The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-18

performance by Les Freres Carpos,
WONDERFUL pedestal acrobats, now on
thelr Hrst tour in America, coming d.
rect from Vienna. Both Of these young
men are remarkably developed and
tilef act Is said to be unprecedented in
TINS country. Ballad singing has al
ways proVen a taking feature Of vau-
deville, and Miss Irene Franklin a.
ser1o-com1c vocalist, has been engaged
10 supply this feature. Irish comedy
never Tails of appreciation. An act Of
TINS description will be presented by
Conroy and Mcdonald. The act they
present is said to-be laughable Direct
from Roster & Balls comes Mandola,
the celebrated Spanish equilibrist, q
veteran in the work. whose years Of
training permit him to perform marvel
Gus 1eats. Stinson and Merton, we'll
known comedy sketch team, who have
appeared 1na all the leading Eastern
vaudeville houses, will present a sketch
which is said ia he brioh+ and a,nue-
ing.
ARLENE Rumsey will present a speciaIty
Wnlch VIII include piano solos and the sing
ing OF operate selections Miss Rumsey is
young lady Of decided beauty, who has
appeared IN vaudeville in several Eastern
theaters. She has of late made st. Paul her
home.
Il is the intention Of the management to
ofer every -inducement to make popular this
summer season. The regular theater orches-
ira mas been augmented, and, under the
qlrectlon OF @. M. Selling, will play num-
per per q popular compositions, including the
FL captain march, by Sousa; Jolly Rob
pers' overture by Suppe and a waltze over
ture, entitled THE Fools Dance" by Gun
KEEL promenade concert will be given by
the orchestra in the foyer of the theater from
7:45 to Sis.
Jessie Bartlett Davis will sing her original
role of Dolores in 1.-The Serenade'' when that
1nYtC
Fanny Davenport sails for Europe early
IN June to secure designs for the costumes
and scenery Of her new American play. She
will return in July and Immediately begin
rehearsals.
During the third act of 1.-The Electrician at
the Bowdoin Square theater, Boston, William
Morris, as Harry Ford. the mining foreman
and Miss Eta Hawkins, as Nellie Randolf
the soubrette, have occasion, after the Christ
mas dinner scene, to pull wishbone. AS real
WlshDOneS are not always available, Props -
the property man, substituted a jointed steel
AFFAIR, which could be used with good wishbone
erect time after time. 1t seems that during
this scene both parties referred to are wired
under their costumes, to be in readiness for an
electric effect later in the act. When Miss
Hawkins offered the prop wishbone to Mr.
Morris, and smilingly asked him to wish with
hef, they were both standing upon the copper
plates on the stages and when Mr.. Morris
seized the bone an electric current was COM
Hawkins gave Feht to a feminine shrek that
startled the audience and broke up the entire
company for minute two. Mr. Morris
with ms usual dignity, contented himself with
quick movement off the plate, breaking the
| current, which, by the way, should not have
| been turned on for some minutes afterward.
In Shore Acres, which is announced for
production at the Metropolitan opera house
| for the week commencing Monday April 26
James A. Herne has written a drama of real
| life. pure, simple and clean. He has found in
| the everyday passions of a lowly Maine com
munlty the intense interest the longings and
: the ambitions, the heart burnings the heroic
| sacrIhces, the hoTnely, but all-p0werful deter
| minatlon to do: that which conscience saws is
| right that make a greater and more salts
! Tying impression upon the heart and mind
| than all the artificial tawdry unrealities of
| the modern purpose plays combined. Herne's
J story mas nothing revolving. 1t has no I'M
clean SuggeStiveness. There is no woman
| with a past to break up happy homes and
make people miserable. The women are all
/ pure, slmple-minded, perhaps, to the worldly
| WISE but strong in their convictions of right
| and wrong, faithful to themselves and to each
| other; capable of strong likes and dsIikes
| but withal Of that sturdy, rugged womanhood
| that knows no shams and no deceits The
men are rough and uncouth in manner and
| dress, though gentle Of heart and steadfast in
| friendship. There is among them no polish,
none of the suave hypocrisy that is such an
| important element lin society" They are
good honest, everyday people, without pre-