The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-12-02
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
The Inside WORKINGS Of a
Burnt Cork Troupe.
THE SAD END OF SARA JEWETT
The Loan of Havsrly's Name-George
Knights Plight-Nym Crinkle on
the Side of Struggling Merit.

Where DO Ministries obtain their
'gags2'"
This reflection must have occurred
to everyone who has sat through show
after show and listened to the new
changes rung on the CID theme by
bones, tamborine, and middle man,
When do they rehearse, and how do
they go about it? Are their absurd
yarns, puns, jokes, and retorts original
with themselves, or are they written by
someone who makes business of it2
These questions were put to Mr.. Day
the business manager of the Haverly-
Cleveland show, at the Theatre yester-
day.
in a great many cases they are
original with the end men," was the
reply. Some have them written for
them, and anything good they pay well
! for. AS for rehearsalS, no company has
to rehearse more thoroughly than a
minstrel company. We had a rehearsal
here this morning on the stage; then
we went out on the street parade, then
played in front of the house for the
matinee, gave matinee performance,
run to the hotel in time
| for supper, then a night perform
ance which concludes at IL 80; SO you
see the life of minstrel is not Verita-
bic bed of roses. We have very strict
stage discipline, both at performances
ing Mr.. Noroross, the mid idle man, one
of the best and Oldest of that line in the
country. The life of a show like ours
is the rapidity with which it moves. and
Mr.. Norcross allows not the slightest
possible stage delay"
We asked something about those wen
derful infsntiie Japs, who will be apt to
be interfered with by the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
as soon as they land in New York. Mr..
Day said:
They were hired in Japan not long
ago by man we have oyer there who
is still there negotiating with fifteen
other Japanese performers for next
season. Are the little ones as young as
they look? Every bit, but how they
train their muscles and cultivate their
nerves to 60 through what they do
is more than can tell you"
The Ministries appeared before two
big audiences yesterday, afternoon and
evening, to much the same excellent
programme as in the opening 1t is
| not generally known, but it is tact,
nevertheless, that the Haverly- Cleve-
land Ministries have about as much to
do with Haverly as with Sam Gibson.
| 1t is Cleveland who owns and runs the
whole thing, and H. We :iy is simply paid
royalty until some time in 1e9J for
! the use of his name Not long ago he
was sole proprietor of the show, but
when he got into deep water through
| his mining schemes, the show had to
go, and Cleveland, the young Napoleon
of minstrelsy. who had organized the
successful McNish, Slavin & Johnson
Company, took it off his hands with the
only proViso that Haveriy name
should still remain up over the door.
| Cleveland has made small mint of
money out of the company, and from
all indications he will be very well able
to travel alone with it by the time 1890
arrives.
Nobody who saw Sara Jewett here in
Daniel Rochat can readily forget her,
nor will any such read the following
letter written by Clara Belle to the Gail
without feeling of sadness. 1t tells of
the going out of bright light and one
whose radiance has thrown in its time
beams of Joy and hope and comfort in
to many soul. "A beautiful and &C
complished actress. who never rose to
great fame, and yet was admired so
much as to be still remembered after a
InnCo of ton 10 Cora T,of ha
memorable successes of the Union
| Square Theatre, which is now being
slowly rebuilt after a destructive fire,
Miss Jewett PLAYED conspicuous PAL is.
she was leading actress fer five
seasons in the Palmer Company.
playing the heroines to the late Charles
| r. Thorne Jr.'s heroes They origin
ated, so far as America is concerned,
what has come to be called "repressed
emotion. " Thorne had been q robus-
tious and noisy actor, but under strict
and artistic guidance he moderated
his vim, and became one of the most
quiet of stage delineatOrs without los
! ing virility or foIc9. Miss Jewett was
rema1 k3bly la6v-like actress, and IN
der careful coaching she adapted herself
| to ThOrne's methoGs No couple have
since gained anything like their hold
upon toe fashion able liking Of the New
York pub ic. Thorne died, and the
failure of the management to find
satisfactory substitute for him resulted
in the disbandment of the company.
Miss Jewett played IN other cities ocea-
sionally, but has never reappeared in the
metropolis. Her last engagement was
| for the Boston Museum, where she was
to have become the leading actress of
the stock company; but it was found a
little while before the time for her Bos
ton debut that she was quite iDcapa
citated. The assertion was published
that she had become a. victim of the
opium habit. q alous friends denied
this and took advantage of the publicity
to get up benefit performance for her.
She was unatle to take part in that en-
tertainment and as matter OF fact was
in a medical asylum; at the time. The
remnant Of her pride was aroused, and
she made resolute effort to regain con-
troll of herself. Thereafter she sank out
of sight and into silence.
Miss Jewett has now been sent to a
private hospital situated on New York