Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-11

very weak dramatlzation OF u popular
novel. The Washington critics pound.
cd the play into pulp the next morn
Ing. although Miss Adams was unrc.
servcdly praised. She was also piticd.
The verdict was unanimous.
on Tuesday niRht In the business Of
flee was seen little man nbstractediy
Eazing across the alley that separates
The theater frum the residence ~ Vice
President Hobart. Nr. Frohmnn was
asked ". In view NJ the roasting that
''F'H" 'ff'n ~ i-' -s" haf ~nruiwnt No.
was going TO risk Miss Adams In II IN
New York - am" he said Then
YOU 10 not Intend TO put On tho ei-
tvr"auve piece Sul are h..,l 80 co. ..ui.-
ing IN reserve for hcr9" NO, I am per.
icctly satisfied" he answered. Tho
audience was found that evening to be
much smaller In numbers than on the
previous evening. The week Melted
less than $500
The other night Miss Adams opened
mt Rapleys National Thcater In the
same play with practically tho same
company to more money than was
taken In on the whole week 81 the open.
ing engagement referred 10. For every
night performance the seating capacity
~ tho house was sold before the OPEN
Ing ~ the DOOR. The tnklnga agErc-
gated at least $4,000. and this In the
teeth Of the worst blizzard aud coolest
weather In ten years. This ~ on O.
basis N - for orchestra chairs and q
general advance all over the house.
Miss Adams has not only broken hor
own record. but all tho hig ones, two
very difficult achievements. In nddi-
ton she has the satisfaction Of know.
ing that Washinrtnniana fell all over
each other In mad struggle to buy
Tor s. what they had only little over
year before rejected nt $50
Tho big opera season opens In San
Francisco tomorrow nlRht. Three nights
were given Denver. ana from the pres.
cnt outlook. Salt Lakes allotment will
be- represented by large round naughi.
Why there should be- mo- stop made hero
either going or coming. " somewhat
strange. since Salt Lake treated Melha
very Handsomely on her first visit. ana
the Tabernacle could be had Tor com
cert. " the company were fearful ~ our
ability to stand opera prices nj the
Thcatcr. n opera we're tried On,
however, there II little doubt ~ there
being huge response. Salt Lake,
long before the boom. paid three and
four dollars q ticket 10 hear GcrHtcr In
Lucia and would surely be M ready 10
pay bonus To hear Media In Faust
CARDS the item of prices where really
grand opera IL concerned. II shown In
the following paragraph from the
Chronicle; The advance sale for the
grand opera season. which IN to open on
March 18th at the Grand Opera house.
II already. several thousand dollars
over tho advance sale for the FIRST sea-
son Of Patti and Gcrutcr. True. at that
time We had not been accustomed To
be- called upon to paw s. ana 81 for seats
for an opera. and there was some doubt
In our minds. from the stories We had
heard about Mapicson. ns to the exact
composition Of the company. The de-
sire 10 hear pntti easily made her
nights sure. and Gerrtcr won her sue.
cess on the first night. with the result
that between the two something like
| $4,000 was paid into the opera treas
ury for the series of about twenty per-
formances. II win not require NJ
much as that to make The Mclba sea-
/ son success. Nine, Mclbn u ok
pcnsiyc. but she Il Htlii under PATHS
figure ~ $1,000 n performance. one
| thing already seems to prove the hon
| csty ~ our musical taste. II " that
no one can charge the demand to idl,
curiosity merely OF our people. A great
many heard Melhn when she was herr
only short time ngo. and all th1s'
who were the earliest Mt the box Ollie
FOR that visit have been already thcr'
Tor tfo coming season.
Actor Charles Coghlan Il maxim
NOR. history. and II isn't good history
Some people win remember. says ~
Louis paper. that the actor dld consid
cradle history making out West som
time ago, the elimination coming u
~. Louis with brandy bottle and
bold declaration Of most remarkable
| marriage. II was altogether about IN
most unsavory bit Of stage history eve
made, and ua u result coghlan Wen
abroad and stayed thorc several year
lie came back with a great deciaraa
ton Of decenCy aud good intent. an
played The Royal IioN TO good buslncH
for awhile. iiut II seems " could no
last. This time Syracuse. y. y. seem
| 10 have been selected for the disgrace
ful exhibition. a newspaper printe
there. after describing IN plain term
and at length, tho confused menta
condition" of the player, says "iadl
nH the scene was enacted, there wcr
some persons In the thcnter goo
enough TO applaud Il, Their approvl
was not sufficiently enthusiastic, how
ever, TO suit the excited actor, who scr
one OF his support before the curtain
announce that MIR, coghlnn thanked N
audience for It's applause, but he hard
ly thought Il Of sufficient warmt
To warrant his appearance b.
fore the curtain. The cultured audicnt
present manifested lts good breeding b
silently enduring this aifront from
player whom Il was anxious TO homo
hut whose condition warranted onl
the exercise ~ charity nnd patience
few Disguised persons left the theate
Those who remained were again treate
10 an exhibition Of Mr. coghlanH spice
lust before the fall lot tho final cui
tnln. In tho character OF Clarence
demornlizcd by hls disappointment
love. he has 10 announce that he
about 10 depart with Celia PryHc' &
. America, where h. hopes 10 better h
fortunes. etc. A. tar 60 the lin,
or the play the Irresponsible Mr.. cogl
ian added, "and whore we hope 10 pln
before moro discriminating audiences
before the performance began, NJ
coglan showed his temper by obJcctir
10 the presence In the lobby OF a po
J trait Of Mr.. Jefferson, and by removlr
il from tho wall, inniatlng that n
placing of II there while he was plnyir
. In tho houscc was an infringement
! the prophecies"