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

A bevy OF the prettiest girls kho~" ~
ciety will sell beautifully illustrated SOU
verirs at half q guinea each. The Duchess
herself will receive the guests. whose NUM-
Der will be limited to 100.
Then in one room upstairs there will be
ten supper tables. the price for each OF
which will be $50.
Another lady who Is expected to DO q
great deal for London society is LADY New
! ton. She is the wife Of the Second Lord
4 Newton, who sat SO long in the ommon
as Tom" Leigh and Is the owner OF Lyme
Park. Not only IL she clever herself. but
Davenperts. Lady Newton Is extremely
popular and fond Of entertaining.
HENLEY HOUSEHOLDS.
Everybody-that is to say. everybody Who
is lucky enough to possess a houseboat-is
rejoicing much at the news that the
Thames Conservancy has repealed the rule
made last year to the effect that no house.
boats On the course at Henley were to be
let.
The result was disastrous. as far as the
Regatta funds were concerned. for people
with houseboats. who did not want to oc-
cupy them themselves. were debarred from
letting them. and refrained from sending in
subscriptions as before.
Now. 1 believe. the prices Of houseboats
have gone up tremendously, because there
are SO many rich Americans In London who
do not care what they pay SO long as they
can see life comfortably.
Besides. there Ia the additional attraction
OF the American athletes who are just ar
rived in this country to try conclusions ut
Henley. The owners of Households. there
fore. are having no difficulty in reaping q
respectable harvest, and the regatta funds
are benehting accordingly.
BAD THEATRICAL SEASON.
The theaters are doing no better as the
season draws to q close.
] hear also that poor business, common
this year in the London theaters. has pre-
vailed in the Provinces.
Every kind of entertainment, from high
class comedy to popular melodrama. seems
to have found much less than its normal
patronage. while in London at least half q
dozen theaters have met with absolute dis
aster.
Libraries have lost hundreds Of pounds
through buying up seats in advance.
The receipts in the provincial houses have
also been abnormally low.
BUSY Nh. FRoHMAS.
Mr.. Charles Frohman expects to sail on
July 16 on the Kaiser Wilhelm. having his
hands fun Of big engagements for the COM
ing season.
In the course Of q chat with him I gath
cred a few details of his managerial pro-
gramme, but IL rumor be true there 10 much
more to follow.
After attending to the details of Mr.. John
Drew's production at the Empire he will
return to London in time for Mr.. Gillette's
opening at the Lyceum in sherlock
ceum Is for three months. 1t 10 expected
Mr.. Gillette will repeat HE American sue
cess.
The Gatti- Frohman partnership Of the
Vaudeville Theater was renewed this week.
1t Is proposed to continue Mr.. Seymour
Hicks and Mr.. Terrish as the stars.
A Gus THOMAS PLAY.
Among the productions to be seen at this
house next season are Mr.. Gus Thomas's
ION the Quiet" now at the Madison Square.
New York, Miss Edna Mays company will
continue at Duke Of York's until July. when
It will be closed until September. ~reopenins
with a new musical comedy. In which Mr..
George Edwards Is an equal partner with
Mr.. Frohman.
EDNA NAYS tour.
This will continue as long as possible.
after which Miss Edna May will make her
first tour In the English Provinces
At the close OF that tour she will visit
Australia under the management Of Mr.. J.
e. Williamson. the Australian manages
who IL returning home via San Francisco.
This gives Mr.. Frohman three London
theaters-the Lyceum. the Vaudeville and
the Duke of York's
In the event OF Miss Edna Mays attrac-
ton proving Q long run, he will have to
find another theater for the Duke Of York
company. headed by Miss Irene Van
Brough.
NEW pIxERo PLAY.
:. .,,. o,,..,,or NJ Erohm., In. Tine.
signed with Mr.. Pinero for q new play for
Miss Van Brough. which he will control
both in England and America Thta. Of
course, IL not the play which Mr.. Pinero
Is Just about to finish for the 0arrick. but
is On absolutely new one.
BERxaARDr-ADAMs.
Adams combination, Mr.. Frohman tells me
that one OF the persons on earth most con-
cerued has probably not heard q word
about it-Miss Maude Adams herself.
Size IL now rusticating in a little French
village. which gossip from the outer world
scarce reaches till It n ancient history. He
il In no doubt. however. about her ready
agreement with the plan
In Illustration Of Nine. Bernhardt's WILL
ingness, q messenger from the Divine Sara
called at Mr.. Frohman's room the other
evening for q copy OF Romeo"
MI Frohman fortunately had the prompt
o part handy. which he dispatches to
Kme. Bernhardt, inscribing on the title
page, ITO the ideal Romeo: from Charles
F-ohman."
MR.. BARRY,S UEW PLAY.
London win have to wait till next Easter
before seeing Mr.. Barry's new play, for
which Mr.. Frohman has the English and
American rights. The author II responsible
for the selection os Miss o Adams In
the star role.
American audiences will have ample on.
portunity of judging Of the merits of tha