The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-12

Write for the Whole OF ms race, winch
he had never done before. He meant
this, know, and he would have proved
it if he had lived"
1--WE have no Thackeray or Dickens
to send YOU" Booth remarked, but If
we had, do you Think their claim to
gratitude would be denied?'
Il judge from what 1 see, answered
Reade. "At least those who come IN
your line OF work mostly get the cold
shoulder. There was Jefferson, whose
acting was the fnest-o fine art. Small
satisfaction for him in England. Your
brother-in-law Clarke, had to fight
tooth and nail only to get a place that
was worth nothing compared to what
he had left at home. [ admired his
! pluck, though I never could under
! stand why he struggled so hard to gain
so little. Your own case, if you will let
me speak frankly, is a very striking il
| lustration of the cold-blooded indiffer
ence that iTritateS me. Is it credible, L
ask you that the leading actor of Eng
/ land should visit America and be re-
ceived there as you are here? What
have we given you? Only a certain
amount of fame: if I may call it so;
and even that is probably grudged you
! by high and low in theatrical circles"
Il have no reason to think that" said
Booth. eff Irving had anything but the
best feeling, he would not have made
the opening for me at the Lyceum. 1
/ had no expectation of it So far as I
know it is wholly his conception.
He may have many motives" re-
piled Reade, ''and they may all be good
ones. 1t is feather in his cap I'M
doubtedly. II he makes tour in Amer
lea, and they say he thinks of it, his
| courtesy to you will turn out one of
the luckiest hits of his life Mark my
words his earnings as he counts them
here, will be doubled at the least, in
your free-handed country. 1 don't say
this is in his caaculations-thou it
may be without any discredit to him
but the result is certain. Your friends
will not forget his service. or let it go
unrewarded."
Not if I can help it" Booth ex-
claimed.
Surely and so it should be. I think
also that Irving may be conscious of
some American obligations in the past.
He owed a great deal to the industry
and devotion of his American manager,
Bateman. We know what he is today,
and we believe his success is deserved,
but he might have waited for it many
a long year without Batemans helping
hand. L have watched Irving since he
first set foot in London, and l know
that for four years he made scarcely
a step ahead. Then under Batenlan,
he went up like 3. rocket. They used
to say the manager overdid it, but
like man who viii fight through thick
and thin for his faith and his friend.
Poor Bateman, his championship cost
him dear in the end. His last tilt in
behalf of his leading man brought the
stroke of heart disease from which he
, died. I suppose Irving has not for
gotten that"
There is much more of the CONVEX
sation between the two distinguished
men which will we'll repay tperusal.
There is every evidence of abundant
interest in the promised lecture at the
theatre by Dr.. J. E. Talmage on Rus
) STA and the Russians" The subject is
an attractive one for everyone who
wants to hear about the colossal EN-
pire whose people are so little known
, and understood. The lecturer has haC
l unusual opportunity for observation
: among these people He spent the
greater part of last summer in Rus
| STA, Finland Siberia and the Crimea
The occasion of the visit was TIT
, meeting of the International Congress
} of Biologists. which. in accordance
= with the express invitation of the car
decided to meet within the empire. DR.
Talmage was present as the offfcia
representative Oh the Royal society o
Edinburgh. The work of the congress
pean part of Russia, across the IRA
and on to the Asiatic plains of Siberia
: They were entertained on a scale o
unexpected grandeur wherever the.
= went. DR.. Talmage has secured a ricl
T collection of illustrative pictures
) which are to be shown by means Of tn
a lime light, on Wednesday night H
: will present views of the city ant
: country life, peasant scenes, places 0
historical interest, the imperial palace
in st. Petersburg, Moscow and Peter
t hof, with Illustrations of the mos
sumptuous royal apartments. Il
connection with others of the congress
r DR.. Tal1nage visited most of the grea
cities, among them St PETERSBURG
: Moscow, Mini Novgorod, Kazan
. Perm, Odessa and number of smalle
! towns in Siberia.
7 Evidently Al Hay1nan is not alone il
: considering San Francisco a Jay tow
] and one to be 2voided. W. H Gran
l has just blown off the following jet o
7 steam:
-Four out of five stars viii agre
with me when | say that creditabl
: performances are denied any credi
' whatever in San Francisco" observes
Mr. Crane, and I shah not go GU
7 there again. I fancy can manage t
: worry along in the middle west an
= east. Cheap stock companies and hall
are the sort of theatrical fare the coas
, wants and there is at present no rea
son why a sane person should en-
+ deavor to reform the tastes OF tina
, community. 'McCarthy's Aishaps,' o
any weird farce will meet with instan
f recognition there, while an earnest
\ artistic effort is practically certain t
t call forth ridicule. If this can be ex
\ planned 1 would like to listen to tn
\ solution of the riddle, though [ thin
that the fiippant tone the newspaper
n assume is largely responsible for it.
learned this week that Mr. Robson
4 going out to try a bout with 'F'risc
preferences, and trust he will have II
!. occasion for regret, yet 1 try to dis
! suade all my friends from such excu1
sions"
Robson, it may be observed, play
+ here Christmas and viii push en- to tn
coast, undismayed by Cranes. warn
a ings. Robson's appearance in Sa
: Francisco, after Hayman has close
out his interest there, lends some colo
8 to the rumors that Gottlob, Friedlar
q der & Co. Of the Columbia will tax
: the Baldwin and offer guarantees
n induce the standard attractions to Wis
q the coast The Bostonians will be ar
u other big attraction to make the tel
q rible journey in the near future.
n The big fight between the theatric;
Y syndicate, dubbed the trust, an
2 headed by Al Hayman, Charles Frol
. Vic 4