The St. Louis Republic., 1904-10-16

ring tours, playing THE Danites," Ca
muck" etc In 1880 Miss Bert Joined
Charles Frohmans forces and played lead
ing lady In the road tours Of ouch En-
pire Theater successes as The MasqIe-
raders." Shenandoah" and The Fatal
Card" She was afterwards engaged by
Klaw & Erlanger for "A Ward OF
France" which was brought out at Wal
lacks Theater, New York, and after q
season as leading lady with Henry Miller.
Miss Bert returned to the forces Of Klaw
&, Erlenser in her excellent success Of
the Mother OF Ben-Hur, which she has
portrayed now nearly fifteen hundred
times. record surpassed only by James
O'NeilIs performance of Monte Christie
and Joseph Jefferson's Rip Van Winkla
The new Garrick Theater IL rapidly near
ing completion. The opening has been an
nounced for the last week In November.
1t was originally intended that Fan
tana" should open the st. Louis house,
but 1t has scored so heavily in Chicago
that the plans have been changed. and 1t
is likely that De Wolf Hopper. in his re-
vival of Wang" will be tho first at
traction.
One Of the prettiest features Of 'Touts-
ana" at Music Hall and one which Is al
ways received with approval. IL the chill
dren's dance in the flower ballet The
band Of little ones performing the evolu-
ton are eighteen In number, of which
twelve are dressed IN pink to represent
flowers, and six in green to represent the
leaves. The youngest Of the little girls
is Cecil Lingel. Q tot Of 6. They are lead
in their evolutions by Dorothy Lamb.
youngster Of 8. and who II said to be the
youngest toe dancer in the world They
are all st. Louis children. In addition to
the two named they are: Totsie Marks.
Ester Crawford. May Day. Ella Day. Ella
Brown. Nellie Bright, Helen Cohen. Mary
Exnicius. Irene Behring. Dorothy Lngel,
Esther Perkins Dolly Bremser. Lizzie
oHearn. Stella Schwarz. Jessie Bright.
Lillian Gilmore. Gertrude Crawford and
Ida Cohen.
The radium dance in the Kiralfy's
Louisiana Purchase Spectacle is a puzzle
to spectators. How the costumes Of the
dancers are made luminous while sll about
them is in darkness has been the subject
used. The chemical substances employed
to get the effect produced are certain
fouresoeut salts. which are extracted from
a substance invented by Bulzano. the
president OF the Milan Academy Of Natu-
raj Sciences.
Can It be that the star actresses Of Eu-
rope are more matronly inclined than
those Of the United States? On her forth
coming American tour Nine Rejane. the
great French actress, is accompanied by
her daughter. who acts as her personal
representative. Mrs. Patrick Campbell,
the English actress. is likewise this year
enjoying the company Of her daughter.
Stella The Germans have a worthy rep
in Nine. e.Schumann-Heinlx who
Is the mother Of eight children, all Of
which. however. are being educated In tho
Fatherland. none of them being old
enough as yet to travel with tho pfima
donna American managers, as q rule.
have maintained that from q business
point Of view. It Is bad policy to let the
public know that a star is married or Is
the mother Of any children. The most
popular actresses in the United States to-
day are unmarried. to wit: Eleanor Rob
son. Maud Adams and Viola Allen. with
the example set by Mime. Retane. Mrs
Campbell and Nine. schumann-Henck It |
is perhaps possible that a new view Of the |
matter may be obtained. and that in a few |
years married stars will be Acknowledged
as great drawing cards az unmarried
go |
Blanche Bates and the noble samurai in |
The Darling Of the Gods" stiIl continue !
to give a faithful portrayal of the national |
traits and characteristics of the japanese,
which have not changed in centuries. and |
which are making possible the victories of |
The little brown men IN the East
Mime. Gabrielle Retane was the frst |
French actress to introduce the plays of |
Tbsen. the great Norwegian dramatist. to
the French people. She achieved a mag
nifceHt triumph in her Interpretation of /
Nora IN THE Dolls House." and New
York will have an opportunity to see this
during madame's engagement |
u the Lyric Theater. Ibsen himself saw
Rejane play the part at the Royal Opera
house In Copenhagen. where she appeared
as guest" by special invitation Of the
Danish Government. The grim Norwegian
vas delighted with the performance Of the
volatile Latin artist and sent her, aa
mark OF his appreciation. beautiful neck
ace of pearls.
Mr.. Gustave Weinberg. the family
comedian. whose personal success appears
@ have saved" the comic opera at the
Century Theater last week. has written