The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-05

ment is IN the s%trict"st sense personal. He
was mere the other night. for examine. 10
see The first performance of King DOdo.
He had made changes in The stage ar
raHgCm ut of the opera ard personally he
SAW 10 it that his plans were carried cut.
While he WAS IN town he held a conference
with Ny. Short, and in an hours time he
had perfected the details for the Century
season If grand opera with tho old COM
pary that formerly sang at Music Hail. The
opera season is TO hc AL OF seven weeks in
length. In an hour Iir. Savage ana Ir.
short mad closed III" deal. \ little While
after Mr.. S2"aE" WAS IN a train for Cfi-
caGo. BY this time he is probably looking
after Il downtown corner lot or the erection
of an office building in Boston.
The funniest comedian We have had her,
FOR a long time is Mr.. Hitchcock of the
King podo" organization. Mir. Hitchcock
Is not well known in the West. His chief
work in the eastern part of the country
WAS in the Castle Square opera orlaniza-
ti"ns. where he became one of the chief
favoritcs iii . long list Cf good ones. Mr.
Hitchcock * Young. shows great versatility
in the manner Of his comedy. he has n lot
Of intelligence OF the sort that you do fire.
Cucntlv find on the corHic opera stage, ard
more than al of this h" has a good voice.
There are few signs Of This quality in the
earlier parts OF the opera. but where ne
'' N'4N' '' 't's'' ''''' ''4A'"' ~ Ai'
old man in the manner FauS.ian. he Is
found to have exceptional voice goodness.
He and Miss Quinlan. who Ii growing into
Tie favoritism al -. Louis audiences with
= SurenCss that must be gratifying to her.
have d duet about the bumbl, bee that is
III all respects excellent.
The comic opera of nowadays that does
not have 4 single striking song number
10 tie to is in trouble. for there must be
the catchy air or there is 10 opera. Fioro-
dora had it and King Dodo' has il; and
all operas that mean 10 go must have the
air that can be whistled. By tits one must
not come to the conclusion that u single
good song Will make i comic opera any
more than one swallow viii MAKE a sum
mer. for there must he general excellence.
the stout operate fabric hack Of all the
ether goodness and badness of The piece.
The fight ny at Tho Odeon is Il funny
thing. Just as If there IS not glory enough
for ali of the musicians. as. the much dis
rrlssed MIR. SchIey l. reported to have said
in another relation. Folks who care for The
Gotncs Of Mr.. Wei are noJ likely to pine
away for the music of Robyu and Of this I
the reverse is tue.
Those rising young players" as a friend
" nan with a touch of fun called NJ.
Irving and Miss Terry. are to open on.
of their pleasant and profitable engage
ments at the olympic Theater tomorrow
evening.
This season of Irving VIII have particular
interest because of the variety that is
shown in the repertoire.
We are to have some Of the old pieces. to
he sure. but for tho most part, for the
present generation. at least. there is to
he mostly novelty. The two exceptions are
the Merchant Of Venice" and "rhe Bells"
These have been done here several times
by the mUch-likei and widely celebrated
EngIishman.
The Lyons Mall has not been played
in St. Louis by Ny. Irwin, since 1854. He
has never given the short play. The Story
of Waterloo" ror have We had his
Sans-Gene' .: Charles l." or
Louis ri"
II is in Mime. sans-Gene' tLat we are
to have a new and Doubtless very inter
.stins view OF Miss Terry. Charles I" and
Louis NT' are to h rich in scenic in
a quality that may be counted
upon generally in all chat Mr.. Irving does.
The comings Of Irving and Terry have
rather frequent in recent years, to
the delight of "A large public and to the
distress of a group Of American players.
who do not care for the success of their
cousins Oh TINS side Of the water.
"s'
The Irving season : 20 be another one
OF TIE great ENGAGEMENTS In this rcma- k
able year AT the Olympic Tilcater.
1t may be OF public and professional in
teTest to say that the average weekly re-
ceipts at the olympic Theatcr this season
have been above SLICE. the like Of VIII ch
never been reported b. an American
Iheat@r. The 'cnturG. which did not get
:uch an excellent start IS the Olympic,
will finish the season with the best record
that that theGt"r has eyer had.
Ii is at the Century Tonight that Miss
oder is to begin an engagement in an
ant ir.'I- now pl.Er --.NIpI,- DEt,l.-" -Iis.
.iddor's last enlargement in this city was
II the Fourteenth Street Theater. where
she Jared badly. There il reason to believe
hat in ner new play she has something
nearly { not quite as good as her
sanS-Genc-"