The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-20

Tribune of a probable change in the
management of the theatre was. to say
the least. premature. Hon. Heber ].
Grant, who has long been the heaviest
stakeholder in the Salt Lake Dramatic
association, owner of the theatre prop
erty. recently acquired an additional
block Of stock in the company, which
gives him the control; he now has about
S60,O00-out of the 500. 000-capital.
He stated to The Herald yesterday that
ne had made no plans regarding the
future management of the property;
the statement in the Tribune that he
would be the manager himself was en-
tirely erroneous; with the multiplicity
Of his business and other cares it would
be out of the question for him TO think
Of personally attending TO the manage
ment of the theatre. He might be the
president of the corporation, he said,
but even this much was undecided. Nh.
Burton made a similar statement and
regretted the publicity given by the
Tribune TO a purely private and per-
sonal business matter. He had sold
some of his stock to Mr.. Grant, and
that gentleman had bought some of
other stockholders, giving him the con-
troll, nothing else had been done. Any
other announcement was unauthorized.
As for the Tribune'S statement regard
ing his going abroad to fill a church
position, Mr.. Burton characterized it as
absurd.
Jennie Hawley's opportunity came
yesterday afternoon and there was
big gathering of her friends on hand to
help her through the trying ordeal. The
audience was not so large as that of
the previous night, but for a dollar and
a half matinee it was a phenomenal
Il, Il ir1c &c
being we'll occupied and many people
standing up down stairs. There was
some disappointment on the part of-the
audience when 1t was found that Alice
Nelson was not to appear, but her very
bright and capable substitute, Miss
Frederick, made an excellent impress
sion and got recall for the duo with
the flute. Mr.. Macdonald was repre-
scented by his understudy, Mr.. Law
ley, no relation, by the way, to the
Salt Lake girl, and the change, ii must
be said, was a distinct gain for the
opera Mr. Hawley has the making of
a fine artist Mr.. Philip, the tenor,
was also resting. and his place was
filled by Mr.. Baker, a good singer,
but poor actor The inimitable b RI
abee, the indispensable CowleS and the
irresistible rockingham were also on
hand, and all scored as heavily as ever.
It is no reflection on the others of the
cast. however, to say that the main in
terest of the afternoon was centered in
Miss Hawley. On her entrance, clad
in the picturesque Spanish costume of
Dolores. an uproar arose that was
rather too much for her; the welcome
lasted so long that she was taken on
her feet in her opening speech. but
Barnabee and the others very gracious
ly held the action back till the weicome
had spent itself. Very charming Miss
Hawley looked in both her costumes,
and specially pretty in the boys suit,
in the second act, and she seemed much
easier after her skirts were out of the
way. All her singing numbers were
heartily applauded, but the big ovation
was extended her after the "Angelus"
selection, the real gem of the opera,
and the one in which Mrs. Davis had
made so pronounced an impression the
night before. Though it is pitched a
little high for Miss Hawley, she sang
it ordinarily; and a yOciferous double
recall greeted her after the rendition.
AS she came back to the stage three
beautiful floral offerings went up over
the footlights to lNr, and she sang her
last verse with her arms full of roses.
Her singing shows no change since her
last appearance here, but her acting
and reading indicate that she has been