The St. Louis Republic., 1904-07-17
Weary. who threatens to quit. and Grum
py, boss of the ranch.

| Weary. who threatens to quit. and Grum-
py, boss of the ranch.
| George AIDES new comedy will be called
The College Widow" 1t Is n comedy
without music. and will be a satire on
| modern college life, emphasizing the fun
| ny side of life at small colleges.
''T decided % select new field for my
next play" Mr. Adc said recently. I'm
The; County Chairman l ATTEMPTED TO
satiriZe life in country town In The
College Widow / will attempt to have fun
at the expense of the small college
There Will be the young athlete who
knows nothing about books. but who Is "A
hero because he is the champion football
player. Hi; father is the Itch unlettered
, capitalist who gets a college degree every
time time ne gives q check to the college; then
sweetheart with every gradua ting class
One of the acts will show a football
game. / have attempted to poke fun at
the modern college boy and girl without
Have YOU decided to abandon the mu-
sical comedy field?" was asked
FOR awhile at least" was the reply.
Harry Conor. the Hoyt comedian. was
| on tap for a shop talk in Chicago last
week In recalling the playwrights pc
culiaritfes, Conor laughingly alluded to the
keenness of Hoyts wit at rehearsal.
mere was heay chap in "A Trip to
tG,hinatown, t,ia who loved to stand where
Conor. 'Hoyt sopke about it in round
about way several times, but II didn't
seem to land So one day he took the fell
for anything-but he took him and the
stage carpenter and went under the stage.
'Hoyt would take his cane and then a
brace and pound the floor, first on one
side and then on the other while he oc-
casionally asked technical questions of the
carpenter. The actor listened. Finally,
when they went upstairs. Hoyt turned TO
hn md IL. ..
can see that the stage is as well braced on
the sides as 1t is in the center and there
won't be any danger of your falling
throuSh II you get over on the side acca-
During conversation the other day re-
sarding his plans for the future, David
Warfeld took occasion to declare that he
wouldn't impersonate any more Hebrew
characters on the stage excepting in the
possible case that play should be writ
ten for him by Israel Zangwill and David
belasco, conveying an entirely new type
10 the theater. If this drama should not
De oe written 1t would be something of a
trayed by Warfleld is as distinct and vivid
a character as Rip Van Wrinkle or Joshua
Whitcomb or any of the best pictures in
the galleries of our most important actors,
Wartield Is moved to his decision. first
by the natural and cOmmendable impulse
to widen the scope of his art and second
ny tne conNlction that the public Graves
variety and tires of sameness
The point is open to argument. Joseph
Jefferson. Denman Thompson, the late
Frank Mayo and dozens of other success
full actors have held the public eve in
single characte-iZations and have in large
measure lost the esteem of their admirers
when endeavoring to substitute new per-
sonations. The same situation may not ap-
ply to Warfeld, first because he has not
been long enough ih the starring field to
becomo absolutely identified with his He
brew role. and second because he has the
advantage of appearing in plays in the
making of which David Belasco has a
hand.
Among the foregn artists engaged for
"Parsifal' in English, will be the German
tenor, Alois Pennarini. For several years
Pennarint has been a favorite at the
Hamburg opera, refusing offers from
Maurice Grau to join the Metropolitan
forces. His fame as an Interpreter of
Wagnerian roles in Austria and Germany