The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-15

seen has made by far the greatest hit in
thelentlre history of this body Of adept
players. The Empire.i; literally tl.ronged
and when. Charles Fronman sailed away
THIS morning upon mis- yearly voyage to
europe he wentsNith an entirely easy
mlnq TgigafssH sEsHture of his favorite
Julia Marlowe is to take up ner travels
at the conclusion Of the current week
playing extended engagern ants in three or
four of the largest csniar3 Tie an
nouncement of her ;ast nights on Broad
way served to attract far greater out
peuT1ng@Qte people thanScould possibly flnd
Boom inside the Criterion. andeoltt~of con-
sIderat1on for this condition >Saf affairs
Manager ig Dfhjpgham arranged "a special
matinee for Thursdays The seats for
this performance were disposed of within
two or three hours of the time they. WEI e
placed on sale at the box office. Next
longer metropolitan engagement than this
one, it having become clearly apparent
@that if she wished to do 50 she could have
put in an entire season here
De Wolf Hopper's term. of occupancy
at the Herald Square theater will be pro-
longed for several weeks beyond the Time
set down for it in advance. Mr. Pick
wick" has made rnuch greater SUCCESS
than any musical piece previously devel-,
oped by this capital comedian and has
SHOWN snow MIN to be mora versatile actor
than his Warmest admirers supposed him
10 De. AS there Is no sign of a let-lTp
in his receipts at the Herald Square, ev-
cry effort is being made to cancel his
spring engagements. with the idea of
Keeping him right here until the weather
conditions drive New Workers to seashore
and mountains. AS was to be expected in
connect10n with an entertainment of Eng
l1sh origin, there nave been numerous Of
fers from London managers for the pres
entation of this piece In the British me-
tropolis; and there Is little doubt that Mr.
Hoppers manager, Mr.. T.. r. Reynolds
viii accept one of these propositions for
his star. Hopper, like almost all cur
Rl ctr &c ,l1{@I
7 English fancy, and he looks forward with
considerable eagerness to crossing the wa
ter upon a professional Grand
The trip Of Mrs. Carter and her COM
1pany from Boston to Philadelphia was
made in a special train composed of sev-
eral Pullman sleeping coaches and three
/ eled in greater luxury than that which
surrounds Mr.. Belasco's star in her mnNe-
ments from place to place. All this, -of
course, costs a lot of money. out With
Belasco money is merely a means IN an
end, and so long as he is enabled to score
me artistic successes he doesn't count
Du Barry was stupendous in the s3uat-
ter OF receipts, and in Philadelphia: sthe
same extraordinary gait has been taken
up.
William Faversham is playing in .IIar-
lem this week in "Imprudencei7' and she
promises to eclipse all the seasons SEN
gagenents in that part CT town. ATaver-
Sham tour has been marked-zby9 an I'M
broken succession Of, very large audi
ences and he has unquestianably Gstab-
Ilsned himself firmly among the very most
popular stars In this country. He will
have new play for next season by one
matists.-
Thoroughly capable singers of huunor-
gus songs are few and far between, part
~ by reason of general absence of high
appreciation OF fun, and partly because
with comicality of expression and action
Is seldom found. These deep and thought
Iui remarks are occasioned by the fact
that one of the leading music publishers
In New York called upon Thomas O.
Seabrooke the other night, and made him
the astonishing offer of $4,000 in cash
ly to be published Seabrooke declined,
not out of any feeling Of hauteur, but
because he did not like the song itself
He Is quite satisfied to continue with
ne Is encored time and again every night
during the progress of "a Chinese Hon
eymoon, at the Casino.
In two weeks Ramsay Morris "Tha
Ninety and Nine" will come back to the
Academy of Music, where 1t will doubt
less remain until the big theatcr closes
Its doors for the season
Mary Mannering is to emulate the ex-
ample Of Mrs. Langtry, and establish
racing stable of her own. One Of the
most widely celebrated trainers in this
country has been engaged by the young
actress, ana is now in Kentucky, pur-
chasing a string of promising two-year-
In mice and Men, at the Garrick the
i ater Annie Russell plays one scene. with
her feet bare. This has aroused the in
terest of the female interviewers, with
the result that Miss RusselFs little pink
tootSleS have been photogra pied and re-
produced in print with almost as much
prominence as that given by the news
papers to the presidents message or asH
other matter of national importance
DISCRIMINATION Beach people have been
making a strenuous effort to secure Lulu
CHASER for long summer run of Dolly
Warden" She may consent to play iy
the sad sea waves for fortnight or so.
but Manager Whitney is opposed to any
extended work during the summer time.
as he wishes his star to be in prime CON
dition for her regular tour, beginning in
the early autumn
At the conclusion of her run at the
Belasco theater, in THE Darling of the
Gods" Blanche Bates will proceed to
London and Paris for her summer vaca-
ton. She won't return until September
just in time to take up her tour of the
principal cities in the Belasco-Long Jap
anese poem play.
-Leander Richardson.