The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-25
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There is story told on thea.er man
azcr vEo lives not a great distance from
81. Louis The narrative runs this WAY:
L was very warm evening n the late
spring. The thester Ecs c-cH tor the
night Performance, but TIE crowd that
was slowly vending its way toward ;he
aisle seats was not ot sufc.e2t size TO
produce the s. r. q. s.Ca. Ahcu- Eve min
l-tcs before the rise OF the curtain TALL
man from the county walked up 10 the
be1 Office and asked to- 4 seat IL the par
GGs;. The ;Ickct sa,.e~ Observed that the
IEan did not wear e. coat.
Where IS Your c1a,c' asked tAa ticket
nan.
Al home" said the farmer
Well We cac.'t sell you s-a' iu the
paTquct unless you wear = cost. Can,
You get something 10 put oa""
Don't know a soul in the town said
the farmer. And / wen: 20 see this
show
At this i@acture the manager o. the the
ater came in. and tn box oiicr.aon sx-
planned the situation. re ---csEc- studied
for a moment ard thea toiC Jae country
custoEer 10 come Inside. We are
anxious for you 10 See tie sho.-.' said
the manager. ''alG lust 20 save -uu from
disappointment IL !e@d you ~ cr:t dur
ing the performance.
I; has always heen q-e~:.ca aS to
whose eisapDo:>:-;e=t would have been
the E-sa:s--
VIII =. HJ--2hy. Ire rr-,cdfa-, Who ~
peared rscertl,. a. Inc Cn.uu-t.a Thcatcr.
Elwa.-s has a. SunG ~ ragy stores. which
Re ma'>ez h.r.Sa'S 49,; e wn"'e cloth
Murphy ca teI, these y.o-sss with
st-aisht Licy aaG the u,.sorr' 's:icsitvd
might be led 10 Believe t.-- he IS telling
the truth
While here Murphy ne. q -s-o-:-r. aUi
in the most sincere 1,ar~er --:o-dcd the
following bloc5-sti-rin- tale '-N.'-''u COM
ing from The theaJe- ;o--is',t about Il
o'clock was he'd NJ At sixth nd Chest
nut streets and relieved Of IS in cash and
my December contracts. which carry mc
over the Kieth circuit Yes. sir. held up
right in the glare Of an arc iiEhL Their"
were two men. the proyerbial long and
short man. and while one held a gun "n
me the other went through NV pnck"ts.'
Did you notify the police asked the
reporter.
Here Murphy assumed a confidential
pose. No. I didn't notify the police
Now / don't care for the los Of the
money. but ! am axious for the return %
the Kicth contracts. Here is ny scheme:
Instead of allowing the police TO capture
the highwaymen, I'm going 10 wait until
December. I'll keep close watch on
Kelth's in New York. and wien the thieves
attempt 10 fill my contracts I'll nab them
Great plan. think you
Joe Hart. who is making enough money !
with Foxy Grandpa" to keep several
wolves from the door. was formerly as
sociatsd with Fred Eallen. who. with
Mollis Fuller Cdrs. Hallen) is giving
sketch n the vaudeville theaters. and |
lrcEy perhaps II he is getting 500 week. |
Years ago HeIlen and Hart constituted |
e famous singing and dancing team that |
played IN all the Western towns Thl old 1
stREers remember them well. Then Hailen /
and Hart got ~ in the world. and at the /
head Of their own company they made the |
populur priced thenters for many SEASONS I
ard rcSrsd rich financial rewards fo- I
their l9bors.
B=; the Hsller ard Fart style O, enter |
ts!Hre7r; vfzn=d for sorse reason. and the |
tszIa zvp=ratej- Svenlr-Cy the both I
get I-tn vaudeville. s;thesSh rot together. /
irsE etl..vtigas in ihs vaudeville hu,,S-S !
Lg-ye'er. -nj they were p-id much bette. /
l5eshEus, tssn the ay5reSe VEC5av ilr!n. I
u SIR. Sr.Gy he'd not SEN the ruSz!bl!- /
lizs in Foxy Grandpa" - d STAGE p-c- /
ateticn, Hart might SJ:il Sz in vauseyilIR. /
tsJ.Cl seems 20 MAY q snail pait - ;hr
ssy" tLslntss amer all.
S;- Louis = 20 have another r,eck OF "a |
Chinese Honeymoon" TIE Western com
rary will MI an engagement at the olyra- /
pic during the midseasou. The piece WIS /
such fiuarcial success when It was 4
played al the Olympic during the early .
part OF the season that & IS possible that 4
the sdme company may be brought back 1
Tor season Of three or four weeks during
The early part of next summer.
The recent failure Of William Collier in
his new play, Personal IN which he as
sU,ed the part Of newspaper reporter.
calls 20 mind that the newspaper man. as
the central character IN the drama has
rnceiy been q success. In fact. there was
only one exception TO the rule, that of
William Gillette IL his own play. Held by
the Enemy Gillette played the War
Correspondent for Leslie.s," a comedy
Elizabeth Lea, Tennessee girl. who has
relatives and a great many friends in St.
Louis. - said to have made an excellent
impression in Augustus Thomass new
play, The Earl Of Pawtuckct" Miss Lea
mas been assigned TO an important part :
and her work has met with a cordial rc- 1
ception at the Princess Thcater. New /
York. Miss Lea is young and pretty. and |
she has developed unusual talent during
her short career on the stage. She vas
first seen in Otis SEiane-s production of I
Prince Otto" playing a very insignificant !
part The next season, Stair and Hayiin l
purchased the rights Of Prince Otto"
placed Harry GlaZier in the title role and I
engaged Miss Lea FOR Glaciers principal
support.
Maude Adams. holding tenacious!y TO the
sixteen pounds she gained down around
the Egyptian pyramids and which she
supplemented with another pound or two