The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-09

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while she is acting. When sh'
comes off the stage he goes bacl
with her to her door, where she i.
resigned into the hands of a mar
who guards the room; four Other
detectives are placed here and there
about the stage, ready for any
emergency. When the opera is ove1
PATHS maid takes an inventory OF
every stone before replacing them
in the steel box, then the key is
handed to Patti. and the box is
taken by the detectives back to the
safe deposit vault to wait fol
Nlcolini's valet, and the same
routine next day. Patti has bsen
frequently urged to have false sets
made for America, but she sepsibly
says that it would be of no avail. for
as long as The diamonds we're believed
to be good, she would run the same
danger as il they really were.
THEATRE AND OPERA HOUSE
There will be- little doing at either
house (uuless Jef1reys Lewis calls at
the Theatre on her way to Csl fornia
until the nearer approach of the
holidays; Christmas and New Years
attpe Salt Lake will probably see rep
RESERVATIONS by the Home Dramatic
Club and another organization headed
by Messrs Lindsay and Margetts;
what these gentlemen appear in has
not yet been determined, but the
Home Club will probably put on their
new pIece-A Wallack's theatre sue.
cess-The Life OF an Actress. The
Opera House will be kspt open the
entire week by Ransune's. Across
the Atlantic. bat this will probably
be preceded by the Chicago Church
Choir company.
Harrison and Gourlay are booked
at the Theatre some time in January.
PROFESSIONAL GOSSIP.
Mrs. Langtry has only two Ameri.
cans In her company.
The latest new opera is the Beggar
Student.
Irving opened to only fair bust
ness in Philadelphia.
Raymond has q new play called
Congress.
Dryer has Fedora, the story from
which Fanny Davenport's grest play
was adapted.
Fanny Davenport's recaipts for
twelve weeks in Fedora amount to
800. 600.
The dearth of good plays is shown
in nothing so much as in the an
thst Roland Reed has
cleared $1,000 week this season in
Cheek.
Harrison and Gourlay 10 Skipped
by the Light of the Moon are the
Christmas attraction al the Bush
street theatre. San Francisco.
Fife Ellsler made an immense hit
as the Puritan girl in Storm Beaten;
she will not long be found playing
second to Maud Harrison.
Boxer, the author of Francesca da
Rimini, has quarreled with Barrett
because bis name was not put on the
bills in large type.
The entire assets Of Anthony and
Ellis late Uncle TOMS company were
pecifisd "a follows: three blood
bounds, two drums. one heaven, and
,ne cake OF ioe."
The veteran actor, John Gilbert,
will appear for the first time in nine
months in The Road to Ruin, the
lew play which is to succeed Moths |
& Wallaek's.
Haverly ia not dead yet; he hss
purchased the late Backus' interest
q the San Francisco minstfels, con-
olidated them with his Mastodons,
nd the whole will be known as
Birch and Haverly's San Francisco
linstrels; this is the fret time though
nat the great Haverly's name ever
cured second on show bills.
Mckee Rankin is the new leading
,an at the Union Square on q salary
{ $500 per. week; he has not made q
ecided impression in the new play
Storm Beaten, though the piece
self is q remarkable success. II is
q adaptation of Buchanan's novel
cd and Man.
How tickle and uncertain is the
,eatrical public! Coghlsn, the 800
or night actor, and the Fifth Avenue
,mpany, Loaf for their manager So
20 a week; in desperation, the
1rlesque OF Pop, with Mackey, Kate
sstleton. and Irene Perry was put
j the boards and the business they
d was the best the Fifth Avenue has
now1 this season.