The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-14

fractions. But the climax was reached
last Saturday night at the American
theatre, where the Law of the Land
was being played. One solitary auditor
occupied the entire orchestra. 1t
seems incredible, but nevertheless it
is SO. More curious still, that solitary
auditor was q. pronounced first-nighter
Beverly Tiiden by name, and
nephew of the late Samuel j. Tilden.
The performance was given in its en-
tirety, and Mr.. Tilden endeavored to
show his appreciation by applauding
anything and everything"
The Heradds suggestion of some
weeks ago, that while Mr.. and Mrs
Royle and Mr.. and Mrs. Russell were
In town, that a bdg dramatic produc-
ton Of some sort should be arranged
has been seized upon by the carnival
people and yesterday the agents were
moving heaven and earth to try and
arrange a meeting between all those
interested to see whether a perfor-
nance in aid of the carnival fund
could not be gotten up. Mr.. Spencer
and Mr.. Young Of the Home Dramatic
said they would do anything FROM a
servant UP if the others would agree
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell are understood
to be agreeable to the enterprise, bur
UP to last accounts Will Clawson, who
has been detailed by the carnival
committee tc work the matter UP, had
been unable to see the other people.
whose services will be needed.
When Paderewski's manager told
the writer of this that the distin-
gu1shed Pole thought Sacramento
jay town" because his receipts there
for one night had only amounted to
nineteen hundred dollars, and, when he
said after the Salt Lake performan nee
that the pianist was disappointed at
the outcome here, the box Office show
ing that only $1,000 had been taken
in at the door, the uppermost thought
was that this earth ought to be made
two sizes larger and that then Mr..
Padsrewski might consent to accept
1t But we see by tine dispatches that
his ambition has o'erleaped itself, and
that in a very sad fashion. He is laid
Up with insomnia, is said to be broken
down permanently, and he has can
celled all his English dates. This
causes the Musical Courier to re-
mark:
The case of Paderewski is the
most lamentable among artistic
suicides of any in this CEN
fury. With the exquisite. quail
ity of his emotional nature his ideality
OF temperament, aside from a fine in
telligent power to reason, he should
have been the last of the art prophets
to- have jeopardized health and happi-
ness for an overplus of gold. 1t is the
accursed snare of this generators
vfrtuosd that they have all come to re-
gard art and gold as terms of
equivalent-gold' in its reckless, hys-
terically bestowed sense-not as in the
days of the master virtuoSi, who broke
the first paths for us, as a fifty adjust
ed reward for true merit From this
extreme of over reward, at the very
least, from the extravagant multiple
cation of occasions to receive it, man
like Paderewski might be supposed
cheste enough to- hold moderately
aloof. Yet has he fallen in the rude
travail, sordid a victim as may be.
among the toilers.
Everybody is talking carnival cho-
rus but no one is saying anything
about a chorus to Denver. It will be
little short of a shame if Salt Lake
the Cincinnati of the west, shall al-
low a western musical festival like
the approaching one at Denver, go
by without making any attempt to par
ticipate in it. 1t viii be all the more
shame since Denver did so much to
contribute TO the success of Salt Lakes
Eisteddfod last year.
A distinct musical loss awaits Salt
Lake in the approaching departure of
the favorite tenor. George D. Piper.
Mr.. Piper will soon leave for the east
ern states TO fill a. mission in company
with b. H. Roberts, who is to preside
over the eastern states missions OF the
Mormon church with headquarters at
Brooklyn Mr.. Pyper has had only
limited experience as a. speaker. but
as singer of sacred songs, he would
be hard to improve upon. Good for
tune attend him.
The Orpheus club recital on Tuesday
evening at the Congregational church
is to be a. decidedly interesting event
About 900 invitations have been is
sued, and a fine programme has been
prepared Among the numbers Is
the club itself, which is down five
times; Miss Ardelle Cummings viii
play a violin solo, accompanied by