The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-18

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When you stand EN- UP at the Olympic
theater you are doing a good business.
The old Olympus is one % 100. biggest
houses in the country. and It has held
some great crowds from time 10 time but
never has it had better unbroken h1si-
ness than that with which It has opened
the season Of 1905 Mother Goose which
opened well Two weeks ago, is promising
TO run along with crowds to the doors
until the engagement is ended. that time
70 come at tho pleasure of the theatrical
gentlemen who own the enterprise. 1t
may be only two weeks longer ard it may
run twice or three times that The pro-
duction IL the biggest she most beautiful,
the most amusing and the most thoroughly
satisfying Of all the great spectacIes that
have come to US out of Drury Lane.
And when We begin TO talk OF good
things in the business OF the theater We
must not fail to observe the doinSs OF
The Darling of the e;ods'' at the I'm
periai. This, the eighth week @. Miss
Bates and her play at the Pine street
house, will be the biggest of the engage
ment- Each week grows bit heavier
The question that is worryin; Mr.. Worm
and Mr.. Russell, the managers, Is merely
one OF capacity. They realize that there
can't be much increase on. a weeks re-
ceipts- As a rule. the house is entirely
sold out. When this happens every night
tn the week. there will be nothing for Mr..
Worm and Mr.. Russell 10 do save .-coun.
Up
Miss Bates. by the way. has no under
study. She said the other day that the
public could not realize what IL meant to
eat the theatrical quail every Dag for
sixty and eighty and one hundred days
10 say nothing Of matinees. When some
one proposed an unierstudy however. she
thought 4 minute. then said:
Well, I'm afraid that the public might
not like il II remained out of the BILL
So it is. Your conscientious player is
willing to wor.. as long as the public is
willing to come to see the work There is
no calling in which the better class Of the
men and women are in more deadly ear
nest than in the profession of the stage
The most important happening in this
weeks American theatricals will occur in
Chicago tomorrow night. when Julia
Mariowe and E H Sothern will make
their first appearance as Joint stars"
The opening play will be ''Romap and
Juliet"
One OF the most interesting points to be
considered in connection with this as
sociaticn of two OF Our most notable play
ers is that OF whether the alliance will
last through he season. Mr.. Sothern has
had Il long career as a star. the absolute
master of his own company. Miss Mar
lowe has been similarly fortunate Now
arises the question: VIII either or both be
wiilins 10 divide authority and the pub
In "Romeo and Juliet there are equal
chances In Much Ado About Nothing"
when one comes TO .'EamIct"-there viii
Cphelia weep indeed. This. ! dare say
on the eve oi what promises to be an
auspicious beginning. win be found the
ship.
Our old friend. Colonel Henry W.
savage, IS buster than ever this season
He Is not only running his great real es-
tate bushes: in Boston. but he is losing
no time in adding fresh departments TO
his interests in the American theater
The current issue OF I-eslie's Monthly
MaSazine goes 50 far as 10 say that
Colonel Savage is the only serioIis rival
to be considered By the Theatrical Syndi-
cate. And. knowing the Colonel full we'll
am willing to add on this behalf that II
Inc Boston manager ever reaches the con-
ciuston that he is being i'll used BIZ the
aforesaid syndicate. there will be trouble
ahead. Colonel Savage is q business man.
an organizer. manager. a man of wealth
and always a success. The syndicate Will
DO well to keep friends with him.
Richard Carrie viii bring his old but en-
Pertaining "Tenderfoot' to the Century
for weeks say. He has doubtless broad
ened and improved since he began to play
Professor Pettbone. Parts like this were
always to his liking. In The Explorers
ne was Bonapart Hunter. a quaint chap
who would also be called a ''tenderfoot''
In the Alamo country The comedians
former assistants will be hand again.
WilliaU Rock, Henry Norman, Nellie
Lynch and the others
kiralfys Louisiana prevents some
thing of my stery in the La Touchee per-
foImancc. During the radium dance one
OF the figures makes a sudden fight TO
The ceiling and back again. As the spe-
ciaIty takes place when the house is
GSl 1t i iRSassible for the audience to