Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-28
Stories Of
The Stage.

The Stage.
Nineteen years ago the company u'
which the Bostonlans II the natural de.
vclopmcnt made It's prst appearance.
and OF that organization. as Originally
formed. only II. G. Barnabee and George
rockingham remain on the stage. The
"Pinaforc" craze started tho orglnlra.
tion from which the liostoninns "eyo.
iutcd." II had no distinguished nafas
then, hut was merely called "The nns.
ton Favoritcs." and In addition TO Mr.
linrnnbcc aud Mr.. Frothlnrhnm the
company included Myron whitney. the
baNso: Tom Kari. now retired and teach.
Ing music: Arthur Hitchcock. who has
since gone Into the publication bust.
ness Mary nccbc. who IN happily mar
tied ana lives In Lowell. Mass. Isabella
Mccullourh. the scruni wife OF niienu-
u. now dead: Ucorgia Cayvnn. who was
singer In those days and not On
lmpefnonator 0f dramatic characters
and Adelaide Phillips. the contrnito.
Probably nn actor now on the stage Il
richer than william ~. Crane. Ile il
raid to be worth $4,000. and u il all
safely Invested.
The lowest figure put on Francis VII.
sons wealth II 100000 lie rot SEQ a
week when playing In 'Erninlc' and
most OF his other ventures have. pald
well lie has Invested IN real estate.
Nat Goodwin has $4,000 ana would
have had moro had he not persisted In
sticking 80 closely 10 his Ideal ~ art.
Richard Mansfield IN said to D.. rich. H.
got 10000 one year nut OF "Dr. Jckyll
and Mr.. Hyde" lie owns property and
has a lovely home.
Joe Jefferson 10 supposed To be- worth
about ts0o.0o0. Henry Dlxey ought ~
have lot of money. but after h. made
teo.o 600 In "Adonlr" he lost a.
Della Fox has about $4,000 In Jewels.
besides n cottage nj Long Brunch. "a.
ma Wallace Hopper II supposed 10 have
10000 or 10000 and a short time ngl
made $4,000 In n stock speculation. Her
Interest In "El Captain made her SO.
900 two years ago.
Lillian Russell always works on guar.
nntceH and II sure " II 900 a week. she
does not speculate aud has made good
Investments. May Irwin owns whole
island up In the st. Lawrence. Ada Re-
han has put aside 500 600. aud Mine.
Modjeska IL comfortably supplied with
money.
Robert Edeson. who plays the Little
Minister so cievcrly. Hnid tho other day
that conventlonalirm was often better
than originality. ibid you ever notice"
he said. THAT n comic opera that has
reminiscent swing 10 IL runs more
chance of success than one that II TOO
orlginalf Well. that's because We hear
for the first time ~ tune that reminds Ne
N another we've previously heard and
the more easily retain the new tune.
That gives rs pleasure. and We there
fore like the music. And It's the SANE
with pinywfiting. We get 10 expect
certain rot rule In the arrangement ~
characters and Incidents. 4 change jar.
~. The dramntlat who goes outside the
regular nut may not. OF course. score
failure. but his chances for success are
not "a bright as II he stuck 10 the nc.
ocpted order OF things. Compare play
writing 10 Kaleidoscope. There's lo1
~ little bits OF broken glass In tube,
and we look through n little hole ana
see certain design. Preatol We turn
the tube n bit. and there's another pie
ture. IT'S the same materlal--aame bits
" glass, you know-only another pie
lure has been formed And 20 with tho
playwrights and their work.
The late Charles W. Couldock, when
asked by an aspiring amateur for In
struotlons aa 10 how to make an eject
i've stage fall. replied;
why. simply keel over. FAN like you
would fall II somebody had given you
an effective punch In n particularly
vulnerable spot. Don't try 10 make a
fancy fall. for II you do you are liable
10 hurt yourself. and you're not likely
to make much OF showing out OF H.
Evidently Mr.. Couidock knew what ne
was talking about, for u ~ fact that
The most effective stage falls are those
which are made apparently without 70
gard to circumstances. For instance
Annie Russell. In Catherine" nishily
falls upon the stage In such way az I"
Htartle people In front. Yet Miss Rus
sell II up and doing after hppsrsn'y
falling Hat upon her face, and has not
suffered any m effects from II 10 far'
blanche Walsh made something Of the
same effect when she fell In ''The Great
Diamond Robbery" only Miss Walsh
after falling upon her face. rolled down
a fiisht OF steps.
Mary Anderson's fall IN "Romeo ana
juliet" IL recalled as one OF the most
bits OF stage work known ~
IL In said that John w
Norton coached her In II. When MlhN
Anderson made her fall In the po'loh
scene, her body seemed to relax. anu
she fell to the floor apparently because
here was no cellar handy. Judging ny
her apnarent condition as she fell. sue
would have gone headforemosi INTO
wall or any other yawnlng abyss that
to be In the vicinity.