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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-23

last season, has a part in Lulu Glaser's
new opera, Anne Page.
Jessie Bartless-Davis is doing a semi
vaudeville act, with selections from
comic opera
within the Flicker of the Foot
lights is the title of a story of stage
life Frank Daniels is writing.
Richard Mansfield's New York pro-
duction of Henry W is a wOTld-beater
for magnitude. There are $50 actors,
singers, dancers and supernumeTaries
in the play. About forty Of them who
have no lines represent actual historical
characters and are made up TO look like
the people they represent.
This would have been Mary Ander-
sons silver" year as an actress had
she remained in the profession Her
first appearance was Nov. p, 1873, be
fore a Louisville audience in the role
of Juliet Her memory viii live much
longer.
Charles Frohman spends more money
in railway fares, perhaps, than any
man in the world. He has thirty COM
panies travelling an average OF 500 miles
each week. His railroad expenses
amount to about 100000 annually, all
of which comes out of the theatre
goer's pocket.
Out of fortune of 100000 left by
Arthur Sullivan, the master of light
opera, $250. COO win go TO Mrs. Pierre
Iorillard ROnaIds, a woman of 69, who
was his friend and adviser for many
years. She is a cousin by marriage OF
Pierre Lorillard, the American million
aire.
Most anything will serve to hang
press agents paragraph on. One en-
terprising genius OF Boston asserts that
Admiral Dewey once rode in the car
riage shown in the production of
''ZaZa' in that city.
The city eounciImen of Hartford.
Conn. have threatened TO make war on
the leading theatre unless they get all
the free admission tickets they want.
The manager refuses and the mayor
backs him up. How lucky are Salt
Lake managers.
Rernhardt and Coquelin have set New
York afame again this week with their
production Of La TOsca-'' Alan Dale
of the New York Journal says 1t is al
ter all the best thing Nine BeTnhardt
does.
The Grau Opera company seems to
.
City last week. The performance
four of them-weTe given in Convention
hall, and while about 1000 people at
tended each, they looked like the pro-
verbal drop in the bucket. The re-
/ ceipts lacked some thousands of dollars
of meeting expenses, but in this case
the management of the building was
the loser, having put up a guarantee.
The coming of the Yale University
J Glee club at the end of the present
month is being anticipated with not
little pleasure.
The combined Orchestras will repeat
their concert at the Grand, with num-
Der of new features, on Jan. 2
Schubert died worth S12. Sullivan left
an estate worth 200. although he
twice lost his entire fortune and receiv-
ed no royalties on American prOduc-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-23

The Signalite club continues to i'm
prove. New features are regularly
adued. the latest acquisition being four
large pictures, one of which is an ex-
celieut photo Of Captain Greenewald
in uniform. The other three are beau
tiful panels representing the cavalry,
artillery and infantry Each SignaIite
viii be expected to present the club 4
slight Christmas token, which Will
serve to further adOrn their neat apart
mentS.
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NATIONAL GUARDNOTES.

The signal corps held no drill last
Thursday evening. Captain Greene
valid was so highly elated over the re-
suit OF the late inspection that ne sus-
pen, ed drills until the first Thursday
in January.
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matter however. was quickly and
unanimously settled in the affirmative.
Committees were appointed ana al
ready the officers are hard at work up
on the matter. The ball Will be- given
in the Salt Lake theatre The decora-
lions Of the house. it is promised, viii
be elaborate. surprising those on the
same occasion four years ago The adj
mission to parquet and dress circle will
be So. and 30 cents to any other part Of
the house.
The custodian of the aTmOry IS hap
py The hall will be closed all day
Christmas and New Years
Another Suggestion
A Fancy Vest for the Man, new
handsome patterns, all sizes
BROWN, TERRY & WOODRUFF 60.
166 Main ST.
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ga O TASTE HA" suffered for
amusement che week just
closed unle : it be that of the
person who bankers for drama
I'm the legitimate sense. Everything has
been offered from the sublimely artistic
in story and song to the man who can
kick himself in the face and is there
fore called professional. Small au-
diences have characterized the week,
end if the public has failed 10 grasp its
opportunities, which seems to be the
case, It can be attributed to the near
ness OF the hOHday season. Managers
are congratulating themselves that
Hazttters are not worse.
A week ago tonight the Royal Marine
band appeared for the first time in Salt
Lake. and it has been a matter of gen.
eral regret that more than one concert
could not be given by this splendid or
ganization.
The night following B. b. Young gave
his lecture-Tecital on the evolution of
the ballad. From an artistic stand
point this perhaps was the event of the
week.
Then came the Brigham lecture,
startling in its eloquent grandeur A
turn a farce comedy, the big prOduc-
ton Of THE Belle of New York and
finally real vaudeville completed the
store or enter Ldluu1CLl. IL certainty
was a programme of diversions.
The traditional truth that the right
kind of a. manager can make an actress
out of the crudest tim Der is recalled by
the appearance of '~Tbe Belle of New
York 1t was in this production that
Edna May, who has long since severed
her connection with il for better things,
was made famous. Some three years
ago, according TO an old member of the
company Lederer started for London
with THE Belle" He had engaged "A
high-salaTie0 woman for the part OF
the Salvation army girl -one who could
sing and throw ginger into her work
and things We're in shape for the pro-
Jected conquest Of Europe. Edna Nav
was a chorus girl, one of those little in
dispensables. on d. salary of So per
week, occupying a berth in a second
class cabin. Lederer took a peculiar
fancy TO her face and figure and he
promptly decided to have her essay the
principal role. The high-saIared artist
was forgotten and the manager set
about the most difficult task Of his life
teaching Edna May to act
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Tuesday evening. This company is i'm
proving quite rapidly. The drill was
well attended and commenced prompt
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The new circular gun racks are fin
iShed and each organization was
equipped with them yesterday. The
racks improve the appearance Of all
the quarters.
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duction, you viii naturally be man
enough to share its proceeds with me.
, Otherwise, I shall be compelled to re-
sort to law. Yours, etc,
DANNY WILLIAMS"
Hoyt Indignantly refused TO open the
package for a time, but was prevailed
upon to do so by a friend. When he
discovered the joke, he wanted to meet
Williams. aud while discussing a, bottle
of wine to commemorate. the incident,
contract was drawn UP between the
playwright and joker whereby the lat
ter Joined a Trip 10 Chinatown" and
stayed with it for four years.
A few years ago. when the Chinese
play, The Cat and the Cherub, was
produced in London HOyt played the
same joke on its manager using the
same la undry book forwarded to him
by Williams.
Mrs. Fiske has won d victory over the
theatrical trust in the Denver litiga-
ton Frank r. Carstarphen, lawyer
of Denver. entered into a contract with
the managers of the Denver theatre last
June for the use of that house during
the week of Jan. ., and subsequently,
contracted with the manager of Mrs.
Fiske for her appearance there during
that week. The Denver theatre was
then nOn-trust house. 1t subse-
quently was brought IA Ter trust aus
pices, with the evident purpose of eX-
gliding Mrs Fiske .E-oul Denver. and
the agent Of the trust Informed Mr..
Carstarphen that MS Fiske's engage
ment had been Cancelled by the new
management of the theatre. Mr.. Car
starphen applied in the district court
for a temporary injunction to prevent
interference with his contract. and 1t
was issued. The agents Of the trust
contested the case, but last Friday
Judge Butler decided il finally, making
the temporary injunction permanent.
The Indianapolis Sentinel tells of the
tragic death of Willard Hoicomb. press
agent for Liebler &, Co. of New York
He was drowned in Lost river in the
southern part Of Indiana. HOlcomb
left Indianapolis after making arrange
mentS for the performance of Joseph A .
Arthur's play. Lost River" last week
stating that he was going 70 Orange
county and visit the scene of the play
to gain information that would make
attractive press notices. A couple of
days later his body was found in the
river bed.
A critic in Town Topics compares the
representations of the Due de Reich
stadt in ROstand's "L'AigIon." by Bern
hardt and MaUde Adams, and to the
advantage Of the Utah girl. The critic
/ declares that Nine. Bernhardt's elab-
crate mechanics mas wrought vastly
less effect than Miss Adams natural
7 qualities" He points out that Bern
hardt utterly fails to indicate the IA
tally in the character Of the central
figure and in the action of the drama.
That is the abysmal charm between the
two performances. Hiss Adams con-
stantly suggests the doom Of Reich
stadt. Nine. BernhaTdt presents a pOr-
trait without the faintest shadow of
the impending and inevitable catastro-
phe that is the very breath of tragedy"
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The battery has two more applicants
for enlistment. This organization is
steadily growing, and Captain Grow
expects to have a large turnout in the
inaugural parade.
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Coquelin began life humblv. His
father kept restaurant and Constant
served the customers. Being Of viva
cious humOr and well supplied with
good stories. We RECALLED the minds OF
the guests as well as their bodies His
mirth and mimiCry, Wit. anecdotes and
songs became such feature of the res
taurant that it prOspeTed exceedingly.
for many Frenchmen dined there solely
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The Officers association met last
Monday evening. The subject up for
discussion was the ACCESSIBILITY Of Civ
ing an inaugural ball in honor of Gov
ernor Wells and other officials. The
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THE WEEK AT
THE THEATRES.

The New Grand has mo-
, nopoly on amusements this
wees. Beginning tomorrow
night, Haverly's Mastodon
, mInstrels give FIVE perform
ances, three nights and matt
nees Christmas ana Wednes-
day. The last three nights of
, the week Human Hearts,
; viii be presented.
On Friday evening Nat n.
Brigham delivers his lecture,
1.-The Grand Canyon OF the
= Arizona" at the Salt Lake
, Theatre. This is the sole at
traction at the Treatre all
, week.
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us rather hish-handed proceeding was
yuStLileu DE MS honor on the ground thar
there was not enough to go around
As a nullifier John q. Calhoun sinks into
IilS '-il1ncance when compared with some
OF these frontier dispensers of Justice.
Inc FEDERAL cons-ituli1n was Ony a dean
ana the fifteenth amendment and Lin
com $ proclamation only TRIES
rms was demonstrated in case in
Whlch certain stockman lodged a charge
OF arson against q young fellow who had
canned over night in a cabin on the
mountains belonging to him, and burned
II down.
Dur : the course Of the trial it was
demOnstrattd that the burning was acct
dental, which, however, seemed to cut no
material h~uFe. eS his honor adiudged
MIN -ulity and condemned him to the
service OF the plaintiff tor period of six
stree as il may seem. the fellow ac-
tuaily woIAed for the plaintiff until a con-
siderable portion of the allotted time had
expired and then took French leave
never TO return
As about the only law books in the pos
session OF the court and prosecution were
some ola volumes of New England origin.
brought across the plains by the pioneers.
II $ resumed that had the Wherea bouts
of the missing man become known the old
lu-luEe slave law would have been
brought into reqUisitiOn to bring him
back.
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Privates Linn Perry ard N. r. Kid
der have been appointed corporal and
lance corporal, respectively, Of COM
pany 3.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-23

Tire poisonous 7heer scare in England Is
causing Hon. John q. WoolIey 70 reflect
that ne overlooked "a good thing in me
way Of a campaign raarback
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IN another case the magistrate. on find
ing mat "a cuiprit had nOJning with which
10 pay MS fine, set him TO work on his
nonor : arm ana compelled HIM TO labor
there until justice had ben satisfied
Another illustration of how far the iu-
rlSGlctl0n of these early magistrates went
Was Afforded IN a case in which two
ne--2bc-S got into dispute over their
respective land filings.
- case involved the calm to a sub
DIVISION OF government land. but the fed
erdi court and the land office were iEnor-
- As IN all other cases. no matter of
what origin, IL was taken before the local
magistrate, who decided the case in the
rC-II1r style.
one MAGISTRATE. whose ideas OF proce-
uure were rather vague, decided cattle
Stestil-SS case by d5creeing that the de
IeuQdnT pay the Plaintiff $50 in payment
of the stolen property The defefl,7. AMI
protested vigorously and made threats
H. be would take the case 10 the out-
Slc4 courts
- this was AN unhcard OF innovation.
and his honor being rather at sea regard
-nE the methods OF procedure in such au
event. and fearing, perhaps. that IL some
Va this was an assault on his jurisJlic-
Llo-e he set about 0t adjust ma tiers be
tween the litiSauus-
He warned the plaintiff that a resort to
such measures would bring him into con
tempt among his fellow men and intimaJ-
ed that perhaps he had gone q little too
high. and il might be good idea to settle
on another basis
The outcome was that the plaintiff took
80 ana went MS way. trusting to get even
or the customary methods of the range
upon the fact that he had saved TWO fell
len thar the clutches of the legal
vampires that sWarmed about the seat
of the higher court al Provo who tumDle1
pounce upon every victim that hove in
si-hL-
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in the Theatrical World.

I'm make you act he said, IN an
sEyer to the girls protestatiOns that she
had never appeared as anything but a
chorus girl So the part was turned
over to her. Days and nights of cease
less toll were spent by the manager and
/ his destined star. The girl hadn't the
remotest idea Of gesticulatiOn and all
her music was irterlined with instruc-
tons. The original copy Of ''The Bellies
opening song, Follow on is still in
possession of her manager. 1t reads:
Follow on Fright hand up follow on
/ Cloth arms raised) till the light of
Faith you see (tambourine at side left
hand raised). But they never proceed
to follow that light Glands elasped in
tront), but always follow me Shaking
head slowly.)"
Ridiculous as it may seem, looking
back on Edna Mays career, it is abso-
lutely true that this process occurred
all through her lines. Not a sentence
was without its penciled suggestion as
TO the attitude to be assumed or the
step to be taken, and Lederer says it
would have been impossible to have
taught the girl except by this means.
although the part is one that does not
require an actress in the strictest
sense.
Edna appeared and made a tremen-
dous nat not only ia England. where
lords bowed at her shrine but in other
parts OF the globe. She returned to
America with all sorts of costly Jewels
the gifts of mobiles, aud is still a queen
OF the stage
The part has since been in the hands
OF Adele Richie. Helen Lord Louise
Hefner and now Beulah Dodge. who
. Formerly sang in choir at Syracuse.
n y, but, as was suggested BY one
who saw the original. without Edna
MAY II is the Belle without the ham
mer.
7 edarar hos ,,,,..,.,,. .,..=.
tlCn called The Belle of Bohemia +"
which is said to be a great success in
New York.
Manager Pyper may congratulate
himself on the excellence of his attrac-
lions for the remainder of the season.
= glance at the list shows that many
treats are in store.
shenandoah. the favorite war dra-
ma, so deliberately presented here last
year by Henderson, is near at hand
Following that, James and Kidder pre-
sent A Midsummer Nights Dream
which has proved a great success. The
CHRISTIAN is to DE presented for the
first time here il January. The Boston
Lyric Opera company. in such gems as
The Fencing Master The Idols
Eye, Carmen, and, finally, ''Trova-
tore, Is here the same month. Mrs
t1ske's engagement at the Grand Oc-
ours during the middle of January
Further down the Theatre list is Bern
hardt, and right behind her comes Mrs.
Carter in the notorious ''Zaza.'' ''Way
Down East" follows. Modjeska comes
later
Bernhardt and Coquelin will absorb
the interest of the town for many days
before they reach Salt Lake. Their ap-
pearance viii be without question the
biggest theatrical event in local his
tory.
CCquelin began life humblv. His
father kept a restaurant and Constant
served the customers. Being Of viva
ciOus humOT and we'll supplied with
good stories. re RECALLED the minds OF
the guests as well as their bodies His
mirth and mimiCry, Wit. anecdotes and
sc,rlr-s I,ef.a me s11cI fa tire The res
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PRESS AGENTS PROMISE

Haverly's Mastodon MINISTRIES or.u-
the Grand tomorrow night for ,t-..
nights and matinee performsr.-.
Christmas and Wednesday. Adv.
notices say:
with this seasons company there T.
much that recommends il as the mos,
desirable of all minstrel performarrss
George Wilson is the bright particuIa,
star, and he is ably supported By some
of the best minstrel comedy players he
fore the public The novelty musical
artists. Gardner and Hunt present "A
modern arrangement, beautifully en-
bellished with superb settings and cos
TUNED in "a very catchy fashion Baker
and Teal also have d unique perform
ance u offer. while Nazier and C0nra-
also keep the bah rolling. There an.
several other interesting features. dot
overlooking the only and original Big
Four. who have been appearing durirg
late years through Europe and are pro
ducing for the first time i'm this country
a lively trick scenic hilarity called
THE Haunted Mill which serves 20
Introduce 10 end of IaughabIe situations
and a climax that is positively the limit
of fun-making."
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GLIMMERINGS.
Robert Manteu is in vaude,

Robert ManteIi is in vaudeville.
Galveston is without a theatre since
the horror.
Stanley FelCh. who is well remem-
bered as the comedian of the Grau
Opera company, heard at the Grand
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-23

Company B is in receipt of a letter
from their late first sergeant, George
a. White, in which he states that he
is enjoying himself immensely. Ser
geant White viii soon return from his
visit to New York and, il is expected.
be a candidate for the vacant lieu
tenantcy il the company TO which he
belongs.
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Lieutenant MoyIe, commanding COM
pany 3, is quite i'll as a result of vac
cination. The boys say he is al
sWelled up"
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At the request of many friends in
Salt Lake. Nat NJ. Brigham viii repeat
his lecture on the Grand Canyon OF
the Colorado" at the Theatre Friday
evening This lecture is considered
more interesting than The Land of the
Snake Dance" which is saying d great
deal. as those who heard the latter can
attest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-23

t-@---@ enc but have had access to the
old court docket of those early davs some
startin- ideas in common law would be
disclosed. but uufOrtuuatel-. all of these
----i----'t- presidents were destroyed IN a
FIRE several years ago. and this valuable
co--t- button or gdl wisdom WAS lost to
the world forever
These early courts We're popular because
they We're rapid in their execution and -
VeXatiOuS delays troubled the victims
they knew their tate in short order.
In later days when statehood brought
the district court 10 upset thes olG-tlme
DTecedeutS. there was q rude awakening.
which resulted in q wholesale emigration
TO the hotel &c baStiie within the con-
So Of the c2pital city By the great in
land sea.
There were some loud protests against
the new order OF things. and matters
went 50 far that the public prosecutor
was set uDOn ia the shades Of night and
barely escaped with his life. The eTnigTa-
ton continued westward. however. until
a most magnificent delegation graced the
inner sanctuary of the Mecca referred 10
above
Time, however, worked wonders. as the
politicians say. and sometimes il only
te-e@ Ettle time. if you know how 70
do f.
However that may be. the new order Of
things has long since been accepted as
the inevitable result OF civilization. and
I----@- county weEh her new court house
and infusion of legal knowledge now
ranks well uD in the scale of civilized
communities. with nothing left of the old
--cs2eer methods but the memories OF
them that still live ia the minds Of those
who took part in the early settlement OF
the county.
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The Theatre viii remain dark until
the last day of the century, Dec 81
when Hermann. the magician, "a son OF
the original Hermann. appears He
will offer what the nagement an
nounces as the most startling black art
entertainment ever seen here.
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Lieutenant Webb was seen at his
post as commander of company c last
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Another ma gistrate whose idea Of JUS
tsce deuendcd upon what amount nf rev
emue there was in any given n-O-ositsOn
used his authority 10 scoudscate all Of the
belongings Of one q MS victims, Is costs,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-23

The combined orchestras viii repeat
their concert at the Grand. with a num-
Der of new features, on Jan. 2
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Schubert died worth S12. Sullivan left
an estate worth $3.50, 900, although he
twice lost his entire fortune and receiy-
ed no royalties on American produc-
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The coming of the Yale University
G1ee club at the end of the present
month is being anticipated with not
little pleasure.