The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-11
AmHSements.

Bad weather had no effect on the
mCsic-loving population last night. The
New Grand was filed to its capacity by
the crowd which turned out to hear
another Of Mr.. Held's extremely pop
ular musicales. A feature of the even
ing was the attendance Of the army Of
hoers now at Fort Douglas, who, ac-
eompanied by their wives. occupied the
boxes, which were decorated in ma
tional colors.
The programme included some lSu-
usually fine numbers. Prominent alnoag
them was a clever creation by Dix. en-
titled The Music Critics Dream" It
was suggested that nightmare" would
nave been more appropriate. The Sc
lection began with Annie Rooney"
But as Mr. Held informed us later. the
composition is intended to show how
various cOmpOsers-ChOpin, Beethoven.
Wagner and Mozart among them
would have treated the theme of An
ME Rooney There is no doubt that
in his Representations. Mr.. Dix put the
air in every shape possible and few
others.
The soloists of the evening were en-
Enthusiastically encored. Mr.. Ashworth
sang queen of the Earth" to a poor
satisfactOry-and Mr.. Bryant, the vio-
linist, rendered Bdoskowski's "Sere-
nata. with q gypsy dance for an en-
core. Messrs, Held and Leslie, comets,
were forced to repeat their duet.
The programme closed with q de-
scriptive war number, the Star Span
gled Banner" being the climax. The
audience stood while it was played.
The National Guard minstrels held
their first rehearsal yesterday and have
things well under way for a perform
ance that will surprise the town. 1t is
intended to get the show ready by the
early part of next month and put it
on at the Salt Lake theatre. Bob"
Kenyon is manager and Walter S.
Jenkins musical director.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruno open an engage
ment of four nights at the Salt Lake
theatre tonight in their magnificent
production Of SardoU's Theodore.
The New Grand has an attractive
bill tonight It is "A Female Drum
meT," in which clever tombstone Ben
nett is featured. The advance sale has
been heavy.
Dispa tches from New York tell of
the wreck of the Mathews and Bulger
Might of the Fourth" company in
the following words:
The Mathews and Bulger show,
minus Bulger, has been stranded in
Dallas, Tex, for about a week, show
ing that a kite without a tail won't
fly very high for any considerable pc
riOd of time. Mr.. Bulger has been in
Navv Work for AZ least Eve mr. sly weeks
his part in The Sleeping
Beauty and the Beast at the Broad
way theatre and the travelling organ
ization couldn't get on without him.
1.-THE company, with both Mathews
and Bulger in it, started out at the
beginning Of the season under the di-
rectiOn of George II. Broadhurst and
William CUrrie. But at the very out
set it became apparent that Mr.. Bull
gers services could not be retained
beyond a certain date, for the reason
that he had signed for the big Klaw
& Erlanger spectacle in New York.
Under these circumstances Broad
hurst and Currie held a conference and
concluded to drop the enterprise at the
end Of Mr.. Bulger's definite engage
ment To them, which was to terminate
in Denver. Meantime there appeared
to them Manager Henderson of the
Empire theatre. Denver, who thought
the trade mark Of Mathews and Bulger
would be a profitable Investment, even
without the firuT postscript
Mr.. Henderson agreed to pay a
certain amount of money for the priv
Ilege of taking on the combination at
the end Of Broadhurst and Currie's
possession Of it, and he was duly aC-
After the Denver week a
number Of the actors and actresses
who didn't care to 90 on without Bull
ger, were brought back to New York,
and the remaining entities of the ex-
aibition went their way.
They lasted until Dallas had been
reached, and then were dissipated. Mr..
-urrie, upon learning Of the disaster.
-elegraphed transportation for Mr.. and
Mrs. Mathews sCO come to New York.
out receiving no response concluded /
nat other arrangements had been
made to send them home. They have /
lot been cOnspicuOusly observed along 1
Broadway as yet, however,