The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-22

pound are stuck to her ears, where, her
sparks wuz. A corn ads on her nose,
a. nd on her lips it says use Murphy's
pure rye for the grip.' - If the Chica-
geese were newspaper readers, these
wicked billboard tricks might be rebuked
by combining theatrical advertising to the
press, but what can be done as matters
are at present it is difficult to say.
The Baroness Blanc workeda clever and
very original advertising scheme in New
York by going in tears to the superin-
tendent OF police and claiming protection,
exhibiting at the same time several an
onymous letters threatening that she
would be greeted with shower of bad
eggs and potatoes if she dared play in New
York. This scheme might work If 1t was
not thoroughly established that the
American public will stand anything on
the stage, and that no woman could pos
sibly be so insulted or abused in this coun-
try. The baroness opened III ssDecep-
ton, very appropriate name Tor her
play, but she evidently acts better in
other places than she does on the stage.
Eugene Tompkins' grand production of
''The Black Crooks still continues to
pack the Academy OF Music in New York.
The actual gross receipts for the past
/ twelve weeks of the run were over 5000, :
/ 600. This is said to be the largest bust
ness ever done by any theatrical attrac-
ton in either Europe or America. 1t IS
now announced that Manager Tompkins
spent $50, 600 on the production before the
curtain was raised on the first night 1t
will run in New York until spring and
then it goes to McVicker's theatre, Chi
cago, for the Worlds fair. Not only
does Eugene Tompkins derive all the
profit of 'srhe Black Crook production
himself, but he is a half owner of the
Academy OF Music as well.
A novelty in entertainments opened at
Proctor's theater in New York last Mon
day in the shape of continuous perform
ances of comic opera and high class vau-
deville. The curtain raises at II 80 in the
afternoon and the entertainments con-
tinue consecutively until 1890 at night.
1t is essentially ladies' theater, and the
| fair ones who have half an hour or so to
spare may drop in at any time at triflng
cost and see an entertainment OF some
kind. Lady assistants in the parlor will
brush the ladies' clothes and administer
to their other wants.
The evolution of the criminal in the
J theatrical business is an interesting and
! psychological study. Since the success
of the two safe crackers in ''The Stow
away,'' a more complete exhibition of
the same sort has been projected for next
season, and it has been said that like the
other, Messrs. Lift and Davis will be the
managers. The project is a sort of re-
lOft "a iol- pf of a n n
every person in the cast is to be an ex-
convict. Trouble already has been found
in the leading female part, and it was one
of the projects in getting q release for
Mrs. Maybrick that she play the part OF
May Edwards.
Samuel Pratt King, rich young man
OF Buffalo, recently died at the age of 81
and left Lila Vane, one of Charles Froh-
mans leading ladies, fortune of $50, O0C
in cash, besides his personal effects, jew
elry and books. Buffalo seems to turn
up rich young man every little while
who obligingly dies afrer becoming enam-
ored of an actress and leaves her his
money. Agnes Ethel makes a similar
winning, and there are other instances
which have never become public.
The comedy that Nat G. Goodwin
bought from T. Henry French some time
ago, entitled "Walker, London, - which
/ enjoyed run in London, depends fol
} something of its comic effect upon q
| shadowgraph scene. The play was
written by Barrie, author of ''The Pro
fessor's Love Story, - in which e. S.
Willard was recently very successful in
this city, and in this also the shadow
graph device is used. Mr.. Goodwin is
credited with an intention to test the
right to employ the shadowgraph in Mr.
| Wizards play, as he thinks its earlier
use in his comedy establishes right tc
confine it to that play.
Ole Bull died over seventy years of age
] and had been before the public as {
} violinist near sixty years. Clara Fisher
| Maeder, one of the greatest of infant
, phenomena, is still living past eighty
, one and went on the stage when but six
, Maggie Mitchell has been on the stage
ever since she could walk and she is We
acting, past sixty. Marietta Ravel, wife
of Martin Hanley, is alive at forty EIGHT
; Notwithstanding she was a tight-ropt
l dancer at four.
"Good-bye' was presented at the Bos
, ton museum last week by the StocK com
, pany-the plays first production. 1t il
by Miss Marguerite Merrington and Eu
gene Field. 1t is comedy drama, anc
the dialogue is crisp and bright at al
times. It is very pretty play, and tell
j an interesting story of a villain, a love
, and fair maid. Mary Hampton is il
, the leading role.
S Miss Marie Burroughs, so long con
I connected with A. NJ. Palmer's theater
New York, has filed the position of Mr.
Wizards leading lady ever since he mad
s his American debut. She has shared no
: little of the honors he has game,
: and has won for herself a secure place il
C the hearts of the public that is never in
sensible to beauty, refinement, intelli
gence and artistic ability when combinet
in one earnest woman.
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Louis Harrison was compelled to retir
temporarily from the cast of La Cigale a
the Garden theatre in New York, OWN;
to badly infamed throat. 1t is though
that the great success of the Isle of Cham
: payne, of which Mr.. Harrison ant
: Charles A. Byrne are the authors, ha