The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-05-11

whose names French history viii always |
keep green in memory-Josephine and Ma
poleon. Unlike the writer's of most histor-
ical dramas, the author of this piece, Mr..
A. II. Haven, claims not to have sacrificed
dramatic effect for historical accuracy. He
is said to have followed history closely, |
and, at the same time, invested each scene
Of 'JoSephine'' with brilliant situation |
and closed each act with thrillingly dra-
matte climax. The assurance is given by
Mile Rhea's representative, who is at
present in the city making extensive prep |
arations for the opening night that the
same costumes, accessories and proper
ties used during the New York, Philadel- |
phia and Boston productions will be
brought into requisition here. During
each performance Mile Rhea will wear the
magnificent gowns that set fashionable
New York in a fiutter of admiration and
excitement when the piece was produced
there recently at the Broadway theatre.
The star will be supported by Mr.. William
Harris, who plays Napoleon Bonaparte. 1t
is said that this actor has studied every
Inannerism of speech and general bearing
that history credits the Little Corporal
with having been possessed of, and the re-
suit is claimed to be an almost lifelike pic
ture of the man who held the destinies of
France in the palm of his iron hand.
Hart had large audience, larger even
than the opening night, the surest test of
their having made a hit. The laughter was
as hearty, the applause as unbounded and
the kicking as high as on the previous
night, and though there was something of
disposition on the part of certain fair
ones TO hide their faces behind a fan, there
seemed to be no disposition to leave the
house, and as for the men in the
audience there was not the slightest
tendency to grumbling on their part. Seri-I
ously speaking, Hallen s. Hart-and Hallen
especially-are clever enough to lift their
entertainment to a still higher plane than
which it occupies; they have raised it con-
siderably since its last visit, and by the ad-
dition of a few more features such as the
Spanish trio and the better class of the
songs, with less horseplay and more of the
quietly humorous on their own parts-they
would have an entertainment which would
appeal to a taste much higher than that to
which they now largely have to cater.
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'sSaid Pasha" overstayed its welcome
just a little There was a fair matinee
gathering at the Grand yesterday after
noon, but in the evening the attendance
was light. The performance went without
change, the goodness and the badness being
is sweet singer-our only objection to
him is his rather unhero. like appearance
and his wooden acting. The singing gen
orally and the costuming were again espec
tally notable, but Miss Carol Grouse is not
an agreeable study, and the leading lady is
somewhat given to shrillness. The engage
ment made money for both the company
and manager.
May festivals are the order of the day
and the ladies of ST. Paurs guild will in
dulge in one at the Grand on Wednesday
evening next, opening with medley pro
gramme which includes the guitar and
mandolin club and concluding with grand
ball. The details are found elsewhere.
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The programme for Tuesday evenings
concert is given below. Il includes some
bright and notable numbers, and as Prof
krouse is to wave the baton over twenty
five performers, as Mrs. Pugsley, Miss
Hawley, and Miss Anderson, the pianist
are to appear, and as a bevy of young
| society ladies is to act as ushers, there is
no question as to now the whole will go.
PROGRAMME.
Overture-Ruy Mendlessohr
| IL.
Clarionet Solo-Fantasia Brespan
Mr.. Walter Simms.
| Vocal Solo (Baritone)-Auf dem Wesser- Pople
Mr.. d. Hirschler.
Valse-Blue Butterfly Waldteufe
Orchestra.
String Orchestra.
First MoveInent-B Minor Symphony, Schuber
Orchestra.
Contralto Aria-Sappho Pacin
Miss Jennie Hawley.
Selections-Clover--- ----------Supp,
Orchestra.
Violin Solo-Adagio from Concerto Max Brucl
Mr. Willard Weihe and Orchestra.
Miss j. Anderson with Orchestra. -Np-'
Soprano Solo-Aria Ernani- Verd
Mrs. bruce -Pugsley.
oi'eH'''N'"HA Gattling Band. oAeHOa'i
| Musical irector--------------M Mr.. II. S. KrouSe
RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
Mrs. w. w. Ritter, Miss Matte Royle
Mrs. Joseph Lipman, Miss Hanauer, Mrs
Wickersham, Miss Conkling, Mrs. j. e
Hogle, Miss Lottie Weber, Mrs. Franl
Shelton. Miss Alton Young, Mrs. Stephel
Lynch, Miss Lucille Young.
Wilson Barrett talks as follows of hi
plays, preferences and observations: "a
far as l have been able to observe" contin
uCu NlE. DdIIGbb UuO Aul6rlCdn SbdBC AIT
the American taste Go not seem to b
moving in an upward direction. TIL
country is a great bee hive. Most of tn
: men are parts in the great money getting
machine When their day of work is past
they feel in no mood for the highest form
OF intellectual or emotional diversion
They want 4heir cigars, their easy-chairs
their slippers. If they go t.
the tbeater they wish to laugl
without bolhering their brains as to VIVA
they are laughing at. Behind this host O
business men comes d smaller band 0
{ thoaghtfui persons who have abandone
, the theatre because they were brought u
on stronger food than is now generally pre-
= vided there, and they do not find refresh
; lnent in the saccharine stuff usual
5 served. That is the state of things a
present. The end is not yet, for how is th
| coming generation to fare, if its taste i
: being educated chiefly on dramatic mo
lasses!
"There are, to be sure, many noticeable
steps upward, made by actors who are put
; ting distinctive and living types upon TIL
7 stage, as Mr.. Crane with his Senator an,
Denman Thompson with his Uncle Josh.
The success of such efforts promises well
: Danger is always to be expected from tn
) Incompetent imitators of success, who ar
; prompt to copy anything that has mad
money. l remember how Robertson, afte