The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-02

company is now, and has been for the
| entire season, playing at the Broad
| their success has been continuous
! from the beginning. The personnel of
| the company and the date for the sale
of seats for the engagement will be
announced within a few days.
A feature Of the summer season will
be the novelties which the Giffen and
Neill company will present, and the
production of number plays that
have never been seen in this city. The
prices will be popular.
The summer season of vaudeville
continues to meet with success at the
Grand opera house. The third week
will begin tonight, and an entertaining
programme is promised. Heading the
roster of names are those OF O'Rourke
and Dare who will appear in one
act sketch by Mckee Rankin, entitled
"After the Masque Ball" Eugene
O'Rourke is we'll known to local the
ater-goers from his appearance here as
the star of the Wicklow Postman'
company. Miss Ada Dare Is late OF
Hoyt's "a Black Sheep company, and
was formerly with the Lillian Russell
opera company. She is a pretty wom-
an. who resembles the celebrated
Lillian" The sketch these two artists
will present is said to be clever and
ingenious.
Willis P. Sweatnam, one Of the best
kown minstrel monologists on the
boards today, will also appear. His
name has been prominent in minstrel
history for the past decade. For orig
inally of humor and quaintness of
expression Mr.. Sweatnam is unrivaled.
He will give an up-to- date monologue.
Reno and Richards, comedy acroba.s,
| will present an eccentric act said to be
most amusing What will doubtless
prove feature Of the bill will be the
appearance of Miss Mary Marble, La
Petite Coincidence" late OF the Eddie
Foy and American Travesty company.
| Miss Marble has been called the
American Vesta Tilley." The act she
presents is an original male imper-
sonation In which she introduces a
number Of new songs.
Local theater goers who wit
messed the first weeks pro-
! gramme of the summer sea-
SON were delighted with the clever
singing and limitations of Irene Frank
lin. The announcement will doubtless
he received with pleasure that this pop
ular little favorite will play return
| engagement and she will be seen tht
| nresent week in an entirely new act
T. Nelson Downs, a coin man1pulatof
will present novel speciality. and Fe
| Hx and Cain will do comedy turn
One of the pleasing features OF the bill
will undoubtedly be the exhibition O.
the American living pictures. Inc pic
lures will include representations o.
paintings by famous masters, war PIC
! lures and series Of cosmopontar
| h
entire programme is all In all very
promising. The daily matinees are I'M
proving in attendance.
Augustin DAILY is doing the "continu.
! ons'' with a vengeance. His theatel
| ia giving between Stoddard's lectures
! MThe Geisha' and ''The Tempest,
twelve shows week and at the same
| time rehearsing the new musical com
| edy. 1.-The Circus Girl" from IL mid
| night until o'clock the next morn
| ing.
Pearl Andrews, the clever mimic, re-
| &C ntly ordered pair OF shoes while
playing in Brooklyn. The maker was
| SO Impressed by the fact that he was
| fashioning them for an actress, who
would actually wear them on the stage
! that he took special pains, and when ne
| sent them to Miss Andrews hotel ne
| enclosed a note requesting the faVor o.
| a, pass to see the performance. Miss
| Andrews sent the pass and the mex
| day received the following note:
II have to thank you for the seats
you so kindly honored me with The
| shoes looked beautiful.
| yours respectfully,
-."'Adolph Schmidt"
| In "The Spectator Thomas @. Sea.
| brooke has once more shown his ad-
mirers how versatile are his efforts anC
| with what apparent ease he passe:
| from comic opera to farce-comedy ane
Chicago Times Herald There are mo.
ments in 1.-The Spectator" when the
serious interest overtops all else, ant
it Is at this time that Mr.. Seabrooke
has demonstrated his ability to aptlJ
portray emotion and subdued intensity
to degree unlocked for when his pre-.
vious work is remembered. Another
play by the same author as THE Specu
| lator'' has been accepted by Mr.. Sea.
! brooke and will be. produced at the
same theater during the latter part o.
May.
Gibbs-How is your daughter getting
along in the theatrical profession?
Bouncer-Oh, swimmingly. She i:
playing the part of the barmaid in ont
of those travelling tank companie.
now.-Twinkles.
The benefit recently given at tn,
Metropolitan opera house in New Yorl
city, for Miss Kitty Abbey, the onl,