The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-28

Holiness lecture tour li cover a wider
territory than usual anu will embrace the
principal cities of the United States. from
Portland, Me-. to San Francisco. His regu
lar season begins with five weeks. begin
ming November 8. devoted to Evanston on
Mondays. Milwaukee on Tuesdays. Chicago
on Wednesdays, St Louis on Thursdays,
Chicago on Fridays and Saturdays and De-
troit on Sundays. December will be largely
devoted to Denver and Colorado Springs
and a week or two of rest in Southern Cali
fornia.
Sandol MiIliken has been engaged to orig
mate the principal role in Clyde Fftch's new
comedy. The Bird in the Cage" that will
be produced in Boston in November. The
author has cabled that he will sail shortly
for America TO rehearse this play as well
as 1.-The Girl With the Green Eyes," In
which Clara Bloodgood is to star.
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Stephen Phillips Is at work upon his new
play for E s. Willard, who hopes to pro-
duce it during his American tour this sea-
son, that is to be his last. for the present at
least. Mr.. Phillips has agreed to deliver the
manuscript early the coming year, and the
play will probably have its initial perform
ance about the beginning of May. in Bos-
ton The story Is largely that of David and
Bathsheba, but the local has been COM
pletely changed and the date fixed upon Is
the Seventeenth Century. After its produc-
ton in America the new play will he pro-
duced In London, together with Mr.. VIII
lard's success Of last year, THE Cardinal"
Mr.. Wizards ompany this season Is. as
usual, to be half English and half Amerf-
can, and consists of ]. G. Taylor. Bassett
Roe, Ernest Staliard. Walter Edmunds,
Harry Cane. A. s. Homewood, ]. j. Bartlett.
H j. Lonsdale, H Barfoot, Laura Linden,
Rose Beaudet, Alice Lonnon. Joan Blair.
Mabel Roebuck and Maude Fealy.
The English members sailed on September
9. on the Lake Megantic for Montreal.
Seq TENDER 9. THE Middleman," The
Rogue's Comedy 'The Professors Love
Story" David Garrick." Tom Pinch and
'Th Cardinal will form Mr.. Wizards rep
ertoire for this tour.
E. NJ. Holland is not without Imagination
81 was playing years ago the part OF the
Judge in The Danites.' before nose putty
was invented" said he the other day.
ITO make the Judges nose blossom prop
eriy / found that dough was the most effect
i've material. and kept a supply of -four on
hand But one night / found myself out Of
-four. SO 1 sent q boy to get some in a hur-
~. I made up as usual. and began to play.
The night was warm. the Judge worked
hard. and at the end Of the first act q large
white crack appeared on one side OF his
nose. There was no time to remake the
nose. so 1 painted out the crack and went
On again. More cracks appeared. more
paint was applied. and all the time the nose
seemed to grow larger and larger By the
last act 1t was as fun Of cracks as the side
of Pelee, n so big I couldn't see around
1t The boy had bought self-rising -four"
TT was, I think. at the Haymsrket, that
one OF the most amusing Of unrehearsed in
cidents occurred" says q writer In NJ A-R.
The play was Romeo and Juliet; Ars-
Scott Siddons was the Juliet Of the occasion.
All went well until the final scene Paris
was duly slain and Juliet lay stretched
upon her bier. Just then some OF the scsn-
cry caught = light somehow, but some men
from behind soon e~xttnguished It juliet