The St. Louis Republic., 1901-01-14
NEWS FROM The DRAMA
NOW ON LOCAL VIEW.

There Is a new girl in THE Girl from
MaNia's.' which opened at the century
last nigh:
She is Miss Hattie Williams. who is tall
and round Of limb. and vivacious- There Is
a fascinating tip-t.ltsdness to her nose, ana
a pleasing fullness In her voice. And tnere
is grace and not little finish IN her actihS'
Parline IN the name OF THE Girl IL IS
she who causes all the trouble Winch gives
rise to all the fun. She Il unconventional
Miss Josephine Hall had the part when ne
Girl was here before. Miss Williams pays
Fl somewhat differently. She eliminates
some of the 'un." and leaves in bit more
of the Conventional" But not enough 10
dun the spiciness Of the play. so much ior
Miss Williams. The trouble-0eset fetyPont
family Is well repre- sented. Mr. Ihornas II
Rurns as Doctcr Petypont makes much
fun with his chair OF sleep: Mr.. Joseph Al
len Is quite orthodox as the iraseloie S.n I.
| eral Petypont; and Miss Gertrude NHIiS
a. Madame Petypont il fully as nervous
and hysterical as she should be
The other characters are in the hanos OF
men and women who probably make as
| mrch ou; OF them as there is In them-
At any rate. they satisfied a large suoi-
! ence. which particularly enjoyed the dihi,
cuites which the fat Mr. Armstrong hau
I with gorgeous raper-wrapped couaoe''
Sag Harbor." with James ~ Herne. the
author Of the play. I'm the cast, VIII oe
| played at the Olympic Theater to-hisht lot
the first time in s.. Louis
There Is n lot Of negro fun at the Inn
I pcTlal Theate- t.Iis week. "A Trip 10 Coon
town is vehicle only but IL serves well
enough The Coontown circus Is diver
sion that would make dyspeptic forset
that ore CT his duties is TO he cross Win
the entire world. The musical numbers:
too. are bright Cole is the tramp ana
johnson the bunko man. and IN eacn OF
these characters they introduce a number
d. OF specialties Sam Lucas the veteran, also
/ has something 10 90. Some Of the best OF
| tho musical selections arc by Lloyd q.
/ Gibbs who really Is possessed OF an excel
| lent tenor voice. Miss Edna Alexander mas
a sweet soprano. The Cooniown carnival
\ at the close is full Of fun. The daily
matinees OF this week will be novelty to
the ladies and children.
| a DISTINGUISHED Intruder" will be the
comedy at the Imperial with Its introduc-
| tion az the matinee OF Sunday. IL Is a
story OF theosophy. from humorous side
OF the same. and involves the change In
being of two men-that is. in all except
! physical being
"Reaping the whirlwind" Is the latest
! OF the melodramas at Havln's this week
The time OF the play is during the Franco
/ Prussan War. The first scene shows the
grounds OF an ancient estate at the ou.-
break Of the struggle. and the next six
months later IN a paTlor at Metz. Then
follows prison picture. with a thrilling
| escape, which. in turn, Is succeeded by the
! pursuit. following a pathway in the for
! est. There Is considerable dramatic effec,
in the situations and a clever plot, well
worked out. The climaxes are all strong.
and numerous in the manner in which they
follow one another. The story is not one
simply Of war, but abounds 10 love and
! romance, with intrigue following intrigue
The company includes Sol Aiken. Fannie
Mcintyre. l.merin Campbell and Julia
Aiken. Joseph Greene and John L. Taylor
( as the son and heir and foster brother. re-
/ spect.yely. give good melodramatic inter
/ pretations- The King of the Opium
Ring will be at Havlins beginning with
the matinee Of the coming Sunday.
A strong-arIn girl holds the center OF the
| stage at the Standard-where THE Merry
| Aiaidens" are frOlIcking this week-for an
| interesting fifteen minutes twice each day
She is Mamie Shurtz. and does an acrobatiC
! turn with Tom Devine- OF course. they
I dance and singer. rather she dances ano
sings. and he tumbles and whistles; bu,
! that is nothing. The audience Goes not get
really interested until Miss Shurtz pirou
| cites lightly about the stage with Dey.ns
, standing on his head on her head.
! Ford and Dolly West repeat their success
| Of earlier in the season; Josie Flynn sing
| topical songs with the valued assistance o.
! the gallery; Conroy and Flynn crack
jokes. and Nellie Henley-who has no,
grown so much 4 shade thinner
makes a hit with Illustrated heart songs.
! There are three broad dashes of ''tabasco.'
| and they are given and taken with avidity
Harry Morris's Twentieth Centur,
| Maids are announced as the attraction foi
| next week.
Mistakes Viii Happen" with Charlie
Dickens, is playing at the Grand Opera
house this week. The organization is
small one, composed Of only five men ant
four women. but the work Is well Gu
out for each enc OF them that as a Who'll,
| they make muCh fun as an ordindr,
| company Of double the number OF peopls.
| Dickson is the leading man OF a thea
| ter. poor and ambitious. Howard Chase hli
| money. and 3spires to be an actor. Mrs
| Chase also has aspirations. Chase seeks tn
| vile of the actor a teacher. while Mr.,
Hhr- ,Talr. Ks.-. a., rx-Nsh IL.