The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-03-25
Notes.

Notes.
THE comedians benefit to Tony Hart
was postponed on account of the biz.
card in New York last week.la
| A FAREWELL supper is 10 be given tn
Henry Irving and Helen T rry at the
Hotel Brunswick on March 26.
G. A. BYRNEs is the author of the
libretto to A Pesrl of Pekin, the comic
opera produced in New York last
Monday.
MILT BARLOW, the minstrel. is out of
trouble, in Tony Pastors company. and
has Just married Lillian Hall, the bur-
lesqde actress,
4. y. SUITER's dramatization OF bis
nov |, Mr.. Barnes of New York;" i
| finished. but no arrangements have
been made for its produetions
w. II. GILLETTE is going TO rewrite
She. A contract has beeR signed for
the production of the new Version at Tie
Fourteenth Street Theatre, beginning
Nov. II.
JOHN A MAoKAY in the new Pop,
seems to b. do ny only a moderate bu.i
ness on the road. Correspondents write
pleasantly of tn" star, but unite in de-
claring the play beneath his talents.
THE members of the National Opera
companv have or aDized for Spring
season. The chorus, orchestra and bal
let are to receive salaries. The princi-
pals will work on the co operative pan,
sharing profits Or losses. An engage
ment is to begin in New York beginning
April
OsMoND TEARLE is making active pre-
paraIinns 70" his starring tour in Eng
land, and will open his season at Not
tingham, August 9th. His rep'Tt ry
plays. He has been having a number
Of the largest sized photographs of him
self as Hamlet Virginius, Brulus and
Macbeth, taken by Sarony.
Mrs. JOHN T. RAYMOND is IN London.
living actually on one pound sterling q
week. and what sha can earn. The en-
tire amount LETT by the late John T.
| Raymond, and scraped together after
his death. brings her life income Of
| five dollars week. She went to Eng
land with Kate Forsyth, who uses her
a companion and pays her a salary
for her servic S. The engagement WAS
offered by MISS Forsyth out of pure
kindness. and was accepted by Mrs.
Raymond in the same kindly spirit in
which 1t was offered.
DENMAN THOMPSON invited a number
of Chicago clergvmen to witness the
performance of The Old Homestead at
! McVioker's Theatre last Friday night
| When The curtain rolled up about a
dozen clerics occupied the seats suslly
corralled by the bald-he 4ded fraternity
| 81 IoI he1r al
fed manner. A letter was received
from Tire Rev. E. Goodwin, the same
who refused to send condolences to the
widow of Henry Ward Beecher at the
time of the great preachers death, say
ing that he did not agree with the Rev.
LYMAN Abbott that he Old Homestead
or any other play had any good in it.
EDWIN BOOTH is not man of many
words off the stage. HIS answers are
generally short and pithy, and terse-
ness is one of the charms of his CONVEX
sation. Some time since a young man
who declared himself chosen by nature
for a tragedan asked Mr.. 6ooth's sd
vice regarding the proper way to start
cut. "Have you q choice of pats p
asked the tragedian. "Oh, yes; have
decided to bagin with Julius Cesar II
with Cesar" exclaimed Mr.. Booth
somewhat nonplnssed. Yes, YOU
know the great Caesar that Brutus--'
"Ah, to be sure! But Brutus finished
him, why slaughter him AGAIN." was
the reply.
ONCE again have been heard the
strains of Paganiuj's violin A few
days ago the case in which it had been
: kept since it master death was opened
with much solemnity at Genoa. a
royal delegate was present to watch the
operation, and famous violipist saw
that Paganini's instrument was treate
with proper respect. He even went sc
, far as to tune it and play severa
pieces of music upon it. "arousing the
admiration of all present. Then the
violin was once more laid to resi- in it!
case, ana the case itself was covered BY
/, glass shade. Il is apparently thought
! therefore, that Paganini's violin SHOULD
be kept as a silent memento of tn,
| great Genoese, and that no inferio
, hand should heroeforth touch tn
strings from which he evoked sucl
wonder-music.
A MOST remarkable accident occurred
on the stage OF the theatre at Burton
on-Trent, in England, Last month.
L
3 called Maria Martin, and certain MI
Harry Lorraine. son of the wel-knowl
; tragedian of that name, was, under TIA
assumed name of Ernest Bright playin
the part of William Corder. During on
of the acts struggle is supposed t,
,, take place between Cor6er anu Mari
Martin, and the former has to do som
g rather tsll shooting with a revolver
! He raised the pistol and pulled III
4 trigger, but the weapon did not ex
: pIode, and he then lowered il to the lef
hand to raise the trigger again, whel
the charge suddenly went off. shatt4 rim
his hand and blowing his first fnge
9 clean into the eye of lady sitting j.
: one OF the stage boxes The iady's lac
Y was covered with blood. the mutilate
: finger dropped into her lap and sh
!, screamed and tainted. For singuls
8 theatrical accident I think this is er
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