The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-11

includes Thomas Burns, Adolph Jack
son, Jacques Martin, Frank Baton. e.
Soldene Powell, Walter Smith, j. w.
Ferguson, Stella zanoni. Meta May
nard, Clara Baker Rust. Ella Mayer
and Nellie Martineau. The Fitzger-
aid made her original hit in "a Gaiety
Girl in New York. She is a New
York and San Francisco fad, and the
vitascopists have spread her fame to
this section. so the probabilities are
that she Will draw heavily.
Last season Primrose & West made
what was considered a very reckless
experiment in taking two complete
minstrel shows, one given by an or
sanization of colored men numbering
80 people, and the other consisting of
40 whites, and rolled them into one
big company; managers argued that it
was foolhardiness on the part of the
proprietors in view of the discourage
ing outlook that confronted the theat-
rical Spectator, but these progressive
producers failed to see it in the same
light, and their judgment was proven
to be correct, as the entertainment
made a success which set the whole
country to talking and caused the
ducats to literally flow into the box
office of the theaterS where their COM
pany was playing. 1t is this organiza-
ton, 40 whites and 80 blacks. which
VIII be seen at the ,theater Thursday
and Friday evenings. It is the biggest
company of its kind in the world, and
includes the elect in the various kinds
of work which go to make UP a thor
oughly equipped minstrel show.
The star performers are George H
Primrose and William II. West, with
whose cleverness all are familiar; the
emperor OF entertainers, George Will
son; those famous musical kings
MessrS. Howe, Wall and Walters; the
soloists number the leading celebrities
in the vocal line, beginning with Will
lam II. Window, the phenomenal alto,
and including Charles Kent, the bari
tone once of Salt Lake and Ogden:
Louis Picker, another wonderful bari
tone; George Robinson and John H.
Davis. tenors, and Ed Dickens, a basso-
profundo, whose singing has scored a
wonderful success.
Nellie Sawyer is at the head of the
Little Cinderella" company which
plays next Saturday afternoon and
evening. At the matinee there will be
a prize contest, consisting of the
presentation of two pair of slippers
to the first two successful contestants
Immediately after the matinee the con-
test begins. Cinderella will be the
Judges" supreme, and the first two
little children who succeed in fitting to
his or her foot the trial slipper, will
be presented with an order on the firm
of Spencer & Lynch for a pair of the
slippers now on exhibition.
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"One Error with a record of $3.50
has always been the high water mark
of the Grand. Yesterday afternoon
Mr.. Rogers said that 1.-The Silver King
would run very close to that total and
it might break the record. The matinee
was sold out on Thursday, and there
has not been a performance when
there has been a seat to spare. For
next week, the house will make a
strong effort TO keep up TO the pace by
putting on GuDter's Potter of Texas
which once achieved quite reputa-
tion as a play. 1t is by the author of
Barnes of New York. and the cast
will be as follows, Mr.. Hatch making
his bow here in the leading role:
The Hon. Sampson Potter, of
Texas ..........F Frank B. Hatch
Baron Lincoln. a retired Chief Jus
tice of the Queens bench....
Observation-Disclosures. Howard Kyle
The Hon. Arthur Lincoln, his son
young barTister 49,. Hugh Ford
The Hon. Teddy Lincoln. Arthur's
brother -. Elsie ReaSOner
Charlie Enrol, a young Australian
Observation-Disclosures. Walter Edwards
Ralph Enrol, his father. an old
Australian settler. Harry Roleat
B. Sydney Van Coot, of New York,
his sister married a lord IT w. Ross
Doctor Van Lambrith. E. H.
Bender Lubbins, waiter at the
Hotel Folkstone Jack Williams
Bracket, of Scotland Yard........