The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-12
Novelties of the Week.

III I Were King is full Of action from the
first scene, where Mr.. Sothern and his enemy fight
a duel in the dark, using lanterns. to the nnisn'
where the fine lady. overmastered by Francois
Villon, the man, offers to sacrifice herself on
the gallowS in his stead.
The play. We are told. is admirably construct
ed. even IL it does give some evidences OF wide
reading on the part OF Mr.. Justin Huntly Nc
Carthy. villon, poet. brawler and barrcom
spouter, speaks his mind in the presence of the
king OF France, Louis NJ, which monarch. IN
disguise, visits a low tavern. IF Nilon were
the King OF France!' shouts Vill0n into the
ear OF the supposedly harmless stranger at the
inn. well. what would Nillon do?' sneeIs the
King. Then Vilon tells. He would save France
from the Burgundians and clear up all the ma
tional difficulties at a bound. which gives the
King an idea He causes Nillon to be drugged.
and when the man awakes he is clothed In the
authority OF the High Constable. second In power
to the King himself. He proceeds TO carry out
the plans he has boosted of. in the inn. Incl
dentally, he makes violent love to the fne LADY
he had addressed his verses to when he was plain
Villon. She now listens to him because ne IS
High Constable. The King. to revenge himself
upon her for her rejection Of his advances, en-
courages his Constables suit that. on discovery
of his true character. the lady may be hu-
INFLATED.
The plan succeeds admirably. Tillon has been
given a week to run France according TO his
views. At the end of this time he Is to die
unless he succeeds in winning the love Of the
lady. Al the last he c~onfesses to her, after her
Acknowledgement OF love. the deception he has
practiced. and great Is her rage and mor;sfca-
ton. 1t looks as though Nillon must de, hat, In.
the end, love conaucrs. and the lady or .:re
court and the barroom braw.er ara uaited. and
all Is well.
E. H. Sothern has never had a more Preten-
tious production. and 1t will he given ar the
Olympic Tbeater tomorrow exactly as 1t was
presented at the Garden Theater. New York. In
addition to Miss Cecilia LOTUS, a special ballet
and a hundred extras. the company viii con-
sist Of George ". Wilson. Arthur p Lawrence.
John Findlay, Norman Conniers, Henry J. Car
will. Sydney C. Mather, Rowland Blackstone ard
Herbert Ayling.
.Eben Holden will be given for the frs.
time in st. Louis at the Century Theater
tomorrow night. 'Eben Holden is to this sea-
son what David Harum' was to last-a play
OF clean qualities. The title role was created and
will be played here by E. NJ. Holland Mr. Hcl-
land has. it is said. found the opportunity of his
career in this role. His audiences laugh through
the various scenes with him and feel better for
having made acquaintance with the jolly. roiiiCk-
ing character he depicts. Another anus
ing character is Tip Taylor. the hare-iipped hired
man at Lone Pine farm. whose reckless anbi-
ton it is to become a member OF the village
church choir. but who is never able to accomplish
his endeavor. This part Is played by ]. II. Brad
bury. And then there are Nick Goodall. the deaf
and dumb itinerant violinist: Deacon Hospur.
David Brewer. young Will Brewer. Robert Liv-
ingstone, Ransome Walker. Elkanel Samp-
son. beautiful Hope Brewer. Kate Parmlee
and all the others. country and city folk SO well
known to Mr.. Bacheller's readers. All the favor
OF Inc novel. aCTllttNSly dIliuSihS anu uellS.ll-
full. Is said to be retained in the dramatization.
The scenic background for the pretty love story
which is the plays chief theme consists Of Ie-
productions of the Brewer barn and kitchen. and
the picturesque Deep Hole on Tinkle Brook, in
which the famous trout Old Settler" made his
lair. defyinS all efforts TO capture him.
ss
Maynard Parker. the violinlst. viii make his
first public appearance in St Louis at Robyn's
popular concert, 10 be given at the odeon recital
hali this afternoon. Mendelssohn's Forty-second
Psalm will be rendered by a chorus Of thirty
voices, and other numbers on the programme
will be given by George Townler, Marietta Bag
ty. Lucy Markle and Luella Webb
a special performance of Molly Pitcher will
be given at the Century Theater tonight.
The Choral-Symphony Society will give their
fifth concert January a..
1t will be an artist concert. introducing Mr..
Julian Walker. basso. The following programme
has been announced:
Overture. Hans HeiIinG." Opus so. by Marsch-
ner; suite. 'L'Ariesenne." by Bizet; "Abend-
led arranged for strings. by Schumann. and
Norspiel. Die Meistersinger." by Wagner, by the
orchestra
The orchestral numbers. with Mr.. Julian Wal
ker. are: Aria, ".Acis and Galates-" by Gluck;
'Wotan's Farewell and Fire Charm "pie
Warkurc." by Wagner. and songs with plano.