The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-10
at the theatre last night states that he will sal

at the theatre last night states that he will sail
for Paris Wednesday,
Business in Philadelphia lately has been phe-
nomenally bad; even Francis Wilson has been
drawing poor houses in the merry Monarch
Marie Wainwright has engaged Henry Miller
to play Leicester, the principal male part in
Amy Robsart." This will be her production
next season at Palmer's in the fall.
al. Hayman wires THE HERALD from New
York, under date OF yesterday, that he has Sc
cured an interest in the Tabor Grand, at Den.
YER This means good deal for Salt Lake.
The gents of the choral society (nearly $50
in number) met last night and mastered the
opening scene in Norma male chorus
with bass solo, which the great Whitney will
sing with them.
Flowers will vie with music at the festival.
The ladies are preparing to appear in light
colors and flowers in profusion. The gates are
closed at five minutes past eight for all choral
society rehearsals
The Ladies' Musical society will give it's next
recital in Calder's hall tomorrow evening, May
IL. Misses Royle, Conlklin and Sharp, and Mr..
Grant Hampton will give selections. and the
programme will be a fine one.
The Emma Abbott costumes instead of
rected by the late prima donna, are being sold
to various members of the theatrical profession,
hey are in the hands Of Miss Abbott's sister,
who lives in Chicago. Exchange.
Mrs Barrymore is going west for rest and
| change 1t is to he hoped that her experience
will not be like Colonel Ingersolrs, who, when
he returned from a similar health-seeking
journey declared that the walters had gotten
Mirror.
The 327th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth
was celebrated usual on April %, at the
Edwin Forrest home, Holmesburg, Pa. The
| celebration was marked by an entertainment
| in which many professionals took part Fran
els Wilson, Marie Jansen, Otis Skinner Maud
| Peasants and Howard Kyle appeared
Sims Reeves, the phenomenal English tenor.
Will retire from public life early next month,
without having made his oft-promised profes-
sional visit to the United States. Reeves is
nearly seventy. His final appearance will be
made IN concert on Nav II, in London. Henry
| Irving will make an address of farewell
The ladies Of the choral at their last meeting
| learned the chorus work of beautiful scene
from Rasinis "Semiramide" 1t is for soprano
solo and ladies' chorus and will be one of the
features of the theatrical matinee, Miss Lilly
| Schneider singing the solo. Mr. Stephens. who
last winter heard La Dina Patti in this opera.
says that Miss Schneiders singing of it is re-
markably good.
letter from member of Hoyt's "a Texas
Steer company describes their northern BUSH
ness as rotten AS it rains up there twice at
the same time this may account for the financial
meagerness of Olympia, which was, for one
night, 1891; Seattle. two nights, 81, 300; Tacoma,
| three nights, about 81 ZOO And yet they want
nothing but the best attractions on the Sound
circuiJ-MuSic ana Drama
The Emma Juch company without Emma
Juch, but with number of people just as good
as she, will commence engagement of six
weeks at Hammerstein's Columbus theater on
May %. The musical director will be Mr.. Adolf
Nuremberg the pioneer among our great lead
ers. 1t is possible that Miss Juch may sing two
or three times before her departure for Europe.
but the season is contemplated without her.
THE american Musician has suspended publ.
cation. Last Saturday instead of the usual
number, the subscribers received printed cir
cular. signed by j. Travis Quigg, in explanation
of the papers non-appearance. Mr.. Ouigp
denounces his late associate editor John
c. Freund, in unmeasured terms; accuses
him of over-drawing his accounts and of being
responsible for tho recent ''extravagant step of
moving to the Lincol4 building at great in.
crease OF rental" This was done, says Mr.
Quigg, on Mr. Freund's assurance that the
woods were full of suckers and that by NOV
ing to better quarters the papers stock could
be disposed Of more readily. To those who
have hitherto been under the impression that