The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-04

With the single exception Of Vivian s
Papas' at the Century. all the theate-s
last week nearly played TO their capacity
every night the lead being held. as usual.
by Blanche Bates in ''The Darling Of the
Gods at the Imperial.
This week will see two new openings
Mother Goose at the Olympic to-rnor-
row night. and 1.-THE County Chairman
at the Century tonight.
With Mother Goose there will be a
number of people who, II they chose.
could tell some very interesting remi-
niscences of the Iroquois fire in Chicago
last winter-a great number OF :he girls
and practically the entire staff is the
same as the one that was in charge Of
Mr. Rluebeard" at that fatal occur
encc. The manager is Mr.. +. Price. the
able man in advance Mr.. Sam Harrison
The Mother Goose attraction was
originally produced at the Drury Lane
Theater II certainly is one OF the h.g-
gest indoor spectacles that was ever seen.
but whether or not they are able to crowd
all the scenery on the stage of the
Olympic Theater-which is so lacking in
Z depth-remains TO be seen.
MI fsobtri-. StDI NEaDf lftsr
he is. will fave quite task on his hands
tonight in appearing as the County Chair-
man instead of Mr.. Maclyn ArbuckIe. who
IS so well known and so well liked In St
Louis. Mr.. Roberts. however. was the
q Only actor who scored greatly in the part
of the Ranchman car.by in ARIZONA. g
and the role OF the County Chairman
should fit him. However. we should have
enjoyed seeing Maclyn.
Mr. BeIasco threw quite a shell into
the camp of the theatrical syndicate this
week by coming out In an advertisement
in dramatic paper declaring that he had
: proof positive that the agents ahead Of
= the theatrical trust attractions were in
structed to disseminate all the false and
injurious information which they could
about M. Beiasco and his stars. In proof
of this tho playwright cited several in
stances which occurred during Mrs. Car
ter's tour to the Pacific Coast last spring.
which went TO prove the truth of his as
eertion.
- On the strength OF inside information.
:. am free to say. that nowhere exists there
better harmony than In the Beiasco camp.
land that all of the Belasco stars. Mrs.
Carter. Miss Bates, Miss Crossman and
Mr.. warfeld. not only respect but actually
love the gifted lite fighter who. with his
spanish blood IN his veins. battles valiant
ly for the fortunes of his stars and him
self on an independent artistic basis as did
his ancestors. the Granadas OF Spain.
"a
- Miss Bates stirred up quite little ex-
element last week by her refusal TO let
the South African Pygmies from the
Worlds Fair attend the performance OF
1.-The Darling OF the Gods" 1t seems to
me that the lady is quite in the right. be-
cause II Is no use Disgusting the fact that
the appearance of the Igorottes at the
: Olympic last Sunday night was offensive
to a lot CT tire vornen-folks in the audi
ling these little dark men on their own
sdizgings" at the Worlds Fair Grounds in
rrppen air. and then TO behold them seated
IN an inclosed box in n theater In a COS
TUNE that. according to no form or fash
lon. can be considered even fairly proper.
= blanche Ring. OF 'BedeIia" fame proved
something OF disappointment as an ac-
tress She has youth. enthusiasm and a
deIightful voice. But the part OF Vivian
IN ''vivian's Papas." light as It was. really
had to be acted at times. and the exuber-
ant Miss Rings personality would not
down. II was she and not Vivian who
seemed to dominate Hattie Williams or
Anna Boyd could make much Of such a
0Aafscter.
Harry Conor had Hoytian role as Wal
Or, the Chicago millionaire. in New York