The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-22

bv the Associated Press. with the last
nights of once Upon a Time" at the
Haymarket already in prospect, with
the impossible Mrs. Hessingham," and
her woes at the Garrick, with the
many crudities of AN Aristocratic Al
lance" at the Criterion, and with the
poor humor of The Best Man and
''Jaunty Jane Shore" at Toole's and the
Strand respectively, the theatrical sea-
son can not be said to have opened
under very favorable auspices
The 'Mnsqueraders.
All hopes are now centered in The
Masqueraders.' by Henry Arthur
Jones, which will be produced at the
St. James theatre on April Is. The re-
hearsals of the new play are, however,
not going as smoothly as might be ie-
sired There has been no little friction
among some of the leading members OF
the cast and the influence Of Pinero,
which was turned to much good in
The Second Mrs. Tanquary,' has been
greatly missed by the company.
Arrangements are being made for the
production in the United States of an
American version of Mr.. Clement
SCOTS English Heroes Toiling Day by
Day" Which has scored a great success
al the Alhambra. The new version is
TO be called The Presidents Golden
Star" and in the chorus the American
public are urged to ask Congress TO
grant golden star as the reward for
heroism on the part Of the civilian.
The incidents which Mr.. Scott has
chosen for description in his spirited
verses are the same as in the English
version.
A most influential committee, under
the championship of Mr.. George Ed
~ Ion
with the matinee, which is to be given
at the Gayety on the 23G inst. 10 cele-
brate the twenty-f1fth anniversary Of
Herr Meyer LutZ's musical dictatorship
OF the theatre. The list includes Mes
srs. G. r. Simms, May Thomas, Glenn
ent Scott. John Hollinghead, Arthur
Roberts. Horace Leonard and the Hon.
George Fitzwilhams.
An unique event in the history of
Manager Augustin Days theatrical ca
reer-the run of 100 nights of Twelfth
Night at Days theatre here, cele-
brated on Thursday LASTS receiving
due attention from the London press.
Special attention is directed to the fact
that Miss Ada Rehan has not failed to
appear single night during the run.
The occasion was marked by the distri-
button of a memento in the shape of a
silken illustrated programme. Miss Re
han never played better. The bookings
are enormous for the single weeks rem
derlng of LAS You Like It,
The Fire Ounce.
The latest novelty at the music halls
is called "A Fire Dance" and is per-
formed nightly at the Aihambra by
Miss Mabelle Stuart, the young Ameri-
can actress who first introduced the
eerpentIne dance at the F'olies Berger,
Paris, in 1892. The new dance is as
weird as it is effective. The dancer
appears to be literally on fire, or what
is still more remarkable, her whole
body seems to be transparent, these eff
fects, of course, being fixed by electric
1ty. Miss Stuart has had a very varied
career. She was born at Gettysburg.
Pa, the daughter Of DR.. T. T. Tato,
who served through the civil war as
army surgeon to the northern forces
She made several tours throughout the
states, playing in sucn light comedy
companies as Sailsbury'S TroubadourS
and the Evans & Hoey company. On
the termination of these engagements
Miss Stuart lived for eighteen months
on ranch in California. where she
proved herself an expert horsewoman
firing at length of the monotony of
the life she crossed the Atlantic and
after a brilliant engagement at the
Folies Berger made a prolonged tour
In the French provinces. Since then she
has visited the French capitols of Eu-
rope, making a stay of not less than
five months in Madrid and other Span
ish towns.
After long period of slack business.
the Palace theatre has suddenly bound
ed into popularity, due to the ceaseless
efforts of the management to provide
q first rate entertainment. On the 23d
inst, Miss Cissi LOTUS, the young
lady who went direct from the convent
where she was educated to the variety
stage, will enter upon an gagement
at this hall, her contract with Mr. Cod
wards having expired. She will give
limitations Of the leading burlesQue
actors and actresses in London, a type
OF performance in which she eSceIs
On Thursday last. Primrose day. Mr..
Charles Morton manager of the Palace
theatre, celebrated the event by an adj
dltlon TO his new series of tableaux
wants In the shape of reproduction
Of the Beaconsfeld statue, at which
the minister, covered with its masses
of pr nlrose wreaths and other decora-
tons ct the day. The statue made a
great house.
THE Cross of Sorrow"
Mr. William Ackernan has just pub
hshed in the city new play entitled.
The Cross of Sorrow" and has de-
posted copy Of it with the librarian
Of Congress st Washington, in or.Ier
that It may be duly copyrighted in the
United States. The copies of 1.-THE
Cross Of Sorrow" are English printed
copies, and they have been so deposited
at Washington in order that a test nav
be made as to whether the cnpvriRht
can be legally forced. as there is a pro-
vision in the copyright law which pro-
vides that copies Of plays sent to Wash
tngton Tor copyright must be printed in
the United States
The chief attraction at the Tivoli CON
tindes to be Nile. Jane Nav in her
charming mononimie, Monsieur ct Mad
anne Peirot," which is followed bv a
remarkably clever burlesque Of Sarah
Bernhard in various characters. Since
her last appearance in London, in II,
Enfant Prologue" Mile. Siay has hsen
playing at the Analogue and Varieties
tn Paris.
Mr.. Gilbert has written a letter in
which he says his disputes with Sir
Arthur Sullivan are due to the EATERS
Insisting as condition to writing a
new opera, that the control of all the
London rights in their fourteen previous
operas to be given TO D'Oyley Carte, an
inadequate and unreasonable term.
The GiIbe=t's Success.
The negotiations which have been on
fcot to engage Yvette Gilbert at the
Empire theatre for 200 weekly. have
collapsed. Nile. Gilbert and Miss Loie
Fuller are now seeking for a theatre
in London in which TO open on their
own account
Princess Christian opened the chill
dren's salon at home at the West
minister town hall this afternoon C21st.)
The children's salon was founded by
Mr.. J. c. Wood and other gentlemen