The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-09
TEN HOURS FROM CHICAGO
FRENCH OPERA COMPANY,s TRAIN
MAKES VERY FAST TIME.

A special train of eight cars. containing
the French Grand Opera company with It's
Dag and baggage, properties" and sew
eral sets OF scenery, arrived from MiWau-
Kee by the Omaha line yesterday evening
at o:5O The Milwaukee season following
the long season at the Auditorium, Chica.
go, closed Saturday night with success,
and the season of four performance will
begin tonight at the Metropolitan. There
was considerable hustle and excitement at
the union depot after the train arrived
The question Of hotel accommodations for
the l3O members of the company had to
be settled In quick time the trunks and
other baggage separated. part for the
theater and part for the hotels, ard I'M
familiarity with the English language
caused no little trouble for the inter
prefers. Only two members OF the com
pany can speak English, Nine de
Montjau and her husband. The former
is native of New Orleans, a very hand.
some and intelligent-looking younz won-
an, dressed becomingly in modest
travelling suit Her husband is a stall
wart, pleasant-looking man under forty.
In the business force Mr.. Pollock one of
the stockholders of the New Orleans
Opera association, was the only one
familiar with the vernacular. He. with
the representative of the company, Mr.
Charles Frizelle, who arrived last Thurs
to get order. of chaos. and in a short time
everyone was put on board cars or into
cabs and hustled away to their quarters
Prlma donnas and lesser lights Of grand
opera are supposed to carry pet dogs and
canary birds, but none Of these prop
critics" were to be seen with the artists
who came last night.
They seemed to be sensible, matter-of-
fact community, very much like ordinary
mortals, except for some peculiarities OF
dress and a distinctive foreign air in
physiognomy and manner The ballet
girls are a pretty lot, trim and "chic,"
Yivacious and smiling. One Of them, a
plump creature with the face and figure
of Carmen, twirled a pirouette on
one toe when she jumped off the car, and
said something In French to her COM
panlons that expressed delight at the
journeys end. The trip was made In ten
hours, an unusually fast rum. even for
special, and nothing of particular moment
happened en- route. An attempt was
made to get a chat with some OF tha
people, but nearly every one was too
furried to talk. Nine. de Montjau said
she was impressed with the magnificent
distances of the West, the prosperous
looking towns and farms. and hoped that
she would enjoy her sOJourn in the Twin
Cities.
The roster of the company includes MN.
Cauthler, BOuXmann, RoSSel, Zery, Sala-
tor, Kennes, Thiriat, Bonnard, Ansaldi
Berangier. COnstantin. Jouhatte and
Layolle. and Miles Pacary, De MontJau.
Clement, Frasset, Berthet, Jarrie, Belief.
Lepetit and Finance. NM. Vianesi
Finance and De Swert are the conduc-
tors, and Miles de Consoli, Barriaux and
Misocchi are the premeres..
la Juive" will be the opera for the
opening tonight, large number Of seats
have been sold, indications now being
that the house will be full and fashion
able. The cast for Halevy's opera is as
follows:
Eleazar ..........................M Gauthier
lie Cardinal Brogni ........M. Bouxmann
Leopold ......,,s..., ...:.-....M NJ Damprlne
Rugglero .....,.. ........-...-.....M RoSSei
rachel Mile. Clement
EudoXte ............ ...........Mlle. Bertnet
In Cr1eur ...........-........:,..M M. Ihfr1at
Tn Buveur ..................M Constanttn
Tn Bourgeois ....... ..:.........M. Kennes
Conductor-M. VianeSi.
1t will be well for the patrons Of the
Metropolitan to bear In mind the fact
that the evening performances will be
gin at o'clock sharp and the Wednes-
day matinee at 2 o'clock. The repertory
will be as follows: Tonight, LA Juive;
tomorrow night. Romeo and Juliet
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