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, tiuttering 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 al
elaborate supper at Jaffrey's aesthetic
apartments, Jaffrey, always the soul OF
attention to the lady who wears the
NEST valuable gems. eagerly assists the
duchess i'll putting on her wrap
You're the first man who has ever
solved the intricacies of that faSten-
ing" said her grace. 49,
There is a fastening" seductively
whispers Jaffrey. which the worlc
says is securely defended against al
attempts-would that L 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.
gown, string OF gems of rarest radl-
| anCe.
The play will be cast as follows:
Courtice Jaffrey ............ james l.. Wilson
jenkins Handy ............. charles Kent
Carolus Despard ........... William T. owen
Livingston Remson ........... John b. MaheI
George Bartlett ............... Robert Morris
/ Merton Harley ....-........... Robert Drouet
Sonora Leila CaDrices -....-..Mary Hampton
ElinOr Burnham ..................M urlel Gfey
Mrs. MunyCn Pyle .............. Eleanor Care}
Duchess of Clayb0rough -. Blanche Johnson
Dora La Fargo ................A Annie B,ahtnt
Mrs Deans Kate BlanCkt
The Rialto is full of rumors in these
no Press
concerns the future of the Casino. We
understand from inside sources that Mr.
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 stoch
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 viii manage 1t. The
argument is in some sense borne out
by ArOnson's statement that the bonds
amounting to $125, 000, issued on his
tWenty-year lease of the Casino are
now all under his control With the eX-
ceptiOn of $4,000. 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. Ii
'tWere done 'twere well 'tWere done
which should be devoted to good humor
has been scene of WranglinS, i'll words
and legal warfare. Whether the thaate1
remains in the possession Of GeOrSt
Lederer or returns to its designer ard
first lessee is not so material to the
public as the prosperity of this beauu-
full house and the grace of its stage
The war in Cuba is nothing to the
Casino war.
Several years ago. during his triumphal
trip through Europe, says ali exchange
Col Cody visited Venice on a 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 gOndOlier Steered our gallant
scout silently through the smaller,
darker and, at night, wholly gloomy
canals. The writer has gone through Z
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 over
hanging palaces look black and awe
some, and over the entire city hangs
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. eXhorteG,
entreated and SWore at the gOndoliei'
in English and various Indian Ian
guages, but still that silent oarsmap
waited him noiselessly into deeper
darkness. Buffalo Bill vaguely felt
that a braves 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 floated to the steps
of his hotel, and Col. Cody found thai
the gondolier, who, in his imagination,
had grown to be ten feet tall and arme |
with an arsenal of daggers, was a sler-
der boy, thoroughly perpleXed by the
unaccountable wrath of his passenger.
You may be sure that when Buffalo
Bill escaped from the horror-hauntel
gondola and discovered that his anx-
ietes were groundless he shared his
happiness with the puzzled gondolier
last time Col. Cody realized what fear
was.
1.-THE Widow Goldstein' was the only
theatrical novelty presented last week
III New York, after having been tried
on the dog" over in New Jersey. A
brief summary of the plot tells us,
says the New York Herald, that Sam
Brittle (Mr. w. J. Ferguson is the
name of a 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
spinster pledging his love as collateral.