The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19

well known Boston young woman,
was negress because she was blacked
up.
j. III. Stoddart, who has just closed
his season in "The Bonnie Brier Bush"
has gone to his country home at Sc
warren, N. j., for the summer He will
continue to play The Bonnie Briey
Bush" next season.
Winston Churchill, author of "Rich
ard Carver and "The Crisis has
bought hotel at Cornish, ~ H., which
he purposes to conduct personally.
Probably looking for local color" for
a new novel;
From Denver comes the announce
ment that Maud Fealey has signed n
contract to become Sir Henry Irvings
reading woman. Miss Fealey will
doubtless continue to be called the
Youngest leading woman on the Amer
lcan stage for the next two decades.
Amelia Bingham announces that nexr
ran she will adopt the plan of Richard
mansfield and go on tour with an ex-
tensive repertoire. Already she has
engaged company, including Joseph
Kllgour, now playing in Tit for Tat"
and Forest Robinson. Carlotta Nillson
mas been offered a position with the
company.
Never In the memory Of the Oldest
theatrical manager have the London
theaters done SO badly as during the
present year. Failures have followed
failures, and it is estimated that at
least 100000 ($500.OOO) must have
been lost in one playhouse and another
Fhe receipts at one of the most i'm
portant ticket offices in Bond street
during the first fortnight in May were
5000 ($25.0O0) less than during the
corresponding period last year.
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Richard Carries newest musical farce
The Maid and the Mummy" is to be
the attraction at the Garrick theater in
Chicago during the Republican national
convention. The new piece has Jumped
into great popularity, the pretty music
and the work of the chorus being es-
pecially attractive.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby John G.. Fisher, by arrange
me1t with the executors of the Angus
tin Daily estate, has secured the Amer
lean and Canadian rights of the Chi
nese- English musical comedy, "San
Toy" James T. Powers will be seen in
the character Ii, as created by him at
Days theater. George K. Fortescue
will also be seen In his old character
1t is Mr.. Fishers intention to procure
as many of the original cast as pos
slble. The opera will be given an en-
tirely new production.
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The famous Tivoli at San Francisco
is no more, for wreckers have torn the
old building to the ground and the lum-
Der Is now being carted away 1t was
on April 21, 1879, that the Tivoli was
opened, the first performance being
given by the Vienna ladies' orchestra.
On Nov. "a, 1903, the Tivoli closed with
the performance in aid of the Verdi
monument fund. In all the twenty four
years that elapsed the Tivoli has never
been dark, unless the few days for re-
pairs and the occasions of national
mourning are taken into account.
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Shakesperean commentators have Oft
en- wondered Whyrthe poet placed the
scene Of Hamlet at Elsinore, in the
Island of Zealand, whereas the Dutch
prince lived and died In Jutland. But
just recently the municipal authorities
at sElsinore, or Helsingor, have discov-
cred in their archives that an English
company was acting in their town In
1887 or 1888, and among the names of
the actors are several of those who were
acting with Shakespeare in London in
1889. Obviously these persons must
have talked about their adventures In
Denmark, and so Shakespeare became
well acquainted with Elsfnore, and,
when he wrote Hamlet" naturally put
the scene in a. place which he knew by
description rather than in an island Of
which he knew nothing. The poet was
no great stickler for accuracy in geo
graphical matters, and this visit of the
English actors plausibly explains the
reason why the tragedy of Hamlet
was placed in Zealand and not in Jut-
land.
Mrs Alec Tweedie might have quoted
In her Behind the Footlights' a wit
ticism of T. P. Cookies when she was
treating of the stupefying effect upon
the memory Of long run. She cites
Miss Genevieve Ward, Miss Gertrude
Elliott and Jefferson as having been so
dazed by the long runs of their re-
spective masterpieces as to forget oc-
casionally the 500 times repeated words
t. p. Cooke had the same experience in
acting the sailors part in BLACK Eyed
Susan"-the first piece to have whole
years run. At a crisis of the play he
completely forgot his part, and, in the
prompter's absence or through his in
attention, Cooke stood helpless before
the footlights staring blankIy at the
pit till voice from the gods shouted
SIR" said Cooke. 'T had forgotten them
have repeated them $50 times, and no
MAS memory can last foreverI'