The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-28

Professor Andre pays regular visits
to the Chinese quarter to seize lnsplra- f.
ton fora new piano piece he is com
posing on the subjects OF Heatneh
Serenades.
) Harry Lee has been engaged by
Fanny Davenport to replace Robert
Manteu in Fedora. This is capltal
selection. We do not see how ANYBODY
could play the part better than MT;
Mantell; but Mr.. Lee will play 1t as wen
and in different manner.-ET.
Miss Kate Denim, once clever ana
favorite comedy actress, now Keeps a
boarding house in Twenty-tourth STREET,
New .-Erchange.
Among the last appearances she mace |
on the stage, was Miss DENNIS me per
Torrance here of Lady Travers III Hazel
Kirke; we have had none to approach
her since.
There is announced for sale the estate
called Feggekilt, on the island OF Mors,
j Denmark. Readers will probably be
reconclled to the ugly name by the ven
der's assurance that the estate was tne
birthplace OF Hamlet, and that on IL Is
hill with the grave OF KING Fegge, w tno
was the identical individual slalh by Cile
Prince to ayenge the most ioul muir
der or his 1atneT'
It is certain that German opera will
be presented at the Metropolitan Opera
House this season, under the leadership
of DIR. Leopold Damrosch, who has Sc,
cured as his principal artists, Frau Ma
terna, Fraulein Lila lehman, Frau
Schroeder Haufstaengel, Frauieln Mar
ianne Brandt, Herr Anton Schatt, Herr
Belv, DIR. Krauss. Herr Adolph Robln
son and DIR. Gables. He has engaged
Herr Hook, who has the reputation OF
being the best stage manager in Ger.
. many. The season opens on the 10Th OF
November, and will last continuously
l. for about thirteen weeks, comprising
IS fifty performances, ending February
: 18th. There will be no after-Lent sea
D son; the programme not be confined TO
>. purely German opera, but will include
= the singing in German of many Italian
,r masterpieces.
II Joe Howard says: "For long time
81 his terms were 5000 performance. bu'
Is Henry Abbey told me a short time age
d that he was perfectly willing to give Mr.
ST Booth 81 900 night for 100 consecutive
m nights any time Mr.. Booth was Willing
N to make the agreement. Hispopularlt!
at is a strange quantity, For instance
Is when Mr. McVicker played Booth IL
IN the Lyceum Theatre he retired lose
Ia of S25,OOO. AT the close OF that orie
ne season Booth, with one of the wors
;h companies ever saw, went TO brookl3Sl
Ie- and in two weeks cleared 2o,OOO. IL
IS goes on to say that Booth never was
as as great favorite in San Fran Fran t, hi
co that he stopped away from TINS plac
as for twelve or fourteen years. howar
ISIS is way out. Booth was here few year
les ago and played the biggest engagement
ng he ever played anywhere in America
J 500 900 in eight weeks.-San Franclsc
ne ne Chronicle.
* John Mccullough has started 10
rly Milwaukee to open his season there nel
il Monday. his engagement at Racine Il
tonight having been cancelled.
looks sunburnt and hearty after h
summer at Carlsbad; but his frient
ich dOubt whether his health is sufficient
of restored for him to resume his prote
sion. Up to the day before his d
ola. parture he was undecided as to b
WI plans and inclined to take year s col
plete rest; but the representations
the managers who had reserved dat
ma for him determined him to begin wo
'hn at once. Joe Brooks accompanies hi
Milwaukee and will personally superb
ved tend his tour. We have not conceal
~ orr anxiety about Mr.. Mccullough;
believe that he would be wiser to wit
draw from the stage during this seaso
my but. on the other hand an old actor
jity. seldom so well as when heis acting, a
OF upon this principle We hope for the be
A telegram Just received from Manas
mes Brooks states that the rehearsals ;
e in proceeding satisfactorily. and that
fire. Mccullough seems himself again
Spirit ofthc Times.