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

Francisco; Vera Wilson, of the '1492'
company; Lizzie Graham, Little Vienna
and other capable people have be n
eng6g ed. A special feature Of the en-
gagement will be the appearance OF
Mai guerite Ferguson, the cleVeIest
acrObatic, singing and dancing little
lady on the American stage. Sac will
be we'll remembered here, where she
made her first city appearance, ab-ut
ten seasons ago, since which time her
advancement has been both rap d and
substantial.
Th9 Semon chi'd: en-, aged respectively
four and six years, will int oduce their
OnQerfully clever coon songs and
fancy step dancing. The children are
not of the ordinary stage variety, but
are declared little artists whose WOl K
is worthy of much old T people. An
other special is the engagement from
the TivOii, in San Fra nci c., of the IL
liant little opera tic sOubl cite. Oracle
Pia.sted, who will sing some so gs
sp5 cially written for h r, and Which
have bec-me quite popu ar. Andy Barr
and Florence Evans will be seen in
parts suitable to their talent and Will
Incidentally indrOduce "A Welcome
Visitor" in which they have just made
a pronounced success over the Keith q
Hopkins circuit. Flo e4e, young lady
Of phenomenal vlic9 and b Hi Mt be u .
company. Dick Fergu> on. the best
buck and wing danc-r and cleverest jig
stopper on 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
1.-The Fortune Teller" with Alice Mel
in n
go" at Wallack's. 1t ought to be
with such people as Eugene Cowles,
Richard Golden, Joe CawthOrne in the
supporting company. If the opera has
any merit,sand 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
teenth 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
triot. The play opens with the out
break of the Cuban revolution in 1895,
"Why Smith Left Home is the title
Of George H. BrOadhursts 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: Maclyn Arbuckie,
Fred Peters, NJ. B. Snyder, Maurice
Darcy, Marion Giroux, Blanche Chap
man, Rose Snyder, Sadie Kirby, DOr0-
thy Usner, Jessie Conant and Annie
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 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 fluctuations 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
we'll received. His profits on wright
and Jones" nave been upwards Of
$40, coo, and when money is coming in
at this rate, writing is an uninterest-
ing drudgery. Broadhurst is a student
at heart. and his next play will be his
initial serious effort. It is called THE
Last Chapter" and he has already a
proposition from Daniel Frohman to
produce it at the Lyceum. He will,
however, do it himself, as we'll as all
future plays he may write.
Mark Twain is at work on q new
play (which Edwin Mayo has the re-
frsal 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 an
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 produce