The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-09

THE Forbidden Lana OF Tibe; !, the theme
o, the nav s~tealy-Chaoin comic opera which
VIII begin an enEa=ement at the Century The
alter. Guy F. Stcely. who wrote the book. hit
UPON a new locale wien he selected the aerial
bird cass City OF Lasa, the capital OF Tibet
ne MUSIC Is by Frederic Clsp!n. My Lasa
Maid" oh Pity Me-" Touring Round. and
Three Maids and a Man" TIE s:ory Is as
follows: Doctor Ferdinand Klotz. G German
American inventor and promoter o. health
FOODS from Battle Creek. Mich. accompanied
" Hiy niece; p9I9tsy Fairfax. her swedish
are touring the world. The PARTY becomes sep
a Ia Or rem the SStaes and; wandering toward
By a band Of Tfbetans and taken 20 the CAPITAL
ely Of Lassa: where thsy are brought before
Saushtsr: Nina Donna. who has never seen a
EuTopean Just prior TO the CAPTURE Of the
artist who. discu.shed az a preria. enters
ASA to make sketches FOR an English pub
palace. Wilkinson immediately falls in love
by the Tariunn that II ne marries Nina Donna
he would have his liberty.
OF escape which IS frustrated at the critical
moment by Gunbo. Chief Of the Lassa Guards.
Through the machinat,ons OF Kinkaboo. CHIEF
OF the A~malgamated BeEEaEs o: Asia. a de-
Gus weinberg Is cast for the G~ernan-American
tourist. Doctor Ferdinand Klots. W. H. Clarke.
NllIdM IdUlNEtEl. ADgCIl aI1IIls. Joseph "A
Phillips and High Flahertv are prominent in
the cast. Alma Iouiin Is said TO duplicate the
success she achieved in The Storks' and The
Tenderfoot-"
The Rubicon has been crossed by Blanche
Bates in The Darling CT the Gods at the
Imperial Theater. and the first ten weeks OF
the engagement are now behind. The eIev-
enth week will begin tonight, and the indi-
cations are tina: there will be no !etup in the
through rainy weather and through cold
weather. In the role Of the Princess To-Sau-
Miss Bates gives a spirited performance She
is surrounded b. a compsny. including Mrs. F.
II. Bates. Albert Bruenins. J. Harry Zen
ward Flammer. J. Tuohy. Westropp Saunders.
Frederick Thomson. Richard Warner: wInthFop
Preston. Ada Lewis. Lulu Klein. Madge West
and Ruth D. Blake
The audiences at the olympic last week have
been largely composed of visitors to the
Worlds Fair. ard their e1clama,ions clearly
emphasizes the great enjoyment that Ben
Hur" afforded.
Ben Hus' teaches that the mere physical
charms Of a stage representation saord innocent
enjoyment apart from the elevation that may
come in witnessing a notable performance
'Superba-" new In scenery. specialties and
ballet. comes to the Grand opera-house for a
two weeks engagement The book has been re-
written by Quincy Kirby OF Boston. The bal
lets were arranged by Alviene OF New York
One Of the funniest tricks in the new produr-
tion is that in which an X-ray machine is bur
Iesqued- Pierrot's wonderful machine pene-
trates the brick walls OF a property house
and smnsingIy reveals the antics OF those in
SIDE Tie company comprises George Hanion.
the four younger Hanlons. Pearl Ford, Belle
Cold Adelaide French. Ethel Baird. Marie
Best. George H Has.am. william Zines. Red
ford and Winchester and Al Wa!z. IN addition
to the members of the baIeIt and the chorus
The new bill at the Columbia will have as a
feature John T. Kelly. former come
dian OF the famous Weber & Fields stock COM
pany. Supported by Herman Lseb. Miss Flor
snee Veidren and Louis G. Christy. Nj. Kelly
Will. present his original one-act play called
Senator McFee." Another promising astrac-
ion will be CarIin and Otto. German testers.