The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-26

bald-headed father in the front row.
She will meet him after the show and
take him riding in her automobile.
Then they will have supper in a lovely
restaurant. Father will pay for the
supper, just Hike he pays for the auto.
is he not a good father to the poor,
hard-working chorus girl?-Theatrical
Primer.
Miss Blanche Bates has been saying
some sensible words about stars" Be
Ing safely star herself, an 1 assured
of all the limelight she possibly can
want, she can afford to say them. She
means them, too-fOr other players
Here they are: Pooh! stars. Every
body is star nowadays. Give me the
right part and / don't care whether my
name is in the programme. The right
part and | don't care whose name is
in the electric light sign! Give me the
part-and-a-well, some of the mon
ey; the money habit is hard to lose.
PshaW. being star is merely being
the alleged money getter, after all. I'd
rather be an actress than a star any
day."
In this democratic country it is
surprising to note how many plays
have monarchical titles. A few of the
titles which contain reference to roy
atty are: 1.-The Proud Prince" I'm
the Palace of the King" ''The Shep-
herd King 1.-The Crown Prince" THE
Little Princess" More Than Queen"
The Royal Family" I'VE Are King"
King Dodo,' The Prince of Pilsen."
"A Princess of Kensington," ""The
Princess Chic" THE Sultan of Sulu"
and Alexander the Great" Then one
must not overlook the quasi-royalty of
"A Royal Slave" THE King of De-
tectives," THE King of the Desert"
"An African King" "A Railroad King"
'"The Sleepy King" Queen Of the
Highway" "A Prince in Tatters," "The
Monarch Minstrels," Near the
Throne" and The Power Behind the
Throne" And still. while we already
have "The SENATOR there is yet to be
produced play called The Presi-
dent
David Montgomery and Fred Stone,
the Tin Woodman and ScarecFow, re-
spectively The Wizard of o. are
to have play all their own some time.
Hamlin & Mitchell have viewed with
interest the success that "Piff, Paff,
Pour is enjoying through the medium
or Its musical numbers, and have cam
Vassed the song publishing houses in
an effort to obtain a team of writer's to
duplicate the works of William Je-
rome and Jean Schwartz. James b.
Mullen and Vincent Bryan became
Hamlin e Mitchell's choice and this
pair are now at work upon a play
intended for Montgomery and Stone.
The public interested in the ''popu-
lar" music of the day are acquainted
with Mullen and Bryan chiefly through
the song that bears the suggestive title
Down Where the Wurzburger Flows"
The London theaters are having
their worst season in q quarter Of a
century. Various explanations are Of
fered of this phenomenon, all In part
true. Bridge is at present the leading
anti-theater influence. The craze now
IS general in all grades OF society At
the workmen's clubs as well as those
of the aristocrats, in Whitechapel as
Well as in Belgravia, the bridge mania
Is holding undisputed sway.
The opera, where one can lounge In
for an hour at any time during the
performance, is also serious counter
attraction. But the prime cause is the
wretched level to which the drama has
fallen. There Is not at this moment
being performed In all Londen's vast
array of theaters single noteworthy
dies no longer are the gold mine they
were. The public is surfefted with
them.
The reason for the sudden withdraw.
al of Rose Cogh1an's suit for DIVORCE
from her actor husband, John T. Sulli-
van, in Washington, last winter, has
been explained at last by the granting
of an absolute divorce to the actress in
New York state. Miss Coghlan had APP
piled for a divorce in the far Western