Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-30
Dramatic and 9ypio.
An old-tme Rush for Davenport seats-7am rs opo In q
IN san Francisco Da nrsoh and Ills orchestra
Nj. stephens Returns


who talka Of hard times In Salt Lake
CITY,
Yesterday morning Salt Lake afford.
cd spectacle that would be apt Co. have
confouudoI anyone who taid money
was scarce, Trade uemorauzcd or PEOPLE
distressed within her baueIs. The
mere announcement that Fanny
Davenport would play a seai3n Of xix
performances at the Theatcr next
week, and that the earliest comcrs Fa.
day morning would have the privilege
u selecting tho best sunts Tor the coca.
sion At ouo dollar aud a half per seat
had the effect Of drawing
struggling, tunulluoui crowd OF
men aud boys 10 the thpatsr lobby
hours before the time Tor letting down
the wicket Ht the window. Numbers
OF them even siaid up all night Uu tho
frozen stops TO be the fret Ia line. Had
thUru teen vCfitaDlu lumiuu in Salt
Lake anL the Ihuater place u distri.
button for soup Tickets, u BE- hard 10 Ecu
how the UviuCncus Of popular excite.
mUnt could nave been greater. Within
an hour there was u thau.nni dollars
paid down Tor the iirst choice OF seats,
suc crowd kept up uli the BOX onicu
CO1e1 in the afternoon. This morning
ut 10 O'Clock another line was there
struggling iOrthe privilege dUpositiug
its money. Neatly every seat down
atuifn had been secured Tor the opening
on Monday night In feiofui aud
there 81 almost an equal demand Cor
N..fHa
the ola performances would uruw not
lees than sjulO-all laid 40 the shrine
OF Amusement.
After that, Dot tho man who eays
money IL scarce in Salt Lake get him
% n uuuuUry.
Fedora % the play in which Mlss
Dlvuupoft made her flut great amca s
star, nud the ono that brought Bob
Mlnlcll no prominently o. the mont as
leading man. Hts L0rf--ihc part
now us,umtd by Miss InyuuplrpH
husband, Mr. MrDowull-is btid 10
have teen one 1i the most admirable
heroic dClluuAtiuus the sta r. had seen
Tor decade, auI his turcrss was go
great, that 100 offer MiHa Davenport
olud make him, was sufficient 90 Eill
the starring huu that LuIXrd iu his
bonnet. In Fedora, Mics Davenport .a
said 10 step up along side Of BvrunGfdi,
and some critics sHy she distances the
divine sara. a fact not 9thu least
interesting % ladies' b. that lea this play
flr wears the SO 600 worth Of dlmUnds
which not long HgU formed such an
exciting topic iu the uCwspAI cfs, when
q hotel CLERK Ia Memphis, TO whom
they had been entrusted over night,
C0Uily Iut them in hiH pocket aud took
"a train for The for West. lie was over.
taken by plnkcrtUu, however, aud the
stones returned without the loss OF a
single one.
The public is cd 10 note that on
Monday niyht the curtain Will rise AT
$40, on each Of the Cleopatra nights nj
ssnarp.
Dlvonporps Clcopalra needs but
little horaiding in salt Lake; hortuc'
cesH In 10 has been enormous, ami II u
said the royalties she bus paid Sarlou
amount 10 more than those Bernhard
has paid. Probably no woman living
today has acquired more general anu
special information Of CLEOPATRA aud
her times Than Miss Davenport has,
In her production Of Cleopatra ~
MlllANu hN nAANN NhN lNlh ANAh AHN
know ledge was absolutely necessary, q
condition precedent ~ tbs perfect rep
Tesentnti0n of the play, Ia Historical
uelnil anu accuracy. she spent OVel
one year PRIOR 10 the production u thi
tsngtdy, iu visiting the principal muse
umB Of Europe, duplicating all th'
Egyptian costumes, furniture and oh
Iects OF viftu rxtnut At the time whei
The serpent Of the Nile lived. She om
ploycd the most learned Archaeological
10 exhaust whatever il wutten OF
Ilyy ptiun antiquities. 10 was "a stu
penious lgu0r, uut the great American
actress ID TrGplug IL trlumphs. Al
pro lucui under her HupuFviBlOni Sar
d0uis CLEOPATRA IL n revelation. lt 1
more, 10 ian liberal education Ia Lyyp
uuu aud Roman history during IN
lie OF the famous a0Tcoress-qureu. tn
nrmur, scenery, costumes, music aus
all the pamphVrnAlia Of the play are II
every detail exact cDuutefparts OF who
they represent as existent with u
action.
Under shockingly bad picture o
Maude Adams, the Boston Ndpeic
has the following paragraphs:
"fhe only thug that l do not lik
about Misc Maudo Adams, tho tsianl
ed little lady who Is Mr.. John Drew
leading support, Ia her English accent
She Ia not English, according 10 "a
returns 90 far NJ hand, Her mother
who ~ member OF the same CON
tany, has no such peculiarly q
tongue and | wish her daughter hu
not. She 10 very clever little ncire,
and has won deserved success. lie
rcliug In the scene IN which she foign
10 have been upplins 10 10 delicate tbs
II can give 0ilcnse 10 no one, anu theil
iu lies It's charm.
"Alisa Adams prldos herself on IN
frocks, very PArisian ia thcir compos
ten, which che Is to wear ia IN
Butterflies. Other effective COSTUME
VIII be displayed by olive May an
Virginia buchanan. The 6ceuco {
Caret0n's new play are laid enll1el
ia fashionable He, no that there Will /
ample opportunity Tor dress"
The elevation OF Mir. Joseph Jeiie
son 10 the pre-. iienCy ul the Player
tine l0slUOn held by Mr.. Edwln Boot
up TO tho time OF his death, created d
ms board of directors of tho CLUB
yacaucy which has just been filled 4
the election Ut MI Francis wills.
thereto. No uctter choice could hh'
been made. MT. WiitOui though O.
longing Ia the ranks OF thu hnr'rsqu
~ one Of the foremost OF America
artists, and II In pleasant thing q b,
his talents recognized IN his election
NJ representative potion