The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-04

members. This association will bring
will begin on the afternoon of May
at the Broadway theater, New York.
with comedy of army life by Capt.
Charles King, Emma Sheridan and
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland.
Mrs. Fiske, Is playing to large
houses in her production Of 'Tess of the
DUrbervilles'' In the Fifth Avenue
| theater, and she has done a business
| in all respects remarkable for the Len
! ten season. The play has created a
! profound impression. Lorimer Stod-
| dard. the adapter. has received from
Nine. Marie Scott-Uda, wife of the
| dean OF art critics In Italy, a letter
| in which she says she thinks that the
part OF Tess is admirably adapted to
Duse.
| Alexandra Viarda. the Polish tragedt-
enne. will tour this country next sea-
| son. She is said to be regarded In
Europe as the successor Of Nine Ris-
tori, and will appear in "Medea, 9"
Marie Stuart and other plays of that
type, supported by an English com
pany. She will also act In English
TRANSACTIONS, made expressly for her
! American tour.
1.-THE drama Is not governed by the
| rules of the most noble the Marquis OF
| Queensberry, and although such con-
duct is not tolerated in the p. R., the
theater usually hits man when he Is
down." says Hillary Bell in the New
| York Press. IAN instance of this IS
afforded by the dropping Of the late
| James jeremiah Corbett from the cast
of "A Naval Cadet That drama, with
the prize fighter as its hero was billed
for production at the Academy for a
| fortnight, beginning March 20. But the
body blow administered by the AUS
tralian gladiator whom his opponent
! classified as a monkey-fa kanga-
! roo gave the Quietus to the play as
well as to it's prospective player. Gen
/ tleman Jim has temporarily retired
from the stage and is at present chew
| ing that cud Of blasted hopes known
in theatrical parlance as resting
Meanwhile the M. F. kangaroo has i'm
measurably increased in histrfonic
| fame by his lucky punch on G. Jim's
| midst. From a financial standpoint
| Lanky Bob is now the best actor Of
modern times, excelling Joseph Jeffer
| son in comedy. Henry Irving in TRACE
! dy, and Beerbohm Tree in character
His right fist is a pastoral, his mighty
| left is an epic in fourteen cantOs and
an epilOgue. Mr.. Fitzsimm0ns is our
| new pugilistic-h istrionic Sir Oracle, and
when he speaks let no dog of a critic
bark. We shall crowd the theater to
study his illustration Of the drama by
CrOsS-cuts, counters, and uppercurs.
CuriOusly enough, prize fighting actors
always espOuse virtue on the stage and
abhOr Wickedness 80 Vehemently that
at the end of the play It's villain is
black and blue and in need Of arnica.
The kangaroo is now our most distin-
guiShed fiStic player, superSeding John
L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett in the
applause Of the gallery. 1 am now
said the bruiser of bruisers to the YET
low kid am now prepared to enter
into some other profession and will try
to ornament society Certainly. Why
not? Any old thing of a play will do
for a medium. The Fitzsimmons fist
could resuscitate even 'Spiritisme' or
DR.. CIaudius.' "
Clement Scott. the dramatic critic,
tells of a London manager who re-
ceived polite note to this effect: Dear
Sir-I attended your theater last night
and l regret to say | spent such a
wretched evening that [ must request
you to remove my name from you1
free list" There was a self-respecting
dead-head, if ever there was one!-Ex-
change.
"The ShOwman's Daughter" another
Of Manager Jacob Lifts new prOduc-
tiOns will be seen for the first time on
any stage tonight at the Grand The
play treats Of certain phases Of Amerl-
can life. and its theme is the cruel
separation of a young couple recently
married, which Is effected through the
Vaccinations of a jealous woman,
whose love is unreQuited. In her rage
at being robbed Of the man she loves,
by better and nObler woman, she re-
sorts to wicked eXpedientS to keep the
husband and wife separated In the
puhsuit of his avocatiOn as an engineer,
the husband Is called to Colorado to
act as superintendent of a NINE ex-e
pecting to have his wife join him as
soon as he is settled Before this can
be arranged the reckless woman Sc
cures the aid of confederate and
manages to intercept and destroy all
letters that pass between husband and
wife Months pass and the young wife
not receiving a word from her husband
! gives him UP for dead. The husband
! in far-Off Colorado entertains the same
| belief until one day the pOstmistresS
Of the Colorado mining town discloses
| the fact that she had distracted the
! letters at the command of q man, one
| AamOn, a VillainOus MeXican-into
whose power she had fallen. For this
| treachery Ramon kills her and escapes
| before swift and summary justice can
be melted out to him. He makes his
next appearance in the Eastern home
! of the woman who had employed him
| to make away with the letters, where,
| with the aid of another confederate,
! they are scheming to obtain the rich
| legacy of the hero, The latter turns
| up eventually at his old home. in what
| up to this time, has been a long and
vain search for his lost wife. Ramon,
who has been mixed up in other crimes,
| is being hard pushed, and his first effort
| to clear his path is an attempt to get
| ThOrne, the man he has so fearfully
| wrOnged, out of the way He therefore
decOys him on board an old boat which
| lies off the Jersey shore. He also sue
! ceeds in getting the wife on board at
\ the same time Husband and wife meet
| in the cabin where Ramon locks them
! in. Then he scuttles the old hulk which
| can be seen by the audience settling in
! the water gradually. storm has
! come up meantime, and thunder,
! lightning and other electric effects fol-
| low. Lightning strikes the mast and
the shock is fatal to Ramon, who is
I standing close by. The doors burst
| open and the imprisoned hero and
| heroine escape to the deck They are
! Immediately taken off by friends who
| have followed them fearful of some
! treachery.
This Is In brief. an outline Of the
main thread of the story. There are
| other characters than those mentioned
and there is said to be plenty Of breezy
comedy furnished by a genial Irish
| lad. who can sing and fight with equal
| facility; his sweetheart and an eX-cir-
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