The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-05-15

familiar with the role, but was as ineffective as
an actor as he was as dramattst
THE play saved from entire inanity by |
the admirable acting of Miss Selma Fetter. |
She is an artist OF engaging presence, thorough |
ability and high artistic purpose. II is 10
be regretted that she is not seen more FREE |
quentiy and more prominently in New York
she succeeded in giving her role the semblance
OF life, and it was well balanced and impressive
throughout.
John Glendinning added to his rapidly grow
ing reputation for keen and original character
acting but the rest of the company were not
notable. with the exception OF Luclus Hender-
son, who was notably bad"
The great Actors Fund fair came to a
close Saturday night. Its success was
simply bewildering and the Dramatic Neus
and the few managers who opposed the
great scheme are nowhere TO be found.
The result shows that New York is
pretty generous city after all Nearly
$500, 600 will be cleared for the actors or
phanage fund and the orphanage will be
established permanently some time this
fall. / suppose you have been fully ad-
ylsed by telegraph how great show Ii all
was; how leading actors aud actresses
presided at booths and sold world OF
things at quadruple their value TO eager
purchasers; how the wealth and fashion OF
the metropolis crammed the great Madison
Square garden; how the voting contests
went on and drew more money than had
ever been dreamed of. The two voting
contests that caused most excitement and
paid best were for the most popular act
ress in New York and the most popular
woman at the fair. 1t cost so cents TO cast
vote and the most popular actress was TO
be awarded diamond sun, while the most
popular woman was to receive a diamond
star. Miss Estelle Clayton got the sun.
During the early TART of the week Miss
Georgia Cayvan led in the contest, and it
looked as if she would be the lucky winner.
Miss Estelle Clayton started in on We'd
nesday to loom up on the bulletin board
and quickly went ahead. She held a COM
Portable lead until Friday when a gentle
man walked up and asked that Miss John
stone Benefits name be placed on the
board for LOCO votes, handing over at the
same time $500.
This put Miss Bennett in the lead, but
she only retained it for short time. Miss
Clayton's friends Kept piling up her votes
In tens AID twentles until at 8 o'clock she
had ,002 votes. Mics Cayvan's friends
seemed more numerous, but they appar-
emily had less money than Miss Clayton's,
and when the sealed votes were handed in
ar 10 o'clock, half hour before the contest
ended, she had but 700 votes. a big crowd
collected around the board, and it was
treated to sight of Miss Clayton sitting
above the board in Mrs. Palmer's head
quarters. recovering from a fainting spell.
Miss Cayvan apparently took little interest
in the contest. and remained at work in her
booth.
Promptly at half past 10 the sealed votes
were opened, and they advanced Miss Clay
| toms score LOCO. This gave her Z, $50 votes
and the diamond sun. Miss Cayvan had
722 votes. and Miss Fay Templeton 40
votes. None OF the others were within
hailing distance. When the announcement
was made there was some applause, and
Miss Clayton, who was dressed in white
and covered with diamonds, got up and
bowed.
Miss CsyvaR, who has gone eff to Japan
10 ''recoup,'' was the star and big, hearty
cheer Tor the great work she has done for
the fair. She got 5000 votes, against ., 963
for Agnes Booth-over $1,000 paid in so
cent pieces by the admirers of both ladies'
But Miss Cayvan had a champion in Al
Hayman, who took giants part in max
ing the fair a success, and that gave her
! heavy odds.
Francis Wilson starts off on a iaunt to
the coast next week ana will be with you
/ almost as soon as this missive.
! There was a genuine disappointment in
! Salt Lake on Thursday among the host of
George Cayvan's friends. AS indicated in
THE HERALD's special dispatches she left
| New York on Sunday last in company with
her sister and two other ladies to make 8
tour of Japan. She wired Manager Bur-
ton from Glenwood Springs Wednesday
that she would pass through Salt Lake al
noon Thursday and asked him to "tell
friends" Unfortunately the dispatch was
| delayed until after the train had left anG
! Miss Cayvan probably searched the Rio
Al = So.
many admirers. II was thorough
ly vexatious and Mr. Burton a
once sent a dispatch to Ogden expressing
regrets. Had Miss Cayvan's dispatch
arrived in season, the depot would have
been the scene OF very numerously at
tended levee. Miss Cayvan has had ire
mendous share of the weight of great Ac
tors Fund fair on her shoulders, and sht
goes abroad TO gain much needed rest.
'Dc you not find" asked the writer o
Mr.. Shea, manager of the Jane" com pany
THAT when a company has been playing
one piece as long as yours has been play
ing Jane it is apt to fall into mechani
cal and listless way of acting!"
''Yes. very apt" was the response. "Il
fact our company began to show thes
signs Of WEAKNESS only last week, and tn,
first thing l did when we reached Sal
Lake was TO call Inc company together 10
an early morning rehearsal. They didn'
like it. but it had to be done. There wer
little points that they got TO sighting with
out being aware of it themselves, and tn
rehearsal did them a great deal Of good. b,
the way, the company gave the best per
Torrance OF 'Chums" the first night il
Salt Lake that they have ever given, an
they have been doing it three months
Johnstone Bennett, to whose personalit
; is attributable fully one-half of the success
of Jane" is an American girl who i
T. rather new to the stage, but who has Ieape
to the front in the short time she ha
graced it with rapIdity almost astonish
ing. She has played not more tina
, four years, and about the only thing sh
ever did OF any note was to support Mans
: field in one or two of his less successfu
s ventures; she was almost an unknow
until Charles Frohman by q strea
of luck secured her to create th
part Of Jane on this side of the water
What "Janen would be without her, G
} what other actress could make success c
+ the part, it is hard to imagine.
! A most varied programme is that offere
: by the ladies' of the w. G. T. .. at til
theatre tomorrow evening. There is SUI
. to be crush, as heavy number of ticker
+ has been sold in advance, and the peopl
0 having the affair in charge are of the sol
! that know not the meaning of the wor
L fail The ladies managing are: Mrs. c
= w. Smell, Mrs. E. Il. Parsons, Mrs. G. W
t Lyman, Mrs. Isaac Jennings, Mrs. G. !