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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC: MONDAY. 'APRIL il, 1904.
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THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
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UORL-D'S-
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1904-
-FAIR
SIGNS OF THE SEASON.
Mayor Wells 1ms a-ked the Civic Improvement
league to exercise It influence, and-persuade house
holders to co-operate with, ilie Street, Health and
I'ollce departments in setting the whole city cleaned
streets, alleys, sidewalks;, yards, houses and vacant
lots. The Mayor will issue a semiofticial reiiest to
Ilie public and an official request to the municipal
departments, an he did last year, thai the vvotk lie
Mtaned on a certain day and lie entiiely finished
within a stipulated, period.
The city is prepared to keep the streets and all
public places clean throughout the year. Fund
will be set aside for this' phrpoe. The Health Ie
jiartuient will make greater effort to suppic-as and
correct nuisances and unsanitary conditions. The
members of the police force and tile street in-pect-ors
are instructed to lx strict in preventing infrac
'tlons of the law coucernlug cleanliness.
The Board of Public Improvements lias, decided
that street surfaces cannot lie disturbed liming the
progree of the World's; Fair unless the pavement
can be restored before sunrise. Fudergrouiid work
must be done at night, and the streets must lie in
condition for traffic the next morning. Sidewalk
orwtrurtlons will be prohibited.
What will hoiisetiolderg and citizens du to set the
city clean and keep it deanV It in important that
visitors should he" well impressed with St. Iouls.
As St. Louis is now one of the best paved cities, it
in comparatively easy to make a favorable impres
sion. .It can be accomplished by keeping everything
elean; not only streets and sidewalks, but also alley
and premises and vacant lots.
Householders should help the city. They,. should
elean their houses and yards. Property Tnvin'rs
should help tie city. There should be a genuril
cleaning this spring, as Mayor Wells and the Civic
Improvement League advise. In this connection it
is quite appropriate to quote a significant paragraph
from the league's second annual report.
Under the heading "Vacant Ixits" the following
appears: "Sometimes the league meets opposition.
One -well-known and wealthy citizen, in response to
a request of the secretary In respect to his lot. said
that he 'did not require the advice of the league as
to the uses to which he should put his, properly.'
But such occasions are rare and serve merely io
mark the exceptional man whose purse grows In
versely to his public Interest."
In regard to cleaning the whole city and keeping
It clean let not small private considerations "grow
Inversely to public interests." St. I.ottis in even now
cleaner than most large cities. Why not have the
cleanest city?
the time and to do a. great deal of walking. It is
also noticeable that appendicitis In very common
among the rich who do very little walking and no
a carriage for eveu hort distance.-., and whose walk
lug is confined almost exclusively lo the house or
plate of business.
The theory of IX'clor Lautcnhoru is plausible
and should prompt every man and woman to walk
more and ride less. At any late, walking is con
ceded by all physicians to be the nicc-t useful of ex
ercise. -
DIVISION OF D1TY.
The great responsibility resting upon the whole
people of MIsMiurl to build up e.vcinplaiy political
condition", so as to maintain the State's position i"
the van of the reloim movement wlilih sootier oi
later must sweep the land, i- a dhisioual icspoiisi
liility. It i so tu -peak, allotted to the mantles.
The counties are necessarily the sotine of the white
some, benefit out condition which is ticsu-ibeil byilu
geueial teiui "relorm. 1-roni the counties. :t
such, come the people', tcprcsoiilativos. The coun
ties sclei I the executive servants. County politics
in the aggregate is State politics.
i:ach county In Missouri. In order to cfteei the
desircil iiiuilition. must give close study to its own
pailicular allotment of the icsjunisibility. There
are 1H iliflerent political situations In the 111 iiiitn
tics. In suttie nullities riti-fuship must take the posi
tion of uNack: In others, the jMisIlion of defense.
With resiiect to legislators, it is the duty in one
i utility to Aland bi its funnel- icprcsculntivc: in
another, lo drixe him out of the publ'c set i e. The
Com I house ling reiliiie.s undoing in one place: m
auother tie- politiM! leadeis ale men who fuilhor
the public inteiesi and the will of the people. They
desere sitpporl.
Thcie are ami hav- been In both parties some
bainacle politicians iletrimciii.il to 1ih-:iI wcllaie;
iiiaiiliulators who. because of their long and undis
puted nmtrol, hold themselves above the people.
Wrapped in their traditional uU-siipieinaey ami siit
lii ieucy, they have believed that politics began and
ended with theiiiehes. Hut in reality these nit-n
ate pigmies when nine file people lonelude to have
done with them.
.Missouri citizenship is pioviug a Hue capacity for
taking politics into its own hands. Nothing the
seliisji arie1y of imliticians can do can hinder 'the
people when the people decide lo act fur themselves.
When they become roused ouftleieutly to take an ef
fective Interest win n they an1 sufticientlv In ear
nest 111 llO Willil!" 1,1 llt'Vilt.t .1 ltltl.. rtl llti.l,' tlltlA If,
the accomplislimeut of a political object they are
absiilulely invincible. The politician o: on eel mo
tives :nts with the people at a time when the public
conscience demands inipiovement in the public set
icv. The barnacle politician contends for little
ness, for s.fih ends, at a time when these things
will not be brooked, lie make.s the mistake of un
derestimating the power of public opinion. He sets
himself up against the people and they ride over
him. The selfish politician or the corrupt politician
is the only obstacle which the people meet in re
fill ins. Cct htm out of the way or prevent his in
trusion, and the business of puiiticatiou is simple.
The character ol legislators in mi iuiporlaut con
sideration In half of the counties now. The people
must demand that candidates proceed on the lines
of a clear distinction. Men identified with lobby in
lluences must be kept down. If Missouri constructi
ng (iriieral Assembly intelligently then-will be few
bad reproseulatixes therein at the next .session.
Let constituents wnii-h their icpreselltatives. A
prominent political writer, hliiis-df an e.-legisIator.
says of the value of close attention by the con
stituents; -The character of. a legislator, if bail,
soon becomes a mutter of common notoriety, and
no lUslionest legislator can long keep his reputation
good with honest men. If the constituents wish to
know the character of their member, they can e.istly
liiid it out. and no member will be dishnnesl if he
thinks his constituent.-. Me looking tit him; he pre
sunies upon their ignorance or indifference. I do
not see how bribe-taking nmoiig legislators can be
stopped uutll the public councieuce. which is even
now gradually awakening, become fully awake to
the matter. Then it will stop fast enough: for just
as .soon as ioliticians n-alize that the people are In
eartipst in wauling a thing done, they iiiHkc h.-iMo
to do it."
New York and Philadelphia; from Hau Pram.-lM.-u
and Denver: ftom the northern and from the south
ern boundaries of the United Stales.
From Baltimore the start will lie made July 'Si,
and from Boston. .New York and Phil.idelphi.i July
a;. The tourists will ride through Buffalo, Cleve
land and Toledo to Chicago and from Chicago to
Alton, 111., where they will meet the aiilomnbilists
from ihi' West and South August '.(. The proces
sion of aiiIi;moblles-i',.-HiO ami more will form at
Alton and teach St. Louis August ID. The next
day the tourists will invade the World's Fair
grounds on parade.
Here is a sptvtm-lr characteristic of the Twen
tieth Century which might be called a realistic cx
iraxagatisca. Hut it will be mure than a show, more
than an advertisement, more than a pleasure Jamil
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.... -iu- n iiumiis mm inniiencc. ti will Dc even
moie twnn :i method of education in the interest of
ilie automobile vehicle. It will lie a spectacular
bin Impii-st-iug argument for good city streets and
good (ouutrji loads.
Cicat etfoils a if being made to perfect the plans,
and it will lie well for the public to remain atten
tive, lu midsummer the automobile enthusiasts
or the country will have the center of the stage.
And while they will be piocUiinlng the superiority
of the horseless vehicle, they will be helping the
public In advocating construction of good str,.,.s
and rui-.il highways.
VICE PRESIDENT OF IMPERIAL
JAPANESE COMMISSION IS A BARON
ii mi mi mi
An Indiana man. desiring to kill nil old horse,
lighted the fuse to a slick of ilxuaniiie which he
lied aiouial the horse's iin-k. The hoise took after
him as In- Marled to le.ich a safe distance, but the
explosion occiii-ied befoie tin- animal reached the
man. who. it is said, broke all previous world's rec
oids for ii mi xari's.
" -.- vr
Not content to light the Turks the Macedonians
now h.oe eaiihipt.ikes. Perhaps that seismic dis
turbance was the result or the cheerful Macedonian
landing on the terrible Turk.
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I'otmer Senator Wolcott of Colorado, having lost
control of the Itepublicaii machine In his State, may
receive a telegram of condolences from Senator Plait
of New York.
The forwarding of auother S-J.tWO.OOU from Wash
ington to the World's Fair managers will doubtless
call forth a second deluKe from' Jealous people.
-
Hie more week has iM(d when St. Louis has
again led till of the larger cities in percentage of
ineiease in bank clearances.
There is a suspicion that the Japs are (seeking to
fori-- the usiaiis to worry themselves to death in
fear of attacks.
.
An exchange tays that Faster Is the Fourth of
July to the milliners. Not so. it's Christmas.
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CURE FOR APPENDICITIS. - '
The rapid Increase in appendicitis cases makes
important an announcement by Doctor Lautenburn
of Norristown, N. J., who slates that walking is i
preventive of the dread malady. It is explained
that if. the entrance to the .vermiform appendix 'a
not kept tightly closed small portions of waste food
tlnd a way into it. and as there is no exit it cannot
lni-forced out, necessitating a dangerous operation
for its removal. )
Doctor Lautenborn says that when a man "is
doing considerable walking there is no danger or
appendicitis, for the reason that the abdominal and
intestinal muscles are kept continually active and
so In good working order. TheJoltlng given to a
man's interior, economy wheu be walks causes the
muscles of the abdomen and the intestines to con
tinually contract, to offset the Jar of his step."
There would seem to be much in this theory, if.
Indeed, it is not the correct one. It has long been
a common remark that "only the rich can afford
appendicitis," and perhaps this statement- Jy the
Eastern doctor explains why it is that the rich ate
more' subject to appendicitis than the po$r. The
disease is. almost, it not wholly, unknown among
farmer, laboring "men and others who by their oc
cupation's are forced -to be upon their feet most of
PROGRESSIVE HA WAI FANS.
The people of Hawaii may be considered inferior
to the rest of the citizens of the United State, but
that Hie cheerful graficr U looming up In the front
lank of the statesmen or that island territory is a
fact. Judge Hohihun ordered the Grand Jury to
Investigate the vouchers of the Hawaiian second
territorial legislature and the printing account dis
closes the eneigy of the grafter.
The law provides that all legislative business
shall be iu the EtiglKh language, but the Oram!
Jury reports for printing in Hawaiian a bill of .-,-H04
and printing in English. .f:5,:tli); for translation
the bill is SM.".17. Therefore the printing and trans
lation in Hawaii are contrary Ui the law. Niatl.x
$!),) mi was illegally expended.
The Grand Jury found that the total printing bill
of this .e.siou was JSIU.-VIS: and tint it was moie
than i-oiible the proper amount. For Instance, there
were bills for comparing and revising in connection
with the proofreading, which should have been in
cluded in the proofreading bill. The pi inters'
charged .Sl.rl .1 page and the Grand Jury thought
this should have Irrludcd the proofreading at least,
to say nothing of the comparing and revising. Tin
total of these three bills aimiuiitisl to nearly .si.OoO.
It will be seen that, though Hawaii s (.ompara
lively young and while it has not had the time to
learn the ins and outs as have the States, II is learn
ing rapidly the wajs of the grafter. It Is evident
that before the islanders demand si.-uchood a Folk
and a Crow should dwell in Honolulu fur a few
years. The Legislature Io now in special session to
discuss' the financial question, to shave down ap
propiintioiis. to consolidate offices and In other ways
to curtail expenses. The reason for the special ses
sion is very plain.
-4V.. 1.
THE AUTOMOBILE TOUR.
Novels Heating of knighthood, when it wax in
tlower.and knights were bold, almost iiUariably con
tain fantastic descriptions of grand tournaments, at
which gallant warriors displayed their prowess at
arms, their magnificent selves and their richly
caparisoned, blooded Mceds-iu the arena, to the de
light of brilliant assemblages or fashionable women
of the nobility. The tournatueut. which drew per
sons of rank, wealth and prestige, was one of the
chief features of the ehivalrie days of -old.
How would .such a tournament compare with the
spectacular demonstration which the American
Automobile Association has arrangcd.for as an event
of this summer and an incident of the World's Fair,
for advertising the, horseless, vehicle, and cultivating
enthusiasm iu behalf of good roads! The plans for
the automobile tour-and parade mark the' ancient
tournament as a etty exhibition.
It is estimated that not less than 10.000 auto
luobillsts will participate, that there will be at least
Z."00 machines of various styles, and that the value
of all of the vehicles will exceed $.",000,000. The
tourists will come by ro;ul from .Boston, Baltimore,
Sully has been supprcased, but his friend, flic boll
weevil, is retried full of life and vigor.
The Republicans might nominate Mr. Brifow for
A'ici- President. Might, you understand.
.
RECENT COMMENT.
rosin of Chmillll)- Luce.
Nor Yoifc flim.
1-iice coats were never In forms so be.tutlful as tho-e
ilNpl.i eii this se.Lon.
Ulack I'li.intilly anil white Ulnuitlllr aic especially
favored as materials for these cost,, but all of the net
Lues lire n-ed. Heavy lares are not out of style, but
they hae taken second pilce ln le COJt or,(l aIld
coats ..lion or three-quartets length .ire fashioned from
the fine Inies, banning In sort ample folds over loose
linings or the softest silk ami ehlffon.
Silk ciep or chiffon enten into the making of tho
ose from whi.h the body of the lOat falls, anil alo
"'"'" '" Hie tilninilng of the huge sleeves
A co..t In wlilt.- Clmntllly wonderfully draped is
trimmed in black Chantllly employed In blnck paillette-
Handsome coats of silk elaborately lace tiimmed or
tilmmed only h, luuhings, puffings, etc.. are also shown
and one particularly good Imported mn.lpt i ,..-M.
ituailer coat of black silk made up over pale blue and
inet with white Alem-on.
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,,, , . rjAHO.V MASAN'AO llATsJl'DAlKA.
Vice President of Imperial Japanese Commission, who will anive in Mt. Louis to-day.
Baron lasanac Matsudalra, the lce
inesldeut of the Imperial Japanese Com-ml?.-ion
to the Louisiana Purchase im
position. Is expeeted to an he In St. Jjjuis
this- inornln?r. He will have looms at the
Hamilton lloti ).
Karon .Matsu.lalia o:eui!.s a hlh ihI
tion anion;; the ihitlntfiilshed men of Xj
pin to-.Iai. Imth by lrtue of ills ut'ieial
rank and by th. Influence which he pl.ij -il
urmii the inaMiiK of uioiltrn Japan, lie
is " j oars old and com.-s of a noble line-
After the fall of the IVud.il Government
he was appointed by the Kmperoi- a. rjnv
ernor .of the various pmriroei. In w liloh
cap:u.Iiy he !,livi3 for more than ten
jeai.s.
This lonj; service gave him valuable ex
perience and ma.de him an able man in
the Japanese G1A1 rim-cut. The Karon has
U-in elected a life nienili-r of the House
or Peers, and l.:t-r the Vi.-e JtinNier of
Interior. During the i'a.l.s IZxposltlou, In
1). he -lent to tt-e Tienih catiital and
?I m -bout t.vi- iiioiiiIvi thre investigat
ing' the swial and tK.noinlcal conditions
In lCuripc
On .if-cmiiit of reionbd merit at the
time of th- risl.nation. hi which the Km-
eror legained Hie n-.il soveieinty, and
of his later service. h was honored bv
tli.-- Kmpemr with the title of Karon anil
the decoration, "the ilr-t Older of the
rtlsins Sun."
"PARSIFAL" IN CONCERT FORM
RETURN OF THE BOSTONIANS
When (far Ilrnf llenr.
Heneral John H. Ketcham. the veteran Representa
tie ftom the T!ility-flrt New York District. Is s. deaf
that it is surprising that He manages tr, keep abreast of
llm business of the House. Vet It Is doubtful If any
member of ,i,.,t body Is better posted in current affairs
llian he. I-Vw memheis sVe as close attention to the
wants of their districts or hav a better acquaintance
with llieir constituents-.
Recently one of the GineralV Xew york fiiends called
on him and explained that he desired the loan of
"What did you jy?" inquhed the General. Xaturally
supno-lne his (list lenuest hail not been understood,
the constituent repeated. In a loud tone:1 'I would like
you to loan me $10."
-you said you waited ," replied the General, much
to the astonishment of the would-be borrower.
When Admiral Togo Was a Cadet.
l.ondoti 31. A. p.
When Ailmhal Togo was at the Thames Nautical
Training College, where he began bis education for a
F...1 career, the examiner did not credit him with those
Sifts which he has since turned to such good account In
dealing with Ills countrj's foes.
lij n curious accident, wben the proofs of the -lists"
..- -seiu io inc. n.i master, he found Cadet To-o's
ne .ipcearing as --.Vo so." an error ulilel, ., ,.f .. "
Lnro;iedg;,an" ri8""y "' in ,he "8l" "f r.?"-t
shouli! he eoine across Hits 1itn t ,.!. . . :.
iiIm.i.,11 ... ...,... ." "' "'sii so,wcu
know "
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nai
aphorism. "Never piophesy unPs ,
A HecnriMuic t'ompnu.
Public Opinion.
in the last number of the Bulletin Ue la Soclete Indus-trl-1.
de Marseilles we find described an apparatus in
vented by M. JWt. which automatically register, mlmto
,n.h m t dlreC,," "' ,h? COn,p""' TO t bTcon
m. ting the h.,rt whteh Is the result 11 i, ps,,b,' "0
determine wlnt the roule was that followed at a
gi en moment of the passage. The commander of a ves
,el indicates to the helmsman the route which the vessel
should follow, but he does no, know whether hTs ,o, te
111 "Z XT "" U ,"t"'u"- obseniug'tbe'c'on,:
Pass. The H.-lt .piMi.itii- give, this Information, regis
tering every change ,,, pos,tlotl of ,,, vc., e,h
move made be ,P belmsman. and the exact time at
whicli such changes oee-aried.
What Santo Domingo reiln.
Pittsburg Post.
Jiniinez has left Sail Domingo, but declares that the
revolution it, his behalf is still goi,,g on. It ,g to ,,
hoped tba.i his statement will shortly be proven to be
without any substantial support, and that the Insurrec
tion will soon be a. thing of the past. What Sau Do
mingo needs is that Jlmine and other ambitious lead
ers like him shall remain away from Its borders and per
mit Its people a rest from the troubles with which they
have been afflicted for some time past.
The Philosopher.
Detroit Fiee Press.,
"Do you see any humor in this lifer'
"Well, comparatlvely-yes. That is, there is more
humor ln It than there Is in getting out of it. so I con
clude It must be a joke. Though sometimes, r must con
fess, I laugh when I really do not see the point."
MTaya of Hit On,
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Employer -What did you do this for. say?"
Office Boy: 'Cause Pa ruther make mistakes than ax
Questions."
Mr. Damrosch has brs-n able to claim
the pos-essttm of advanced musiiiani-hip.
Vestetday. at the Odeon. lie. n-enforced
tlt.it claim by evidence of scholarly tdit-or.--i!yi
of, perhaps, the most abstrusu
tonal text extant. By way of demon
strating that hu knon.s Wagner, bo
placed upon his programme Initially tho
MeisRrsmger VorspW-I. There ait: two
overtuie by which Wagner would have
inimmlnlized himself, rnd he wiitten no
other Mcisteiabiger and Taimhnuser. In
Die MeUteralngt-r we have the jojoum
Wagnei the Wagner that saw the frui
tion of hopes long deferred.
S.nuerthat In tills eii-. Mr. Damrosrh
began his cmict-rl. and after the las-t note
of the Vonpie! has hidden itself ln the
leinote release-, of tile Odeon. the UJJ
audbois insiii'itlvelv fpit tliut an uu
niatihed event lu IocjI mific hud begun.
Mr. Dutiipisih ti-oU the theme descriptive,
of the piciesslon uf the guilds in splendid
mood, lie wrought ihiougb bis reading in
tlnd fashion the prue song of tho devoted
Walther. the vio'lns testionding beautifully
and the vood-nlud dt-veloping a. unison
that proved an tiiMdoved ilollght. Finally
when the pregnant cntuiapuntal theme of
the overture develops, when Wagner tries
himself at Wagner. Mr. Damrosch kept
his seventy men in a rhythm and a mel
lifluous sonmity that delighted the en
thusiasts and Informed the tyros. Like
Theodore Thomas. Mr. Damroseli did not
play it. hpjnuse there is but one Th-o'loie
Thomas with the all-pei vailing Thoinalin
compulsion, but. ne-nt to tills. Sir Ham
rosclt's Melsterslngfr Vorsplel "deserves
to stard bv Caesar and give direction."
When the applau'e subsided Mr. Uam
rosch called tile audience to quiet and the
receptive humor needful for consideration
of tno greater things In store.
He begun his informal talk on "Parsi
fal." the p)c of tho opera in the Wapr
neiian sencme. and. witlt a few- woto.s,
t,wept away an entire acreage of miscon
ception regarding the book of the work
by saying that "Parsifal" legends, one
and all. aie grounded in German medieval
ism. The Chrlstology of the present day
and that of the Tenth to tho Kourteentn
centuries, he declared, were distinct and
separate .conceptions. Wagner, said the
speaker, went lo the fountains of German
folklore rather than the sources of what
Is known as revealed religion, for the
composition of his rtory. and the deeper
he delved into the inehaustlhle material
at hand the more ho was inclined to alun
don his first impulse to operatize the ii.ble
episodes of a later exegesis, us he had Hist
Intended. ....
Mr. Damrosch dievv a simile between the
tonal scheme of "Siegftied" and the young
"Paiilfal" that proved positively luminous,
and he demonstrated tint religiosity of
Wagner in a manmr that would serve io
lonfound tho critic who seek sources of
sacrilege in this consecration stage festi
val pl.iv. The niuilence biterrd with atten
tion to tho strikingly postured .voung man
at the dirlguital desk, and followed him
with evident delight when he would De
scend his poiVum and play on the plar.o
the tlucidatorv passages befoie calling
on tlic entire oVchjstra for more rconant
IiilTpietatlon. It .vas. tiken all In .Ml.
In this respect alone, e striking conttihu
t.ou to our underspending of a woik the
discussion of which has crossed and rt-crca-vd
ihe Atlantic a has no other that
can leadlly be called to mind.
The soloists were Misses Harmon. Iven-
reiiy. Crawford. Wheeler and I.lcun-
rtel.i: Mme. Itubv Cutter-Savage: M.-srv
I'r.im-i. Arcliamha ill and Dan 1 Heil.ne.
who nad the operilic scores in their Keep-
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leading contralto of the liostonlans.
ing. Jlr. David Mannes plajeil the "Gooi!
Friday Spell." or "Chaifreltag-zauber," as
the original has it, as a viobn sclo.
Woudeiful. truly wonderful, the Instru
ment became in this tall young man's
hands, and loud, even boisterous, wns the
applause that followed his work. Again
Mr. Damrosch slppteil to the piano and
explained the third actof "Parsifal." again
tne orchestra responded as already indi
cated, and then came the solo story of
Parsifal's assumption or the klngshln of
the Grail, the interesting episode of Par
sifal in Klingtox's garden having preceded
it. and thus 'with many a Wagnerian
lloutl.sh and tonal sinuosity constantly re
mindful of "Siegfried" and '-Die Wal
kcere." the tine, unusual concert came to
a Close.
. .
The fimous old old and ever young
Bostonlans began their engagement at the
Century lat night in "The Serenade."
Herbert and Smith's romantic comic op
era. With Henry Clay TJarnabee as the Duke,
W. II. MacDonald as Cailos Alvarado. and
Allele Rafter as Dolores, a delightful per
formance was assured. "The Serenade "
as these artists give It, takes you back to
the day:, when there were no "Countrv
l.lrls and "San Toys." when dialect com
edians were unknown quantities when
In a word comic opera was a very serious
-affair, to httaung and acted and dressed.
There are still many persuns. who look
with lesret to Its hist davs. They year-i
for the serious light entertainment s. gen-erouslv-
proviilfd by the Doitonl.ins onlv
noweii.i;. s. '
The veteran Itaraunbee and MrcDonald
wuc entliusiastlcallv welcomed. Doth
were In good voice, and both wnrmd to
applause a- though they were smbltiou"
- -,- ,.... ..-.- ,i'oi-.t- waiueu more
and vvr -norc of their famous numbera
they came back smiling and as' often
the audience instated.
Mr." IJamabee was as young as evr. TIi
business he gave was entirely new and
of his own Invention. MacDonald
song's went with fine spirit. Howard
Chambers, as Romero, was satisfactory.
The Dolores of MH Rafter was a
graceful, pretty betoiue of Plt at-i-nctlveness.
ll-r voice lacked tho
atienlfth und brilliancy of the voices of
hfr wore famous predecessors, but she
was up to th rertuiiements.
saucv little Geitnide .lmmer sangr
"Vvonne." The Gomez of Mr. Krothinstnn
and the Colombo of Campbell Donald
were notably amusing.
Old -Robin Hoort"' will be 'viv"?J?:
night, to-morrow night and again Thurs
laV evening. "The Sf ranade " will h
sung Wednesday. Friday and Saturday
evenings. ....
Young Tone Hoxie." Krnest Imson'
pastoial comedy, had Its tirt St. Louis
performance at Ilie Impeiial. The plot
binges on the piomise or Tobc to his dying
mother to watih over his sister. The
scenes of the play are located on an
Illinois farm. Mary, the sister, has mar
ried a worthless man. who le-aves her ana
go.-s to Chicago. ,
He send for b-r to mine to him and she
iefu-es. Her f.Uher, a crusty old man.
with queer id.-as of a wife's duties, turns
her nut of the house because she refuses
to Join hex busbi-d. young Tube maKe
an unsuccessful effort to leason with tne
old man- and then leaves home with his
sister. Maiy. Tle-v both find employment
iu a Chicago factory, where Mary meets
the man of hr choice and later weds
him. Krnest l-rn-on. as Tobe. gives i
performance that shows his art to P
much bettes ad .-.ullage than -bd. tne roo,
of Lcm Dunbar, bis foinier hit m or
State Polks." ....
Song and daru-e were the main Ingredi
ents ur the farce. -'Co-mtess Helen." ic
which the German Stock Company ap
pealed at the oa.-.m lat night to a full
house. Da-ecto- llununu Kd In t!i
-Inglug and daccir.g as iiual.be. a music
dlrtctor. who masquerades under the stage
name of Lorrini. .,,.-.
I.eona Dercero Imiierjwiiatl Quaboes
daughter. Pauline, :.nd alieruanls the
countess Heltne. S-Iin war car! -a I in the
two extreme". thP modestly binught-uii
daughter of the. iii.--s and the would-be
arl-torcrat. , , ...
Mrs. Wflb-Markhbni Hans Toebel. Au
guste Durmaster, Louise Pellmann and
Paula HIenna did good comedy work in
their rc-sirt-ctlve oatts. "Mutter und Sohn
f.Mother and Son), a folk play after one
of iSlrchfeitfer-.- intercth.g stories, vv.ll be
prcentwl Thursday nigut m honor ot Jlax
Afcerty'3 benefit.
....
Hughes, and Haztltcn. who burlesetuc
WvlI-s.novvn actors In classic paits. "t
hcadllner.s at the Standard. Thir tra
vesty on "Quo Vndis" is about the fun
niest specialty on the olio. DeVeairs and
DeVeaux. the musical duo; the Fojtcr:
Citv Quartet: Williams and Aleen in Mr.
Dobbs of DolnV Kerr.v." and Kelly and
Reno are the other entertainers. Tne en
tire comiany is seen in "Tho L.3dy Killer
and "The Don-Tons In Sunny Spain.'
L. M. Crawfoid. th new manager of the
Ojsou. announces that he has completed
arrangements by which the Rose Cecelia.
Shay Opera Companv of Cincinnati i to
.a-,- M two woeks nifrasement at tho
Grand avenue house, btginmng May 1.
The organization numbers fifty vocal art
ists. Miss Shav- Is a contralto of a rang
higher than n-.fzzo. The young lady has
be.-n the lcciplcnt of much European
schooling and I' reputed to be In every
way cipable of interpreting the master
pieces of Verdi. Gounod. Leoncavallo.
Ui.'t and otie-r of the famous modern
masters.
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"The Golden Past." a bright little plav
let of the time when knighthood an
chivalry pi cv ailed, preceded "East Lynne"
at Crawford's. The curtain-raiser is by
Oscar Dane ot St. Louis, lie and Victory
ISateman were in the cast. "Kast Lynne,
the. regular bill. w.ik very creditably pre
sented. .
"The Heart of Maryland." David Belas
co's ivar diaraa. is again on view at
Havlin's. Eulalia Rennett. a younc
actress of mu.-h emotional temperament,
plavs Jlarylaml Calvert. She bn th
earnestness, the Inlensity slid the vole
for this role. By a. singular colncidenca
Alma Kruger. who treceded her In tno
rharacter. was in St. latuis last night.
MLss Kruger's old follow iuc saw her at
the Century last week k leading woman
of the Wanle-Jaraes company.
.
Maude Adams will present Mrs. France
Hodgson Burnett's new comedy. "Tno
Pretty Sister of Jose." at the Olympic to-
"'s'"- ....
t ., tc If.. Lett nil! he seen at tbft
Grand Opera-house this evening In "Tho
Crown Prime." George Broadhursfs latest
Play.
....
There will be. an entire change of bill at
the Broadwav Musee to-day. The show
in the curio hall will be a demonstration
of physical culture by a company of
young women.
. .
Ferail's Ark. the new anhnal act at ttio
Zoo. proved a. populaf feature.
VISITORS AT ST. LOUIS HOTELS
H. M. Stet-S-ns of Boston is at the 5t.
Nicholas.
Cbarles J. Il.mpliHl of Youngstctrn, O.. Is
a gutft at th IJnd'Il.
J. 1 Mundj- of Uneoln. Ill . cme to th
Plamrr 3ttri!av.
W. ItoorH ,Ion nd lf- of Mexico. Ma,
have rooms at tne Southern.
n. A. Bald? In of C1V11 il steppiBg t
the NVw St. Jl,me.
J. Colman of Winona. Ulna . registered t
the MaJison yeterda.
1. II. lUtton of Springneld, lib, la en tho
giirat hat at the LrlL.
I). Sroltti. stlfe and daughter ot Chlcsga
have looms at ths Mosar.
iqik I Johnson of Cincinnati came to
the St. Nicholas yesttnja-.
-Oair Norflut and wlfo of New Tork era t
the Undell.
Charles T. urnit ot Prescott, Arlt. rurls
terd at tho Planters )etorday.
J. M. Mwnrda of Scranton. Pa., la too
plng at the Southfrn.
W. G. Deveraux and wlfo of (tan J"randaco
are at the New St. Jarato for a few days.
W.' F. Soeditr and wife ot Canton are at th
Madison.
C. A. Moore of De Molsea. la., rfgtsterea
at the Iaclfde.
D. J. Bond of Mount Vernon. I1L. Is star
ing at the Mower.
P. K. Robnrto of Chicago cam to tss
Planters yster2ay.
William Hater. Jr.. ot Newark. N. J.. 1
a curat at the Southern.
Major Harver Salmon of Clinton. Mo., la
at the planters.
Brraard Corrlgan of Kansas city Is a guf-st
at the Planter.
Mlsaonrlaaa In Sewr York.
HEPl'BUC SPIXHAL.
New Tork, April 10. Among the arrival
at the hotels here to-day were the follow
ing from Missouri:
St. Loulf-C. Paugalo. T. II. Harlan, N. A.
Doyle. VV. Blake, is, M. Murphr. II. IV. Ard'.
lmprruil: o. M. Helrlch. M. Ilanold. Astor: P.
P. Kaiarr. C W. Parker. Hoffman: S. Frelich.
. ron. Broadnray Central: J. II. Marshall. T.
Kll-y ana Mrs KU.r. Bartholdl; A. Wayeott,
Holland; L. Caly and Mrs. Cady. Vendome; P.
II. Ewlnc and Mrs. Evrlnr. Attn marie: O. '.
Ft.-iog Grand Union: M. titstnthal. Continental.
Kannas City K. G. Anderson Mrs. W. C
Prai-rltt, Trlterlon: 1. S. aibson. Herald Squaras
J. V. yifhcr. Grand Vnion.
POEMS WORTH KNOWING.
WHERE DID' IT GO?
BY W. C. GANNETT.
It flushed all night ln many a dream
the hills so slow u thriIIed , the Io
dim, and the purple -f Kiajer.
it gilded Into a poets song.
Where did vesterdav's sunset go,
When it faded down the hills so slow,
ta .ha 9nia ffrw dim nnd the pur
' " - il soueu into a poets song,
Like an army with banners, passed from u is setting still in a picture rare
sight?
Will its flush go into the goldenrod.
Its thrill to the purple aster's nod.
It" crimson fleck the maple bough.
And the autumn glory begin from now?
Deeper ihnn flower fields sank the glow
Of the silent pageant passing slow.
Tr ..tiitc-Aa ii-. .t... ,... ,
-- s -- vy too iiiuucie none can sec
To the shifting lights of a symphony;
And In resurrections of faith and hope
The glory died on the shining slope.
For it left its light on the hills and seas
That rim a thousand memories.
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Z TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO I
TO-DAY IN ST. LOUIS.
From Tho Republic. April 12. 18TJ.
"-x An effort was made by the St.
Louis delegation at Jefferson City
to have the Legislature establish
an additional Insane asylum at 8t.
Louis. The matter was in the
hands ot Christian Peper. Judge
s Dryden and Messrs Cabot. Scul
s lm. Wells, Walah, Maxou. Phelan
s and klaxon.
Hlghwajmen robbed Thomas
s Whcalnn and a young lady In East
St. Louis. s
The election of Democrats to the
s City Council was contested by Hen-
s ry Fcuerbach, IL C. Meyer, Joseph
s Crawahaw, G. W. Palker and S. D.
4 Barlow.
Judge Laughlln rendered a deci-
slon compelling E. H. Brown, man-
ager of the Western Tjnlon Tele-
graph Ccmpanr. to produce private
telegrams In court as evidence..
Fashionable women disposed of
s their Spitz-dogs ln favor of poodlea.
Masons conducted the funeral of "
Thomao H. Benton. Jr.. nephew of
the famous ta,tesinan.
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