The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-28

ated the very strong role of the quad
room: its peculiarities. in fact, are es-
| pecially suited TO Mrs. Russelrs style
and there is no doubt that she will give
an excellent account Of herself in ac-
cepting so responsible a position.
Mr.. Russell remains as leading man
with the Sans Gene" company.
The public VIII read with regret that
Julia Marlowe and Robert Taber are
to star separately. Also the public will
be apt to look for other motives back
of the separation than those given in
the following Mirror report:
If present arrangements are carried
out, Julia Marlowe and Robert Taber
will appear next season as separate
stars, each at the head of a distinct
company. This move, or something
leading to it, has been long in contem-
plation, and the receipt by Mr.. Taber
a few days ago of a new play particu-
larly adapted to himself for starring
| purposes led to decision in the mat
/ ter.
Theodore Bromley, manager for the
| present tour of Mr. and Mrs. Taber,
said to a Mirror representative yester-
! day: THE step is one that will be
taken, after much consideration, purely
for business reasons. and it has not,
of course, the slightest bearing upon
the domestic relations of Mr.. and Mrs.
Taber. Ever since they began their
career as dual stars they have felt that
a change was needed. Mrs. Taber, as
Will be recalled, altered her stage name
last year from Julia Marlowe Taber to
simple Julia Marlowe. whereby she had
been known before her marriage, and
the stars were announced as Julia
MarlOWe and Robert TIA her.
But it has been plain to see that
the name of each has detracted some
what from the drawing power of the
other, public attention seems to have
been divided. and business necessity
has prompted some action. The pres
ent tour will be conducted as already
arranged. but next season, unless mat
tiers are hereafter largely reconsid2red,
will find Julia Marlowe at the head of
one company. and Robert Taher at the
head of another and distinctly separate
organization
Fanny Davenport believes that there
is nothing more marked in the theat-
rical profession than the wonderful
during the past decade or so. LAS late
as 1875 she asserts. every town of
any size in this country had it's stock
company. The actors worked hard, got
wretched salaries and were generally
and practically DECEASED. People
looked upon them with undisguised
contempt. and they naturally felt the
humiliation of position which was
almost invariably one of poverty. Yet
when it was discovered that the stock
system was surely going to pieces
there was hardly a manager or actor
in the country who did not feel that
the end was nigh and that the new
condition would bring about a state
of things Infinitely worse than what
had been. AS matter of fact the
very reverse is true. Salaries have
advanced three and fourfold-yes, even
tenfold- The actor is now a respected
member of the community and as good
as any other man. Actresses marry
into the best families, and surprising
things in the amount of property
owned by the members of the profess
sion."
Charles Frohman. in talking with a
Press reporter the other day, said he
was elated over. the fact that for the
first time in the history of the native
stage an English manager had agreed
TO pay the travelling expenses of Amer !
lean actors in order to secure their
services in London. Mr.. Gatti will
defray the cost of transporting the j
Secret Service" company from New |
York to the AdeIphi theatre. That is
a truly remarkable concession said |
the Empirer. rubbing his hands to-
gether joyfully, when you remember |
that for the past 30 years or more we
have been paying the expenses of Eng |
lish, French and German actors in or |
der to get them here. tell you l be- |
lieve the time is surely coming when /
our drama will occupy in London the |
position that the English drama has |
long held in New York" After which |
he entered into a discussion of the
freshness of invention and style pos
sessed by our authors in comparison
with the fashioned qualities of for
aign dramatists.
New York. March 27.-Little hope is
for the recovery of Billy
Birch. the old-time minstrel who is
from a stroke of paralysis at
MS home, 76 Seventh avenue. Deputy
Coroner Ohanlan, who is the veterans
physician, fears that his patient may !
De afflicted with another stroke The
Minstrel was conscious yesterday, but
night he was delirious and raved about
3irchs condition early in the evening
vas critical, but Dr. Ohanlan said he
lid not think the man was in any i'm
Mediate danger of dying.
The two thousandth performance of
In Old Kentucky occurred at the
academy of Music last evening The
was a bronze candlestick in
he form of an alligator.