The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-03

be hired from that house. Mr. Lasks
many Salt Lake friends will be pleased
to know that the holiday production at
the Tivoli, Jack and the Beanstalk,r
was from his pen and that it made a
rare success.
Next Saturday afternoon and even
ing the youngsters of the town will
have a rare treat in a production of
Uncle Toms Cabin" A street parade;
the bloodhounds. the donkeys and all
the etceteras will be seen. The at
traction is called The Cook Twin
Sisters Colossal Spectacular Uncle
Toms Cabin" and if it is as big as
it's name, it will be a stupendous show
indeed.
The following from the New York
Dramatic Mirror of Dec. g. under the
heading, Brady Secures Eliason"
shows that the Mormon wizard is
steadily mounting the ladder of fame:
Manager William A. Brady believes
that he has discovered the only legiti-
mate successor of the late Alexander
Hermann in young weSterner named
Eliason, who has won favor in the
southwest. Mr.. Brady and Edward a.
Stevens, manager for Loie Fuller, have
engaged the new magician to accom-
pany La Loie on her Oriental tour.
after which he will return to America
for a circuit of the states. Mr.. Stevens
arrived in the city last week from
trip to China and Japan, and has per-
fected arrangements for Loie Fuller's
Australian debut at Melbourne lin
April.
Stage Whispers.
The Tabers are doing "Romola" in
Chicago.
Edwin Hoff, formerly tenor with the
Bostonians, is to go out with Lillian
Russell.
Rumor has it that Henry Miller will
go out as a star under Charles Froh-
mans management.
Under the Red Robe produced by
the Empire company in New York last
Monday night, made hit second only
to that of the Prisoner of Zenda.'
Ned Royle's play, Captain Impu-
dence,' which we know under the
name of Mexico" will be seen in New
York for the first time tomorrow night.
Eleonora Duse has appeared in the
Second Mrs. Tanqueray,' called in the
Italian version, The Second Wife
There is not very much said about it.
James j. Corbett and his company
will try soon a new farcical comedy
in which Corbett will have a chance
to display his ability as a light com
edian.
The tickets to Bernhardt's banquet
last Wednesday in Paris sold for 40
francs (SS), which included both the
banquet and the performance at the
Renaissance.
A paragraph in the San Francisco
Chronicle says that Robert Edeson
will be the leading actor with Maud
Adams next season. Mr.. Edeson is a
son of the EdeSon, and made a very
pleasant impression in Salt Lake not
long ago with the Empire company.
The dude, Chinaman, Dutchman,
twins and other funny Brownie char
acters invented by Palmer Cox are
said to be even more comical on the
stage than in the books. The whole
band of Brownies. embracing more
than 40 types, Will be shown in the
gorgeous production here. Palmer
Cox himself will be here with the
show.
James A. Herne was lately invited
TO deliver an address on the labor
question before the Actors society in
New York City and astonished the
players by the force of his remarks.
He not only pointed out what rights
labor had, but also what the laborer
must do 10 deserve them. Among
other things, Mr.. Herne said: L find
one of the evils of labor is incom-
petence; an unwillingnesS to think for
themselves on the part of the great
masses of the workers of the world.
The competent and thinking laborer is
handicapped by the incompetent and
unthinking laborer, and hence labor
organizations. And the actor is no ex-
ception to the rule