The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-23
OUT WITH THE ARTISTS
The Abbott COmpany'S Rail
road Run.
THE LIFE ABOARD THE CARS.
A Herald Reporter Interviews the
Fair Emma. and Looks on the
Sunny Side of n MONOPOLY
THE LIFE ABOARD THE CARS.


ing OF admiration for its perfection of
system. and condoning sense of its
imperfections which must steal over
every traveller who whirls through its
beauties with the company's free pass
folded in his vest pocket. Such refec-
ton stole over reporter of THE HERALD
as he occupied a seat in the train bound
eastward from Ogden yesterday morn
ing. bent on being the first to welcome
Abbott and her coterie of artists across
the Wyoming line. Evanston was
reached through the region of what
looked like eternal winter, before any
news of the whereabouts of the
singers could be learned. Then
the information was gained that
they were dashing westward on a
special, ignoring regular trains, uSurp-
ing the man track, and doing all that
Law in the power OF the Union Pacific to
arrive in town for a SeaSonable supper
| before the opera. Dinner had hardly
been partaken of at the Mountain
Trout before up dashed the engine,
dragging two baggage and two pas
senger cars behind her, all plastered
with snow and dripping with the thaw.
! Our reporter boarded the first of the
| two latter, opened the door, and a scene
of the most free and easy confusion, OF
! hearty bOnhomie and thorough Bohem-
ianism at once greeted his vision; he
was not at first observed in the general
ciatter, and his acquaintance with most
of the different people-acquired during
| their last visit-enabled him to see how
each of the well known artists was de-
porting himself or herself freed
from the glamour of the stage.
Abbott and Tagliapieta, with one or
two more that lowered about them, had
improvised a table by sitting UiS a Uis
and placing a napkin over their knees,
and upon this rather frail support an
indiScriminate but royal lunch was
spread Across the aisle sat Castle and
his wife, he with a small skull cap upon
his head, and with bottle of OpOrto
port in his hand. Campobello stood in
the aisle talking to pretty chorus girl,
(she was not on last night and alter
mating between a cigar and sandwich.
Miss AbbOtt's maid-dubbed Toute suite
bv the rOllickng cOmpany-waS chat
tering French to her mistress from the
other end of a car. Dusky looking
choristerS were rattling knives, forks
and plates; all were laughing, chatting
and eating in the same breath, and the
general din that Saluted the ears of the
interloper for the first few seconds was
we'll nigh bewildering. But the true artist
whatever her station, can not long re-
main in ignorance of the presence of
newspaper man, and as soon as THE
HERALD was recognized by Miss Abbott,
Tagliapietra, Castle, Campobello and
Fabrini-the latter had just come in
from tie other car with an orange in
his hand-and it was known that he
was latest from Salt Lake, the bourne
to which all were looking for letters,
dispatches, back numbers of the dra-
matte papers and good hotel accOmmo-
datiOnS-he was at once made the
centre of busy host of eager inquiries.
The most pressing queries satisfied, our
reporter enscOnSed himself beside Miss
Abbott, and began to ply his vocation.
Eyes, l have come again to Salt
Lake" said she, with the most will
ing volubility; and I'm afraid it
is for the last time, at least
for a great many seasons. In
1885 [ go to Australia for year. In
1886 am to open in the Grand Opera
House in Paris, under CarvalhO, for I'm
sure don't know how long. It's there
1 hope to make my fortune. but oh,
dear, do hate to giveup my people So"
and she looked around upon her sub
jectS with half sigh.
You appear to have very convivial
company, said the reporter.
"Oh, we're regular family and the
times we have in travelling about in
this way together. You can't imagine.
This is our sixth season together and
the number of people l have seen fall in
love and get married in my company,
you've no idea of, with a mock look
of distress-"and do you know
that true to operate in
stincts the contraltos nearly always
single out the baritones, while the
sopranos as invariably incline towards
the tenors. Another singular thing 1
have nOticed''-with an air of reverie-
"that the contraltoS, too, are the only
ones of the ladies who seem to take to
the orchestra. I've had a beautiful alto
throw herself away on the trombone,
and another equally as good destroy
her chances by marrying the second
fiddle. Oh, my gracious!' with sud
den scream.
What is it?" the reporter inquired,
breathless.
1.-The conductors got a window up.
" IL 0OhAAF tNANhf 10-CNs oiAO tAlO
warbler Snatched up a scarf and wound
it round her throat. You remember
how my voice was when I sang
in Salt Lake before Heaven save me
from such a cod again. All. how kind
they were to me! Ii an audience knew
how much they can help artists along
/ by showing their approval. [ am sure
so many of them would not be so cold
and austere; oh. | love demonstrative
audiences; they are much more so in
/ Salt Lake than in Denver, but for
good rorsing old fashioned enthuse
bgive me BO ton. You'd hardly think il
of the stately city would you. but
a sure you it has been my experience. -
The train shot into tunnel Just then,
and the OLD ceremony of smacking the
lips in mimicry OF kissing, resounded
/ through the inky darkness; no COM
pany was ever yet known tt pass
! through a tunnel without observing this
! ancient rite, and bursting into
4 laugh as soon as daylight
/ IS emerged into again. There was next
a wholesale rush to tire south side of
/ the cars t. see "The Devils Slide" the
conductor putting his head into the
d )or and announcirg that the object of
4 NATIONAL interest was at hand The