The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-02

SAT- ralaee TINS week, and upon ms
verdict much depends. Not cften does
an organization, carrying Upwards Of
forty people and working under
age enough % pass oy tempting oheTs
on all sides 70 stray from ! t. own Pre-
serves into "a strange iocality, 1.z5o
r1iees from home. where Its reputation
Is set TO De made and on the further
risk of three months stand. 1T is
vcay doubffuI that Susie Kirwin. the
clpFer young prop -ietOr. oVerseer,
STAGE director. prima donna aud-What
moi - came here under such ctrcuu-
stances and conditions without the
safeguard usually accorded hrst-elass
aGsrC gations-a written guarantee
and IT that it is an open question
whether any contract c8uld have been
closed between the organization and
the salt Palace but Tor the prestige
attached 10 Manager MulVeyS name.
cine latter is makins @ venture. the
o. tc0me of which no ore has chosen.
TO predict. because it S so uuheard of
in this community. The company is
here. The question is. can it remainy
The salt Palace must face competition,
as in former seasons ana the opera
company must in q way, Of course,
look 20 the palace for It's custom and
support But. in-realityi 1T would seem
chat the success or fl n1re OF the enc
terDrise largely dependS on the COM
pauy ITSELF and its power and ability
tp T4ease. flf the public were as con
-bdcut as Manager Mulvey that the
happiest results viii obtain, there
would surely be no question about it,
The c0mpgay's recommendation are
Of the highest Ut is the offspring Of
the famous wilbur Opera company.
which for something like twenty-five
years has been considered one Of the
hign-standard operate organizations
rt me east. and which Is now playing
- he fafr rf
FIiladeirhia, 'rne co1npaUy has oeen
on Soc road SIX Ve0rs and has never
kne.Wp q losing day. II has a chorus
~ thirty voices. carloads Of stage
auT one Of % score OF operas on one
hours lfotice. These are faets, fur
Ifshed by The management which form
the basis Of the cOmpany's bid for
Support I'm salt Lake,
. q e
While talking win Miss Kirwip a
couple of days ago, just as she mad
efuerged frop1 "a sewing bee in progress
in che old Salt Palace restaurant--.
said bee Having under consideration
the lining ana scanning Of diverse cos
fuWes FOR 'Said Fasna, an Of which
v ork is CONDUCTED by AIiss JIirwin-
She REmed oVer the operas to De pre-
seuted ct the salt Palace providing
the comUany.s engag cement Of three
months is carried To completion. As
nave been deme here quite recently by
the salt Lake Opera company, while
.0tleerE iH the l0t are entirely new TO
Sflt Lake Grand opera is also on the
menu. Here IS me list
said -Pasna. TocBccio-
Mascot. OlfNette
The Grand Ouch Fra DiavoIo.
ess Bohemian Girl.
The Royal Niddy Two Vaga'oOnds.
Carmen Chimes of Nor
l.f1f ar
cana. Queens L &C
NeB Gws al. 5andkerchief
Faust Jack and the
y ignc1 Bean-StaIk
Lsiuafore. Black Hussar.
The Circus clown. Madame Favart-
Fake. Ctirohe-CiroIfa-
Mikado
Providing all these operas are sung /
az rhe rate Of Lwb each week the COM
pauy'S eugal- sruent of twelve weeks I
VIII just have beea completed. 1t is /
certainly a repertoire for any Orgauiza- {
tion to boast of. and Continued Miss I
ISir1vin, the beauty Of it is that we 4
o0 srard opera quite as well as the /
lighter things. Our. company is more /
like "A happy family than q travelling (
9rgaId1atiOn. Ny people work tOgeth- /
en- iu everything they do and>we reap {
DE benedt of thai communion and I
olvsitipssEe are al so'proud of Our +
policy has always been 70 push for I
ward our b0Ss ard girls. We have (
not in SIX years gone outside our own I
ranks for agprincipal. but just as soon {
as any member ui the chortis deserves 4
the recognition. he Or she is given a I
other one thing attribute much of
the success Of the company"
Tor this very reason, perhaps. salt (
Lake win not recognize any familiar I
names IN the cast Aside from Mr.. I
l<ohule who played a comedy part in 4
Eeeking melOdranlf5- called "A Barrel /
of money about ten years ago, there Z
is not member Of tbe company who (
has ever appeare-t.in salt Lake Miss 7
Nirwn heads the cast she and Miss i
AiIuora BaAarn alteEnating fu prina
donna roles. Miss lille Taylor, sis y
ter by the gaSc % Mamie Taylor Of /
She Brass Monkey company. for I
whom Use f9mous fMamie Taylor (
drink was called sings coEtralto parts. (
Forrest Huff is the baritone. j. r. ABB I
bott TIE IenOr and w H. kOhnle, 4
George Auzzy and w. TT. AIcGraw the /
comedians carl Barton, who was with
jules Grau for time IS the musical 4
director. Besides these principals the &
company has q number Of specially +
ueople among whom is Ed Reader with +
bis illustrated songs.
The young women Of the chorus are !
said to be a fine looking lot Miss Eir- I
win declares that she Is the only WON 4
am in the company over the age Of p.
Cissie Cecilia Lotus in Boston late
Iy enjoyed the distinction of being the Z
most expensive chaser ever used dur
ing the supper hours when theatres /
are nearly en1pty- AIiss Lotus first (
venture as an actress in the vaude-
Vile theatres was i'm little play called .
"The NfVaudiere- This failed So ig-
unanimously al Keiths theatre that
Mv. Keith. who is paving Miss LOftuS /
q salary of only 81 600 g. week. begged
her To return &c sher in1itations-the [
one specimen OF her Talent which the
public clamors 90 see But accord
ing to her contract Miss LOTUS had
ldr. Keith hard and fast She had I
been engaged TO produce onc-act (
play. not her specially, and Is she de-
clared THAT she was trying 70 get away
from limitations she must act play or
nothing Making the best Of bis bad I
bargain, Dir. Keith then insisted thatf
She should change the play ITO this
bliss Lotus agreed. She produced [
tCndime' one-act fairy story which
bored 4Ir. Keiths sBostonian clientele
worse than THE Vivandiere" had the
New Orkers. After its second per ,
formauce Afr. keith notified Miss LOT
tus that for the rest or her engagement.
instead Of being the star feature of the
bin, she would be obliged to act her
play at O'Clock ia the afternoon and z
6 O'clock in the eyening-two hours
Vhel Bostonians are thinking of beans /
rather than OF vaudeville Naturally /