The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-03-09
Current Proxrammes.

The Castle Square Opera company will pre-
sent Verbs Aida" and Puccinis Ia BcEeme'
AT the Century this week. Aida was written
TO celebrate the opening Of the Su-z Canal. The
completion Of that waterway altered the course
OF commerce Of the world. and changed the
cUmmerciaI geography Of Europe. Aida with
its blending Of the best elements of French and
Italian lyric schools. changed the geography OF
the musical way and transferred ths center OF
lyric interest; from Italy TO Paris. From the time
when Aida was produced at Alexandria In
1871 as a part of the Suez festivities, Il has been
recognized as the foremost Of spectacular operas
La Boheme' tells the story of the life and
loves of a quartet OF careless students under the
caves of q Paris garnet Interviewer with TIE
laughter and tears. the sunshine and storm Of the
brief season through which they pass. Is told
the tender tragedy of Mimi. a young Partisan
Erisette. whose life is linked TO that of Rudolph.
the young poet. The following cast has been
assigned to Aida" which Will be given tonight.
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday evenings and
at the wednesday matinee: Aida Adelaide Nor
wood: Amnerls. Marion lveil: Rhadames. J. F.
sheehsn: King. J. Parker COMBS: AmoussTo.
w.nfred Con- and z. A. Clark: Ramn.. F. J.
Boyle: Messenger. George Tennery-
On Monday. Wednesday and Friday evenings anA
at the Saturday matinee la Bohene' will he
given with this cast: Rudolph. Miro Dsllamote:
Marcel. winfred Gon ard Francis Carrier: Col
line. r. !. Boyle: Schaunard. E. A. Clark: Re
moist. ]. p. Coomb.: Aicindoro. f. p. Temple:
Mimi. Gertrude Rennyson: Musetta. Josephine
Ludwig; Pnrpisol. George Tennsry.
"
The story Of The Messenger Boy" which
comes to the Olympic tonight. IL one OF I'M
common interest. Lord Punchestown. Governor
Of FL Bara. has a manageable daughter. Nora.
who Is being chaperoned In London by the ser
Give Radnor. a Kings messenger. and Tudor
PIXIE. q nnancier. The first scene Is that OF the
Hotel de Luxe. Thames embanSrient, where a
bazaar IL being held In aid Of the Nile funds.
Lady Punchestown has an interview with Mr..
PIXIE. who tells her that he intends proposing TO
her stepdauEhter. She mentions the fact that
there IL a previous attachment. Give Radnor.
Mr.. Pyke Immediately deprecistes Gives suit.
intimatinR that he will speedily he q bankrupt.
and produces q bill which Give has Endorsed and
will probably be unable tn meet When u comes
due. He also produces two bills of Lady Punches
town. which she has given unknown to he- hus-
band. for millinery and dresses. Lady Punches
town is alarmed. Pyke promises to give these
bills to her II she intervcnes with Lord Punches
town In his behalf.
The next situation Is between Give and Nora.
He il going to E Bara as an official messenger
ard hopes to win her fathers sanction to their
marriage. We departs. PIXIE and Lady Punches
town enter. Nora tells them that Give has gone
10 Egypt. To anticipate Give. PIXIE suggests
that LADY Punchessown write a letter and he
will ,pclose Ave bills. which will efectuaiiv pre-
vent Lord Punchestown from giving his consent.
To get this letter To Lord Punchestown before
cars. a messenger boy. The boy. played by Mr..
Powers. 4. called. He receives . letter written
BY LADY Punch.stown to her husband on Pykes
behalf. presumably ~inclosinK Gives bill. and
acts ont for Egypt. The lady's maid. Rosa. tells
Nora OF what has occurred. and Nora deter
mines to follow and ove-,ake Give. IL possible.
She takes her maid with her. AFTER they set
out. Give and Lady Punchestown return. and ne
gives LADY Punchsetown her bills She exam
inc. them and discovers that one OF them. In.
stead Of being her bill Is Give Hadnor ana
that PIXIE has unwittingly inciosed one OF Lady
Punches.own's own bills TO Lord Punch'stown.
Thi. means ruin to her. and the pair instantly
determine to follow in pursuit.
The locale OF the second act II Brindisi. where
Cttys snharkS for Fl Rarn in q Government
cruiser: the other passengers by the j. * %.
steamer S4rdsr and. minor characters oy trans
eenCer boy. has q stateroom booked on the p.
q O.. but the mail train he Is on IL DELAYED.
Nora and Rosa arrive before him. When Tommy
arrives. the lsdy's maid endeavors to set rom
him the letter he In taking to Lord Punches
town. He tells her that In one Of two little bags
which have been carried on board Is a new mes
eeneer suit he In going to wear In Egypt The
end Of the interview results In q quarrel. and
instead OF soinE on board Tommy goes Into
the inn and orders lunch Nora comes out Of tbs
booking office and tells the maid that there -
only one berth. The maid Immediately ronceives
a plan bv which. II Miss Nora will 20 on board
and dress herself in Tommy,s suit. they can
both 20 to Egypt on the Sirdar ana get there
before the messenger boy. This they do. Just
"A the steamer Is starting Tommy attempts 10
90 on board. but is treated as an impoetor. and
thrown OF the ship. He finally sails on the
Shark.
The next act occurs In Egypt. Tommy. Nora
and Give arrive in Cairo. They are received by
to Fl Bara to see Lord Punchestown. He. In the
meantime. has gone to Paris. After various ex-
perieIces. in which the messenger boy has to
assume the disguise OF . dervish and enter
tain the English visitors. they all set OF to the
Paris Exposition. In the next scene they arrive
there. after a fete. Lord Punchestcwn enters
and Rives his sanction to Give and his dauGh-
ter's marriage. and Tommy arrives with Pyk.'s
dfspatch 3ust In time to be too late.
Paderewski will play at the odeon March Is.
This VIII be his only visit to s, Louis. and he
Will give out one recital On that date. The pro-
gramme viii include Bee.hoven's ''wald.tein
sonata," Schumann's Symphonic studiess and
Aendelssohn's Hunting and Spinning sonss."
sss
malcolm Williams and Minnie Radcliffe will BE-
seen At the Imperial In . revival Of "Aiss
Hooos" the play In which Miss Annie Russell
starred TWO seasons ago under Charles Prob
mans menasennent. Aiaa Hobbs cares little for
men ara tnctr lightly made promises. She struG-
eies WIN herself through three acts. asserting .
dominant win power. but finally succumbs to
the silent but easily discern.hle love OF Q manly
man. Inc nrst art shown the cabin OF q pleasure
yacht Aiss HOODS and 4 number Of other young
women duly chaperoned by q ma;ron. are visit
ING e young man. the owner. who later wins
the mdomitlble MiA Hobbs. A storm comes up
suddenly. The yacht brsaks from Its moorfnss