The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-23

wearing a large sized Belasco smile
these days, and all on account of the
arrival yesterday of a complete set OF
mechanical lighting properties. Includ-
ed in the list are five thirty drops
each drop containing ninety-six distinct
globes, making a total of 4S0 nights
There are four color circuits OF TWEEN
ty-four lights each. a separate switch
controlling each of the colors. Each
light has its own little compartment,
and the operator is enabled by the up
tO-date mechanism of the ,swltchooard
to blend the colors in a manner that
will be a revelation to local theatre
gOers. There will be early morning sun
rises that will make the chronic round
err reach for his hat and call for hack.
while Mr.. Piper claims that his new
sunsets and twilight effects will stimu-
late proposals beyond computation.
These drops, according to Mr.. Pyper,
are modelled exactly after the pattern
OF Manager BelascO's famous drops,
which are acknowledged to be the best
in use. All of Belasco's mechanical
devices are the result of long study and
costly experiments. as he is known as
crank on the subject. On one switch
board alone he spent $4,000, but as he
goes in more for the artistic success
than the financial, he has the field to
himself.
made a special study of Belasco's prop
critics, and ordered a lot made along the
same lines. In the consignment which
arrived yesterday are bunch lights,
| calciums, stage pockets. forked light
ming, which approaches nature with a
| startling realism, and a new water rip
| pie. Mr.. Piper has also ordered new
footlights which are decided improve
ment over the old. He expects to have
the new props in working order for the
next big show, and when they are
properly installed Salt Lake will have
one of the best lighted theatres in
America. The new drop curtain. for the
Theatre is coming along nicely. Mr..
Bruner. the artist. is making rapid
progress, considering the size of his
| subject.
Held's big minstrel company has done
away with all former local traditions,
and it wiz prove an agreeable bit of
news to theatre goers to know that
/ the entire company will be grouped
upon the stage in the first part. With
/ the musical accomplishments coming
/ from the stage, a much better effect
can be produced The olio. or after
part of the performance, will present
more and better specialties than ever
] before attempted, the various acts con-
! sisting of the Squires quartette, must
/ cal team, mOnOlOSue SpeclalJy, female
/ impersOnator, clog dancers, and a finale
/ by Held's famous military band-one
of the most noted organizations of its
kind west of the Missouri river.
"n TrOvatOre." Verdis great opera
will be presented in concert form al
the tabernacle on Thanksgiving night
Once before only has the experiment OF
giving the real musical numbers of ar
opera for the purely musical enjoyment
/ of the same been tried here. This was
when the Tabernacle choir gave
| Faust" This proved so successful
that Mr.. Stephens has determined upOT
following the same plan in familiarizine
the singers and the public with others
of the great standard operas. 1t is, in
deed. the only way we can get this sort
of music served. The great opera
| companies do not find it profitable K
visit US, and our own splendid singers
may lack histriOnie ability to do JUS
tice to musical tragedy. And, after all
it is the great musical selections in
cluded in each work the public sit