The St. Louis Republic., 1904-10-24
L!lLIPUTIANS IN "SINBAD'
MAXINE ELLIOTT REURNS

bill at the Grand. Their latest ex-
travagsnzs. "Sinbad" proved the best
travesty that has fallen to their lot
in a long time. There were three acts
each sbounding in lively comedy that con-
trasted the midgets with the giants. The
opening feature was a pretty scenic pro-
logue called the Witch's grotto. The spe-
cialties which followed comprised ''The
Hunting Song" by the chorus; Twenty
seven Bells by Mary Baker: Every
Loving Girl" by Annie Nelson, and a song
medley ending with Back, Back. Back
to Baltimore Bush and Gordon. former
vaudeville favorites. appeared as Sinbads
acrobatic servants, Firefiy and Comet.
Charles II. Johnson was the funny Sinbad.
Little Queen Nab as Roy Blue. Annie Mel
son. Mary Baker and Martha Weis took
an active part in the comedy situations.
Maxine Elliott. who is to play Her
Own Way at the Century Theater this
week. arrived in st. Louis last night in
her private car. Maxine" which was at
tached to the Alton L,mited. The private
car was Immediately turned over to the
Wabash shuttle line. and taken to the
Worlds Fair grounds. where 1t was side
tracked inside the grounds. The car Will
remain at the Fair all week, making daily
trips into St Louis at S o'clock each night,
so that Miss Elliott may appear at the
Century Theater. Each night after the
play Miss Elliott will board the car at
the Union Station, and 1t Will then be
whisked out to the Fair grounds.
Blanche Bates began her thirteenth
week in 1.-THE Darling of the Gods" at the
Imperial Although the thirteenth, the
flr.l. fN ha ft,n
cessful of the long engagement. The the
alter was crowded last night. Miss Bates
will probably take part in the benefit
planned for the families of the ST. Louis
detectives who were killed last week. With
Eugene Orm0nd and j. Harty Benrimo she
will present short play that will give her
an opportunity to appear as herself.
Gertrude Swiggett was responsible for
the success of ''Tilly Olson" at Havlin's.
She talked a good deal and the more she
talked the funnier it all seemed. Yon
Yonson himself was never half so conf
cal as the exaggerated Swedish maid
Miss Swiggett. has created. The play is
not up to lyon Yonson' in point of thrills
built about Tilly's vicissitudes In America.
OF course she is prosecuted by the fami-
ly to whom she was bound" Zeke. the
good-hearted factotum Of the household,
gets the property rightfully hers. She
Is then freed from her unpleasant asso-
Citations. Miss Swiggett. as Tilly. was at
all times amusing. Her Swedish dialect
drawl of Rose Melville in isis Hopkins -
The two hundred and ninth performance
of Kiralfy's Louisiana Purchase spectacle
was q gala event last night. Occupying
twenty-one boxes and in full military uni
form were the principal officers of the
Boer War. headed by the two famous
Generals. Ben Vfjoen and Piet Cronje.
The latter delivered short addresses be-
tween the acts.
Now in the fifth month of its continuous
run at the Odeon. the Kiralfy's Louisiana
shows no abatement of its drawing power
as a theatrical attraction.
Frances Merrell. in the part of Dixie,
shone forth as the prima donna of Louis
iana'' at Music Hall. She was heard in
her new song. "a Southern Girl
Margaret Townsend was heard In the
part of Columbia. She made quite a hit.
She has been the understudy of the part
for some time, but last night was her first
opportunity to sing It.
'"The Child Wife" pleased large audi
laid in country school in New Hamp-
shire, where child Of sixteen is hurriedly
married to thwart a lawyer who is after
trials Of this child wife, who If she has
many enemies. also wins friends and SYM
pathy: The play is cleyerly interpreted.
Dorothy Kemper. a beautiful girl, appears
as Nelly. the child heroine. j. G. Mac
Farland gives a neat representation Of the
criminal lawyer who figures SO prominent
Iy il the prosecution of the child wife.
The Heinemsnn-Welb Stock Company
was seen in "Das Glueck i'm Winkel." one
of Hermann Sudermann's most interest
ing plays. at the Olympic. Director Webb
gave an excellent picture of Wiedemann.
the quiet an1 unassuming rector of a pub.
lie school In the country. Wilma Won Hohe-
nau looked and acted the part of his
second wife with all the grace and
genuiness which are her chief charms.
Rudolph Horsky was a dashfnS Baron Won
RCecknitZ and Anna Sander very hand
some Baroness. Brightness was brought
into the rather serious drama by Louise
Pellmann, Meanore Won Narel and Leona
Bergere. who appeared In the characters
of the three children of Wiedemann,
Misses Bergere and Won VareI assuming
boys parts.
The fourth week of '.Ben-Hur' Will be
rshered in tonight at the Olympic.
The Rentz-Sant,ey Burlesquers came to
the Standard. The opening buriesque was
Looping the World travesty on
Around the World in Eighty Days" Cliff
Farrell. Clara Racket and Frank Burt
we're the principal testers. The olio con-
sists of acts by Ella Claus and Myrtle
Montez, Cliff Farrell. the Racketts. Haw-
thorne Burt, Charles Douglas and the
Bijou Comedy Four.