Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-06

GO, saturdays Dramatic Mirror lioar
iSs almost be called mouln'"e
ms, # contained notice OF three
nun NUM- dsaths in the profession; those
n'' r0rrv Morant, Neil Warner ana
N ,s Allrlch. with another sad para
I0''s 20 the effect that George cay
s'1Pn wing at the point Of death IN
yew YORK sanitarlum'
torpy Morant is a name that had al
ho,p forgotten in theatrical CIR
nv 90, in her time, no actress exerted
u'9 A., influence She was a member
~. Great Union Square company
,,,h orpeared in Salt Lake in 1870 OF
W. wa nraeeuting here "The Danlcheifs'
..rso Two Orphans pink pomlnoes
"a o,ber plays. Chas r. Thorne was
'"1 o,ohor of the same company put
'nar his superb work did not over
',aAov that Of Fanny Morant' she
an intimate associate of Davidge'
w.. Gilbert Fanny Davenport, James
Ia.as Sara Jewett and Clara Morris
nos a member Of Augustin DAILY 8
@,oous FIFTH Avenue company before
-. ,oirad the Union Square forces
she mad also played the queen IN
auomlef and Lady Macbeth with Ed
vlp Booth Many years ago she retired
,.or, the stage and married a man
aau,sd Smith, and had ever since lived
or,o,,v in Providence, r. |. Last year
che wen, to England for her health ana
1Iod there Nov. LIST, 1900 Strange to
relate the news of her death has only
inst reached New York.
Nen Warner is the name Of anoths
actor who left a vivid impression upon
onr stage. His great forte was IN de-
lineatlng old mems parts, ana IN the
role of Sir Giles Overreach IN the pay
NJ "a New Way TO Pay Old Debls
his acting fairly electrified not only ms
audience but his associates on the
steee II is one Of the traditions of the
IAN Lake theater that on one occasion
when he was rend aring this part IN
which he was supposed to be STRUCK
with an apopectic III he produced an
fleet Of foamlng at the mouth, ana by
n cunning stage trick he brought upon
his lips necks Of foam stained with red.
He Is made to call for a glass Of water
and II is said that John Kelly, who was
playlng with him at the time really
thought he had been struck with apo
pexy: In his fright he dropped the glass
Of water and'hurried to his aid thinking
he was actually on the point Of dying
Warner played an extended storing
engagement with the old Deseret Stock
company and Is always referred TO by
members OF that association as an ac~
tor OF the rarest gifts.
Louis Aldrich belonged to a later
period, but his rendition In the old
Walker Opera house OF my Partner
with Charles r. Parsoe In the role Of
the Chinaman. is we'll remembered by
the habitues Of the theater Of those
times He made his first great hit IN
playing the parson IN the play OF "The
Danltes." Il was while he was APP
pearing in'that play that Barley Camp
bell saw him and conceived the char
acter Of Joe Saunders, which was to
bring him so much fame and money In
after years In the play Of "My Part
ner" Mr. Aldrich was for years the
president OF the Actors Fund OF
America and il was his zeal, energy and
untlring labor which made II the strong
institution It Is today.
. frhs eatrav, UIp,., - a. fs,,...,..
and the remote chances Of her recovery
4 rust produce a feeling of deep sad
4 ness here where her beautiful work in
\ 80 many notable productions forms one
Of the brightest of our stage memories.
Miss Cayyan was the central figure In
the rare company Of players whom
Daniel Frohman brought together at
the time The Wife and THE Charity
Bal were produced, and when Herbert
Kelley. Henry Miller. Nelson Wheat
croft Mr. and Mrs. Walcot and others
were her fellow players. No stock COM
pany that New York has since produced
mas made the record achieved by the
old Lyceum. Miss Cayvan left II To 20
starring but her venture was not a
success, and this, together with an out.
,'bV'u' assault upon ntl good name
by several newspapers, which were
nhally forced to confess they were in
we wrong, so preyed upon her mind
ana spirits, that her health was crushed.
ana Tor some time she has been slowly
elt surely sinking She is said to be
Almost totally blind, and her mind, as
wen as her body. has become greatly
tnfetbled.
The Tribune on Sunday last, by the
way contained an elaborate obituary
ol MISS Cayyan, stating that she had
passed away. The notice was some
What premature, as the lady was then
living
Loltie Leyy,Kahn has reconsidered
nsr decision to sing at the Salt Palace
next week and "Pinafore" viii there
,efe be rendered without her. Miss
hhlrgin assuming the role Of Josephine.
nun VIII, Of course. do Captain Cor
.oIsn and neadeye will doubtless fail
70 kohnle, Tonight sees the last per-
iofmance Of the "Mikado"