The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-31

| sweat" Now this was no better than
| the remark of the London critic who
| went all the way to Manchester to see
Beerbohm Tree play Hamlet" 1t was
agreed that he should lunch with Tree
| after the performance, and so he did.
But Tree, who was ripe for felicita-
t1onS, was nightly disturbed because
| his guest made no reference to the play
on the contrary, seemed rather to
evade discussion of the performance.
So, as the guest was departing, Tree
followed him through the door and
called to him as he descended the
| stairs: "Oh, say, old man, what did
you think of 'Hamlet?'" To this the
departing guest answered: Wonderful
play, old man-most wonderful play
| ever written"
| Charles Coghlan is going to star in
play written by himself. The piece is
an historical one, and the action takes
place in England during the reign of
George ".
Miss Fanny Davenport produced her
| play without a name in Boston last
tuesday night, says Theatrical Topics
her press representative took over
whole lot of New York newspaper
men. SO as to prepare them for the
worst, he put them up at the United
States hotel, knowing that, # they
could stand for that, anything would
! go. Think of having to live at the
! United States hotel and see q new
play in twentyfour hours! Talk about
| Spanish tortures-they are not in it.
Miss Fanny Davenport played Miss
Fanny Davenport admirably. She is
one of the best impersonators of Miss
Fanny Davenport on the stage.
The authorship. title and plot of Miss
Davenport's new play "a Soldier of
France was shrouded in a deep, dark,
impenetrable gloom of mystery prior
to it's first production on Thursday
in Boston, says the New York Herald
1t was told in stage whispers all over
the country by Miss Davenport's
agents that no one must seek to dis
cover these secrets of vital Importance
prior to the witching hour of Ills p.
m. on Oct. 20, when the curtain would
| fall. And nobody did.
| There is a lot of foolish mystery
| of this sort indulged in by actors, ac-
| tresses and managers. 1t is supposed
to stimulate public curiosity. AS a
| fact, it arouses ridicule. After the
performance in Boston the other night
| the author was still kept concealed
under the proverbial bushel.
From the telegraphic accounts, the
piece was well received, though it had
two risky episodes-a duel between
Miss Davenport, as Joan of Arc, and
that fine, old stage villain, James M.
Colville, as L'Oseyan, and a fall down
the we'll braced battlements by Miss
Davenport
A dramatic author who calls on his
heroine to throw stone or fight a
| duel invites laughter and disaster But,
| as Miss Davenport seems to have
| fought the duel successfully, all things
| should be possible to her.
A sensation was caused when Joan
fell down the battIements through the
breaking of rope. This rope catas-
trophe was intended by the author.
And Miss Davenports arrival on the
lower story of the substantial rock
work is said to have left a marked
| impression.
| Jacob Lift has engaged Miss VAIN
| wright to play the leading role in
| "Shall We Forgive Her?" new Eng
lish melodrama that has created a
favorable impression In the East.
Abel Coun's song in "The Idols Eye"
aout the snake charmer, who fell In love
with the tatooed man, is rather clever. Hero
it is:
Do you remember Angeine
That heartless human snake
Who won my heart in another part 4
And gave that heart break?
I'll tell you now of my sweet revenge, -
Twas retribution stern -
She fell in love with tatooed man, q
Who broke her heart in turn.
REFRAIN. -;
Oh, he was a human picture gallery,
Such a spectacular gent;
He won her heart and drew her salary
Never gave her a cent.
Till one fine day, with her seasons pay
And the fat lady off he ran.
Oh, it's perfectly true, you can beat tattoo,
But can't beat q tatOOeQ man.
He had designes upon himself;
She had designs him,
And she loved to look at the picture book
Which he had every limb,
ooh, why should l go abroad" she said,
ITO Germany, France or Rome
When a private collection awaits my inspec-
ton
In my happy little home"
He had Raphaels "Cherubs" ON his brow,
THE Angeius on his chest
While on his back was liberal stack re
OF old masters Of the best.
"Oh, picture to yourself" she said,
"A love-lorn damsePs DOOM"
II cannot picture to myself"
He said, "for there's no more room"
Mr. Sohern was seen at the Lyceum in a
revival of Lord Chumley''-a character in
York, but last Monday it It did did not not seem ito to
make as good an impression, SO the New
York exchanges say.
" christopher Jr.' " says George Backus,
who impersonates the title role, was the
second play written by Madeline Lucette Ry-'
ley. She conceived the plot from very trif-
ling circumstance young friend Of Mrs.
Ryley had passed his life getting into aud out
of scrapes, and was finally turned out of his
fathers house for something for which he
was not to blame. 1t was a case of give O
dog bad name. Some of the characters
are old acquaintances, whom Mrs. Ryley has
slightly exaggerated, and two of t5eln-2re
exact reproductions of members Of lcr own
family. 1t is against their religious pm 81
pies to attend the theater, or when the play
was produced In London she would have been
found out. christopher Jr.' took Mrs. Ryley
five years to place. The first person TO
whom she read the play was E. II. Sothern.
On his recommendation Daniel Frohman read
it and purchased the rights to hold it for
back to Mrs. Ryley. and she submitted it to
several likely people. 1t was finally accept
ed and produced by Charles Frohman, who
put il on to fill in two three %eeks at
the Empire theater. 1t proved such sue
cess, however, that he kept 1t on for fift|Ar
weeks and later placed it at another theater
in New York, where 1t was played altogether
200 times"
Carrie Turner died last week in a santa
rum at Dansville, n. Y She was prominent
on the stage a few years ago. Among the
parts she played was Dianne de Beaumont
in Paul Kauvar." Mrs. Winthrop in Bronson
Howards Young Mrs. Winthrop" Niobe
Mrs. Eastlake Chapel III The Crust Of So
ciety" and Armande In Led Astray." Four
years ago last summer Miss Turner was the
leading lady in Jacob Lifts stock company
at the Grand
Miss 8Iaude Adams made her stage debut
In San Francisco at the tender age of eight
months in James A. Herne's "Hearts of
Oak" She Is now In her twenty-ffth year.