The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-24

of the name of II. T. McGarvie off the
letterheads Of the house, and the omis-
sion OF his classic features from the
front page of the house programme.
Mr.. McGarvie. in fact, is manager no
more. The three years lease of the
building which he was announced to
have taken just after the jubilee, was
really taken by MI. NJ. L. Mulvey, eX-
CIV councillor. who has stood behind
Mr.. McGarvie from the beginning, and
out Of whose pockets the considerable
sum came that made the repairs seen
at the opening of the Grand last year.
Mr.. Mulvey, aided by Eddie" Car
ruthers, the popular young gentleman
who has officiated as treasurer for
several seasons past, WllAhlmSSit 90
whatever managing the Grand needs
during the coming season "A years
experience" he said yesterday, with
faint smile, has taught me that 1 can
attend to the ardUops details probably
as well as some Of those whose horSS
are footed so loudly"
Mr. Mulvey further said that he could
rot definitely state on what date the
Grand would open for the fall season.
The booking was going on steadily,
however, in New York, under the di-
rection Of Mr.. Reed, who did the book
ing for the line of attractions that
Travelled over the regular northwest
ern circuit. which included a chain of
the cheaper theatres from Kansas City
to Portland, and in which he said the
new Bush street in San Francisco,
about TO be opened by w. B. Leavitt,
would be included. The aim would be
10 book few, if any, shows for a full
week. the expectation being that there
would be a change of bill twice a
week. He wanted, he said, to give the
public the best grade of attractions
that could be had at % and 50-cent
rates. There were many attractions
travelling, he said, which could not get
into the Salt Lake theatre, just as there
Were many people who could not afford
to pay a dollar or a dollar and a half
for their amusements. He expected to
give a clean. high-class order OF per
formances, the hest possible for the
money; he realized. he said. that Salt
Lake taste was elevated, and things
OF the coarse. loud order would not be
tolerated. In conclusion, he said he
hoped the newspaper critics would look
at the attractions the Grand may have
TO offer from the standpoint of a half
dollar charge for admission, and
judge them accordingly.
Mr. Mulvey was asked if he knew
anything OF the progress. made by tdr.
McGarvie ia gathering in his alleged
inheritance of quarter of a million
dollars. The expansive smile which
adorned his features formed a reply
more eloquent than words. MIR. Me
CARVE is now in the employ OF the
Omaha exposition" he said. Given TO-
000 people to handle, a jubilee or an eX-
position to run, and he's in his elC-
ment. The little . and J1-cant Grand
opera house was TOO small a. thing to
have justified him in - er taking II up"
l,e rr-f.1 err of F- In.
Garvie's windfall from the estate of
Senator Payne Of Ohio, was, at the
time of its publication, eyed askance
by many in press circles, who knew
that Mr.. McGarvie and the ever fecund
Jim Bloor had been Intimately $3.50
ciated at the st. Joe exposition.
Harry Mann, brother of Al Hayman,
and right hand man in all the Froh-
man-Hayman enterprises, writes Mr..
Piper the following letter of good cheer !
from New York. 1t effectually disposes |
OF the reports regarding the theatre be- |
ing only sparsely booked for the COM
ing season:
New York, July Is, 1898.
My Dear Mr.. Piper:
There IS an old Saying that you
have got to go away from home to get |
the news" but in this instance the news |
must come direct from this end. and no |
attention must be paid to the rumor /
on the other end. 1 wrote you some |
few weeks ago that Miss Adams would |
not go west this season. and that her |
entire time would be played in three I
cities in the east. Next season Miss |
Adams goes west, and is booked in Salt |
Lake.
Henry Miller is also booked /
with you. contracts having been sent
TO you for your signature. Gillette. in |
his great success. Secret Service" goes
west this season. HIS time in Salt
Lake is Nov. Il, Is. -. I know of !
no attraction whatever, that is of the
high class order. that goes TO Frisco /
this season that is not booked with you.
A" No attraction is booked in
Frisco unless their time is booked in
Salt Lake. either going or coming. 1
am holding time for the International
Opera company. Dec. 2 and 3 Another
big attraction that you play March
20, q. %. is The Sign Of the Cross"
] sent you contracts last week
for Sousa and his band in the great
spectacle, THE TrOoping of
says. Salt Lake viii not get the go
by"
IF one could have seen Evan Steph-
ems, the center of a babbling thousand
Of young songsters. AZ the lake the
other day, he would have had no doubt
as 10 the tabernacle choir of the fu-
ture. Many Of Mr.. Stephens best
singers in the choir today are those
whom he taught as children five and
ten years 2So, and his course in organ
zing another monster juvenile music
class. shows that ne is alive to the
needs and demands of the future.
In sCeaking Of the way the newest
generation Of singers had rallied to his
,all. Mr.. Stephens was especially en-
-husiastic. Nearly a thousand chill
iren enrolled in three days" said he.
This is an indication Of what mu-
steal community we are. Had such
Kings occurred in New York or Chi
ago, the attention of the whole musi-
al world would have been arrested
~ it. With this interest apparent, we
iced fear nothing for the future tab
.rnacle choir. It's future strength is
Tow growing up, and these little folks
lave remarkable talents, too. 1t is in
;piring TO watch the sea of bright, in
eiiigent faces as they are upturned /
o receive directions and ideas. Char
lcter is already Infused into their
work., as Well in their style Of sing /;
ng as the expression of their counte- :
iances tells when they sing for me:
Summer now IS come among us
With its bright and genial smile
Already" continued Mr. Stephens,
the entire number sing alto as well
s soprano, now one division taking {
ne lead and then the other. About :
90 of the number are boys, whose !
right voices infuse strength and rich |
less into the effect Of the whole. To
ear these boys and the alto division