Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-25
Hillary Bells Letter.
Week OF Disappointments-Mr Campbell and Her
Leading Man Fall Out Mascagnis Success-Ethe
Barrymore's Salary.
Special Correspondence of The Dessert Neps.

New York, Oct 25,--Last week was
a time of dramatic disappointments. In
al our theaters, and there are 40 odd of
them, the only new production was an
absurd melo-drama named IN the
Midst of Life at the Murray Hill, a
popular price house on the east side.
Some social II not dramatic interest
attended the premier OF this work
through the fact that its author is Hol-
brook Curtis, a fashionable throat doc
tor who derives an income supposed to
be near $4,000 year by spraying the
arynxes Of opera and concert singers.
In spite Of his wealth Dr.. Curtis finds
that there is no royal road to wit. AZ
plays go his play Is a pretty poor sort
of play 1t may have cost our larynx
man $4,000 to crafty his vanity in this
matter, for In such undertakings the
author is the angel who is compelled
10 pay for the scenery, the actorss
wages, the rent Of the theater, the adj
vertising, printing and all incidental
expenses. Being called upon for a
speech, Dr. Curtis said alphabetically
that as 1t was his first, IL would be his
last offense and that he would never
do IL again. After which he fled 10 the
Metropolitan Opera House TO recover
the money he had invested in the play,
by doctoring the threats Of Mascagnfs
singers.
Apart from this woe there was an
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Campbell has been promising produce
ton THE Joy Of Living" The date
was finally set for Thursday OF last
week, but unexpected trouble arose in
the company and 1t was stated that ow-
ing to the great demand for seats to see
Mrs. Tanqueray" Sudermann's drama
was postponed. Meanwhile her leading
man. John Blair, announced his inten-
ton OF resigning from the company.
Mrs. Pat" said he, lis an impossible
person. | can not get along with her
at ALL Our relations have been strained
ever since ! joined the company. She
has a genius for saying disagreeable
things under her breath which are not
heard by the audience, but which are
calculated 70 make the leading man
wish he had never been born. During
my best scenes, without apparently
moving her lips. she would hiss the
cruelest, meanest remarks TO me until
was so disconnected that l could not
DO Justice 10 my part" This unkind
conduct happened during the run Of
"Aunt JEANNE In which the long con-
tlnued and passionate kissing of Mrs.
Campbell and Mr.. Blair became nine
days wonder. No make-believe salute
either for this ohronlcler leveling his
opera glass at their lips, found that
they were glued together for 40 seconds
in the fine old fashioned and original
style OF bussing. II was at this period
that Mrs. Campbell criticized soto
Voce. the acting Of her hero. and she
must have Kissed down Mr.. BlalTs
throat, like a steam pipe leaking In his
midst. so 10 speak. II was noticed that
Mr.. Blair emerged from this osculatory
encounter very red in the face, but that
was set down by the critics TO the en-
thusiasm OF love and he received great
credit for naturalness OF acting NOW
1t appears by his irate confession tha'
during the salute which made him Ia
nous Mrs. pat was Kissing as well as
kissing. and that she blew him up Ike
toy balloon while her lips were
pressed together. one by one the ro-
mantle illusions OF the drama fade
While they were playing lovers at wal
lacks theater one night Annie Robe
suddenly broke away from the tender
embrace OF Kyrle Bellew and fed from
the stage. Amazed at her conduct,
which was not set down IN the author
directions. this writer hurried behind
the scenes. The golden beauty was
weeping in her dressing room That
creature In the ssmblance OF a man.