The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-04

There was vast variety IN the opinion
that followed everybody's view Of Lady
Roses Daughter" at the Olympic Theater
last week
That the piece was I'll OF newuess most
folks admitted. That It was good and bad
all agreed, half on the one side, half on
the other.
The point Of view was everything. Those
that care for the mechanics OF the drama
were not pleased, for the construction OF
the piece was not at all carefully achieved.
Those that search only for the inter-
esting story. who are not troubled with
problems Of stagecraft or any other thing
save the eternal ''how is 1t going to come
out7' found the play very interesting.
for the interest is admirably sustained.
There is and will be much discussion of
Miss Fay Davis. who Is 6 promising young
woman with an interesting presence.
She Is not a pretty thing as the beauty
of the stage goes, but she IS attractive in
underlined ways, and there is about her
certain small manners that mark her for
individuality. She will doubtless grow in
notability.
we saw Mr. Guy Standing. as q proper
young leading man. for the FIRST time out
Of the villainy with which he has so long
been cloaked. He was rather an interest
ing leading man, but there fingered about
the eyes the leer Of studied wickedness-
the cartcature that the stage gives to real
sin-and he seemed TO be ready 10 read
the villains lines when the author had
other things for him TO do.
The author, by the by. made quite a
FOOL OF the Duke. Surely It is possible
for strong man 20 save q girl from ruin
by means less dramatic than those en-
pioyed in-the instance where DelRfield has
his scene with Julie ip;the Paris hotel
Other faults to be. Found by this fault
finder include complains over the small
duties that fell to capable Maggie Hollo-
way Fisher.
Nor was there enough OF explanation of
Of the story to know what the gallant
Major was about. You never felt his
3or ore e6 T6 aS fee s Psy HsSt y9T sh9gid a
late, when II came out in chunks
One OF the most promising novelties OF
the present dramatic SEASON would seem
to be the 6rAmAtiEatiop Of Mrs. Wigs
of the Cabbage Patch, which will be
seen for the hrst tinle, BY st. louis play
asy evening, when Mrs Msdge Carr Cook.
mother Of Eleanor Robson. and herself
an expert character comeLienne. will make
her bow here as delightful, quaint Mrs.
This producdon Will have its first COM
plete presentation on any stage at Louis
Vile, KY. tomorrow night that city hav-
ing triple claim to that honor In the fact
that it contains the original Cabbage
Patch itself. and Is the home Of both Mrs.
Alice Hegan Rice. who wrote the now
-'Lovey Mary" and OF Mrs. Anne Crary-
ford Fiexner, who has-at the special re-
quest OF Mrs. Rice-made this dramatic
II Is IN tIres acts, all the scenes Of
which are laid upon the Cabbage Patch
and serve TO Introduce all the so familiar
ina e saEs Gt PnePSls T ts nuHesT
pected' 70 have her ideal incarnation in
the stage portrayal by Mrs. MRdge Carr
Cook. the strangely peculiar girlish figure
Of Lovey Mary vtll be depleted by one
who has been, probably, the most dIstla-
guished ohild.actress upon the American
stage for q number OF seasons past-Miss
MABEL Tahaferro, who scored her first hit
IN "BlUe Jeans" and who has won her
greatest praise as the Fairy Child in VIII
liam Butler Yests's POLITICALLY fantastic
play, The Land Of Hearts Desire"
The intrastable Mrs. Stubbtns, who is TO
De the chief pure comedy character of the
piece, Is TO be portrayed by Mr.. William 7.
Hodge. whose impersonation Of the village
painter, Freeman Whitmarsh, in s'SsE
Harbor." won for him immediate nation
az reputation as a character comedian.
ae came then under the spell of the late
James A. Herne, and is an ardent disciple
ip the methods Of the school OF humorous
character realism Of that dead master OF
the dramatic art
Miss Helen Lowell, who was so delight
fully 'fussy" and old maidish as Sister
Susan in Quality Street''-winning sec
ond honors, indeed. TO those Of Mrs Maude
Adams herself-and who should therefore
be able most amusingiy to illustrate her
new spinster role, Is 10 play the part OF
the shiftless little Mis- Hazy. The juve-
nile element OF the books is also to be
fully reproduced. Asia, Australia and
Europea (the three ''jography'' named
girls, Plucky Billy and Pegstick Chris
who was so handy on his feet" will ali
fnd their places IN the various scenes
Mrs. Flexner. the playwright, has been
Obliged to invent a good deal OF original
material and a specific plot in particular
in order to give the piece a true dramatic
effectiveness. The new motive will come
1t Is said, as a real surprise, in fact since
il links Mrs. Wigs, Lovey Mary and Tom
my In dramatic relationship that does
not exist in the books. Lovey Mary's own
flight from the orphdnage takes place at
the very opening OF the drama. and its de-
nouement in the third act discloses Mrs
Wigs herself in a new situation of what
is expected TO be OF some heart interest