Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-21

The crush on the News columns to-
day, with the necessity Of going to
press early with various forms Of the
paper, has caused something of q re-
arrangement Of the dramatic and mu'
sIcal columns OF this Issue. The re-
view Of the years events viii be found
ON page "a, while the notice Of Miss
Mannerings performance Of Janice
Meredith will be printed under the
head of "Amusements' in the section
devoted to the news Of the day.
The "NeWs' Is pleased TO be able TO
state that Miss Emma Lucy Gates IS
10 appear in the theatre lelure she
leaves for the east ana that the event
viii be testimonial to her. The
following letter carries It's own eXpla-
Salt Lake CITY Dec "A, 1901
Miss Emma Lucy Gates, Provo Utah'
par Friend KNOWING that you ara
about to take your departure for New
York to accept professional engage
ment, and being DESTROYS that you
should not leave your old home without
receiving from your friends and assoc
dates some manifestation 0t the hlBn'
regard in which they hold you, ana OF
their appreciation Of your rare gllts as
nm artist. we take pleasure IN suggest
ING that you name some date NJ the
salt Lake theatre when YOU VIII accept
n farewell testimonial concert at our
hands and those Of the public at laJBe
Who viii, we ere sure, feel proud TO
take this means Of showing you their
friendship and good wishes.
Assurances already received from
our leading musicians and many others
10 whom the matter has been men
Toned, show that You coud confidently
relv ON sufficient aid 60 make up q
hieh class program for the event, ana
eho,lld YOU have no other plans o COM
nlttee from the underslgn d VIII be
nlensed to undertake the Management
of the necessary details
Very respectfully YOURS, he
her M. Wells Ezra Thollp-
son Chas s. Burton, Chas. w zen
rose. II. G. whitney, n, stephens I -
Mccormick, D, S. Murray, !" = n 3
70. e. Wicks, Theodore Bruback > ~
Fenton A. H. Peabody VIM lgleheart,
SCION spro' J. u. BamborgeH Race
Whitney John S, CntchloW, - u
Raybouid. Henry DlnWoodey, !, A. Benz
ION. j. Il. l.etcher, John ", Dooly. T. H.
tones, II. IA. Dlnwoodey ID. c, Adams
John D. Spencer j, p. Gardner D, H.
Wells, Jr.. j. Barnett S II. Auerbaoh
IT, A. Mccormick A. Hanauer, j. H.
I,eyson co., A. W. Carlson Geo. y
Pyper. Elias A. Smith, Glen Miller, d.
& Spencer. Galloway, Hooclc & Fran
els, j. c. Lynch, James Chipman sam
uel C. Park, Frank Knox, j, w Dom
ollan. {. s. Streyell, John Henry Smith,
A Richter Boyd Park, j. Morltz, Is. r.
Bauer, Spencer Clawson, NJ. II. walker
u. s. Goddard, j, j. Mcclellan,
The thedter win be dark after tonight
TIN Christmas afternoon and evening.
when While Collier comes back to u.s.
Mr. Collier Is 10 play ION the quiet"
the Augustus Thomas comedy In which
he scored so heavily last season, AS
Robert Rldgway, the hero Of the play
he kept New York theater-goers
laughing for six months last year, for
six months, uninterruptedly, 'On the
Quiet" ran at the Madison Square
Theater Years ago Collier was q MEM
Der of the AugustIn DAILY Stock COM
pany. DAILY was the greatest stage
manager our stage has ever seen and 1t
was this tuition which started the
young actor IN the right way Alan
Dale, the well known dramatic writer
Of the New York Journal, says that
Collier should be thanked for proving
TO New York theatergoers that there
Is a lot of FUN outside OF the French
farce from the Palais Royal There Is
nothing IN con the Quiet which could
possibly offend the most particular
Good Judges say that It Is the best
American comedy that has ever been
produced. The construction IS most
gkllful, the lines are sparkling with
wltticlsms and there ls not O single
moment from the first until the final
curtain that there isn't something to
laugh at
Next Monday week, at the Salt Lake
Theater, the playg0lng public viii have
the opportunity of enjoying the long
expected revival Of Henry VIII" with
Madame Modjeska and Louis James as
Queen Katherine and Cardinal Wolsey
Not very long ago Henry VIII had
frequent representation and was one
Of the most popular of the classic
plays, but II Is now somewhat Of nov
city TO the younger generation Man
ayers Wagenhals and Kemper, who
have staged the play, have been ac-
corded enthusiastic praise, general
comment placing this their latest eff
fort entirely on q par with the best