The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-16

modestly In black. but his surname stand!
out in CORY red.
Somewhere and somehow handsome
Lawrence Han,ey has obtained for his COM
pany at koerner's Garden one OF the daint-
lest feminine bits ON the summer garden
stage. She Is Miss Elsie Esmond. There
IL something as diminutive about the young
woman as her name. She Is as dainty as
dresden china. but her pretty jaw shows
much sterner stun. She has a sweet. mel
low voice modulated low. but clear.
Miss Esmond IL very young. She has
been with Robert Mantell. and was Esunice
In the big production Of Quo Vadis." Her
most ambitious role was Bonita In the Sec
ond production Of Arizona"
koerners Garden is associated in Jack
Ravold's mind with one very memorable
occasion. Ravold IL the comedian. When
he was a boy his folks lived on the South
Side. In those DAYS there were al fresco
performances at Koerner's Garden.
One day Ravold's father asked him what
sort OF performances they were giving at
the garden. The boy said that a feliow
named Al Fresco was giving q lot OF shows.
but lie did not think much OF them. RAJ
VOID. ST.. went downtown and at n restaur-
ant there was some talk about the al frescO
performances. Rsvoid insisted that the per-
formances were given by a chap named Al
""e sS Ioufiu ~ VIZ
ficult TO explain matters to him. That ev-
eninS when Ravold. Sr.. came home. Ra-
void. Jr.. had a tete-a-tete with him which
was very painful physically.
Those operate people in the city who
were with Mr.. Southwell at the Music Hall
last winter ere very glad Miss Maude LAM
bert has made a great hit In the new comic
opera. king Dodo." in Chicago. She Is
very popular among the people Of her pro-
fession. Clinton Elder was telling. the 9TH
or night of his first meeting with Miss LAM
bert.
He was singing principal roles for Mr..
Savage i'm New York tws years ago. One
night he saw n pretty young person N gilt
slippers and purple hesh!ngs standing IN
the fi.s listening for her cue. The stage
manag said she was doing her drst solo
bit. 1t was only a very little bit. but FL
der says when she sang he predicted At
once that she would make a hit some day.
Shortly thereafter. Mr.. Savage gave her a
part II more scope and rs Elder 2i'hiiy
puts II she made good"
Out at Dclmcr Garden they love to ten
stories about the indefatisability Of Mr.. Rit-
| ter, who paints the scenery. Last winter.
when he was at the Music Hall. George Me-
Manus. the veteran theatrical man. who mas
a weakness for scenic water colo-s. asked
Ritter to do him a sketch.
The artist was very bus-. but he PROM
] ised that II would be done before New Years
Day. On Christmas Day Francs Boyle
| found Mr.. Ritter at his hotel painting me
| p~rettiest little landscape he ever saw. Inc
word went out that Ritter was painting iarG'
| scapes, and before lie finished he han 10 ~
| one for every friend re had In the company
Mr.. Ritter Is about 81 years oil. large and
iovial. He and the tempestuous Temple fair
| " reyel when you say work
Francis Boyle. who was q cho-us -.an
when he fr-t vi-ited this city. IKE. ST.
Louis SO -e.i that he has established MS
| mother here. They have a coy htt'e meme
on Olive street. and every night atfe- the
| show YOU can see Boyle hurry through Inc
Garden I, catch his car. while the other pee
rle stop at Faust's. He takes good care OF
the mother. and thew saw that the f'rdness
J OF mother ard son is quite as tdylhc as 'he
I fondpess of Miss Bertram for her daughter.
This is a story that Mr.. Blood OF the cave
| ~recites to his friends with a great deal OF
| relish: He says that he stations himseit AT
| the door every evening to analyze TIC at
mosphere. and tests everything from very
warm to frozen air. This Is presented .. sen-
| tlemen who make il a business TO '"e tHo~s
without consulting the deity AT the ooA -"
fees. Now. one evening. accoruIns - a
| Blood. a gentleman appeared VINO n~u :
| very Youthful face and wore beautiiui rone
hair He presented a card which read: VII
liam Raw Risbee. Leading Juvenile the FLOCK
| OF Geese Company" The card was written
and the Leading Juvenile spelled tne W a.
"iuvinile.'' Mr.. Blood did not recoSnixe ln
NJ ono nj the profession. But as Wiliam
Raw turned away Mr.. Blood bethousht MIN,
calf called him back and took the caro- anu
nrnched through the - that was wnefe IL
really ought not nave been. remarkins' N
I'm the interest OF photography you snai'
pass in. my friend"
pella Fox will be at the Highlands tn,s
af,ernoon. Whenever she returns u 81
Louis there are many people VINO are I.
] minded OF the days when sne dio a"hN o
things and belonged to amateur ura"'at'N
e,,hs There we're several strong organiza-
ton. in ST. Louis In those days maj pfv-
dnced a cotsrie Of actors who nave MAUI
~ood- as ,Jr. Elder says. Dorothy Mor,cn
4. one. and there are several very 49,
men on the stage who did turns Win 'nese
young women
Waller Pennington. the young man WIZ
pl,xed one Of the four roles IN Inc i.o'
er.s Sacrifice" ct koerners Gafueh' Ia.
week tells this: On one Of the rainy hisn.s
that have been so abundant lately ne saw
Mr. Koerner rush out In his garden az ~
nnroach Of another shower. koerner car
r;sd a long gun. He looked about az II ne
were very undecided. and then began prev
.ra,,ons for execution. Pennington oesa"
20 fear that he was going to commie IL
Rut iu., at the critical moment All. No
ner discharged his gun In the ar. mn
Ton thought II might be a bit OF premature
Fourth of July fun. Mr.. koerner eAplai"
! that he was dispensing the rain ciouas'
Miss Cheridah Simpson. who sang anu
n,.yed upon the plano at Forest PARK
Hichlands last week. lately was fArtaenaa
In my Lady" Some weeks ago an aov.
IN New York. who had little money. ou'
some quantity OF sense. sent her a poem
on the ,nstailment plan. He wouin como
every Friday evening his pay day prooa-
Nv:ard send her a small bouquet OF now
ers and two verses. Of which these are
good specimens:
So Cheridah. this tribute true
Accept. although the gift may %
In frakrance. what I think o. YOU.
In "ireshness.' what you think ot Nj. in
There were eight OF the verses. ANS 20
where he became d~espondent:
tn venture. both TOO coy and rny.
For while his steadfest heart II u"e'
He uuries hope with Dennetts pie.
Rather than be deceived by you.