The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-08

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Paderewski .....................$29 Ot so
Sousa. night. 1850 90
Sousa, matinee. ................. l, 075 90
This sum-. paid out for amusements
from Wednesday night to Saturday af-
ternoon, to say nothing Of the amounts
taken in at the box offices of the Grand
and Lyceum. illustrates that Salt Lake
is not yet ready to yield up her claim
20 being "the banner show town of the
west" 1t is comfortable, too, to reflect
that while this large amount left the
pockets of amusement-lovers it did
not by any means all leave the town.
The tabernacle choir retained % per
cent of the Paderewski receipts, the
distinguished Pole paying all the local
expenses These amounted to some
thing Ger $500; hence in reality he
only carried off a little more than 50
per cent Of his box office receipts. In
the Sousa concerts the choir received a
considerably higher percentage than
in the other. but paid the local ex-
penses out Of their share.
Sousa's matinee yesterday was
beautiful affair. Nearly 5000 people
attended it, a large portion of them
being ladies. With the 1900 chorus
children and the band there were 1850
people assembled under the great roof,
and the seating space really seemed
capable of accommodating as many
more. Sousa and his brilliant band
were at their best. while the pro-
gramme was hardly so novel as on the
night before, 1t kindled the same en-
thusiasm, and double and triple en-
cores had to be yielded. The audience
rose to immense heights of enthusiasm
when the band and the mammoth jul
Venile chorus rendered the Pilgrims
Chorus" together. Mr.. Stephens as an
encore had the youngsters give Amer
ica'' to the band accompaniment, and
the effect was elecrrlfying, as the
youthful trebles and altos waved 1900
flags to the time of the song. The
same effect was produced when the
chorus and the organ gave Stephens
Utah, We Love Thee" This was di-
rected by Professor Young, and Messrs.
Sousa and Stephens listened from the
rear of the building. Sousa graciously
allowed Mr.. Pryor, who got another
ovation, to play a trombone solo. For
an encore the saxaphone SoloiSt, Jean
MQprhnanS gave selection. IllS
gentleman, by the way, took the first
prize IN a class Of seventy-nine in the
Paris conservatory. When he was en-
cored, a brilliant cornetist was given
chance. and so it might have gone on
ad libitum the whole afternoon but
for the fact that the band had to take
the 5 o'clock train for Provo. Miss
French, the sopls no, duplicated the big
hit she made on the night previous,
and she had to give her exquisite
Ben Bolt'' for a recall The Viollnist,
Miss Duke. Jared the same way. Sousa
and his men left Salt Lake with gen
uine regret, and they may be sure that
the feeling is genuinely reciprocated.
It is not probable that they will visit
Us again for two years.
A very pleasant surprise awaits our
theatre-goers for Monday afternoon
This is nothing less than the appear
fnee of the favorite Frawley Dramatic
company. made up Of the players who
opened the Grand in this city and
made so many friends. Mr.. Frawley,
little Blai1emore, Blanche Bates, 9. w.
King, added to Belle Archer and sew
eral others not so well known here,
will all be in the cast Of THE Lost
Paradise" the bill to be presented.
The explanation of this hurried en-
gagement on an unusual afternoon IS
as follows: Mr.. Frawley has been cor
responding with the theatre for several
months, attempting to arrange for
week here when he took his company
east. Unfortunately for MI. Frawley
and his many friends he was not al
lowed to make dates, for the reason
that Al Hayman controls the booking
for the house and Mr.. Frawley, like
the Bostonians. who recently gave us
the ego by" is persona non grata to
Mr.. Hayman-that is. he plays in San
Francisco at the Columbia, which is
Mr.. Hayman's head opponent. This
shut Mr.. Frawley out of Salt Lake, as
there was no other house here he could
20 to. Being most reluctant to pass
by his old friends here with never
salutztion. Mr.. Frawley addressed the
Press club Of this city, told them he
would have an open afternoon Mon
day, and volunteered the services of
his company for their benefit. The
press club booking the date for itself
and putting in the Frawley company.
IL seems, is not prohibited by Mr.. Hay
man, and that is the way the affair
has been arranged. What the Fraw-
ley company receives, if anything, we
do not know. At any rate, as the
whole house will be open at so cents.
they should receive royal welcome.
Ned Royle's Mexico" with the au-
thor in the leading part, puts in Thurs