The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-01

Deborah Barton. Annie Chester
Rachael Westwood. .......... Edith Pollock
Melton. Catherine Jerome
Willard Weihe assumes charge of the
theatre orchestra on Friday evening,
first night of the Downing enga cement.
He has retained the flute, the clarionIt,
the piano. and the drummer of the old
organization and added four new men;
the present force will be:
w. Weihe, first violin and conductor
w. Youngdale, first violin.
John H Smith, flute.
Mr.. Zimmerman, cornet.
Mr.. Sawen, clarionet.
Mr.. Russell, trombone.
Mr.. Wetzel, double-bars.
Mr.. Darlington, piano.
Mr.. Carlson, drums.
One regrettabie feature of the Or
chestral changes at the theatre is that
that excellent young violiniSt w. G..
Give is not to be retained. Mr.. Give is
rapidly progressing as a soloist, and
the public had anticipated a great
deal from the fact that Weihe and
Give were to be associated in the
same orchestra. But it seems the
never dying Union question hobs up
/
! Mr.. Give said to the writer yesterday,
L was offered my old place in the or
chestra and would have been glad to
i accept it, had not the offer been coup
| led with an impossible condition. That
condition was that l must join the
union That l refused to do" All the
other men in the orchestra have joined
the union. and as one OF the most
rigid of the rules is that members shall
ll1o
could not be retained.
The Orpheus club. which has been
doing some hard practicing under its
able conductor, Mr.. Peabody, since it
walked off with the Eisteddfod prize,
has booked two nights at the theatre
in the early part of January, and will
present to Salt Lakers for the fist
time the musical burlesque of Romeo
and Juliet" The piece is filled with
popular airs, and the dramatic per-
sonae is made up of the male sex eX-
clusiyely. We have not yet learned
what the cast will be, but learn that
there is a lively rivalry for the role OF
Juliet between DR.. Plummer and Pro-
fessor Young.
In New York the other night, when
TriIby was received with Lackaye as
SvengaIi, they tried on the new ending
of the play, which Beerbohm Tree rem
ders in his London production. That
production, by the way, is the biggest
success London has known for fifteen
years. but Mr.. Trees finish did not
catch on" in New York. 1t is very
weird idea too. Instead of having
Triiby hypnotized again by seeing
photograph of the dead SvengaH, she
a q a
full life size painting of him, and the
painting consists of Svengaf himself,
set il the frame as a living picture,
after the fashion of Rose Coghlan the
other night in MASKS and Faces" A
critic says the effect spoiled Trilby's
one strong scene.
A paragraph in this weeks Music
and Drama says that Mr.. George r.
F6cscn has engaged to go out with
Fanny Rfces company Mr.. Edeson
inlrl1ns The Herald that this state
ment is altogether premature; that.
however, is not saying there may not
BE- something in it later on. Mr..
Rogers will do we'll to chain Mr.. Eide
son down with an extension of his con-
tract. His departure would leave an
aching gap at the Grand.
Mckee Rankin has ceased struggling
against the inevitable, has quit fight
ing for a position as star, and for a
while at least, will experience the
novel sensation of enjoying a regular
payday But only think of the once
proud Mckee Rankin as coacher to
Jim Corbettl The New York Herald,
of the 18th, says: James j. Corbett
/ is going to attempt a decided step for
ward in his coming production of "A
/ Naval Cadet on November %. Cor
bett aspires to shine as a light
/ comedian. and the title role in his new
play is a character similar to Elliot
| Gray in "Rosedafe." Manager Brady
has surrounded him with a splendid
company, including Annie Blancke and
i Mckee Rankin Mr.. Rankin plays the
/ leading role, a French fencing master
at Annapolis, stages the play, and acts
as the champions tutor in the dra-
/ matte art.
Music lovers are all in mourning over
the fact that the Bostonians should
] slip quietly through Salt Lake and
never so much as drop off to inquire
after our health. Mrs. Jennie Hawley
/ Woodrow, whose cousin is now sing
4 ing the part of Robin Hood with the
] OrSAlllZdllOn, intercepted InelT train
and rode some distance with them. She
says Jessie Bartlett Davis particularly
mourned that they had to give Salt
Lake the t'go by" and that other
members of the company joined in ex-
pressing their regrets. Al Hayman
and the Rostonians are decidedly at
outs however, and the latter will
never sing in a house controlled by the
| former. In large cities where there are
more than one theatre it cuts no fig
! ure with the public, as the Bostonians
| simply go to another house; in Salt
Lake, however, where the only house
obtainable is controlled by Mr.. Hay
man, the singers pass us by, even at
a decided loss to themselves. Let us
hope that by another year Mr.. Hayman
and they viii have healed their differ
ences, or that Mr.. Burton will be able
to deal with them over Mr. Hayman's
head.
Prof. Daynes is making a flying trip
to Boston. in the interests of his
musical firm. He writes his partner
Mr.. Coalter, that his card, .'organist of
the Salt Lake tabernacle is an open
sesame for him everywhere and some
what too modestly adds that he is
careful not to disturb the impression
by yielding 10 frequent solicitations to
play.