The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-23

Francisco; Vera Wilson, of the 1892"
company; Lizzie Graham, Little Vienna
and other capable people have be n
engaged. A special feature of the en-
gagement viii be the appearance OF
Marguerite Ferguson, the cleVerest
acrobatic, singing and dancing little
lady or the American stage. she will
be we'll remembered here, where she
made her first city appearance, about
ten seasons ago, since which time her
advancement has been both RAPID and
substantial
The Semon children, aged respectively
four and six years, will introduce their
wonderfully clever coon songs and
fancy step dancing. The children are
not of the ordinary stage variety, but
are declared little artists whose work
is worthy of much Oldsr people. An
other special is the engagement from
the Tivoli, in San Franci CO, of the b IL
liant little operate sOubrette. Oracle
Piaisted, who will sing some soE gs
specially written for h2r, and which
have become quite pOpu ar. Andy Barr
and Florence Evans will be seen in
parts suitable to their talent and will
Incidentally introduce "a Welcome
Visitor" in which they have just made
a pronounced success over the Keith q
Hopkins circuit. F'loiele, young lady
of phenomenal vice and b iliidnt be u
ty, is another talented mem Der Of the
company. Dick FIergus on, the best
buck and wing. dane r and cleVereSt jig
stopper or the boards, will assist the
stars in their funny SpecialitieS and
| himself do his own dancing act. Other
| members of the company will contrib
| ute their share in general merriment.
| Herbert and Smiths new comic opera
"The Fortune Teller" with Alice Mel
sen in the title role, seems to be a
go at Wallack's. 1t ought to be
with such people as Eugene Cowles,
Richard Golden, Joe Cav thorne in the
supporting company. If the opera has
any merit, and the critics say the score
is rich and musicianly, the wit clean
and the love-story dainty.
Paul Gilmore, in THE Dawn Of Free
DOM based on the Spanish-American
war, is the attraction at the Four
teenlth Street theater, New York. The
Mail and Express says:
The play deals with the events of the
late Cuban war, and the scene is laid
in Santiago de Cuba. Every act is a
triumph. Mr.. Gilmore, who is an eX-
ceptiOnally handsome hero, plays the
part Of Antonio Lopez, a Cuban pa
tri0t The play opens with the out
| break of the Cuban revolution in 1895,
and closes with the fall of Santiago.
"Why Smith Left Home" is the title
! of George H. Broadhurst'S latest farce
which will be given its first presenta-
ton in this city at the Grand opera
house Sunday evening, Nov. 6, with
the following carefully selected com
pany of comedians: Maciyn ArbuckIe
Fred Peters, NJ. B. Snyder, Maurice
Darcy, Marion Giroux, Blanche Chap
man, Rose Snyder, Sadie Kirby, DOro-
49,
Yeamans. The lines in why Smith
Left Home" are said to be bright and
witty, and upon investigation one finds
there are more reasons for Smith leav-
ing home in a single day than would
occur to the ordinary man in the en-
tire course Of his existence. But Smith
is not an ordinary man and accepts
the various trials and tribulations with
nonchalance and supreme Indifference
The fun in "Why Smith Left Home
Is one of the healthy kind, and the
situations are said to be grotesquely
humorous. Author Broadhurst has
given theater-gOers two successes in
"The Wrong Mr.. Wright and What
Happened to Jones'" Both have been
well received. His profits on Wright
and Jones" nave been upwards OF
$40, 900, and, when money is coming in
at this rate, writing is an uninterest-
ing drudgery Broadhurst is a student
at nSdfI anu MS ISAL play VIII NC his
initial serious effort 1t is called 1.-THE
Last Chapter" and he has already q
proposition from Daniel Frohman tc
produce it at the Lyceum. He will
however, do it himself, as well as al
future plays he may write.
Mark Twain is at work on a new
play which Edwin Mayo has the re-
fUsal Of. The success of ''Pudd' nhead
Wilson" is so great, however, that
there is no telling when the other one
is liable to be produced. "Pudd nhead
Wilson" is good for years.
Edwin Mayo will take "Pudd' nhead
Wilson" to London next May He will
also take with him the entire com
pany supporting him at the present
time, also all of the scenery and eff
fects. 1t is a dramatization by an
American dramatist, taken from ar
American story by an American au-
thor. is played by an American com
pany and Mr.. Mayo declares there
shall be nothing that is not strictly
American connected with the produc-