The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-21

AS usually happens, the boom in
travelling theatrical attractions is to be
swelled by little boom in local amuse-
ments. Not only has the Salt Lake
Opera company been called together to
begin active work on winter cam
paign, but a new dramatic company is
springing into life the idea being to
fill the vacant shoes of the defunct
Home club, whose knell sounded when
its popular leading man was elected
governor OF the state. L. A. Cummings,
one Of the original members of the
Home club, who did many capital
pieces of amateur work, such as Eliot
Grey in "Rosedale" Harold Rutledge
in The Bankers Daughter" Manuel
in THE Romance of a Poor Young
Man and Arthur Standish in "Pique,"
and who afterwards left Salt Lake to
enter the profession, is to be the lead
ing man. George z. Blair is to be an
other active member; Miss Lulu Boyer
of Springville, who made so good van
impression in university theatricals last
winter, is one of the principal ladies,
and Alice Calder, a clever coincidence,
is another; the list is not yet complete,
but the cast is being rapidly filed up.
The new company viii make its bow
TO the public during conference and
~~loNCNANlDh NCGAs IGllQcIiliS tie SEu5d-
donal play of The Cotton King
which has never been done in Salt
Lake.
The Salt Lake Opera company has
been called together by Director
Weihe for Wednesday afternoon, when
active work will be begun on the first
opera Of the season, Strauss renowned
work. THE Queens Lace Handker-
chief Mr. AVnibo Sa1rc ba cbor.1c
been Programmed for this opera; that it
contains some new and fresh voices,
and that it viii be stronger than for
some time past. The cast has not yet
been completed, but such popular fav-
orites as Miss Savage, Mr.. Spencer Mr..
Goddard, Mr.. Piper and Mr.. Campbell
viii be among the leading principals
Professor Mcclellan. whose new duties
as head of the music staff at the B. Y
academy in Provo, will take him three
days Of each week out of the city, has
resigned as accOmpaniSt for the opera
company. and Arthur Shepherd has
been appointed to the place; Mr.. Shop
herd, besides being one of our most
brilliant pianists, had a considerable
experience in opera with the Castle
Square Opera company in Boston,
which will stand him in good stead in
his new position.
The Young Peoples club, which pro-
duced SnOWbalP' not long ago with
so much success. is now at work on
musical comedy called THE Widow
Hunt, an infringement of Every
body'S Friend" They expect to give
it first in Mercur on Labor day, and
1t viii probably see the light elsewhere.
Such clever performers as Alex Camp
bell, Hugh DoUgall, Walter AIeeks, Miss
Alice ClaWson, Miss Lu Boyer and Mrs.
Nellie Brown are the moving spirits in
the enterprise.
Salt Lakes musical forces have re-
ceived decided acquisition lately by
the arrival of Mrs. Effie Dean KNAPP
pen, formerly of Los Angeles. Mrs.
Knappen Will open a studio on State
street, just inside the Eagle Gate. at
the former residence of Miss Elan
ders, and teach vocal instruction She
is the possessor of a rich contralto
voice, and her own methods of singing
show that she has been trained in the
best school of voice culture.
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Henry Miller opens in San Francisco
tomorrow night, and a great house is
looked for, as this is the first appear
ance of the popular actor on the coast
III number of years; we believe the
last time he was seen in Salt Lake was
when he gave his great rendition of
Sowing the Wind Mr. Miller has
three plays, in all of which he will be
seen in this city. Among other old
faVorites in Salt Lake who come with
Miller's company are Leslie Allen, the
sterling old actor, and Augustus Cook,
who played Napoleon with Kathryn
Kidder in Madame Sans Gene" Mabel
Bert is the leading lady of the com
pany, and she, too, has warm place
in the affections of our theatre-goers.
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1t will be pleasant news for the the
alrlcal companies which make a Drac-
tice of touring in the smaller cities of
the west. that the United States treas
ury officers have placed a new con-
struction on that part of the revenue
law relating to travelling companies. |
Under the latest circular a travelling !
playing in city of more than