The St. Louis Republic., 1900-11-04
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loubtlcs: is one of the largest contracts
eve. mIGc with steamship company.
F"rty-tiv" prcpi" ar" t" h" carried across
the roni''-iiftccn in iTst-"ilss and the re
mainder in sccnud-class cabins. Eight thoI-
Sard cubic feet of space is to he provided
for scenery. exclusive OF the usual baggage
allowance. Tie rate paid from New York
tu SOUTHAMPTON Is :2.Ifh. Miss lI"ld'S Lon
don season opens on Easter Monday, prob
ably Mt the Prime" of Walcss Theater, and
she will sail during the week of March q.
The heroine in +. Marion Crawfords nov
81. In the Patio" of the King" bona
Dolores de N!"uIrZa. not. as has been
said :; fi.titions character. 1t is this
character that Miss Viola Allen is to nor
tray I'm Mr.. I.prirn"r S;odtard's lramatiHl-
ton of AIr Crawf"r,i's novel. 1t is rather
odd that the sweetheart of the great Don
John of Austria. who ever courted danger
like some paladn OF romance. should have
escaped the historian. since she WAS over
locked by Prescott. Motley and other welt
known historians of Spain and tn" era of
Philip the Second Don Johns half brother.
Mr.. Crawford has had access TO the great
library OF Madrid. and Is q thorough stu
dent of Spanish history. The details re-
caFding this girl but slight hut there
sufficient of fact to supply the novels!
with material for one Of the most stirring
rOmanccS OF modern times. The only his
mentioned is in Sterug-MaXwell's great
biography of Don John Of Austria. now Il
very rare work. We find her rame men
toned in II letter from Don John to Dom
Pedro Mendoza. sometime Spanish envoy
to Genoa. puna Dolores not his
daughter but just what relation she bore
to the Ambassador IS not nado known. Don
John. when in the Netherlands, wrote ten
derby regarding Dolores. and it IS a sad
fact that he did not return to Spain for her
TO see him alive
Readers of Mr.. craWfOrd'S novel will re
call that rona Dolores d. Mendoza father
threatened if she did not give up Don John
he would send her To the Convent of Las
Iiuelgas from which it would have been
as impossible for her To escape as from
prison. She was able 10 thwart her fathers
wishes: but il is "A singular fact, not men
toned in Mr.. Cr:;wford's novel. that the
daughter of Dona Dolores and Don John,
Anna by name finally became the abh.ss
of the very Bene,Iictine nunnery of Las
Hue,gas that was destined to be her
mothers prison.
The Monday evening programme Of the
Music Fcstival-openiug perfOrmance-w
run follows:
overtne-Willian .Ross!nI
Orchestra.
swahan Folk So .s...............Arr. by Pommer
Chorus.
Ballet Musc-Feramors.. .Rubnstcin
Orchestra.
lanmatu>-S,ahat Mater Rcssini
Nine Lillian Norlica, chorus and orchestra.
Traumerei und Romance ..-............. .Schumann
String Orchestra.
Songs with Piano
Mime. lillian Noriica.
Little Boy Blue. .Ponmer
Ladies' Chorus.
Hungarian Berll9z
Orchestra
Ten minutes intermissIon. 4 trumpet call will
be the signal for the reasscmbly OF the audience
FART H.
F.rty-Second iSaiin ......'..'..... .Mehueissohh
Soprano. quartet. chorus. orchestra Sooist--
Mime. Nordlca Quarte:--Ar George G. Carrie
first tenor: Mr.. Wayman t. Mccreery second
tenor; Mr. Z. l.. Burdick, first bass; Mr.. l.. \.
Cash second bass.
Dir,ctUr-Air. ". II. Pomruer.
The Ieipslc Quartet of Germany. which
,s making n short tour of this country. will
.inv in the Exposition Music Hall on Thurs
day evening of this week, under the aus
pices Of the North Side Branch OF the y.
NJ G A