The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-28

and in response to the managers inquiry
as to whether he wanted the occasion TO
mark a failure he answered.:
Il have studied the part for six years and
I can play it" And the Cleveland audience
at his benefit seemed to indOrse that opinion.
Haworth for several years played leading
business with John Mccullough. and when
that actors company dispersed Dion Bouci-
cauit selected him to play Robert EUrnet.
In that connection the actor treasures a
letter received at the TIM from Mccullough,
which follows:
New York. Oct. 90. BAN Teir joe: I re-
ceived your sweet letter tine o'h'r morning. and
thank you for II. You must writ your cpitaph
on something higher than Robert E7Inet. We
will write your name OF the irmo-tll rage5 Of
Shakespeare. They lock lie ter the,e and 1--we a
great deal longer. Let me guide you UP the dark,
steep path TO glory. where none can follow YOU.
Yours always. JOI.N McCUbbOC'h
sss
Mrs. Kate Harkett. sister Of the late Llz-
gle Price, who IL now a resident of the t.u-
win Forrest Hone at Halmesburg, Phi!a-
delphia, has In her possession o number OF
valuable manuscripts. originally the prop
erty of Charles Fechtsr. that she desires TO
dispose of. The manuscripts have never be-
fore been In the market. says the Drama'c
Mirror. and should prove decidedly Interest
ing 10 collectors of dramatic literature.
The most valuable in the lot is the origi-
nal manuscript of The Corsican Brothers"
Fechter's own copy. It IS In fine condition.
and III bound in red morocco. The othef
manuscripts are "Belphegor.' az played by
Charles Dillon and Charles Fechter; The
Huguenots; or. the Feast OF st. Barthoio-
new; "Astarte." by william GIL. Jr.:
.Rroken SPELLS by Henry B. Farnie;
Manfred" a Identification CT Byrons
poem: The Slaves Revenge by Il. Bar
nett: Trials Before Triumphs": "Cncle's
Baby" a one-act comedy; Forty VS.. TWEEN
ty-one." a one-Hct comedy; "OrInal. the
Prince of Captivity" In seven tableaux. and
.'Moliere.'' a comic drama in five acts. from
the German. The manuscripts were all
owned and used by Fechter, and all are In
good condition.
When Henrietta Crosman was playing In
San Francisco. before she began TO twinkle
In the stellar armament, she repeatedly ex-
dressed her horror Of fire. She was then
stopping at the Baldwin Hotel. and with
her were her beautiful little baby and It's
nurse. Her room was so situated that there
was no fre-escape handy.
"Oh. DEAR she said one day: II shall
never feel satisfied while ] am here. ] have
a presentiment that something Is going to
happen. and / am so afraid of fire.
She decided to leave the hotel on a Mon
day, and the following night the hotel was
burned to the ground!
Lillian BlauveIt will make her last ap-
pearance on her present English tour at
Glasgow on December q, and will sail for
New York December 81. Her American
tour begins on January 10. and later in the
season she will, be one of the soloists to be
heard with the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Bjornson has written a new social drama
In three acts, entitled 'Paa Storhove." 1t
depicts the struggle between two women,
each embodying respectively good and evil
ideals. It Is said to be a powerful and in
teresting attempt
Clyde Fitch is TO rewrite The Last Of the
Dand,es'r for Henry z. Dixey. who will be
sent out az a star under Amelia Binsham's
management. The play was a popular sue
GERS in London, where Beerbohm Tree
staged it In September. 1901.
Lillian Sinnatt. the 14-year-old girl, who
has been en- the stage since the late j. K.
Emmett carried her on in a carpet bag. in
her infancy. will be the youngest OF stars
next season. Her success as Simplicity"
IN Lovers Lane has decided William A.
Brady to star her in g. play based upon a
fairy theme.
..Lovers' Lane" celebrates its second an
niversary In Columbus. O.. February 7.
when the company will be given a ban
quet by Clyde Fitch. Those member of