The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-26

Mr.. Nye and was summarily elected
In the west he was rather coldly re-
ceived. although the west is rather
partial, to Mr.. Nye. if one may judge
by the amount of stereotype plates CT
his weekly letters sent out TO the coun-
try newspapers and by them used. Evi-
IDENTIFY the day of his class of humor
is past One trouble seems to be that
his humor has neither grown worse
nor improved in ten years. The public
has had the same style of letter, week
after week. month after month, and
there has never been one single pa
thetic incident in all his lighthearted
productions. He has gone on writing
until his MATTER has at last palled and
the people want no more of it. This
may not exactly be the case, but 1t IS
very near it. Mr.. Nye should have let
"Baled Hay stand as his single publ
cation for few years instead OF add
ing to it so copiously. Anyhow, his hui
NOR has never produced any faVorite
phrases. and that would indicate that
his is not the highest grade of humor.
Last Monday night was a notable one
for theatrical New York. Sara Bern
hardt opened to an enormous audience
at Abbey's in the new play of "Izeyl,
a tale of ancient Buddhism; De Rezsbe
and the others of the great Italian
opera company made their farewell in
Romeo and Juliet" and John Drew
assisted by Maude Adams and the
others of his company, gave the first
presentation of 1.-The Squire of Danes. -
The following sketch Of Governor
Wells career as a Thepsian appears in
this weeks New York Dramatic Mir
ror, under the heading, "Utah's New
Leading Man" 1t was written at the
request of Mr.. Fiske editor of that pa
per, by the dramatic editor of The
Herald:
Following is the programme for the
concert to be given at Post Amuse-
ment hall, Fort Douglas, at $3.50 p. m.
today by the Sixteenth infantry band:
Star Spangled Banner"
Overture Rossini's ....... "Cinderel1a"
Potpourri, "a Night in Berlin,
........... .............,. Hartmann
ORCHESTRAL
Waltz, 'The World is Mine" .Fahrbach
A Meditation, Prayer in the Cha
pei, ...................... Bailey
..--....... .......:....'..-. Mlllocker
plantation Chimes" H. A. Hall
Hail Columbia"
LONDON, Jan. 25.-Business at the
leading theatres has been good
throughout the week, although the
death of Prince Henry of Battenburg,
followed by the court going into
mourning, has anected the attendance
in the most fashionable theatres, but
crowded houses are still the order Of
the day at the Haymarket, where the
interest in ''Trilby" has not in the
least abated; at the Lyric. THE Sign
OF the Cross" is nightly turning away
money, and at the st. James, George
Alexander has. if not wholly an artis-
tic, at least monetary success.
The other theatres, the Criterion,
Garrick and Savoy, are all doing more
than the average business with The
Love Story and THE NIikado'' respec-
lively.
Charles Wyndham has again been
commanded to appear before the
queen, and would have produced his
successful THE Squire of Danes"
at Osborne, Monday evening, January
27, had it not been for the death of
Prince Henry of Battenburg. Mr..
Wyndham has always been a favorite
with royalty
The new play by J. NJ Barris, OF
which e S. Willard had the refusal,
proves on its completion to be much
better adapted for exploiting an &C
tress than an actor. In view of this
fact, Mr.. Willard has waived his
rights to the piece, and overtures were
made to Marion Terry to star in the
play, but declined owing to an
arrangement which was precluded
by her prior engagement with
Forbes Robertson. It is now
limited that it will be offered to Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Terry upon the expira-
ton of their contract with John Hare
in America
The first appearance of fergus
Hume's new play 'fThe Fool of the
Duke Of Yorlzs Theatre. Mr.. Wright
has i'll the new piece a strong comedy
part and H. B. Irving and Gertrude
Kingston in their respective characters
will be seen to great advantage.
The recent stirring political events
have been a godsend to managers ex-
plotting military dramas All the
houses presenting such plays have been
doing an extremely large business.
Lieutenant Stewart Gordon, R. N,
has collaborated with Leonard Outram
in the preparation of "True Blue"
nautical drama, which will be pro-
duced at the Olympia under the man
agement of Sir Augustus Harris when
ever Cheer Boys Cheer shows signs
Of wanting popularity. The new play
is replete with stirring events and will
illustrate in a forcible manner what
actual life is on board a man-of-war
Mrs. Catharine Fisk, the American
contralto. has won golden opinions by
her rendition of 'Delilah" at Glasgow.
Stage Whispers.