The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-03-19

A story from London says that Langtry
is growing thin on an anti-fat treatment
of her own. 1t consists of internal doses
of iodine.
Nile. Rhea appeared in the historical
play, Josephine, Empress of the
French, - in the Lyceum theatre, Balti-
more, last week.
Wilson Barrett has produced for the
first time on any stage a new comedy
drama written by himself entitled ''Our
Pleasant Sins" at hcYicker'5 theatre,
Chicago.
Minnie Palmer, who not long ago, was
able to maintain her place as star az the
head of the company, and who was a
fairly good attraction, is reported to have
dropped to a minor part IN a London
pantomime.
Dan Emmett, the author of sold Dan
Tucker, - is seventy-eight years old. He
is chopping wood Tor living IN Mount
Vernon, o. a big benefit in three or four
ofthe large cities would make the rest OF
his days comfortable.
Annie Pixley viii spend the summer in
Carlsbad, and take a course of the waters
for health. She has fallen into fat lately
and this bodily condition brings train
of attendant evils. For one, an impossi-
bility to realize the character of Hiss.
Lawrence Hanley, who was five years
the leading support of Edwin Booth and
Lawrence Barrett, and at various times
with Modjeska, Margaret Mather and
Minna Gale-Haynes, will, on April 5, be-
gin a starring tour under the direction of
Mr.. Frank Maeder.
Julia Marlowe has given the city of
Pittsburg fountain something like that
presented to San Francisco by Lolita. Il
will be in the form of Greek temple,
with supporting columns of bronze. and
ing comedy, tragedy. music and art.
Mrs. Barney Williams, widow of the
actor known TO ali New Workers of the
last generation, still retains her excellent
health. She lives on the west side near
Central Park, New York, and every
pleasant day she may be seen on Broad
way. She retains much OF her youthful
buoyancy of spirits.
The annual official salary list of the
imperial opera at Vienna has lust been
published. The highest fee is that of
NJ. van Dyck, who receives S12. 900 for an
engagement Of seven months. The tenor.
months, and Nine. Materria, who is
shortly to be replaced by Nine. Kiafsky,
$40, 0G0 for the same period.
The theatrical season has already
reached & point where the weaker ven
lures begin to fall by the wayside. and
the death roll of the unfortunate is
iengthening rapidly. The snow storms
have made hard work for some of The
travelling companies, and many perform
ances are delayed or altogether prevented
In the smaller cities.
William Gillette will play at the Globe
his eighth annual engagement in 1.-THE
Private Secretary in Boston during the
fortnight beginning March 20. He has
already played six engagements at the
Park and one at the Hollis Street theatre
in that city. At the close Of his two
weeks season he viii go back 10 his
house near Ashevilie, n. C., to work on
new play
Effie Ellsler has lately brought ont at
Detroit (and the papers there say sue
cessfally) play entitled 'sDoris,p By
Robert Drouet, who enacts the hero in il.
This is young English squire who mar
ries a school teacher, Doris, not knowing
shat she has been divorced from g burglar
She thinks her former husband dead. and
her secret safe; but the rogue turns M
and makes q good deal OF trouble for
time, owing TO the English prejudice
against the remarriage of divorced
women.
Stuart Robson played in Boston last
week, Clara Morris in Rochester. N. Y
Annie Pixley in Pennsylvania towns
Denn1an Thompson in Rochester and Sz-r''
acuse. E. j. Southern in Philadelphia
Fanny Davenport in Minneapolis. lula
NARROW in Boston, James O'Neil ard
John Drew in Chicago, Joseph MurDhv
il Boston, Marie Wainwright in ST
Louis, Louis James and Frederick Ward
in Los Angeles, Cal, and the Bostonians
in San Francisco.
These plays and players entertained
Philadelphia last week: Academy of Mu-
sic Thursday evening only, Nine. Duse
go VI ffs-s9 hoe -
1.-The Fencing Master;n Chestnut Street
opera house, Minna Gale HAYNES in rem
ertory: Broad Street, e. L. Willard; PARK.