The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-08

10y hofc tlC D4OoG uaCuIdl OIL
reasons for upholding bis admiLi.-
tratlon; tive of The Others are or
nave ceen cOnnec ed with him in
Inc dlee Club, are personal trends,
aud may therefore be reas ,nably
thought to be sincere IN their opini-
ons; The remaining sigDer, Professor
otlgler, is the single musician not
connected wi b Profess + Thomas
VINO has testifi to his ability as
conductor. Incredulous of MI. Stig-
iere seriousness in putting his name
TO the document, we asked him last
evening the blunt question, "What
is your opinion of Professor Thorn as
ability as a conductor, and OF the
Theatre chestra generally p His
answer deserves place amid the
archives of immortal utterances in
the museum of rafities: 81 think"
said he, "that the Theatre orchestra
is as good ss that at the Opera
House, and that Professor Thomas
is as fine a conductor as Salt Lake
City contains" Mr.. George Emery,
who is thoroughly good fellow and
the head Of q rapidly progressing
organic atom, need not have
signed at all we have never
questioned Professor Thomas abil-
ity to instruct brass bands-indeed
We readily concede what most mu-
sicians know, that as a professor of
the French horn. he is probably the
best in the Territory; it is simply
his inefficiency ard unsuitability as
conductor of the Theatre orchestra
that we object to and insist upon.
1t is little matter, however, how
many mus'ciars sign and how
many do not sign the certificate of
the Professors ability as a lea ser;
even had all those gentlemen we
named above as being absent from
the list-had the Professors Illus
trious namesake himself put his
signature to the document, the fact
would still remain the s anne, that is
the great paying public of Salt Lake
who must be the judges in the
matter, and whose voice must be
accepte as the final and complete
decision Eff the issue.
For the individual members of the
orchestra, We have only feelings of
regard and esteem; 10 Professor
Thomas himself, We only Of ject
when he assumes that one capacity
which he does not fit; the must
clans under him are among the
most capable in the city, aJd iG GER
taiuly NUT be sore matter with
then to b I'D the raises estowed
upon their rivals at the other house,
snd even to see band o: amateurs
receive sn encore. when their own
efforts are greeted with chilling
silence The cause and The cure we
leave TO Their imaginations to divine,
STAGE WHISPERS.
Lily Post ia to have London en-
gagement.
Haz.l Kiike again comes west
late this fall.
Bronson Howard vas recently
feted in Paris.
Geneyieve Ward is playing Forget
Me Not in Australia.
Henry Irving has written book
On his impressions o; Am erica.
Harry Richmond, of Pop noto-
riety, is with LeavItt's Ministries in
San Francisco.
Frank Mayo has appeared in a
new and an apparently successful
drama called "NOrdeck. "
The San Francisco Wasp describes
Rhea's Adrienne as the greatest
dialect part of the American stsge.
Mrs. George A. Comfy, widow of
the we'll known basso. lost her saw
ings by the failure of Hatch & Foote.
Numerous suggestions for the re-
petition Of toe Presbyterian Choir
Concert came into Calder's store on
the day succeeding the event.
The Choral Society meet to-mor-
row evening as usual: a repetition
of the Daughter of Jairus with a
new first part are among the whis7
pers.
Couldock has played "Dunsian
Kirke" over 1000 times, but he
missed his first night last week.
when the govt took him in both feet
Charles Wheatleigh acted as his
substitute.
Arthur Elliott, Rhea's leading
man,is husband to Louise PomerOy
the Australian star who SO recently
made hitin San Francisco; Miss
Pomeroy is travelling eastward with
the Rhea Company.
A feature of Rhea's first night
which should have been mentioned
in our criticism, was the admirable
rendering Of the minuet. The old
dance was rendered with 8 stately
grace that was perfection itself.
The Opera House Orchestra have
secured a clever drummer, tym-
panum and trick performer in Mr.,
Carlson. a late arrival in this city:
Mr.. Moffatt mas gone to Park City
to remain for some time.
The first act in new drains, "The
Rival Billposters, or the Mysterious
Bucket Of Paste" was played in the
Police Court last week. Bobby An
derson was the hero,. Levi Axtel
the heavy man. and Mr. Scott An
derson played the father.
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