The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-12

IL / was SagAHk II va All AMY
De Branscombe's fault She introduces me
played in private life are the hepplest mo-
nents OF a young girls life. my arithmetic
tells me that TO wear them six nights q
week and every Saturday afternOOn-to say
nothing OF an occasional ~holiday-must be
seven or eight times nicer.
To gain all the illusions OF matrmony.
the poetic side without the grim reality is
an advantage surely that a stage bride pos
sesses that Is denied the bride OF private
lie Then again there are % many brides
who dress the part in a travelling gown OF
any old thing that comes handy. that *
is a great consolation Tor me 10 know that
my Dolly Varden' bridal dress IS real
lace"
Comedy Is very serious work 70 me-"
says Tim Murphy. The average heart IS
so full OF sorrow. so weighed with care.
II IL easy TO move to ears and sadness: but
to make people forget their burdens. to htt
them with laughter until they feel that life
Is sparkling Tith sunshine and gladnes.
that seems TO me truest art. and yet. 1 con-
\ TESS the awful TRUTH am yearDing to
dip into tragedy. to play Matthias In its
| entirety: Louis NJ and Richelicu-
4 Hike Shakespeare. too. but. worse and
| worse. desire to be original. Why should
an actor. because he plays tragedy. ignore
every humorous point in IA character?
Shakespeare IS full Of comedy ShylOck
brim full OF tremendous laughs anu bitter
satire on the Jew. full Of the intense pref
udice OF that age. and yet how seriously
the average actor plays him Shekespeare's
characters are msrveiously human; Why
couldn't they be played without the old
traditional staginess?
"ShakesDcarean ventures are costly. but
II we always stopped to count the cost In
this life. I'm afraid our achievements would
be very small. l remember 2 number Of
years ago. when l first commenced starring.
l met. OF course. with the usual difficulties
that come TO all stars and money was any
thing but plentiful. 1t was az the close
OF my season. i went TO the Garden Thea
ter. New York. 70 SEE a new production.
After the play. l met the manager and
he offered a very large sum to me to absn-
don my tour and play the leading character
In the play l had just witnessed.
of course I refused. He asked me the
same question: If l had stopped to count
the cost l told him I had weighed care
fully every burden. every sigh. every strug-
gle that went 20 the making Of a star.
ard 1 was willing to pay the penalty freely
II l could only realize my ambitions"
sss
Amelia Bingham. who appeared here ear
lier IN the season IN HaddOn Chambers's
MAY. ~ Modern MRgd1len." Is TO return TO
the Olympic Theater. May -. Miss Bing-
ham will present her company IN one or
more OF her New York successes. They in
clude Clyde Fitch's The Climbers" his
Msgdaien."
Joseph Brooks. Herbert Gresham and
John J. McNally. who recently went TO Lon
don TO witness performances OF Mother
Goose" the spectacle now running At the
Drury Lane Theater. have returned to New
York. after spending 4 month abroad.
NIhf1a I'm TnuHnu NJ MpSnHir- 9acffra1 ma
terlal for the new farce he will write for
the Rogers Brothers fer next season. The
ROGERS Brothers IN London" This farce
will be the first attraction presented in the
New Amsterdam Thea;er. which Kla &
Erlanger are now building in New York.
Stuart Robson will be seen In THE Educa-
tion OF Mr.. Pipp" next winter. The comedy
now is being written by Augustus Thomas
he taking his ideas from the famous sketch
es by Charles Dana Gibson. which depict
the struggles OF the patient Mr.. Pipp TO
scale the social ladder under the guidance
OF his ambitious wife and his beautiful !
daughters.
George AIDE has turned aside from mu-
steal comedy for the time being. and now
e at work upon his first play Of n ''legiti-
mate nature.
As II has been funmaking that has
brought Mr. AIDE his reputation. however. |
lt ~ I lAlE hOL - cLTIl 100 LAE AIoIl |
the lines which have made him famous, and
will give to the world a satire upon poiiti-
cal life entitled The Circuit Judge The
action OF the play will be located In Indi-
ana. and Will deal with characters well
known TO Mr.. AIDE during his younger days.
s.s |
Kyrle Bellew Is the author OF numerous
plays. several OF which were produced in
this country by three managers now dead
and gone-the late Henry z. Abbey. John
and Henry C.. Miner. Hero and
Leander.' "Yvonne." Charlotte Corday."
and THE Queens Necklace" were seen IN
this country. with Mr.. BeIlew and Mrs.
as their chief interpreters. Mr.. Bel
lew is now writing q new play based upon
one OF Tennyson's "Arthurian Legends."
With the shipload OF trunks which Ger
aldine Lang brings back with her TO Amer
lea. and with which the expreSsmen I'll
the big hall OF her New York home. IL e
no wonder that some pretty gowns are to
be seen in The St-ubbornness OF Geraldine"
In which Mary Manne.ing viii appear at
the Olympic.
II IS said to be a weli-costumed produc-
ton throughout. not even excluding the
pink bow donned by the faithful
Mrs. Jars. when she finds that mourning
Is not to be the fashion in her new mis-
tress's household
Miss Mannerfn had some OF her frocks
for the play made In Paris. and others in
New York
The very prettIest OF alI-the evening I
gown worn In the last act-was made in
the American city, and Miss Nannering /
likes home work and the 1T OF the New
York gowns SO well that she declares that !