The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-26
BERRI and MOULAN WILL \
GO TO THE DELMAR-NOIES,

Miss Maud Lillian Berri and Frank Mou<
Ian have been engaged by the Delmar Opera
Company. They will make their first APP
pearance there week sitter next, probably IN
| 1.-The Mascot"
Negotiations were closed late last night.
Immediately upon the announcement that
Chrig's Cave will close for all time to-mor.
row night, Manager Southwell Of Delmar
Garden entered into negotiations with the
prfma donna and comedian. Advantage was
also taken Of the opportunity to strengthen
| the Delmar chorus. Four male members OF
the Berri opera company chorus have been
engaged. and it Is the intention Of the gar
den to secure several Of the female members
Of the chorus.
1.-THE Little Tycoon" will be the bill at the
Delmar Garden next week The new menu
hers Of the Delmar Opera Company may
sing In that opera. but Manager southwell
Is not certain that they will.
| william Rochester has been engaged as
| stage manager for Delmar. He will take
up his duties next Monday E. p. Temple.
| York.
Miss Willard. present prima donna at Del
| mar, Will go to New York at the end Of
| next week, at which time her contract ex4(
pres. She will continue her vacation. hav-
| ing left 1t very suddenlv TO come tn the
| Delmar.
The Suburban Park Company also made
an enort to secure Miss Berri She consid.
| eieo the oner to go into vaudeville. The
oner was very fiattering, and II she had
not been engaged by the Delmar company
sne would nave tried vaudeville for the re-
l matnder OF this season.
Miss BeRri wished to have III. D.lme,
opera Company called the Maud Lillian
| berri Company, but Manager Southwell In
sisted that the Delmar Opera COMPANY
now has too good a reputation to change
or give the name up. Miss BERT was oon-
clhafed In contract, however. but she very
reluctantly gave up the idea of continuing
as the head OF her own company
Manager Southwell Is greatly pleased with
| the new acquisitions. He says:
I could not have done better. Now. I
am positive, I have the best light opera
company In the United States. Every mem
Der has attained standard Of excellence
In his or her role. am proud of this, for
have all along wished to have the best or
sanization. We have the patronage and we
wish to please the people. We can now
give them the best
Frank Moulan was asked last MINT "a
state how tho new deal pleased him. He
said:
Look at me and you can tell better than
can epress it,
He was beaming all over. smiling Joy
fully as he rubbed the paint and perspka-
ton from his face.
M Miss s,1 ns,Fi s.,a 81: va. s1ss.,y gl.s:sa
and do yet better work a the garden.
II am glad they did 20 wen % quieliy.~
said Mr.. McNsary. "They were vsFy fore
tunats. The time Of the season vas bad
for them"
Mr. Noulan said that. xumoe to tie en-.
trary the relations hstwssn Atmssl1 and
Nr. McNeary had always bssn tie pssas.
ATTEST At no time was there tho Least
friction between them
When Marie DrsaslsR canao 10 Jorsst
Park Highlands. some one must make -
bold AZ to ask for her recitation Of .BuIly
Bess." one Of the clsversst things Of the 3
sort In many a day Of vaudeville tommyrot.
Miss Drsssler u . clever woman Of the
heavy type. She sings pretty well, dancess
capitally and ~ for making fun for har
audience there u none happier.
Another bright woman who 70 coming to
town next week II Mary Norman, who prs.
sents clever limitations
Che viii be remembered b. audiences that
esT nsr ss the Grand yn:n
were associated there. The Colonel, be-
lieve. discovered Miss Norman.
BY al accounts. Miss Agnes Paul II the
enduring hit ut tbs Dslmar.
Prima donnas may come and 90. but Miss
Paul seems to smile and dance and grew
In popularity AZ the weeks melt away.
There has BEEN talk Of Anna IleAtsr N
primA donna soprano at the concluslon Of
Niss NillaFd's season-but nothing more
than tall.
George Denham. wen known to comic
opera gosrB for twenty-five yeafs, Was he
hrst American Koko In The Mikado''
This was at Uhrigs Cave in June. fSsG,
and great was the fun.
Blanche Chapman. now at the DolmAr.
WAS the Yum-Yum. May 6tembler the Pittis
Sing and Charley Lang the Nanhd-poo.
Alice May. who died soon attsr. was the
Katdsha.
Soon after heR death. friends gsys q Nsas
snt performance at the Olympic, The MOI
from which was employed IN the Iundi
Of tomb In BsllsfontainA. In which To
singer now rests.
Three years before the production e
''The MikAdor the Ar8t American fepeo-
sentati0n OF Patience" was given, with
Blanche Chapman in the title pert. 0eoPwO
Denham played Bsnthorns. The actors haA
no idea Of the controlling notion or the COS
tuning Of the piece. In consequences, the
work was not understood. Bsnthorns. for
example. wore . dress suit and Galway
whiskefa.