The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-31

preached the theatre. But the door
keeper looked askance at his fraSed
garments and thought of calling an
officer when the figure before him
claimed to be the composer of the
opera being rehearSed within. The in
dignant and disappointed musician
paced up and down the sidewalk half
an hour, when Signor. Mascheponi hap
pened to come to the door. The macs
tro recognized the hasgard young man
and led him within. Two evenings
later, May IL, $780, Mascagni, in i'm
maculate garments, was having his ac-
acknowledgements before the most en-
thusiastic audience ever assembled
within the historic Costanzi. The next
day he was hailed as the foremost
young musician of his time. wherever
the language of opera is spoken. This
success he followed up ~ personally
conquering every European capital and
soon he is to come over to conquer
America
Edwin Milton and Selma Fetter
Royle have been induced by Manager
Ben Stern to leave vaudeville and to
star next season in a new comedy on
the order of Friends" 1t is stated
that the RoyIes have received a sal
airy in the past three years that they
have been in vaudeville over $4,000.
During the three years that Mr.. Royle
appeared in vaudeville he has produced
and written five one-act plays and has
found time to complete a three-act
comedy and a four-act drama. 1t has
not vet been decided in which of these
the Royle's will first appear. Their
starring tour will begin about Nov. 1.
The White Rats are figuring on a
benefit performance in New York. In
casting about for some novelty, the
suggestion has been made that a per-
Torrance of several acts from Julius
Caesar be given by the White Rats
The White Rats are composed almost
entirely of vaudeville performers, and
if they should decide to give the play
there certainly would be something
doing. For instance, the cast has been
figured out as follows: Brutus, Charles
J. Ross; Cassius, James F. Dolan; Jul
ius Caesar. George Fuller Golden; Marc
Antony, Eddie Foy, and so on.
| 1t is the intention of the promoters, if
| they ever try the thing, TO attempt
straight-out legitimate performance,
and one of the rules will be a heavy
fine for any member of the cast caught
| ''guying" The production would be
handled by the White Rats. and in tn Z
.
could be concentrated that might cause
| William of Avon to turn a few flip
| fops in his grave.
Eddie Foy delivering Antony's ora
| ton ought to be worth a trip across
the country to see. and there would be
| other features that would certainly
make it a unique affair.
The crying need of the hour among
managers of big dramatic productions
is a clearing house for chorus girls. For
the last few seasons the demand for
chorus girls has grown steadily heavier,
but never have the managers been
threatened with such famine as this
year. This is not because the girls are
| becoming more scarce, but because pro-
auctions are growing bigger and there
are more of them. No one knows this
better than the girls, and the way they
ignore managerial rights is enough to
start gray hairs by the million. A girl
in the second or third row may be pref
tv well rehearsed, some other manager
offers her place in the front row, or a
line to speak, or her name on the pro-
gramme, and off she goes, contract,
two weeks clause, ETC., forgotten. "A
Chinese Honeymoon is using eighty.