The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-08

the Kendal's from presenting in this
country 1.-THE Second Mrs. Tangveray, -
claiming that it is only version OF Paul
Lendan's play. TO which Mr.. Lederer
owns the rights.
Mr.. Felix Morris has opened his STAR
ring tour and promises to become a fix
ture in the stellar lights. His first play
1.-THE Old Musician, - in which part he
is quite familiar to Salt Lake theatre
goers.
A great big fat man in San Francisco
attracted much attention in San Francisco
recently by blubbering right out like a
whipped school boy during performance
of The Girl ! Left Behind Me. y There
is very strong scene in the play in which
the father stands ready TO shoot his
daughter rather than to have her fall into
the hands OF the Indians.
Nine Jane Hading, NJ. Coquelin and
company arrived in New York recently
and opened an engagement there last
week. After playing four weeks in New
York the company will go direct TO San
francisco. After an engagement OF
several weeks in that city. several OF the
larger cities willbe visited. and then will
follow long engagement in New York
city.
Howard Paul is authority for the state
ment that in Manchester, England. he
saw frame of photographs advertising q
female minstrel troupe, and purporting TO
be members of the company, in which
there were pictures ofAnnie Pixley, Fan
ny Davenport, Lolita and Julia Marlowe.
A native of the place remarked to COM
panion, AYE, Bill, but they do be dom
fine wimmen when they amt play
actin -
How easy it is to step from the thrilling
to the ridiculous. Recently in Cincin-
natl an illustration of this was seen dur
ing performance of ssBy the World For
gotten, when one of the local children
accidently thrust her head through a
snow bank. She was overcome by stage
fright but recovered on catching sight OF
her father, whereupon she exclaimed.
speaking to her sister, Sal, lookl there's
Popl" The hilarity OF the audience was
such that the curtain had to be rung
down.
That Salt Lake appreciates good per-
formances at popular prices is demon
strated by the large audiences that have
greeted the Stock company at Wonder
land. A most excellent programme is
announced for the week commencing
Thursday next. In the theatorium the
be given, while on the bijou stage fine
vaudeville show by well known artists
will amuse the visitors. The ourio hall
will contain attractions never before seen
in this city, including Madame Johnson.
the fat lady, and the long looked for
Mile Cleio, the snake charmer, and
George Karlavagn, the tattooed man.
Roland Reed, in an exchange, tells an
amusing anecdote OF his early experience
on the stage, as follows:
1t was on the occasion of my first en-
gagement as a stock comedian. was
cast to play De Beringhen in 'Richelieu,
Edwin Forest being the star. In those
days modesty was one of my chief virtues,
and being brought into any prominence
would cause every drop of blood in my
composition to rise to my face. In the
last act OF sRichelieu, where the conspir-
ators are exposed, Forest beckoned me
down the stage, and my embarrassment
was horrible. He says: Dear De Ber-
inghen, you look pale; sleep not another
night in France. etc, and | left the
stage. On the following morning Forest
called me to him and said: Reed, last
night when l said, Dear De Beringhen,
you look pale, by Cd your facs, and
especially that beak of yours, was as red
as a beetl You put some powder on your
face. young man, or you'll cease looking
pale in my company"