Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-23

willie show was always popular in SIT
Lake, and the name q John Hopkins
who has been the controlling Influence
behind the Howard A,haneum showa
for a good many years, suilced TO ORA"
out large audience at the Ihcalef
last evening. The audience was In aI'
ways paid for IT, coming, In the ne"
treats provided by such old iavofi'es a'
Billy Van, Kara, Melville a s'olson
and VIII II. Fox, and by the original
acts Of such new people AZ DE Berell
and the Larsens. The evening was thus
one Of varied morriment and novelty
vaa seems quite 10 have supplanled
such old iayorites a. Thatcher, Rice
ANA Wilson, and his negro bits were
slde.tplilting; Kara, the jusgler' is ~
clever as ever Melville a slelson
are two ladies who, while they oansing
but little, n al all, are such clever imi'
tntors that they kept tho houso In 90
uproar, and the one who IL 10 much
like May Irwin Is specially clever
Fox gave the same combined IN
stances Of good plano playing, humor.
ous sayings aud laughabIe sillinesi-
his act can hardly be- described by any
other language-thAt he gave before.
The Lars Larten fomily, hyo In all,
did some exceedingly clever tumbling
and acrobatic work. A feature OF in'
tefrst In their appearance WISE that the
head Of the family, n very old msninnd
bis daughter, a middlt-agrd woman.
occupied stall near the stage. The
couple had Just arrived from Provo,
where they have lived for agOod many
YEAR, paHt. They came over from
Europe thirty or forty years ago, leav-
Ing the remainder OF their family be-
hind, and their reunion here, though
under such strange auspices, Il may be
imagined, was n very happy one. The
old gentleman looked alike proud,
doubtful aud howildurvd M lac nUat1
the plaudits oCcasiUned by the wutk ~
the performers. DE Bupcll, mouelef
ia clay, gave an act new 10 the variety
Stage ia moulding be.oto the eyes Oi
the audience lump Of "iull, seuseless
clay" into the wond, fiully i,i,iikv lace
N first n German, and next au 10.
diAu; he Is an artist In every sense Oi
the word. The last appearance WILL
without doubt, draw n second good
audience this evening.
Despite the advance In prices which
Robson's manager insisted on, even 10
lhs extent OF tayiug twas u dollar aud
ahalf ora gO by, the thratef people
say Robson will play a fine engage
ment here. There was good demand
fof seats yesterday, especially Tor thu
Henrietta. In tue Comedy VI Efrors,
the bill Tor Wednesday evening, the
Two DfomiOs will be- played by MIR,
Robson And John l.. W0Oder0u, an
actor who has risen 10 sort VI lame
through the fact Of hia close Trsum.
blauee 10 Robson. They are said 10
look almost nEc twin brothers, which
~, Of couTse, the reason why he II with
Robson In shakeeptafea comedy. The
charming face OF Mis-. Robson, who
made her original hit here when she
was May MaldtOu, will DO Ia strong
addition 10 Rouson's forces.
Next Friday and saturday evening
We are 10 have our ffst glimpse VI the
much advertised Lady Windvrmefe's
Fan.
Oscar Wilde, tho AulhOr says that
Lady WindeTmefo's Fan has already
paid him $4,000 Ia royalties, or more
than his books, newspaper articles
aud poems have brought him Ia the
last twenty years. No wonder that
he il determined 10 keep on writing
plays. The success Of the play has
been even more emphatic Ia this
county than In England. During Ia
uin Of 100 nights ut PalmeT's theatre,
New York, II was played TO large anu
fashionable audiences. On the fret
Saturday Of its New York run thu re-
ceipts Tor the two performances, alter
noon aud evening, were $500, some
thing uncommon even for great sue.
Gees,
Society, musicians and amateurs
teem TO be yieiug with each other In
generous endeavor 10 see who can do
most toward making the Weihe testi.
moniAl TOusing success. Tho pro-
gram n going TO DO a choice one, and
h has one feature, especially, the fret
appearance OF Miss Viola Pratt since
her return from her very successful
sJourn in New York, which may be
relied on to help tho sales ladies ia
their peregrinhtl0uH Miss Pratt looks
In tho best ot trim aud says she IL hap.
by to be- home again, anu duubly
happy that her frst bow since she
made what might be- termed her
metropolitan sucgcss, IL 10 be- made Tor
the beueft OF a musician like Willard
Weihe. Mr, EastOn Us coming down
from bis hermitage iu Logan 10 sing
s0ur aud take part lu the eyor glorious
Lucia sextette, the other Singers iu
which viii be Mu. Edward, Mis-.
Pratt, Air. pyper, Ma. Eusigu aud Mo
Spencer Mise Ruth tdrodge, who
went east ht the same time as Miss
Pratt TO study ulOcuuun, AMI who Is
also nc home, will giys a recitation;
Mr. Wciho will himself OF course,
give q number which equally of C0ur
viii DO multiplied by three Mr..
kr0uFc aud Mr., stephens viii each
lend their aid aud large committee,
headed by Mrs. Hamilton aud Fred
Simon, and including that princess of
ticket seileTs, Mrs Arielle Cuminga,ls