The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-29

success in New York with John Ermine'
that he earned in Chicago, and as result
his time at the Manhattan theater has
been materially shortened.
Willie Collier. after three unsuccessful
attempts to arrest enough attention in
New York to make his stay there profit
able, has taken to the road or what the
provincial New Workers call "the tall and
uncut
William Farnum has retired from Nat
GoodWin's company playing A Midsum-
mer Nights Dream, and is succeeded by
Charles Wyngate, former stock fayorite
here. who is now playing Demetrius. Far
mum next week goes back to Ben sHur.
which he has played for three seasons.
In spite Of the fact that Major Andre"
Alexander, the English actor manager. has
purchased the rights for it in his country
and will produce the play in London
shortly after the holidays.
Henry E. Dixie has given up the effort
to. make Facing the Music go on the
road He closed last week, and Is report
ed to be. in New York, in rather poor
health. This piece was brought out last
summer in New York and enjoyed pros
porous stay at the Garrick theater, but
the road tour was financial frost.
the Prince" under the management of
Edward C. White. Miss Halls season
will begin Dec. 1.
edy, "The Admirable Criehton,' have full
filed the great expectations that pre-
ceded their coming to New York. 1t Is
understood that Mr.. Gillette will remain
at the Lyceum for several months
1t is said that Ben Greet is determined
to do Twelfth Night" without scenery
Oh: dear! What a time that gentleman
with Mr.. Corbin The very wrong headed
notion that there was ever such thing
as a sceneless Shakespeare has been
thoroughly exposed; you can't frame a
beautiful picture too beautifully.-New
York Sun.
Miss Nellie McHenry was seriously burn
the other night. She was to rescue the
schoolmaster from a burning schoolhouse,
and in dropping through the roof her skirt
caught fire, and real rescue followed
by the leading man. Miss McHenry was
carried to the wings and the flames were
extfnguished, but not until she was badly
burned.
At one Of Sir Henry Irving's perform
ances of Dante. in New York, the audi
ence seemed uncommonly interested in the
scene in hell, where two traps in the
stage suddenly. open, showing defunct
cardinal enduring all manner of torture,
| as he lies strapped to the trap The exact
effect of this scene was admirably de-
scribed by one Of the women, who, turn
felt sure that they must have folding beds
in hell
Max Hirshfeld, musical director Of
Babes in Toyland,'' was conducting re-
hearsal Of the chorus, and was trying to
impress on the three score girls that they
were not doing their best. Il want you
all to sing" he said. Even when we do
| voices A girl who can sing and won't
sing ought to be sent to Sing Sing 1T
seems to me- remarked Miss Stella
Beardsley, one of the Finer children, that
! ought to be sent to Sing Sing
1t Is good news, If only it be fulfilled,
that Forbes Robertson is to appear here
as Hamlet. The younger generation, since
Edwin Booths time, has seen all sorts
of tries at the part. In Mr.. Robertson it
will see what by common consent is a
real achievement of it.
The Middle West is discovering Ibsen
| with it's wonted whole-heartedness. Mrs.
Fiske, who intended to give ''dedda Cab
| ler'' at special matineeS, with Mary of
| Ibsen's drama for full week in Pitts
| burg and may for week more. Mary
Shaw is going up and down the West with
| Ghosts" and the time is near for Elita
Proctor Otis departure South with the
| same play The ultra-Ibsenites will be
! forsaking the master if he becomes thus
f! common
| No other revival of the current theatri-
cal season should prove more interesting
| than that of Rosemary, the New York
| Empire theater success in which John
Drew and Maude Adams scored. This
I comedy has been secured by George H.
| Brennan for the use of Howard Kyle, who
takes it on an. extensive. Eastern and
| Southern tour, which opened in Elizabeth,
| N. j., on Nov. TO- A very good reason for
| the revival is that few citizens outside
| New York have seen the play. Mr.. Kyle
| carries the original production and a
competent cast.
| Manager Edward c. White is devoting
| all of his attention at present to the
forthcoming production of "The Triumph
of an Empress" in which Mildred Hol-
land will make her first appearance as
Catherine the Great of Russia at Bridge
port, Conn.,, on Christmas day. Mr.. White
has engaged James Wilson to portray
Sullivan to create the part of Prince Po-
temkin, GATHERINGS great prime minister;
Hugo Toland to be the archbishop of
Novgorod; George Paxton to be Count
Orlof; Dorothy Rossmore to be the Princess
Vorontzof, and Violet Rand to be Countess
Dashkoff.
London prides herself on being the most
liberal city on the tanks of good old moth
err earth. Yet you are not admitted in
certain of her theaters if you do not wear
evening dress-that absurd clawhammer
coat, surely survival Of barbarism. How
horribly masculine attire has refrigerated
may be seen if you compare gentleman
in the modern. starchy, clanking harness
with one of Velasquez's Dons. Even his
glorious fat gentleman with the bullying
person is more graceful than our funereal
young man who sits solemnly in our play
houses and endeavors to match the dull
ness of the play with his demeanor.
Maxine Elliott has a success on her
hands in Her Own Way" but her mana
from one theater to another to fill in time
caused by the closing of preceding fail
.ures. First she was moved out the Garrick
theater up to the New Amsterdam in New