The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-10
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC
The .'City Directory" with us
Once More.
A PAGE OF DRAMATIC HISTORY.
Careless to Lead the Theatre Orchestra-Thea-
tire Last Night-Latest Amusement
Notes and Gossip.

of the ''City Directory company, headed by
Charlie Reed, and including Martinetti,
Bessie Cleveland, the Irving sisters, Amelia
Glover. the skirt dancer, and half a dozen
other notables of that ilk It is only short
time ago that the sCity Directory was
being ''tried on the dogs" and Salt Lake
was one of the dogs. When it was done
here, it was just trembling in the balance
between failure and success, but when New
York, San Francisco and the other big cities
sawit, it jumped at once into asuccess of the
most pronounced type, and it now comes
fresh from a steady run of 154 consecutive
nights. 1t will storm the dudes here as
elsewhere.
With more than ordinary pleasure THE
HERALD notes that Prof George Careless
has been engaged to lead the theatre orches-
ira when MIR. Weibe goes abroad. Mr..
Careless name is one that has been too long
missing from the annals of local music, and
the whole public viii hail its temperance.
1t is a name connected with so many
triumphs in the tabernacle choir, in the
famous Careless orchestra, in the line of
local opera, and in the history Of the the
atre itself, that no more fitting one could
nave DSSn place Ille IUSaUrO
6ta1t as director OF music. We note also
that Prof. Daynes will succeed Mir. McIn-
tyre, which is another excellent choice that
shows the theatre management is in earnest
in its determination to run the house on
frst-class principles.
The concert for Aessrs. Weihe and McIa-
tyre, by the way, is booming and will come
of On the 18th.
With 1rp,.tr wall .ttandad matinee voc
terday afternoon, and a rather light down
stairs gathering last evening, the prince
and Pauper" engagement came to close.
The evening performance was rushed
through before 10, and the company took
the delayed train for San Francisco, where
we wish we could promise them big sue
cess, but we can't. Elsie Leslie and
Arthur Elliot will please the critical Cal
ifornians immensely, no fear on that head.
But the remainder Of the company is SO
frightfully off color that the season can't
holdup. Frohman ought to know better
than to send cast like that so far away
from home.
The little Leslie, so her mother, who
travels with her, says is eleven years old
She first played at five years of age with
10 Jefferson. in Rip" Arthur Elliot is
husband of the well-known actress Louise
Pomeroy, and made his first hit here with
'Rhea'' seven years ago.
One day last week the corner stone of the
new Clinton Hall was laid on the site of the
old Astor Place Opera House at the juno
ton of Eighth street and Astor Place NJ
one seems to have remarked the disappear
ance ofthis memorable theatrical landmark
and the only suggestion of its historic char
acter was the copper tablet from the origi
nal corner stone which was deposited
along with other relics and sundry contem
porary publications, in the new corne
stone
With the completion of the new home o
the Mercantile library all traces of the the
atre that was the scene of the Macread!
demonstrations will have disappeared. Il
would be well If the narrative of that tur
bulent event might be effaced likewise
from the records of our stage Its tru
that many OF the roughs, or Bowery b'hoy
as they were then called who participate
in the shameful disturbance were sum
marily quoted by the bullets of the militia
but their demonstration and the series o
incidents that led up to it remain dark ant
ineradicaple spots on the peaceful ANIMAL
- OF the New York stage
Forests actions and utterances prior {
the riot were ill-advlsed and indefensible
While he was In no sense directly reSpon
sible for the tragic occurrence, there is n
doubt that his attitude toward the BIRTHS
actor int1amed the none too gentle tempe
Of his rough admirers, and contributed I
the fierce feeling that eliminated so rashl
and SO disastrously.
Even the great tragedian's friendliest bi
ographer is forced to the conclusion tia
his position was unwise. ''Where his pa:
sions were concerned says he "goo
taste was not the motto of Forrest
Both the American and the Englishma
came in for share OF DR.. Alger's drasti
criticism. ''In both" continues this writer
sis visible the resentful and morbid egotisl
OF their profession in blameworthy an
repulsive form. And the whole affair, o
both sides, was undignified and ignoble
its character; and in its public result
though, of course, neither OF them was d
Tectly responsible for this-it proved
murderous crime. 1t reflects deep an
lasting discrecit both on the Englishma
and on the American. 1t may be Of SON
use if it serves to illustrate the contempt
BILE and wicked nature OF the vice of pr
fessional jealousy, and to teach succeedir
players whenever 10 their rivalry the
meet malignant envy or opposition magn
nimously to overlook and forget it.''
1t has been of some use. The failure
the several sporadic attempts to institut
unfriendly demonstrations against Amer
can actors in England, and the collapse
the mere recent organized effort to stir l
q general opposition to English actors
America show that the lesson taught
the shocking occurrences in Astor Pla
forty years ago has not been forgotten.
Mirror.
The present generation of theatre goel
in Salt Lake, at least, knows little of {
= great Macready riots, which form so ter
bic page in the history of the drama
this country. Forests responsibility
the affair is probably correctly stated
the Mirror. There is no doubt that he W
himself hisSed in Edinburgh, and there
no doubt that he always held Macready
sponsible for it. but that he had anythil
more to do with the Macready denonstr
ton in New York than what sprang FRI
his too frequent remarks in relation
that actor, is open to decided questiC
Macready himself in his lately publish
"reminiscences, makes no mention of FC
rest. His narration OF the notable ri!
which occurred in 1S49, is Interest,"
enough TO be reproduced. he says:
I went gaily, l may say, TO tie theat
Rnd on my way, looking down Astor Pla
saw one of the Harlem cars On the +;
road stop and discharge a fullload of poll
men; there seemed to be others at the d.
of the theatre | observed TO myse
''This is good precaution." [ went to
dressing room, and proceeded with
evenings business. The hair-dresser v
very late, and my eQuanimity was
turbee. l was ruffied and nervous fr
fear of being late, but soon composed u
self. The managers were delayed IN
beginning, and was unwilling to be behi
the exact hour.
The play began; there was some applal
70 Mr. Clarke, Il write of what could n,
n nv room belOWl / was called and