The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-04
OPERA FAVORlTES WILL
RETURN IN ABE SATIRE

RETURN IN ABE SATIRE.
The Sultan OF sulu'' will have its first
St Louis presentation Sunday night. when
the Olympic opens Its season. This opera
IS by George Ade. the Fables In SLAMS"
man, and Alfred G.. wathall, a young COM
poser OF Chicago. In the cast are several
st. Louis favorites. among them being
Msude Lillian Berri. Frank Moulan. Ger
trude Quinlsn. Fred Frear. Robert Lett.
Blanche Chapman and Charles Giblyn- The
piece IS credited with an interesting plot.
almost a forgotten factor In modern musical
drama Mr.. AIDE is said to have woven a
witty satire around the assimilation OF Ki-
ram, the Sulu Sultan. whose coming under
the American flag. accompanied by his
wives and all his heather household gods
was the subject for much mirth and COM
melt when the opera was produced in Chi
cago last season. Humorist AIDE announces
that he has simply taken the liberty OF
showing what might have happened on that
occasion. In his plot he sends an expedition
OF soldiers. marines. commercial travellers
and Boston schoolma'ams to Sulu 20 edu-
cate the Sultan An inkling OF the humor-
lists conception may be obtained from the
lines OF the song rendered on arrival at the
Sultan's palace:
We haven't the appearance. goodness knows
Of plain commercial men:
From Z hasty Eiznce you might suppose
We are fractions now and then;
But though We come In war-lke guiss
And battlefront auayed-
It's all q business enterprise
Were seeking toreixn trade
The Sultan is told that the constitution
and the cocktail follow the rag." He per-
mits himself to be made q Governor with
the understanding that In America "a Gov
ernor is the nob!est work of the Campaign
Committee" He embraces twenty-three
cocktails and waltzes with a Boston lady.
being surprised to learn that anything as
pleasant as the waltz could be proper"
But when he proposes to make the lady
Judge Advocate his wife No. 9. she becomes
enraged and grants all his wives a divorce.
Hiram then goes to prison for failure to
pay them alimony. Among the songs TO be
introduced arc 'Since I First Met YOU"
oh. What a Bump My Sulu Lulu Loo"
and The Old Jay Bird"
Jane Remark. as the heroine Of Ouida's
novel, Under Two Flags" Is announced
TO appear at the Century Theater next
week. The play Is a drsmatization OF the
book by Paul ". Potter. also the dramatist
OF ''Trilby." The production will be the
same seen here last season. when Blanche
Bates appeared as Cigarette J. H Stod-
dart In The Bonnie Brier Bush" Is delight
ing his old friends and attracting new ones
as Lachlan Campbell.
ssss
From a long list of applicants for the
S.op prize attraction OF the closing week
at Forest Park Highlands. the management
has chosen Sig. Alessandro Liberau's mill
tary and concert band. This organization
will give two concerts daily or the vaude-
Vile stage of the pavilion The band Is
composed OF fifty musicians and four vocal
~soloists. Tn latter are: Cleopatra Vlcini.
prina donna of the Bagetto Opera Com
pany: Marie Valdes. prima donna contralto
from the French Opera Company Of New
Orleans; SIgnor Antonio Bagetto. tenor OF
the Bagetto Opera Company. and NJ.
Bernard Begne. barytone OF the Metropol-
itan Opera Company Of New York At
each OF the concerts these four ~soloists will
sing. AT this season OF the year St Louis
amusement patrons have always had their
Exposition band. This Is the first year in
twenty that they have failed to enjoy this
fall diversion Accordingly. the Highlands
owners concluded that band concerts would
please Just now.
The Delmar Opera Company will produce
The Founders farewell week J. E. Kelly |
has been especially engaged to play the |
part of Msginnis Pasha. which was imper-
sonated by Thomas Q. Seabrooke In the orig
inal Lederer presentation at the Casino
Theater. New York. Frank Blair. who was
a member OF the original company. will
stage the piece and will impersonate the
de Patty du Clam. the roll created
on Dan DdlE. JOStpnllc hudpp Will Oc
seen as Priscilla, the wife. and Mayme Tay-
lor as Thea the actress.
Edwin Milton Royle. who Is playing at
the Columbia Theater, comes OF a diStfn-
Missouri family. His father was
q District Attorney at the beginning OF the
Civil War and was afterwards Judge Advo-
cate OF Prices army. His mother. Eliza
RoyIe, is one Of the two honorary
vice presidents Of the National Federation
Of Women's Clubs Mrs Julia Ward Howe
icing the other). Mr.. Royle's grandfather,
Sinclair Kirtley. wa, q distinguished
St. Louis lawyer. Mr.. Royle was born in
thirty-hve years ago. He was
educated at Princeton University and the
University OF Edinburgh. Mr.. and Mrs.
Boyle CSelena Fetter) will shortly leave
to return to the legitimate stage
Inder the management OF Ben Stern
Sweet Clover" the pastoral play IN which
Thurston appeared last season.
comes to the Grand Sunday. Blanche Han :
$ playing Miss Thurston's part Otis
rhayer is also a member OF the company.
rhe comedy was written by the Misses !,
Pauline Phelp. and Marion Short It Is be- {
ng given under the management Of Broad {
lurst and Currie. Zeb and BARROW are here |
his week in their new trick farce. Zig I
,ag Alley"
The Burglar and the waif." by the au-
hor Of In Old Kentucky" c.. T. Darcy. =
Til be seen next 1T Havlin's The piece IL .
closing a successful run In Chicago. II {
utlines a story of New England life.
pecial scenery viii picture the Maine z
and the camps IN which lumber :
nen I've In the cast win be Mabel Hite, I,
smes Deviin and William T. Chatterton-
ss
Owe Niagara Falls" viii be the I'm J
erial offering after "a T~horoughbred
ramp" The episodes Of the a. : two acts {
Ike place OF the shores Of Lake Chau- 4
iuqua- The first viii show the lake In the =
respective. while in the foreground win ,
este O summer rome typical Of the To- ]