The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-06-15

agents were dismayed few days later
to receive a letter from Paris saving
u was all mistake and that the Mrs.
Potter the grand duchess sought was a
professional nurse. not the actress.
says the Chicago Chronicle: The at
tention of a recent matinee audience
IN the Dearborn theatre, where The
StorEs is being played. was attracted
10 box where boy of was the con-
| spicuOUs member Of the party. The
youngster sat IN a chair next to the rail
and hummed most of the tunes as they
came along, also beating time with a
ran when the tempo struck his fancy.
He refused to subside. and without at
an reaching the point Of disturbance,
diverted many a look from the stage.
! IBIS elders in the box seemed a little
embarrassed, especially when Richard
/ earle and William EVarts began TO
lock toward the box and recognized its
occupants. Two Industrious storks
ought 10 be able to fill the house" OBJ
served Mr.. earle. following strictly the
! lines of his part, but with a nod in the
proper direction. And thereupon one
/ of the occupants of the box took refuge
/ nm the remotest inner corner. to hide
! ms intense amusement. He was Fred
eric Chaplin. the composer OF THE
Storks, and the S-year-old was his
son.
g 9 9
! Manager John c. Fisher of "Floro-
/ dora who recently sailed for Eng
/ land TO perfect arrangements for the
/ American production of The Silver
/ Slipper I'm which Cyril Scott and
Mrs Edna Wallace Hopper are to be
/ featured, declared to a New York News
\ man that the originals" of the sex
/ tette had succeeded in making life al
/ most uncomfortable for him.
Gu see. said Mr. Fisher, as soon
/ as a girl gets in the sextette she thinks
/ her father is q mine owner, or that he
/ ought to be one, al least. She spends
money accordingly, and have spent
Tue winter chasing over this country
getting them out OF the loan mar
ket. These originals were the worst
Of all, and I did not dare leave them
! until they We're safe in Chicago. Now
they are here, and ! am OF to look for
a fountain of youth on the other side"
In view of the fact that there have
been. all told. something like $50 or
lglnal' beauties in the different sex
tetteS Mr.. Fishers patience as well as
MS bank account must. certainly have
been severely strained. However. il is
Just possible that he may have exag-
gerated a wee Bit The fact that the
manager considers his sextette safe"
IN Chicago is taken as compliment 10
the morality of this city.
9 @ 9
Ella Wheeler Wilcox has written
vaudeville sketch called Her Divorce
Case in which the central character.
Miss Matte Eeene. reunites an es-
tranged .cssiple by automatically max /
ing love to the husband in the presence ]
or lhe wife, thereby arousing the jeal- /
ousy OF tie latter.
The dialogue IS declared to be witty 4
and q combination of Miss Keene's \
speeches contains these trite observa- /
tons, she having been married thrice
herself.
After the first divorce" she saws. /
Il went on the stage; after the second. /
/ decided that there were too many
people in the world. so I became /
doctor; after my third ] took up law
50 that I might be able to look after
the legal end of an my future divorces.
Ia rather get a divorce now than try
ON new pair of shoes. Ny taking
things lightly is what keeps the wrin-
kles away. 4 man who loves more than
one woman AT d time knows no limit
think the day is coming when a di-
vorce coupon viii he attached TO ever
marriage certificate and then all YOU
viii have % do in order to get a di-
vorce viii. be TO tear OFF the coupon"
q & g
Under the caption of Humorous
stage Slips. the Chicago Inter Ocean
gives the following specimens:
The appearance of Grace George in a
revival Of 'FrOu Frou' in New York
last week has brought from the past
an auecdote OF Mrs. Potter when she
was presenting her ideas Of GiIberte
IN the same play. The actress describes
% as her. worst moment. and it is
told as follows
she was a little late for her third
entrances and. seeing, the child-aS she
as usual in the wings
for her To take 10 on and snow il to ITS
reputed father, caught hold Of its hand
without a word and whiried il after
her Oh the stage, delivering the lines
which called the actors attention 10
the pledge of our mutual love- A
perfect roar Of laughter broke from the
audience, Mrs. Potter Easped. looked
lt the child. and nearly tainted she :
had brought on a negress Of the black
EST type.
Another unfortunate. though ridicu-
.ous- stage slip was that Of William
Beach when no was playing Petronius /
n the original production Of "Quo !
VadiS. I'm an eastern city he had act
Pa splendidly through the drama To
.Le last act. In that scene ne is on !
the wall OF the smphitheatre with /
Vicinius. The lover knows that his
sweetheart. Lygia. is being tortured in I
me arena below. and FetrOniuS asks I
MIN 20 look at the spectacle and pro-
-eeds 10 describe the combat between
he giant Ursus and the bull so that
Vicinius may know how the battle
goes on.
Beach threw a great deal OF dramatic ,
'orce into the recital He told how
he girl was bound 10 the horns of ,
Auroch. the bull. and then said; 1T is
-rsus, the giant. He has entered the
arena. There is no fear in his heart / :
,s he approaches the wild beast He
steps nearer and nearer vet. He makes ,
rush and all, has seized the bull By ,
he hand-no. the horns" What fol-
owed was lost in the roar OF merri-
nent that shook the theatre.
A story is told of Miss EVELYN Mil [
ard. an English actress Of prominence,
similar to the above experiences.
She was playing IN meloQraula, and
n one Of her scenes she was alone !
with the villain. who locked the door 1
and then announced in the usual style. !
Aha. proud damSeI. YOU are in my {
power" etc. etc. Miss Willard rushed
at the door. beat upon II violently. and
was Immediately precipitated out OF !
sight OF the audience, while q voice in /
he wings said lOudfg: Bless me, {