The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-20

rendering of the third act, however,
the president again called on the artist,
and, requesting him to return to him
the decoration he had just received. he
handed him instead the golden palms
a decoration considerably higher in
value than the one first given. as il
carries with it the rank of officer OF
public instruction. The day after the
performance congratulatory kilograms
were received by Tamagno from Verdi
Boito, Ricordi, Princess Alice of Mon
AGO and many others.
The two Rogers, John and Jay,
Wright Huntington and Frank Hatch,
are about to inaugurate summer
snap in Butte. They have engaged
a good strong company and will put
in a season of four weeks in Butte. AS
Butte is one of the liVeliest towns on
the globe, as they have first class
house there and as Doular price stock
companies are more or less unknown
there. the boys ought to do well. Their
friends here certainly wish them all
success.
Howard Kyle had some idea of work
ing up an Uncle Toms Cabin show
from among the cohorts of real darkies
now in town, but he was scared off
by his recent experiences with Black
AIIleIlCd, anu the DldH Is aDdHut--cti
He has just received an offer to go to
Manhattan Beach. where Victory Bate
man is leading woman, but up to last
night. he had not decided whether to
accept or not. If he should he and
Bateman would be playing in opposi-
ton 10 Edwards and Remark, who are
at the rival house. Should Mr.. KYLE
go, the idea of the LAS You Like It.
aiIreScO performances fer the jubilee,
"a IA ha a a nd
.
Veteran Actor-Manager John A. Ellis
Ter thinks the legitimate drama is not
dead yet by a long shot. He says:
DO 1 think the stage has progressed
of late years? Well, should be sorry
to have to believe that the regnant
vaudeville craze is not a disease thu.
must find its own remedy. Many an
actor now appearing at the variety
houses would have boxed ones ears if
one had dared ten years ago TO pro-
phesy such an outcome. The stage Of
the present excels in a field utterly diff
ferent from that of a few years ago.
Comparisons are not possible, since the
great representatives of the past have,
/ believe, no legitimate successors. The
society drama and the vaudeville of to-
day stand Unrivaled because in former
years they were practically unknown.
| can remember when what were
known as pantaloon actors were
scarce because the society drama which
required their services were seldom
presented. Melodrama. or the romantic
play as it has been newly christened.
has returned to point the way, l hope,
for a revival of the legitimate drama.
Under the Red Robe" is of the old
fashioned class, part and parcel with
fashioned class. part and parcel it is
the old melodramas. How refreshing it
is to see actors again in tights. swords,
belts and hemlets, How rejuvenating
to lose sight of the modern dressi Taste
may 1eturn to the legitimate. especial
ly if man or a woman appears COM
petent to show the way. If a young
Booth or Cushman could step forth
with the genius and magnetism to
startle the public the revolution would
be precipitated. The field is open,
waiting whichever champion may enter
the lists 1t is not fair to presume
that the legitimate drama is dead and
gone. Public taste is ever changeable,