The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-06

the expense. For instance. the peal Of
| bells used at the end of the first act OF
Faust and heard but for a few Sec
onds. cost $1,000. He brought church
organ TO this country, and an ex-
perienced organist as well. He also
| brought over a singer in a play he
! thought OF producing. He wasn't even
sure that he would produce it. There
is no taking" in Mr.. Irving's plays.
1t is said that he has a fortune, but
wonder that he even has a bank ac-
count.
Rehan's Ends.
Ada Rehan likes to pick up unique
pieces of furniture for her house in
Ninety-ninth street Maud Harrison
delights in bric-a-brac. Maud Adams
is quiet and studious, and her taste is
distinctly in the line of books. They
say that Minnie Palmer spent some OF
her hard earnings on a Nubian prince
who desired to marry her. Minnie
thought the title was worth it. but
| when she found her prince was just
colored waiter in a London cafe she
decided to- invest in something else.
DeWolf Hopper spends most of his
money in buying and staging operas.
He has never had any great amount of
the good. His wig bill is quite an item.
/ You know he loses lot Of them root
ing for baseball, but wig or no wig.
we all love him.
Pauline Hall, if reports are true. has
not much money ito throw away nova
days, but she is an enthusiastic bicyclist
and gets plenty of fresh air and exer-
else. If health is wealth Pauline should
not complain.
Lillian ExtraTaganf.
: Lillian Russell has managed to buy a
$4,000 house, but she is yery extrava-
CANT, and they say she has not much
cash. The Queen of Bri.liants'' did
not make dollar in London. Little
Annie Myers, who made the hit over
there, is one of the prudent ones. She
owns house in Baltimore and spends
little money outside of adding to her
home and educating her daughter.
Stuart RObson's fad is books John
Drew's hobby is books pertaining to
The drama. He has a rare collection.
Della Fox invests largely in dia-
monds. So does tombstone Bennett,
Johnny" is devoted 20 amateur pho
tography and always travels with a
kodak. Mr.. and Mrs. Bancroft, shin
ing lights of the English stage have an
old hobby. 1t is usual for them to
pass their summers in Wales. When
they ind church altar which does
not appeal to their artistic taste they
Immediately build one Of their taste
and present it TO the church During
a recent sojourn in Switzerland they
built church in little town which
they visited.
Cora's Mania.
Cora Tanner has a mania for jewel
ry and Sylvia Gerrish for silk stock
ings and exquisite shoes Alice HAIR
ri5on had the good sense to invest her
earnings in mining stocks in California
years ago; she is therefore Indepen-
dent. Her greatest happiness is to pro-
cure all the comforts and many OF the
luxuries of life for her mother, to
whom she is devoted.
Tony Pastor is noted for uuostenta-
tious charity; that sounds paradoxicaI,
but let it pass. Herbert Kelcey and
! Fred Hallen give their tailor5 vast
sums to make them look pretty, SO
they can give the Broadway girls a
| treat every day. Joe Hart buys all
| the comic papers of the world. He
has all the jokes that appear in for
e1gn languages translated for use in
his business. Frank Mayo has spent
a great deal of his cash on the musical
education of his daughter.
HOey and FOy.-
William Hoey goes to Europe every
summer to try to break the bank at
Monte Carlo. He sang so loud about
the man who did accomplish this feat
that he has had the fever ever since.
Denman Thompson haunts race tracks
and is 'plunger." John Wild has a
cellar full Of an eccentric wardrobe
If he meets a darkey in the street and
takes a fancy to a coat or vest or a.
pair of trousers worn by the dusky
gentleman, he will at once begin ne
gotiations which generally end in
johns possessing the coveted apparel.
Now cut out John Wild and the darIy
and substitute Walter Jones and the
tramp and you get another mans hob
by. Eddie F'oy likes to get first edi-
tons of books-Shakespear in the
lead. Some of his friends think a. col
lection of spelling books would be the
real thing for Eddie.