The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-23

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away; they are kept to form the
nucleus of a new collection
Through the four acts this Chester
fieldian criminal leads an apparently
butterfly existence, t1uttering from the
presence of one beautiful feminine
flower to another, making love to all,
but stopping at none, only long enough
to secure some very valuable memento
AS the ladies start to depart after an
elaborate supper at 9JaffreyS aesthetic
apartments, Jaffrey, always the soul OF
attention to the lady who wears the
most valuable gems, eagerly assists the
duchess in putting on her wrap.
You're the first man who has ever
solved the intricacies of that fasten-
ing" said her grace '''i''. -
There is fastening" seductlveiy
! whispers Jaffrey, (which the world
says is securely defended against all
attempts-would that 1 had equal COM
prehension of the mysteries of its pc
| culiar construction" While whisper
! ing this nonsense the polished rogue
adroitly removes from her grace,s
gown, a string of gems of rarest radl-
| ance.
The play will be cast as follows:
| Courtice Jaffrey ....,..... james Il. Wilson
jenkins Handy ................. Charles Kent
Carolus Despard ....!..t. :! William F. Owen
! Livingston ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. John b. Maher
| George Bartlett .............. Robert Morris
Merton Harley ....-.,....... robert Drouet
| Sonora Leila Caprices ....... Mary Hampton
| Elnor Burnham ..................M urlel Grey
! Mrs Munyon Pyle ............. Eleanor Carey
| Duchess of Clayborough -: Blanche johnson
Dora La Farge A1iiIs 6ii
Mrs. Deans ............. so. 80. Kate bidhche
The Rialto is full of rumors in these
! times, says the New York Press One
concerns the future of the Casino. we
! understand from inside sources that MI.
| Sire is so much pleased with his eXper-
fence of theatricals which the owner
! ship of the Bijou has given him that
he has been quietly buying up the stock
| of the Casino corporation, and is now
almost in full control of the majority
! of the shares. If this be true, it means
that Sire will own the house and Ru-
dolph Aronson will manage 1t. Inc
| argument is in some sense borne out
by AronSons statement that the bonds,
amounting to $125,0O0, issued on his
twenty-year lease of the Casino are
now all under his control with the eX-
ception of $25OOO. Rudolph Aronson
is so sure of returning to his own that
he has already laid out plans for the
programme of the house next year. 1t
'twere done 'twere well 'twere done
quickly. For many year the Casino,
which should be devoted to good hunlor,
has been scene of wranging, i'll words
and legal warfare. Whether the theater
remains in the possession of George
Lederer or returns to it's designer and
first lessee is not so material to the
public as the prosperity of this beauti-
full house and the grace of its stage.
The war in Cuba is nothing to the
Casino war.
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trip through Europe, says an exchange
Col Cody visited Venice on holiday.
After dinner he summoned a gOndolier.
told him to steer along the Grand Ca"
nal, and started out to see the sights
of the most wonderful, beautiful city
in the world. 1t so happened that a
civic ordinance had closed the Grand
Canal that evening, and, obeying the
law, the gondoliera steered our gallant
scout silently through the smaller,
darker and, at night, wholly gloomy
canals The writer has gone through
similar experience, and he does not
wonder that even the valorous heart of
Buffalo Bill quaked., The gondolas are
black and draped in black, the water
is black and about midnight, the sower-
hanging palaces look black: and awe
some, and over the entire city hangs
the silence of the graVe.-Being steered
swiftly from the Grand into the narrow
canals, Col. Cody believed certainly that
he was to be murdered for his money.
He argued with, commanded, exhorte6,
entreated and swore at the gondolier
in English and various Indian Ian
guages, but still that Silent oarsmap
waited him noise1essly, into y. deeper
darkness. Buffalo Bill vaguely felt
that a bravo's dagger. was thrust out
of every barred easement, and resolved
to sell his life dearly when assaulted by
the assassins. Suddenly out of the
darkness his barge foated to the steps
of his hotel, and Col Cody found that
the gondolier, who, in his Imagination,
had grown to be ten feet tall and arme
| with an arsenal Of daggers, was a slen-
| der boy, thoroughly perplexed by the
unaccountable wrath of his passenger.
| You may be sure that when Buffalo
! Bill escaped from the horror-haunted
| gondola and discovered that his anx-
ieties were groundless he shared his
happiness with the puzzled gondolier
| That night in Venice was the first and
last time Col Cody realized what fear
| was.
1.-THE Widow Goldstein'' was the only
theatrical novelty presented last; week
In New York, after having been "tried
on the dog" oversin New Jersey. A
brief summary of the plot tells us,
says the New York Herald, that Sam
Brittle (Mr W.. ,Ferguson) is the
name of young man from Maine who
"goes west" and finds gold at Cripple
Creek. Sam wants working capital.
So he comes East. again to New York
| and effects a loan of 81. 400 from a
| spinster, pledging his love as collateral.
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