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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09
GOOD LITTLE B0NFANTI."

Earns Her Living as a Teacher To-
day-The Beautiful Italian, Who
Was for Years an Idol with the
That the Classical school of Dam
cling VIII Die with Her.
:. New York, March between the
windows of an unpretentious house in
New York, there is a sign which naive
ly tells you that within a celebrated
danseuse" teaches the art. of terpsi-
chore.
To the usual observer the sign and
its italian name means nothing. New
York is full of dancing teachers, he
may reflect idly, and wonder in the mo-
ment of passing, perhaps, If they all
make a living. But once let the thea
ter-goer sight the magic title, he who
has looked upon the glittering extrava
ganzas of the sixties, and see how his
eyes shine.
What" he will exclaim, lit is
Marie Bonfanti, divine Bonfanti, good
little Bonfanti!
''Oh, but you should have seen her
dance in the Black Crook! 1t was the
very poetry of motion, that dancing,
enehantment, witchery. You wondered
as she SKINNED over the stage, poised
like a bird on the tips of her toes, her
whole being electrical with magnetism,
IL she were woman or fairy, so sprite-
like and wonderful did she seem.
And she must teach now! All, life
is sad"
For to the old theater-goer, and other
New Workers of his day, the soft Ital-
ian name on the weather-be sign
is synonymous with overwhelming
stage success. 1t represents the one
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

time idol of the gilded youth of Ameri-
ca, a once-celebrated dancer, indeed,
of the old classic school, which is now
but memory.
New YOrk's Darling.
Those who saw the Black Crook in
its palmy days at Nibloe's Garden can
not fail to recall the grand ballet,
which was so dazzling a feature of the
spectacle. Premiere of the ballet. and
the darling of New York during all the
phenomenal run of that phenomenal
play, was Marie Bonfanti, a slim Ital-
ian maiden of fifteen, who dressed to
look like a woman of twenty. When
she came on the stage as older theater
goers will tell you, everybody sat
breathless, for the little girl with the
big chignon and the diamond star could
dance like an inspired angel. 1t was
more than perfect rhythmic movement
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

"The White Fawn,'' 1.-THE Arabian
Nights "Alladin,' 1.-The Twelve
Temptations" and "Sardanapalus."
In all of these pieces, and more be-
sides than can be named here, Mile.
Bonfanti was the bright particular
star Her dancing was said to ex-
press a matchless purity, which was
emphasized by the simplicity of an
irreproachable private life.
Good little Bonfanti," her adoring
public called her, and good little Bon
fanti" the great dancer is to-day to
all of her admerires.
She Trains Big Ballots.
Though at present unknown to the
general public of New York, in "a quiet
way, behind the curtains of stage and
private life, the premiere of The
Black Crook" still Yields a magic in
fluence. 1t is a charming sight to see
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

equipped by training and experience
for Julia, role played here in recent
years by both Ada Rehan and Julia
Marlowe.
George AIDE of fable fame will make
his debut as a playwright in Chicago
next week. In these days, when every
variety of literature, from Victor Hugo
to Foxy Grandpa gets it's turn on the
stage, it viii surprise many people and
please others to learn that Mr.. AIDE
has not been nisled into amatizing
his Fables in Slang" For his SUBJ
ject he has gone further afield, to the
newest possessions. THE Sultan of
Sulu' is the title of the opera, foi
which Mr.. AIDE has written the libret-
to, and Mr.. Alfred G.. Wathall, young
Chicago composer, the score.
HIRAM, the ruler of the Philippine
isle, is the central figure of the opera.
He is shown in the process of being
beneVOlently assimilated and of him
self benevolently assimilating American
customs, cocktails, and culture. United
States Army officers undertake his edu-
cation, while his large collection of
wives is turned over to the American
izing influences of an invoice of New
England girl graduates. Both
branches of the Ki-Ram family absorb
the higher education principles beyond
the expectations of their instructors,
and land themselves in a maze of
wholesale divorce proceedings and
other complications, from which they
are finally extricated.
The opera is mildly satirical in it's
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

The theater was open for 1.-THE Ca
elmo Girl" Haverley's Minstrels and
THE Burgomaster' last week. All had
large audiences. This week the theater
will be open every night, with matt
rees Wednesday and Saturday. The
crau opera Company returns after an
absence of eight years, with Manager
coeskind's Endorsement.
As to the personnel of the company,
= glance at the names of the artists,
Mary Darlington, Bessie Tannehill.
Grace Hazard, Matte Martz, Harry
Davis. the lyric tenor; Charles swick-
ard. viii Shelley, A. E. Arnold, Ed
ward Eagleton and Stanley Fetch, is
evidence that some of the best sing
ers in coNic opera will be heard. The
repertoire offers the best in the oper-
attic field. Manager Grau has obtained
the exclusive right to all the
operas to be presented here.
as follows: Monday night, Sou
sa's Eel Captain" with new seem
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

tone. but not to such an extent, it is
said. as to offend the most pronounced
ifnperialist. Mr.. AIDE was for some
time in the Philippines during the war,
and studied. Filipino character at first
hand. Mr.. Wathalls music does not
come so direct from the sources of the
plot. The costumes are designed by
John T. McCutcheon, the artist and
war correspondent who spent some
weeks on the Island of Sulu, and per-
sonally assisted in the Americanization
of the original Ki-Ram. The opera,
which is IN three acts, will be pro-
duced by Henry w. Savage of the
Castle Square Opera Company.
How do you prepare your mono
logues on local affairs and write your
topical songs? is about the first ques-
ton put to a minstrel by everybody
to whom he is introduced. When l an
swer this question for myself, I have
to share whatever credit there may be
with the city editors of the newspapers
published in the towns visited by the
troupe.
Now a minstrel show, without To-
cal hits would be like Hamlet with
Hamlet left out, and when one realizes
that the minstrel generally has to col
lect his material within few hours
the difficulties may be imagined" said
Dockstader.
THE moment I reach city I jump
in a cab, rush to the city editor of the
leading newspaper, present myself and
get down to business. A city editor has
the affairs of his town at his tongues
end and can give you more real and ac-
curate information in a ten minutes
chat than the average man can in ten
days.
Il take my notes, hurry to my hotel
put the stuff through the hopper and
grind out half a dozen verses to serve
as topical song. The rest 1 work into
my monologue. Then l begin to load
up. The memorizing is done while
am eating dinner and as I am putting
on the burnt cork at the theater. 1t is
comparatively easy BY the time the
curtain goes up 1 am pretty well
primed to rattle off the rhymes"
Mile. Calve is to give a concert of
old French songs at the Waldorf As
toria on March %. She will sing chief
~ melodies of the South of France and
will precede all of them with brief ex-
plantations of their history and signifi-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

cry, elaborate costuming and calcium
light effects; Tuesday night, Isle Of
Champagne" Wednesday night DO
hemian Girl" Thursday night New
York Broadway Theater production of
Wang" Friday, MARTHA" Saturday
night the latest London craze, "'Doros
thy" in which will be introduced the
latest fad at Weber & Fields Music
Han, the 'Honeysuckle and the Bee"
Manager Grau will adhere to his reg
ular prices, 25, so ana 20 cents-and
assures the theater going public that
never has comic opera been presented
IN this city with such a cast of sing
ers, choruses, scenery and costumes
as he viii present during his week S
stay in Savannah.
Mansfield says he expects to retire
rom the stage not later than five
years from now.
Inc engagement of Mary Manner
ing and Kyrle Bellew in Camille"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09
A "DAvD HARUM'' EVENING.
WestcOtt's Picturesque Character
Impersonated by Augustus Howell.

unprecedented Dy Augustus HoWeh.
The Baptist Young, Peoples Union
has arranged an interesting entertain
ment to be given by Augustus f. How
ell at the Lawton Memorial tomorrow
night. 1t will be an impersonation Of
David Harum,'' ir which Mr.. Howell
has scored decided success, as the
following notices show:
HE loses hiffl=9l absolutely, in The
character, and, for the time, it is David
Harum who talks and chuckles, and
beams upon you. The impersonator
possesses facial expression, of rare de-
gree, a voice of great fiexibility and
effective gesture. Nothing better has
been witnessed and listened to in Wo-
burn.
HE told the 'Balky Horse Trade
with rare accuracy of characterization
for, to the eyes and ears of the specta-
tors, the home-b bred philosopher, David
Harum, stood before them a reincar-
nation of flesh and blood"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

Monday Night-Grau Opera Com
ANY in lei Captain"
Tuesday Night-"IsIe of Cham
payne"
wednesday Night = "BOhemian
Girl
Thursday Night-"Wang."
Friday Night-"Ma-tha."
saturday Night-"DOrOthy."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

VIII begin at the Garrick Theater in
1 rVeW York, Monday, May 26, for one
fTeek After that it will be presented
cj., three weeks in all the principal
os1les as far West as st. Louis, not
,,gg.. I in any place more than
p%o days. The itinerary win include
n rooslon, Chicago. Philadelphia. Balti-
snS e Buffalo, Washington, st. Louis
ana ana Cleveland During Miss Manner
So 81 TOUR of the Pacific coast and
sb ou'hern cities earlier in the season
To- appeared in several special per-
FINANCES of Camille" Mr.. Beilew
"a HI tour the country next season in
\ Gentleman of France"
to,,I, other special revival for a flying
chr. VIII have Viola Allen as the
dra-l PLAYER and Knowles stupid old
me5i,,ea Of The Hunehback' as the
dun. Just why this play should be
no eyed from the dust at this time is
very clear, although it must be
"4essed that Miss Allen is well
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

Negotiations are in progress for the
extension of the Signora Duse con-
tract so as to cover forty more per-
formances, the applications coming in
indicating an anxiety to see the great
artistic which Liebler & Co. cannot af-
ford to ignore. If contaminated, this
would make ninety performances Duse
would be required to give in the Unit
ed States next season.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

Paris consumed 100000 pounds of
snails last winter. The best came from
the Burgundy vineyards and were sold
for from to francs a thousand.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

--Impossible.-Bro you think
she's a clever girl?" Um-ms
Rather too looking. don't you
think ?v-Detroit Free Press.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

canoe She will repeat the same con-
cert in Boston.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

NJ. Grau win make personally about
$40, 900 out of the visit of the German
Prince Henry to the gala performance
at the Metropolitan Opera House.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

equipped by training and experience
for Julia, a role played here in recent
years by both Ada Rehan and Julia
Marlowe.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

r. d. Mclean, who has been star
ring with Odette Tyler in "Coriolan-
u.s." is the latest victim of the appen-
dicitis in stage-l land. The tour of their
company has been closed until Mr..
Mclean RECEIVERS from an operation
and can resume his stage work.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-09

The engagement of Mary Manner
ing and kyrle Bellew in Camille"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20

were received and installed as Inc
! pumps were placed In position. and
4 the suffering farmers were relieved. "a
/ some extent, and their hopes revived
from the time the first two pumps be.
gan TO operate.
Ihese pumps were made especially
for this work. They are iO-lnch cen
uitugal pumps Of the double section
pattern, having a suction and DIS
charge 40 inches IN diameter They
stand 10 feet high and weigh each about
L tons When the four pumps are an
installed, they viii occupy a snace "a
AIS feet, ana viii throw 400 cubic feet OF
water Per second To operate these
mammoth pumps, there are four one
hundred horsepower Westinghouse in
duction motors and three transformers
o. $40 X. w each 10 transform the cur
rent from 10000 volts to 500 volts. The
motors weigh about 6,JoO pounds each
and the transformers about G,j6o pounds
each' The pumps are set on concrete
base which rests on pile and timber
foundation and they will be entirely
surrounded by concrete to keep out the
water
NJ the west end Of the foundation
lleIe are nlne regulating gates each
eight feet wide, 90 let the water aow
out OF the lake when the pumps are not
IN operation,
The mower for using these pumps IL
furnished by the Salt Lake city Water
and Electrical Power Co
The cost OF the plant when completed
Will be about 80 5000.
on the 9TH Of August, the city being
In desperate strait for want Of water.
the city council requested the mayor.
city attorney and city engineer 10 act
CAS- special committee TO wait upon
The canal company presidents and as
certain upon what terms the city
could procure n share OF the water be.
ing pumped from Utah lake. This com.
mitiee. possibly from a sense Of shame
but more probably because they held
the board Of Presidents In too much
contempt 10 walt upon them. ala NOT 40
as the city council evidently intended
but communicated by telephone a prom.
osition Of what they were willing 10
iecommend to the council on being
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20

the city council at It's first session held
after the contract had been ratified.
which provided for the clty's being rep
resented In the board OF presidents by
the board of public works. The chair
man OF the board of public works was
accordingly notified Of the time whea
the presidents would meet as a board,
and Invited % be present TO look aztec
the city's interests. He az first hesi-
tated about attending because OF hav-
ing received no official notice OF the city
councils action IN the matter, but ar
forwards manifested his willingness to
act In the position by attending one
meeting without n formal notice Of hu-
thority. Az the next session Of the
city council the mayors anlmus was
further shown and his hostility 10 the
majority Of the council emphasized by
his formal disapproyal OF their action
In the matter.
The next obstacle raised to prevent
the construction of the pumping plant
was a suit for injunction, filed on the
9Th Of June by thre ciuzens-M II
Walker W, a. Nelden and H. j. Hay
ward-agalnst the mayor and city
council, 10 prevent their Joining other
parties in undertaking such an enter
prise. In view Of the fact that the
mayor had opposed the work from the
start by every means IN HIS power. II
was regarded by some people as some
what significant that one Of the clil
Gems applying for the injunction was
his brother-n-law. a preliminary hear
ING was had before Judge Stewart and
a temporary Injunction, pending a full
Investigation, which was set for Sept.
Is, was granted. Thus the good inten-
ton shown by the majority Of the city
council 10 combine with the canal COM
panies In providing water was multi
he'd Thus was salt Lake city as well
as the farming districts Of the county
fihlerted. unnecessarily. 10 the terrible
eeects ~ the drouth which has prevail
81 IN this region for several months
! a. and a loss Of crops amounting 10
hearty, II not quite 100000 entailed.
10 gay nothing Of the expense incurred
by The city in defending the injunction
snit just mentioned, and one started
later by the farmers south OF the city.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20

little dredging with teams (all of which
work was done without the canal COM
panies being consulted), the work ceas-
ed until there was danger of the apprO-
pration lapslng, and without any pros
poet Of the work being resumed.
In the meantime the veteran pioneer
and Mill-builder. Bishop Archibald Gar
diner, had advocated a cheaper and
more ready means Of supplying the de-
dciency. He claimed that pumps
could be installed at the outlet Of the
lake within period of few months.
by which the water could be lifted
from the lake and delivered into the bed
Of the river at q fraction of the cost
required to widen and deepen the chan
mel so as 90 bring II out on the gray
ity principle, In the meetings Of the
canal company stockholders this plan
was discussed and strongly favored 1t
was the opinion, too, of several attor-
neys who were consulted that the
scheme, II adopted. could be made
available ms means of perfectlng the
nlRg made by the city upon the lower
waters OF the lake, which filing would
otherwise lapse as all work
under 1t had long since ceased
and no other was ever contemplated
by the city officers The canal com
panies were duly impressed with the
necessity for harmony among the va
flons parties Interested in the lake and
river, II the work We're undertaken. as
they realized that opposition from one
might result in the others being en-
Joined.
The public sentiment ON the question
finally crystalized into the following
preamble and resolution, which were
unanimously adopted at a meeting OF
the hoard Of presidents held Feb. 60,
1902, ana forwarded 20 the city council:
Whereas, salt Lake City. a munich
pal corporation, has heretofore filed
certain notices Of appropriation Of the
waters OF the Jordan River and Utah
Lake for the purpose OF acquiring ad-
dltional rights OF storage In said lake
by raising the waters in the lake and
also by lowering the channel OF the
Jordan river; aud
Whereas, the canal companies are
interested with the city in the rights
which II now has in the waters of said
lake aud river, and are DESTROYS of OBJ
tanning an interest In said additional
appropriations now. therefore.
BE II resolved, that the presidents
Of the canal companies and their at
torneys confer with the representatives
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20

canal companies OF Salt Lake county
or their officers, are represented as the
guilty principals in the nefarous BUSH
ness Of "buncoing' or "hOldlns up
A recital Of the facts connected with
the establishment Of the pumping
plant will show how false and unjust
have been the accusations and lnslnua-
lions against the canal companies.
The principal parties interested in Utah
lake, as a reservoir, and in the Jordan
river as q source Of water supply, are
the Utah and Salt Lake Canal Co., the
South Jordan Canal Co.. and the North
Jordan Irrigation Co., all taking water
from the west side Of the river, and
the East Jordan Irrigation Co, and
Salt Lake City corporation (the latter
representing the Jordan and Salt Lake
City CANAL, taking water out Of the
river on the east side Those five
parties have been for years Joint owners
in an impoundlng dam used for storing
the water In Utah Lake, and 'heir
joint right TO store water In that res
ervoir has the sanction Of long usage,
confirmed by decree of court
The scarcity of water from the source
indicated with which to rrigate the
land In this valley during the past three
years has not only been a serious draw
back 10 the canal companies mentioned,
but has greatly embarrassed Salt Lake
City, an arrangement having been af-
fected with the farmers south of the
city for the exchange of most of the
river water expected by the city for the
canyon creek stream with which to M
the conduit extending from the mouth
Of Parley's canyon TO the city
The farmers OF the county and the
engineer of salt Lake City have been
trying for years 10 devise means of
supplying the deficiency. More than
two years ago the city engineer had
advocated widening, deepening and
Strengthening the river from the outlet
Of Utah Lake down to the principal
diyerting dam distance OF a little
over 10 miles, following the wlndings OF
the river, but which distance would
be shortened about three miles II the
rivers course We're Strengthened by the
process proposed; but as the work
would cost not less than S2j0.000 most
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-20

TO show the insincerity OF the SUIT
started by the three citizens. II may
Re here mentioned that when, on Sep
-, the case came up before Judge Hall
the plaintiffs were unrepresented When
their attorney was finally communicate
ed with, he moved for the dismissal of
the case. and that the defendants re-
cover their costs.
Fortunately. the injunction, although
Il prevented the city from taking part
In the establishment OF the pumping
pant did not prevent the city's part
ners--the canal comprehension going
ahead, although at late date, with
the enterprise.
The effect Of the tedious and aggra
waiting delay upon the farmers Of the
county, who. in the meantime, witness
ed their crops perlshlng, can be more
easily imagined than described, Pro.
tests and appeals poured in 10 the
canal companies offices from all sides,
and numbers OF farmers. despairing o.
raising food 20 sustain their families.
offered their farms for sale at a sacri-
fee and sought homes elsewhere,
Another effect of the delay was. that
the manufacturers OF the machinery re
cared, instead Of being able TO furnish
the same on short notice and reason
able terms. ds they proposed to do
earlier In the season, had become so
crowded with other orders that they Dr.
nanded higher prices and more time
IN which 20 All the contract.
Measures were Immediately adopte
10 secure the pumping plant, the con-
tract therefor being let TO Messrs
G6rdper and ingalls,. the superinten-
cent and engineer OF the Utah Sugar
company. Mr.. r. G. Kelsey. the former
chy engineer was also employed 20
draw the plans and specifications and
sunerlntend the construction OF thu
PIT mt. The work OF constructing TIE
dam was proceeded with. pending the
arrival Of the pumps, no that when the
first pump arrived, on the 9th OF July
the foundation was ready 10 place II IN
position. The second pump arrived
Avg. 2, and was ready for operation
Aug, S. The third pump arrived Aug
49, and was Installed Aug. 90 The
fourth pump arrived Sept. 4, and was
installed Sept s.
The induction motors TO propel the
FIRST three pumps and the transformers