The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-29

airy there has never been a wear when
L nave not saved money. 1 lived with
economy When l first was on the road
hved at hotels that cost $15O a day,
Whlle people who were getting half as
mucn salary went to more expensive
ones l have no extravagent tastes. 1
| wouldn't walk across the street for all
! the Jewelry in the world, if l had to
/ wear it. and I don't care a snap for
line gowns. 1 made up my mind Is
years ago that l should not work all
my life. 1 know exactly when l shall
retire from the stage and spend the
rest OF my life enjoying the fruits of
my labor"
Professor ]. j. Mcclellan, one of our
leading pianists and composers, has
just been made the recipient of a hand
some offer from the Brigham Young
Academy at Provo, by which his SER
vices for the coming year have been
secured by that institution. Professor
Mcclellan has reluctantly postponed
his proposed trip to Europe for another
year, having been induced to do so by
the handsome offer made by the acade-
my. He will, however, reserve suffi-
cient time for his Salt Lake classes. so
as not to interfere with his large num-
Der of pupils here, his services in Pro-
Vo requiring only three days each week.
The academy is to be congratulated on
the acquisition of so capable a must
clan. Next year Mr.. Mcclellan fully
intends to go to Germany and pursue
his musical studies.
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1t really looks as if Sir Henry Irving
and Miss Helen Terry are to end this !
season their long professional associa-
ton, according to an article in an east |
ern paper. Miss Terry will most likely /
support Mr.. Beerbohm Tree next year. !
appearing as Constance in his pros
pective production of King john
Speaking of the affairs of Sir Henry and |
Miss Terry, a we'll known Gotham man
ager, who recently returned from Lon
don, said: 1T is perfectly well I'M
1erstood in London that the failure of
Nine. Sans-Gene' was owing to Miss
Terry's performance of the role, which
was a disappointment to everybody
" no saw 1t. There was much the same
impression about her acting of Imogen,
and there was nothing that she con-
trihrted to Peter the Great to lessen
the failure of that drama. Nine Sans
Gene was postponed several times,
merely because she was not prepared
to act the role. Loyalty to their old
favorites usually prevents any refer
epce to those matters in London, but it
was seen here during the last appear
ances OF Sir Henry and Miss Terry
hat she was not at her best. and in
he older plays was doing very little
20 Increase her popularity. She had
grown VIGOROUSLY Indifferent to the
ext OF parts that she acted for many
ears, and her improvisations were fire.
luently remarkable enough to attract
he attention of her audience She was
equally careless about details and
sometimes her costumes were in strik-
nS contrast with the standard that |
vas maintained by all other members
# the company. This was not SO
marked in any of the plays as in
Charles l. which was acted several
lines in the last engagement of the
company here. Persons who remem-
'ered Miss Terry from her earlier Wis
is could still find much in her per
ormances that delighted them. But
hose who had never seen her before
we're at least disappointed by her in
Inference to her appearance on the
tage, and her apparent lack of inter
st in the performances. All of the
lays which Sir Henry has produced
within recent years have had to he
elected, OF course, with a view to her
In Peter the Great her
art was very brief, and in the latest
lay she is said to have but one i'm
crtant scene. While her secession from 81
he LyceUm may prove of greater tenn
orary advantage to Beerbehm Tree,
will make future success easier to
rving in many ways" =