The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-23

MISS BateS VIII soon announce II SiieS
Of Wednesday matinees devoted to a rep
resentation Of "Hedda Gabler." in which
she will. of course. play the title part. This
wonderful Ibsen play was done here !ase
winter by Mrs. Ffske. Critical persons
who have seen the Interpretation Of each
Of these actresses are generally inclined
TO be argumentative in the matter Of re-
s~pective merits. St Louis audiences will
therefore look to the Bates production
VIII interest. The "Hedda
Gabler" matinees will in no way affect
,ss ooErse Of The Darling Of the Gods"
which VIII continue its way at the I'M
pssIel Theater until h public indicates
ttst It has had enough Miss Bates will
play Tasen for the reason that she wants
20 appear again In the part OF Hedda. and
Tor the further reason that q large num-
oef oe her b. Louis friends have asked
-. to max the effort. She does not look
fer 4 box-ofnce rush to see the Norwegian
c!zssjo. but she will not be displeased to
aa3 Na her Eedda matinees more than
r~S expenses. Which they will do.
-Ecn-H1r' il proving such an attrac-
tion at h Olympic Theater that. not
withstanding the enormous size Of that
house, b management has found It
necs5sary to tack on additional perform
sncas. h week. in addition to the reg
rlsr Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
an extra performance will be given on
Friday afternoon. 1t will not be surpris-
ing IL the management Of the olympic
starts to give q matinee every day with
this attraction. for it seems that nearly
every visitor to the Worlds Fair is desir-
Gus Of seeing General wallaoe's play. 1t
is a great disappointment to many that
Sunday performances are not given. but
this is not possible. since it is a part Of
the policy Of Klaw & Erianger not tc
allow n Sunday enactment Of this ro-
nance.
J.. Harry Benrimo's remarkable sketch
of character acting as carp fisher in "The
Darling OF the Gods has created wide
spread admiration. Mr.. Benrimo is q
Californian by birth and still q young man.
He did not adopt the stage as a profes-
sion until recently. His early ambition
was to be a painter, but at the desire Of
his father, who held large properties in
es0 vbSov nC gave uP uIS CuCl1 ShC uospCS
to manage his fathers estates. The artis-
tic bent, however, cried for u~tterance, and
when circumstances changed and It be-
came necessary for Mr.. Benrimo to be-
come. a wage-earner, he made his debut
ut the Alcaxar Theater In San Francisco,
In which company Mrs. f. NJ. Bates. the
mother Of his present star. was a promi-
nent member. There he played a variety
Of parts and learned the technique Of his
profession. It was there that the quantity
remarkable Chinese play. The First
Born" OF Mr.. Francis Powers, was first
produced, and It was as the Pike vender
IN this little tragedy that Mr.. Benrimo
sprang into fame. The piece attracted
the attention Of Mr.. Belasco, who pro-
duced It In New York and London. The
press Of both cities acclaimed Mr.. BEN
rimo's work as genius of a type as Fro
nounce as It was peculiar.
Those who rave seen Miss Bates and
THE Darling Of the Gods will well re-
member the exquisite detail of Benrimo's
characterization. A famous sculptor In
New York said that Mr.. Benrimo's per-
Torrance reminded him Of a work Of Ho-
kosaA Hokosai was q great Japanese ar
<t6l Va ScuSuAy dBO. WIN was SUPPOSED
to be b most finished OF all the marvel
ous coterie Of painters Of that time and
school. Mr.. Charles Frohman was 20 i'm
pressed with the actors work in THE First
Born" that he engaged him for the En-
pire Theater Company in New York,
where he remained for four seasons, max
ing his first appearance there as the
Major IN The conquerors." also playing
IN THE Red Robe" Lord and Lady
AlGy." MY Lady's Lord" ETC., but his
greatest success there was as ''Murak
Pasha" In .Phroso," in which he won the
honors OF that play. He then played with
Miss Maude Adams In .L'Aigion" and
Mss Viola Allen In THE Palace Of the
King" which led to his present engage
ment with Mies Bates. Mr.. Belasco wrote
Kato especially for Mr.. Benrimo and
more showed his .ine Judgment and
JUSTIFIED hi selsction.
Mr.. Bsufino stu devotes q great deaf
- dine "a. bic f1nt love, painting, and
~ purtEaifs are me exazrpies OF broad
1e0tp11a amoag them u the strfkfnS1