The St. Louis Republic., 1904-10-30
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. AMUSE3lEKTS THIS WEEK.
. Olympic ..-.....................Be Ben-Hur
. Centufy.. The Cgurper"
. Imperial......''Th Darling Of the Gods"
. .Kifalfy's 'Louisiana' Z
. Grind Opera-hcuss ......ward and vokes q
. Nuuic .Hayes's Louisiana" Z
. Haylin's. .'McFadden's Flats"
. Crawford ......................-...S Saphor
- Co1umh1a ...................Vaudev1ne =
0andard ....................Buriesque =
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There II no falling away In the general
prospeRfty Of tho theaterA The story of
the success Of 'Ben-Hur' and 'The
Darling Of the Gods'' Il almost monoton-
oue, since each Of these attractions makes
daily report Of mo seats left" Both win
coatinus through November.
n. c. Goodwin believes be has one Of
TIE best comedies Of his career In 'The
U1uSDsf." It fs from tho pen Of q new
playwright, I N. Morris. whom Goodwin
ssdiscovered' by chance The only Nat
ayp he firyt noticed Morris about the
Lambg Club. in New York. I'VE had al
WAYS exchanged boWs." remarked Good
win the other night TN vice president.
yea knew, and bow to everyone. But
hsd always felt an interest in this retiring
$ cAapL One day he came up and spoke to
-. 1lr. Goodwin he said, my name is
Nosds. I've got to play I'd like to have
you read.
Un,' / hid, for you can imagine It
im't . cheerful prospect, reading plays.
Last season rUaA over hundred. You
ws11ln'x think there could be 20 much
aa1nAnity In the world
paaSsr.
Yes he said. put-but. not very
eoo1 ones
wen, Ifked him Tor his franknesL
:Au right I rid bring Il around And
- id. was 10 Boston then and one
uGAt went home and thought I'd read
yaxt e 4 before I went to bed. sat
- ln I'D and rad that pisy before I
Wuut 10 sleep. Tho next day I sent boy
eyP - Providence. where my wife was
p1nying, and asked her TO read It She
~ aad the nsxt day she sent 1t back
u1xh nots that read something Ike this:
Dee1 Nat: I think that II We had had
~ play . year ago We would not be
1puc6sseona1ly separated now. Get an op-
~ sn Il or buy It outright. And do SO
q once.'
-And that's how I came by The
uauDeE.s"
Uanchs Bates begins tonight at the
yMoerial Thsatef the fourteenth week Of
~ et Louis engagement in The Dar-
~ Of the Gods" Last Wednesday even-
~ she celebrated har one hundredth con-
onoutfve performance, and before the en-
onGsment comes 70 close she win have
ronvsd over Ii performances.
After the one hundredth performance.
Whm the total box once receipts were
agured mp to that point Of the engage
unt, u was found that Miss Bates had
paayed 70 siAGD, which means that the
Glnele performances Of the play have av-
e5aged S1,390. Outaide OF New York,
VIM its xeeoJooo permanent residents and
sAo daily transient population approx
unfing 10000 this record for dramatic
star IN one play has never been ap-
pruached in any other city Of the United
States.
When David Beiasco originally booked
Hiss Bates at the Imperial Theater for an
urbroken run Of four months there was
eneendered quite . bit Of discussion In
Nsw York theatrical circles as to the
wisdom Of his policy.
The unprecedented success Of her run.
hOWever, has shown that Mr.. Belasco's
5udgmen. was correct. From the very
beglnning Of her engagement In this city
Mrs. Bates has played to audiences that
have tested the capacity Of the Imperial
4hnafer and there are no signs that the