The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-22

theater. One of his companies is
headed by Mr.. Frank Gilmore, another
by Miss Percy HasWell and the third
by Miss Mary Shaw, who is now play
ing Ibsen's Ghosts in Boston at the
Hollis Street theater.
William a. Brady announces that he
will star Wilton Lackey next season.
The severest criticism of Richard
Mansfield as Brutus in Julius Caesar
have been made Sby the Philadelphia
papers, There was such unanimity of
fault finding that it would appear al
most as though there was conspiracy
to give Mansfield the worst Of it.
1t is positively stated by officials in
Seattle that Nat Goodwin and his wife,
Maxine Elliott, lost $4,000, Marie r.
win Wright $4,000 and Blanche Bates
$1,000 in "sure-thing' gambling den
at the Hotel Renter Grand. The pro-
prietor of the game, who is under in
dictment, does not deny that they lost,
but pleads he did not know swindling
games were being operated.
Mr.. Frederick Paulding has joined
Mr.. Mansfield's company, to play Cas-
stus in the tragedy of Julius Caesar"
succeeding Mr.. Joseph Haworth, who
Resurrection" at the Victoria.
al ~
Miss Hilda Clark, former star of
.The Bostonians'' and one of the most
popular prima donnas Of recent years,
became the bride last week of Fred
erick P. Flower, a prominent Wall
street broker and a nephew of ex-Gov
Roswell P. Flower. The wedding took
place at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Edward
Clark, In Riverside Drive, and was at
tended by a large number of relatives
of the contracting parties.
Miss Marlowe is In a rebellious mood
over the long rum system, and she
writes:
Il cannot go to the 'theater any lon
ger and do just one play. If 1 must
play every night, the l must do some
thing different. Hence next season
snail probably appear in some special
performances of version of Maeter-
Encks Norma Wanna" and maybe
some Magda" performances. This /
mean to do for myself. Not, you I'M
derstand, because think the general
public may want it, but because l want
it,
Richard Harding Davis came to New
York this week from Marion, Mass.
to read to Charles F'rohman two acts
or new original three-act play, with
view to having Mr.. Frohman nego-
tiate for the play when it was complet-
ed. After hearing the two acts read,
MI. Frohman at once secured the play,
giving Mr.. Davis a contract by which
he agrees to produce 1t early next sea-
son. 1t is play of American soldier
life, and its scenes are laid in the far
west. MI. Davis short time ago an
nounced that he intended in the future
TO devote his time and talents eXclus-
lively to writing plays;
A meeting of the American Dramatists'
club was held in New York city last
Monday at the call of their president,
j. Z. Clarke, for the purpose of con-
sidering the plan of building privately
endowed theater In New York.
The matter was discussed in a
friendly manner, and all of those pres
ent declared they had Sno doubt that
pubic spirited men and women would
be glad to come forward with the
necessary money to support plan wor-
thy or support. A resolution was
adopted appointing committee to
formulate some plan of action with the
purpose of presenting the idea to the
public and inviting subscriptions.
Mr.. Clarke announced the commit
tee as follows: Charles Barnard,
Charles I. Dazey William Gillette,
Clay M. Greene, joseph r. Grisner,
Arthur Hornbrow, Harry P. Mawson,
CLINTON Stuart, Augustus Thomas Hen
ry Tyrrell, Charles Klein, D. B. VAL
entine and ]. 1. c. Clarke.
The Northampton (England) Her
aid, of Jan. 81, records the re- entrance
OF sir Henry Irving at the local opera