The St. Louis Republic., 1902-12-04
FIRST POPULAR CONCERT OF
CH0RAL-SYMPH0MY SOCIETY,".

The first Of the popular concerts of the
Choral-Symphony Society will be given at
the odeoH December IL. The plan OF these
concerts differs from that OF the subscrip-
tion concerts. in that the new chorus will
sing. Mrs. = A. Bensberg. the well-known
contralto. and Miss Adah Alice Black. the
st. Louis soprano. viii be heard at the first
concert. Tie orchestra. under Mr.. Ernst,
will participate IN special numbers.
Victor Licltenstein. the yiol!nist an
nounces series OF music concerts at Hen
nerlan Hall in January. February and
March. He will present the string quartet
scores Of the leading masters. The Ilch-
tenstein Quartet consists of Victor I>ichten-
stein. first violin: JACOB BlunbeCg. second
violin; Louis kiesmeier. viola; and Richard
+. Schubert, cello.
Arthur Eochfnan. the young pianist, has
consented to make such detour III his
appear in St. Louis at the Century Theater.
He will be heard here December IS.
A unique entertainment In which not only
the ions of Scotland but the general pub
lie will take an interest IS that OF the
Burns Cottage Association This musical
is to be given at the Odeon January II. The
association has just dedicated the site on
which it will erect the Burns memorial cot
tage on the Worlds Fair Grounds. and the
coming performance is for the purpose OF
eIiciting the proper interest in the enter-
prise Of 1904
Virginia Harmed, who first played Trtlby
and Alice in Alice of Old Vincennes," will
revisit ST. Louis next week in a new part
This time she will be the heroine Of a prob
lem play by Arthur Wing Finero. 1t is
called Iris" Iris is a rich widow con-
demned to forfeit her inheritance IL she re-
marry. She loves Gin an artless way) young
Laurence Trenwith: but he is poor and ir
she marry him there will be a couple Of
paupers.
She is loved by Maldonado, a broker of
the class so faithfully portrayed by Wilton
Lackaye- What shall Iris do? She engages
herself to Maldonado and then breaks with
Maldonado for Trenwith But the broker 8
money finally causes her to accept him.
In Miss Harned's company are Edwin
Stevens and William Courtenay of the New
York Empire Thcater Company, Herbert
Ross, Louise Drew, Ethel Winthrop, Eliza
ooih SSOust4i, lsd|itt 'io"Ii. .hdDei r,
Eleanor Sanford Stanley Dark. r. r Nelll,
Harry Lewis and Lawrence Eddinger The
seat sale begins to-day at the Olympic.
Alice Fischer will make her first St. Louis
appearance as star at the Century Sunday
night in 'Mrs. Jack" This young woman is
a widow from the West. who inherited an
estate valued at S13c0,0o0 from her hus-
band.
When she goes to New York and takes
possession of her property she is subjected
to all sorts OF schemes to defraud her
In her efforts to aid deserving persons she
loans large sum of money to a prize
fighter; produces an impossible play for an
old actor, and hcfricnds a humble relative,
her late husbands aunt. Bertha Galland
is now appearing here in production Of
Hugo's "Notre Dame"
Fusenie Blair comes to the Grand after
1.-The Village Postmaster" She will revive
'Zaza," the Beiasco play in which Mrs.
Leslie Carter was last seen at the Olympic.
Miss Blair will be seen as Zaza. Eleanor
Montell IS to appear as F1orianne and as
Nine Dufrene. The Bernard Dufrene will
be Aiason Lessey. Clifford Nipple will play
Cascart; Katherine De Barry. Aunt Rosa
Frederick Duff. the Due de Brissac; Hazel
Pierson, Toto. Miss Blair's gowns of her
own designing, are said to be very attract
i've.
THE Village Postmaster" the current
bill. is enjoying its old favor. Joseph Whee-
lock. A. H. Wilson. Paula Gloy and Louise
Skiliman appear in the principal parts.
Howard Halls characterization of the
Count is the best feature OF The Man Who
Dared" at Hay!in's. He makes Lorraine
a geptiemauly person who is nearly always