The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-04

il considers that the intelligence of the
nation is properly its care il will at
7 once pass a short bill rendering il COM
/ pulsory for Sydney Grundy. Eaddon
[ Chambers, Piero. Henry Arthur Jones.
I and certain other dramatists to attend
I the Adelphi every night during the run
I of Secret Service. 1t will teach them
/ how to interest the public. George r.
Sims, Shirley. Laudeck, and certain
others might be exempt. They are past
all teaching. As with the dramatists,
so with the actors-not forgetting The
actresses. Terriss should be dragged in
irons to see Gillette play the hero. He
will then see what lifelong mistake
he has made in thinking the center
of the stage holy of HOLES, and rant
and posing the two chief recommends
lions in star" actor. Gillette'S play
ing will be an eye opener TO him. Miss
Millward. Harry Nichols. too. will re-
ceive valuable lessons from other men,
bers of the company. Not being an
English dramatist or an actor il costs
me no pang TO confess that these Amer
lean dramatists and actors give us all
fits; but, if any American journalists
come over here and try to teach me
my business 1 shall think it darned i'm
pertinence.r This individual evidently
does not expect to be knighted during
the current reign. The lively fashion
=
dramatists, and deals out advice 10 the
artists of the soggy school is really
refreshing. if not distinctly diplomatic
or courteous
Another matinee idol has been shat
tered. Edward j. Radcliffe, one of
Frohman's handsome lovers, who once
made considerable of an impression in
Salt Lake in the Charity Ball. and
other plays in which he assumed parts
formerly taken by Henry Miller. has
been indicted by the New York grand
jury, charged with the pleasant pas
time of choking his wife. The affidavit
of the Radcliffe servant girl makes
interesting reading. 1t is as follows:
Il reside at No. 104 West Seventy
seventh street. 1 was a nurse girl en-
ployed by Edward J. Radcliffe and his
wife, Alice Radcliffe, at No 1863 West
Eightieth street. On June u, 1897. about
$3.50 p. m, Mr.. Radcliffe came into the
apartment and found fault with Mrs.
Radcliffe for not having been home
earlier in the day. Then he called her
vile names and slapped her face Mrs.
Radcliffe did not defend herself in any
way. He then came out to the kitchen.
Then l served dinner. and both sat
down to the table. While 1 was clear
ing off the table he went over to her
and took her by the throat and told
her TO sit down on chair. Then he
took her by the hair and dashed her
against the clock The pendulum fell
on her. She got up again. and as she
did so he caught her and threw her up
against the gas bracket. Her head
struck it; he then took her by the hair
of the head; she fell under the table
on the floor; then he kicked her several
times. He kicked her on the hip, on the
leg and on the arms. He kicked her
about four times. She was bleeding
and screaming for help. Her nose was
all swollen and one side of her head
was cut. Mr.. Radcliffe then went out,
and Mrs. Ratcliffe and left the house.
Mrs. Radcliffe is now confined TO her
house in Seventy-seventh street. and
has been attended by DIR. Lyons
London, July 3.-The jubilee attrac-
tions of last week and the warm wealth
er have interfered sadly with the
profits of managers. and but few of the
theatres can be said to be doing a
paying business. q.
Mr. Charles Frohman's Secret Serv-
ice company at the Comedy has been
here a long time and has been so
warmly received that Mr.. Gillette and
the other members of the company
may be said to have already acquired
the freedom of dramatic London. 1t
is a curious fact that except a few
musical farces the London jubilee play
bill was distinctively a foreign one.
There seems little doubt but that
Nicolini is dying. He is suffering
from Bright's disease and a complica-
ton of other diseases. and although he
may live for months. he may die at
any time. From friend of Madame