Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-17

The somewhat prolrauied lul We
have enjoyed Of laie-enioyed Is the
vord--will be broken Monday night
by the return Of that very admirable
actor and very peculiar:inIividual, Mr..
Richard Manifold. His Beau Bfum-
mel IA one OF the great creations Of the
eo.omporaneou stage, AMI that we are
to see Monday night. Hisown dramau'
Eation Of Hawlh0rne's Scarlet Letter,
spoken Of ~ rare work Of artistic
merit, will DO the bill Tuesday night
Mrs. Mansfield 10 Ia the cast, ana we
are promised an elaborate production
"a far As scenery and accessories can
make 10.
The contemplated visit Of the Taber'
nacle choir TO Chicago in September
continues TO be tue all-peryading
theme in musical circles. Mr.. Ste
phens IL still absent In Chicago, where,
on Wednesday evening Last, he had
the privilege Of hearing Mr.. Tomlins
conduct the Messiah, Ia the same
building where the great contests will
take place. In the meantime Prof
DRynes hiss had charge Of the choif
and has been doing some Troianic
work, especially with the male voicte,
In tho algebraic difficulties Of the con.
test music. II n entirely probable that
MIR. Eastou, and Bessie Dean Alison
will go with the singers, and 1t IL hoped
that tue excellent force OF sopranos
will be augmented by inducing Mrs.
bruce Pugsley 10 leave her retirement.
Mr.. Goddard aud Viola Prnlt,
too, may run over from New
York 10 join their old friends,
The cOmmitteo In charge Will
resume active meetings next
wees, when Mrs. Salisbury and repre-
eentntivea fTOm the Chamber of Com
meTcc, the Business Mems association
and the Real Estate exchange will be-
present 10 aid IN the biggest work OF
nll-that OF securing the necessary
funds 10 make the enterprise o success.
II. b. Clnwaon, formerly manager Oi
tho Theater, and IL. q. Whitney,
manager OF tue Home Dramatic CLUB,
are the two gentlemen In whose
hands tho general committee has
placed the business management OF
the tour, while Prof. Stephens has n
consulting voice, and will be- absolute
monarch 40 far as the musical rules
and regulations 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eiwin Milton Royle
remain quietly ut home, aud are seen
very little abroad In amusement or So
ciety circles. Mrs. Royle II hard NJ
work resting, ana Mt. Royle is still
poring over his new play, which the
New York World by the way, says 10
shortly to DO Tried IN Chicago. They
viii remain la salt Lake tIll the inst
part of August.
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Ada Dwyer, VINO now signH hot
name Ads Dwyer Russell was one Oi
the actors chosen 10 create the role In
the new play called This Working Day
World aud recently produced IN
Buffalo. The press comments on the
play were .voiable, anu Miss Dryer
received specially strong words OF
commentator. Frank Mayo was the
lthuiug man OF the oDmphuy. Miss
Dryer Ia now In New York where her
husband IL In the cast Of The 'Glrl l
Left Behind Me ut the New Empire
thealer.
The ianoled coincidence between
the oOiiap-vtl FOru'a tueater and the
burial OF Edwin Booth, IL as nothing
compared b the strange fact that
Edwin Booth should have been the
man who saved the life OF President
lincOln's sou. The story has often
been told, and II Ia repeated la the
following dispatoh from BAltidIore ~
thv New York World:
John Il, Ford says tho story that
Edwin Booth saved the life OF Robert
II. Lincoln, President LlucOinis sou,
IL essentially correct. Ihe occurrence
was between March anu 9, 1876, and
was published ABOUT ten years arc. 1t
happened at Bowling Green, KY, or
nj station between that place anu
Nashville, Tenn. Mr.. Ford had been
travelling through the South with "a
company, at the head Of which was
Mr. Booth, ana II was 1T the close OF
Mt. BOVth's engagement. Mr.. Booth
anu MIR. Lincoln were both waiting
for train. Mr. Lincoln was walking
up and down the track Aforementioned.
ly anu did not notice an engine back
ing down upon him. Mr.. Booth pulled
him aside when the engine was 80
near that II actually touched Mr.
Liuc0lu's heels. Tho latter was much
overcome, shook hands with tue actor,
aud oppressed his profound gratitude.
~ the time MIR. Booth did NOT know
THE Identity Of the man ho had saved.
Some years ago Edwin BlOth
erected monument TO his father at
Grronmount cemetery. Ia the double
family lot, surrounded by granite
curb, lie The remains OF his grand
father, mother, sisters anu BROTHER.
Al me foot VI the monument liz an
unmarked grave, IL is covered with