The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-22

japanese paper lanterns hung about I'M
Japanese electric lights. Japanese paper
fans. which would be more useful II they
also were electric, and Japanese paper
chrysanthemums are the trimmings at
Uhrgs Cave this week.
These Japanese paper things find their
justification In the fact that THE Mikado"
is being presented. with the tallest YUM
Yum you ever saw on any stage, and the
only one wearing slippers with red heels.
For Miss Berri really does wear red-heeled
slippers. There are many who said she
wouldn't, and many others who said she
couldn't But she did. They are not high
heels; for even so confident person as an
opera star dare not put high-heel slippers
on Yum-Yum. They are not much more
than moccasins. But what there Is OF heels
ia red, and the famous brilliant Berri red
st that Yum-Yum's dress is not of kind
to make red heels conspicuous. so last
nights audience looked in vain for them
until the dance Of the second act brought
them into view.
Miss Berrfs Yum-Yum is a charming
young person, indeed. She Is a very pretty
one in the first place. She sings with much
| melody, and fiirts and fans and chatters and
giggles and trots wabbingly across the
stage in fine fashion.
| Mr. Moulan, already famous as Koko. did
! the part as well last night. with the tenn
perature at 100 on the stage, as he did last
! winter, WQen tnere WASH any
! to speak of. Mr. Elder sang Nanki-Poo's
| songs WELL but the amount of dignity he
put into the part was oppressive. Miss
| Fannie Frankel was pleasing as Pitti-Sing,
and Miss Gertrude Lodge was Interestingly
| doleful as Katisha. The chorus wasn't
| any better than 1t ought to have been, and
it looked damned and crowded to the point
| of suffocation.
| Sousa's Eel Captain cannot readily be
| regarded fit comic opera for midsummer
| exploitation, inasmuch as few companies
and fewer stages have the resources needed
| to adequately stage tho work. Probably
Manager Suthweil of the Delmar would not
| have undertaken 1t last night but for his
| Castle Square ensemble and Music Hall ex-
| perience The opening performance in the
pavilion took place before the biggest Sun
| day night audience of The season, ard be-
| gan continued and ended smoothly, barring
the usual minor incidents inseparable from
premieres, coupled with the very obstructive
/ fact that all the preparation for the opera
had to be made in the most oppressive
weather of most oppressive season. Con-
| siderable interest centerd in the principals
Messrs. Boyle. Frear Martin, Gordon and
Clarke, and Misses Mi!lard. Paul and Chap
| man. OF these, probably Mr.. Boyle. as Dor
| Medig,Ia displayed the greatest hesitancy In
| the dialogue. but his singing was "all tina,
could be desired" He is a basso. who makes
| excellent use of his round, fine voice, which
| gives his score a new vocal meaning. Miss
Willard sang well as Isabel.
She was magnif1cently gowned. Delmar
habitues are putting newer, better esti-
mate on Miss Millard's capabilities, fact
that came out strongly last night in the ap-
plause Miss Blanche Chapman carried the
Evolutionary honors. her Princess Marghan-
"a being a careful effort. The Estrelda OF
that lively and favorite soubrette, Miss Ag-
nes Paul was vivacious presentation. Her
entrance in act one indicated the favor in
which the audience held her. A magnificent
bouquet of red and white roses rewarded her
in act two.
Mr.. Klein, who first played 1t with DE
4 Wolf Hopper, in being more grotesquely or
nate. He got more than the usual number
of laughs out of his situations. Mr.. E. Peer
less Temple never having staged ''El Cap
4 itan' before. has the right to bespeak Tor
| himself few indulgences.
the Cragg family, wives. babies and all
fifteen in number. with the seven perform,
ers are installed at the cottage of Forest
park Highlands. where they gave their firs
| performance yesterday. The Craggs come
from England and visited America for inc
fret time with Pony Moore, who brought
one of the earliest vaudeville companies Il
this country some twenty-five years ago
Marie Lotus. the mother Of Cissy, and the
! famous Pat Feeny. were with that com
many. Since that time the Craggs have
climbed to the pinnacle of excellence in thu
cymnastic lire. and are now the first OF
the boards.
They are making their third tour of tn
globe. They go from here to San Fran
| cisco. thence to Australia. and from Their
| home to retire from the business and liv'
in luxury. To describe their act is almos
, impossible, for they do so. many astonish
. ing things in the somersault. casting jump
ing and vaulting line that new term
would have to be coined. 1t is an act wei
worth seeing.
Lew Sully gave a clever topical song ant
. gag act, and Monroe. Mack and Lawrence
have alaughable little skit, in which Mis-
i Lawrence shows well in Partisan gown
as the festive daughter Of g:sat old par