The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-21
aL2l Music

IT He announcement in last Sundays
Herald that Miss June Mathis was
about to enter upon a dramatic
career, with every respect of success,
was read with great interest by the
many friends of the little actress in
Salt Lake.
There is more good news to tell of
this l4-year-Old girl According to a
letter written BY her father, ". y.
Mathis. from San Francisco, Manager
Archie Levy OF the Pacific Coast The
atrical exchange made a proposition to
take the girl and bring her out. He
wanted her parents to sign q five years
contract Undsr which the girl would be
earning handsome income, and at the
end of that time Levy guaranteed to
have her at the head OF one of the
leading theatrical organizations Of the
country.
This proposition Mr. Mathis would
not consider. Mr.. Levy then signed the
girl for the longest season her parents
would consent UO-thirty-hVe weeks.
She mgde her debut at San Jose, Cal,
last night. From there she goes to sew
eraI California towns, including Sacrd-
ineiitO aud Stockton. for short engage
ments. Aug. 5 she heads the bill at the
Orpheum in san Francisco, her engage
ment there being of four weeks duca-
ton She also has four weeks at Los
Angeles and then starts east playing
Chicago and New York City From the
metropolis the girl viii play back To
San Francisco over the northern route,
taking in all the important cities. she
viii use but the one act described last
Sunday. on this eXtens5 . tour
M Levy has uubOW4ded faith in the
young WOman's future. Her friends
here will watch her progress with great
interest.
Julir Dean. the WelI-knOWn salt
Lake girl. won beauty contest in san
Francisco few days ago. The Los
Angeles Capital has this to say OF ltt
FLORENCE stone is the handsome and
capable young player who has been at
the san Francisco Grand opera house
for the past few months, and has made
& great hit i'm san Francisco. In 19cF
Florence Stone came within an ace Of
carrying off the prize for popularity
offered lay the san Francisco Dramatic
Review. ana the contest for which
closed saturday. But she didn't quite
CAPTURE u-f0T there was one other
who proved the more popular, and that
IS our own lizzie Julia Dean of the NELL
company Julia Dean has been the
idol of the san Francisco girls ever
since they saw her in the 'Amazohs,
and declare she Is the cutest boy in al
staeedorn Half the votes. tits 81 ID
came from the Observation-Disclosures gl-ls.
There are other stories Dack OF the
victory of Miss Dean Tt is said that
all the actors in Frisco who met her
bought up all the Reviews they could
md. and had extra editions printed so
that they could vote for her. Then,
too MT Neil is game. and when II
came 70 a show down last week ms
representative was right on hand, and
Reviews We're captured right of the
press. and ballots with the ink still wet
were turned into the Dean box by the
hundreds All of whicE may or may
not be true. but one thing IS true, and
that is that Miss Julia Dean is the most
popular OF the actresses whose names
appeared in the Review list When II
was announced at the REHEARSAL of the
NELL company on Monday that MISS
Dean won FIRST place in the contest,
Lillian Andrews, that l0vable and capa-
ble character actress, told the little
group of listeners about the similar
contest which took place just twenty
two years ago in San Francisco II
which she won the prize for popular
1ty."
lor Carnival week the Wiibur-kir-
-vin company has some novelties IN
store. Ii VIII f0TsaSe the even tenor or
SIS way and leaving opera out or the
programme entirely VIII present OIL
of speefaIties all week In reality the
performance viii be a minstrel snow IL
opens with the customary first part.
for which a beautiful setting Wll De
provided 8Ir Han Wit be the inter-
locutOr AIessrs. KOhnle and Mct5raaW
will be On the encs, the otner prime
pals VIII STAG and the chorus glIls.
Al bright new costumes, viii MI out
fhe soIoists' row. making altogether
striking picture and a good chorus