The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-18
Mr.. Temple May Return
-Restful Sag Harbor.

-Restful Sag Harbor.
Mr.. Edward p. Temple. who managed the
Music Hall stage all Of last season, will
probably resume his position there next
week. IL was the plan OF the management
to retain Mr.. Temple at the head OF the
English opera organization. but the SEEM
ing failure OF that enterprise has made II
possible for Mr.. Temple to be returned to
st. Louis. There appears to exist nearly
general belief that Mr.. Temple has set
standard for operatic stage management In
st. Louis.
The tonic qualities of Sag Harbor" are
not the least Of the plays excelgences- Let
us admit that you have nerve fag: that you
have heard the towns rumble over the
granite blocks until your brain seems TO be
an unfendered trolley car; that you can't
sleep; that all food tastes alike to you
then you need a dose Of Sag Harbor or
trip to the fiowered countryside. There is
something wonderfully restful about this
latest Herne play. something that takes you
away from thing. that are happening every
day. The people of 1t are mostly an honest
lot who are SO commonplace that you for
get that the Twentieth Century Is here
There are two-a man and a woman-who
remind you OF some OF the pretenders In
George AIDES Sunday Republic fables. Mr..
a
OF heart, and the two Herne girls are so
good that one wonders why they have been
hiding their lights so long. Miss Chrystal
Herne plays a love-lorn girl who all but
proposes to a foolish youth who needs a
thrashing. You feel sorry for her for low
ing so ridiculous a specimen, but you find
yourself applauding her manner of proceed
ure. Miss Herne had a very bad cold last
night, but she played with intelligence and
pluck.
st. Louis folks who saw the initial pro-
duction of when Knighthood Was in
Flower will be glad to know that the
piece has madesz great success in Eastern
cities, ending the tour with a New York
hearing that is developing vast applause.
Read. for example. this paragraph Of praise
from the pen OF the usually finicky Alan
Dale:
An the world loves a lover, and theatsr-goers
who would IKE to see the good old pastime
sweetIy cuddlingiy and old-fashionediy indused
in may profitzby 60 10 the Criterion and watch
the lovely little actress We call Julia Mariowe.
There are no new wrinkles' In Miss Mariowe's
rhapsodies- The disease Of love. as set forth
In those pathological nissives supposed to en-
anate from a woInsn's heart. and now TO bs
purchased by every CHEEKY messenger boy ts IN
VOTED Of BY Miss Mariowe- Perhaps the old
is the best Miss Mariowe makes love Ike the
feminine beaut,es-the everyday heroines IN
the stories Of The Duchess'.in Airy: Airy. FAIRY r
that trickles from that popular pen
In this new play Miss Marlowe passes from
the reluctant stage She Is no more the PEN
sive lily. the ethereal dafcdiL She Is the hoyoen
in love: the matinee girl In the tolls OF a
sugary anection-the girl with the inenaoie KISS
and the abandoned hug-the girl We like to watch
when intellect is mapping and our senses AZ
on the romp. Il Is very charming and old
Fashioned this heydey Of love as seen In when
Knishthood Was In Flower" and II she doesn't
tell him that her affection Is that OF mother
Arauts and Cfs
q brvther-shs does better. She hugs him. Ineee
is more in one hug than In seventeen volumes
Of ir telectual love letters
James ONeilEs revival OF Monte Cristo
will be brought to the Century Theater
early IN February. Trustworthy informa-
ton Is to the effect that II Is the most
elaborate scenic effort ever given at the
Century Theater.
Some OF you," said Sir Henry irving at
a supper given by the Manchester Art Ciuo.
ARE pretty old playgoers. who have known
me and my doings for many years. anu pc.
/ doubt whether 1t has ever occurred TO you
that 1 am one of the principal criminals OF
the age / did not know It myself until
read the proceedings at a certain coniei
ence Of elergymel the other day.
.sThese diyines were discussing the stage
and its manifold iniquities, and one OF them
declared that no Christian could play the
part Of a murderer without suffering moral
deterioration Well. l have emorueu my
hands In so much blood on the stage that
1 am reduced to this painful dilemma
either my moral state is as pau as lh@e VI
a real murderer or i am no CHRISTIAN
"And this divine on the same occasion de-
clared that no morally unobjectionaoie play
had a chance nowadays. unless IL were su-
perlatively well acted. Stiil another uNihe
scoffed at what he called the cant OF ae-
scribing the drama as mordi teacnsi.
should not make that claim on oenal1 OF the
drama. for it's humble function Is that OF
representing life. and how are you 70 saus-
fy everybody that any given representation
OF life is conducive to morahty
''Shakespeare saw life on bigger scale
than any other dramatist, ana with an ei-
feet so perplexing to some moraiists that
one Of them. a great writer who was taken
from US not loig ago. declared Shakespeare
to have been dfyineIy endowed VIII totai
lack of conscience in order that ne might
paint humanity exactly as IL was.
Where are you to put faiseai ~ any
scheme Of moral teaching2 The pulpit must
,ra,t hin, ne an old reprobate, and yet
Shakespeare has endeared him TO manklhd-
Ii is an alarming paradox. and 90 not ven
ture to hazard any explanation tor tne oeh-
eft of diocesan conferences. except 'hae eiie
drama, even when 1t ~ not ShaAespeaie'
may sometimes take broader views ol nG-
force a lesson OF charity that they are apt
to overlook
Miss Esther Ellsworth. VINO JOINS ,nS
Castle Square forces at EAposiuoI
next week. Is a Young soprano of Boston.
where she ~ esteemed as singer ot me
first rank. She is gifted with a nish So
prano voice of quality and hexoiiity; IN IN
the ford music of the Italian scnooi sne = :
said to haze sure footing. MISS I-s M -. -
ana has had engagements with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, the eczema eoe'ess -
and other weIl-known organizations On
several occasions she has disthguisneo neI
! self by assuming difficult parts on se,y
short notice. notably that OF Marceiline In
| ''Ffdelio." and the soprano parts OF the
Messiah on important occasions. 20,
| content with the cert .u
career as a concert singer. Miss Ellsworth