The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-03

welcome surprise in Nance O'Neiu.
No young actress before the public
gives promise of the career that lies
before this talented young PLAYER.
Hers Is the fortune to enjoy superb
stage figure. beautiful face, with
that variety Of expression essential to
the representation of emotional roles.
and better than all this. an acting
talent which denotes inherent, rather
than trained. skill. > 81
The company assisting Mckee Ran
kin and Miss O'Neilly will be one of mr.
tistic merit. The masculine members
number such well known artists as
Edwin Holt, Andrew Robson. H. A.
Weaver. Ben Butler, Lionel Barry
more, Algernon Tassin, Thomas Suth-
er, Herbert Carr and Charles Crosby.
The feminine contingent has Mrs. Hor-
ace McVicker, Miss Rica Allen. Miss
Edna G. Brothers, Miss Rose Swain.
Miss Affie McVickers and Little Ade-
laide
The repertoire of plays to be pre-
sented embraces Dumas great emo
tional drama Camille" dramatiza-
ton of Charles Dickens "Oliver
Twist" East Lynne" ARABIAN
Nights" and "The Private Secretary "
Blanche Walsh and her maid were recently
arrested In New York for riding bicycles with
out lamps attached to them. They were fined
So each
'The Medicine Man." by H. D. Trail and
R. s. Hichens. failed at the Lyceum and has
been withdrawn, and Sir Henry Irving has
fallen back upon his old and popular rener-
tc:re.
THE Heart of Maryland" at the Adelphi
theater, London. will probably close about
July 1. Mr.. Belasco and Mrs. Leslie Carter
will not return to America until late in
nd will hot
Mr.. Belasco's new play.
1t is said that 1.-THE Ambassador" which
John Oliver Hobbies wrote for the ST.
James theater in London, contains delightful
studies Of character, witty dialogue and
much Of the piquancy that is characteristic
of the authors fiction. but is woeful.y lack
ing in dramatic interest.
The soldiers at Chickamauga are not lack
ing Tor entertainment, for there are four
theaters open there. They are makeshift
structures. and the entertainments are all in
vaudeville way, with an abundance Of pa
triotic songs and in one case climax of
fireworks. little later some military dramas
will be acted t-- .
Among the new plays to be produced in
New York next season in theaters controlled
by Charles Frohman. are Henry Arthur Jones'
will appear; "A Brace of nPartridges." a
Night" and "Cyrano de Bergerac,' with
Richard Mansfield in the title role
A thrilling episode will be introduced in
Sutton Vane's new melodrama. John Mar
tins secret" to be produced simu taneously
In England and America 1t is landslide
wnich carries hut away. but leaves its in
from which she leaps to a car which runs
across the abyss on rope.
Nine. Rejane and her husband, NJ. Porel
are both suing for divorce. 1t is thought
OF the principal play which they have pro-
duced this year. This was; Pamela" A
fortune was spent ON the piece in expecta-
ton that 1t would be a second Madame
Sans-Gene. But 1t was the cause of great
loss to both of them
Sarah Bernhard is going to treat Londoners
to varied selection of new and cd plays
TINS season H at the Lyric theater. where she
Lecouvreur," LA Dame aux Camelias, .
.Frou-Frou." Phedre," "Magda. " "Lysiane ,.
octave Feuiilet's Julie" and D'Annunzio's
lie Songe dune Matinee de Prntemrs'; ara
included in her repertoire
Maud Adams closed her first season as a
star at the Empire theater a fortnight ago
Inc the. audience aisl being one of the largest and
summer weather. Miss Adams season has
been an unprecedented success for young
star-piay1ng In one city the entire first sea-
son and drawing $4,000 in the three hundred
equaled anywhere. rusgs57 49,
The principal feature of Oscar Hammer.
STEMS monster benefit in New York is to
10 d Cane Wink winch Will De led by such well
known stars of May Irwin, Marie DRESSER
Alice Atherton, Willie Collier and Waite,
Jones' There will be parade competition
OF at least ten local bands and a programme
Of orchestral music of 1000 musicians undeI
the direction of Gustave Kerker James I
Corbett and Robert Fitzsimmons have agreed
to volunteer. se'oe'
"A Kentucky Hero" Is the title of q military
Gomedy-drama which may be produced by
James j. Corbett next season. The niece i:
by Robert Jefferson Ferral, son OF ex-Iudee
Ferral. OF California, an old-time friend q
the FORMER champion. Corbett has lust finished
careful reading Of the play, and thinks very
well OF 1t. He says: "If Mr.. Brady likes tht
piece as well as do. we shall Certainly nro.
d b II next season. inclined to think
however. that we might select a better. til
Tor It." The play is Of "The Heart Of Mary.
Adei1ne Patti has just made her h-st an
pealance IN London since the death of he,
husband and the reviews speak of the re-
markable state Of her voice. which enabled he,
TO arouse the great audience gathered !,
Albert hall to expressions of Unusual an.
thuslasm, 1t Is said that after she sings a
me crystal Palace, at the concert given IL
nonor OF the anniversary of the queens coro
nation, she will again retire until nay
autumn. Her appearances in the future VIII
be limited in number, although q tour in III;
country is vaguely mentioned as a. possihiiitt
OF next spring: She will appear no mora ~
opera and is said to have declined a series - -
appearances at Covent Garden. VI