Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-28

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The famous little Prince of VALE,
theater in London. now doomed to dem.
olition has passed through a series OF
vicissitudes uncommon even In the his.
tory of theater. Probably no play.
house in London ever had so many
names. Originally it was Signor Pas,
qualTs concert ROOM and its musical
associations were continued when II
passed into the possession OF the direct.
ors of the concerts of ancient music
After being occupied for awhile by thu
amateurs who called Themselves tn,
Picnics and were satirized by Gilray 1,
was converted into circus.
In the first decade Of the present cen
fury 1t became an ordinary theater. and
between that date and 1865. when Misi
Marie Witon's reign began, 1t was IL
turn called the Regency, a name which
suggests the approximate date; thu
West London. the Queens, in compli'
ment to Queen Adelaide; the Fitzroy
the Queens again and finally settled
down as the Prince of Wales. a titlt
which now belongs to another theater.
AS may be imagined from all thes,
changes, the reputation of the hous'
had never been distinguished befor
1866, 1t was situated in neighborhoot
which was rapidly becoming more ane
more unsuitable to theatrical enter
prise. 1t had always been mean ana
dlrty-according to Mr.. Planche. it wat
about as dark and dingy den as ever
sheltered the children of Thespis'-
and before 1t was lifted into half gem
Grafton of splendor by Tom Robertsons
genius and Miss Wilton's vivacity II
was familiarity called the "Dusthole.'
Yet even in the early days of the centu'
ny the Prince of Wales under one name
or another had acquired history. There
Frederic Lemaitre made his DEBUT IN
England. and Brunton. Thomas Dibdin
the Mayhews and Mrs. Nisbett had beer
among its managers.
Nine. Sembrich's real name Is etengel
as that is her husbands name. Her OWE
name before marriage was something
quite unlike Sembrich, which was hei
mothers maiden name. Nine. Nordica
Is now, in fact, Nine. Doehme, II tina,
be her husbands real name. and hao
been Norton and Cover before that
Nine. Melba is Mrs. Armstrong and wal
at one time Mitchell. Emma Calve II
nerscir ana mas never cHan6eu th"'
name by matrlmony.
Mignonette is the name under which
an American girl is winning wealth ane
fame In London. An English writer
says of her:
"Mignonette is a very clever dancer.
I learn that she Is native of Chester,
Pa, where she was born in 1880 Yet,
despite her age, she made her first APP
pearance on the stage some Is years ago
at the Academy OF Music in Philadel-
phla, where she came out of an egg In
transformation scene. For nearly
three years she was a most popular lit
tie pantomime sprite, but when her
mother took her Off the stage to send
her to school and two years later took
her abroad in order that she might
study dancing under the best masters
in Paris. Vienna and Moscow. On her
return to America she again went to
school for some years, and then she
studied dancing in New York under
Signor Rossi, one of the best teachers
on that side Of the Atlantic. Mignonette
Is hard worker and very original,
and of all styles of dancing she admres
the Hungarian the most highly, ana,
though past mistress In all sorts OF
ballet dancing. she thinks It is too stlr
Tor solo work. Nor does she incline to-
ward step, clog or sand dances, but IS
devoted to purely original and graceful
gyratlons, for which she is as much de-
pendent upon her accompaniment as