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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15
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Run your eye down the list of star
actors and actresses, or the cast in
dramatic play bill, and you viii find
on small ratio of names that are
lmous for prOhigacy- The time
WneL- individual disgrace was ac-
counted a valuable asset in the show
business is past and gone. Almost all
the eminent persOnages of the Ameri-
can stage are of good character. The
moral average of the dramatic profess
sion is as high as that of the legal
or the medical. The steady gain in
this regard has had much to do with
the advancement in the art of acting
The recruits during the past decade
have been overwhelmingly by young
men and girls of good rearing and edu-
cation. Culture has become common
back of the theatrical curtain. Ladies
and gentlemen are in such a heavy ma
Jority there that the less seemly mi
nority is generally dominated by the
prevailing politeness. A writer in
Everybody's Magazine makes those
points on behalf Of the theatrical pro-
fession, and quotes the late John Gil
bert thus:
'One reason why I think we actors
are becoming gentlemen is that we
treat actresses as ladies. Forty years
ago profanity was the ordinary thing
behind the scenes. Twenty years ago,
even in as well-conducted a theatre
as Wallack's, there had to be placards
forbidding it, Nowadays. no such rule
needs to be displayed. Why, 1 utter
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witness HQyt's greatest farce, "a Tex
as Steer" which is the first Offering
at the Salt Lake theatre and which
is still under the management and per-
sonal direction of our old townsman,
Harry Emery. "a Texas Steer is per-
haps the most laughable satire on
American politics. The story is familiar
to all play-goers. 1t opens in Texas
with the election of Maverick Brander,
the cattle king, to congress-, which
comes about while he is away from
home and without his knowledge or
consent. The Brander family is next
seen in Washington, where, eventually
the Texans overcome the cattle ranch
customs of by-gone days. The climax
of the farce is the visit in Washing
ton of Messrs. Yell. Brag and Blow of
Texas on important legislative mat
terS, the dinner they attend at the
Brander mansion and the pastime of
shooting up the place in which they
engage.
There are more laughs in "a Texas
Steer" than in half the comedies on
the road.
O @ IS
''F'lorodora," with its famous pretty
maidens, is advertised to be seen at
the Theatre the last half of the week.
Sending a company of nearly 100 peo-
pie on tour across the continent in a
special train is perhaps the most ex-
penSiVe theatrical venture ever under
taken in this country. John G. Fisher
and Thomas w Ryley. owners and
producers of "F'lorodora" in America,
have seen fit to make it. The COM
pany is to fill a months engagement
at the Columbia theatre, San Fran
cisco, and travel from New York all
the way to the Golden Gate and re-
turn in a special train of seven Pull
man coaches
Of course, other large companies, like
those of Sarah Bernhardt and Henry
irving, have Travelled in the United
States by special train, but never on
such a comprehensive scale as the
movement of this "Florodora" com
pany. The first big jump was from
Saratoga, N Y, to Omaha. with Dem
yer next in line. and then Salt Lake
These long jumps were necessary at
the start to take ''Florodora'' to San
Francisco in time to open its engage
ment- The company will return oyer
the southern route.
The company carries three of the
original pretty maidens and the prima
donna. Miss Dudley. is the same who
succeeded Edna Wallace Hopper last
summer during "Florodora' s. run at
the Casino. There are also a half
dozen musicians with the organization.
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The recital at the tabernacle yester-
day was attended by about $500 peo-
pie, among whom were the members of
the Texas Press association. The sol
emnity of the season was not marred
by the event. Professor Mcclellan
changer his programme so as to make
II more or less of q sacred nature. He
began with Handlers Largo" follow
ing with Chopin's Funeral March"
and Lemare's "Andantino," and con-
Guiding with The Star Spangled Ban
ner- The spoptaneity with which the
audience arose and stood with bowed
heads during this rendition was un-
usual The organist brought the selec-
ton to close with a grand Amen
on the voX humane pipes and for al
most minute the silence was intense
No demonstrations were permitted
during the course of the recital.
The quarJette'S numbers were
Lead Kindly Light" which was one
of President McKinley's favorite
hymns, and 4 Need Thee Every Hour =
The quartette was composed of
Messrs. Goddard and Piper and Misses
Clark and Ferrin.
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more oamns in one performance of Sir
Peter Teazle than 1 hear in a year
from actors in their personal conversa-
ton with actresses"
The same writer's contention is that
the stage is not, in any general way.
demoralzing to those connected with it
Few of the disreputable women en-
gaGed in acting got their wickedness
at the theatre. Most of them were So
cial OutCasts before thew became &C.
tresses. They degraded the stage
Moreover. the daughters of actors. born
10 and reared in the glare of the foot
lights, hardly ever contribute to the
scandals which, to indiscriminate read
ers of the news Of the day. seem to
chardctertze pretty nearly all players
The exploits in infamy are chiefly those
of women whose reDute was bad be-
fore they ever entered theatre by the
stage door. The fragrant misbehavior
IS commonly among the singers and
dancers employed meretriciously. or at
least indecorOusly, in comic operas and
eXtraVaganZas, where we can hardly
expect to see public viciousness accom-
panied by private virtues. 1.-The cast
OF such pieces" EverybOdy's writer
says, ARE largely registers of social
eViI In justice TO those who live cir
curnspectly there should be plain
speech about those who do not
The author of "Petticoats and Ravo-
nets the new play in which Wagon
halS and Kemper are soon to launch
arthur Byron as a star, is no longer a
mystery. It is not the work of Bron-
son Howard. Gus Thomas or that of
any OF the celebrated dramatists, as
many of the wiseacres have guessed,
but OF Asa NJ. Steele. a literary light
OF Philadelphia and at present an I'M
known quantity in stageland. The
tecnnlcaI knowledge of stagecraft, of
which there is said to be ample evil
dence in the manuscript of s'Petticoats
and Bayonets.' he is said to have ac-
quired by serving a two years appren-
tlceship as an actor in the Girard Ave
nue. stock company in Philadelpbia
Mr. Steele is said to have had the
usual struggles in getting this. his first
play, accepted. He waited until no
thence was exhausted and finally turned
the play into a novel, which v-as
promptly accepted by one of the
monthly magazines. Mr.. Steele is not
permitted to give the name of the
periodical, but it is understood that II
VIII appear in the November or De-
Semoer number and continue in serial
form. When the play is presented
however, II viii probably be no easv
matter to convince the public that II Is
not dramatized novel. That the pIav
has landed with publisher. manager
author.
William H. West has been deIvins
lately into all sorts of forgotten lore
bearing upon his professionally has
discovered the origin of the bones
IN which the end men delight and from
which they are the only living beings
who can get any music West cIain9s
tnat they were the invention of the
Cninese emperor Fou Hi the First
Who ilVed at what Olive Logan called
the 'wake-and-c alI-me- early neriod
OF 346S b. c. The minstrel uoaenats
beWails the lOwneSs of public taste n
America shown by the public indiffer-
snce as 70 the composition of the
TO the nicely of taste shown bv the
before mentioned Fou Hi. who had his
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made from the right shanks of babies.
and insisted that the said babies must
come from good families and be spe-
ciaIly and neatly assassinated for this
express purpose. Mr. West admits,
however, that his present large bust
ness might fall of if it were general
believed his end men obtained their
instruments in the ancient Chinese
manner.
The attractions billed for the local
houses this week are subject to COZ
ditions-
When President Garfield was assas-
sinated, if the memory is accurate, the
theatres of the entire nation remained
closed until after his burial Whether
or not this will be the effect of the
direful tragedy at Buffalo may not be
known until tonight or tomorrow morn
ing. Local managers are awaiting the
action of eastern managers.
Mr.. Pypsr said yesterday that he
would be governed to some extent by
what word comes from New York, but
the opening of the Theatre would
largely depend on the managers Of the
attractions billed.
''Of course we have contracts which
we are. bound to fill if the attractions
rake the demand upon US" said Mr.
Piper, and at this time it is impossi-
BILE to make any definite announce
ment. We remained open Friday night
on the strength of a dispatch from
Daniel Frohman. saying the New York
theatres were running. The president
was then alive. What will be the eff
feet of the later announcement a few
hours time will probably determine
Manager Mulvey, who called OFF the
performance at the New Grand upon
receipt of the first word of the presi-
dents dying condition, expressed him
self similarly.
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felt as eager as if I were about to ap-
pear in the part for the first time
g g g
Miss Spong has a mascot in the form
OF an apron, to which she attributes
her stage successes and her bright
prospects for the future.
Don't trouble about the apron"
said Miss Spong to Daniel FrOhman,
when he was discussing the costumes
for Lady Buntworth's Experiment.
I have one of my own that will an
sWer-One that has faced the fOotlights
many times and Travelled more than
$4,000 miles with me-"
This apron Miss Spong wears as the
cook in Cartons comedy. It is a nice,
clean working apron. simply, but it
has little history. The actress found
1t some years ago when she was trav-
cling through New Zealand. combining
business with pleasure, visiting lakes,
volcanoes and the various show places
of the land She was playing in IAN
Unequal Match of which her father
was manager, and one day while walk
ing by the river accompanied by her
mother, they saw a bright-eyed peas
ant girl, wearing a white apron, stand
ing in the doorway of cottage. There
is the very apron you need for Hester
exclaimed the actress mother Chester
is the name of the character Miss
Spong portrayed in the play). The pres
ent Lady HuntwOrth offered the girl
good price for the garment, which
was declined But L shall be happy
to give it to you" she said, simply
Then she confided to Miss Spong that
she had been to the theatre in the viii
lage the night before and so had recog-
nized Hester off the stage A bargain
was made and in return for the home
~ apron the actress sent to the young
girl the prettiest jacket she could find
in the shops Since then the apron
has crossed and recrossed three of the
five oceans. has been to Australia
Great Britain and the continent and
many miles in the United States. Miss
Spong never leaves IL behind. It has
always brought her luck she says, and
on no account would she permit the
curtain to go up without having it in
her possession Once in Her Majestys
theatre. Sydney. New South Wales, it
had not 1een returned from the laun-
dry and the performance was held I'M
til the valuable talisman had been
handed to it's owner. When this inter-
esting piece CT wearing material be-
comes too old for service Miss Spong
says she viii carry it in her treasure
box. in which are her jewels and into
which the dollars have been rolling ever
since this mascot first came into her
possession.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15

Henrietta Crosman has decided to
abandon her project to do Twelfth
Night" and will instead be seen this
season in a big production of AS You
Like It" It is a weIl-known fact that
Miss Crosman contemplates a Shakes
perean production every year Start
ing of with las You Like It she is
much more apt to score a brilliant sue
cess than with Twelfth Night" as at
first purpOsed. This change of plan
was decided by Maurice Campbell. Miss.
C-osman's manager, last week, and the
general opinion seems to be that the
change is for the better. although Miss
S s5,n stiIl intends to produce
twelfth Night at some future time.
Judging from Miss CrOsman's perform
ance In Mistress Nell" and her anti
tude Tor that style of comedy. she
should make most brilliant Rosalind
This at least seems to be the cOncen-
sus or opinion. and many of the ORA
matte writers in commenting upou
Miss Crosman's coming appearance as
Rosaiind have already taken it for
granted that she will score a brilliant
success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15

Another American actor has been
"booed" in London. According to the
cable, William Gillette, who opened at
the Lyceum theatre in Sherlock
Holmes, had great expectations to
meet. but he answered them with the
exception of a persistently violent gal
lery that interrupted the performance
during every act by "booing."
Down stairs the verdict was that the
play is finished melodrama. save
for some commonplace business in
Moriarity's underground office
Mr.. Gillette, after standing motion
less for six minutes while a part of
the gallery roared its insults and the
other portions of the house aDDlauded.
said:
DIR. Doyle is absent and in a safer
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Jane Oaker has been engaged as lead
ing woman for Arthur Byron in pet
ticOats and Bayonets," in which he is
to begin his starring career in Boston
next month. Miss Oaker was here last
season as leading woman of the James
Kidder com animation.
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THE WEEK AS BILLED.

THE WEEK AS BILLED.
With two well known attractions
one from association, the other from
reputation-billed for the Salt Lake
theatre this week, and the Wilbur-Kir-
win company, temporarily and COM
fortably housed at the New Grand, the
theatrical season may be said to be on
in earnest. There is farce comedy,
operate comedy and plain vaudeville
and minstrelsy from which to select.
@ @ 9
It will be a pleasure to once again
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15

John Dunsmure. for the last two sea-
sons the basso of the Bostonians, has
the leading role of the Duke of Bur
gundy in Princess Chic" He will have
the opposite part to Marguerite sylvia
the prima donna of the company. The
song, War is a Bountiful Yade," will
be sung by Mr.. Dunsmure in this
opera.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15

The Jewish New Year was celebrated
yesterday by a special musical service
with an augmented choir under the
erection OF Mrs. Kate b. Anderson.
I mere VIII De very fina--ousical pro-
ment, Sept. %
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15
SMALL TALK.

J. H. Gilmour, who was Maud Adams
leading man last season in 'L'Aiglon,"
has been engaged to support Grace
George. There are three leading men
in the play in which she opens her
New York season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15

Lovers Lane" promises to be one
of the most valuable of William A
Brady's properties. 1t broke all Au-
gust records, musical and dramatic, at
the Metropolitan opera house, Mime
apolis, last week. At both matinees
the orchestra was crowded under the
stage, with the thermometer register
ing over 80 degrees.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15

At st. Mary's today, Miss Lottie
owen VIII sing Angels Ever Bright
and Fair" by Handel.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15

Miss June Mathis viii be in Salt Lake
1nursday, accompanied by her moth
81 Mrs W. ID. Mathis. The 14-year-old
star is on her way to Chicago. where
She begins a tour of the Keith circuit
IN ner one-act sketch. Her appearance
IN san Francisco, to which The Herald
mas previously referred, was verita-
! ne tIluInph. The critics We're very en-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15

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STAMPS. Don't forget to ask for them
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Yesterdays ORGAN RECITAL.

which will enlarge the Theatre or
chestra TO fifteen pieces.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-15

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place. L have tried to present the char
acter he created without much damage
ana IN the praise tonight there is
enough left for me. I feel I am among
friends
The extravagant scale on which
FRANK l.. Perley is arranging to pro-
duce the lyric comedy, THE Chape-
rons. rehearsals of which are now In
progress, shows that Mr.. Perley will
endeavor to excel his previous efforts
with the Nelson Opera company. From
All reports, the company, which is to
oe known as Frank L. Perley's Come
dams, will have nearly 100 people. in
Guiding a special orchestra, and win be
the equal in musical and singing
strength OF an operate company IN
fact, The Chaperons'' is described as
a comedy produced on operate lines
with orchestrated numbers, a chorus
OF sixty voices and a cast of thirty
TWO speaking and singing parts.
Miss Sallie Fisher OF Salt Lake is a
member of the company.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-20
THE PROMENADE
AND REVELS
How the Merry Maskers Marched,
Danced and Gayly
Fiirted.

Ihe scene at the moment the Prince
and his lovely Princess descended the
steps leading from the stage to the
dancing floor was one of Kaleidoscope
beauty. The scintillatins lights dane
ing from hundreds of swaying electric
globes, mingling with the waving
streamers of flags, bunting and color
blending all the hues of the spectra
made a bewitching scene unrivaIed in
all the previous fetes given in the Ha-
Wallan Islands. Not only did the Prince
and Princess Carnival deign TO add
their presence to the reveis of the mid
night merry maskers, but a Queen.
once a reigning monarch in the Para
disc of the Pacific, was there in ali the
regal dignity obtained upon q real
throne For the nonce she was outdaz-
zled by the splendor of the two young
people who stood upon the dais where
the two thrones reposed, solemn re-
minders of the days in Hawaii when
kings and queens ruled Liliuokalani,
once queen of all HaWaif. smiled upon
the Prince ana Psfaee.ss as they eame
upon the floor and the eyes of the
young Princess, in name only, sought
those of her who vas once her ruler.
the stage on the same side of the palace
as the thrones. IT was a pretty box.
covered with red bunting which was
partly concealed by the folds of the
Royal Standard of Hawaii. once the
coat-of-arms of all the reigning mon
archs. 1t was beautiful Crown flag.
made of silk, upon which were en-
blazoned in pale white the kahili sticks.
Another flag, the national Hawaiian
ensign, was draped under the Crown
standard and presented d picturesque
appearance Her Majesty was attired
in heavy garnet silk. worn decollete.
Around her neck was a magnificent
necklace of diamond sunbursts.
Amid the blare of the trumpets the
carnival trumpeters. attired in court
costume. the Prince and Princess, ac-
companied by the master of ceremon-
les, slowly and with regal grace led the
procession around the palace and
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mounted the throne. A dense crowd O
onlookers, beautifully dressed womer
and handsome men in the boxes greet
ed their highnesses and a storm of ap.
plause swept over the multitude But
the magnificence of the Prince an6
Princess was forgotten soon in the in
tent gaze upon the merry, revelling
throng which followed in their wake
Kaleidoscope, a moving picture of col
or, in which gaiety, fun-loving and
mystery combined to create a carnival
of pleasure never to be forgotten by
Honolulans, the gay throng passed in
review before the throne. There were
testers, foliies, flowers of every descrip-
tion, Dusty Willies, Dromios. Pierrots,
Witches, Papa Itas and Mama Itas,
Nights, Mornings, Shows, army and
navy officers, deminos galore butter
lilies. ladies of the Directory period in
great picture hats. powdered hair and
STATS. clowns, monks, types of nation
alltles, Chinese, Boxers, convicts. Flor
entine gentlemen, Japanese ladies,
Spoons, Indians, Brahmins, Summers,
Gainsboroughs, Spanish Chevaliers.
flower girls. Spanish beauties. Torea-
dors. ANY Old Thing" sports darkies,
Highland chiefs. Tassos, brides and
bridegrooms, Daughters of the Revolu-
ton, Annexations, trumpeters, men
dressed as ladies and vice versa Hith-
er and thither, mixing round and round
the hall, they moved, causing such a
jumble Of colors as to almost tire the
eyes.
To the strains of martial music with
the blare of trumpets sounding above
the melody. the jewellers marched and
countermarched. As they came before
the throne dais where the distinguished
rulers sat as if to the manor born, they
steppets and Paid their respects &c
them. The knee was hended In subiec-
tion to their Highnesses, who returned
a courteous salutation. a smile played
constantly upon the lips of the Prince
and the dark beauty of the Princess
lighted up with sincere pleasure as she
returned the obeisances. The master
of ceremonies was here. there and
everywhere, and guided the long line
of maskers in the intricate mazes of
the grand march. The Jester, whose
dignity forbade him to mix with the
plebeian throng upon the floor. stood
at the elbow of His Highness and for
every word of gracious saiutation
which passed the lips of the royal
guests the jester burlesqued it in
quaint language.
Suddenly as the march became faster
and faster and the throng became more
and more joyful and filled with the
pleasure of the hour, the wand of the
master of ceremonies shot into the air
and the music fell into the measured
steps of the lancers. Then came the
fun. The maskers We're as yet to each