The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-16

Charles Walcot-those delightful delenea-
tiers of fathers and mothers. Mrs Walcot
was the Ophelia in Edwin Booths 100
night run of"Hamlet" at the WinterGarden
theater, New York, on the site of which
the Grand Central hotel now stands. Her
husband was the Horatio. Mrs. Whiffen is
not less known; she was the original Nancy
Sykes to Hernes Bill years ago, and she
has been with the Lyceum since it was
organized. Her husband, Tom Whiffen, is
remembered as one of the most delightful
OF our Pittacus Greens.
Mr.. Royle and Mr. Henderson have de-
clded to leave at once for New York, and
they take the train tomorrow. They are
both under engagement to open with
Salvini in Chicago on September IA, but
they will devote the time between now and
then IN attempting to place Mr. Royle's
play Out of Darkness" in New York.
Should they be successful they will give up
their engagement with Salvini and devote
themselves to the play. Mr.. Royle desires
IHE HERALD to return his sincere thanks
to the Home Dramatic club, the theatre
management, and all the friends who con-
trlouted to the recent production OF his
play.
The report that the Actors Order of Friend
ship has officially decided that none Of its mem
bers shall accept engagements in the cast OF
Abraham Lincoln" is unfounded.
But it is true that the majority of the actors
composing the Order have individually deter
mined to refuse any offer that may be made
them by Mckee Rankin to appear in that play.
Reverence for the character OF Lincoln and
love lor Edwin Booth are the good and suffi-
cieht reasons for that resolve,--Njr7Or.
Good. The HERALD was one of the first
papers to appreciate MIR. Rankin's enter
prising CD move, and we are more than
glad TO see that the controlling sentiment
in body like the Actors Order sustains
US. Booth, by the way, is said to have
been greatly distressed at the announce
ment of the contemplate dramatizatlon.
Salt Lakes society girls who lost their
hearts by wholesale to Edward Bell, the
lover In Alabama" will be astonlshed to
read the following from the New York
Herald, and Maude Harrisons old coterie of
beaus will be apt to share the sentiment:
shortly after Mr.. A. NJ. Palmer's COM
pany closed its season Miss MaUde Harri-
son. one OF the leading ladies of the organ
lzatlon, announced that she was going to
Europe. She was going over for rest, she
SAID, ana also Tor some dresses.
A few days ago she set sail on the UNI
brla, and some of the floral pieces sent to
her stateroom took four rGien to carry them.
Since her departure it has been said that
the dresses the actress has gone abroad for
are to form her wedding trousseau. The
young man is Mr.. Edward Bell, also a
member of Mr.. Palmer's company, and the
wedding is said to be fixed for next Novem-
Der.
In several of Mr.. Palmer's productions
during the past season ii has been Mr..
Bells duty as leading juvenile to make love
to Miss Harrison, and 1t is said that the
feigned affection became the real article
long before the season ended. The Young
man comes from Buffalo and is said to have
been a lawyer before he became an actor.
Some three years ago it was said that
Miss Harrison was to marry Mr.. jimmy
Carson, the son of Mr.. j. D. Carson, a man
of much wealth and owner of Chicago
theatres, but it proved to be only gossip"
Prof. Stephens having returned, the
directors of the Choral society have made
up the final report of the receipts
| and disbursements of the June
festival. The report is not one that is apt
to fill the advocates of future festivals
with ardor, but the society, we believe,
feels satisfied with the artistic success it
achieved, and the monetary consideration
was always second. At this distance from
the grand event, we are perhaps able to
form clearer judgment than before on all
that made it successful, and we give it as
our opinion that the only mistake the So
| clety made was in engaging Thursby. She
is no longer a thousand dollar song bird.
and the sum the two had to be paid
was disproportionate to any receipts that
could reasonably have been counted on
Whitney was a magnificent investment,
and would always draw double what it
cost to secure him. The report is as fol
| lows: