The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-30
OPENING OF THE DELMAR
LOUISIANA" is SUCCESSFUL

| rrc,a,I,d Was . bct,cr ,>n-.sxio,, of the
| credit that is due to tn. local men who
| originated and prepared the music ex-
| trayaranzo thnp =, written ouin,on could
ne 'nques'"haoiN the Dciinar "ardeh
| feature is GO
Whom two ser,ous efforts dealing with
the same subject. are being made in st.
| Louis during the Fair 10 duplicate the sue
cess OF America" the dramatic event Of
| ~ ,-,,;,.,, ,,,. 3. - s.'.-,.s,,'i'.
i'4,' II "tN'"i''S ii'Ii'"SSiu'' -
say that either has hit the mark until the
| first few weeks are wefthercd ont. But
tho .r,,,s,,.,,. 1T, II L. a.,
t"c unjust t'eh' Which was oii'fed ny 'fe
heiihir management last night certainly
| was both entertaining and en;huSinS.
There were music and play color and
lights. dancing and hallcts symbolism and
funny uavesties. variety and detail
The theme is undertaken in a PRACTICAL
way. Uncle sam. Columbia. Miss LoIisi-
ana Miss Dixie and oyer, Tho American
Eagle. mytholoEi.aI tersonases alI. are
persoEatcd. Great st!,sS Is. laid npon the
wildnesS of the original Louisiana Terri
tory and the wonderful development
which has been accomplished in IOl years
Still. this sort of thing is not taken too
seriously: the joke of representing Unreal
persons is left apparent and sh., audience
is permitted. eve. induced TO laugh at
them now and then.
Miss Columbia for instance. in tn. very
earliest days of her career. way utcll IN
l>3. is made to ask Why i< a kiss?
What is its charm Then. with such a
highly e'iifvins inspira tion. she goes ON to
sing a song upon the subject And later.
when we are introduced to Pontiac the
great Indian chief. he is allowed 90 re
mark that he knew gal up in Dakota
and her name was AIinnehaha-'
US 'Ia. ha: ha. ha.' laughs @ everybodv. ere bo,dy
AT that, Pontiac. in excellent English
proceeds 10 sing about My Sweet pa
many things which are said TO hiring the
laughs. few are genuinely funny Blu,
laughter Is ELECTED by good buffooneTy and
Grotssqueries. while the real basis Of the
whole performance does not lie In the fun
balIets, in the scenes. in the pictures % 81 ''''
NOVEL E-EaTI-pES
FL r--A mrs
inc mover IN connection with character
istics of the production has been sought
and found f,,-cl,,,- o,,,siIo - ,h, .,ac,o
CIV .o"tu ~ o'iis ouIs'ue o' the stage
duu inCIoslfiS the orSheStra Is real wa
yer. pom TINS the indlans come IN their
ing ana Singing The idea Is a good and
an effective one
The whole of the Garden Theater has
oeen rearranSed- The seats are better
and facilities have been improved. The
company, Which Is a large one. having
Wei-knoWn names IN Its cast has been
Me.i drilled. drilled For an initial nerformance.
Last nisnt event Went OF with Few
hltches- II Is pam mat some pruning VIII
isb spn.sre5 ou' Ho'ii'is saiiisiS HAWK
iS.I ap,aIeu- 80
ne Sutaln ElSes upon scene az 81.
Louis In aboriginal days Indians are per
FORMING an Invocation 70 the Great Spirit.
a.. ano,dii IN iilaluehs ~ preSeI!y appear ana JON
IN Ihe sons- An !loian Danst ioilf, ioil3"fs,
which Is the first OF a series OF splendidiy
SIstGfiied S.,s and executed ensemble danse:s.
@ men cum Ineuigle men 70 quo ile Lrs.
appear The Pathflnders the frontiers-
Iisi oi the carry oay' he ahsd py Brotn.r
yII ilaI'iSl-n rs IdSeI ihat ne sro"s t itiso
EFT, Miss Dixie and the American EAGLE
p,iN SI pc ~ stIioAsn: ~ IIic;, III Ds
W., oi nne y. - me ~ co,,ois
mn mn are ehaolt-u to PEVp1ieSy ufe SDhiihs
Weisrn n, ana srShaeur o. dulsiaia; ,n mere ere
at broShef !onathan declares that ne e et,
VIII WISH the emperor Napoieoh ana
50 they all go TO the court Of France
We are nitr roiuctu i 70 men. Ineie u, t.
- siines Whsre We see . mower ".,ie' tilsi
per OF pretty cancers ana IN me precision
WIN WHICH .hey nave lea .heir =, stepS s,
hree sceLles carry tne SPestatpr % %thsuusn
I.er ~, eAperleSss aUroau, MhiSH neeSSs -,
Gene. touche. Iaheyrano. Aurat. the f.tn-
tne 81 co'IrtIass csn,,-t II M AID Sslamas
Kiramas and Patamas-fortune tellers AS
TO the forture-telling abilities OF the lat
concerning pNa ,niaoS.s co,irse VIII r.,er
ence to the sale:
He's all out Of cash.
N, he DON'T give clam
Like very poor man
He does sell out Then in the final act
we are carried over the 100 years to the
=, t,s nI'd Ees,,a Ijir a, tba wnrlds
Fair. Again the staging is exceptional
and the separate stage pictures me.
As Sai4' .ne II" E sis, Ti rs.,,a ~,
the fun in the funny things said When
The TraveiT; the leading comedy part,
.at. I niih & III ms s .eyi. e. e., Ia,
stions. He has. however. one ioke- II
lies in his explanation OF hfs compounded
Iiih;tn ana "hl,1 pioou py reInarkIns s I
M, niav ne a,.Sar Msy
p',>S u, t'S oaa es nt;s., u-.,-.- 9, Yo,is
,i.i isS s,S 80 oInor, ,nni1;ss an5 ;rnnrnwss
an-, @ sSiiS, 9puisans yyiii II sIoan
mem mem q - .sirs q; ~, e,atra n has ~
e.,',,,J 49,, "a coyoaSy rola and he re,s n,nch
So. :, NJ, S,or5 I ,nhsr, tsranlr,in n
ti,m T-;iI;an ~ S,a1-art Tfi,e Erances
49, n.,ss zsir'a psw,is,on George =,
Me.i ~ tSs cast contribute nn,b 10 the
a,,,ar,.inran.
ssss
.-rbe Tenderfoo.." with Richard Carle.
-, -. -, u-,,,,.r'
Aih.i houhii' fShei 'O'iHis"h anu ""i"i'
Rock and the other merrymakers I'm their
old narts entered rrpon its -inal week a.
o.o 20, -. "'''
ine century.
William Rock. whose coolie Chinaman
is s,,cb n notable feature of the perform-
- .,.- -, -, . -. .,
ance. recently played before party oil
Chinese gentlemen connected WltE the I'm
perial Commission to the Worlds Fair
'rbe,, CHANGED r. attend a performance of
lhey chahceu u .i''eiu per" i''','i'e Va
The Tenderfoot." and were naturally
amused tx- Rocks coolIe
.I fol, iika (. cigar sirr be,np razss at