The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-07

Central Park. toward which her maid said
that Fuzzy WuZzy had bolted.
Hadn't you better put on a heavy gown
demonstrated the maid. Waste time dress
ing and that broken-hearted creature look
ing for home?" Miss Fischer replied. Then
she went in search Of the spaniel. The maid
noted the time of her departure. 1t was
o'clock.
Two hours later Miss Fischer returned.
It's very cold" she explained. Get me a
Gun of coffee and a shawl"
She started out again. the maid making
no suggestions. not even daring to ask that
she might accompany her.
Fuzzy. Fuzzy. Fuzzy Wuzzy!" Miss
Fischer called softly as she searched the
park while torrents Of rain beat down rpon
her. No Fuzzy appeared. but a policeman
hurried up.
What are you doing here?" he demanded.
glancing at the wet hair and the be~draggled
macintosh.
Hunting for Fuzzy Wuzzy." replied Miss
Fischer with ar air that precluded further
questioning.
The officer shook his head obviously an
as he raped with his night stick said. You
can tell that to the Sergeant"
But you are not goiJg TO arrest me-"
Indignantly exclaimed Miss Fischer.
Tn going to take care OF yer and see
that You do no harm to yourself"
Another policeman appeared. "Dary."
she nedTl tleih dSGee anu WAS tTen tOll,
kindly enough. that she had better go with
ITEM to a good. comfortable place"
The situation dawnei on her. But I'm
Alice Fischer. you know. the actress" she
expostulated. Il live at West One Hundred
ard Third street. Come over there and I'll
prove it"
The first policeman looked annoyed and
then said TO the second, VIVA do you
think of that" She thinks she's Alice
Fischer" "Humor her" said the other Of
fcer.
After they had walked for a quarter of an
hour or so Miss Fischer discovered that they
were really bound for the Central Park Sta
ton.
She stopped them and pleaded to be taken
to her apartment
They reluctantly retraced their steps. A
they reached her home they heard a ioy-
Gus whimper.
Shiyering with cold. the wayward Fuzzy
frisked about her skirts. The maid appeared
and vOuched for her m.stress's identity.
Virginia Harmed is remembered by every
theatergoer as the original Trilby in the
dramatization of George du Maurier's
novel.
Miss Harmed was born in Boston. but her
parents left that city when she was a
child. Before going on the stage she lived
abroad for several years. Her early theat-
ricai experiences were with road companies.
Her first engagement was with a COM
pany playing Robson and Cranes old sue
cess. Our Boarding House."
In the spring of 1887 she was the leading
woman with George Clarke of the Da!y
Company. when he toured New England for
a few weeks in THE Corsican Brothers
and False Shame"
The experiment ended in financial disas-
ter. For two years she acted throughout
the South and West as Lobe in "A Night
- ~ ~ 49, 5000 ttat IL n rnaI1 10
nous. Then Miss Harmed started out with
Harry Lacy In The Still Alarm"
Her first New York engagement followed
in Sedley Browns "A Long Lane at the
Fourteenth Street Theater. She Joined
Louis Aldrich's company. playing the COM
edy part of Florence Fetheriey in The
Editor"
While she was with Mr.. AIdrich, Daniel
Frohman saw her act and engaged her as
f. H. Sothern's leading lady. Her first
character with Mr.. Sothern was Clara Dex-
ter in THE Maister of woodbarrow."
While with Mr.. Sothern. Miss Harmed ap-
peared in Lord Chumley." The Dancing
Girl and as Fanny in Captain Lettar-
blair" She then Joined A. NJ. Palmer's
stock company in Lady Windermere's
Fam and afterwards acted such roles as
Lefty Fletcher in Saints and Sinners and
Her creation of Trilby followed. AS Is
we'll known. Miss Harmed is the wife OF
Mr.. Sotherr.
AT the Odeon Tuesday evening Mrs. Ruby
Shotwell Piper of this city will make her
first appearance on the concert stage. Mrs.
Piper IS now under the management of
IL udon G. Charlton. the New York impress
sario.
Her ST. Louis friends have all along pre-
dicted a career for her. and are coming to
her aid in making the concert a social sue
cess. Mrs. Pfper'S associate at the Odeon
will be Mr.. David Baxter, the Scotch basso;
Bruno SteiRdel, the '~cellist. and Alfred G..
Robyn, the composer and concert-pIanist.
Mr.. Baxter comes from Dundee, Scotland.
Homer Moore's pupils will give a recital
December 10 in Hennemann Hall. The fol-
lowing pupils will take part: Mrs. Blanche
Altheimer-Habermann. Irene Reynolds,
Mary Pearson. Evelyn Whitman, Susette
Sullivan, Garielda Miller. Jennie Conrnan,
Jessie Rothschild. Marie Campbell. Essie
Steiner, Mabel Case. George C. Carrie,
James Stanley. w. A Cruase. Dempster