The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-01-01

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street, Francis Wilson in 'The Lion
Tanner Walnut street, ''The Power Of
"The Idea,' Bijou, variety; Empire,
Dockstader's minstrels; National, Aunt
Bridget's Baby;' Grand opera house,
DR.. Carver in s'The Scout;n Kellar's
magic; Carcross opera house, minstralsy.
Extra Christmas matinees given at all the
theatres.
The marriage of Mary Anderson to Mr..
Navarro, Edith Kingdom to George
Gould, Belle Billion to Lord Clancarty,
Connie Gilchrist TO another lord, Minna
Gale to Mr.. Haines, Minnie Seligman to
Robert Cntting, Margaret Mather to
Augustus Pabst, has caused one of the
Brooklyn managers to ask if this kind of
thing is getting to be mania. He writes:
stOr does the gilded setting in which an
actress is able TO shine afford her means
of fascination not posed by her sisters in
society. -
William H. Crane was in Brooklyn last
week, Richard Mansfield in Philadelphia,
Sol Smith Russell in Milwaukee, Clara
Morris in Tacoma and Seattle, Charles
Dickson in San Francisco, Fanny Daven-
port in Rochester and Buffalo, Fanny
Rice in San Francisco, Jillia Aiarlowe in
Kansas City, Katie Emmett in Mil
waulsee. Minnie Seligman Cutting IN
Denver, Modjeska in Wisconsin and Min
nesota cities, Rosina VokeS in MaSSa-
chusetts and Connecticut towns, the
Bostonians in Boston, and De Wolf
Hopper IN Boston.
Congressman Cummings gave a lunch
con in honor of Rose Coghlan and Sadie
Martinez in the House restaurant in
Washington on Tuesday. Speaker Crisp
sat at the right of Miss Martinez, and ex-
Speaker Reed at her left. Miss Coghlan
sat at the right of her host and at her left
was Colonel Fellows. Ex-Speaker Reed
had delightful chat in French with Miss
Martinez, who speaks French like ma
tive.
David Henderson, manager of the Chi
cago opera house and Duquesne theatre,
Pittsburg, and originator in this country
of that form of entertainment styled Eek
travaganzan and of such famous specta-
cles as "The Crystal Slipper, - ''Sin-
bad'' and 'sAli Bahia. is personally con-
Quoting the tour of the latter piece.
Stuart Robson says that instead of the
drama deteriorating, there has never been
in its history such advancement as the
people of today can point to. Play houses
he says are now palaces of magnifcence,
the ranking of actors is thing OF the
past, and as for playwriting, it has be-
come as much a science as house building
to the architect, structure erected on
fundamental rules and principles.
The racing drama promises to have as
many types in this country as the play of
rural life. Charles Barton has returned
from abroad with a melodrama called
1.-the Outsider, - in which there is race
track scene; T. Henry French will pro-
duce 1.-THE Prodigal Daughter, - which
also has a lively picture of a race track,
and Neil Burgess continues in the old but
still attractive County FAIR the rae
ing scene in which appears to be It's
strongest feature.
Wilson Barrett has excited discussion
by the assertion that American players
lack poetry and imagination. 1t is prob
able that Mr.. Barrett is right as far as his
opportunities for observing American
dramatic artists are concerned; but he
ought not to gauge the spirit of the en-
tire American stage by society plays
wherein the qualities he laments are
neither found nor expected.
Miss frankie NJ. Raymond, who will be
remembered here for her charming i'm
personation OF the character of Cupid, in
''Sinbad.'' this year appears in cali
Bana'' as Ganem, postboy of Bagdad,
with a delightful Irish brogue and some
very fetching costumes.
John Kernel of ''The Hustler,'' joined
newly organized Suicide club while
playing in Minneapolis. and upon the
conclusion of the Initiating ceremonies,
made a speech, advocating an easier mode
OF self-destruction than playing continu-
ously in farce-comedy.
''The Girl I Left Behind Mel is the
title OF the new play by David Belasco
and FRANKLIN Fyles, which is to be pro-
duced for the first time at the opening OF
Charles Frohman's new Empire theatre,
New ork.
An interesting dancing incident in ''Ali
Baba'' is Nautch dance in the first act
by twelve selected coryphees, led by
promising young danseuse from Dresden,
Saxony, Fraulein Hulda Irmler.
The second wife of Duke Louis in Ba-
varia, who resigned the headship of his
house in order to marry the first wife, an
actress, was ballet dancer at the Munich
opera house by the name of Barth. She
is nineteen years old.
The Call Bell.
Madame Diaz, wife of the president of
Mexico, will send to the Chicago fair, at
her own expense, a women's band of
forty-five musicians. The most expert
artists OF that sex to be found in Mexico
will be engaged.
Mile. Duse, the "Italian Bernhardt, -
viii open an American season in New
York on Jan. %. She will give four per-
formances a week, opening in Camille
Augustus Balfour, of the James O'Neill
company, VIII star next season in an
emotional drama by a young Philadel-
phia journalist.
The latest ta-ra-ra- boom decay novelty
is a horse ct the Winter circus taught to
dance the tune, attired in a red skirt and
big hat.
Theatrical business in New York is the