The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-03
Bouquet for Keith.s.


season, and number of the specialties are
OF more than ordinary merit
bouquet fer Keith's.
In the course of his address at the Cal
vary Baptist church on Sunday evening,
NOV. q 1901, the Rev. DR.; R. S. McAr-
thur, D. D., touching on the current sa-
loon question and suggesting substitute
Tor the saloon, spoke as follows:
am Informed that. Keith's theater, in
amusement in the country. No objection.
able feature is there permitted on the
stage: Everyone engaged to perform
therein is notified that any suggestiye or
'racy' matter In his or her part must be
eliminated or the part must not be given
at all. And If they should attempt any,
lnlng OF nature not entirely respectable
they will not be engaged again. This is
true of Mr.. Keiths theaters in other
cities as well as in Boston. This is the
kind we want, where we may bring our
wives and sisters and not feel the blush
of shame
Greenroom Gossip.
Mr. Henri Gressit, who for a number
of years past has had the management
of Miss Eugene Blair, arrived in the eli tF
last night and is registered at lie Ryan.
Mr. Gressit says his star has just COM
pieted most successful tour of the South
and OF the coast states, and is now head
ed east She will appear in the Twin
Cities during the week of Jan. /.
Kirke La Shelle expects to break ground
Tor his new Colonial theater, New York,
soon after the holidays.
The Princess Chic is making a tri-
umphal tour westward, and is playing to
capacity business everywhere. 1t is en-
back. and Kirke La Shelle, it's proprietor,
reports demand for 1t in sufficient
number of towns outside its route to
make another tour of thirty weeks
Actor-At last my genius Is recognized.
Brown, the manager, is going to take me
out in a comedy.
Friend-Who's going to bring you
back?
Arizona" renewed it's very great pop
ularity in Philadelphia during its visit in
that city, and entertained a theater full
OF enthusiastic people at every perform
ance. In this connection it Is interesting
to note that Kirke La Shelle is about to
complete deal for presenting this typical
American play in London.
r. A. Barnet, the Boston librettist, who
wrote Miss Simplicity, which Frank
he mas ever had, is hard at work on the
next Cadet production. The new piece is
called Cap of Fortune ard It will he
done for week in Boston after the holi-
days.
The scramble for New York dates goes
on among road manager Joseph Buck
ley with his big production, starring Otis
Skinner in francesca da Rimini, a won
derful money getter throughout the coun-
try, Is after Broadway opening, not be-
cause 1t is necessary to his prosperity,
star as a regular visitor to the metrop-
oils. Buckley maintains that his star is
the best romantic actor in America, and
found thousands to agree with him last
year during his engagement at Waliack' s
theater.
Mark Twain saw performance of s.The
Bonnie Brier Bush" at the Republic, New
York, during the closing week of its run
there and said, as he left the theater st
is better than any sermon / ever heard :"
THE Bonnie Brier Bush" will be seen at
the Metropolitan in this city in the near
future,
Lulu Chaser and STANCE and Edwards
opera, Dolly Warden have found New
holidays. This attraction is reported 10
follow Mansfield at the Herald Square.
1t has come to pass that New York the
Augustus Thomas or Clyde Fitch Last
season Arizona" played at the Herald
Square theater for seventeen weeks, be-
ing forced out at last by contract held
J,
with Thomas "On the Quiet" Immediate
ly appeared at the Madison Square and
ran out the season. This year Arizona
came back to town with the Academy of
Music as its anchorage. 1t began In the
middle of August, and the big Fourteenth
street playhouse has been crowded for
four months. And just as it left for its
road tour Thomas new play Colorado .
came to Wallack's. The Climbers" and
Captain links" represented Fitch in New
York last year.
Actor (who has been seeking an engage
| mem-Well, I've got to live.
Manager-Not necessarily
1t is doubtful if E. H. sothern would
| leave New York for months but for the
fact that the attraction booked to follow
him at the Garden theater is his wife.
Virginia Harmed, in .'A.ice of Old Vim
cennes.' Mr.. Sothern has the hit of his
career in IF l Were King" but even to
prolong his metropolitan run-wflich IS
the first desire of all stars-will not con,
slider the postponement of his wife's steI-
lar debut on Broadway. Reports agree
that Miss Harmed. in "Alice Of Old Vim
cennes,' has scored a gratifying success