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

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MONDAY meals over the hill, and you have
faint recollectlons of that thanksgiving
song about the house over the hill.
That house over the hill is a farm house.
owned and occupied by Farmer Sharp. IL
1t had an address it would be 600 and some
thing Delmar avenue. The elder Mr.. South
we'll. with his family. and the younger Mr..
Southwell. with his family. live there. Miss
Blanche Chapman and her niece, Miss Haw-
ley. who Is In chorus. live there, and Messrs.
Clark and Gordon and Director Darling live
there. Miss Bertram and Miss Paul often
grace the table at noon. but they abide in
the Franklin Hotel. way dow town. COM
paratively.
OF course. since the tempestuous Temple
has arrived. the first thing the company
does after breakfast Is to rehearse, and 1t
continues rehearsing. sometimes only sand
wiching a half hour for lunch between re-
hearsals. But Eddie Clark says he often
has time to do things that remind him Of
youthful days. In the morning. when the
dew Is on the grass and he hears the chick
ems making a racket. he rouses Tenor Cor
don. and they gleefully hunt eggs like two
babes In the woods. Then they go out and
watch the operation by which the gentle
bovines are separated from their milk, but
they don't actually try this any more. be-
cause 1t resulted unpleasantly for Clark the
other morning.
In tho afternoon they round I'D some boys
80 ,S " obAp Win AAiosts = haAs
Bertram and Chapman as spectators, play
baseball just like they did before they were
opera singers. And II the vigilant Temple
does not interfere they take long strolls.
After the show at night you can see al
most all OF them over at Faust's. Some
tmes-only sometimes. mind-the men try
to play baseball by tossing liquids that have
names indicating globular things with pos
sibtlities for attitudes.
They say 1t Is very pleasant to live over
the hill. but 1t Is what a famous General
said about war. going home at night.
Miss Helen Bertram il leading the SIREN
uous life these days. She spends a great
deal OF her time riding back and forth be-
tween the Delmar Garden and her hotel.
But she says she has never been with a
summer opera company that she felt SO
thoroughly In sympathy with as this one.
Miss Bertram's dressing-room is very COW.
and she plans to have 1t decorated. She IS
thoroughly hospitable. and can talk Just as
Interestingly as she can sing sweetly. Some
times her little daughter comes out with
her nurse to see her mother on the stage.
What spare time Miss Bertram has she de-
votes to her child.
On Tuesday night. when n rorrea -,v.r.
OF waters. was one of the rare occasions
when the graceful BerH was Mustered. Not
on the stage. mind: she has her nerves too
well in command. for any such didoes. 1t
rained SO hard that Miss Berri thought
there might be no performance, and she
took her time about coming over to the
Cave. which Is right near her temporary
home.
But there were quite a number of people
In the house, among them the Fuszes and
Miltenbergers. and SO Miss Berri had to
prepare herself. Just like any other wom-
an. she was I'm a fret to know whether her
hat was on straight. because she had tecn
In a hurry TO put 1t on, and when she made
her first entry she drove her visitors away
putting balm to their souls by calling them
dear children"
You could not notice any trouble from the
front. however.
Miss Berrf's name recalls the persistent
rumor that is floating around about her en-
gagement to Frank Moulan. the funny man.
1t Il absolutely untrue. II you will believe
them Mr.. Moulan continues to dis6gure
his good-looking face nightly with an afro