Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-06


reason or another, person becomes dis
satisfied with his name and changes IL.
sometimes by an act " legislation. but
more often by simply deciding upon his
now designation and using aud answer
ing 10 no other. Ladies' and gentlemen
lu theNrlmlnai walks OF lie arc given 60
most confusing changes OF this sort.
Literary people often take noma dc
plume, and when the work N thuir i'm
agnntlon has brought fame 10 the name
~ their fancy they are eager 90 have
their Identity known. 80 class II more
generally sivcn 60 assuming Imaginary
names for professional uses than the
people N the stage. but unlike the
/ knights NJ the pen they seem willing
/ that their otRinal Identity should ro-
main permanently unknown.
a list NJ stage names That nrc MS
Humrd would almost amount 10 a the
atrcal directory They are the rule
rather than the exception. In London
{ knew % stage carpenter named Brown
/ who. when az work behind the rcnncs In
bis shirt sleeves and ovoralls. was
known as Brooks. aud hiH wife. a very
estlmuhle woman. who assisted In alter
/ lnr sowing and keeping the general
/ wardrobe IN repair. while cnvelopei In
tho hiatriunic atmosphere N patched
tights, muaty hnuberlSs and court droaa-
cH In the large rtorcroom under tho
stage was known by the nom DC thcntcr
90 Miss Mabel NoHggrnvu. The man who
looked after the baggarc and properties
or company { was With a Few seasons
ago was known 90 history nH browning.
while In private llfc bis name In Cham
bcrlain.
OF course Il II the artists whose names
come before the public who set the cx-
ample TO those worthy II less famous
/ servants uf TheHplH Assistant POST
master Conlon. In charge Of station V,
/ brooklyn. ~ brothrr Of the late W. J.
FLORENCE. aa IL nigo ox-superlntcndcnt
/ of Police Clnion OF New York city. John
| r. RAYMOND was born OBrien, but he
won't 10 the trouble 90 making hia
| change OF name "a matter NJ state leriH-
intion. The late Frank Mnyo'n name was
| McUulre. and hla son Edwin. finding the
/ name his father honorcd for Ho many
years a valuable heritage. has no
Thought N CHANGING u.
Tho third husband of LILLIAN Russell
| twho was born Leonardo was Slgnor
| perurlni. whose name " Chnttcrton'
when Charles Dickson. tho lIght comc-
dian. wnH Htlrriug fow seasons ago,
his brother. n Mr. Doblln. WINS hiH Imam
cInl manager. and another brother sam
pourhvrty. WAS Ms property man,
Charles DlckHon'a vito 10 Miss Lillian
uutkhnrlt.
Maurice barrymore ala not assume
| that very picturesque stage unme In or
der 90 avoid confusion with bic brother
| Alfred Klein. De Wolf lloppur'H genial
little comedian. because Alfred n not
hil brother. although the name N both
Ia Klein. Alfred In "a brother N Charles
Klein. the Hucceaaful playwright ana
rlaywrlrhta seldom change their names,
although g. ~ y. Mcclellan calls him
self on tho bills Hush Morton.
Two sisters Anna Belmont and Knth-
ryn OHtormnnn. were members of the
snme company last season.
Peiinn Doltro. hurlosque actress
who came 20 this country long years
ago. had q name that seemed desirable
90 three different women In the rnme
unt of stage work. one % them, whose
maiden name was Smith, changed Il 90
Hattie uelaru. The other two. whose
family names do not rncollect, are
known 90 atuse history respectively na
pickIs pelarn and Eimn pelnro. \ Gu
r'lus fact concerning these ladies' ~
that 400 three. including tho original
MiHH smith, married men ~ the name
of Smith. $50 that. preserving n harmony
of taste In tho matter of names 60 the
end. tho three Misses Delaro became the
three Mr. smith.
| Colonel o. AlIHt0n Browns History of
the American stage" published IN $50,
begins % short biography 20 the late
Lawrence ulrrrtt In this way. Barrett.
Lawrence H. Right name Larry Branni-
mu. born in New York In 1886" etc.
This Wls an unintentional injustice Ia
SIR Barrett whose real name was Bar
rstt. ami uB De- was a man whose sense
of b rsuual dignity amounted 20 q
| weakness the publication M this error
which has horn often copied since, pain
Ud bin deeply. II came about In thia
ways When colonel Brown was cumpil-
lns hlB history. ne sent blank forms "a
400 tho actors whom he wished 90 mem
ton in his huoly asking them tn mn uui
these blanks with the important facts
ut their personal or professional history
uud raturn 90 him Thene forms Nor5
Htut tn tho different thoHtors through
uut the country ne which the actors ud'
dr,sHol yefe nt that time engaged, The
ono Intended fnr barrett must have fam.
500 into tho hands of some one with d
Grievance against the proud tragcliin
mr 30 WaH returned 90 Colonel Brown
with the biographical notice that suhGc
4uentiy appeared In his book Beyond
ths Larry uraunlgan' pert uf II the
sketch was truthful and not uncom
planetary summary Of BarfetrH hIsto
ry up Go that period, ana $50 aroused u'