The St. Louis Republic., 1904-10-30

the merits of his souvenir. doubtless
thinking that he was making a deep i'm
preston upon the stranger. Suddenly the
man took a pencil from his pocket and,
writing upon a slip of paper, inquired the
cost Of the souvenir He was deaf.
George Kingsbury will present "a Girl
From Dixie at the Grand opera-house
next week. The company is the same that
appeared at the Century last spring. The
principals are Genevieve Day. D. l. Don,
Clifford Leigh, Olga May. Charles French
and Thomas keogh.
Delmar race track will be the scene Of
dramatic, although hardly classic
spectacle at 8 o'clock this afternoon. Two
railroad locomotives Of the passenger
type will meet in a head-on collision while
going at /. high rate Of speed. Few peo-
pie have witnessed collison-a farmer or
two perhaps working in the fields near
where one has occurred Many persons
have been unfortunate enough to be in a
railroad wreck and many have seen the
wreck after the collision. but it always
remained for an enterprising Snowman to
produce a railroad disaster, SO that 1t can
be witnessed by anyone who in the Ian
guage Of the profession has the price"
WHAT THE PLAYHOUsEs
WILL OFFER THIS WEEK.
Never in its history has the Olympic housed
such large audiences as now. 'Ben-Hur' con-
.nues to s.trast hmisa Ss only ey y
carefully produced throughout- The stage pic
ture. show The interior of Roman trireme;; e;
Daphne and the housetop Of the palace Of Hur
IN Jerusalem. Eight horses participate in the the
fectively rendered By the Increased olympic
orchestra.
N c. Goodwin will present . new comedy.
''rhs Usurper." at the Century. The piece Is
said to be q capital society play with Good
ssn W. w.r. sss
Tor for bis I weii-known % comedy ability.
Kiralfys louisa n Purchase Spectacle IS now
entering upon its sixth month at the odeon.
One OF the most pleasing features introduced
by way of speciality in the production Is the
radfur, dance which Is scientific puzzle, be-
season as Q pasain& novelty. 1t became so popu
lar as to remain q permAnency. and will be
retained until the close OF the run Of the spec
tacle In st. Louis.
Lafayette and his company will come to tbs
Columbia Monday. The organization will pre-
sent Thibetan mystic play. entitled The
Pearl Of Bhuten," which is described as
spectacular representation Of legend OF tho
Hrne. rrinadad De drenadina. n In ~ assisted % By " a
trouoe Of pantomimists: The Four Musketeers.
sTS rs. vi pvsrs sts Dream aesnie sketch: Alex:
andsr. the soprano; Nile: Aline novelty hoop
esDeciiliy % entertaining ming to @ the Children; Nil
lard Brothers. hsn5olsti; walter DaaieIs; I'M
.The Darling Of the Gods'' now in its four
teenth week at the Imperial. continues to
please. Prominent in Miss Bates's support are
Eugene ormonde. :. Harry Benrimo. Albert
gIueniHg and RANKIN Dgyall; M. ,ormondss
asies 4es1iicay depict scenes IL u Old nHs Sspaa
Ward and vokes return to tho Grand Opera
house In "a Pair Of Pinks' As given last
season. this farce provided capital entertain
ment. The revival Is said to be an improve
appear appel - a &c comedy detectives Margaret Daily
Yokes. Lucy DAILY. Blanche West and Dan
Coleman arc amonE the principal funmakers.
.ss1fcFadden's Row Of F1ats'' will be the bill
It Havfin's The funny tramp. the famous
yellow kids trio Of musicians. q company Of
acfubats and q quartet are featured this year.
The company, II Il said. is the largest ever
engaged IN the presentation Of this farce.
LILLIAN Atwood will be seen at the Crawford
In '.Sapho." An elaborate scenic production
Is promised Tbs play Is a careful dramatiza-
tion of Daudets celebrated novel. Il Is in four
acts. The scene depicting the French ball,
where Sapho meets Jean. Is declared to be the
most eolorfuI In the production.
sss
Ths Fay Foster Company comes to ths Stand
ard. Captain Keliers Royal zouave girls win
give the featured speciality. Zoe Mathews,
we'll known in vaudeville. Is the principal
comedienne. On the olio are CUNNINGHAM and
SMITH Arthur Yule, Louis Darcre. Eva Wheel
er and Bertino and Walters.
neisart Loses Damage Suit.
REPuBI1c SPECIAL.