The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-25

! cess This !s the third Of the Herbert
light operas to he given in Germany. The
Singing Girl ard The Wizard Of the
Nile" having been previously presented
there.
friend the other day asked Hiram ".
Hayes where he got the atmosphere for
his Indian scene in the opening act Of
.-Louisiar .Out OF J. Fenaimore Coop
! er's Leather Stocking Tales" was the re-
ply. Il not only read and played Indian
as boy. like all other youngsters. but
even as a man l have always considered
Cooper's writings undoubtedly the most
correct in their descriptions OF early In
dian life OF anything ever written in the
line of fiction.
Il was born and brought up right in
the neighborhood OF the doings In The
Pathfinder and Last Of the MohicanS'-
the best OF the leather Stocking Tales
AS boy saw the last Of the old trap
pers who dwelt along the shores Of the
Great Lakes and iShed and trapped at
the mouth OF the Mohawk and GeneSee-
But the Louisiana Indians are Western
Indians" was suggested -cr ~
Well. you know l spent several years
down on ,he Mexican border and in the
Bad Lands and know something about
Western Indians as well. hu, the Western
blanke, Indian is not the Indian OF fic-
tion. The stage Indian will always be
the J. Fennimore Cooper Indian The pub
lie will have no other"
All the artists engaged for the produc-
tion OF "Parsifar' in English have ar
rived IN New York. with the exception
of Alois Pennarini Mr. Pennarini has
been detained at Hamburg by his engage
ment at the Staat Theater. He will have
TO ring IN ''Tanlhauser." Tristan and
Isolde" and In Die walkure." "Siesfried"
and "Gotterdammerune' in a cycle OF the
Ring of the NiebIunS before obtaining the
leave of absence that will enable him 10
accept Mr.. Savage's offer TO create the role
Of ParSifal in English
There has been no postpcIemcnt in the
date of the first performance cs Wagnes>
festival play. which will take place as
originally announced at the fremont The
ater. in Boston. on October IL. where IL
will remain for two weeks
Oliver Doud Byron who for full quar-
ter of century wss prominent on the
American stage. but who has for several
years been In retirement. Will make his
reapI .arance behind the foo;iights this
season. He will be a member OF the COM
psLy of Ada Rehan. who Is his sister-in-
law Mr.. Byron's first success was In Don
Cesar de Bazan." but his name Is identified
with the melodramA Across the Cont
nent" which ne played for twenty-five
year.. visiting nearly every city town or
hamlet in the United States. He is the
father OF Arthur Byron. who is to be
Maude Adams's leading man this season
His wife was Kate Crehan. q sister OF
Ada Rehan. and OF the 'ate Hattie Rus
sell
CURRENT PLAY BILLS.
TIE Su!tnn of Suiu-- George AIDES nrst COM
ely viii be revived the Century Thomas
vhlfcn has succeeded Frank Moulaa the
funny Ki-ran. Fred Fre-r os the original cast
IL again 80 b. seen In his old r5rt- Flo Irwin.
sistsf 10 NAV: Mauts Williams. Nellie Nichols.
Helen Tomlin>on. Beryl Gomez and a chorus Of
aftv should give a sprixhfiy performance
Henry Claw BaruAb>e OF cnmic-op>ra fame
and his COMPANY head The bill at in. /
Columbia With Mr. Bsrnabee uiiI appea. Ruth
PeseieA Pessr Donald and Meta Carsas. xAey