The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-24
. 49,
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ton OF Willard Weihe as leader of the
orchestra at the Grand and his ao-
ceptance OF the vacant place al the
theatre. The occurrences were known
only to a few people last evening, but
the changes have been expected for
some time by those ION the inside"
"A ri both houses. OF course the fact
That there has long been a struggle
between the musical union, OF which
Mr.. Weine is a prominent member,
and the theatre orchestra. who were
not union men, viii give rise to the
belief that the union question is at
the bottom of the changes. Manager
Burton states emDhatically that this
is not the case and Mr.. Weihe states
the same thing AS the public well
4aows, Mr.. Weihe held the place of
director of the orchestra for a number
of years, and when he left to go east
Mr. Careless succeeded him. When
Mr.. Weihe returned the subject of Civ
ing him his old place was considered
by the board of directors Of the the
atre, and the matter has been dis
cus.sed at times for the past two
years, all the board feeling that while
they had the highest regard for Pro-
fessor Careless, Mr.. WeiheS talents as
a soloist and a violin virtuoso, which
placed him indisputably al the head of
local musicians. rendered it advisable
from business as we'll as an artistic
standpoint to ally him with the theatre
forces. Mr.. Burton states that the
house parts with Mr.. Careless with the
= sincerest regrets, and he leaves with
the kindliest good will of he board,
every member of which recognizes lis
efficiency and the arducus nature of
the services he has SO many years
devoted to the cause of music. 1t is
probable the changes will not take
place until next week, Mr.. Weihe's
contract with the Grand requiring
thai he give them at least a weeks
notice. He states that he expects to
retain mos of the present members
~ the theatre force, though some
T4hanges may be necessary. He
Gays further that the union question
will not come up, as the men he re-
tains will join the organization. 1t is
understood that W. H. Cline, the tai
ented violinist who has long been Mr.
Careless right hand man, can retain
his present position if he so desires.
The question of Mr.. Weihe's successor
at the Grand has not yet come up. but
report has it that Professor Krouse,
the pianist OF the orchestra, will sue
coed to the position.
Professor Careless will nogv undoubt-
eddy devote his attention undoubtedly
to teaching; he has a large number of
pupils, priv ate and in classes, studying
vocal music, the organ, piano and vio-
lin. but his duties at the theater have
conflicted with his giving them full
Sttention il the past. The list of Salt
Lakes musical people who owe their
education to him is long and notable
one, and a pleasant fact is that his old
pupils remain his warmest friends.
Members OF the theatre orchestra
deny that the union question had any,
thing 10 do with their action on the
first night of the ladies' minstrel per-
formance. Mr.. Careless gave his con-
sent for M. Christensen to lead the
dance number, and that gentleman re-
hearsed with the orchestra the night
before the performance. Mr.. Give got
The notion that he was expected to play
second violin and refused. Mr.. Chris
tenSen says he did not expect him to
play anything but the lead, and he
considers he was very Shabbily treated
that he was given no notice until the
moment came to begin the dance. Then
rSeeing Mr. Give and other members
were not in their places, re states that
he had to Play from memory; that the
clarionet make a break and ratified
him, and that that was the cause Of
the dance music going SO poorly on
the opening night. Mr. Careless regret
fed the trouble, and willingly gave his
"a consent TO the Christensen orchestra
playing at the following performances.
The week past has not been one Of
especial glory or money for the two
places of amusement. The theatre
made something out of THE Tornado"
but we would not be surprised if il
dropped it on Hermann; the difference
between this engagement and his last
one is something phenomenal; it illus
trates that wonderfully clever as the
great wizard is. the taste for his sort
of entertainment is on the wane.
Either that, or we have had too much
of it from his very clever imitator, Mr..
EliaSon. 1t might have been different.
TOO, if Hermann had brought out some
new and startling sensations. But his
bill is exactly that of last year, bar
ring the Trilby act, which is not wor-
thy the extensive advertising it receiv-
ed Clever as it is, it is not more SO
than others of his achievements, and
the same idea-SuSpending a body in
mid air without visible supports-has
been presented in another form by
several of Hermann's predecessors.
The engagement closed last night to
light business. At the Grand, BLOW
for Blow" scored the nearest thing to
a fiasco that Mr.. Rogers has expert
enced: it is fortunate that its run was
anited to three nights instead of a full
week. We think Mr.. Rogers will find, If
he has not already demonstrated 1t to
his satisfaction, that there is more
money in royalty plays even though
they do cost 500 week, than IN the
great majority Of those which can be
purchased at 10 cents per copy.
The coming week is full of promise
of better things. Rose Coghlan and
L. R. Stockwell ought to have hand
some reception at the theatre. Both
are so well remembered from their
past work, and Miss Coghlan particu-
iarly has been So well advertised as
star of late years, that we shall be
surprised indeed if their business does
NOT leap up among the highest aver
ages. Miss Coghlan first appeared
here with Osmond Teale in the ''Silver
slling'' and Lady Clare Later she
Npresented a play called "Jocalyno at
the Walker opera house. Lately she