The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-20
SERGEANT KITTY REFLECTS Better
KNOWN OPERAo-LEE AT COL UMBIA

Sergeant Kitty arrived at the Olympic
last night. Miss Helen Byron of Peggy
From Paris fame. made her reappearaucc
in the role of Kitty The music. by :.
Baldwin Sloan. swung iu;ictI!!y along
through two acts. both of which reflect
the funny side of French army life. Tn
fortunately. Sergeant Kitty is the urnp-
tystecnth instead of tle first Of lis kind
II lacks the saving grace ot novelty. e.
surprise Everything is just "a few years
TOO late. Helen Byron. Charles Wayne
and Sylvan Langlu!s did heir utmost to
infuse jolii;y. Mss Egrcl showed q
Stngery appreciation Of possibilities. she
Was Sprl.huly and Lively. sa- got away
with her lines E!!hly enough ami her sing
Ing was at all tines delight
Lansio!a appeared as Cho'e'i" Old
French General. Charles Wayne was tH-.
same emerge c:ic young meGiail. who. al
ties lent msrrimert 10 The T',nf-riaui'
N"Fn" played It Captain q The !lu->ars.
He was particularly happy in his first
song. The one / Love B.St cave That to
Ne. faC-e was q stagefu! of flower
sTs, soldiers ana peasants The opening
act depicted tho exterior vi picturesque
little inn. Th. second. showed ;iir camp
of the Twenty Iiussara where tn.
wooing Of K!ity and I.uciaG pro&T -ssed
Notwithstanding the cnD!ic-Cpsra nifTtcul-
Henry Lees speaking" Iikenes.sS %
great fnen are faithfully So. form II the
Columbia. Les is the besI inperscuztor o:
n long l!ne of clever specialists ~ ;.i'
branch of vaudeville. His first Ilnpersona-
tion il that ~ Nhri, Twain. In Gu!s., SUI
cessioa he then represents Pope iscu NH.
President Roosevelt. General Grant ana
General Robert r. Lee. The representa-
tons Of the NikCdo. uf Roosevelt; and
of General Lee meet with greatest favor.
\ ,lT. fsHr f,Y IL f..4
rear OF III" stage. and Mr.. Leg makes his
fast changes in full view ot the aud-t nee.
Three dressers facilitate the process.
Frank Bell. he. original constable in
Way Down East" gives Il rnono.ogue i'll
blacktaCe this time. Knight Brothers and
Sawi.Uc offer 4 neat dancing act. TE"
News6oys Quintet sing and dance. s.
non and Paris impersonate ,roll Greeks
Of ancient times. West and Van Siclen ap-
pear in musical sketch called The
College Gymnasium Lewis Mc''ord con
IinUaS to present Her Last Rehearsal
en- interesting playiet-whe1 it was new.
81. john and Ia I'svrc. Niett's Perform
ing Dogs and the Quinn Brothers and
Campbell. Dillon and Campbell complete
the bill.
What IS the name OF the hero az owen
WisteF's successful novel The Virg iaian' .
That is question asked by all who read
the book. Kirke La Sheile. who. with Mr.
Wister. prepared the stage version OF the
story, does not attempt to answer IN the
play. The principal character in both
book and play IS known IS The Vir-
einiau": that ia all Mr.. La Shelle may
have his own idea as to the identity Of
the Virginian, and he may have had a
private hint from the author Ii he has.
that is between the novelist and dramatist
and they keep it to themselves In the
character OF Molly Wood, the Puritan
school mistress. who eduCates. reforms
and narries the picturesque but nuinelrss
hero. st. Louis will Miss Helen
Holmes. the cha ming young actress who
created the role OF Kate Carnegie with
Mr. j II. Stoddart in The Bonnie BrieT
Bush The Virginian' will come To thu
Century after The Maid aud the Mum
my
The third week OF the Odeon Stock Com
pany's season begins tonight with The
Christian" Hall Gaines famous play. IN
which Viola AileT, made her reputation a. 4
star. The biggest production yet given is
promised The voting contest for the nation
atty Of the succeeding play closed Sunday
right the total number of votes cast wHs
I $50 OF this number 56l2 We're in favor
| OF an American play, i.tS9 III favor OF 4
| Japanese play. Irish. see: German. 100;
| French. ll$: Russian. -. ~; Il result OF the
! ballot the next Offering will be IN Ameri-
can play. the piece selected being The
| Suburban"