The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-08

part OF the husband in the little French
by M. Antoine in Paris. This is the play
In which the husband stands at a tele-
phone receiver on the stage and receives
from donar, ms is wife, miles away. running,
| description OF the sack of his house by
! ROBBERS, the murder of his child and
finally hears the death Shrek OF his wife.
The audience, of course, is kept informed
/ or DEVELOPMENTS by the husbands repe-
tition of what he hears. Mr. Stevens will
| give the piece some time in October at a
Broadway house. He has been dissatis-
| fed with his part in 1.-The Honeymoon"
and is very glad of this opportunity.
The leading man in "Lost River"
Joseph Arthur's big scenic melodrama,
| is kept busy owing to the number and
| variety of thrilling dramatic situa-
] tionS Joseph Arthur. has compressed
into this play, which requires a cast
/ of thirty people, three horses, six BIZ
| cycles, heavy special scenery Of vari-
| Gus kinds, including a massive toll
| gate scene real rain storm, a country
| 'orchestry," a quartette of hoboes, and
a mob of supernumeraries.
William Faversham was a passenger
on the Transport liner Minnehaha, which
from s England The eM matinee a idol left as ahis
country a few days after divorce had
| stories were told about his departure and
all this summer he has kept well in the
background. He will star again this sea-
Frohman, and the matinee girls will
! doubtless poster him more than eyer,
now that they know he is wifeless. He
would not say anything about his trip.
except that he mad an excellent time and
was in the best Of health.
signora Duse has completed the organ
] t01lr The LIST Includes the following
I well-known Italian artists: Emilia Var
| ini Guglielrnina Gallant. Angllita Civani
| Pagano. Mario CiVani Pagane, Italia Dali
Este, Maria Brioschi, Ocania Rosaapina,
Ida Ca1npagnano; Modesto Bergonzio,
Alaide Geri. Carlo Rosapina, Dante Ca
pelli, Ettore Mazzanti. Giro Galvani, An
vaneIl Luigi Chiesa, Carlo Serbolisca.
| Alfredo Geri, Egidio Faggioli. Federico
Ambragi, Luigi Bergonzio and Napoleone
Bianco. These gentlemen and ladies may
not all be known to American theater-
] goers, but no one will doubt that they
come from Italy.
There are few women in the theatrical
profession who are as industrious as Viola
| Allen, and those who know her under
/ stand thoroughly how constantly her time
| has been occupied with business matters
] during the three months stay in Europe,
| which she sought largely for rest and re-
| creation. With her return will come add
| ed toll, for active work on her new play.
| I1dH OatQG lHG EISEn2I CITY, VIII
commence at once. Rellearsals have been
called at the Victoria theater for Septem-
Der LIST.
'sBloornin' Lie" the song that caused
lots of trouble and law suit between
| the Witmarks and Frank Perley. pro-
! Queer of 1.-THE Chaperons," in which it
| was sung, has come into notice again.
L. White. who viii make it the feature
air in Nam selle 'AWkins.
| Miss Gertrude Cogblan, so her press
agent states, is an accomplished artist
and will exhibit a Seif-portrait at the
coming Woman's Exhibition at the Gar
den. Miss Coghlan says he declares,
that it is comparatively easy. to repro
| duce the features and the color of the
! hair while painting from a mirror reflec-
ton, but that it is extremely difficult
| to get the exact flesh tint.
The actual sum of money deposited to
secure Madame Rejane for the South
| American tour upon which she has now
entered, would, if known, make the av-
| erage American managers ewes protrude.
| Madame Rejane is a thorough going bust
ness woman. and requires no masculine
/ assistance in the framing of a contract.
! Miss Blanche Walsh says that she is
| now in possession Of .4'The Sacred Veil
| of Tanit, kept on the altar of the Moon
Goddess. It belonged at one time to a
| famous Rajah of India before the English
occupation, and there is enough legen-
| dairy history attached to it to make an
| other Arabia Nights story. AS Othello
/ says of the handkerchief he gives to Des-
diInona (sic) There's magic in the web
| Of it. F"
| This season, Mr.. Kyrle Bei1ew support
| ed by a cast of unquestioned strength,
! will take his last seasons New York sue
cess. "a Gentleman of France. on tour.
| All the wealth of scenery of the New
| York production will be carried with the
| company, and wherever "a Gentleman of
| France is presented the fact that it will
| be given precisely as it was shown at
Wallaek's last winter can be relied upon.
woman.
"The Vinegar Buyer" the play in which
| Ezra Kendall is to tour the country next
season, is a play woven about the char
acter of J. Whitcomb Riley's Jap Mill
| ler,'' a poem which has been read and
laughed over in every household in the
| land.
The Theater for September marks the
| opening of the new theatrical year by
issuing special number. The maya
| zine is increased in size, and both pictor-
tally and from the literary standpoint,
contains many features of unusual In
| terest. Under the heading Plans of the
| Players" there is q complete list and de-
scrfption of all the important productions
to be made this season, fully Illustrated
with finely executed portraits and scenes
from plays. There is also an extensive
review of Paul Heyse's drama, MARY of
Magdala,'' which Mrs. Fiske will present
| shortly, and which is to be one of the
leading theatrical events.