The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-06

curtain goes down that will be the End. II
will not be raised again, and. II 1 am acting
in the play. / will not show myself before
the curtain. OF course. / could attain that
result with certainty by writing a bad play:
and, in that case, / will be worrying about
other things than theories.
There IS no artistic excuse for curtain
calls. and 1 trust audiences Will one day
take the same view. 1 might say there is
no more artistic excuse for them than there
is for the incidental music in my present
play. But that music was put there for a
reason far more practical than any illusion.
There are many pauses in the play, in
serted in part to give realism and In part
for force and poise. From Secret Service
which had few pauses, 1 learned that the
audience took advantage of the silence to
cough, rustic programmes and move I'm the
seats. doing so involuntarily. So / conclud-
ed. rather brutally, perhaps. that IL there
must be noises ! would make them my
self. Hence the music which has been
charged with being employed to cajole the
Here Is an old story in new clothes and
having a new "nub:' There was a time
when Richard Mansfield was drilling a su-
per TO rush on and cry. THE enemy are
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ard again. but could not remotely approach
the ideal OF the actor. At last Mr.. Mans
field did the bit in his own best style.
There" he said; do it like that"
why, SIR" said the timid super. 'ff I
could do It like hat l would not be plug
cling along here for So a week"
"what!' exclaimed Mansfield, DO You
receive only 81 a week? At that price. my
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The ompany that will play "Shor, Acres
at the Grand Opera-house this week will
include James T. Gollaway. Atkins Law
renee. Charles E. Fisher. Herbert F1ans-
burg. William H.. Burton. james Burrows,
H Z. Whittemore. William r. Sheldon.
Thomas Clifton, and Misses Marion Cullen,
Belle Theodore. Matte st. John. Maria
Clever, Gladys Crolius and Emily Clifton.
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"The Young Wife, to be played at Hav-
ms Theater this week, Will show these
players: Miss Selma Hermann. who created
the part Of the young wife: Misses Edna G.
Brothers. Alberta Lee, and Messrs. Adolph
Jackson, John I. Nicholson, John L. Wood
erton. Richard Williams. Charles b. Craig,
Mark Fenton end James de Barre.
SlAGltt1 - AHcAs 10 L06 blAEG as
the hero of David Belasco's Naughty An
thony" after a retirement Of several sea-
sons. spent In active theatrical manage
n.ert. His reception has proven that play
goers have not forgotten the hilarious DAYS
when he and his friend Hoey were the
bright and shining stars Of "A ParIor
Match" Although only IS years Of age.
Mr.. Evans can count himself one Of the
veterans of the American stage. He was
born in Rochester. ". Y, September G. 1855,
end when q boy made his first appearance
on the stage as Bob. the boootblack. In
Frank Mayo's production of T h Streets
of New York" Ttenceforth he was almost
before the f~ootIights. On Janu-
airy i. ls72. he appeared with James Niles
in the pier scene in Under the GasIIght."
and Immediately thei eafter the two youth !
full aspirants for stage horrors formed a
partnership to do song-and-dance turns in !
the variety theattrs. Their Joint salary was
ct first only so a week. "On our return to
Buffalo" said Mr.. Evans. once, in telling
the story Of his early days on the stage.
after we had appeared for two weeks I'm !
small towns. We were engaged by
Charles E. Blanchett to appear In the Open
ing performance of the Coliseum at Roches- |
ter on July 4, 1872, for the 5cint salary Of |
SIS TIL salary was tempting. but / dreaded
the orleal Of facing my family. So we /
arranged to appear in Rochester as the
HI dson Brothers hut / was recognized, for |
all that, and one of my elder brothers came
TO the theater and told me that my father
going to have me put away In the re-
My first idea was to kip but
/ changed my mind. ind went to see the
DID gentleman. To my surprise. he was
the least agitated Of the whole family. He