The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-19
STAGE SPRIGHTLINESS, new
AND OLD, ON VIEW LAST NIGHT

Williams and Walker the brunette COM
edians. blossomed forth at the Grand Not
the old Williams and Walker. Oh. no,
But the Williams and Walker of Bucking-
ham Palace and all that sort OF thing. you
know. II il 30 be hope; that English at
mosphere Will be reIegatei to the BILL
boards and speedily Traces OF IT in the
performance last night proved the only
disagreeable part OF the entertainment
The rest was darby fun. melody and
dancing. Enough jolIity TO drive away all
imaginary troubles and some of the real
ones IN Dahomey." as now given. is the
best comedy they have offered The pro-
logre pictures tina; sireamed-ot-iand where
money grows on trees and where the sun
shine. when concentrated. crystalltzes into
diamoncs. Nobody works in Dahomey.
Not even Williams and Walker IL was
just a bright stage conceit to make the
audience forget realities
George Walker. with the same eood-na-
tureG grin. and Bert Williams base drum
in hand. arrived early IN the first act.
The applause began mot like popping
corn. but on a Naxim-sun scalep the mo-
rlenr the comedians appeared
They frisked about. picked each others
pockets and joke,i as In the days when
they introduced:
.'oh. don know. You ai='t wahnn,
DAYS odiah cUon- wahrn as you-oo:''
Then Walker sang Me and de Minstrel
Band" with fine effect The chorus was
double quartet that. marched in true
minstrel style. Somehow or other IT
stirred memories of old Jack Haverly him
SELF. and the times when we used to fol-
low the bands Walker described in his
song.
Williams and Walker joined hand. in
singing "Brcadway in pahomey: The
entraot". An ocncore." showed that the
team We're lighter NJ foHt rhrn ever.
In the second act Ada Walker gave a
r.at soubrettc speciality and Williams
sang his crazy piece. a song SO mirth
the character he played and drop his COM
edy before those in front would let the
show go on
var er- Fr-IiSh rrannsris-n soon de-
velopcd. II didn't last. fortunately. The
Dahouey brand OF mirth chased il away.
His English clothes were very smart. but
the monocle and the stare bored dread
fully. Dear Luzon'' saved US from IA
Tigue AID the merriment went on uninter-
ruptedly-
The testers have 'prospered. and deserv-
eddy. Said Williams recently: .'Sutt'nly
was hard &c arrive-but ives suah heah"
Mr.. Rule. Mr.. Cave. Mr.. Hannerty and
other gentlemen who have the records Of
the Century Theater at fingers ends said
last night at . o'clock that tn. receipts OF
the evening wee the greatest that the
house has ever had for a single perform
ance- A. o'clock there was not a seat
to be had on any Of the floors. and at
S,I. Cave said that he had regretfuIly
turned lo'-i p-,,'pl. away from the box Of
fee IL may be added that The Tender
Ioot ha: rot tnansed materially in the
two months of 'ts absence Mr.. earle Is
quite As funny as ever to those that care
Tor his ccrurdy-snd there are many such.
aprarentlyasnd the company is not
helped to IRE auSocss Of The Tenderfoot''
are there in their original tunefuIness.
Mother Goose capcred triumphantly
through the maze OF girls and scenery at
the Olympic. The big spectacle delighted
4 rainy-night crowd that flied every avail
q ole bit OF space I'm the vast auditorium.
Scores OF persons were turned away. The
piece has caught on no other ex-
travasanza has in recent years
Up AT the Imperial Blanche Bates and
her capable associates appeared in Tho
Darling OF the Gods" for the ffty-seventh
time. The same welI-cultivated ar. and
the same enormous patronage were in evil
dence- Miss Bates brings fresh enrhusi-
asm to every performance She never
seems to tire
The Crawford offers a revival Of Under
Two Flags" Eva Lang. a pairs;aking
young actress, appears as Cigarette Lulu
Is another clever member of tn.
cast The sand storm and the other farnil-
tar clirnaxss are Worked Up with the old
time realism The current production in
many respects. IS better than the one seen
last season
Blaney's The Curse Of Drink" had its
first ST. Louis presentation at Haviin's.
II proved to b. one of the best melcdramas
from the Blaney factory. The principal
are rugged railroad folk The
rliInsSes are genuine --thrillcrs- Underiy-
Ing IL all. however. Is an interesting tenn
perance lesson
There was a liberal attendance OF tire |,
foreign element OF Worlds Fair visitors |
in the boxes and in the parquet at Music |
Hall. where louisiana went with the