Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-18
Hugh DougaII Of Salt Lake Talks
Interestingly Of Them
RETURNS AFTER 8 YEARS.
Has Been Doing Vaudeville with tie
Lyric Trio For Some Time De-
clined Regular stage Ofer.

Hugh W. DougaIl the well known
young baritone who left salt Lake three
years ago for a thorough course in
voice building has just returned home
after a completion OF his studies, When
seen by a News representative this
afternoon Mr Dougall talked interest
iugiy o. musical Affairs IN New York,
and of Utah people, who have been
making the great metropolis their home
while developing the talents with which
they are endowed. Mr.. Dougali likes
New York very much, and says "a years
residence there is almost an education
in Itself 1T furnishes" said ne en-
Enthusiastically. The best OF everything.
If you want 90 go 10 the theaters you
know that you can make your own
choice Of what you viii see, whether It
is IN concert, grand opera OF regular
drama And 50 10 goes down the line
Of everything imaginable. II Is one OF
the great centers OF this world and a
mighty line place in which TO live, at
least ] thought 3d."
when Mr. Dougall LEFT home IT was TO
become a pupil of b. b. Young OF CHI
CagO. with whom he remained fer a
period OF two years and then went ON 10
New York and studied Tor a year ulder
Max Bendhelm. one OF the couniry's
foremost voice-buildng instructors,
himself a baritone Of note.
Mr.. DOugall would, he says. probably
have remained IN New York for an in
definite time had 10 not been for the
fact that his father Is 10 leave home
shortly 10 engage In missionary work,
and that his presence here was needed.
So after a brief rest he VIII open a
studio and commence teaching In salt
Lake. He has recently been doing
vaudeville as a member OF the Lyric
Trio, which met with success In various
New York theaters and which led 20
a substantial offer 20 him from a regu-
lar opera company for next season.
The condition referred To-, however,
made acceptance lnadvlsable, The prln-
Clpal card presented by the Lyric Trio
was a little operetia, entitled "A Matri-
monial Ad," which Mr.. Dougall says
he will present with some Of his pupils
early next season.
X. G.. Easton, the well known Utah
tenor, he says. Is gradually working his
way into popular favor notwithstand-
Ing his extreme modesty and dislike for
aug AlllllA ANiil NANHAliH NhhAAN hNANl 10y o
Just now he is singing az Saratoga In
q quartet OF eminent singers sent out
under the auspices of the Bankers club.
He also has a regular Sunday night
church engagement and has recently
appeared 20 excellent advantage az the
Waldorf Astoria and az Carnegie hall,
Philadelphia. His voice, which was
ever sweet and rich. he says, shows
constant Improvement.
AT present Viola Pratt Gillette Is
singing In grand opera in Cincinnati,
and Is now recognized as one Of the
great contraltos Of the country Next
year she win star In the Alice Nelson.
Ruth Eldredge who Is doing regular
stage work, Is living IN Mrs Glllette's
Harlem fiat
"Queenie' (EtheD Ferguson is, says
Mr. Dougall. a faithful and conscien-
tlous mmeber Of The Greatest Thing In
the World company, and VIII appear
with Il again next year.