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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

Of Danish kings was adopted no two
historians are exactly agreed, but it is
generally supposed to have been
adopted in the interest Of uniformity
and continuity, for no other European
country has found it necessary to have
such rule. Most kings take the title
they choose and it is not deemed es.
sential that the scepter shall be IN
trusted to the hands of one limited, not
to choice between two names, but to
single name, for there cannot be, UNI
der the Danish law, two Christians or
two Fredericks in sequence.
A Democratic Monarch.
King Christian was familiar fig.
ure in the streets of Copenhagen. He
went everywhere without guard 81
any Of the fuss and trappings Of roy
atty. Dressed as an ordinary citizen
of the middle class, he visited the mar
kets, wandered thru the parks, stopped
on the sidewalk to chat with acquaint
ances, OF watched the erection of new
buildings. Frequently he would bt
seen at table Of one Of the outdoor
cafes, drinking glass Of beer and eat
q black bread sandwich. He rode Of
a street car oftener than he did in 6
royal carriage.
Any one in Copenhagen could ap
proach the king with petition or
question. It is related of him that h
was accosted one day by strange
who asked him how to obtain admission
to the royal palace. King Christian
not only told him but volunteered t.
act as his guide. After showing tn
Tourist thru the royal apartments h
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

became more violent than ever, and one
ruffian spat full in the, face Of the
present dowager empress Of Russia,
while another threw a stone which
struck the queen on the cheek. All
the windows of; the chateau Of ANA
liansborg were smashed, and revolu-
ton appeared imminent
The king IS tactics on this occasion
were to remain perfectly quiet, to make
no manifesto, no attempt to win popu-
larity for the moment, but to remain
shut up in his palace and let the storm
! blow over.
This line Of conduct met with, sue
cess, and after brawling about the
streets Of Copenhagen for a few days,
and smashing a few dozen windows,
the mob settled down by degrees, and
/ began to wonder whether, after all, it
might not be perhaps advisable to see
what the new king might be worth be-
fore condemning him.
The title which this venerable king
bore has one peculiar feature which
may be truly said to distinguish the
royal family Of Denmark from any
other, it being the law Of Denmark
that Christian must be succeeded by
Frederick and Frederick by Christian
To attain this end without the changing
of names every Danish prince, no mat
ter what other names he may receive
always includes Christian and Freder
lex among them, and, therefore, every
king Of Denmark has as his offcia
i title either Christian or Frederick, ant
4 it has been thus for 3S5 wears.
4 Why this provision as to the names
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

its present season is booked cannot be
exactly stated-probably ten or twelve
weeks in the aggregate.
The combined value of theatrical
property in Minneapolis Is about
100000, and the number Of the en-
ployees, including performers. is like
ly to range from $50 to as high as
800 during a week.
st. Paul has but three theaters-the
Metropolitan operahouse, the Grand
operahouse and the Star theater-altho
the People IS church is sometimes used
for concerts. Probably the show bust
ness of that city does not total one
half of what it is in Minneapolis, altho
an increase can be looked for with tho
the completion within a year of the
projected Auditorium, Orpheum and
Unique theaters.
Chicago, having a population avail
able for theatrical attendance of soms-
thing over 100000, supports twenty
nine theaters, and New York, with an
available population estimated by the
atrical men at 100000, supports fifty
| theaters. This means that in Chicago
there is one theater to 10000 of popu-
lat1On, anu IN new 1OTh one Io 1uu,
900 people. In Minneapolis the proper
ton is about 100000 of population to
a theater.
\ The annual attendance at Chicago
theaters is put at 10000, 900 and the re
ceipts at 100000. In New York the
attendance annually is placed at $4,000,
900 people and the total receipts al
$1o,OO0,00O.
For the whole country the estimate
is that the American people spend $50,
100000 for their theatergoing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

liam, now George l., king of Greece;
Princess Dagmar, the empress dowager
of Russia; Princess Thyra, duchess OF
Cumberland, and Prince Waldemar, who
married the Princess Marie Of Orleans,
eldest daughter of the Duke Of Char
tres.
Christian TX. was the fourth son Of
Duke William Of Schleswig- Holstein-
Sonderburg -Glicksborg, and was born
on April 8, 1918. He was the son of
poor parents and with his family was
Injured to poverty during all of the
years Of his life until he assembled the
throne He was educated as soldier
and until he assembled the throne was
an officer in the Danish army.
In those earlier days Of his career
Christian and his wife lived in an old
house in -Amalia street in Copenhagen.
He had small country place five miles
out of Copenhagen. His pay as an
army officer was his only income and
his family always knew the pinch of
actual hard times. His wife and
daughters did the homework and made
their own clothes.
It was in these days that the young
prince of Wales, now Edward VII. Of
England, chose Christian 8 daughter
Alexandra, for his wife. She was then
10 years old. A few years later Chris
| tian s second daughter, Marie, was be
| trothed to the czarowitz Of Russia
With these royal betrothals the for
| tunes of Christian began to mend; bu
1even then he continued to reside a
the little village Of Berrstorff, fyt
miles out of Copenhagen.
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In 1868, the poor captain Of infan-
try, with scarcely and hour warming,
found himself transported from hum
BILE dwelling to palace, his cavalry
sword changed into scepter, and his
officer IS cap for a crown.
Early in November Of that year old
King Frederick VII. Of Denmark died
and without heirs-the last Of his
house. It devolved upon the Danish
parliament to elect a new king. To the
surprise Of the Danish people parlia-
ment s choice fell on Christian, duke Of
Glicksborg. Christian himself was
equally surprised
Christian assembled the throne on
Nov. Is, 1853, amid the excavations Of
a mob. When he was proclaimed from
the balcony of the Christiansborg by
the hofmarschal the mob set up such a
shouting that the noise reached the
new kings ears, who naively inquired
if the people were not calling Long
live the king
tsNo, sire, replied the chamberlain,
unwillingly; they are shouting Down
with the king, and long live the con-
stitution Of November
Mobbed by His Subjects.
AS the mob continued to increase
from moment to moment, and to appear
to become more hostile, the king or.
dered his carriage to return from the
Christiansborg to the Anlaliansborg
where he was residing. He had, how
ever, counted without his host; and nc
sooner had the royal carriage been per
lceiveI by the mob than the hootine
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OBBED and stoned by his
subjects on his accession to


the throne, the late Chris
tank. Of Denmark lived to become
the most popular ruler in Europe. The
younger son Of an obscure German
duke, without any prospects and so
poor that he had to teach language
lessons to exc out scanty income, he
lived to become the most widely CON
necteds monarch in the world, not even
the lamented Queen Victoria of Great
Britain. -.
The story Of King Christian IS life
reads like a fairy tale in its transition
from obscurity to one Of the central
figures in the world. 81
'Thruout his long reign his capital and
his home were the center of much Of
the social life of the monarchs of Eu-
rope. King Christian and his queen
came to be regarded, by reason of the
matrimonial alliances Of their children,
as the parents and the grandparents Of
all European royalty. Their golden
wedding in 1892 was a joyous occasion,
not only in their own capital, but else
where, and the death of Queen Louise
in 1898 threw nearly all the courts Of
Europe in mourning. The alliances Of
her family were largely attributed to
the sagacity, good sense and skill Of
the mother and mother-in-law Of kings.
The Danish throne sustained close rela.
tions with nearly all the European
courts.
Because Of the many alliances which
their children had made with the other
reigning families, Queen Louise was
spoken Of as the g Mother-in-law OF
Europe" 3 The royal couple had si1
. chiIdren-Princ Frederick, the heir &c
the Danish throne; Princess Alexandra
eow queen Of England; Prince vii
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

Chicago and then to Minneapolis and
the Puget Sound cities, where connec-
ton is made with Ricketts, Australian
circuit. It, too, is likely to have
St. Paul running mate this coming
season.
The Dewey theater, with the Star
of St. Paul, controlled by the North
ern Theater company, is on the Empire
circuit Of forty burlesque and Vaude-
Vile houses strung across the country
from New York to Frisco.
How Estimates Are Made.
The Metropolitan has nine perform
ances a week, the Bijou and Lyceum
ten. the Orpheum and Dewey fourteen
and the Unique twenty eight. The
average theatrical season is forty
I weeks. The Unique, however, plays
the year around, and the Bijou has 4
summer season on alternate years with
the st. Paul Grand. The Lyceum l:
also likely to be open during tbs
summer.
Taking all these various conditions
into consideration, it can be estimated
with approximate accuracy that thes'
six playhouses, aside from the Audi
torium, have aggregate receipts o
81 900, 900 a year, and that the aggre
gate number of people attending tn
theaters the year around is over 1000,
900.
The business of the Auditorium
whose bookings include concerts an
lectures as we'll as some, theatrical al
fractions, is harder to estimate. II
attractions as rule are those tina
command the highest prices and tn
LARGEST houses, but just how much o
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CHRISTIAN AND FREDERICK

brother-in-law, King Edward, takes
held in high honor by those who are
now his subjects. He takes the keen
est interest in all that concerns their
welfare. For instance, one Christmas
eve he paid visit to the Refuge for
the Homeless in Copenhagen. His royal
highness went over the whole place,
and had kind word for every one OF
the poor, homeless men assembled there.
This story gives very good idea OF
the crown princes character.
Frederick VIII. is fine specimen of
manhood, physically, mentally and NOR
ally, and is popular with the people of
Denmark. He was born at Copenhagen
on June 8, 1S43. He served the usual
! term in the Danish army. His marriage
with the. Princess Louise at Stockholm,
on July %, 1869, was hailed as a
pledge of union between the two coun-
| tries. The princess was born on Oct
| 81, 1851. She has great fortune,
being the heiress of Princess Louise Of
Orange, the daughter of Prince Will
helm Frienrich of the Netherlands. The
prince and princess have eight children,
Prince Christian, Prince Charles, who
married the Princess Maud of Wales
and is now King Haakon of Norway,
the Princess Louise, Prince Harold, the
Princess Ingeborg, the Princess Thyra,
Prince Gustave and the Princess Dag
mar.
The new queen, daughter of King
/ Charles XIV. of Sweden-Norway, is as
clever and Intelligent as any member
of the Swedish royal family. She IS
an excellent wife and mother, very
pious and charitable, and is always
busy making warm things for the poor
She is very clever in illuminating on
vellum, and devotes much of her time
to Illuminating Bible texts, which she
presents to her royal relatives.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04
THE AuDlToRluM-P. T. sAnNAN, Manager.

or players in the west, and the local
management loses patronage and in
ours criticism. for poor bookings that
is not deserved.
i, Geographically, Minneapolis has not
been situated in the pathway of the
transcontinental tours of companies,
altho the towns and cities on the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railroads are growing to a size that
is beginning to make stops on the
way to the Puget Sound country fairly
profitable. The proximity Of st. Paul
has helped out to overcome this dis
elimination that has always been
against Minneapolis because it is off
the beaten trail Of the travelling shows.
The growth in population of the north
west is gradually improving conditions
in this respect, and the Union Pacific
and Santa Fe towns and cities no
longer have the monopoly Of being the
stopping places of the shows travelling
from coast to coast.
The Auditorium a ''Comer.''
The Auditorium will probably in
time get a steady line Of attractions
that are not controlled by the theat.
rical syndicate. The Shuberts, who
are arranging circuit of cities in
opposition to the syndicate, are book
ing at this house, and when the Audi
torium at st. Paul is completed com
panion house will be furnished, which
is needed as an inducement for the
larger companies to come to the north
west. AS it is now, the Auditorium
including it's musical attractions, hal
not booked to exceed much over thirc
Of it's season. ~
The Biiou operahouse, with thu
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

age of the aggregate week s business.
Sometimes it will happen that nearly
every theater Will have play, or a
star, of more than ordinary popularity
during the same week, and it will seem
as If the whole town is bent on thea
ter-going. There is reaction after this,
and at other times it seems as if the
public took a freakish notion to stay
away from the playhouses. Weather
conditions also cut great figure. A
week Of heavy rain or severe cold will
more than cut the patronage in two,
as usual thing.
The Metropolitan opera house, with
two strong shows dividing the week,
will occasionally play to a capacity
business, the attendance nearly doub.
ling what an ATTRACTION running for a
full week may play to, and sometimes
prices may be advanced from $3.50 fol-
best seats to So, and once in while to
So, with corresponding increase OF
prices for other seats.
The Syndicate Attractions.
The Metropolitan presents what are
known as syndicate attractions, which
include those Of Charles Frohman, Klav
4 Erlanger and the other managers il
the theatrical trust, which decides just
what companies may be sent to Mime
apolis, and when they shall come
Whether business is good or bad in New
York, Chicago and other big cities i:
apt to affect very materially the quail
ity Of the attractions sent here. Should
the season happen to be characterized
by long runs in the big cities the bes
of the shows do not 60 on the road t.
the !"provinces. In this case there il
a dearth of the really desirable play
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revealed his identity to the astonished
visitor. 81
One day the king, while crossing a
street in Copenhagen, was knocked
down by bicycle rider who not only
did not recognize him but began to
abuse him for his stupidity and awk-
wardness in getting in the way. Prince
yaldemar assisted the king to his feet,
recovered his hat, brushed the dust off
his clothing, and then turning to the
man, who was evidently a stranger,
said calmly:
edo you know who you are, talking
tos'
CHE is a stupid old man to get in my
way and deserves to be knocked
down, was the reply.
"He is King Christian said the
prince, and the astonished wheelman
was profuse in his apologies.
Champion Of schoolboys.
| Recently some boys in school wrote
to him, addressing him simply as "Dear
King and told how q schoolmaster
used to beat them with steel wire
rope. The effect was marvellous. The
king took a train to the school, and
having ordered the schoolmaster to re-
port to the minister of justice, exam
ined the boys himself. The teacher
was dismissed without pension, and
the boys hearts we're made glad by
days holiday and a treat of chocolate
and cake at the kings expense.
Prince Christian Frederick, tn:
crown prince, who assembled the throne
under the title of King Frederick VIII.
! and who is two years ycanger than his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

GOOD many keen observers
measure g. city's prosnarity

a GOOD many keen observers
A measure eity's prosperity
and progressiveness by the ex-
tent to which its places Of amusement
ARE patronized If it is known as a
1good show town" the chances are
that In most other material respects
,cpn1mnity will be found to be thriv-
ing, for it is when thriving that people
have the money and the disposition for
enjoyment at the theater.
Measured by this standard Mime
apoEs Is not found lacking in evidence
that the playhouse is literally patron
fned, at least to the extent that money
spent upon this class of public amuse-
ment is sufficient in amount to indi-
cate business and social prosperity
and activity that will compare favor
ably with most cities of the same GLASS.
There are seven theaters or play
houses, to be more comprehensive, with
q total seating capacity Of over $4,000
people. Of course it seldom happens
that all Of them are fully occupied on
the same day, but it should be remem-
bered that there are days when they
all give two performances, and it is
likely that on some Of these days the
combined attendance is between $4,000
and 10000, and, calculating by the num-
Der Of these matinee days, it is mod
crate to estimate that during most
weeks Of the theatrical season at least
$4,000 people in Minneapolis patronize
the theater.
Prices for seats range from 10 cents
to $3.50, according to location, and
relying upon general knowledge of
the amount Of patronage each Of the
theaters receives as guide, it is safe
to presume that there are days in each
week when the receipts Of the sever
playhouses will aggregate $4,000 as g
rule.
sEE The Sunday Business.
Probably almost any Sundays bust
ness, not too near holiday time or Eas
ter, amounts to that. The Auditorium
does not have either theatrical or musi
cal attractions on Sunday, and the Met
ropohtan plays Sunday attractions onl,
evenings, but the Bijou, Orpheum, Ly
ceum and Dewey have Sunday perform
ances both afternoon and evening, an
the Unique has four performances. Thi
is the big day Of the week at the popu
lar.priee house, and their audiences
are generally to be distinguished from
those Of other days because of the pre-
dominance Of people Of the industrial
class, to whom the Sunday afternoon o
evening is practically the only chanc
for such diversion during the week.
Business at the different theater
varies largely with the character Of tn
attractions, to such an extent, in fact
as to make It difficult to strike an aver
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

Grand operahouse at St. Paul, is on the
Stair & Hamlin circuit of popular
price theaters, and, as companies play
ing at these houses are not so averse
to one-night stands coming and going
at smaller towns, much Of the diff
Guilty in getting a steady run Of desir-
able shows is eliminated.
The Orpheum now has a chain "f
it's own houses and books it's own per-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-04

formers, who are generally routed to
reach Minneapolis from Chicago, and
going from here to Denver on the way
to the Pacific coast. By next season
there will be companion theater in
st. Paul.
The Unique theater's bookings are
now made by the international Theat
rical company, which has houses strung
across the country from New York to
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-19
MAN FIGHTS BURGLAR
WHILE WIFE PHONES
THIEF GETS AWAY THROUGH
WINDOW HE ENTERED
Police Find Discarded Clothes Of His
Victim Nearby, but None of the
VaIuabIes Which He Took in His
Flight

Mrs. w. r. Virgins of 2515 Michi-
gan avenue was awakened yesterday
morning by a burglar opening a closet
door only a foot from the bed; but
when he learned that he had been dis
covered the intruder grappled with
Virgins, overpowered him and es-
capped.
The creaking of the door of the
closet near the bed awakened Mrs.
Virgins. Suspecting that some one
was in the room she awakened her
husband and then leaped to the tel
ephone to notify the police. In the
meantime the burglar and Virgins
were engaging in desperate fight.
Clinging to Virgins clothes, which
he took out of the closet, the thief
fought as though his life depended
upon it until he threw the owner of
the house backwards on the bed. With
leap he got through the window that
he had entered a few minutes prior to
his discovery.
BY holding to the clothing the bur-
glar secured a gold watch and $5 con-
tained in it. Scarcely had the robber
made his exit when the police arrived
The officers found Virgins clothing
in front of a nearby house and there
they lost the trail of the robber.
1t was afterWard discovered that the
burglar entered the house by a WIN
dow near the bed of Virgins and man.
aged to crawl along in a space of
| inches between the bed and the wall
until he got to the closet. In opening
the door he awakened Mrs Virgins
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-19
JIMMY BRITT ARRIVES
Former Champion Wants to Meet Nell
son and Fight to Finish

Jimmy Britt, debonair as ever
rolled in from New York yesterday
evening and affixed his name to the
Angelus hotel register
The former champion of the light
weights has evidently had prosper
Gus time since leaving California ana
appeared completely satisfied with life.
None of the Beau Brummels of the ring
have 1t on Jimmy, who was arrayed In
the best that the tailor art can pro-
duce.
The little native son expressed him
self as glad to get back to his old
stamping ground and, although fresh
from the hospitality of the effete east
declared that there was no place ike
California.
"They certainly gave me the best kind
of a reception on our theatrical tour,
said Britt, "and 1 could have continued
indefinitely so far as paying trip was
concerned, but L wanted to get back at
the boxing game again and have re-
ceived so many inducements to return
that 1t would be foolish for me to over
look them.
Eyes, there was talk of my staying
I'm New York and opening a hotel and
cafe and l may consider a proposition
to do so after 1 have retired from the
ring For the present, however, my
ambition is to meet Nelson and regain
my championship.
II am sure that I can beat him II
they give me another chance and
think that the public will force the
match. / hope to meet him before the
year Is over and win back the cham
pionship. had him beat several
lfimes in the last fight and he must
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-19

fight me again. am willing to fight
twenty rounds or to a finish.
II would like to get on in Los Angeles
If satisfactory arrangements can be
made and the only reason / have not
appeared here in the ring before is
because Of the fact that better induce
ments were offered in Frisco
When asked as to a probable meet
between the winner of the Herrera
Herman contest, Britt said that he
would be only too willing to go on with
either of the men If the public so de-
sired.
Britt would be a great drawing card
with any lightweight in the business
for the native son is considered among
the topnotchers despite the defeat by
Nelson. Another match between the
two great little battlers would be
hailed with delight by lovers of the
sport, for Britt in the recent bout with
Nelson put up one of the gamest fights
that have been recorded in the annals
of the ring and would not lack support
should another battle with the Dane
be arranged
Britt will leave for Redlands today
for a brief visit with his mother and
sisters and expects to return this even
ing or tomorrow morning. He will
leave for San Francisco Sunday.