The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-18

tell uhetho. Nine L. Touchee Is a WON
an or lisht-charged dummy.
The Hayes LOUISIANA Al Music Hall
is vastly better than the sumner-sarden
show. The music p!eascs more, the COS
and shad.nC-vhich counts ecT much In
/ this sort ~ entertainnent-are improved a
A., hundred per cent
| l. is the clai moi kiralfy's Louisiana
| Purchase Spectacle that the production
throughout IS true to history Il had no
difficulty IN dealing with the main scenes
and incidents Of the transfer OF the LOU
isiana Territory to the United States
said Bolossy ki.alfy the other evening.
| History on that point is volurninous
and books of illustration OF that period
| abound in all the larger libraries through
out the country. With the burial Of De-
| 500. my task vas harder. but l f-iiey.
after an EXHAUSTIVE. historical searrh I
have reproduced III thu panoramic seem, In.
the first act OF my spectacle. tho actual
srene Of the death ara burial Of the =. .dr
oiscos crer in e,e.y oetaii. even to the I'm
| beT Of monks and Iayrnen in IN. toaf
with him ~ the time.
NY main difficulty Was with the era Of
| the Mound Builders. scene. I found hut
little of historical matter that was accur-
| rate On the subject After cor Insulation
con,-y dscifea to se,eet ms ma % s
| from tho historical work Of A. J. Conant.
A NJ: known as the Traces OF Prefis-
toric Man in Missouri" II ;he spectator
OF my production will consult this wock
he viii! find thai all o: the prcperties used
In the Mound Builders scene are taken
from illustrations in Conant's history. The
barhar!c revels l have reproduced faith
fully. SO that l fear no criticism from the
historical student on that score ] regard
my Louisiana spectacle as the greatest
work OF my life"
When the ethics Of her profession are
under discussion Blanche Bates proves
herself a most sensible young woman.
Miss Bates was born TO the stage Her
father and mother we're players Of repute
In days gone by: and get, somewhat
strensel-- for ore with such a heritage
she only became an actress after she lad
tried other things.
Il started out to be kindersarta.r, and
studied faithfully for some time" she said
,, the Imperial But after had practicsd
for a year II was politely !ntimated 10 me
that my talents lay elsewhere"
But surely you could have told those
children be-vu-ti-ful stories?"
oh; there was no trouble about that
she admitted. II entertained the tot. fine
| Il.dl-DUt t41cy SAsQ i
didn't teach them anything. SO. having
failed there. ] went on the stage
There is no profession in the world"
she continued. where the reward czn
come 50 quickly and bc as little deserved
as on the stage. II a man or girl has mag
netism. or personality. or temperament. or
a dozen other qualities that are all outside
OF real art and can &c; 4 play that Will
bring them before the public pleasantly.
q en- that actor Or actress becomes a pop
ular star over night. So TO speak. The
y.ffra fG e..-f Srr. ss- Dr..
some day 1t will ask for art: IL viii say
We have seen you as yourself as long as
we care to- Then what - that player 70
fron. 49, ' "
My mothe-. who il a .ralmy-day' ac-
Iess- says that the reason we have no
no one able to play it, I answer her hack
that II il because We haven't the oppor-
tunity to learn. The only place one gets a
chance IS in the stock companies. There
the managers. IL they can't get the right
sort % royalty plays or the agents ask
too much for them. will fall back upon
season. and the poor actor gets his only
ciancs-
Another reason why actors don't pro-
gross Is because they think too much OF
society. The don't bend all their ener-
giles 10 one end. They don't work and
dream and have high ambitions
No one can succeed in any business
without keeping at It all the time. Do you
suppose business man would Set on y he
only Thought OF his york between the
, hours Of S and ). and forgot It just TIE
takes il home with him
.A:te. the matinee Saturday evening
fell asleep in my dressins-rooEi and
dreamed Of Playing Tombstone unit! tire
celIboy turned my vision TO material facts
by calling the half hour said Joe Cav
51ssr VIC Says IN. s.fags eeFT s N
seemed to possess me. which grew strang
er as l STEPPED on the stage for At the
myself entered the front OF the theatsr
and took q seat in the second row OF tho
balcony. As the curtain went UP I noticed
that. though every other seat IN the then
ter vas taken. the entire section Of the
front row was apparently empty
1T was lust after the opening chorus
that I found ! had made a mistake Tho
row was really occupied, and with very
strange congiomeratfon Of characters. No
less person than William sh1kespea-e
flied the aisle seat on one side white mex;
70 him sat Juliet. lust In her balcony ROBE
and evidently having some trouble IN iis
posins OF. her knees as the railing wrs
after her. in order. came Hamlet.
Katherine. Otheilo: Rosaiind,. Rcreo
ophelia; Benedick Bsatr &c ~, and La, Falsis N.
seat: that is. a portion Of him was. for
most Of him spread over into the aisle
when l first noticed the party. Shakes
peare va. talking conidentlally TO Juliet.
was able TO hear what he said quite
well.
"'Do you know he was saying I al
ways like 10 get the aisle seat. as /. gives
my understanding better play and he
thrust his feet across the intervening
space. Juliet started 70 answer.
I have re- JOY Of this contract tonight:
II is too RASH too unadvised. too sudden
Hamlet shifted uneasily in his seat
pered. break away from the balcony
scsne tc- awhile ard attend 10 the show.