The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

r. probably the best business that has ever
bssn known at the Century Theater came
@tUSColonel Savage'S prince of Pilsen" last
week. The attraction might go gaily on
Indefinitely, If, the growing attendance may
be taken to mean anything. Each audience
has been a greater crush than the one
ahead Of 1t.
Tomorrow night the Boston impressar1c
win introduce another OF his attractions.
the famous Castle Square Opera organiza-
ton. which will remain on the Century
stage for a month or more. All of the sing
ers who won especial consideration at Music
Hall will be in the casts from time to time,
and the operas that have proved most popu-
lar In St Louis will he among the bills.
1t has been a full year since Joe Sheehan,
Adelaide Norwood and the others were last
here, and several years since they were
nrBt here. There will be a big and interest
ed audience at the Century on the opening
night, critically concerned in knowing what
irnprovements-or the other ~thing-have
been made
Ben Hur' enters upon its second week
ut the Olympic Theater tomorrow even
ing. This big spectacle. which has made a
fortune for Its promoters and another for
General Lew Wallace. holds all records for
single, double and triple weeks business in
" CIV AaAoaS Ct wv
Olympic a year ago, and the various man
agefnents are looking forward with interest
to the statements that will be made out
when the present engagement is at an end.
VT st. Louis pianists. the Misses OttyIe
and Juliette Sopdheim. received most ia
vorable notice In a recent issue of the New
York Evening Post. They nave just re-
turned from a successful concert tour
Abroad, and appeared in a two-piano con-
cert at Mendelssohn Hall. in New York
City. After dwelling upon the c%ontrover-
~ - to the artistic propriety of ~two-piano
Interpretations and recalling the fact that
Joseffy and Rosenthal once INDUCED in the
practice, the Post says: The sisters, who
arc young and comely, displayed not only
q commendable technical skill, but an ar
tistic appreciation OF the music they played.
Their ensemble WIS remarkable for its pre-
cfsion: one might have thought that only
one person was playing. They will doubt
less give much pleasure on their tour. The
programme might be probably varied by
four HI performances on one instrument
Of Schubert's superb marches and other
works Of that class"
Martin Harvey. the young English actor,
is soon to appear at the Olympic in THE
Only Way" He believes that real success
depends upon the presentation of plays that
could be seen with propriety in a drawing
room.
People appreciate what is good" he says,
and what II more. they kno what is
good. There are many authors who try to
produce their works before they are, proper
~ speaking, ready. writing is ex-
ceedingly hard. / have tried 1t myself. but
only to see the enormous difficulties await
ing me. I learned much from my efforts,
but OF course 1t is impossible to take up
two professions.
IA regards the part I play. I simply ac-
cept what appeals to me above all as good
I.meen 70 regards character and morality.
For the rest I trust to the sensibilities of
my audience. ] am an optmist in regard
to the stage. and I have a great belief in
acting that IL good and better.
Il believe In the taste of the public, and 1t
u fatal to underestimate the opinion Of the
public In relation to a play. It depends on
the spirit IN which the play is handled II
In Ahe true spirit. all right: il not. the usual
c-opgeQuences. failure"
-sPesgy From Paris by George Aid, was
nfven its initial presentation at the Stude-
baker Theater, Chicago, January rs. The
uusic 10 by William Lorraine. The piece is
III teo acts and five scenes. Peggy (Helen
BeStfam) IL an American girl from Hickory
Crefk. IT.. Sho is the daughter Of Capta'n