The St. Louis Republic., 1902-07-20

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This being. both at home and abroad,
tie season OF theatrical reyivals. the
hauling forth Of an old story-if good
seems timely
When c. Y Brooke was playing Vir-
ginius one night, during the forum scene.
among the uctors lined uD on either sice
Of the stage was a tall lRnk fellow VINO
was go thin that actually the weight OF
the battlecx he bore upon his Shout
ders made him appear oowlegSed- he
had eaten nothing all day, and was weak
and dizzy.
lust as yirginius plunged the dagger into
the heart OF his beloved daughter the lean
and hungry llctor toppled over and fell TO
the floor with sharp thud- The curtain
Immediately was rung down amid great ex-
element
Mr. Brooke stalked rnajesticaIly to his
dressing-roorn and Gent for the super. IN
a few minutes the lsnky looking lictor. fully
recovered from his swOon, and oraced up
BY a slimulaEt which the ancient Romans
wot not OF. stood before the virile Virginius'
VINO said:
..S:-rah. what made you swoon a few
moments ago? Was It from the effects OF
strong drink
shaking life a leaf. and fearful OF losing
his remuneration OF . cents 4 performance,
the lictor suddenly was smitten with q
brilliant thought
IF you please, Mr.. Brooke. It was your
splendid acting that 0vercame me hope
you won't be angry with me when ! tell
YOU that you played the part OF NirSinlus
IN such a natural manner 1 thought II was
real Then. as l fancled I saw blood dow,
when you stabbed your daughter sir, /
tainted"
Young man" said Brooke. his massive
chest hsav-ng with pardonable pride Il
have had many compliments for my acting,
but that is the best and most genuine
tribute I ever received Here. take this
and enjoy yourself
Then R-uoke handed the smiling super
a so t5u and bowed him out of his dressing
room with the air Of n diplomat who
crooks the pregnant hinges OF the knee
that thrift may follow fawning."
The following night Brooke played the
part of the unhappy Roman father with
greater force than ever. Just as his dag
ger descended upon the fair bosom OF his
lovely daughter he was startled by ter
riic crash that made the stage tremble and
caused the fOotlIghts to fare around.
Turning quickly, he was horrifed to be-
hold the forms Of twenty-five lictors on the
floor
II has been definitely announced that the
Jefferson family VIII be well represented on
the stage next season Separate tours have
been mapped out for the Jefferson boys.
Thomas Jefferson viii star 1t alone IN rip
Van Wi1kls." Joe Jefferson, Jr., and VIII
stars in The Rivals" playing Bob Acres
and Sir Lucius O'Trigger, respectively In
that piece Joseph Jefferson Will make his
customary spring and fail tours in his well
known repertoire Of plays.
Maud Adams, who is summerfng in SEirz-
er-and, viii return TO America in the fall
for short tour OF twenty weeks next sea-
son. She viii use three OF her older pieces
next year, among them being The Little
-
ton of "As You Like II" is also contem-
plated.
Matinee girls may be interested in this
explanation OF the origin OF their favorits
pastime as chronicled by the Rome CORE
spondent OF the New York Mirror:
The invention of matinees," II is as
serted. ''is due to no less parsonage than
Goethe. And # happened thus in Is25. II
was after the Weimar Theater was de-
Etroyed by fire and Goethe was urging tne
Grand Duke to build larger and better
theaTcT to replace IL
1t would cost TOO much" said the Grand
Duke.
I will find the extra funds said Goethe.
'by giving a day performance on Sundays
This was done, and the Sunday perform
snce took so well that the treasury account
was increased by over 1900 thalers.
y.
OF the tramp species TO Raymond Hitcu-
cock. who after his morning constitutional
in Central Park, New York. was making
study of the animals in the menagerie, can
dat leopard change his spots2"
Yes. sir" replied the comedian, with his
best air. when he is tired OF one spot he
can easily go TO another"
Trfzie E-r1gsnzi has won q great and
glorious victory Her path has not been al
- fall e-r--, -.
took New York by storm in The Chap
erons" She has had some enemies in the
company, powerful oncs, too. and their
work against her began while the organiza-
ton was still on the road. II IS sufficient
10 say that much Of her trouble arose from
her good-hearted efforts 10 break up an in
tinacy between two members OF the COM
pany that was seriously interfering with
the work Of a friend. By the time the
powder smoke blew away Trixie was the
victor. but on the other side were arrnyed
at least one Of the leading comedians, and,
to . considerable degree. one of the man
ayers. The latter has since confessed that
his part was undertaken in the hope that
he would thus keep TriKie from kicking
over the traces and breaking the contract
whereby he controls her services for two
years at the small salary Of so a week IN
fact, as soon as she made her hit in the
East she had several offers at far better
pay one OF them was the opportunity OF
being featured in =. C. Whitneys coming |
production OF When Johnny Comes |
Marching Home at $50 per week She |
begged the manager TO release her. but he |
refused, and Insisted that he would hold 1
her TO the strict letter OF the contract. |
Meanwhile Miss Fraganza's opponents |
were not idle. Stories were printed that !
did her great injustice and caused CORE /
spending annoyance. She bore Il patiently /
until the final blow came. In The Chap
erons" TIE most heartily applauded song |
Il ~Bloomtn' Lize," sung by q sextet, OF /
which Miss Friganza is the most promI- !
nent The management proposed 10 In /
crease the singers by the Addition of F.ddfa L