The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-01

! ing al the back and returning to the plat
| form by the aisle. 10 the cleft, When
Everyman stepped into his crave. Good
Dedes by his side. and knowledge press
| ing close. while the Five Senses. Strength
and Beauty fled CRYING their Indifference
as they were lost in the back passages
tour. who. in solemn tones. pointed the
moral that had already gone well home.
| The lights returned and the Twentieth
Century with them.
David L. Francis. who. with Mrs. Francis.
had box on the left of the house. Miss
Florence Hayward. who saw Iveryman
In London. was deeply concerned.
The Right Reverend Bishop futile: the
Reverend Doctor Robert y. Holland. Rab-
hi Messing. Rabbi Harrison Professor
| Calvin NJ. Woodward. Miss Fruchte, Pro
fessof William Schuyler. General Noble.
r NJ. crunden and Louis Werner, were
among the many who saw the old play.
The charming Miss NIarnering returned
10 the Olympic in THE Stubbornness OF
Geraldine" 1t is, as many persons know, Il
! comedy that glitters with bright sayings
favor of truth with which to ielica tcly
cover the whole. 1t was good enough for
one season. but after that--wel. Mary
MannerinS deserves something newer and
better.
Geraldine is n role with Just an atom Of
strength IN il. but pret.y-prctty TO the
finger tips. Miss Mannerins makes the
part appropriate for her use. She must
have been ;tehast, though, at the prospect
of Il second year. In the character she is
her seemingly ingenious self. buoyant.
brisk. piquant; sometimes demure. some
times mischievcus, now penSNe in repose.
now tantaiizins in ,coquetrX and reckless
in the pervsrsty of q rebellious heart.
By a Fanthette burst Of resentment and
revolt against the injustice of circum-
stances. Miss Mannering, with hysterical
vehcmence carries her audience to en-
thusiasm at the end of the third act, when
there is strong opposition to the advance
ment OF the Hungarian nobieInan she
loves.
This is her best moment. without which
the part would be altogether unworthy OF
her. The name of the play IS misleading.
and convincingly so. Count kinsey. who
accompanies her to America. is unjustly
assailed in n business venture, and when
Geraldine refuses to believe the rumors
about him she is. called stubborn. Loyalty
would be a better word.
In the card scene much of the repartee
is lost in the fog of illusions TO New
York persons and places of only local
fame. If the acting manager would sub
s'titutc similar ST Louis notablcs ana
communities. this part of the performance
The company is excellent. particularly
Arthur Byron. who appears as Count
kinscy; Ann Archer as vi Thompson. a
breezy girl from the West Ernest Law
sen as Mr.. Wrighton.
The new show at the Columbia is sub
stantial and varied. but the element of
novelty is lacking. Johnny and Emma
Ray OF "A Hot Time fame are the head
liners in an up-to-date version of Casey
the Fireman" Pay is born buffoon. and
mis- Irish brosue is so generally initiated
that it is worth while hearing the original
L
real thing. Like the tramp impersonation
of Edmond Hayes. the Rube Whipple of
Frank Bell and Billy Clifford's. chappie.
Johnny Rays idea of the shanty Irishman
will be 4 tradition in vaudeville long after
his name is forgotten.
The other performers are Wallno and
Marietta. Vienna dancers; j. X. Glenroy.
nonoloSuist; White and Simmons. in II
minstrel sketch: Arthur Asra. -juggier:
Wilona and Banks Winters, in a short
play: the st. Leo family; Trask and Glad
den. singers and dancers; Ed La Sale,
juggling comedian; the Grierson Sisters,
vocalists, and Alec Palmer jester.