The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-02

From Sire to Son" will be put on.
| Mr.. Simpson, one of the principals OF
the company, is a son of the late DR..
Simpson, druggist, of this city. and
brother of Mr.. Charles Simpson, the
Salt Lake insurance agent.
With 800 voices from the tabernacle
! choir to represent our vocal and choral
music. and with the K. of P. band to
stand for our instrumental forces, Salt
Lake should be given a very good ac-
count of at the coming Denver eistedd-
fod. The band will enter the contest
for a $500 prize; the choir merely APP
pears as one of the features. as the
feature, in fact of the daily eisteddfod
sessions. The money for the expense
of Transporting the band and the sing
eIs is now Being gathered, and ii will
represent a pretty neat sum when it is
gotten together. Today's concert al
Saltair is for the benefit of the band,
and they also expect to make some
thing from public appearances in Den
yer. 1t is not unlikely too, that while
they are in Colorado they may go far
Their east 10 play in the Bryan cam
paign; they could give valuable point
eIs to any organization they would be
apt to meet with west of st. Louis.
Following is list Of instruments
which are used by the band: One
picolo, one flute, one oboe, one E fat
clarinet, twelve B fat clarinets, four
saxaphones, two bassoons, one con-
ira bass. four French horns, one trum-
pet, four comets. three trombones, one
baritone. one Z fiat tuba, one double B
flat bass, drums and tympani
Mr.. stephens singers are now being
lined up" for the campaign. They
win be at least 500 in number, and to
pass the examination, each one must
De able to sing his or her part of the
"Hallelujah chorus without a copy.
within the next two weeks. A day
viii be set apart at Saltair this month
as tabernacle choir day, and the pro-
cee.1s will go to the Denver expense
fund.
Henry Miller has signed with A. NJ.
Palmer for next season, and he will
open the great northern theatre in
Chicago as leading man. Blanche
Walsh will come back from Australia,
where she is playing With Nat Good
win, to appear as leading woman
When Mr.. Miller left for England some
weeks ago, he gave out as his rea-
son for net re-engaging with Frohman
that he was on the lookout for him
self, and int mated that in the future
he would have a. mana gerial hand
in any play in which he appeared. 1t
is hardly probable that he receives
anything else than a salary from Pal
mer. but he is understood to have pick
ed UP several plays in London, which
will be produced during the Palmer
season.
Mr. E. n. Royle has decided not TO
make the trip TO London which he some
time ago contemplated, and he and
Mrs Royle will instead continue TO
rest in Salt Lake. Mr.. Henderson, his
partner. writes from New York that
Captain Impudence'' (AIexico) could be
pun on the boards this fall and name
its own terms; but Mr.. Royle says he
has determined TO wait till after the
election excitement is past. He is now
engaged in touching up his third play,
''One Plus One Equals Three which
he finished IN The rough some time 400
Il is q serious play. IN spite Of its
title, and written, Mr.. Royle says, on
L rather higher plane than anything
he has yet attempted: he will have Il
in readiness for next season should an
opportunity present itself.
The local Welsh forces should be out
in force on Thursday evening. the
20tt, at the assembly hall. On that oc-
casion Professor William Apmadoc,
one of the foremost Welshmen of the
a poet, musician and writer
of note. VIII deliver a lecture On Song
and Pcesy" aided by some local talent.
Mr. Apmadoc was secretary of the
great Worlds fair International els
teddfod at Chicago, and is a warm
friend and adlnirer of our tabernacle
choir He was one of the moving
spirits of the great contest OF 1893 and
he should be given a warm welcome to
Salt Lake. Mr. Stephens has set aside
the cho!r's weekly rehearsal, which
would occur On the night of the lee
ture, to allow the members to attend.
Mr.. Apmadoc also lectures in Spanish
Fork. Ogden and Logan, and will pre-
side over the eisteddfod in Denver.