The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-22
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HERE AND PROSPECTIVE.

Josephine sabel has for several seasons
been the best vaudeville performer In ner
class. Six or seven seasons ago sne maoe
her first st. Louis appearance as q roor-
garden entertainer. with the first OF inc
coon" songs and n ditty in French. MISS
Sabel is from Louisville. but a long season
ION the road has probably eliminated neIj
again this week.
Homer Moore's half hundred musicians
played pleasant orchestral music az the
Odeon Yesterday afternoon to a house IN
which empty seats were exceptions. Inere
was the sgrand march from "Tannhauser
on the programme yesterday. and things Dy
Moskowski and Saint-Saens. which were
even twice and thrice recalled. Mr.. Harry
]. Fellows. with the melting tenor voice.
sang a solo from the beautiful "Hiawatha"
~cantata, and Mrs. Louise Aubertin Corey
sang a contralto solo from S~aint-SaensS
Samson and Delilah." Probably even the
director of the concert does not know what
a shrewd thing it was to put Mr.. George
C.. Vieh on the programme. There were at
least twenty-five young people in the ball
cony who came in a body purposeiy 10
watch Mr.. Vieh play. because they think
that he is the poet OF pianists In ST. LOUIS
And they are probably right. for If he were
to come from Europe. like Godowsky OF
Chicago, and wear interesting hair. he could
fill a place like the Odeon in every large
city of the United States. Mr.. Louis Ham
merstein played with the orchestra In the
''Tannhauser'' march on the organ, which
one is so apt to think of as Robyn's in
strument. That popular gentleman Is an
nounced as a soloist at one Of the future
concerts.
"Zaza." moral or not, according to tNN
point Of view, is coming back to town tot
night for a stay at Mr.. Shorts Broadway
theater. Mrs. Carter is one OF our best
actresses, Just as the play 'Zaza'' Is one OF
the most interesting of recent plays. The
opening act is extremely clever In Its orig
inality. Later on, at the home Of Dufrene,
the piece runs into good pathos most fetcn-
ingly.
The yictorias are at the Standard. pleas
ing the usual constituency in the usual way.
"Fopg's Ferry" full Of heart interest"
and replete with the thwarting OF Vhlaihys
is being played at Haviin's. Miss Aoia
Pomeroy is Chip, Mr.. Newton Cariyle = the
drunken Zebelon Fogg. and Miss Ella SOM
eryille is the Mrs. Samantha Fogg. Inter-
spersed amid the various thrilling incidents
of the play are songs and dances by Miss
Pomeroy and q quartet Of negroes.
Quite big and brave and patriotic does
Mr.. W. L. Roberts look in the regtmentais
of a certain Continental Captain. Dy name
wilford Fairfax. Be it known that Captain
FAIRFAX is the hero OF the play. A Valley
Forge which is the bill at the Imperial
this week; and right nobly does Mr.. Rob-
erts carry the role. Perhaps this Is nothing
more than he should do, however, as he ID
the author of the play. as we'll as the lead
ing man Of the cast. But it Is worth while
noting. nevertheless, that he does the work
rather better than any leading man has
been doing at the Imperial for quite q while.
The play is, in a broadly general way. an
historical one. But more attention seems
to have been given to providing h hero
and the heroine with lines and scenes whic'af
shall catch the audience than to relating
facts of history. The villain Is q British
Major, which is the orthodox way OF
writing a Revolutionary Drama: but-and
this is not o~rthodox-there are some fairly
noble characters to be found among the
Hessians who are brought into the play.
Miss Olive Martin. who is the heroine. vir--
ginia Preston. is sufficiently fearful: Miss
Lilly Lane carries a comedy role with sue
cess; and Mr.. Will s. Rising. as the Doctor
Obediah Willard. helps her most pleasing
ly. The play is we'll mounted and the com
pany is large. as we'll as generally compe-
tent.
There Is a quality In the voice of Miss Clara
Dickey which portends a higher place for
uSI SAIdu tudS Oh ITO EOI0 VI 0efIruUS west
in Because She Loved Him So" which is
being played at the Grand this week. Not
that Mr.. Gillette's adaptation from the
French is lacking; but because Miss Dick
ey's voice Il most exceptionally rich in
pleasing tones. Miss Dickey also has other
good qualities. She avoids overacting
with q most refreshing art. and she
does good work in the more dra-
matte moments as well as in the wholly
farcical ones. Really. Mr.. Gillette's play
Is at present in the hands of quite a compe-
tent aggregation. 1t is altogether doubt
full IL any better rendition Of It was given
by the Original cast" Mr.. Thomas David.
as Oliver West; Mr.. W. H. Turner. as John
Wetherby: Mr.. r. G. Turner. a. Thomas
Wetherby; Miss Fife Germon. IS Mrs.
Wetherby; Miss Jennette Connor, az Dona
Adelina Gonzales-each Of them Is rather
better than good. and the others are equal
to the demands Of their parts.
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