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

get Bed IS a ''salted'' mine. OF course
the old man is going short" of the
market and chuckles to himself as he
anticipates the drop in prices which Il
to swell his profits. Sam, however
knows that Nugget Bed is a good
thing" and advises the widow to buy
every share Russell puts out with the
assurance that she can corner" the
market and run UP the price of the
stock to any figure she likes and
"squeeZe" the old chap to her hearts
content. The widow accepts the Tip, "
the bears are routed, Russell goes
broke" Hetty gets satisfaction and
Sam gets la. But what becomes OF
the unfortunate spinster with whom
Sam made his first deal is not stated.
Mr.. Cotton, it is understood, will
''make up the character of John Rus
sell as Mr.. Russell Sage, while Miss
Reiffarth's personation of the widow
will be a. stage portrait of Mrs. Hetty
Green-provided Mr.. Sage and Mrs
Green do not in the meantime apply
for injunctions! Lillian Lewis is the
author of the play.
Next season Ward and Vokes will
have a new play, entitled THE Two
Governors, which, they claim, cannot
fail to be a great success. 1t works in
the idea of the two Taylor Brothers,
of Tennessee who were candidates for
governor against each other and deals
with the Dakota divorce laws. MIR
Ward is perfectly delighted with it
and Mr.. Vokes believes that it will
take immensely with the public.
Miss Mary Hampton. of the Giffen-
Neill company at the Metropolitan
during her stage career has played
eighty different parts. During the
fifty-second season of the stock COM
pany at the Boston Museum Miss
Hampton was the leading lady Of that
historic organization.
An item of considerable expense in
connection with Messrs Giffen & Neill's
company at the Metropolitan, is that
paid for royalties for plays. Nearly
every play this company produces re-
quires a large royalty for its use. "a
Social Highwayman" will be presented
under this arrangement by permission
Of Richard Mansfield.
Robert Drouet, the leading man of
the Giffen-Neill company at the Met
ropolitan, was educated for the min
istry. He is a. dramatist as well as
actor, having written Doris" "a
Sculptress' and others.
r. L. Giffen, whose success in or
ganizing admirable stock companies in
the West has been most pronounced, is
one of the youngest theatrical man
ayers in America,
A few years ago there appeared be-
fore the American public, a person
whose talents scientists failed to ex-
plain, and whose performances were
recorded as most mysterious and inter-
esting. This individual was Washing
ton Irving Bishop, and his performances
consisted of marvellous demonstrations
of telepathy, more commonly known as
mind-reading.
Many dismiss the idea Of telepathI
with the comment that it Is impossible;
others who have studied psychic forcs
and who have followed up the MANI
branches Of occultism, find that the1
is something positive in this phen y
menon Of nature. That there is a hill
den power Of discernment that is mari
testify strong in persons Of peculi ar
physical and mental temperament, and
that while some Of the demonstrations
by the disciples of thought-reading can
be attributed to other agencies. yet
there are many exhibitions that cannot
be accounted for except upon the
theory that the mind can be read Since
the death of Bishop, there have ap.
peared, Of course, many who have
claimed to possess his wonderful Dsy.