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

| to stand the fatigue OF Transatlantic
Journey. Madame. however. is also a de-
voted automobilist. and during her stay
in New York she will be provided with the
finest motor machine that can be obtained
which will be put at her disposal by Mr..
| George c. Tyler, the executive head of
I.iebIer &: Co.. who is an ardent automo-
bilist himself. and who will take pleasure
in acting once in awhile as Madame's
I chauffeur on her afternoon trips around
New York.
| Heinrich Conried announces for early
production at his Irving Place Theater in
| New York Gorkis drama OF low life in
Russia. entitled The Night Houee." The
| piece, which is little mere than series Of
| scenes picturing the poverty OF the broken
and outcast men and women of great
city. has been done with success in Berlin
and other German cities. and has had a
few presentations in London.
Hr. Aage Toxen-Worm. the weI1-known
Danish inpresario, who has for many
weeks managed the Blanche Bates enter
prise for the Belasco firm, will on next
Saturday night sever his connection with
chat house TO undertake the immediate di-
rect!on of the American tour OF the French
actress, Nine. Gabrielle Rejane. brought
to America by Mr.. Tyler. Hr. TOKEN
Worm has been for sixteen weeks in St
Louis, in which time he has broken all
Western records for run OF dramatic
attraction. He leaves the Belasco firm
with gil cordis lity, which is not the usual
thing when severances take place In the
profession of comedy and tragedy. Miss
Bates will, Of course, continue at the I'm
perial Theater with her interesting pro-
duction of The Darling Of the Gods"
The successor of Hr. To1en-worm to the
resident direction Of the production has
not yet been announced by Mr.. Belasco.
There Is a great rush OF business at the
Odeon these days. 1t is the belief OF the
management that the wonderful run of
the Nralfy spectacle Is to continue for at
least two months for the reason that in
stead Of falling of in interest, the busi-
ness Is showing new strength with every
box-ofice statement.
The Music Hall Louisiana" b getting
its gait at the downtown house. Although
the place is enormous. the audiences are
approaching the capacity of the house.
Mr.. Hayes, who wrote the book of the
opera, Is making daily changes IN IT,, in
spite OF the fact that the production mas
been on for months. He says that while
that he means to lose no chance to make
Ii better.
Henry Irving has outlined the plans for
his farewell to the stage. 1t will be seen
from them that the report sent broadcast |
that the celebrated actor would create"
a new role Is without foundation. The plan |
for the tour Is as follows:
II shall play in provincial cities In the |
north and the west OF England" he |
writes and in Scotland until Christmas |
time After the holidays shall pay fare
well visits to my friends in other provtn- |
cial towns. and after Easter I commence |
a season at Drury Lane Theater.
In the autumn of 1895 / start my last |
professional tour of America, opening in |
San Francisco under the management of |
Charles Frohman. and remain there until |
the end OF March. 1906 On my return home
more provincial cities. and afterwards in
London. where my last performance will
be gwen So you can imagine shall be |
pretty busy until then.
Mall waterloo and The Bells for the
Ts cssrss marie as and P0sssS poH
Quixote' and repeat Louis xI' again, but
I shall undertake no new parts"
Bertram Wallis. the English barytone.
whom Charles B. Dillingham; brought over
to support Lulu Glaser in "A Madcap
Princess" has only one serious objection
to New York and that, mosquitoes. When
Wallis appeared at the Knickerbocker
Theater the other day his face showed tho