The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-31
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wife is to be arranged. This being
agreed upon, Mr.. Cissom starts in to
retrieve the place in his wife's heart
which the vicompte has usurped.
Through plot and counterpart the willy
veteran finds his way back to his
brides heart. The blase young gal
liant is no match for him in the game
in which a woman's love is at stake.
1t is a merry contest and several anus
ms characters figure in it, In the
company supporting Miss Bancker are
Raymond Capp, Harry Beresford, ].
W. Cope, James A. Herman, Miss
Elizabeth Roselle, Miss Ada Craven,
Miss Channez Olney, Miss Julia Day.
The management of the Metropolitan
opera house announces the appearance
at that theater next Wednesday even
ing of the Danz Symphony orchestra
i'll a popular concert. This orchestra
appeared at the Minnesota Boat club
symphony concert Wednesday. Jan.
20, which proved the most enjoyable
musical event of the season In this
city Their artistic Interpretation of
classical orchestral selections was a
revelation to the music lovers in that
assemblage of the representative peo-
pie of st. Paul.
The sale of seats for the concert be-
gins at the box office tomorrow morn
ing.
'Napoleon's Opera GLASS;" by Mr.
Lew ROsen, is an Interesting little book.
The writer is not content with showing
how great was Napoleon's interest in
all things theatrical, and how he took
an active part in regulating the affairs
of the national home of drama but
deVotes himself also to emphasizing the
hictY~ inr,in Gil of hn
character and achievements. NapOl-
cons literary judgment may be judged
from the fact that he thought Shak-
spere wrote "pitiful stuff" and ranked
him far below COrneille and Racine.
The excuse for him probably is that he
knew Shakespeare only in French per-
versions-the same sort of thing as
the famous translation in which the
witches "All hail, Macbeth came out
as "Bonjour. Monsieur Macbeth" for
all the world as if the blasted heath
were the Rue de Rivoli or Pail Mall.
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There is a bank in a little country
town up in the mountains Of New
Hampshire which holds a unique check
for 81 given by Joseph Jefferson, the
great comedian. This check is in
frame under glass and will probably
never be seen by Mr.. jefferson. 1t was
written last fall while the veteran act
or was on a hunting and fishing trip.
All tired out by a long tramp on foot,
he came in sight Of a farmhouse. Here,
he thought, was an opportunity to
hire a wagon and team to carry him
the remainder of the way. But to his
surprise he found that he had not the
81 that the farmer demanded for the
trip, and the farmer would not start
without it. Then Mr.. Jefferson asked
for a piece of paper upon which to
write a check. But a piece of pape:
could not be found. So the old come
dian took out his knife, cut a square
piece of white birch bark from one of
the trees near by and wrote a check
for the amount on that. Even then
the farmer objected, but thought it
best to run his chances and take the
Wayfarer to town. When the little
country village was reached this unique
check was taken to the bank by the
holder and Immediately cashed. The
bank, instead Of exchanging it, had
the document framed as a souvenir Of
the grand old man who signed it.
1t was a high compliment that
Thomas Keene paid Sir Henry Irving
in a speech recently delivered by the
tragedian in Cincinnati in which he