The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-07

In an interview which the Theatsr Maya
zine has secured with Tommaso salvini.
the great Italian PLAYER admits that he haa
grown weary of acting. He says:
Il no longer enjoy acting for itself. Every
human being, I think / may say. loves to
be applauded. When. as in Naples recently
one feels that one moves the entire audience
of crowded theater. comprising all grades
of society. from the fashionable woman. to
whom the theateT is al everyday occur
renee. to the humblest fisherman-when ons
receives salvos of applause. and young en-
thusiasts leap upon the stage to embrac:
one. who would not he grained?
But the acting i.sclf no longer gives ms
pleasure. j am weary and wolld prefer to
live in my sons career now.
But If by giving occasional performance
can further his interests. / am ready tc
do So" Then he spoke OF his son. of whom
he is very proud. My son GuStavo should
have a great carer he said. He has
only to become known to be recognized as
very superior actor" We mentioned the
late Alexander salvini. SO well liked in
America. "Ah, yes. poor Alessandro But
Gustavo is very different nature
He is studious. thoughtful. absorbed in
his art. 1 hope thai some day he will 20 30
America but before that must come Lon
don A London success must precsde visit
W Iou are Il lfaCtlCal peOD q.
Your managers wish 10 see ninety-nine
chances of success against one OF failure
My son is unknown outside of Italy An
agent Is now trying to arrange a meeting
between him and Charles Frohman But
London must come first. London papers are
read in New York, and they soon make
merit known
He VIII not long be stranger TO Amer
lea once he has appeared in London. Was
not years ago. called to America immedi-
ateiy after my London appearance? Ny
sons Hamlet, he continued lis a great
performance. IL, appearance. too, he is well
suited to the part
Other favorite roles with him are Don
Caesar de BaZan, Edipus. in which Mounet-
suiiy recently appeared in Rome and suf-
tered in COMPARISON. and Petruchio in The
Tanning OF the Sh,ew. His Otkello, too,
while i do not say it is mine is fine i'm
personadon, but. as you see ne does NOT
confine himself 10 tragedy"
David Belasco is gaining a wealth of
practical experience as The years roll
around with their fortunes for him When
he first presented the New Workers with
the ideal OF a home theater he furnished
reurinS and dressinE-rooUs quite as elah-
orateiy as the foyers. Bric-a-brac. rugs
rare furniture. all were artistic and high
priced. even down 10 combs and brushes
and clocks. The New York Sun describes
how the women came and took more than
an interest in them.
The towels We're first seized on as cute
souvenirs OF the new theater and they dis
appeared at the rate of $50 for each per-
formance. When the precaution was taken
OF marking them with the identifying ini-
tails of the owner they went the faster. II
seemed to add to their value in the es-
teen of the collectors.
One day the maid found lady of elegant
apparel slowing the clock away in one of
her stockings. 1t was one of the choicest
things in the room-the clock. II was a
Marie Antoinette clock
The maid didn't know whether. ii had be-
longed to Marie Antoinette at one time or
whether Il reflected her idea of what a
clock ought to be. Mr. Belascu had i'm
ported II and it was inventoried among the
properties of the theater at a high price
What are you doing with that clock in
your stocking?" asked the maid.
The lady snapped the elastic OF her silken
garter viciously and. blushing committed
this hardened reply:
Il always wear stockings with clocks in
them"
The maid reported the occurrence to Mr.
Belasco.
Did you recover the olock?' he asked
blowing his field OF gray hair with his man.
toured fingers.
Yes sir" said the maid. but when !
came up here to tell you there was another
lady fdegeting around with it."
&AH apd Bslasco rushed down stairs. The