruchio;" Wednesday
matinee. Lady OF Lyons Wednesday even
ing and Saturday matinee. Romeo and
Juliet" Saturday evening, Richard III"
"The Woman in Black concludes a most
successful engagement today at the Grand
with the matinee and evening performance
Seats are selling fast for Town Topics"
advertised as something distinctly new in the
farce comedy line. The skit was originally
produced in the East, and is reported to have
met with splendid success. The producing
cast includes some names well known in
farce comedy circles, among them Philip OFT,
John Queen, Beatrice Norman, Nellie Sennett
and others.
With the ending of the G. A. r. encamp-
ment goes from st. Paul Ashley Cooper's
great painting, 1.-THE Morning of the Cruel
fixion,' which had shown here for the past
week or two. This is the last day when the
big canvas may be seen. Even in the hurry
and hustle people found their way to the pic
ture and spent considerable time enjoying
the innumerable artistic details. The picture
will be sent East tomorrow or Monday.
Perhaps as attractive feature Of the
waak's thought
and arranged for was the Sioux Indian vii
lage on Minnesota street, and judging from
the increased interest taken in the curious
little settlement few of the visitors to st.
Paul had ever the redskins in their ma
tive state. Clothed in their rough garments,
decked with coors and beads, the Indians
In this village live just as they did when
they roamed about the forests and plains in
the early days, and their habits are instruc-
tive as we'll as entertaining. Just before and
during meal times the spectators are treated
to unusually odd scenes in the preparation
and disposition of food. The little tripod ket-
ties stand in front of the not too clean tepees,
and in the twinkling Of an eye the meat and
vegetables are got ready for dinner or sup
per- The dances, especially in those in which
they have Joined with their Chippewa breth-
rem, the Indians have amused their daily Wis
itors.
A host of the encampment visitors who
left for home last night embraced the last
opportunity to see White Bear lake. Most
OF the visitors were on hand at Wildwood to
sec the vaudeville performance before the
rain set in. and the spacious pavilion proved
ample shelter. Although the crowd was not
so large in the evening there was no lack
OF high-class entertainment for those who
sought out Wildwood. The attraction will
conclude its engagement with the perform
ances today.
The draperies which are used in the mount
Ing OF the famous painting Folly on ex-
hib1tion at 81 East Seventh street. add great
ly to the realistic effect ofthe painting Sew
eral hundred dollars worth Of the draperies
are hung about the painting OF the female
form, and do much to bear out the idea of
real life which this work of art suggests
Ihls painting has been viewed by large
number since it was placed on exhibition.
and critics Of art bear out the criticism made
in Boston and Atlanta that it is one of the
best pieces of work ever seen in this coun-
try.