The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-09

There Will be an improvement IN Unrigs
Cave entertainment this week. .bohenian
. Girl" 10 an opera. q fact that weishs' Las
veekss bill Of twaddle and tunelessness oio
not develop the excellences OF the organiza-
ton. Miss Berrf failed OF especial at.rac.'
lvcness In her several costumes MI. Aiou'
Ian was funny enough, but ono comedian
does not make an opera any more una one
swallow makes a summer MI Ehuel wa
mieerably cast. In very truth. IL was
fhrourhout a most sad a~ffair-this Merry
Monarch" business.
There Is considerable doubt as to the wis.,
dom of the course that puts "Bohemian
Girl in rivalry this week. Here Is an IN
stance where combinations might prove OF
Duh,ic welfare. Many persons who care FOR
Rerrfs Airline will fail TO see II because OF
circumstances that will take them 10 me
Delmar performance. 1t IS only the brave
moreover. who will go twice 10 the same
opera in a single week In consequence the
fair Helen and the beauteous Berri Will miss
certain box-ofice receipts and much OF the
public will fail 10 see one or the TWO per
formances-both of which ought to be jolly
good.
NUe. Rertram Is extremely handsome this
year. She has taken on a bit OF nesn.
which has not been hurtful. and her voice
II in capital condition. The management
at Delmar ought TO consider boy characters
for Miss Bertram's season. enc Is easnS
the handsomest of all stage boys OF this
period.
There II no letting up at the Standard.
where. with fans within and GOODNESS with
out, business continues to be remarkably
good for the season This week the silly
Dinner BurlesQuers are to be on view.
Frank Mckee, Mary Mannering ana
James X. Hackett have entered INTO an
agreement by which a Shakespearean pro.
auction will be presented In the spring OF
lso3 in New York City. Phiiadeipnia; Dos
ton and Chicago. and ono or two otner Oh
the principal cities. This agreement In no.
wise interferes with Miss MannerinSs con-
tract with Mr.. McKee or with Mr.. HACK
stt's position a. m ac~tor-manager. In inc
following autumn Miss Mannering ana MI.
Hackett viii both DO seen IN new proauc-
tiona at different theaters In New YORK
CITY, Miss Mannering under the oirectio1
Of Frank Mckee and Mr.. Hackett under MS
own MANAGEMENT The Shakespearean play
IN which Miss Mannering and Mr.. Hackett
vm Be seen next spring has not been den-
nitsly selected. but It Is quite likely 70 %
The Tanning Of the Shrew." IN winch
MIS- Nannering will play Katharine and
Mr. Hackett Petruchio. Neither has the GATE
been posit,yely fixed. but 1t Is probable that
: their special tour will begin about MAJ !
and continue six weeks. The company VIII
h S4refulIY 0eloCIcQ. onOuiu NhAo bAoJS~s
meat with public favor 1t will be repeated
each successive spring. An arrangement
a. also contemplated by which Miss Man
nerfng and Mr.. Hackett may be seen IN
London for q few weeks In 1903 under the
management of Mr.. Mckee. In the event
that this plan Is consummated. MISS Man,
nering and Mr.. Hackett will be supported
By an American company.
After the work and constant travel OF
twenty seasons in one play and part, Lewis
Morrison retired from the role OF Mepnisto
in Faust" after playing 1t 5000 times The
Temporary retirement heightened into Two
wears. His California homo and pleasant
social surroundings proved strong induce
ments to retire permanently. for Lewis
Morrison Il one Of the few actors who pos
sesses a competency. He has evidently
caught the old fever again. for he Is to rep
resent Nuremberg in q new scenic produc-
ton Of Faust"
Opera, it Is well TO say. Is not the only
thing to be seen or heard or done at the
Delmar.
There, for instance. are the al fresco con-
certs of Herr Sugen Rautenberg. Late ev-
cry afternoon, Just at the time when family
parties gather at Tony Faust's Cottage for
supper, Herr Rautenberg takes his twenty
iDstrumentalists to the little pagoda In the
forward end Of the garden and presents
some good music. Herr R~autenbers con-
ducts with authority. but without the large
gymnastic display that generally accom-
panies such work; and his programmes are.
in themselves. musical compositions in the
best technical sense of the term. TIT will
derness OF green c~hairs-there are several
thousand OF them-is speedily occupied
when the first strains Of R~autenberg's or
chestra noat on the June breezes.
ss
Vaudeville has succeeded drama at Belle
vue Garden, and the new order of things
will continue throughout the summer. To-
days programme includes the following
features: 1.-THE Shirt-W aist Man." q charm
Ing little comic opera. produced under the
personal direction Of the managers. Messrs.
McKimon and Cole: Keene and Palmer will
do q skit. entitled "A Married Mans
Double" Then there will be Myrtle Colson.
prodigy child soubretts: Airline Palmer in a
new speciality: Tynea Everett in the latest
coon song hits, and Dew and Graham in
the sketch, who Is Who"