The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-15
May IA.

Dear Hal:
The war specials have the right of
way nowadays and all ordinary theat-
rical trains are sidetracked in favor of
the cannon ball express. How hard the
war craze has struck in on everyone is
shown in the almost impromptu affair
to be given in the theatre tonight. 1t
struck half dozen energetic people at
about the same hour on Wednesday.
that our volunteer boys ought not to
depart without some fitting send off"
Mr.. Grant at once rendered the theatre;
Mr. Moritz agreed to fill the same; the
Salt Lake Opera company. which hap
pened to have a little musical work on
tap, Mr.. Weihe. Mr. Zehnter, Mr.. Pea
body and Mr.. Peterson agreed TO make
up the bill of fare, and at this hour-4
p. n. Saturday-the house has been
sold out twice over, several hundred
people are breathing anathemas
against those who sold them tickets on
the promise that they would be re-
deemed for reserved seats. and all goes
merrily as a marriage bell. There VIII
not be a. dollar of expense attached 10
the performance, not a dead head Will
be admitted TO the house. Surely the
volunteers ought to be proud OF such
a record breaker as that.
Naturally this has had the effect OF
distracting public attention from events
like the visit of Mr.. Tim Murphy. This
clever gentleman, who in spite of ms
cleverness, has, fear, ventured too far
from home with such a play and such
an aggregation Of ladies, viii be heard
from in the future if his hacker has
the right sort Of staying qualities.
There will be money lost with "Old In
>nocence,'' and it will take nerve and
capital to keep the machine grinding
next year. Let us hope Mr. Murphy
has both. He only wants the right sort
of play to make his mark, and II he
can't find one otherwise, he viii be vast
sums of money ahead by hunting up
Mr.. Hoyt. whose Texas Steer first
launched him into fame, and closing
with him at any price to provide him
the right sort of vehicle with which to
spin along the road TO public favor.
People said "a Stranger in New
York. showed a falling off from Hoyts
old standard, but that probably doesn' t
worry Hoyt as long as the new play
keeps up its record Of a clean 500 a
week net for its proprietor. It's good
for even more than that in the big
cities, they say. When one thinks of
1.-THE Parlor Match" that made Evans
& Hoey, "A Bunch of Keys" that
brought fame to half a dozen men and
women, including Eugene Garfield, the
only and original Front" "A Rag
Baby that gave birth to "Old Sport, :"
Frank Daniels, 1.-The Brass Monkey"
1.-THE Tin Soldier 1.-The Midnight
Belle" "a Trip to Chinatown" The
Contented Woman" THE Texas Steer, -
'',rhe Milk White Flag" "A Stranger
in New York. and latest "a Day and
Night''-and thinking of them calls to
mind all the bright men and clever
women who have been identified with
them one cannot help feeling a very
wholesome admiration Cor the New
Hampshire genius cratic though he
be, and to wish that he may go on ad
infinitum in his career. Laugh and
the world laughs with you, weep and
you weep alone" 'Begone Dull Care"
Away With Melancholy are
the notices that adorn Mr.. Hoyt's
study, and on the whole 1 don't know
that he could have any better to guide
and inspire his pen
MARGE.