The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-28


The town is well posted up with
white Squadron printing, and Man
ager Rogers expects to gather I'M
fair snare Of the shekels which are eX-
pected to be floating about during
carnival week. The show opens Tues
Gay night, the company being entirely
new, and five performances will be
given The bill will be changed week
ly and tine company will remain as
long as the weather permits.
Last weeks Town Talk Is. F) has
an article on the presentation of the
Charity Ball by the Frawley COM
pany at the Columbia theater. From
it we CLEAN the following:
1.-THE Charity Ball. is a play so as
ISOLATED with, and so perfected by, the
Lyceum company, with Herbert Kel-
cey as the rector, that it seemed odd
enough to the observer this week to
see it handled by other people, even
though those others were the Frawley
company. 1t would not be the truth
were one to say that the presentation
equals the one of Lyceum days. 1t
does not. There are two in the COM
pany, however, who are so thoroughly
fitted to their roles that they could
not be improved upon, namely, Harry
Corson Clarke as Judge Peter Knox,
left over from a past era, unable
to catch up with the present" and
Hope Ross as Bess Van Buren,, tired
of dolls, ready for beaux." Mr.. Clarkes
acting is as creditable a bit of char
acter work as has been seen here in
a long while.
The same paper has a good picture
of Madge Carr Cook, whose work is
also we'll spoken of. The race between
the Frawley company and the Stock
we'll company, by the way, seems thus
far to be going Frawley way.
The Lyceum theater attraction for
this week is the Payton Comedy COM
pany. They carry twenty people, and
their own band and orchestra. The
opening bill is Boucicault's four-act
Irish melodrama, "Inshavogue." Mr..
Payton appears in the title role, Miss
Marie LIE Lano, clever actress and
vocalist. does the leads, and Miss
Laura Deane the soubrettes. The
bills for the week are "Inshavogue,
Monday and Thursday, 1.-The Octoroon"
Tuesday and Friday, and Under the
Gaslight Wednesday and Saturday.
Matinees will be given Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday. Manager Gates
evidently expects a regular conference
attendance.
In Boston they have law that only
concerts Of sacred music may be given
on Sunday. For violating this ordi-
nance the proprietor of the Boston
theatre has been fined $50. The con-
cert was given by Sousas band. There
was no question as to the excellence OF
the programme, although some of the
selections were lively and popular
marches by the March King" The
point made by the prosecution was
that the programme was not made up
Of sacred" music, as required by law.
In support of this position two wit
resses were called, one a liquor officer,
and the other a gentleman who adj
mitted that he had little or no knowl-
edge of music. The evidence of these
experts makes very amusing reading.
One Of the witnesses Judged the music
to be secular because it was played
in 6-S time, which was quite rapid
time. He had never heard of slow
6-S time. On being shown a piece of
music, he declared his inability to tell
whether it was Nearer My God. to
Thee" or not; but he believed that
we'll known hymn to be written in "A
time, which he explained was medium
time, something between fast and slow.
The only sensible witness, apparently,
was police officer, who testified to
having heard the concert, but declined
to express an opinion as to the sacred
character Of the music, on the ground
that he did not understand anything
about it. In reply to demand that
the prosecution should define the dis
tinction between sacred and secular
music, counsel replied that religious
music only was sacred music. The
court accepted this view Of thv case.
and convicted the manager of the the
alter, who at once gave notice of ap-
peal-Examiner
In the multiplicity of carnival an
nouncements, this town should not for
get the big concert at the tabernacle,
which M. Stephens is arranging for
the carnivars benefit. The chorus will
the tabernacle. and the brass band
contests will add a feature of especial
/ interest
A week or more before leaving
America Henry Irving sent to Joseph
Jefferson a unique gift. 1t was a walk
ing stick more than 120 years old, hav-
ing originally been the property of
Thomas King, who was the first repre-
sentative of Sir Peter Teazle in THE
! School for Scandal" which was origi-
nally presented at the Drury Lane
theatre in May, 1777 The stick was
excellently preserved, and Mr.. Irving
had had it handsomely mounted and
/ properly inscribed as testimonial of
! regard for his friend, Mr.. Jefferson.
Miss Georgia Cayvan, the actress
long a favorite with New Workers.
who left the stage on account of i'll
health two years ago, returned to this
city aboard the steamer st. Louis on
Friday last, trimming over with
/ health, spirits, good hunaor, and hope
! fulness. reporter for the New York
/ Times found her last evening trying
70 keep cool in her city home, at S51
! West One Hundred and Twenty-second
/ street. Her friends will be glad to
/ learn that her cheeks are rosy. her
eyes bright, and her laugh is very
sound and hearty.
I've just been over in London" she
! said. Il was there for the purpose of
looking about and seeing what / could
! pick up. I've done pretty well. l have
secured five or six plays One of them
is Mary Pennington, Spinsfer.' The
author is a gentleman in the privy
I councils Office. It is a comedy.
They have some novelties in Lon
don which, ] dare say, will come over
mere next season. l was greatly pleased
with Rosemary which Charles Wynd-
nam and his company are playing.
and also with The Geisha." that is at
/ Days. These will both undo1btexllv
cross the water
Il will make my bow to the Nav