The St. Louis Republic., 1903-11-02
GENEROUSLY GOOD is
"THE COUNTRY GIRL"

Variety. color. fun. with. careful stag
ing. good songs. dancing. a pretty chorus
strong principals and some little regard
Just little-for principles go to make
up THE Country Girl" the musica
comedy, responsibility for which has beer
assumed by Mr.. Augustin DAILY. and which
played to smaller house than it deserved
last night at the Olympic. In speaking OF
principles. / mean respect for the eternal
| decencies; not that some of the lines and
acting are short of the border line but
that the worst Is no worse than we are.
| Admitting that the action of such a pro-
duction is just any old thing, then ''The
Country Girl sums up into the best show
of the kind seen here this year.
| Isobel Delmont. well known in st. Louis
has a prominent role AS Mrs. Qu;nten
Raikes she hes the stage and fair oppor-
| tunities in both the first and second act.
| Her tall figure. strikingly dark coloring
| and gorgeous gowns lend attractiveness.
| In her lines and personation she is not
nearly SO gauche as is expected of the
beauty part"
THE County Girl may be either Nan"
| or Marjorie joy as you choose-both
| are maids Of that description. in a sense.
Nan. however. is the most country OF the
two. and hers probably is the title role.
Marjorie, 1t occurs, left the little village,
the old oaken bucket-and all that-went
up to London and became great actress,
which character. in the second Of the two
acts, gives her a chance to toy UP ''tit
to rkn kill.s s,.,. n,,,,,r :. ., t. 49,. .,..,,..
moving pictures. rather than two acts
is the rural one: country home OF the
Squire Challoner. Squire in much
trouble. financially. To this place. by the
remarkable condolences OF stage life. are
collected the charactersof what story there
is-Geoffrey Challoner, naval Lieutenant;
Barry, his orderly, il they have such
whose name is Rake (spelled Raikel: Sir
Joseph Verify. whose legs are twisted;
Granfer Mummery, who contributes num-
merry: then Nan and Marjorie, and the
amorous and has money: Sophie. coy.
pretty, clever. and a dancer who knows
how. and SO on.
The SECOND ia picture transfers ira the wh9le
Ministry Of Fine Arts" whatever that may
be- The Minister of Fine Arts. 1t seems, Is
in the English Cabinet. and lives in a gor-
advantage tie whoopins fine gowns Of Of
whoopins singers can whoop just as well
as II 1t were some place else.
Out Of the whirl of comedy and disjoint-
ed story that composes the first picture
there sticks in the mind insistently the
song Of Bhong, done by Hallen Mostyn
Prineess m % There e is i nice mixture I IN i, ' Of
original comedy. expression. melody and
voice. Mostyn has the voice. and con-
tributes materially to the comedy. Miss
John Slavin. as Barry. and Miss Deyo, as
Sophie, win the laughs In both acts
Chicks, their song and DANCE. in the
first. is thorough and clever Slavin has
as grotesque comedian. is worth the
price of admission. Miss Deyo puts a deal
Of life and well.simulated gayety-simti-
hind the appearance. you know It's hard.
hard work-lnto her work.
Melville Stewart interprets Geoffrey
Gayn Mae Hssn ssn sewa Sna sna M shs Aie Ms
being lovers. they are forced into some
NAV msudhlinly loxey talk which: however:
who may BE in the audience. Miss Mar
vim as The Country Girl. when opportunity
is granted. proves that she can act.
The others Of the people Of the s;oampany
general result are Harold Wizard. Percival
Jennings, Clarence Harvey. Howard Claw
ney. Marion Singer, Eugenia Hassel. Phyl-
and Miss Spenser. The thing sums up
into a performance in which are go many
good spots that the spots run into ore an
, otner ana IeIiuer nui gaps anu iico'sTua-
York can easily be understood.
50.
Robert Emmet." the new Irish play
On view at the Grand. brings out the stir
ring and romantic events in the lie OF
the young patriot who led the insurrec-
tion of the Irish peasantry against the
English authorities in 1903.
Emmet. in the person of Robert Con- |
ne.s' ,H,, ~ oii .ie s'ase most VI .ne .'',e.
!" heh no. a.. ms country pehes. ne
makes love In seemiy way TO fair sarah
Currau. Angela Russell, formerly the |
Miranda uugp,ns In .Tbe Village Post
1"s aioa aussihs III ihe 'ihasS iost
IL. -
quite as pretty as ever. ana ner ART mas
i,nprovaa
r,,
me patri0t IS many captured anu ~
an abundance Of Ge,tic hI,n,or
Robert Conness, as Emmett proves to
oe {. rather clever actor. who wears tne
thomah be had iiwad IN u, that ara
....
Nine. Melba and her concert company
will he hearf, of the Odeon .o-nteht The
,.o,.-s .-.',s NN, y. m ].,,..,...
piosrahrae mas oeen arranged as ioiio"s'
and snd flnaie Tor Harp. PIANO
,,i aHu fIute d
'is"oi'''a sass. ~, u Miss t!eweiia DaV's a"'
Songs =. ~ with.
Ia) P,nisir d'Amour Martini |
{b) Minuet d'Exaudet. et............. Waclserlin