The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-07-16
THE BURGESS BENEFIT.

More than 5000 will be handed Manager
Burgess from the results of the benefit
rendered him last evening at the Salt Lake
theatre. Ordinarily when the lower part
of the house is hlled-and no one ever
looks for galleries in mid summer, with
comedy and musical entertainment ont
means receipts of about $500, but last night
everything below stairs was packed, and
that with the brightest and most friendly
of audiences. The whole entertainment
was novel and charming one, and the en-
ioyment was of the most genuine character.
The leading feature was, of course, the
act from g Our Boarding House," in which
the author, Leonard Grover, assumed the
part of Col Elevator, and his son, Leonard
Grover, ir., that of Prof. Gillipod. The
latter was creation and caught the house
uproariously. Young Grover is true
comedian, reminiscent both OF. Robson and
of Nat Goodwin. His father was also
excellent and the support was evenly and
smoothly filled by the well known members
of the Home Dramatic club and Miss
Isle Leigh, who looked charming as
Violet Eligible, and showed the expert
enced actress all through. Another notable
feature was the recitation of "Ben Hur''
by Mrs. Tisdale, which held the attention
of the audience chained for fifteen minutes
She is powerful and magnetic reciter,
and the big recall she received showed the
favor she enjoyed. Her posings, to musical
accompanaments were very chaste and
graceful, but ii we were to offer criticism
upon them we should say they were rather
too long sustained. The ''Rigolette'' quar-
tette by Misses Thomas aud Dean
and Messrs. Easton and Goddard
served as an excellent opening
piece. and they got great encore, to which
they merely bowed. The Guitar and Man
dolin club played and looked up to their
own standard. Signor Campobello got a
reception that amounted to an ovation for
his rendering of the Treadors song from
Carmen" and for an encore he gave
verse of a pretty song, Prof. Krous accom-
panying. The warmth of the Campobello
reception was a otidcation that our
public appreciates the settling down in
our midst of an artist of his capabilities.
The orchestras under Weihe and Kent told
out well together and made it matter of
regret that we cannot keep the same body
of musicians together regularly. Mr..
Stephens directed the quartette. Mr..
White had charge of the famous parasol
| drill which went even better than ever and
was given the compliment Of heavy re-
call, though1t was the closing piece.
| MIR. Burgess was present, though ne
spent most of his time in the box office.
Glen Miller came upon the stage during
the evening and read the following letter
on behalf of Mr.. Burgess.
II wish to take advantage of this oppor
tunity to express to the people of Salt Lake
city, my deepest and most sincere gratitude
for the munifcent benefit given in my be-
| half this evening. | would like to mention
in person the kind friends whose aid made
the performances SO great success, but
as start to write these names, / find my
self confronted with so long list that /
| feel constrained to express in a general
way ny appreciation of the generous ia
vors bestowed upon me. To the
manager of the theater and his assist
ants who furnished their house
and their services, TO the press of the
| city which lent its warm voice in promot
ing the benefit; to the employees of the
destroyed opera house, who worked hard
est when they were to receive no pay; to
the musicians and performers whose ex-
cellent rendltions made the entertainment
so enjoyable and for whose work | am es
pecially grateful. to the many business
men who in one way and another assisted
the enterprise, and lastly to the Salt Lake
public who, diSregarding the inclemency oil
this hot summer evening, have turned out
in full round numbers to attend the
beneht-to these. one and all,
wish to express, so far a:
it is in thepower of words to express, my
most sincere thanks for their great kind
ness. Even above the liberal returns Of
their patronage do esteem the kindness O
heart which prompted the bestowal. II
anything can palliate calamity which il
two short hours wiped out the fruit of pas
labor and destroyed that of the coming
years, it is the goodness of the citizens VIII
have so beautifully come to my rescu
with kind words and noble deeds. Surel,
no one can make mistake in settling il
such community as this. Again thanking
both press and public, remain, sincerely
Nv. j. BURGESS