The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-18

tempted outrage" that occasioned con-
siderable talk at the time. More than
a quarter of a century having elapsed,
it is time the mystery be cleared up.
Performances were given, two o.
three week, and on March 10. James
A. Herne made his first appearance In
Grip Van Wrinkle" and many peoplt
/ doubt whether it has been better
played since. Lucille Western came at
/ the same time and appeared on March
10 in East Lynne" On the Goth she
/ played Nancy Sykes, while Herne
played Bill Sykes in "Oliver Twist
! There was a great TODD about this
/ performance James Vincent played
Fagin, the Jew, teaching the art of
/ picking pockets so nicely that howl
/ went up about the bad moral lesson OF
/ the piece, and Brigham Young refused
/ to permit its being performed again
! Lucille Western also played Nancy
with such horrible realism that it was
! something fearful. In one scene she
plastered raw beef and real blood over
! her face and hair. while the gentle Bill
pulled her across the stage by the hair
| of the head. This is one of the joyous
| recollections of our youth. For week
or two Herne and Western played to-
gether, and one evening rendered
! Western was under the influence to
such an extent that she reeled about the
stage. The performance of the pre-
vious evening had been withdrawn be-
cause Mr.. Herne was "sick" This
episode ended the engagement. How
ever both Herne and Western were
great artists. Lucille Westerns wonder
full performances are vivid recollec-
ton among those who remember the
olden times a. the theatre. The wild
and reckless fervor of her style swept
everything before it. In those DAYS
Herne was full of fun and made him
SELF very popular with some of the boys.
one of his boon companions presumed
! upon this familiarity in the presence of
some others at a wavside inn. "Sav
jim, said he, SIS Lucille Western YOUR
Wlfe? No sir. I'm Herne," was the
quick reply. After they left. a series OF
| mediocre perforna noes We're given with
Fanny Morgan Phelps as a star. On
MAY ~ Charles Wheatley came and
! raised the standard of acting
thongh not, perhaps. the standard
OF the drama, for he played such niaces
as After Dark" Lottery of Life
ana Under the Gasligbt" Then came
something the like of which had never
( before been seen in these parts. IF
was opera bouffe in Zion. Emma and
! flelis HovSon and their resi- rCti,-o ms
! bands, with a comrany of singers.
ouened up May 81. 1869. in LA Grande
, Duehesse. 1T caught on all right.
: Very soon the melody of This is the
! Sabre Of my Sire" WIS being whstled
/ on every street corner In the cast
| was pretty little Annie Ward. who had
| come here several weeks before. and
| was the brightest ingenue that had ap-
! peared for some time. She was Just
as dainty on the street as on the stage.
and used to wear short dresses and
: blue shoes, with taSsels, on Main
! street. Men who were very young in
those days can remember that. The
Howsons were unable to keep up heavy
r"era houffe with thei~ limited aia-
but gave a number of semi-musical
comedies. At one of the performances
of THE Grand Duchess General Han
cock and staff occupied seats FIe
would have had a stall if there had
| been any, but there was not There
were forms like Dew5. most of them
rudely upholstered, which became very
| dusty, etc, before they were taken out
to make room for the more modern
/ seats. After the Howsons. Professor
RarSz came with a series of illusions
but though he was much of u genius
he had very poor attendance. George
d. Chaplin next appeared in legitimate
drama, opening in Hamlet Tune %
1859. On July u he was Joined by
Lolita in Little Nell bat before that
Macbeth had been rendered. witt
the tabernacle choir as the witches
and with the principal solos of Locke's
music rendered by Mrs. Careless anC
James Hardie 1t was Lotta's frs
visit, and though she was then youns
and charming. she was not very vel
off. Now she is said TO be the wealth
lest actress in America, and. havin;
foresworn the stage, has gone 10 Paris
where she IS studying the art of paint
ing. She has a magnificent cottage II
New Jersey, owns q steam Yacht ant
some fast horses, and would be YER.
happy but that she sometimes yearn
for the footlights. She Owls q con
trolling interest in the Park theatre