The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-17

| ever, nearly all singers agree that an
unsteady voice is not desirable. The
! question they wish to have answered
is, can it be cured? Yes is the an
swer. Generally the tremolo IS due a.
a misplacement of the voice or in other
words to a wrong use of the registers.
| Primarily it arises from the attempts
! of young beginners to obtain great eff
! fectS before the voice is half deVel-
oped. l wish to mention this point to
! you, because in Salt Lake there are
! a great many good voices, but scarcely
! any patience in study. The use of the
voice cannot be acquired hurriedly; 1t
! is necessary to work two or three
years, and most of that time should
be spent in developing the voice from
a soft, mellow quality; and until that
soft, mellow quality is under perfect
control and entirely free from any
throat effort, the pupil should not sing
loud at ALL no matter whether 1t is
three or five months or three or five
years that are spent in gaining con-
troll. Power of voice consists not in
the quantity of the tone, but in the
sorority of its quality and that is
based upon control. We were much
gratified to see the excellent vocal
work that is being done by the earnest
and capable teachers in Salt Lake and
we felt like suggesting to the pupils TO
be as industrious and Obedient in their
studies there as they would be if they
were in New York, paying twice or
three times as much money for no
better lessons, and the results we are
sure will be astonishing success.
Sincerely yours, b. b. Y.
6. % %
With a years Imprisonment staring
them in the face, travelling companies
are now going to be very careful as
to what plays they produce. Managers
IL. . leo.
applies, will be equally careful as to
what plays they allow to be produced
in their houses. The new copyright
law is the sensation of the hour in lit
erary and dramatic circles east. The
other day, says the Mirror, Bronson
Howard, president of the American
Dramatists' club, received by mail a
of wood and cork, in which was in
serted steel stub pen. Accompanying
it was the following letter:
Executive Mansion, Washington, Jan
uary 6, 1897.
My Dear Sir-I take pleasure in
sending you, from the presidents hand, |
the identical pen and penholder used |
by him in approving senate bill 1905,
relating to copyrights.
| trust that the law may afford a !
protection to the author for his toll !
and to the public from spurious repre-
sentation. Very truly yours,
HENRY T. THURBER,
Private Secretary.
In answer Mr.. Howard wrote Secre-
tary Thurber as follows:
we shall keep the pen in a frame |
with your letter, and with the sigma
lures of all the members of the club
at the present day and all the leading
managers.
The value of this historical memento
hardly no To-
of the turning point it will always
mark in the movement of the Ameri-
can drama, from the mere production
OF plays for the passing amusement of
the public towards the establishment
of a national dramatic literatu
Plans are now being made forsl ban
quet in which managers and drama
fists will celebrate the glorious victory
and feast the public men whose serv-
ices have been given to the cause en-
and effectively.
Considerable interest was aroused in
New York last Monday night over the
fact that Henry Miller made his first
appearance as a star. the play being
''Heartease." The Mirror SAYS:
While it is difficult to predict
'Heartease' will meet the pres
ent requirements of public taste, so
far as prolonged run is concerned.
it is certainly interpreted by an ex-
cellent cast.
Henry Miller on this occasion made
his metropolitan debut as a star. IN
der the management of Charles Froh-
man. His personation of Eric Temple
was in keeping with the reputation he
has won in various stock organizations
rs an unusually competent actor His
characterization was apparently care
fully thought out, and was ably en-
acted"
Nordica's appearance at the tabernacle
5 set for Thursday evening. the 2Sth. The
sale of seats begins next Friday at CAL
lers music palace. Scalchi the eminent
:ontralto; Berthald. the noted tenor. and /
Dempsey, the baritone. are in the COM
)any.
G, (. A
An echo from the Metropolitan Opera l
House. from which Nordica was so rudely.
is found in the following eX-
;erpt from The Herald's weekly New York