Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

e,it lake. from the standpoint
psnsu " ,s.,,,tcal manager, than the
oil U' .,,,h transplred during the past
e'',' we refer TO the decision OF Mau-
g W. orlu. not to include this city IN
nv. usi OF places where his great opera
Wv IAN. makes lis stops. Undoubtedly
, 3 rrn give us "a black eye win the
,sloo TO use the common phrase
.r ull take Us a long time to re-
ua' FROM. The chagrIn we feel VIII
wv .oce the less intense that the fault
,o, entirely our own, While our
we. Tr' certainly manifested an indiffer-
Wv towards the event that was sur
,.,og I'm view Of her boosted reputa-
w.. os A center Of musical culture
" ANS, be said that Mr.. Grau himself
D.. ,,gs.y responsible for the failure
Som the first moment his representa-
..,s arrived here they began to cast
,..tt upon their filling the date. and
y. vas not to be expected that people
mid eook TO the box office TO pay
.,,y f5r something that would not
a..ltyslv promise a performance The
,,.,lo1 sale evidently frightened away
milo who would have been willing
% nav double or treble prices for their
Eats but had no desire to bid for them
/. q publlc competition. Then the de-
cls,on to cancel the opera and give
,oocert I'm the Tabernacle if-stil the
.rona of doubt--dlspleased many
others who would have been willing
r,,rouized the concert when they be-
came satisfied the opera was out OF the
mestlon, ala not buy tickets because
,bsy believed there was no assurance
n the company's coming. So the whole
thing az MFR. stephens puts It, was
bepgled from the start, The pity Of 1t
e that salt Lake Is advertised the
country over, as being unable to afford
5pe.nlght visit from the company that
lincoln. Nebraska pays $4,000 10 secure.
The result cannot help being harmful.
Grau is also manager Of Bernhard and
Coouelln, and no one need be surprised
nex, 10 hear that their booking here
s withdrawn. while the profession
everywhere. among whom Salt Lake has
FOR years been praised as one OF the
first show towns OF the country, viii
elevate lis eyebrows and marvel over
The changes that must have been
wrought IN cur condition. to make such
an event possible.
There was a fair audience at the
Theater last evening TO see Mr.. Warde
An "Richelieu," though Of course there
was no such crush as that seen on the
holiday night. Warde's impersonatIon
Of The great cardinal takes rank among
the strongest and most careful OF his
many delineations, and the various
phases Of the character its crattness,
us power, its grim humor ana
rs physical decrepitude were all
eycelently portrayed The famous
climaxes OF the drama, such as
the delivery Of the curse OF
Rome were Immensely brought outand
Mr. Warde was recalled again and
again. He had TO make the usual
speech after one Of the recalls. Mrs.
Spencer gave a forceful delineatlon OF
Julie. and MIR. Spencer barring a ten
dency TO rant was a vigorous Adrian.
There was not much else In the support
that calls for commentator. The king
was weaker even than that noted mon
arch is supposed TO have been, and
the Joseph was entirely inadequate.
This afternoon Hamlet is the bill
ior the matinee, and the engagement
closes with THE Dukes Jester to-
night.
Rag time opera and vaudeville Will
again hold the boards at the Grand next
week. Commencing Monday night the
new farce, Whose Baby are Your VIII
be given its first rendi-
ton here II Is said that
this farce IS Of a high class order
with Just enough of horse play to
strike a proper balance to please both
parQuet and gallery The author OF the
piece is Mark +. Swan, who wrote
Browns in Town, The cast includes
such people as Francis y. Hope, Lew
II. Newcomb. Fred G.. Hearn Fred r..
Runnells Roy Foster and Miss Mabel
Meredith. Miss FRANKLIN Gale, Miss
Dorothy Deane, Miss Alice Williams
and others.
Il IS a pleasant thing to note that In
tares, In the testimonial to the veteran
actor Phil Margetts seems 10 be grow
ing Manager PIPER yesterday received
the following letter, accompanied 10y a
check for S2i. from a gentleman who
asked that his name be withheld
Geo, b. Piper. Manager Salt Lake
Theater
Dear Slr,-Noucing by the papers
that Annie Adams and her daughter
Maude have bought two stalls for the
benefit iJ be rendered the veteran, PM
Margetisou the anniversary OF his 5Oth
year on the stage. and that they have
returned the stalls to be resold by you,
] desire 90 purchase one OF them,
and herewith enclose you my check for
S.jOO for same Please hand the tick
cts 20 MI Margetts 10 send 10 any Of
ms friends he may choose.
In This connection ! desire 10 express
my acknowledgements To Phil Margetts
as one Of the few survivors of the fam
Gus pioneer dramatic organization, TO
which as a boy ] was indebted for
many pleasant evening when ] viewed
llhelr achievements from the top gal
IeIy OF the Theater years ago Those
uI0 time players toiled FOR years with
Guy any other remunera ton than that
which they received In the thought that
lhey were pleasing their brethren and
sisters. and now that they have reached
,he evening OF their days. Il is 10 be
hoped the public, which owes them so
hravy a debt. viii not allow such an
opportunity as the present 10 pass
Without repaying IT,
AULD LANG SYNE.