The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-03

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Profe ssors Kent and Radcliffe have
profted by the dear experience which
has told them even a star like Urso,
could not fill the Theatre or the Opera
House, and they have secured the
Presbyterian Church for the occasion
a building which will hold a good
amount of money without eating up
the prof 8 in rent and gas bills. The
reserve sale is going foreward at
Calders.
Selma Dolaro, whose name was as
well known in opera and dramatic
circles as any light star of the times,
died in New York last week. she had
retired from the stage on account of
failing health, but she exhausted her
self By her assiduous work in writing
plays and novels. One of the latter is to
see the light in Lippincott's for March
Its title is B la Demouia," and it has
something tf a strange history. The
Dramatic Mirror says:
Last summer Madame Dolaro put one
of the strongest and most original of
her plays into the form of novel The
work occupied good deal of time and
labor, but her diligence was rewarded
by the opinion of some sound literary
people that she had turned out a CAPT
tai story. Later on the manuscript
was submitted to Colonel Cockerill,
managing editor of the World. who ap-
proved and agreed to purchase it for a
good round sum. At that time the
World was reprintlng complete novel
in each Sunday issue, and Cookerill was
favorably impressed with the idea of
bringing out something which should
be new and original as an experiment.
Having thus been accepted for pubiica
ton it was left in his keeping.
Soon after. wishing to make few
trifiing alterations in the story,
Madame Dolaro visited the World Office
and asked for her manuscript. Search
made in the receptacle to which it had
been consigned revealed a somewhat
startling fact-it was missing! All
hands began a systematic hunt; but.
although every possible hiding place
was thoroughly ransacked, the manu-
script could not be found. HowIG OILS
and what became of it is still
an unfathomed mystery. as the World
does not keep an Office cat.
This misfortune was enough to crush
the spirits of any woman similarly
placed, but Madame Dolaro put a
Enthusiastically good face on the mat
ter. Having no duplicate copy, she |
started in Immediately to write the |
novel afresh-to go over the old ground |
and restore 60, 900 lost words! Even j.
NJ. Hill could not cite a more striking |
instance of cheerful. imperturbable |
equinimity. The rather ungrateful |
task was completed a few weeks ago. |
Good fortune has speedily crowned the |
work. The editor OF Lippi'lcott's Mag
1zine read it and bought IL at once, pay
ng larger price than the World had |
agreed to give.
Jack" White is back from San Fran
cisco, where, during the fortnight he
spent there, he absorbed about as much
professional news as would run an edi-
lion of dramatic paper. He was in
time to assist at the opening of Ike |
Trumbo's Bijou Theatre, where Billy
Emerson is again holding forth, the
minstrel and the capitalist having ad |
justed their differences. Carleton only
did fair business at the Baldwin, Jack |
SAYS; he was booked for the southern |
route. and was not anxious to get back |
to Salt Lake for some reason. Kiralfy |
was another who said he wanted no |
more of Utah, the papers having roasted |
him 'shamefully" on his previous visit. |
The Alcazar is the money-making |
theater of the town; the Osbourne-
Stockwell partnership is dissolved, Geo.
D sbouIne joining Modjeska, and Stock
we'll has gone east in search of new
aiding man; the new California, Jack
is in too quiet part OF town 10
be booming success; Lydia Thomp-
son was frightful frost Mr.. White has
had anumber Of mysterious tacks about
taking up his abode In San francisco,
and it is not impossible that he may
yet be heard of in connection with the
Buou.
CRoToHEIS AND oUAvEFs.
BEN HUR is to be dramstized.
D1xEY will soon abandon Adonis to
take up Faust.
MoDJEsKA has been doing Cymbeline
in San Francisco during the past week.
EMMA NEVADA and Patti 20 to South
America this month, but to different
parts.
JIM HARDIK and Sara Won Leer are
still meeting with success in the lui1d
On the Frontiers.
NED RoYLE is playing with Mrs. POI
ter In the Antony and Cleopatra produc.
ton in New York.
LITTLE Lord FauntleroY is so big a
thing that its managers have fallen out
over it, and there is said to be some
trouble regarding the road rights.
THE auction sale of Lester Wallack's
costumes held in New York the other
day was poorly attended. The Rose
dale costume. went for song, and the
white flannel suit which he wore in q
Scrap of Paper brought the highest
price.
THE familiar Mirror now comes to US
as the Dramatic Mirror; it Is changed
all around besides, aud a very Lon
dony, st. Jamesy sort of air its new
dress and makeup lend to it. The
matter continues bright ard interesting
as of old.
A. &. CAZAURAN is now confined to-
his bed and drawing gradually toward
the end. His hold on life, considering
his age and the nature of his illness is