The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-05

Mr. Mccarthy does not mention Sheridan.
who was born in the Emerald Isle anu III IN
one of whose comedies MISS hehah -
appearing this week in New York
Recently the good old 'sBurgomaster''
was being PLAYED in the New York theater:
In box sat Gustav Luders. who founded
his present prosperity upon its score, ana
Miss Ruth White, whose star dreams
were frightened by her appearance as
Willie Van Astrobiit in the original pro-
duction in the old Dearborn theater. Chi
cage And as they sat ana 1,n nssdnea goo Il
cry. Which is probable The tears
streamed from the composers face, and
.Ach. my first baby. shall never write
another like it,"
White by the hand, and said: =,
when will those times come back.
referring to the time OF the original pro-
duction in Chicago. when Luders was
poor violinist. and Miss White the prima
donna of the company Iuders Is now a
wealthy man. making in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 year from royalties.
while Miss White is to be starred in a
new opera by Victor Herbert, by w. +.
Cullen. manager of THE Burgomaster.
Olga Nethersole. after the peasants at
Oberammergau, was the first to see the
possibilities of suggestion in dress, suitlng
the garment TO the mood. as twere. but
a writer in New York credits Ada Rehan
with having discovered the same possibili-
ties in wigs. This writer says: In the
height of her wrath at Petruchio. her
headtop- is a scarlet blaze that threatens
a holocaust; but when he has won his
fight for dominance the hirSute lame is
dulled to crimson" However fanciful this
may be Miss Rehan always has been noted
for the wigs she has worn on the stage.
from the pale yellow of her beautiful Lady
Teazle to the Jet black Of her ugly Meg
MerTilles. Her own hair is quite white
now and anyone who saw her in front Of
the theater would call her an oldish wom-
an. but on the boards she is the same
brilliant Katherine or Peggy who won
all hearts at Days.
Miss Mary Mannering. one of the most
popular of our younger American stars.
who in private life IS the wife OF James
X Hackett. will appear at the Criterion
theater; New York. on March II; in a new
NJ. Potter, from Eleanor Mccartney Lanes
widely read and much discussed novel Of
the same name This production. which is
a much larger one than Miss Mannering
has yet appeared in in her starring engage
ments. will be most deliberately staged by
her manager Frank Mckee, who has Sc
cured the English acting rights OF the
novel. The scenes are laid in and about
Edinburgh i'm 17SS. There will be no dia-
lect parts. although Robert Burns will be
one Of the principal characters and the
play will revolve around him and its
heroine. Nancy Stair. the part in which
Miss Mannering will appear
financially in the various tours.
Wilton Iackaye's adaptation of Victor
Hugo's masterpiece. Les Misera bles.'' is
to be one big feature OF that actors roper
toire next season. The play is called
Jean Vatican" and is said to be very
strong. IL will introduce some extraor-
binary effects. among them a cineomato-
graph change from behind the scenes that
will be sterling well as novel, Mr..
Lackaye viii produce the plays that are to
constitute his large repertoire in Pitts
burg and Chicago during the coming sum-
mer.
In Henry w. Savage's production OF
"Woodla nd" there is a tropical song en-
titled The Valley OF Hokus Po'' which
has caused many aspiring lyricists to send
words in the hope that they will be sung
The best Of these came during the COM
pany's engagement In Boston II was as
follows:
Is hardsheli Baptist a clam?
Are sausages made from an end seat hog?
Is a river profane with a dam?
Does the captain tell time by the larboard
WATCH
Is sailor excused from profanity when
He sits down on the starboard tack?
1t Is limited that next season Hap"