The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21

Tilbury's unctuous and captivating style
| John Blair. c. Leslie Allen. Clarence
Handyside and James Young have been en-
gagged for Miss Aliens production.
On his Western tour with THE Altar of
! Friendship Nat Goodwin is kept busy in
each successive city he visits denying the
| rumors that Maxine Elliott Goodwin has
applied for legal separation from him
One of his late interviews was published
in Omaha
1T is all nonsense" he said. at lust re-
ceived cablegram from her. in which she
says: Loving greetings, Max But in my
production Of a Midsummer Nights Dream
there is no suitable part for her. In the new
play that ely Fitch has made for her she
is given splendid role that just suits her
capabilities. 1t has plenty of comedy, with
touches Of pathos.''
The public misses her. 1 commented
80 do IT, he replied land more off the
stage than on. but it is only fair that she
should be given a chance to show what 1
know she can do"
Marie Bates, whose representations of
elderly and bibulous Milesian women have
more than sustained the repute she used to
possess as leading woman when she re-
joiceG in the beauty and buoyancy of youth,
viii not be in David Warfields company
next season.
Mr.. Belasco in determining upon the re-
VlVal or "ZaZa' as a side issue to "Du
Barry for Mrs. Carter, has decided that
Miss Bates shall appear in her old role of
the tpsy aunt. Thus he will have to go
searching for an actress who can be as fine
q foil as Mrs. Bates has been to warfieId in
The Auctioneer."
Richard Golden. the well-known come
rr-str 10 ENN,r
CUTLER Company. has been engaged by
Henry ". Savage for a term Of years
Golden will star next season in king
Dodo.' The following year he will appear
in a new musical play by a young Amer
lean writer and a well-known composer.
aIr. Golden has been a star for several
years. His greatest fame was achieved in
Jed Prouty."
Joseph Buckley. who has been manager
for Otis Skinner for some years, will travel
as his personal representative during the
joint tour of that actor with Ada Rehan in
Shakespearean repertoire.
George C. Boniface, Jr.. has been engaged
for next season to support Marie Cahill in
Nancy Brown playing the part origi-
mated by Edwin Stevens.
F. Marion Crawford has written a play
for the use OF Herbert Kelley and Fife
Shannon The piece Is liked and has been
accepted, and will be seen for the first time
about the middle of next season. Mr.. KEEL
cey and Miss Shannon begin their season
in Sherlock Holmes"
Some six years ago General Lew Wallace
the famous author. had an heroic bust
made of Ben Hur, the central figure of the
remarkable novel Of that name, for the IL
brary at his home in Charlottesville Ind
The design was fashioned by a celebrated
sculptor of New York. When General Wal
lace returned to his home some time later
he found atop of a scaffold in his den"
young man whose striking characteristic
was shock of wavy blonde hair With
hammer and chisel he was cutting away at
the rough piece of stone before him
Here, what are you doing?" asked the
master of the house.
I'm finishing UP the Ben Hur bust" an
swered the man with the chisel
General Wallace had him down from the
scaffold. He had paid quite a snug sum to
have that bit of art fashioned and he
wanted no novices to spoil it. The young
sculptor persuaded him that he was COM
petent to do the work. and under the anx-
ious eyes of his mentor he proceeded to
mold into artistic shape from the rough
stone the heroic features. He finished the
statue to the satisfaction and great relief
of the pertuTbed author.
The young sculptor was Bohumyr Kryl,
the now well-known cornetist now with
Irnes.
That work in General Wallace's home was
the means of his securing even more lu-
crative assignment in Indianapolis, and he
might still be on the road 10 fame with his
chisel had not John Philip Sousa. the great
bandmester. induced him to play the cornet
instead. Some life-size figures were to be
finished on the Soldiers Monument in In
dianapolis, and Waliace's influence was in