The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-12-16

San Francisco. Dec. Is. is,


San Francisco. Dec. Is 1894
Dramatic Editor Herald:
An audience hardly fashionable or
less in numbers Than on the opening
night OF his engagement greeted Mir.
Salvini at rile Baldwin theatre TO wit
ness Paul Kester,s new romantic
drama, zanar,v for the first time in
Sen Francisco. The story of the play
is laid among the eventful episodes of
early Spanish history. The plot rests
upon a question as to the legitimate
succession to the throne in conse-
quence of an early marriage of Al
phoIiso to the gyrsS queen lsidra.
which was dissolved by the pope. It
transpires that a gypsy chieftain
named lamar was the issue Of this
marriage, hut he valves his right in
favor of his half brother, Ferdinand,
preferring his own gypsy royalty. He
supports his brothers claim against
the conspiring regent. Phillip, the
struggles between the two factions in
volving many exciting incidents. There
are two quaint and exquisite love stor-
les running through the play, which
makes it as romantic as any lover of
this school of drama scaH desire. The
play is full of action 1t was received
by the audience with almost c,.fitinu-
Gus applause, and the final curtain
rang down on one ofthe most el.thu-
siastic audiences Mr.. Salvini has had
in this city. AS the gypsy ZalTar,
Salvini was powerful TO a degree and
presented q most picturesque appe ar
ance Outside of the star, individual
hits were made by Miss Dickson as
the gypsy maid Kinda and Miss Nor
ETH as the Princess Isabel
ALFRED BOWER.
You can have curtain calls now-a-
days two for five cents. Get three
friends in the audience ITO applaud
after an act, and up Slips the curtain
as il it were creased. There used to be
a time when it took thunders of APP
piause to raise it, but now it is a very
cold evening when it fails TO go up
again after each act.
The genial veteran agent who goes
with Neene lost the cigars on a matter
of history. He was absolutely sure
that Julia Dean Haype never played
in such a piece as Aladdin in this
city. 1t was absurd, she wouldn't do
such a thing. 1t was shown that she
did do it, and then he claimed that it
must have been a. special society enter
tainment of some sort, but he was
shown that she played in it seven
times. Finally he said it must have
been some other Julia, Dean Hayne,
but the cumulative evidence was too
much for him and he finally dug up
the weeds.
The National Conservatory of Music,
New York, received compositions up
to yesterday for the prizes offered to
all Corners. natives of the United
States. They will be awarded April
Is next as follows: For the best sym
phony, $780, for the best overture, $500,
for the best piano or violin concerto,
5000. This institution was founded by
Mrs. jeanette NJ. Thurber in the hope
of creating national school of music
that will make it unnecessary for stu
dents to go abroad. A large proportion
Of the cost of maintenance is borne by
a few patrons. The entrance examina-
tons for the coming year will take
place on the following dates:
Singing-January z, from to u a.
m and to . p. m, and on the evening
Of the 9TH. Chorus from to 10 p. m.
Piano and Organ-January 8, from 10
to u a. m. and 2 to 4 p. m.
Violin, Viola, Contrabass, Cello and
Harp-January 8, from 10 to u a. m.
and 2 to p. m.
Orchestra and all Wind Instruments
January 9 from to 4 p. m.
Composition Or. Dvorak's Class.)-l