The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-29
DRAMATIC And LYRIC
Myron w. Whitney Will Head
the Spring Festival.
THE CONCERT AND HOME CLUB
Yesterdays Minstrel Pertormances-Henry
Miller Off the Stage-The Messenger
From Jarvis Section-Notes.
wArERrowN, Mass, March Is, 1891.

WATERFOWL, Mass, March Is, 1881.
Evan stephens, Salt Lake:
June 5 and all right. Please send letter
stating all particulars.
MYRoN w. WHITNEY.
The above is copy of dispatch re-
ceived yesterday by Mr.. Stephens. which
closes the negotiations with the celebrated
basso for his appearance at the Choral
spring festival. Letters and dispatches
have heen passing between Whitney and
the board of managers of the Choral for
some time past, and on Friday Mr.. Whit
ney said if the dates could be fixed in June
instead of May-as he sings in festivals in
various eastern cities up to May 29--he
would come for two nights and matinee
for certain figure. The directors were all
the more ready to make this change; that
Decoration day-which had been aimed for
has been found to be holiday when peo-
pie prefer to go out to the lake and visit the
cemeteries, and late Friday night dis
patch was sent naming June and 6, to
which Whitney responded in the telegram
quoted above.
Whitney's fame IN America is too broad
and deep to put his name in need of any
laudation. He was the great centre of at
traction when Gilmore visited Salt Lake,
and his name at the head of the festival
programmes will give the affair boom
which nothing else could impart
to it. The enterprise of the Choral in in
ducing him to cross the continent to sing
in Salt Lake will be heartily backed up by
the public, not only of this city, but of the
whole adjoining region.
Mr. Stephens will tomorrow night con-
graduate the society on the successful is
sue of the negotiations, and give notice
that the lists of membership will be closed
at once until after the festival. We learn
with pleasure that the church authorities
have consented to the use of the tabernacle
for the festival, so that there is nothing in
the way of the absolute success of the
festival.
The frightful weather of yesterday had a
chilling effect on the matinee and though
Cieveland's mommoth band paraded in the
mud, sleet and slush, the afternoon per-
Torrance went before thin house At
night, however, there was big crowd, and
the show was worthy even a still bigger
gathering. Without doubt Cleveland is
the head mau in his profession today and
the company he has massed together shows
II, Billy Emerson heads it, and he took as
stormily as ever, though we believe, alas,
that Billy's silver tipped tenor has seen
its best days. A quiet novel feature
was the electric drill and sword exercise,
the stage being plunged into entire dark
ness and only lit up by the flashes from the
swords. The Craggs are inimitable as
ever, and beyond question are kings in their
line The company is bound for San Fran
cisco, where they will have a great recep-
ton.
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Miller Brothers spectacle, "Kajanka, y
will be presented at the Salt Lake theatre
for three nights commencing tomorrow
evening "kaianks'' is ballet and scene
spectacle. said to be of dazzling beauty, a
very funny pantomime and specially en-
tertainment of unusual excellence. The
company come direct from New York city
with the prestige of a phenomenally sue
cessful season at Niblo's Garden theatre
The first scene shows the interior of Beel-
zebubs cave. 1t is q wierd and effective
setting, the home of her satanic majesty
Her highness is impersonated by Miss
Nellie Sennetu, young lady of handsome
face and shapely figure. Beelzebub is
at war with Electra, the good fairy
queen, and after a conflict the latter
very properly triumphs and sentences Beel
zebub's son to Imprisonment in the idol Of
kajaIka. Miss Bessie Fabian appears as
the good fairy named Electra. Zamello
the imp of mischief, does not long remain
confined IN the idol. He is allowed a GER
tain amount of freedom and proceeds tt
shake things mp after manner quite If