Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-29

tain two losses when may DC per-
nanent and may be temporary, but
which in either case cannot help being
severely felt. one is in our vocal and
the other our instrumental circles. Mr.
IL S. Goddard. whose accomplishments
as teacher singer and member Of
the local opera company, have given
him a reputation throughout the state
of very distinguished character, has
decided on going TO that Mecca Of all
musicians, Berlin, after the close Of the
next season here. He intends leaving
early next spring and will be gone az
least two years, perfectng himself In
music and studying the German Ian
guage. At the end Of that time he VIII,
II opportunity presents itself. sing in
German opera; II not. he will return
home and reopen his studio, Mr.. God
dard has been very successful in his
profession here, and the competence he
has laid by. will enable him to take his
wife and son with him, and to enter
upon an advanced course Of study in
his profession
The instrumentalist who Is about to
leave us Is Mr. Arthur Shepherd, who
after a very successful experience in
Salt Lake as a teacher Of the plano,
will return TO Boston, where his educa~
ton was acquired, 10 still further per-
feet himself in the study Of music. Mr..
Shepherd will leave at the end oi
August, and as In the cas- Il Mr..
Goddard, his stay Will depend upon cir
Cumstance. II Is not generally known
though some Of his musical friends
have long been aware Of the fact, that
Mr. Shepherd Is the author oi num-
Der Of plano compositions; none Of them
have been published but musicians,
both here ana IA boston, nave bestowed
praise upon them Of so enthusiastic
character, that in the case Of any one
whose position was less firmly estab-
llshed II might sound eXtrayagant.
Those who know of what Mr. Shepherd
Is capable both as performer and a
composer, however, can well believe
that his work is not of the ordinary
class. Some of his old teachers in B0s-
ton, 20 whom his compositions have
been submitted have urged him to re-
turn there where he could obtain Wild
er audience, and possibly with a view
TO publishing some Of his works.
The progress Of both Mr. Goddard and
Mr. Shepherd win be followed with
more than friendly interest by the wide
circle OF Salt Lakers who have received
enjoyment and instruction from them
In the past, aud who have felt a pride
Inc laimlng them loyal sons Of Utah.
Few things could be more pleasant
these summer evenings than a visit to
the Salt Palace, Last. night the roomy
theater was half filled even while the
races were going on, and at their con-
cluslon two or three hundred people
came In and listened to the remainder
OF the opera, which on race nights Is
not commenced till o'clock, "lsoc-
cacclo' was the bill, and its charming
strains were thoroughly enjoyed and
applauded, Suppe as at his very
best in this delightful work, and not
even his "Fatlnitza" or his "Trip TO
Africa has a more bewitchIng waltz
strain than that to be found in the
ladies trio so prettily led by Miss Hal
lam This young lady continues stead-
ly TO mount In public favor and last
night she was rewarded with some
hearty demonstrations The tenor, Mr..
Abbott, too, despite his eXpressioness
manner sang his song in good voice
and was given an encore. The coopers
chorus, led by Mr. Kohnle, was also
well done and had recall, while the
beautiful flnales we're well worked up
on every ones part except the male
chorus which needs going through with
a scythe. Miss Kirwln did some good
singing, and Mr. Hun hardly had
enough TO do In the vocal line to please
his admirers. "BoccacciO' goes for the
last time tonight.
Next week the ever popular "Mikado'
will be the bill; 'Kohnle's "Ko-KO'
should be well worth seeing
Manager Piper has received positive
word from Henry Miller that he will
call at Salt Lake on his return from
the northwest lie closes I'm Los Ange-
les tonight, and then jumps to Portland,
Seattle and Tacoma. II is uncertain as
TO whether he will remain one or two
nights here. II one, 'DArcy of the
Guards will be the bill; Il two, "The
Importance OF Being Earnest will also
be rendered.
Preceding Mr. Miller's engagement,
however, comes Blanche Bates on Aug
ust 9th. Miss Bates opened In San
Francisco last Monday night in Under
Two Flags" and the town Immediately
proceeded to go Wild over her and her
play The following are two press eX-
tracts:
The Chronicle says:
blanche Bates came home to US as q
star last night, and there will not be
any difference Of opinion among the
first nighters who crowded the Column
bia theater as 10 her complete success
in Cigarette. She had her education
here and II was perhaps the hardest
task she has yet had 20 Justify her place
before people who had been so familiar
with her work In n stock company, and
not so long ago. That she did so most
emphatically was only so much the
more Of a triumph. She carried the mel
odrama with its nine tableauX. its great
variety Of rapid and hard dramatic
work with an energy and a spirit that
never tagged and her alterations or
mood which are violent and sudden all
through the play were so surely taken
that the performance established her
possession Of singularly true and GER
tain dramatic instinct
"The play was from the Ouida book
"Under Two Flags which has been
dramatlzed a great many times and
always, up til now, without any great
success, All its previous adapters have
been carried away by the tempting
smooihness Of Ouida's verblage, and the
result has always been long, prosy and
tedious speeches and dramatic action
that has had to halt while they were
spoken. This version cuts the story
down 10 the bone and takes some lib
critics with IT, But II is In consequence
a constantly exciting and picturesque
melodrama which does not once sug-
gest the literary character OF its origin
II Is up 20 date. too and has illusions
20 the Klondike and other things OF
modern significance. but after all there
are always troubles in Algeria, and II
does not matte whether it is today or
yesterday.
David Belasco "a something OF a wiz
ard His Instinct In stage presentation.
as well az his judgment Of actors and
actresses. Is almost lnfallible. The de-