Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-17

The usually calm SURFACE OF our mus
teal waters Is just now In state Of ex-
IRENE agitation. That huge bark known
as the Metropolitan opera company is
ploughlng It's way towards US, and all
the smaller craft In sight are skurrying
10 get out Of rs path. Even as strong
an attraction as Primrose and Dock
staders Ministries have telegraphed Mr..
Pyper to the effect that they think
II VIII be the part OF caution for them
not 10 come in the week that the
opera concert occurs, and they have
accordingly Cancelled their dates, much
10 the general regret Anything else
that ventures into Salt Lake just before
or Just after that event, may well trem-
bic for the business II VIII do.
Mr. Kronberg. Grau's representative,
will come 10 Salt Lake 90 personally
superntend the sale, and he win bend
all his energies 10 see that the re-
oepts go as FAR as possible over the
$3.50 necessary for the expenses. How
big the attraction really is can
best be seen by perusal Of
the fine description Of the open
ing night In San Francisco, pub
lshed on this page. Mrs. Stephens
states that the "Stabat Mater" which
viii be the feature OF the concert. viii
require about one hour in delivering.
1t viii call for the fun company in
GLIDING the chorus, the orchestra and the
principal stars Aside from that. there |
viii doubtless be miscellaneous pro-
gram, which Will bring out others who |
DO not appear In the oratorlo. The
advance sale opens al Daynes on Nom
day morning The house viii be de-
vided into sections, the center rows OF
seats down stairs and In the east end |
Of the gallery being reserved at $3.50
each, the three front rows on the side
galleries will be sold at s., the back
rows at Sl.50 and the seats under the
gallery at 81.
Ever since she appeared here as
prima donna with the B0stonians.
Alice Nelson has been prominent fig
ure In the recollection Of Salt Lake
and since she struck out
for herself no star of the day has been
kept more prominently before the pub
lie than she. The man who managed
the 'BostOnlaus,' Frank perley. en-
gagged Miss Nelson as a star on her
retirement from that company. and
two VI the brightest comic operas writ
ten BY Victor Herbert, the Singing
Girl and the Fortune Teller" have
been composed especially for her. Both
operas VIII be given In this city. the
Singing Gil" on next Thursday and
saturday evenings and the Fortune /
Teller on Friday night and az the mat
nee on Saturday afternoon. Miss Mel
ION Is surrounded by a splendid sup
)orting company. Eugene Cowles. the
amous basso Of the BostOnians. heads
he list, Richie Ling is the tenor. and
ue Cawthorne, the well known come
ian, holds up the humorous end. The
horus and orchestra are both large
nd the leader is the well known music
] director, Paul Steindorff.
Monday evening at the Grand. new q
omedy by John Fowler, "A Hindoo Hoo j
90 will be seen for the first time G
} this city. The company will be II
eaded by Miss Annie Boyd, the orig
nal widow In "a Trip to Chinatown"
nd George Lawson. the late star Of a
Man About Town" The "Hindoo
oodoo" is based on a ridiculous incl s.
ent In which a Hindoo theosophist a
rejects the souls Of two chums into
'ace, leaving their bodies I'm a trance.
n unfortunate accident occurs and the a
indoo Is able TO recall only one Of the b
aniering spirits. This one Is the soul
doctor. and by mischance Il enters
e body Of the wrong person, a bust u
'ss man. 1t Is said that a host Of + r,
ughable situations grow out Of this
implication.
The welcome that awaits Viola Pratt "a
lette In Salt Lake VIII be scarcely OF
IS warm than that accorded Alice ca
elson herself She Is the only one Of al
II Lakes fayorite daughters VINO w
s adopted the profession. who has
I appeared before her home public
ice she went upon the stage, She has d,