The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-10

tor1ety from the press. He asserted
that the critics were ignorant, men
'dacious and subject to coun tiug-room
pressure, and that they perverted and
degraded the public taste for good plays
and worthy performances. He sug-
gested no remedy for this dire condi-
ton of sffairs, but he told one or two
pertinent anecdoteE and uttered some
eplgrammatic scintill&tions.
Mr.. Boucicault's address had the
merit OF brevity; Mr.. Winters had not.
The reply he had prepared was volum-
lnous, polished. and by turns comic.
pathetic and poetlcal. He attacked the
subject, and his antagonist, with wit,
satire, statistics aud every other con-
ceivable weapon of argument. He told
his hearers, and Mr.. Boucicault. that
the newspaper was 500 years old. He
said that the stage was more prosper
GUS and more elevated now than in the
palmy days. He stated that the stage
received more attention from the press
than it deserved, and actors had no
just cause for complaint against an
Institution which pampered their vanity
and helped to fill their pockets. He
claimed that the press had no influence
whatever upon the public mind; that
it was the voice of the people.
The stage drew nourishment from
the public. not from the press
He further averred that old
men habitually exaggerate the glories
of the past and undervalue the excel
lences of the present. Mr.. Boucicault
was an old man hence his reminiscent
lament. Moreover. he said that actors
ought not to read adverse criticisms; he
took Longfellow's advice. aud never
read anything that wasn't pleasant
about himself Art gave Piles Ire;
criticism gave pain. He never gave pain
to anybody in his own articles, ergo he
WAS not critic. He preferred to testify
his delight with beauty and make ar
lists happy with his flowers of rhetoric
and an occasional spoonful of honey.
When Mr.. Winter had finished speak
ipg-which he did in the ighborhood
Of II o'clock-everbody agreed that
there was nothing more to be said on
the subject, and proceeded to refresh
themselves with chicken salad and ices
STAGE GLINTs.
THE New York Herald has become
nti-Wagnerian.
E. J. BUCKLEY will support Nat Good
win in his nav play. A Gold Mine.
PROFESSOR KENT shakes his head when
asked as to the outcome of the Urso
concert. '
- Our Gunter's new novel is in press.
1t is entitled THAT Frenchman,' and
will be issued in April.
EUGEEE WETHER1LI'sw II was pro-
bated last week. He left $500 ,O0e-all
to his wife, Emma Abbott
CAPPA's band will start on tour of
Europe beginning in June, in Dublin,
and returning here in September.
THE Federated Trades concert is
going to be big popular affair. The
preliminary announcement appears in
The SUNDAY HERALD.
W. 9. CRosBIE, the Signor Bosanka of
Katie Putnam's company. has had a
most pleasant welcome back to San
francisco, his old home. .s..
n. B. EMERY has bluff, hearty man
ner, which IS very acceptable sin his
character Of Major Blufkins, in Erma,
the Elf.-MuSic and d ANA.
HELEN DAUvRAY WARD wife of the
base balIists, who was in Salt Lake with
the Australian bound teams, will re-
turn to the stage, starringir One of Our
NA1Ao anu q NNAoP VI II 0PCLss z
. CARL STRAKoseHa has begun suit
against the New York World for alleged
llbelous reflections on the financial
standing of the Kellogg Opera Com
pany. claiming $25 600 damages. s-s.s
RcBs0a and Crane wound up their
long partnership in Boston February
81. Both were compelled to address
the audience, and both denied that
th"re were any personal reasons for the
dissolution. s~--'*,- ar---
Ell. SorHERN and Mary Anderson
will open their engagement in San
Francisco on the same night, the iorn1 II
at the Baldwin and the latter at the
Grand Opera House, both under the
management of AL. Hayman,
A. r. CAJURAN was buried in New
York last week He was one of the last
of his type, reckless, adventures,
highly educated Bohemian. who had
taste of almost every experience
in life, war, bushwhacking, captivity.
FRED WARDE's handsome face beams
from Oberndorfer's capacious window.
This means that the popular trage1ian
will be out here ere long. and royal
Welcome he will be given. His William
Tell Will probably be feature of The
coast trip. --f7
JOHN MAGUIRE has another OPP
portunity to exercise his native talent
for rustllag, since the filing of sey"rsl
mechanics liens against his n, " Grand
Opera House at Butte, Montana. line
amounts aggregate $500. which is a
mere oagatelie to John when he finds
it necessary to shake out a reef or two
and raise the wind. 1t may delay the
opening short time, but John will get
there sooner or later. A postponement
or two. more or less, don't count at
this stage of the game.-MMsic and
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