Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-29
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testimonial concert at the Assembly
Hall next Friday evening IA as follows:
Quartet. "Ilcverlss,".. ..Utnhn Quartet
7. \. Ashworth, A. n. keiHon. w.
q. Patrick. w. Christophcraon.
Piano duet. Poet and Peasant.
Arthur shepherd and J. J. Nc,
% o.. ..ssssssss'lciihns
Tenor solo. relected... q. 49,.
o.. O.. =. MIR. George u. Pryor
Violin solo. selected. Mr.. willard Weihe
soprano solo. III Ilaccio." Afditl,
o.. .. d. MR.. Lizzie rhomas.Eiward
Guitar soio. Merry Wives of Wind.
sor.' Ohy requeso. g; y. seh.ttler
go. d. D.. q. Miss Judith Anderson
Tenor solo. B.. ...Thomns Ashwofth
stflng quartet ''fatz" schubert
Mcssfa Coleman. Maatcrinan,
zee. ..Icspcfson and T.. Christensen
Duo, "fl Troyatorc." Verdi Mir.
ilsxic 7. Edward and John lo-
Prof. j. j. paynci. acccmpaniSt.
y. stephens. Director.
a number u Mrs. Edwards friends
hE' FflAlfN NttNlN hUtNuNt hit 'AN'Na
Who wish 10 do 20 can obtain them
from Mr. Alvin iic-Eley at his music
store. and FROM SIR. stephens. The
bishops ~ each ward havv tickets
which they viii dispose Of To- those who
In times past have received Mrs. Ed
wards musical services and those who
may wish To take this chance Of re-
turning the compliment.
Prof John J. Mcclellan IL keeping
musical matters on the move la the
morrow evening he Will take the Brig
ham Young academy mixed chorus %
forty.ciEht voices. a male chorus "
twenty. SIR. Mcihe. Miaa isAinsey ana
othcrs on a 10. q. W. special over TO
Eureka. giving "a sacred concert there
that cssnlnE In the l. o. q. y. hail.
The train sues over In the morning.
and returns al l0iis y. M. taking Ia all
the Utah county points at a cheap rate.
the program VIII b. made up u pop
ular music.
The steady advance the Hebrew man.
ayers Of the country are making to.
wards the control ~ all the best thea.
tricnl attractions. u n matter which II
0ccAAioninH a ErcAt deal of comment
In the East \ writer IN the New York
prraH contributes the following article.
The Jews are ai, cntcrprirlnR people.
Always inclined toward art. they have
recently forced their way upward is the
theatef. Ant-semitlc journals have
contested their progress step by step.
yet our music and drama hfv gradual
~ losing their once dintlnctlycly Gcntilc
complexion and bccominE iicbraic.
llachcl was Jcwesa. Bcrnharit II a
J.wcssl Edwin booth MAS a jew by
blood and Inherited genius. Olga. No
thenole, Emma sels". idli'i lehman.
Anton heldi. Mrn. James brown Potter
and Minnie SsllRman. " not Jews. were
of Jewish extraction.
The greatest OF all imprcsafii. Maui
rice urau. IL a Jew. The inost enterprise
inE and powerful OF modern Managers.
charles ffohman. IL a jew. The most
artistic and refined OF Theatrical difcc-
tors. Daniel frohman. II "a Jew. The
iiaymAnA. kiaw and Erlanger, Nixon
and zimmerman arc jcwr Weber and
Fielda are Jews. Heinrich conried II "a
jew. There are almost az many Jews
controlling thc stage a. there are cfn-
ploycd In iia performances.
~ N not pcnslblc that the art OF our
thcater shall become separate PROV
incr OF the Jews. IL II not only porsi-
bic but probable that the government
of ltH ventures may be- cnEroascd BY tho
clarcd remarkable aptitude for Its AZ.
fairs They are shrcwd students Of
public taste. they are courageous In
expenditure. they are gooi loeeua. they
arr philosophic and abundant In hops,
they have 20 personal fndn or faneies
20 force upon tho audience, they do not
take themselves or the drama ioo nefi.
ously they regard the entertainment of
the PEOPLE ~ legitimate business and
conduct u on business principles.
Semidrm seems 20 he the spirit u
modern advancement IN the drama and
music. Ocntila management has many
faults of which iiebraic management
II free.
The Jews arr not only hard working.
indefatignble, brLny managcrs; they
arc rclf.respectlnE. Scandal, too ire
auent In the theater. seldom hnslila
them. Certain Of the chief managers Of
England have been Involved IN dis
graceful Incidents. ''Thes-." 10 quote
fhylock against, these be your Chtis-
tinn husbands" There has never been
scandal In the public prints about our
Jewish managers. Charles and Daniel
Frohman are bachelors and preruina-
bly, not insrnHlble 10 N" beauty Of
womcn; yet the ninndrf0un tongue Of
goHrip has never attacked them, ise.
derer. Hayman. Sire. Aronron. Ham
morstcin, Nixon, Rich. Harris. thinner
matrimony are honest husbands 20 far
NJ the world knows. II In not To BE- ar
gued that morality IN an especial char
acteriHtlc OF Judaism. but the fact re-
mains that our Jewish managers hive
remained sinEularly free from that i've
~ love for the ladies' which since Oar
rlck's time has been the Christian
managers prcrogative, although hap
plly not aiwayr exercised.
II was a jew who introduced ua 10
vaudeville. II was q jew who dcvcl-
oped the dainty. exquisite art Of Mande
Adams, who gave Us The Little Min
ister" and Rosemary II was a jew
who trnlned Mrs. Leslie Carter into
her nav and splendid eloauence Of cx-
precision. and who provided In 'Zaxa'
NJ medium for her extraordinary tall
ontH. II was a Jew who produced 'Se-
cret Service" and who now fosters the
remarkable Hlfts OF It's author, IL was
a'Iew who Increased the general store
Of good humor by "chhrley'a Aunt" II
was a jew VIII, organized the we'll
trained company that amuses and In
tereatS' our German citizens In lryins
place. II was a Jew who picked y, A.
Rothern out OF a Htrolling troupe and
developed him into a favorlte actor
with everybody II was "a jew who
built olympia and Victoria. IL was n
Jew who carried the Lyceum into sue
cess after u had horne steele Mackaye
into disaster. II was n jew who lifted
| grand opera into prosperity, saved the
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