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


Annie Russell got her divorce last
! Modjeska has invited Barrymore to be
he- leading man next season.
Kathryn Kidder has fully recovered
from her recent Illness and is quietly
resting ct Larchmont-
Prof; Stephens says 100 new singers have
thus far reported for Jubilee TorE He
wants at least 200 more.
James A Hearne celebrated his fifth
anniversary of Shore Acres in Chicago
recently, with souvenirs.
Maurice Grau has secured the lease of
the Metropolitan Opera House for three
years al a rental of So, 600 year
a. H. Candy and Frances Wilson have
parted. after eight years of Mr.. Canbys
management The reason is not given.
May Irwin has almost co-nDletei.- re-
covered her health and is busily occupied
in organizing her company for next
season
Mirror: Lolita. who is not often seen
in town nowadays came in from her
home at Lake Ho9atcong last week. ard
greeted her friends with the vivacity of
a girl of 20.
Prof. Mcclellan is spending Sunday in
Payson with the ..old folks al home" and
tie latest arrival. He is said TO have
composed nine distinct lulfabies in the
past fortnight.
a London dispatch says there have been
some magnificent programmes at various
Tic ones which Mr.. Aston is providing
for his friends. On both nights that he
is entertaining. Paderewski will play and
Media will sing. while Plancon, Ancona
and others are added attractions.
Belle Archer, who is playing Mrs Ebb-
smith in "A Contented WOMAN and
was engaged for next year with that
play. will leave Hoyt and McKee's forces
at the end of this season. as the firm mas
not decided to send out "A Contented
Woman in the autumn. and there is no
part for Miss Archer in their other plays.
Before Marie Wainwright sailed for
Europe she signed for a tour OF the best
vaudeville houses next season.. under the
direction of Robert Grau. Miss Vain
wright will seek material in London. and
Mr.. Grau's London office has already ar
ranged interviews with several prominent
English authors TO take place upon Miss
WainwrightS arrival
1t is understood that Phil Margetts. the
pioneer actor of Utah, with as many of
the old theatre stock company as can
he had. assisted by some of the best
talent that can be secured in Salt Lake,
will appear at the Salt Lake theatre
during the Jubilee week in drama inter
old pieces that at one time amused and !
delighted the good people of Salt Lake. !
and Utah, in the days of the old Stock /
Dramatic company.
The supreme court of Massachusetts !
has handed down the decision TO the ef- !!
feet that musician cannot recover for I
services al a pubic concert on sunday, ]
because such a contract is in violation |
of the statutes. and. being illegal, no suit /
can be maintained. The musician con-
tended that he had a legal right to re-
cover under the contract. as the concert .
might have been licensed. and he was
ignorant of the fact that no license had
been obtained The court holds. how
ever. that legally only a license could be
obtained to give concert on the. even
ing of the Lords day. and that as the
contract called for concerts on Sunday, .
arf1lx- he
is not entitled TO recover.
Tamagno is TO get $3.50 a night in such
cities as Franfort and Munich. This is.
of course. an exceptional price. but that
production. as the rest of the singers are
hired by the year or longer, and the sum
Did TO the foreign singer usually covers
the entire cost of the engagement. 1t
was long time before Berlin would con-
sent TO pay the sum asked by the Italian
singer and it was the last of the German
cities to fall into line Already there are
OF failure for Such an unusual
venture. This price can only be under
stood with a knowledge of tne fact that
a fairly good DriTna donna can be en-
gagged in Germany for SIS a month. Never
beto-e has any singer in that country
received more than $1,000 a night
Cincinnati Enquirer: During the eX-
in supplementary proceedings
Of T. Henry French. in New ork, the
manager made a statement which, I'M
can be regarded almost as a
-ruism- He declared tnat MS only assets
were theatrical debts which are worth
ess- No one who is at all versed IN
doings will deny the force
If thai simple declaration. The admis-
sion is humiliating, but theatrical debts
ire so often worthless that the exception
merely proves the rule. And until the rule
: reversed theatrical ventures will re-
main upon a level with gambling-with
he one redeeming feature OF gambling
eliminated. The gambler who ''weishes'
$ os.raciSed. He must pay his debts or
-eeo out of the game.
Mirror: The famous hop" that Z.
!. Sothern introduced in his .rn9ersona-
ion of Lord Dundreary may be SAID to
rave been in measure the result OF ac-
iceilt but il was not caused by an ''un-
lremeditated stumble on the iIrst night
u Our american cousin" While at re-
LlWayS restless. was endea-O-.ng to
,eep himself warm by hopping about
Z the back OF the stage. when Laura
<eene sarcastically Inquired If he was
-oing to introduce that in Dundreary."
This caused the other members of the
ompany TO laugh. and Sothern. who at
he tine vas disguised with his part
which originally only contained rs lines), r
eplied in his gravest manner: Yes,
liss keene. that's nay view of the char
cter- Having so Jar committed him
eli he felt bound to go on with tc:s
eccentric BIZ OF stage business. and finding i
: the rehearsal progressed that the
lhole company. including the scene :
hiftergy We're conVulsed with laughter, {
e at night made capital out of a -.odi- \
ed hop
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