The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-03

ptaBue sufferers OIL Mazatldu, MeAi-
e. whilst doing a good act. the purchaser
OF a ticket will at the same time hear q
ueusnttu concert. The names of the ar
uses VIII insure al artistic musical even
ing. A hne audience Is assured. The pro-
gramne is as follows:
PART L.
SMIsndss1traMMareh La Fiesta -; Rineoryierne
p,s. director.
WV Mr.. A. L. Peiiaion.
''''n.La Marcellina. fantasia etude;":
r,.s MIR. Emile Kars.. .e
Ms. Charlie Charles Ms J. p peiFnins Miss Theresa Finn Dea az.
Tri-Rendo from r fS5" 10. / De serio.
Misses Alice h. Layat. Nellie A. viii and signor
H~.rp-Fantas,e on Last @G Rose of Summer. .Liuzz,
s'sA0[ r AR 4 h Il.
A Mendeissoh Rai Musical Society a0sA0"sA
q S 20 tn lie pays CMisnon> =: A. Thomas
Mrs. George {. Carrie. .
rl'h0-s'her7G M No. + + K 4. 4 s; E F. enop,n
Tenor ,Do'-H Ron II. q tssf a!ss G c carrie RE: A. P''SA'sn'
Mes:is f. II. Kroese gSs and Emil ii Karst.
Tr'oN MI from Faust ...:;n.i. Gounod
All comedians aim. when any prominent
personages are in the audience, and espe-
cialiy when they occupy boxes. to play
up to them. In other words. they make
special efforts In the direction of their dis
~tinguished auditors. Naturally, they are
eager to note the effect thereof. James I.
W has had an uncommonly wide ex-
perience in this line. Probably he and Mrs.
James Brown Potter and Kyrle Benew are
the only players who have practiced their
art in a field ranging from the domain of
the Mahara1ahs of India to Broadway. New
York. In all this wide range Powers has
amused. He says that he never failed in
playing up" to any particular parsonage
until the season before last.
The occasion was the engagement Of
s Toy" In San Francisco. In that mu-
steal comedy he unprecedented a Chinese
character, appropriately named LII" On
the opening night Of the performance a dis
tinguished party OF Chinese occupied the
two stage boxes. The most important men,
Der, a high mandarian, was seated nearest
the stage, and so close to the performers
when the curtain was up that only a few
feet separated them. Next to him sat the
official Interpreter employed in the courts
of San Francisco.
Powers played to this particular Chinese
celebrity whenever he could. He watched
the Chinaman's features constantly. When
the nnal fall of the curtain occurred the
comedian remarked that the mandarin
didn't seem to enjoy the performance.
Later. Mr.. Powers met the Interpreter in
the Palace Hotel and said in gloomy ac-
cents: Your friends evidently did not en-
joy my performance tonight. They never
once laughed The Interpreter replied that
the circumstance was no Indication of their
feelings. as 1t was a strict rule in the best
society of hint never to allow any ex-
preston Of emotion to appear on their faces
in public.
Thus encouraged. the comedian asked him
h the mandarin had said of his perform
ance. The Interpreter replied: H asked
what kind Of a man Powers was playing
and remarked that. Judging from the
clothes he wore, 1t must have been a China
man"
Members Of the Lambs Club are enjoy
ing a laugh at the expense of Maclyn Ar
buckle. The which does not grieve him
soreiy, for he. too. enjoys the joke.
Some time ago he wrote to his this sea-
sons manager. Daniel V. Arthur, for seats
at the Bijou Theater. to see Marie Cahill
in Nancy Brown" The stamped envelope
he enclosed for return contained the simple
address, "Maclyn Arbuckle. the Lambs
City" go
For days he awaited a reply to his re-
quest. but none was forthcoming. Then,
SAS Neyp ASShhh &Ahs \ lok Lt plSdCIlS
the matter to him. pt.
why. they were sent to you. Mclyn."
said. Manager Arthur.
well, they haven't arrived yet. and its
over a week now since I sent for them"
replied Arbuckle. vsE 49,
That's strange,',~ replied Mr.. Arthur:
however, here areetwo Others" and here
the matter was supposed to have reached a
happy conclusion ~
: But not so. The other day Mr.. Arbuckle's
letter containing the two seats originally
asked for arrived at the Lambs Club, in
dorsed as, follows across the face: "Sert
to the Tonbs by mistake. Person intended
for not here yet q
B How that yet pleased Arbuckle's
friends at the Lambs! 1t seems that the
actor writes a very angular hand, and also
makes his as look like o's. Hence the
mistake. ,.-4-
According to Miss Annie Russell. the
hardest worked woman in the world is an
actress.
Said she the other day.: "The average
girl who works in a shop has a much bet
ter time all the year round than 1 do. You
must remember that 1 have absolutely no
recreation from the: time the season opens
until the season ends. 1t is a routine of
sleep, get ready for the theater and then
act. and the same old story day after day
except Sunday. Decorum makes 1t neces-
sary, for me to stay in the house on that
day. ~
And SO. IL you look at 1t from my view
point. you must agree that L am really the
one to be pitied. / haven't been at the
opera for four years, and / do love 1t so
much. The average woman who works
go to parties and theaters and meet
new people on new ground. She may go to
the theater to be amused. and needn't go II
he doesn't want to-. Then the monotony