The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04

'NihS Anu Tt.Ji-eu. MY penis may -
ragged, sir, but they cover a warm heart!
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In his "Recollections Of a Player trerent
~ issued by X. H. RusseiD the veteran J
IL. Stoddart tells Of an eccentric Scotch com
edian.- John Henry Alexander by name. ia
mlhariy known as t"Old Alec"
Mrs. Alexander. the wife of the comedian
had assisted In milking up one OF the super,
in "RoD Roy and had sent him on the
stage rather hurriediy without noticing
whether or not he WIS ii. fit member of the
BODY or H~iehianders. He proved to he d
very tan person and the audience singled
nm on, from the rest as a butt for its
laughter. Mr.. Alexander. seeing him en-,
deaVor to diminish his height by marching
around almost in IL sitting posture. adnon-
,shed MIN. in Il voice that could be heard
above the martial music. to stand up SIR
me highlander did net rise. al Which
Aiexande. repeated the command In a
louder Voice: stand up. sir
This time the Highlander explained: Il
Gamma. Alec. l Gamma: ma kits ower short"
I'm the same occasion Charles Loveday
was the Captain Thornton of the cast. He
mad a COD and couShed frequently while
speaking. Whereupon Alexander unss mpa-
theftcaliy drsw attention to MS Illness by
saying In an audible aside: LORD preserve
US and deliver us frae the asthmatical
army"
Many of the lines In "A Message From
Mars are philosophical. and some are wit
ty. For Instance. in the first act. Ia the
gentle war of words and ideas betweeen the
esotistical Parker and his Disguised omen
folk the following occurs:
Aunt Martha 1T believe you prefer your cigar"
Horace. ITO woman? Wei. in some respect.
/ do" -
Aunt Martha: What do you mean.
Horace, We'll. you see, a cigar doesn't talk
arr -.ha ~. g,t.l-A .tt =
gin another"
Horace: That's the worst of women. They're
SO Illogical. aren't theyg'
Minnie: Il suppose they are"
Horace: SIZE thinks l ought TO have gone with
you tonight. Well. she only looks at It from
her own standpoint. Shes quite incapable of
taking a broad view of the case
Minnie: II suppose yours is the broad view
Horace: Yes. % course 1t is
Minnie: How did you acquire this breadth Of
mind?"
Horace: II dom, know; I suppose 1t comes
naturally to the masculine intellect. One sees
all round a subject. Now. wom;n don't. THEY'RE
circumscribed. They can't see over the hedge"
Minnie: "Annt'e. you look a perfect picture.
You ought to be framed
Horace: And hung"
A bit of dialogue between the r.essen-
ger from Mars and Parker. supposed 10 Oc-
u uuI luS lie uiCd" - Tx aux ~
lows:
ervth!ng seriously
Horace: and you have no comic scnssT'
Messenger: "Non.-"
Horace: And no comic papers?'
Messenge-: None"
Horace: You're miles ahead Of us-we are an
inferior race altogether
Messenger: Listen. S~elf-saf-seit is the
c,vpa Of fhi, yvr.t1hel pr0rIt~ Self 10 tho rat,ya
Of ell the ills with which the earth Is bur
dened- Crime. hunger. misery. sin. are all OF
them the necessary outcome OF seh-seeking.
self interest. self-love"'
Self wears a million masks. each oae of which
has the appearance. Of a virtue. The soldiers
glory. the statasman's aim. the painters touch.
the poets dream, all hide the hungry. Jealous
features OF self. Even your children are becom-
ing egOtists-the most pitifaf sign OF all.
Greta Risley, the Queen Lii in king
Dodo,' which comes to the Century Theaser
next Sunday. had an amusing experience in
Springfield, Mass. last season.. where she
was playing in king Dodo."
She received a postal money order for SO
in her mornings mail. and proceeded to the
Post Office to cash the order, not knowing
the very stringent Identification rules.
She presented the. order at the window
and asked the clerk 20 cash 1t at once. That
gentleman demurred. Then Miss Risiey told
him who she was and she was doing.
<aAtkti4 q. HI oh ~ ~S'
eminent officiafs1 ~
=, This time it was with some reason. for
the lady in frontiof him was a blonde with
violet eyes. while the one he had seen as
the queen the night before at the .theater
was a very swafthy woman; with Jet black
hair. And he told her so.
Miss Risley did not intend to give up
without a struggle. She asked II he would
cash the order IL she would identify her
voice as that of the queens. He said that
he would, and thereupOn Miss Risley sang
the first verse of For Love l Live Alone"
The clerk was convinced and promptly ac-
cepted Miss Risley's money order. s
OF all the stage favorites the most willing
to respond to the call Of charity has always
been Miss Marie Dressler. and a small re-
turn is to come to her bank account to-
night. when she will be given a benefit at
the Victoria. the New York theater where
last appeared as a star. The stage folk
have not forgotten, for there has been a
rush of volunteer services that will make
the programme one Of the most remarkable
ever given. On the list are May Irwin,
Fay Templeton, Mabelle Gilman. Edna Wal
lace Hopper. Louise Allen. Willie Collier,
Peter F.. Daily. Eddie Foy. Dan McAvoy.
Harry Bulger and Joe Cawthorne.. Sam
will be stage manager.
Bernhardt. to put an end to the various
stories about her nativity. writes: Il was
born at 265 Rue st. Honore, Paris. in the
OF Nine. Guerard, who Is still alive.
bright. hearty. despite her IS years; she
me make my debut into the world, and
Is my irrefutable witness. My mother was
and a JeweSs. short. round, fair,
with a pretty face and lovely blue eyes.
She had fourteen children. four of whom
are twins: l was the eleventh child-a lucky
lumber"
Mrs. Fiske has announced that she will
this season and next in MARY of
Magdala." For the season of 1904-05 Mrs.
will be seen in Shakespeare. The
Shakespeare plays that have been decided
for. Mrs. Fisk are Much Ado About
and Macbeth"
Estelle Mortimer. who for several years
pany. is to make her debut next month in
vaudeville.
way Down East" will be presented in
Australia this summer by a cast the menu
befs of which will be picked from the
three companies now playing the pastoral
in America.
Francis Carlisle. who was Blanche
leading man last season in Under
Two Flags" has been engaged to play with
Grace George.
A new musical farce. entitled Sunny
is soon to go on tour under the
management of William A.. Brady and JO-
seph Hart. Al. Leach Is to appear In the
title role and the three Rosebuds will have
parts. Il
victor Lichtenstein. the young violinist.
who is seeking to revive an interest in