The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-03-04

Laughs in gussets.
Laughs In cores,
Laughs on the bias,
ROarS and roarS."
Manager Frohman now has six attrac-
tons In the city for which he stands
sponsor, Brother Officers" at the En-
pire; Maude Adams in ''The Little Minis
ter" at the Criterion; William Gillette in
Sherlock Holiness" at the Garrick;
Hearts Are Trumps" at the Garden
theater, my Daughter-in-Law'' at the
Lyceum, and "Coralie e. Co., Dressmak-
ers,' at Madison Square Twice this num-
Der are now on the road under his man
agement
There is a vein of satirical envy perme-
ating all actresses-pcss.b all women
A commotion would be raised were the
names of some of these feminine lam
poonerS prominently featured. Clement
Scott recently wrote a hamboyant de-
Tense of Mrs. Langtry. One of our IA
Vorite actresses clipped the article pinned
it above her mysterious dressing. table,
and across its face wrote the following
paraphrase of Coleridge:
The river Rhine, as is well known,
Doth wash the city of Cologne;
But, tell me, all We muses. nine,
What power can wash the River Rhine?'
A certain Baltimore youth was carried
into society on his legs-that is on the
picturesqueness of his props" Another
eminent actress drew from this fact the
poetical inspiration that produced the fol-
lowing:
"Adonis, hiding in disgrace,
Might well strew ashes on his hair,
Could he see Harry Woodruff S face
Above the legs OF Harry Lehr."
Apropos of dramatic rhyme, here is
specimen of the verse in THE Messenger
Boy" the new musical comedy at the
London Gaiety:
Her first was curate. seraphic but slow,
The other men called him a softly;
His views. l believe. were remarkably
"low'
His aims were remarkably lofty.
He wanted Miss Mary to wed him and
come
To live in g. Bermondsey lane,
Instructing the sinners that dwelt in the
Which frightened Miss Mary Maclean.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
Sent him away with speed;
She liked the sinners that gave you
dinners
And not the poor sinners you feed
And here is another that will be APP
preciated by all sea-farers:
Oh! ask the advice of the Captain
He's such q remarkable mani
It's awfully nice of the Captain
To tell you as much as he can.
If you want to be told why the ocean is
Or what makes the breezes to blow,
Just mention the point to the Captain,
For the Captains sure to knoWi.
The Gould If I Chose" club in New
York is made up of poetical feminine
stars. Miss Blanche Bates climbs Par
nassus thus far:
when Freedom, on her mountain height,
Determined to do something shocking,
She tore the azure robe of night,
And made herself a starry stocking"
Fay Templeton, the perennially blith-
some. sings:
robins singin ragtime
PoSsums in de tree;
MolasseS in de corn cane,
Not half so sweet as me-"
| Margaret Cline, Our Maggie" could If
| she chose, and she chooses as follows:
when Billy challenged me to fight
HIS front was bold and husky;
But two black eyes / gave him quick
And 't'run him down. McCloskey.''
Prof. Sumner, of Yale, recently an
nounced his belief that marriage was a
failure. Thereupon Minnie Seligman as
sumed Cassandra pose and chanted:
"They say that matrimony's bliss,
But. oh, my single sister,
| Abe Hummel and / can assure you of
this:
Nine times out of ten it's blister"
In the following, from the vitriolic
pen Of Miss Amber, rises to the heights
! or, possibly, sinks to the abysmal
| depths Of malignant envy:
| AT Olga let the angels weep,
| And let the demons laugh, oh.