Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

ID something in the sou , =, s S,s
There sa |" makes it especially favorable a."
Take thS' ',h and development OF ora
70 the grown 'ns,cal talent. Since Utah
matte anu ,be periods when we ola
was iouD courlshing home organizations
ioys - been few and lar ar, De ,,ttN rs al.
have . Ds choir has been wi'n Us a..
TNoeThaI' NO trust will always remain
w wa lid peseret Drama. .. asso nyo.
the ON ,so nioneers their thea'ricai pro-
gave 'ns many years, and was sue
v .a1sG by the Home prani 1a ,oo. u.s.
eeeasa , y, until the people TOOK i's
when ' ,.oAins man to make Of MN d
s ,", stronger governor On us u' ,,n ~
s'ill $50 ERA companies sprans up III
seyera' Or nd one Of them is with US
~, ,osay, engaged in the pleasua aar as and
. ,asirg 10 the old time standards anu
hO'a i,,g,. and ministering TO our pleas
s,es at the usual stipend Oh "''"
Ssy and board itself 49,. Ana
aas s a. ,ortupate for the public that the
" - iva opera company. principals
sSi' ,Sorus alike, find their remunera,
anu wv ,.o Measure Of their work ana
,u the pride Of keeping muS'' o., a's ,Or
~ . v'y together in the city. But LOT
'la''0n wy would be little likelihood OF
mat ,,, 'n lI,tenlng to such musical treats
w s,ys been accorded in the recent
as "-, Of "Fatlnitza." The puoiie
has given the company generous , sop,
NV, n IS true, but at the reducou
arlcss charged even packed houses can
re,ult in no return that would yield any
.o,, ~ compensation, II those engaged
wer4 Maid the most modest Of salaries
Ths rents the royalties, the costumes
Tho scenery. the orchestra and the al.
yertIsIng all have to be paid Tor. anu
when that is done, what is left Is d.
y,ded no among the forty odd people
wbo rehearse almost daily and nightly
for six weeks to prepare single opera"
Such artists as Mr. Goddard OF MI
Meclenan-who are the only members
with whom music Is a protession-tre-
,,sntlv earn in a night two or three
times the sum they receive for the"
operatlc labors, while II the admirapie
chorus always one of the distinctive
biz features Of the company, had TO DC
hired for so much per singer. the COM
pany would have to rely on quartette
operas or 90 out Of business altogether
There Is some talk next year-if the
present good times continue-of adj
yanclng the prices charged for home
opera up to those asked by ordinary
travelling companies, and the old home
attraetions-th is from one dollar
downward, and Of abolshing the uni
form fiat rate Of % cents at matinees,
when d thousand fashionably attlred
girls and matrons means only a house
counting up $3.50; when this time comes
II ever II does the singers and players
may look for a somewhat better re-
turn for the arduous services they rem
der but until then the public is to be
c0ngratula Ted on the fact that there is
enough public spirit, love OF music and
general good fellowship among princi-
pals and chorus alike, to keep the or
ganization together
Two strong attractions come to the
theater next week, our old friends, How
ard Kyle and Jessie lett. appear in the
play Of Nathan Hale" which IL is al
most needless TO say, is founded on the
life Of the Revolutionary patriot, who.
at the age of "a, gave his life for his
country following them comes Neil
Burgess In THE County Fair for two
I nights.
Iheer has been considerable comment
over the fact that Howard Kyle should
have been able to secure the rights to
Nathan Hale the play written for
and produced BY Nat Goodwin and
Maxine Elliott The facts, as learned
from Mr.. kyles advance agent. seem
TO be these.
CIyde Fitch, the author OF Nathan
nae wrote II for Mr.. Goodwin with
,he understanding that he should pay
a certain percentage as royalty, and
that his rights to il should terminate
s.n1tely II he did not keep 1t regularly
IN hs repertoire and give 1t certain
number OF presentations each week or
non'h' Mr. Goodwin brought out the
pay ana made an emphatic success
81 II az the start, but 1t soon developed
tnat hiss Elliott's role. that OF the
sehoel mistress, Alice Adams, was al.
mos, most as prominent as that Of Nathan
i nae' enacted by Mr.. Goodwin, and as
MISS Elllotts stature Is Ave feet eleven