The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-29

I Powers broke into London society last
spring. as related by the New York
Just before I came away" said the
! comedian, in relating it, "a friend of
mlne-rather an aristocratic sort of
| chap-cailed on me and said:
Jimmie. / feel I have not done my
duty to you on this trip; you have Sc
/ questered yourself too much. Now to-
night am going to introduce you to
some OF the Upper Ten. Here's a card
Tor a reception at the duke Of Is
don't mention the name of the
duke" continued Powers, because this
is an absolutely true story.
/ Wen, OF course, I was much pleased
I by the invitation. We were ushered
( into a magnificent house and passed
= through several rooms which were lined
with family portraits and funkies. It
/ was awe-inspiring, I assure you I
! never felt my smallness so much be-
/ fore. At last we reached an immense
/ room which was full of people. There
/ was platform at enc end of it, but
J before L could get my bearings his
/ grace came forward and shook me BY
the hand.
He set me at my ease in an instant,
/ and we stood there chatting for five
/ minutes. Then his grace remarked
! BY the way, Mr.. Powers, we have
| heard sucn a lot about you; won't you
/ recite something for us?'
! "Of course 1 said I'd be delighted.
! His grace was such a good fellow that
I'd have done a good deal more than
/ that for him, SO I climbed upon the
\ little platform and ! kept the guests
I In good humor for nearly half an hour.
Old man. I said, as I grasped my
aristocratic friend by the hand as we
/ were departing, you have given me
4 the most charming evening Of my life.
That's all right, Jimmie said my
/ friend.
About two weeks after returned
/ home 1 received this letter from nv
aristOcratio friend" concluded Mr..
/ Powers:
My Dear Jimmie: When are YOU
coming to London again? Although
/ you do not know ii. you were the means
! of getting me out Of the largest hole I
ever fell into in my life. If it hadn't
! been for the $50 l received for your
! services at the dukes that night I
don't know what would have become of
me-"
Rose COghlan made a successful tour
! this last season under the MANAGEMENT
/ Of Jules hurry. The results were so
/ gratifying that her manager has
/ booked another and more extended
! tour. Miss Coghlan recently appeared
| at Wallack's theatre, where she and
/ her brother Charles shared many his
/ trionic tTiumphs Miss Coghlan's re-
| appearance on this stage was the sig
| nal for a tumultuous and, long contin-
/ ued burst of applause. The occasion
! was the benefit of Mrs. Lester Wall
lack, and Miss COghlan's welcome was
/ the most spontaneous and hearty of
! those rendered TO a galaxy of prom
/ inent stars.
! Paul Gilmore goes starring in Haddon
| Chambers brilliant comedy, The Ty-
/ ranny Of Tears" the coming season
under the management Of Jules MurFy.
Chicago's theatrical season was the
/ best in its history, the largest business
1 being done by Richard Mansfield, Mrs.
Campbell, Ben HUI" "Florodora" and
/ George AIDES THE Sultan Of Sulu."
Philadelphia's business has not been so
good for ten years, Richard Mansfield
opened the new Garrick theatre there
and played three weeks TO sac, 900, and
Mrs. Campbell played two weeks to
$4,000. In Boston, Irving, Sothern.
Mrs. Campbell and Mansfield scored
heavily, and Weber & Fields. the Rog-
ers brothers, King Dodo THE Lib
erty Bells and Frank Daniels in Miss
/ Simplicity" were immense successes.
Every theatre in Baltimore made
money and some broke the record.
Ben Hur." 'Florodora" and Weber &
Fields getting the largest receipts. The