The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-20


Imperial Theater. is square-s-t. rosy
checked chap. who looks II he might
hold his own in the prize ring. in n wTeSt-
ling match. or in , frec-fcr-ali mi.-up- In
running conversation and IN his general
appeaTa be has none rf the charactertSt-
les Of vour accepted matinee Zero. His mus
tache, instead OF being long and silkcn. is
short and brist.y. his hair does not tumble
about his forehead Ike Lawrence Hanley's
used TO 90. but brushes back rather stifhr.
He moves about jerkily and without what IS
generally called grace. He is positive IN
mapner and jolly in his seniality. Yet they
say that Mr.. Ratcline Is Il rafting good
actor these days. and that We may look Tor
some of his old-time form when the Imperial
season is onre well along.
They are saying many pleasant things
about Miss 1ie!i. the new leading woman
at the l.nperiai. Il Is asserted that she IL
one of the clev@-est OF the newcomers NJ
fHffen. the manager. s.vs that sG' Is Won
derfully gifted. OF course. one would expect
Mr.. Giifen 10 say something Ike this, being
the manager who j. interested IN the sue
cess OF the enterprise. but he says his com
p!iments in such A way that one - i0rceu
to the conclusion that he means them all
Mr Timothy Murphy mus: get over the
idea that his r1ms UterS changing NH-t
this gifted comedian wants TO do x 10 stick
To the name tha. hts folks gave him F'r
the serious work that he Is now urcertakine
the contraction. Tim. sreIns q hit TO" !-Eh''
while Timothy has dignity about IL tnat
no one can deny. In Il speech the cth":
night Nr Murphy said. with some serious
ness, that h. proposed TO he known in the
future as Tym Murphi. which means tAat
he Is talking about Il way of making nm
self ridiculous. Nr. Murphy Is good actor
and he has a soOd Irish name A hot of
people have come TO know and Ike him by
that me- and he must not lose the faith
there residing. Now that he is under the
management Of Fred Berger. who helped
much toward the success or Sol Smith Hu''-
SELL half of his hard battle on the road 10
success has been fought and won. But II
must be as Mr.. Timothy Murphy that he
must go on. Tym Murphi indeed!
Mr. John Mason. leading man for NJ.
Daniel Erohmars compary-which. by the
way. he no longer calls the Lyceum Com
pany-is one Of the veteran youngsters on
the stage. There are miidls-aEcd men VINO
remember MIR. Mason as brilliant figure
~ the Boston Museum many years ago: yet,
when they see him at the Olympic Theater
next week they will find that he is yet
mere boy.
when SIr. Mason played Tom Wrench I'm
.'T-elawney OF the Wells at the ciympic
Thsater last season. Stuart Robson. al
though much older. Of course. than Mir.
Mason IS "A man who keeps youuEin the
pubic eve. at least. IL viii surprise most
folks to learn that Mr.. Robson Is well above
e.. james O'Neiu Is another man of the
stage who Is a good many years yoUns.
At an actors clearinghouse not many
months ago / sat across the table from q
weii-pTeseryed, round-faced woman who
seemed TO know a good deal about the stage.
Her name was Clark Later on / asked
about her.
That's Annie Clark" said my guide. A
Boston man was with me
# wonder If she's any kin 10 the Annie
Clark who used to be at the Boston museum
a good many years ago."
KIN said the guide. why. she's the
same"
She seemed like a youngster. What is Il
that keeps old age away from show folks
Certainly not an easy life. for they work As
hard. If not a little harder. than the most
OF us.
Miss Lillian Coleman. whose beauty and
voice have attracted some favorable atteE-
tlon ct the Century Theater this week
stands in need Of instruction TO the man
ner Of her singing and the position of her
body while the song goes on. A good master
might improve her voice immeasurabiv by
showing her how 20 It. and the atte1,-
tion q; A stage manager for a few minutes
would he enough 10 tell her that she might
change her attitude once or twice in a five
ftanZa Daila0- AfG tfl3l HIPlLN race Ol herS.
which should break into n smile the tune
goes on. needs little illuminating instruc-
tinn. 1t may be that Miss Coleman thinks
that she IL pretty enough TO let the other
things CO. hut she need but try a little i'm
provement to learn that an audience wants
something more than pink and " hite In its
scubrettes.
Mauie Lillian gerri, who was something
of a delight To many persons who attended
the Music Hall opera last season. is regu-
larly engaged the prirna donna soprano
of Mr. Savace's opera in Chicago. Miss Berri
may sing h ,re few times in the course of
the Forthcoming 81. Louis season.
Mr. Henry Miller one Of the best Of all the
serious actors in the United States has
Just hurried East from san Francisco TO yet
treatment for an obstinate aiTueni Of the
throat. Mr.. Miller played in San Francisco
all Of the summer. and was bound eastward
with THE Only Way''-nOt copyrighted by
Jere Hunt-when he found that his voice
was failing him. Taking the advice OF his
physician he turned his part in the protuc-
ton over To F. J. Morgan and took fast
train for New York. where he is now under
treatment.
Trere will be a good deal Of interest in
the new leading woman of the Lyceum com
rany at the Olympic Theater next week
Last year the place was charnlingly filled
by Mary Mauneriug, who is now getting
ready for a season of "Ianice Meredith"
Miss Spong is the newcomer. She is the
Daughter of an English scene painter. When
she was quite a little girl she was taken to
Australia and there she grew UP. 1t was
from that far-on land that she came to
the United States. When she was in st.
Louis last season she was playing very