The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-06

emily satisfied with the result. The Sc
ance proceeded, and the applause was
almost unbounded. When the medium
finally burst from the cabinet and the
act was over. there was an ovation
When, however. the medium retired to
the wings and made an attempt to find
his watch there was chilliness that
was felt even in warm climate. When
he went into the cabinet he had a val
! liable watch-when he came out ne
didn't have it. l learned afterwards
that there was every reason to believe
that the steal had been concocted be-
fcrshand by the four men who COM
posed the committee, and that they had
proposed each other with the OBJ
ject OF getting what they could out of
the medium. They succeeded"
But why did he not resist?" asked
one OF the listeners to the story.
How could he when he was under
my patented spiritualistic influence
responded Eliason. No. the watch
was charged up as part of the expenses
of the trip, or to experience account.
just as you please.
| Manager Burton received yesterday
a request for time from the "Pudd' n
head Wilson" company, with which
Ada Dwyer is travelling. They want
the first week in June. and we all hope
they may be successful in securing IT,
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Contrary to general belief. royalty
does not possess the privilege of free
admission at the theatres. When the
Prince of Wales, for instance, visits
the theatre the expenditure for box
hire alone amounts to $500. This is an
unwritten law at court. whether the
theatre boasts of royal box or not.
With one or two exceptions, the royal
box is not reserved exclusively for roy
atty, and it can be hired by anyone
who cares to pay the price-about
twice as much as is paved for the pri-
vate boxes. The exceptions are the
Theatre Royal, Drlry Lane, the Italian
Opera and the .HayInarket theatre. Al
though the royal box is open to the
public, says London Answers, very few
of those who can afford it, care to
occupy it. The upper ten" shun it,
for to be seen in that box is to be
stigmatized as rank outsider, nou-
veau richie, or foreigner who knows
no better.
Yesterday was an ideal matinee day, |
as far as the thermometer was con-
cerned, and the ladies took advantage
of it by troops and squads. AT the
theatre the receipts. at 50 cents per /
ticket. were about $500, and at the (
Grand, with the charge half that figure, /
the house was packed to the ceiling. I
In some respects The Wife" is the
best thing the Frawley company has
done. notably the beautiful scene in |
the freight between Miss Bates and /
Mr.. Worthing, preceded by that be- I,
tween Messrs Worthing, Frawley and |
Enos. Miss Bates especially has done /
nothing more effective than her work |
in that act.
The musical feast at the theatre /
ha - ind 70
those who like big band and orchestral /
achievements. Nearly all the players
in the city have banded together to
make up a mammoth organization, and
the attractive programme, printed in +
yesterdays Herald, will be rendered.
Thomas W. Keene is constantly over
whelmed with applicants for positions
in his company. Now, this may sound
like fabrication said the great ira
gedian recently, but last season in SO
weeks I had exactly 1,02S applicants
six or seven a day. 1 kept count of
them. OF this number, probably $50
will get on the stage, and out of them
possibly four will achieve fame some
day. 1t is not that advancement is
more difficult to achieve nowadays, |
but that the ambition OF young actors
is not so lasting. They find that by
some small speciality they can make as
lllQt,li eiS the dll-dIOuHu OI the
old school, and so, instead of studying
and working steadily, put in their time
enjoying life, as they say
The January number of the Pianist
and Organist of New York contains as
a frontispiece a most excellent picture
of Charles Frederick Stayner of this
city and also a most complimentary
article on the abilities of the gentle
man cOTnnOSar-
The article closes as follows:
Up to the present time Mr.. Stayners
compositions number about so pieces
for piano, violin and voice. He writes
because he has something to say. Ear
nestness. sincerity and conviction are
stamped upon the pages of his music.
He has received encouragement for his
creative talent from many of the lead
ing musicians Of Europe and America,
and his career viii be watched with
interest by all who take note of the {
rapid growth of musical culture
throughout the country"
The complete programme for the
Stephens testimonial will be ready to-
The programme hangers will
be very extensive, containing a synop-
sis of the oratorio and the opera writ
ten by Stephens, the full cast and Sc
lections from the poetry. The event
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and ought to be a mammoth success.
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New York, Feb. 5.-What was looked
forward to as the most important
event in the season was the perform
ance of Die Walkur" with Nine Nor
dica as Brunhilde at the Metropolitan
Opera House last night. this being the
first time she has essayed the part in
the city, her initial performance in this
season. The role was well conceived !
by Nine. Nordica, who was in good
voice, and she lent to the part a tragic
intensity. In some parts it seemed
as if she was a little out of her realm:
in others she treasured her audience
by an intelligent handling of the work +
Nine. Gadski. Emil Fischer and Ernest
Kraus appeared last year in the char
acters which they assumed, and they
to their task with finer art
and better voices than before.
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