Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23
Special Correspondence.

| Special Correspondence.
New York. February lS--Our little
party of Salt Lakers arrived in Chicago
on Wednesday last. and having a few
days to pass in that busy city. We
consulted the newspapers TO make up
our mind as 10 which one of the many
theatrical attractions we should
| patronize. The name Of Maude Adams
stared at us In big type everywhere
but much to our disappointment We
round that It was simply the advance
booming for L'Aiglon' and that she
| herself would not arrive for another
| two weeks. Mrs Leslie Garter in
| "Iaza' was playing, but as we felt
| that you would have seen her and
| passed on her merits or dement's be-
fore this would reach you, We left her
out OF our calculations and cast our
vote In favor Of our old friend, Francis
Wilson, who was producing his new
opera, THE Monks Of Malabar," at the
beautiful new theater just erected by
Messrs. Hayman and Davis, "The IL
linois.' The house is itself a dream Of
beauty, and Judging from the patron
age II was enjoying. Chicago is thor
oughly In love with It. Mr. Davis, who
by the way is the husband of Jessie
Bartlett Davis, said that they had been
doing enormous business ever since the
house was opened by Julia Marlowe
two or three months ago. Mr.. Davis
SAID his wife was still singing in yaude-
vile, preferring the $1,000 a week
she drew singing few songs
each day, TO the work and
worry Of operate life.
FRANCIS WILSON'S HUMoR.
Francis Wilson bubbles over with fun
as thoroughly as he ever did, His new
opera is hardly up TO the standard of
the old works In which he was seen In
Salt Lake, but as long as he is on the
stage people do not seem TO care much
for anything or any one else His COM
pany is hardly as strong as in the old
days Of "The Lion Tanner" and IL
struck us that he particularly missed
Lulu CHASER, who Is now a star in her
own right, but the company is big, the
girls pretty and the scenery gorgeous,
while Wilson himself as a Frenchmsn,
landed In india who gets into all sorts
of scrapes and assumes all sorts OF
dlguises, keeps the laughter going from
beginning TO end. His manager Mr..
Barney, did not know when Mr.. Will
son might visit the coast again, but
said whenever he did Salt Lake would
not be left out.
AT THE OPERA.
We have only been in New York
few days but there is SO much crowd
ing upon ones notice II is almost inn
possible TO decide what 10 see and what
TO leave unseen. Every theater is do
ing an enormous business, even though
the positive hits are few and far be- |
tween, and even though tens OF thou
sands Of dollars are weekly paid 10 the |
great opera company at the Metropoli- |
tan. or course We made II our business
20 visit that temple Of art early. and |
had the rare pleasure Of listening 10 /
Faust with Saleza in the title |
role, with Media as Marguerite, |
Edouard De Reszke as Mephisto. Scot |
Il as Valentine and Miss Homer |
as Siebol. We took copious notes for |
the purpose OF sending them 10 Pro-
fessor stephens as a possible aid TO
his work in training the choir for its
rendition OF Faust with Sembrich; we
are free 60 say that Mr. stephens Choir
VS. will discount the work We heard on
the stage OF the celebrated opera house
There were probably 80 TO 200 people
in costume but they were by no means
all singers. Somewhat TO our surprise
and disappointment the soldiers Choir
u.s." while 9 magnificent spectacle 70 !