The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-18

account of the delay. of the Prophet i,
. eyer that the performance could not be
&C., -.-s-e - T. l1Q-E. Whscn NOul4
| A plan 70 'cut' the piece was made
| without Miss rglsh's knowledge: but her
/ manager thought that she would eagerly
| Miss walsh" he told her. the parade
| has not yet passed and as Il 4 probable
/ that We can't start the play until 10
] O'clock or possibly later. YOU rru elm
. mate some OF the lines II you wish
! sul d.l WisL u, - ---s= = i,sis, atsn.
] tomorrow morning." said the manager,
rather pleadinsly. and you have another
! matinee tomorrow"
/ lateness OF tO-night's performance. ! don
want % cut out one line, OF the play. !
wouldn't leave out single pause, even
The Century was packed to capacity
! that night. and II was after l o'clock when
| the curtain was rung down on the last
the audience tired as Il was from the
long wait FOR the Yelled Prophets pa
geant. remained. until the finish OF the
play and even insisted uDou calling for
Miss Walsh after the final act.
Mr.. Mansfield is about to start forth
again as a principal attraction Of the the
atTical season. Fitted with an adaptation
Of the German comedy, "Old Heidelberg.
he will make his re-entrance in New York.
and after time work westward.
Last week there was resurrected in the
aEo by Patrick Gilmore. the bandmaster.
who was not alone good bat an intimate
friend Of Mr.. Msnsfeld's- Wrote Mr.. Gil
more:
Il have known him NIansfeld) since he
was youth at his mothers home in Lon
don. and it was no surprise 10 me when i
heard OF his success on the stage. in the
Partisan Romance first and afterward In
Prince Karl The son OF such a mother
could scarcely be anything except a
genius. She was n magnificent woman
and "a great artistic: a dramatic singer Of
superb power and skill. When I was seek
Ing artists for the Boston jubilee in lsl.
Nine Rudersdorf was recommended TO mo
as the best exponent of oratorio singing.
and found her superb artistic. she nlled
my idea of Queenlincss."
The Rudersdorf method of singing IS
still In vogue ! vas at her home In Lon
don. where she lived in splendid style and
entertained lavishly. Richard was only a
boy then. but he was IS bright as YOU find
en-, ana II was no surprise 10 me that he
shot out ike a meteor and daZzled New
York when he got chance.
His road to success was not an easy
one. however. One would think that with
an artistic mother. the stage would be
thrown open TO him. but IL was not. Nine.
Ruders1orf, who was Russian, while
Richards father was an En-lishman. had I
no idea Of deyoting her son TO art. but de-
signed him for mercantile pursuits and
having settled In Boston. put him 10 work /
Business did not 1T his ideal. and he be
gan dabblinC In drawing and painting. and /
showed 50 much talent that his mother l
sent him TO Europe TO pursue his art /
studies The stage was his fate however. /
and he spent more time I'm the foyer than |
in the studio. and finally determined TO /
adopt the profession
Nellie Melba. who will be heard az the /
which is not only the costliest. but the most /
unique by reason OF the many gift jew
els with which it is studded.
Melba wears II in the second act OF Ia /
Trayiata'' in the ballroom scene.
This gown Is OF white satin. stitched 4
with silver and studded with real dla-
mondS which have been presented 10 the /
diva on many occasions. The gown alone i
Is worth $4,000.
With it she wears a necklace OF rubies
and diamonds given TO her by the King
of England. when he was still the First
Gentleman in England
Some beautiful turquoises worn with I
this toilet were the gift Of the Grand !
Duke Alexis. and others were presented
by the Grand Duchess Paula. daughter ~ ]
the King Of Greece 4 superb chain al
was the gift OF Gar Alexander These
eWelS. worth Kings ransom Nine I
Nelba keeps well guarded. and she is al
ways accompanied 70 the theater at
ectrves to provide against accident nj or
'Obbery.
Viva Ogden. an actress who figured In
he first of Clora Morris's books on the
'tage as the baby whose care Miss Nor
is shared with the mother. has written
or the theater an article emitted. Early
Memoirs OF John Ellsler and Joseph
iaworth.''
She tells OF one production OF Mac
eth in which both she and Mr., Hawurth
'layed- one night We were waiting TO 70 ]
n in the applrition scene. In our version
everal tall hgure1 robed IN white stalked
across the stage behind a gnuze
rop. which was lighted up by calciums:
hen came Fleance, bearing in his baby
iand a glass.
'.F-eaEce was followed by Banquo. who
ointed occasionally 10 his thgcat. / was