The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-01
MRS. CAMPBELL'S OFFERINGS
CHAT OF THE PLAYH0USES.

Tonight and tomorrow night Mrs Pat
| rick Campbell will present The Notorious
| Mrs. E5bsmith.' She will again play Paula
Tanqueray In THE Second Mrs. Tan
queray," Saturday evening. At the Satur
| day matinee Beyond Human Power by
Bjornson will be given its only production
in st. Louis. Mrs. Campbell will imperson-
ate Clara Sang. the afflicted wife of
clergyman in Norwegian from which
tongue the piece Is translated the title be-
! ing simply over Evne.'' meaning Beyond
Power" Seven preachers and one Bishop
are introduced in the development of the
story, constituting the entire male person
mel with the exception of the character of
Elias. the son of Pastor Sang. The play
| is in two acts. The first takes place in the
morning in a room of the house of Pastor
Sang. and the second happens in the even
ing in another room of Pastor Sang's. thus
preserving the unity of time and place.
BjornsOn terms his playa serious drama"
written for a purpose. and not to suit the
tastes of the lovers of light comedy or the
admirers of the swash-buckling drama.
Edna Wallace Hopper. Helen Redmond,
Cyril Scott and the other principals of the
original "Florodora' company, will be seen
in this much buresqued but delightful
comedy at the Olympic next week. When
"FlorndOra'' was given here before, its
merits were pointed out so thoroughly that
there is no need of again going into detail
regarding its many eXceilencies. OF those
who will appear this time, however, much
might be written. 1t is said that Edna
Wallace Hopper has never done anything
quite so we'll as her portrayal of the So
ciety widow. Lady Holyrood. Helen Red
mond has won distinction as Dolores. Cyril
Scott has earned new praise by his charac-
terization of Captain Donegal Then there
will he r. f. Graham, Jeannette Lowrie,
W. P. Carleton, Susan Drake and Philip
Ryley.
The girls in the sextette may create the
same furore in St Louis that they did in
New York. They are described as repre-
sentative types Of American beauty.
The nopular benefit concert for the
Choral-Symphony Society will be given to-
morrow night at the Odeon. Among the
features of the concert will be the selec-
tions given by the Morning Choral and ME
Apollo Club. The programme has been ar
ranged as follows:
PART l.
overture-Frorn oberon Weber
symphony Orchestra ,,,
Andante fol- Strings
Selections by the Morning Choral Club.
+. r Kroeger Director.
waitz-Geschichten aus dem Wiener Waid Z. .-a,,s,
Chorus-Hail. Fright Abode. from Tam
Morning naG' choral Cub Apollo Club. Choral
symphony Chorus
PART II.
Suite de orchestra-Carmen. Bizct
Symphony Orchestra.
Oboe and Flute Duet-From William Tell
Mcssrs. wupjers and Broeckaert. with tho
Morning chSrsi club % Apolio Cub choral
Alfred Ernst sSRn9qy Ienfyy- NJ Orchestral and
Combined Choral Numbers.
Coincident with the closing OF the Grand
Opera-house 1.-The Chaperons." which has
scored such n pronounced success at that
theater this week, were not TO have played
Sunday night. II is now announced that
they will give one extra performance mere.
Rumors to this effect had been current for
several days, and the wires between New
York. Cincinnati and st. Louis have been
kept hot until yesterday. when the consent
of Mr.. Havlin and Mr.. Perley was OBJ
tanned.
The Chaperons" Is one of the prettiest
musical jingles that has visited the Grand
this season. Among the good songs are
MY Sambo,'' by Eva Tanguay. Harry
Conors My Official Capacity" and Walter
Jones. Eva Tanguay and Ed Redway in
their descriptive Talk, Talk, Talk
Mrs. Georgia Lee-Cunningham is the
principal feature at the Columbia this week.
She demonstrates twice daily the fallacy of
the oft-repeated statement that lovers of
vaudeville do not care for high class music.
While this artists selections are classic.
they are sufficiently snowy 10 catch the
popular fancy. When she finishes the most
generous applause is heard from all parts
of the house The regular bill includes
Wright Huntington and company in "A
Stolen kiss: the Onllaw Trio, French
eqhlibrists: Provost and Provost comedy
acrobats; Morrissey and Rich, singing and
talking comedians; Whistling Tom Browne,
and half dozen others.
Coming 10 the Columbia. Theater next
week are Russell Brothers, Frederick Hal
len and Molly Fuller, Williams and Tucker.
Simon and Gardner and company, Thomp-
son and Wolfe, Post and Clinton, Fisher
and Clark. Louie Dacre, Ramsey sisters.
John J. Welch, Manning and DuCrow and
the Gaspard brothers.
One of Mrs. Patrick Campbelfs most
treasured jewels is an enormous pearl ring,
the stone set in diamonds. 1t is gift Of
Emperor William of Germany. His Majes-
ty gave 1t personally to Mrs. Campbell while
she was in Berlin. as token of recognition
of the enjoyment the Emperor had from
the quiet and restrained style Of acting Of
Mrs. Campbell, 50 different from the meth
ods pursued by the German actresses
A new melodrama called Dangerous
Women will be the next weeks attraction
at Havlin's.
In said to point a strouR moral Ia all man