The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-27


and good fellows, like the little sand
| flies, die in the glare that gives them
| life His Irving imitat ton was a mas
terpiece of mimicry- His Adonis was a
| statue. 1t was almost perfect and
would have adorned the niche in the
temple it was hewn for had the pedes-
/ tai not been undermined Like Good
win, Dixey could have gone to the top.
! but, unlike Goodwin, he never knew
where to stop, and now, at the age of
81, he is classed among the plants of
yesterday with the leaves brown and
sere, fiuttering to the ground, plant
Ditifully naked.
Strenuous efforts have been made by
| Dixey's friends to restore him. Com
panionable newspaper men have gone
to extremes to inspire him with con-
fidence; managers have provided him
with plays, civilians with money and
actors with their assistance but it did
little good. He had so little control
over himself that all had to let him go
his own way. and it is charity alone
that places him in an engagement
Someone NAV come along some day
who will be strong enough to rescue
him from himself. 1 hope so with all
my heart, and so do hundreds of others.
The reconciliation with his wife may
be stepping stone towards this; who
knows?
The new opera company holds its
first meeting at Calders on Wednesday
night, when Director Weihe will per-
feet the organization and several of the
principals will render selections from
THE Mascot" The chorus is rapidly
being filled up and Mr. Weihe says
will in all probability be made up of
an even 40 voices. Mr.. Goddard, Miss
Savage, Mr.. Spencer and Mr.. Harry
Sherman are among those who have
been cast for their parts. AS soon as
books for the chorus arrive, active re-
hearsals will be pushed.
The Christmas number of the New
York Dramatic Mirror is on our desk,
and as usual it is a thing of beauty
and joy forever. The Mirror has out
lived all opposition and is now prac-
tically alone in the dramatic field but
that fact seems to make no difference
to Editor Fiske's determination to
keep his paper up to the highest stand
ard.
New York. Dec. 26.-Several vaude-
vile actresses, following the custom of
their French sisters in the art. prom
lsed TO sing in the public streets dur
ing the noon hour yesterday, and to
devote the contributions they received
from the charitably inclined to make
the day happy one for homeless chill
dren.
Mile. Koruna sang from her carriage
in front of Delmonico's at Fifth ave-
nue. and Twenty-sixth street, to an
audience of 400 or 500 men and wom-
en- who were returning from church
AT the conclusion of each song, she
sold roses, but no matter what the
sum given was she gave no change
IN return. She explained that she had
not been long in this country, and
was afraid she might make a mistake
in giving change.
Louise Beudet took up her station in
front of the Union League club, but
she said that she had a sore throat
and could not sing in the open air. She
carried several punches of roses, one
of which she disposed of to those who
waited TO hear her song, and the
others she presented to the Union
League club. The contributions from
the club members and those in the
street amounted to $685.
Miss Nora Routt, one of the paid
performers at the supper in Sherrv's.
which was interrupted by Police Cap
tain Chapman, accompanied by lit
tie girl and young man, gave an
open air concert for charitys sake |
Few persons were present when she |
came, clad in a fantastic costume, and /
taking her stand at the southeast cor |
HeI, DeSdn 10 sing CHRISTMAS carol. |
Upward of 100 persons gathered and |
joined in the chorus. The roses which |
the actress carried were put up for
auction and were sold to a man in the
crowd for 81.
The latest, or perhaps it would be
better to say one of the latest, rumors
to agitate the theatrical gossips in this
city is to the effect that Miss Olga
Nethersole is to be married on her re-
turn to England at the conclusion of |
her present American tour. This re-
port, which comes all the way from
London by private letter, is supple
mented by the additional information
that DR.. Oliver, a surgeon in the East
India service, is the man of Miss Meth |
ersole's choice.
When a reporter in Rochester, where
Miss Nethersole has been playing, tried
to get confirmation or denial of the
rumor of her approaching marriage
from the actress, she declined posi-
lively to discuss the subject Miss
Neither sole is now on her third visit
to America, and will make her appear
ance in New York early in the new
year. 1t has already been announced /.
that she will not return next season,
her contract with her present managers
closing this spring. Carmen was
given to a large Christmas night audi
ence last evening.