Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-27

follow Mr. Msnsfield's example and
deny that he ever said what II here
alleged, ss he happened TO have made
the remarks In the presence OF more
han Que gentleman;
The following extract Ia taken from
a recent issue OF the DEsERET NEWS,
OF Salt Lake CITY:
"ralk not to me Of the legitimate, Of
Of elsystlng the Stage, Of instructing
The public" said Manager w. a.
Brady with an airy wave OF the hand.
"I,m out for freaks. Give me gooI
startling freak, and I'll make my
fortune and the freaks as we'll. I've
mate. toiled for years with Diorfi.
son ~ stage manager for his Faust
productions - result = starvation.
have q company out nOw-Grismer
and Davies - doing the high-olsss
drama, and making what people call
good money. But make as much
with Corber in two weeks ~ they
make in well, won't sny how long.
No, sir-ree--give mo the freak business
every time"
l do not know whether Mr.. Brady
has been accurately reported, but " he
really made the remarks attributed 10
him l wish 10 compliment him on his
refreshing frankness.
This success OF the freak business IL
exceptional, and | do not know Of any
case where II has endured indefinitely.
What Dion Boucicault used to call the
Jumbo element In amusements has
frequently broken out and has often
been maize the source OF considerable
profit. hut tho public soon wearies Of
the toy or the curiosity, and then II
calls for . new Jumbo.
The population Of sur country Is
miscellaneous. Its pursuits are for the
most part distinctly material. II Il
the sort Of population that has an mp.
petite for sensation. On the other
hand, IL ls loavened by q olhas SUN =
ciently numerous 10 Insure fair rewards
for rndsavois OF better character. The
suffrnges OF thu class once obtained
last long after tho sensation seekers
have cast aside . dozen ephemeral
diversions. IL 10 were not for this
class the theater would be given over
entirely to what MIR. Brady APPLY calls
the freak business.'
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One by ono Mr.. +. Henry French's
roses fsdo--tho life II blistered out OF
them by proximity TO his blazing
star, Lillian Russell. Attalio Claire had
70 20, and now the popular baritone,
Hayden Coflin, has sent In his resig-
nation. He has discovered, says the
Recorder, that he sing much too artist.
caily for Miss Russells. You know that
abe never endured for n long time
other successes than her own Ia any
company che ever belonged TO. Mr..
Coiiin wasn't allowed TO interpolste u
song,on the score th-t II did not belong
In the score. Then Miss Russell would
sling two or three interpolated ballads.
The difference was tnis; When Miss
Russell aang she got one.tenth the ap-
plause that Mr.. Cyffln received when
he sang. Troubles brewed apace, 30
Mr.. CONN heads a company OF his
own next season In Australia. Mr..
CnArles Bassett, the tenor, late OF the
Casino ana Dufi's company, will MI
Mr.. Cofiin's place, 80 II IL said. Mr.. w.
II. Carlston will star next season, aud
there 10 . possibility of Louis Harrl-
son resigning his position too, and then,
what OIL what, will the Lillian
Russell Opera company be? Echo
answers, "Iiillian RUSSELL"
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Alexander Salvini's engagement at
the Manhattan opera house, New York,
which closed last Saturday night,
proved far more Of success than either
the actor or Manager Wilklson anticl.
pated. He presented Don Cm,ar do
Bazau for two weeks and the Three
Guardsmen for four weeks. Mr.. VIII
kinson twice extended the engagement
and Monday night, the 10Th, 5alvini
opened In q double oil, LIANT Fritz
and CavAlleria Rusticana. The pretty
quiet love story OF Alsatian life, fol.
lowed by that OF the tempestuous and
passionate Slcilian lovers, was n radi.
oal change from the "good old days of
but they seem to have
made q hit, especially Cavallerla Rus-
ticana. or 1t the New York TelegraD,
says: at was native and to tn. man.
ner born,' and was the most realistic
thing we have had In New York I'm
twenty-five years. A large orchestra
was used TO bring out the beauties Of
MnscagnPs music, and the plays were
mouutou WIN kOou rCculC tutCt1 And
a large auxiliary force was used. In
the detail Of stage director Salvini has
been credited by the New York lpry,s
with productions equal to those Of
Henry Irving"
Ned Royle anu his wife, Selma
Fetter, are expected to arrive In the
city almost any day. Judge Roylu
says his son writes that he il coming
homo TO work, not 10 play, rs his new
drama on which he is now engaged,
must be- finished before no Teach.,
New York In the fall. Friends vii.
be kept on the road next season, and 1.
will probably be- seen In Salt Lake or,
that season closes.
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The most detailed account OF Mr.
Booths illness--a subject In whiol
the public feel n most painful interep
yet printed, appears In the last nun.