The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28
People and Things

people are writing plays for him. This
year he gives the usual talk, and when
Francis Wilson returned he had fun
with Mr.. FrohmaR in the following in
terview in the New York Tribune:
II found nothing of Importance at
Naples. The city is given over to a.
spaghetti dialect not a bit like that of
New York, so was somewhat befogged
In my efforts to treat with the various
dramat1sts in the wriggling curves of
their curious patols. 1t was altogether
too insinuating. 1 ducked. 1 got a good
copy OF The Greek Temples at Paso-
tum, however, and in conjunction with
Paul Potter shall adapt it for produce
ton next month at the Berkeley ~
ceum. '"
"At Amalf I stumbled across The
Landlord Of the Capucins, ridiculous
old piece, and it's appearance at the
Empire with John Drew and De Wolf
Hopper should create a sensation. Eff
forts are being made to induce Col,
Ochiltree to play the nurse. am await
ing word from my lieutenant as to how
the negotiations have ended.
Il brought several things from Rome
including "A Sulphur Bath OF ali
these I have the highest hopes for two.
From the one just named, "A Sulphur
Bath / derived great benefit, having
shared it with Klaw & Erlanger, who
are also interested with me in my next
musical production, The Cake Walk
The score in this has been written by
Mascagni, whom I met in Florence
Wh1ther-not where, but Whither-he
had come to conduct the unwilling Of
The Rossini Monument There was
really no use trying to get the last. I
was not early enough on the spot 1t
had been bespoken by Marcus Mayer.
However, it is not thing that would
hit the American taste. There isn't
enough touch and go in it. We like
live and up-to-date productions, and
there is really no use trying to inject
ginger into thing of that kind, which
would not even look we'll at garden
party.
"At Venice I made some arrange
ments with the descendants Of Italy's
Moliere, Goldini, and I have the exciu-
SiVe right to some of his plays I'M
earthed in the ruins of the Campanile.
tMaeterlinck is writing me a book of
a musical comedy, for which John Phil
ip Sousa has produced a march, in COL
liberation with Frank Sanger, whila
Ibsen has given me the first act of a
new erotic-I should say erratic-play,
which when done I shall probably pro-
duce first in Yonkers. You can see by
this have not been idle since my de-
parture, and, after all, Charles FrOh-
man is a bad second"
1t is reported that Emma Calve is
engaged to be married. A New York
paper says her fiance has twice been
decorated for bravery.
A recent dispatch from the far West
informs us that farmer of that vicin-
ity had his foot amputated at the knee.
This is one of those rare feats that you
hear of once in a generation.
1t Is understood that the speech to
have been made by the president of this
Roosevelt club if the president had
come will now furnish one chapter in
the forthcoming sprightly reminis-
cences of "Sauntering Silas." Get your
orders In early as the edition is to be
limited to those who really want 1t.
Richard LIE Gallienne is coming back
to spend the winter in Minneapolis. He
is in search of raw material for a series
Of magazine articles on American
Cities Have Met"
st. Paul, Sept. 81, 1902. Nab.