The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-26
THE DAZZLING OF THE GODS'' BEGINS
ITS NINTH WEEK-LAST NIGHTS BILLS

The real wonder of the season IL tie
Blanche Rates run ~ tie imperial. Be
ginning tho ninth ws.S last night
. Miss Rates sr! Tie Daring ~ the
cody h5vs E.t &" -'e point ,ha, there
can he M ir-re,s- In n. crowds.
Msnac.T Worm said lest night that
! the Darling of tile Gg.Is' had PLAYED!
ip ca.ariiy At every performance
| foF two weeks ard that the pre-
ceding weeks lad ;iriy.d - We'll that he
! Rad BADLY hofed frr het;c-. Now he
! wonders what H. en- go 20 SOW the i'm
/ provsFI"r' shat r. ever deTlaa,!e.i In these
| days ~ uEtroiea progress.
| Certain e = that TIE Darling ~ the
| Gods IS ? novelty. 70 = Euiik. any ,,hc-
| dramatic thing that fas -yor been done.
/ In THIS coi.I':-
Il is not comedy. ."t there is much
I - tha; pleasant element a.oaS til.. way
/ SIDE a. tI-- five actS
II j. 4 tras',iy. most c"r;a.aiy. yet it
Il ir S.. s-'f fsie ~ color q gJ -s--- anil
movement. y-l u has Jii 81 fh- ri.s:is.,t-
o. dramtIf Unity. :.gi -.:- and Ini-:l.
.i.'S .Sir- T. . f"rcv.aI personality.
.fGH q ,.oEsu good actC-s materially aid
n -" represent atom. 3.,st al al iim.s
whether size = on Ill. stag" o. NOT. Miss
Bats Is the a"miu i;Irg ;Ia4snce
Two ~ three y...r- .g., frfS .~-r...s
made = l"t cf friends n.Fc ~ II f.ic; Two
ilaSS when 81" gave nor .il.r.ninR u,.,--
i"fi4aHs' II ti-arc;te. hut this iiru.- she
~ h'' .iiF r'rsw'd tn "'i acguaiHt-
ail,' % '-' 'ii.rl'. thousands e.: .gty- rn.ss
'''t;iis Gown tn cold figures I heiieye
it.t ~ i'cre-ns-r slGruf E4ttyi f.--.nuS
", vi nav" seen i..= Play .it iEe Imperial
i",Sal i a wonderfully complex part.
hui MiSs iiatcS i is usfailirx ,-lu4I
". hy IN. cii''sc'. there should b. q
.l'4z' ~ tA,s cn-Illuu-ty who Will faii
:" 50 The Darling ~ ~. ,;nas-' l.. xiI
hHd himself :" '.r nlha2py minority.
''Ghn Sultan - SUN vas -e,;ve, I,
the century About the on.y familiar pin
cipai was Frei F:".r as ijadG Tanteng.
the SGl;aI's scr. ta.y. Made Williams @.
i"ui'.an"' memory wore stunning f-ocks
as n" American girl. Henrietta Rrid.
originally played by Maudc Lillian Rc-r:.
Nellie Nichols. diminu;ive dancer. sg,c-
ocedsd Gertrude cuinlaa az Ch.aulta.
the Suitan's fTst wife. Flo Irwin appeared
as the sInsr; Ju1ze AIvocate
All wc=; well Lrti! TIE Sultan himself
arrived. Those VITO recalled Frank Mou-
'an's funny representation. didn't fancy the
newcomer. Tommy yhiTen He d.d his
merry best-but he was not OF ,h.. Mou-
!an-fiiichcock class
In The matter OF chorus beauty and en-
seinnie sprigh;iinesS. it was the same pleas
ing production
Mother Goose" began its fourth week at
the Olympic. with the largest audienc. of
the engagement. Joe Cawthorae Harry
Nelly and w H Iacsrt pleased immense
" last night. Their bgr.esque OF The ryinS
nalet was again a feature OF the perform
NN-L
Leila Mcintyre were often recalled Miss
Aynar Laughing Water" song was the
iit OF the first act
Williams and WaIknr delighted thai, ,oi-
lowing al the Grand Opera-hou-e. OF the
many songs they introduce In In pa-
honey the hits are Walkers Me and
De Minstrel Band" and the gag SONG
given by Burt Williams in the >econd ar,
w w iiiains was recalled eight times after
MS MS Innny snort as night. Some o: their
o.d successes might be appropriately given
during this engagement They have Tever
quite lived down You Amt So Warm"
ard i Don't Like No Cheap Man"
On the SuHanee River" an old favo-i,.
AZ Haviir's- Was the Offering q: that plav-
h0uss last Iishi Laura Bennett.
L.ndy. the negro nanny" whose come
uy never fans 20 amuse Stella Msyhey
originated this role Ethel Dunbar was
Insn. as Colonel Clayton. gave a clever
delineatioh OF character often over
acted.
Black PATHS TrOubadours gave an ex-
ce-le:,i riGS'csl show 4. the Crawford
Sissere;ta Jones herself heads the cast
Her voice Is quite As good as ever. Jchn
Rucker. Ida Forcea and Matte PHILLIPS
are prominent in this seasons organlza-
ton .'Loonsy Dreamiand" and Tie OF
ferhach Review" both e1travaganzas
proved the features OF the bill
This !s the eighteenth week n, ~ o;I.s.-
ana" at Music Hall There are three in
cicen;s In the Hayes extravaEan.s which |
always win applause. though not n word iS
spoken The first - the entrance n. Pom
'iac in his canoe. the second - the ap-
pearance Of Miss Louisiana. and the thI-! |
Is he awakening OF Uncle sam before the |
Worlds Fair Cascades. Last nigh, these /
episodes were esnecisily well received
A large party Of Geisha girls ocIp,.i 4
boxes nt the Kiralfy Louisiana Purchase 1
Spectacle" last night. II wa. the one hun /
dred and seventy-seco1d performance of /
'Louislaaa' At the Otieon.
The kentuck- Belle presented a two-acr |
farce called -Murphy's Masqusraie." AT
the STANDARD on the vaudeville oi!o We're
the three L.I!Ei Brothers. European GYM
rssts. Reid and Gilbert. humorous cbnver-
srtioasl!st5. the Reliance Quartet and
A!leen and Hamilton.