The St. Louis Republic., 1904-08-18
SPR|GHTLY STAGE BILLS
TO BE SEEN NEXT WEEK

! Frank Daniels and his company will ar
| rive from New York this afternoon. Fri
| day they will rehcarse The Office Boy"
| preparatory to its production at the
| Olympic next Sunday evening.
As seen here last season. THE Office
| Boy" proved to b. plcntifully supplied
with light music. The funniest song was
| I'm On the Water Wagon Now which
Daniels sang. The story was just suf-
fcient To give reason for d train of hu-
| moroUs incidents.
Salle Fischer. whose singing was such
a feature of The performance is again to
be heard
The Century will open Sunday night
with Blanche Ring and Harry Conor In
'Nivian's Fares." TIL" play is farce by
Leo Ditrichste!1. author OF Are You a
Mason and "Ali on Account OF Eliza"
Blanche Ring. who is to appear as Vivian.
IS the American girl VINO made her debut
in New York two seasons ago. and who
within one year played in no less than
SIX musical comedies "Vivian's Papas''
gives her opportunities to sing a number
of the songs she made famous in the
East. including "Bedelia." The Belle of
Avenue A and Claudio" Her latest
number is Kate kearney."
Harry Conor is the well-known Hoyt
comedian. His new part is said to be the
funniest he has interpreted sirce the days
of "A Trip to Chinatown"
Heromich Shugio. Commissioner to the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and
party Of japanese ladies recently attend
ed a performance OF THE Darling of the
Gods at the Imperial. One of the ladies
was the Japanese actress. Tita Morita,
who is attending the Worlds Fair. accom-
panied by her chaperoI. Nine Kamaga-
sh!. and her sister. MOrita.
Mr. Shugio is n personal friend of ].
Harry Benrino. :he actor in Miss Bates's
company who plays the two parts of
Saigon. Prince of Tosan. and Kato. a
Fisher of Carp. Mr. Shugio and Mr. Ben
| rimo are fellow-members of the Players
Club in New York
After the third act Mr.. Shugio, accom-
panied by Nine. Morita and her entour-
age, went behind the scenes, where Mr.
Benrimo introduced them to Miss Bates
They were delighted with the American
actresses impersonaton of a Japanese
Princess:
Olympic this afternoon to celebrate the
seventy-fifth performance OF Way Down
East in St. Louis Each lady present
Will receive n handsome souvenir pro-
gramme. There will also be a matinee on
Saturday. the engagement of Way Down
East closing Saturday night.
Bolossy Kiralfy continues to add ballets
In ha
spectacle at the Odeon. A hit of the per-
formance is the specially given by the
acrobatlc pony ballet. In speaking of this
act the other night, Mr. kiralfy said:
1T would be impossible to produce the
effects in the short time allotted to the
specially were 1t not for the fact that
the girls. with one exception. have been
on the stage since their infancy They
are natural acrobats'
Fritzi Scheff. the opcratic prina DONNA
has coined a new and expressive musical
phrase. During rehearsal of her new
opera. The Two Roses" the other day.
she finished a somewhat intricate snrg
and then. with little exclamation of i'm
patience. she turned to Ludwig Englander
the composer. and said:
Il cannot sing this song that has tail
to it.
Mr.. Engiander stopped aehast his baton
raised in the air. and the chorus and
principals Uttered audibiy
Il don't care. / cannot say what ]
mean any other way. Your song finishes
and then there is little extra flourish
that means nothing and gets me what
you call ratified Please. Herr Englander,
cut off the tail of This song
The composer smiled indulgently.
Very we'll" he said. II will amDutate
It. And in the future 1 will write no more
geological music
AT Cripple Creek is attracting a big
patronage to HavIins Theater The mid
week matinees which were so popular
last season. are egain in vogue.
THE Convict's Daughter will be the
next attraction.
"In the Shadow of the Gailows" is to be
succeeded BY "A Girl of the Streets at
the Crawford. Lillian Mortimer, a clever
young actress. will play Kit, the street
waif.
Coming to the Columbia next week are
Marshall F. Wilder. the Four Mortons,
George ". Monroe of Aunt Bridget
fame. the Three Westons Arthur II.
Kherrs. John and Nellie Mccarthy De-
renda and Green, Leonard and Leonard.