The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
DOROrHEy
BALLARD,
NEST ENO RfldHTS

Among the prominent managers who have
just returned from Europe are George c..
Tyler, manager for Liebler & Co, and w.
F.. Connor Of that firm. Mr.. Tyler an
nounced that he had engaged Vesta Tilley
and Sig. Ermete NoyeIli.
Vesta TilIey makes a speciality of male
representations, but Mr. Tyler proposes to
have a comedy written for her. and give
her an opportunity to display her talent in
a different manner She Will appear in the
play season after next IN the country, and
then go to London.
TIL engagement OF Sig. Novelli Is also
for the season OF 1884. beginning about
January l, 1903. He has been playing recent
ly in Paris.
Nine. Rejane win come for a tour of hf-
teen weeks IN the season OF 1861. Her rep
ertoire viii include eight plays. i've Of
which. It is said. have never been seen in
America
Regarding the pans fer the immediate
season, EIr. Tyler said that Eleanora Duse,
! the Italian trpgedienne, Will make a tour
htof the United States. opening on October
70 at the fremont Theater, Boston. She
VIII appear later IN the Victoria Theater,
New YORK. Her company will sail in the
steamship Vancouver from Genoa on Sep
TENDER p. Nine. Duse viii sail from Cher
bourS. Her repertoire will consist OF DAN
nunzie," La Giac0nda." "Citta Morta,'
'AAN'TA Ill IAkIAllil ana OIleT DIdNS-
Miss Viola Allen Will appear in The Eter-
nal City Hall Gaines dramatization of his
latest story. LiehIer G Co. have said that
great care has been taken to see that the
scenery, scenic effects and stage accessories
represent correctly what they are supposed
10 portray; models of the papal chambers
in the Vatican. of the interior of the Castle
Of ST. Angelo. and other interiors and eS-
teriors shown In the play having been made
In Rome. Mascagni will write a musical set
ting for the play, and will probably conduct
the orchestra on the night Of the New
York opening. The cast will include Edward
J. Morsan, 4 M Holland and Frederic de
Belleville.
The Eternal City" will have frs FIRST
presentation on September 20 at the Nation-
al Tfeater, Washington. not October G, as
! has been stated.
Ezra Kendall viii pasa under tba 1soh,a-
q Co. management with the beginning Of
the present season, and will be starred In
q new play which has been written for him
by Herbert Hall Winslow.
u last $eaSons attractions which ara 70
be continued, the most important will he
kyrle Beilew In "A Gentleman of France"
Mr. Bele~ WIN travel next season to other
cities Of the United States Miss Eleanor
Robson Will appear as Mile. de Ia Wire in
The play for the opening weeks OF the sea-
son Afterwards she win be called upon to
create q character b q new play.
ss
"Ehow me = Ecnlan's home, and Tn show
700 the woman" onoe declared an eminent
C~eutlenan- MrA Patrick Compbell should
be Q charming woman, indeed, for her home
In old Kensinstou Square Is a quiet spot
that has "atmosphereL" where Thackeray,
Green, the historian; Nine. Albani, Sir HUI
bert Parry, Lady Wtnchelsea and many an
other bright intellect has SCARED, and where
Hrs, Craigie John Oliver Hobbes1 and fas-
cinat1ns American ladies still fly for shelter
from society.
IT'S q spot TO dream OF IN hot weather.
that garden with its pathways of Dutch
nles bordered by beds of pink geranium
and heaiOhope and shaded with Gins.
You meet here a Mureuo on the walls of
white panelel rooms, where maids OF honor
and 6andies once triaed in the days OF
George III. You gaze upon a Burne-
Jones, q Sargent a Clifford. The owner
Of the dear old house rejoices most In her
newest acquisitions bust executed by
Sarah B~ernhsrdt- Sarah did It all her
own SELF" Mrs. Campbell tells. so don't
you believe the silly people who say that
other sculptors helped her in her work.
I will show you Handel's snuffbox by and
by, his spyglass and a pair OF shoes once
worn by him"
Your Jewels? You ask Mrs. Campbell.
LOOK, then, at this diamond collarctte.
The design IS a series of diamond VS.. In
\ this case w stands for Willamette Ger
Nlan Emperor William, the second to none,
SVu hLyH- All LlldL reminds mel had
such a bad cold when his Majesty saw me
play Lady Macbeth. 1 could not speak
above a whisper. What a gentle voice yours
Isl he remarked between the acts. Il wish
you would teach our German actresses not
10 shout I burst out laughing as replied:
oh! your Majesty How 1 wish 1 could
shoutr To return to my jewels-vou will
see l care but for gems in barbaric fashion.
Do you Xix this emerald? What a pure
depth of green! And here are my hearts,
Dozens Of them in gold, silver. and precious
stones Of every kind. I ask any friend who
really and truly likes NE to give me a heart.
SO that I have a collection"
Her vellum-bound books are also deeply
priced possessions. and most precious of
all, perhaps, Is the well-worn copy of her
part of Paula Tsnqueray, upon the margin
of which are scrubbed her own notes ard
the suggestions first made by Mr.. Pinero
before she had appeared in the play.
In private life Stella Campbell has known
sorrow. The loss OF her husband in the
Boer war affected her deeply. But she
finds consolation in hard work and the COM
panionship CT her son, Leo, a midsh,pman
in the royal navy, and OF her daughter
Stella, 4 pretty girl of some fifteen sum-
mers. now in a convent in Dresden.
The new musical comedy that George w.
Lederer Will produce at the New York
Broadway Theater August Is is to be called
sally in Our Alley" Marie Cahill and
Sam Bernard will have the leading parts.
Others prominent in the cast will be May
Robson, George Game. Marie Doro. Joseph !
". Herbert and Harry Fairleigh. The book
will be by George V. Hobart and the score
By Ludwig Englandsr.
The play In which Sarah CoweIl LIE