The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
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othsr. Boston treated each star with equal
consideration, for the box office receipts at
the respective theaters We're within Sl60 Of
each other when the cOunt-up came on
Saturday night.
One other member of the old cast was
seen at the benefit performaEce-Hc cnfy
Bergman. who appeared in his old role CT
Watson Flint.
The original cast in addition to 3Iessls
Robson, Crane and Bergman Included
Messrs d. II. Lythgoe, Charles Kent, Lo.i-
mer Stoddard, Frank Tannehil, Jr., and
Miss Selma F'etter. Miss Sibyl Johnstone,
Miss Jessie Story and Miss May Waldron.
The cast for the benefit was as follows:
Mr.. William H. Crane, Nicholas Van
Alstyne, Sr.; Mr.. Stuart Robson. as Beriie
Van Alstyne: dr. Charles Lane, as Doctor
Parke Wainwright; Mr. Russ Whytal,
Nicholas Van Alstyne, Jr.; Mr.. Clifford
Leigh. as Lord Arthur Trelawney: Mr.. Jo-
seph p. keefe, as the Reverend Doctor
Murray Hilton; Mr.. Henry Bergman, as
Watson Flint: Mr.. Charles r. Gilbert az
Musgrave; Miss Eleanor Barry. as Mrs.
Corneiia Opdyke; Miss Margaret Fuller, as
Rose Van Aistyne; Miss Mary Realty, az
Agnes Lockwood, and Miss Yaura Thomp-
son, as Lady Mary Trelawney.
Elsie De Wolfe before setting sail for
London made two confessions. The first is
that she wants to be Lady Teazle in the
''ScnOOi Tor ocdnCal- AilST utiiCdtSls CGAi-
ing attention to a diamond brooch which
members of her company had presented to
her. she said: IT'S my amoition to play
tragedy. but that part of Lady Teazle Is
just too sweet for anything-i mean. l feel
1t is entirely suited to such talents ds /
may possess. Indeed, l have Decided to re-
vive the play with my own money 1t
won't make bit of difference whether any
one comes to me or not. l shall pay the
bills and that's ALI there about II. MISS
De Wolfc's second unburdening of her soul
was on the subject of kissing-stage kissing,
/ of course. Il have always been kissed on
the cheek. The public never knew it. l am
proud of this distinction. and besides, kiss
ing interferes with acting
Madge Lessing is coming back to Ameri-
ca to be star on this side of the water.
Time was when Miss L-essing was more
than delighted to have a chance to dance
all by herself for four minutes. 1t took her
no longer than that to make a hit, and
soon she was in New York playing at the
Casino with dash that made her a favor
lite. She was not satisfied with the oppur-
tunities given her under the Lederer man
agement and transferred her services to
Francis Wilson when Lulu CHASER left that
able comedians side. Miss Lessing then
bounced over to London, and for few
weeks took the English capital by storm.
At least this is what the reports cabled
and written by Manager George Mcclellan
indicated. Apparently right in the midst
of her triumph she disappeared. and was
next heard Of at continental music halls.
where 1t was soon whispered her success
was not as great as her friends here could
wish. Since then the cables have been
strangely silent about her doings, until the
recent announcement that she was coming
home.
When Harry B. Smith meets George B.
Hobart then comes the tug OF war. They
are joint authors of The Wild Rose" so
Hobart says. and apparently the facts bear
out his decision Smith says Hobart had
nothing to do with the case, and that in a
moment Of perhaps ili-considered generosity
= '-rzcH H7naver Iederer to put Hobarts
name on the programme. II Smith had