Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-17

Falls, February q; Helena, February
Is; Butte, March !, 2 3 and in Salt Lake
City March !, s. 3, 10.
The most successful OF modern plays
are honest plays. over $500. 600 has been
paid TO see The Old Homestead
which has been done many times in
Salt Lake. The Little Minister Is
now in it's third season. with undimin-
ished prosperity. Barbara Fretchie"
is playing TO enormous business. Ben
Hur" is sold out months ahead
A report is going the rounds OF the
atrical circles, that Blanche Walsh,
who comes TO Salt Lake next week de-
lights to play elsewhere than behind the
footllghts. II is asserted that she won
a handsome sum Of hard cash In a
roulette game at Hot Springs, Arkan-
sas. on her way west, Miss Walsh,
however, Indignantly denies the story.
II was in Salt Lake that Sarah Truax
first demonstrated her ability as an
actress. Since that time she has risen
rapidly In her profession until now II
is reported that she will be financed
by a. syndicate OF Chicago capitalists,
who have great faith in the ability and
drawing powers Of the young actress.
The syndicate is prepared to furnish,
Il is said, an unlimited amount or
money for the enterprise II is highly
probable that the play selected for MISS
Trauxs Stellar debut wiz be 'Mucn
Ado About Nothing" in which she VIII
be seen as Beatrice.
L..
De Witt c. Jennings. well known IN
Salt Lake, where he launched upon ms
theatrical career a few years ago, Is
now playing with Ada Rehan Her run
support is as follows; Eugene Or
monde, George Clarke, White Whittle-
sew. Wilfred Clarke Charles Harbury
De Witt c. Jennings, Foster Lardner
George Warnock, y. 5. Lewis, John
TAYLOR. r. +. Russell, II. S. Piggott, 4:
Hadaway, Clement Hopkins. Mabel
Roebuck. Louise Draper, Margaret
owen. Marion Stuart, Virginia Navarro
and Catherine Yeiser
'Ben-Hur" continues such a success
In New York that II Will likely hold
over next season. Plans looking to this
end are now forming, and In that event
several OF Manager Lifts big produe-
tions that were to have been brought
out al the Broadway will be switched
over TO Chicago. While delaying their
view OF the famous Wallace Young
play Windy City theatergoers viii
have some solace in encountering these
new productions The prospects OF
"Ben- Hrr" being brought TO salt Lake
are so meager as TO make II almost GER
tain that II will never come at all
"Blf' Hall says that w. II. Crane
recently returned a comedy TO an am
bilious author and received the follow
ing cutting reply: THE man who
doesn't know a diamond when he sees
one will never be a Tiffany. The man
who is afraid that other people might
not agree with him viii always DE a
little toad. The only great man is he
who gives public opinion lite initiative
They that demand always follow In the
end him who can command. Heslta-
ton Is the thief OF grand results and
reason the fool OF conscience. The
present school OF dramatic art Is dead,
dead, dead" Mr., Crane is able to be up
and about.
Bernhard many not, after all the pre-
hminary negotiations, be seen with CO.
quelIn in Rostrand's new play. The
work contains the part OF an old SOL
dler. which Is said 10 be wonderfully
suited 20 Coquellns methods. The task
Of persuading the two famous players
10 appear together is said 10 have
proved difficult one reason for this
l.. according 10 the stories told In Paris,
Sarah Bernhardts unwilllngness to
play "Roxane" and Coquelln's deter
mination DOT 20 hand over "Cyrano,"
which was 70 magnlfcently read In the
Congregational church IN this city on
Tuesday night last, 20 a young actor
named Hirsh. who has already played
the role in the provinces with great
success
To settle a dispute as 10 the most ef-
fec,iye form OF advertising Manager
Kirk IaShelle and Comedian Frank
Daniels recently submitted the matter
10 n New York audience witnessing A