The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-08
HUNDREDS AMUSE
THE ST. LOUIS PUBLIC.

What hos; OF men and vcmcr IL now
employed IN entertaining the p.blic Of st
Louis, IL runs into the Thousands. ON: AZ
the Bosr War Enclosure. six or eight hun
dred individuals. 20 say nothing Of TIRE
drove. Of live stock. are engaged in the
single enterprise Of showing the truth
about var. This IL done on a scale never
before attempted in the history Of a pub
lie entertainment. done before n crowd FOR
pay. The Boer War makes the average
circus or WIli West look ike a cheap irli-
tation Of open-air amusement
The other night talking with friends
Miss Blanche Bates. who has qualified as
an expert in judging public entertainment
enterprises. said that while she liked the
Boer War immensely. she rather pre-
ferred n wild-west show. When she was
asked for a reason she said that she
would admit the bisness and broad ex-
cellence OF the war. but that sine found the
Wild west more to her liking because o.
the fancy riding. This opinion must be
taken with the knowledge that Miss Bates
Is an excellent horsewoman. and that a
hish-school performance means moro to
her than 10 the masses who prefer the
sniH OF gunpowder and the roar OF guns
to the nicer exhibitions one finds In the
riding exhibitions OF a midwest per
Torrance.
1t would be Idle TO make . guess on the
number Of men and women who are in the
show business" on the Pike and IN the
outlying amusement districts 1t runs into
the hundreds. OF course. and represents
every conceivable phase Of public enter
tainrent lying within the law Some OF II.
by certain reliable report. runx even with
out the Law. Then there are the gardens.
shows. employing. literally. HUNDREDS Of
p~rsons. 20
:. Downtown every theater 4. playing TO
orr; Probably all OF iO men. women and
girls are at work nightly AT the Olympic
IN the big Mother Goose production. Up
engaged in reproducing Japanese lie Of
lop years ago. Buster Brown" has a
large following on the stage tas well as in
Inns. the Crawford and the Columbia are
the Century The smallest Organization In
town Is playing the best comedy seen here
in many seasons.
Out az the odeon. all Of 80 men. women
and girls are engaged IN kiralfy's spec
sy the mat a, Il s ss.f p.s ,ss
production tina; Is soon 20 be brought
downtown for q ten weeks run At Music
Hall.
/ am Informed by an observer that there
is much interest In certain wcs.-End
street and neighborhood over the unac-
iress-Exe doilss OF Mis-, Blanche Bates.
who has taken a house In L.ndeIl bouie-
ward for the season.
Curious passers in brake carriage and
auto car have locked a; the Bates man
sion In vain effort to see expected evil
deaces OF material for the WORK oI a press
agent. but Up to this time there have been
no runaways. no robbers stealing dia-
monds by a second-story method: 40 ric-
ture hats no midnight receptions with
no.sy cro~is-norhins. In fact. that are
commonly associated. in the public mind.
with a famous actress at home. On the |
contrary. Miss Bates sometimes sits on !
her vt-aida. CARRIED most simply. read |
ing attent!vely. Sometimes she has two |
afternoon Tea In the garden Miss Bates |
knows languages. horses. books. pictures
and the drama. With these she Is '--Ty |
busy woman. When she has bit Of Tie
for an getting she ana her mother 60 to
th. Exposition and look at something they |
want 10 see But since there IL a perform
time FOR long stays at the big show on |
Skinker road
la Mora. tire Partisan toe dancer 2
Ki.sify's louisiana vas a merry prin- |
cipai in an entertainment given at the |
Eoo-HOO House IN the word fdir |
grounds last night
She left the Oteon IN an automobile at |
lois ard arrived at the Hoo-Hoo House |,
AT ioG. thereby covering the distance be- |
tween Grand and Filaey avenues and the |
Words Fair grounds in twenty minutes
A new record in St Louis. The party |
went south on Grand avenue 10 Lndel! I
Hen wss the ,s snsusg5 Put on
devcn;sr sven-e the chauffeur saw the |
tracks ahead. gave the lever tao more 1
notches and the machine bounded into the /
air. almost completely clearing the street |
car tracks
Tn. Blair monument was soon reached |
and b1t n few seconds interviewed between /
that and the Exposit on gates party o. |
Jefferson Guards had cleared the way for /
the run through che grounds. and AZ I0.s5 /
the chauffeur brought his machine to n l
II Mora hurried before the audience In
Producing a waltz dance that caused her /
10 he recalled three times. She rested .o-
. time and then began another but slower /
ride 10 her apartments IN the Washington |
Hotel
The County Chairman Is the best |!
piece OF character skctching we have had
In many a day. Nearly every one OF the
dozen or more principals f. n delight 20
the man or woman who knows his coun-
backbone No one fresh from a foreign |
shore would make much Of The County
Chairman" and his friends. II would be
to get views OF II from
fresh from Paris. even though
the stranger knew his English well: but
for those Of US who know what IL II all
about even to it, subtIet;ss Of dialect and