The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-22
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC
"a Texas Steer" Closes a Big Salt
Lake Season.
"ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME
Lawrence Pogue and Young
Miss WinthrOp-The May
Festival-Notes.
"ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME

80 Texas Steer'' is the talk Of the town.
Its second performance at the matinee yes
terday drew fair gathering, and its third
last evening was attended by crush and
lam almost equal TO that of the first night.
The hits made by Mr.. Murphy, Miss
Walsh, Mr.. Bray, Mr.. Chisnell, MIR. Stan
ley and Miss Lake-who was altogether
charming as the modest little maiden whose
mother had been kissed by Daniel Webster
were as pronounced as before, and the
laughter and applause were without bounds.
The company left after the performance
for San Francisco, which has always been
one of Hoyt's strongholds and where the
"Steer'' will enter upon career that will
discount that of ga Rag Baby" or "a
Bunch of Keys.n
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Mr.. Hoyt, the creator of the "Steer," is
very clever and agreeable young man,
upon whose shoulders his great good for
tune rests lightly and gracefully. He has
half a dozen big companies on the road, and
their combined earnings each season can
not amount to less than $l00,000-yet few
years ago be was dramatic editor on the
Boston Post. Yesterday be was in expec-
tation ali day long of receiving
q dispatch from Mr.. Thomas, his
partner in New York, announcing
that site had been secured for theatre
which is TO be built at cost of half a mil
lion for the production of Hoyt plays. Mr..
Hoyt watches his actors as cat watches a
mouse. Every evening he takes his station
back of the back row, and with sheet of
paper in one hand and pencil in the other
he jots down various critical notes on the
play and actors. When the curtain descends,
he sallies back into the dressing rooms and
reads lecture to any actor or actress in
whom he may have noticed shortcomings
or any tendency to slight their parts. From
his wife down ward they all have to take it,
and they take it much as file of privates
takes instructions from an officer in COM
mand. Hoyt creates every character
in his cast from the lead to the
servant and not the reading of a
sentence, the adjusting of a cuff, or the
tying of a necktie is done without his
supervision. His hobby is clever people.
he has horror of sticks. and he spares no
money to obtain the people he wants
once in his company though, and they be-
come literally clay in the hands of the pot
ter. He fashions them to his ideas,
speech, dress and makeup and his rehear-
sails are said to be terrors. The results of
his system are seen in the clean cut hui
Inorous and irresistible types with which
his plays are filed.
Laughter and sunshine are good deal
alike in their effects upon human nature.
A mau who would quarrel with honest
mirth is negative quantity in life, apt to
chill the happiness, if not growth, of ali
around him. William Gillette is useful
believer in the virtue of good cheer, and in
the Private Secretary and Gan the Com.
forts Of Home" he has illustrated the faith
within him, to the great Joy of all play
goers. The laughing charms of the .'Pri-
vate Secretary" have been revealed in Salt
Lake several times, and always with con
spicuous pleasure and success. Next
Thursday night at the Salt Lake theatre
the companion TO the jolly Secretary" is tc
be presented for our enjoyment the first
time. The original production in New