The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-26

the successful works. Our local mu-
sicians would do we'll to post them
selves on the further particulars of the
competition, and all details may be
learned by addressing the Musicians
club of San Francisco, in care of
Messrs. Sherman, Clay & Co., San
Francisco.
Many of the churches and ward
chOirs throughout the city. will render
this evening special musical pro-
grammes of music suitable for Christ
mas, and in some the programmes pre-
pared for yesterday will be repeated
Professor Daynes' Twentieth ward
choir will render an attractive pro-
gramme, and in the Eighteenth ward
the regular choir will be assisted by
Mr.. H. S. Goddard, who will sing a
'Hosannah."
The farewell renditions of the popu-
lar Chimes of Normandy" which, both
in this city and the Salt Lake Opera
company's country tour has been pro-
nounced as the most successful of all
its achievements, will be heard at the
theatre on the afternoon and evening
of New Years day. With no COMPETE
ton at the Grand, and with the amount
of public talk The Chimes" has occa-
! stoned, Manager Burton feels confident
of filling the house at both perform
ances. The cast and the chorus will
be Identical with the original represent
tation, while the popular prices in
augurated for the Salt Lake Opera
company will remain in vogue-mat-
/ inee, % cents, and night rates, so cents,
75 cents, So cents and 25 cents.
j. S. Leerburger, manager of the
| Scalchi Opera and Concert company is
at the Knutsford, laid up with severe
cold. Scalchi and her fellow artists
/ give two performances here Jan. and
6, presenting acts from Faust, -
Martha and t'TroVatore." Mr.. Leer-
burger is on his way eastward, his
company now being in San Francisco,
/ and before his departure he and Man
ager Burton will hold a conference
over the prices to be charged for the
engagement.
Robson drew a glorious audience at
the theatre last night, one as brilliant
too, as it was big. THE Henrietta, -
often as it has been done in Salt
Lake, is evidently as popular as ever,
and its popularity, Robson's strength
and the holiday night together, made a
great drawing combination.
Robson's inimitable impersonation of
BERTHE the Lamb the Would-be wick
ed fellow at the club is so we'll known
as to need no description. 1t is as ir-
resistibly funny as ever, and such is
the magic of an artistic makeup that
one would swear that Robson was on
! the bright instead of the shady side OF
| so. The cast was all good, and in some
| places admirable. Mrs. Robson S
bright and CHEEKY widow being as
| usual the especial feature. The COM
pany left for San Francisco last even
ing.
A review of our amusement records
for the year 1897 will not yield much
comfort from the managerial stand
point While the theatre has been
open about the usual number of nights
and while there have been some red
letter events recorded, the average has
not been up to previous seasons, anc
the fact that the stockholders have
only had one dividend, and that a small
one early IL the year, tells the whole
story in a nutshell.
The outlook for 1898 is undeniably
brighter as far as competition goes
both the Grand and the Lyceum only
! being in the list of the occasionally
open'' but whether the Hayman- F'roh
man antipathy to the west will cut or
some of the theatres big revenue pro
ducerS yet remains to be seen. From
present indications, the new San Fran
cisco firm, Gottlob d F'rledlander, VII
take an active hand in bringing at
fractions across the country, in Which
event the theatre will capture the bes
as it has done before.
The year 1897 witnessed the last eX
piring gasp of the stock system at tn
Grand, and the little house almost con
stantly through the twelve month hai
supplied plenty of material for th
newspapers. The opening of the yea
found the house doing a fairly goot
business, but with the patrons dlssatlS
fed over the new leading lady, Mis-
Valleau, there came the re-engagemen
of Victory Bateman with the attendan
gossip relative to Howard Kyle; thel
the unexpected discharge of George Ed
son; next the entrance of Wright Hunt
ington and his company with lout
flourish of trumpets; then their fail
ure to satisfy, and the exit Of the Rog
ers and the appearance on the scene o
Manager McGarvie; his brief and not
able reign and finally the closing Of tn
Grand as q stock house.
The following chronological recor,
shows what the city has had in the wa,
| of amusement from new years to ney
years; a. glance over 1t VIII revive som
most pleasant memories, and some tina
; are vastly less so:
| Jan. 1.-The Westerner" at nigh
/ end Little Lord Fauntleroy" matine
at the Grand, with Walter Edward
| and Marie Valleau in the leading parts
kidnapped" at the Lyceum.
Jan. 1, and 6.-Louis James il
"Spartacus" and MY Lord and Som
: Ladies"
: Jan. 4-'The Burglar at the Grand
Jan. S.-B. B. Young recital, Congre
gational church
Jan. 9-.Uncle Toms CABIN" by tn
: Cook company.
Jan. 1l-~Lend Me Your Wife" at til
: Grand.
Jan. 1S.-Ellen Beach Yaw's concer
: at the tabernacle
: Jan. 1S-"Master and Man" at tn
Grand, re-introducing Howard XVI
and last week of George Edison.
Jan. 81, % and 2S.-Palmer Cox
: Brownies.
| Jan. 25.-"By Proxy at the Grand
: last week of Miss Valleau.
1 Jan. 25.-John Dillon in Wanted, tn
5 Earth"
Feb. 1.-"Caprice" at the Grand, re
: introducing Miss Bateman.
Feb. 8, 4, s and 6.-Jo Murphy at tn
: Lyceun.
Feb. 4, T, s and 9.-Madame Mount
2 ford's Biblical lectures.