The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

Wednesday night at the Odeon the Young
Peoples Orchestra, under the direction Of
Mr.. Victor Lichtenstein, will give a unique
and important concert. The strings will be!
in charge chiefly of Mr.. Echtenstein's pu-
pills. young ladies and gentlemen; and the
other instruments will be played by mem.
bers Of the Choral-Symphony Orchestra.
1t will be interesting to note how the or
chestra will handle the accompaniments TO
the De Beriot Concerto and the Wieniawskt
~polonaise, since feat of accompanying a So
loist, especially a violinist, is always a Sc
we're test of an orchestra's accurancy and
iexibility.
Programmes.
Tremolo for vioiins in .unison"."n"-..-Bohm
'n'n jacob LieSerstein and Orchestra.
Sl Madrissie AHerbert
:" o-n10's String Orchestra.
Songs for Mezzo-soprano.
Mrs. David Bauer.
sprung String Orchestra.
r'l'na''e Ja sea5i' s 6 sn and orchs.tIs. lsa'As a.-
Melodies from Ssrmen..:..:.Bizet Won saar
ss
Last Wednesday morning Conductor Duss
began his May tour with the Metropolitan
Opera-House Orchestra and Nine. Nordica
and Edouard de Reszke.
The organization will go as Tar west as
Topeka, Kas., as far south as Memphis,
Tenn, as far north as Ottawa. Ontario.
Canada, and as far east as Hartford. Conn.
Thirty cities will be visited and sixteen
States traversed before the return for the
opening of the summer season at the
Madison Square Garden on May 81 En-
thusiasm has run riot all along the line.
The entire house. has been already sold in
Washington, st. Louis, Wilmington. Kan
sas City and Asheville. Seven thousand
dollars was taken In at the first days sale
EAA l. n-l- --I El M ~
Baltimore. In Topeka a line of ticket buy
ers camped out all night In front of the
box office. A wire from Detroit predicts a
Sis, 600 house in the 'Lgh Guard Armory.'
Advices from Atlanta report that the huge
Agricultural building will be packed at
both the afternoon and evening concerts.
In many OF the cities the attraction is billed
~ the "Great May Festival" In Utica
the two performances falling on Wagner's
birthday. May u, an extra Wagner Festt-
VAL has been arranged for afternoon and
evening, with a cycle OF the masters
works with Nordica. De Reszke and the
orchestra
The Kneisel Quartet, which is to play for
the Union Musical Club on May II at Me-
mortal Hall, occupies such an assured po-
sition In the world of music that 1t is
hardly necessary to dwell upon its merits.
The ensemble playing OF the organization
81 nearly perfect. apd its programmes are
always Of a high class. the compositions
selected for Interpretation being calculated
to delight the souls of discriminating mu-
nc lovers. The approaching concert will be
notable Cor excellence, and it Is but natural
that there is a keen local interest IN the
event and that a most aprpeciative welcome
awaits the players.
Mile James, the little Princess in the
play of that name. was born in Philadel-
phia- Her father. Louis James. the TRACE
dian. was at that time playing at the ia
NOUS Arch Street Theater. managed By
MrS. John Drew.
Miss James, mother was Lillian Scanlan
Of philadelphia, famous as a beauty.
Many famous actresses of the present
day a held Mile James in their arm:
when she was a baby. Lolita. who saw
Miss James play 1.-THE Little Princess" II
Boston, reminded Miss James that nearly
twenty years ago-or. perhaps a few year
previously-she had held the infant daugh'
ter Of Louis James in her arms.
Ms James was frequently carried upol