The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-28
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Henry Miller writes from a mountain re-
sort in the far Northwest that he will soon
start on his way to the East.
He will reach st. Louis some time In No
vember playing a new success. 'D'Arcy OF
the Guard"
Mr.. Miller's friends will be happy to know
that he has recovered his health and that
the summer season on the coast has proved
kind to him.
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Maurice Freeman. a painstaking actor.
will attempt a season Of comedy at UhriS's
Cave
There will. accordingly. be postpone
ment Of the period Of mourning over the
passing Of famous and most interesting
/ resort.
Our old friend. Lawrence Hanley will play
the chief part in THE Silver King at
koerner's Garden this week.
Mir. Hanley has played nearly every male
! character in the piece. II was in this
famous play, for example. that Mr.. Hanley
! made his start In the profession, which lie
has g-aceo so vaiiously.
Miss Laura Miilard closes her engage
| ment at the Delmar next Sunday evening.
] This prima donna Of the big amusement
| resort has had the most trying time of her
! long and satisfying career. In the first
place. she had TO cdrtaii her vacation IN
order TO meet the st. Louis engagement.
| make trip of LOO miles on the shortest
| possible notice, get into the cast of Said
| Pasha'' Two hours after arrival. with
! scarcely time for refreshment and hardly
| what might be called rehearsal, thus
| joining a company in which she knew no
| one save by professional name. and she
! had to follow IN the footsteps OF prede-
| cessor VINO had been i'll for two weeks and
whose failing spirits had certainly unia-
vorably impressed her encourage
/ !)peDi.e all this Miss Willard brayely took
| en- her allotted task and sang one opera
| after another in a really devoted way, sl-
| ways knowing her music, resorting to no
| srtif1ce in the presentation OF her charac-
ters ard always giving satisfaction to those
| before wSom she appeared.
Especially in Ell Captain were her good
| qualities apparent when her Isabel shone
| out in all its lyric and histrioIic brilliancy
! Her stately grace in those Spanish gowns
made an impression, and her song in the
{, second act rose to the true prima donna
level. Miss Millard's leave taking affords
her the satisfaction of the performance OF
duty in every way adequate and always
conscientious.
| She goes east next Sunday night to re-
sumo her vacation and perfect lncipieht
plans for next season.
THE Little Tycoon is a satire on the
foreign title-worshp craze. General kntek-
who. he determines. shall make Brilliant
match Violet is in love with Alvin Barry, Il
young American of splendid family. whom
she meets in Venice.
Returning from Europe on the same
steamer is heightened English Lord-Lord
Dolphin-with his valet. Teddy. The Lords
title completely captures the General ana
he pays great court to his lordship'' de-
;erminng Violet shall marry him. All On
the steamer sympathize with Alvin and
| Violet. Lord Dolphin, to get Alvin out OF
the way. procures his arrest on the charge
Of smuggling. and the curtain falls on the
separation of the lovers
Act . finds Violet in tears and close.
4 ly guarded in her fathers villa in Newport.
Alvin, disguised as Lord Dolphin gains dis
tinguished entrance to the knickerbocker
| villa. but is discovered. and has to beat a
hasty retreat, As a ffna! ruse. he plays on
the Generals great weakness-love of title
worship-and personates the great Tycoon
OF Japan thereby winning Violet and max
ing her the Little Tycoon.
| When 1.-The Forture-Teller" company re-
turned this week George Bowles reported TO
.Ir. Perley the absence of six chorus beau-
ties. who had eloped at the last NOM mt
and married six English Johnnies. Joe Cav
thorne will arrive later boat. M.s1
Nelson's plans are not known at the Per-
ley Exchange.
John Mason is spending the summer on
the Pacific Coast. Rehearsals for his star
ring tour under Jacob Lifts management
will begin the middle OF August in New
York. THE Altar of Friendship Is tho
name CT lis lew play. and is from the pen
of Madeleine Lucette Ryley.
. Louis Nethersole has received a letter
! from Clyde Fitch from AK les Bains. IN.
closing a photograph Of the celebrated gam
bling rooms of the Vile des Fleurs. one o.
the handsomest and most fashionable of al
tie European gambling resorts The frs
act Of Fitch's new play. The Marriax.
Came" in which Miss Sadie Martinez star.
next season, is located in the Vile de-
! F1eurs, and the scene. which is an s!ab
| crate one, viii be fac-simile OF the orig
inal The play deals with that class Of tn,
worldly four hundred which spends much o
its time at places Of this kind.
Raffaello la Marca, one Of the most IA
| NOUS professors of La Scala, lillian. arrive,
= in New York few days ago. He is finish
: ing up the tuition of several American pu
pills who commenced taking lessons unde
l. him in Italy.
/. Mrs. Fiske's encouragement Of new dram
= atists in the past is an earnest OF he
. course toward them in the Circumstance
!, \ That VIII make ner TIE CtlfeI HSuEe III
}" metropolitan theater. The announcement {
, the policy Of the Manhattan Theater
:. this respect. made some time ago. is pei
e fectly consistent with that that has marke
her very successful career in recent year
- And that the public Is interested in the d.
vclcpment OF a new dramattst OF talent is 6
E. certain as the fact that the public is II
J. crested in the development OF new move
list of power. Perhaps the interest is mo,
= marked In the case OF the dramatist. Il
!" talent being equal, because Of the far grea
er number OF novelists OF note than
70 drama lists Of note, the stage writer ths
5 | attracts general attention being a muc
rarer parsonage because Of the rarer tyI
- Of genius that he illustrates. The first ne
:. dramatist that Mrs. Ffske will introdut
ra | to New York at the Manhattan will
Anne Crawford FIexner. author Of the pls
from A. E. w. Mason's novel, MIRANDA
o. the Balcony
1.-THE Bonnie Brier Bush" Is said to be OF
=; of the features of the coming season. tt
ID play, which will not likely be seen outsit
e. Of New York and the larger Eastern citi,
er for some time Is a drama founded upon Il