The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-05-11

choirs of the south. The orchestra will
consist Of $50 pieces and the scenery
/ viii be most elaborate. The first per-
Torrance win take place in the Arena
at Beziers in August.
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Amelia Bingham took her pen in hand
a few days ago for the purpose Of adj
dressing the young women who believe
that fortune and fame await them
upon the stage. ITO every woman who
has home, she wrote. and who does
not need to make her own living, say.
| Keep of the stage. Not because il is
I bad. but because il is hard No. one
/ who has not tried can possible appre-
ciate the hardship, the self-sacrifice,
the work and the bitter disappoint-
ments which every actress who sue
/ ceeds must undergo. and not every wO-
man who has the inclination possesses
the strength of body and spirit. AS to
the moral influence of stage life upon
its recruits from society believe It is
[ impossible to come to a general con-
! clusion. It all depends upon the in
! dividual. A vain. silly woman viii be
misleG by fiattery whether she is on
! the stage or IN society, but l think she
| mas more protection on the stage than
IN the life Of a gay. social set. The
! door closes upon the personal life Of
/ an actress, and no door is so hard to
; pass as the stage door. Behind that the
/ woman who is really serious in her
! purpose can make her life as exclu-
/ sive as she wishes. and she will find
/ shelter and sympathy and encourage
l ment woman who is merely on the
/ lookout for temptation will find it any
/ where, I care not what the circum-
/ stances. blood, virtuOus or otherwise.
/ viii tell. and the same women viii
/ stand or fan whether they are on the
stage. in some other vocation or in their
own home"
The Chicago Inter-Ocean Is response
bic for the following: John Philip
Sousa band was playing and John
/ Philip himself was gracefully wiggly in
/ At time before an audience of Il, 900
persons recently when suddenly the
electric lights in the hall went. out.
People began TO move uneasily in their
seats and some even began to make
a rush for the door COolly tapping
with his baton, Sousa gave a signal
and Immediately the band began play
ing. 20 Dear, What Can the Matter
( Be?' A tiny ripple of laughter that
Z went round the audience showed that
/ confidence had been partially restored.
/ and when the band went on to play
4 Wait TIL the Clouds Roll By" the
| laughter deepened into a roar OF mer-
/ riment that only ended when the lights
were turned on again.
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when the Heart Was Young" a new
! American play by Charles Francis Bry-
ant and Lolita Day Coleman, was pre-
1 scented for the first time on any stage
at San Francisco at the Alcazar, to a
/ crowded house il made an instantane-
GUS hit and curtain calls were numer-
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George AIDES latest addition TO the IL
bretto Of THE Sultan of Sulu" is the
following topical song. entitled "Of All
sad Words, sung by the sultan and
/ his secretary:
When [ was only twenty-fOur
My father softly said
l j cannot board you any more,
Go earn your daily bread"
] liked my mothers cooking so.
! said I'd like to stay.
But he prevailed on me to go,
And sent my trunk next day.
OF all the words Of tongue or pen.
The saddest are these, 1T might have
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and
lip,
And other slips besides.
I went to work in a candy shop.
! A pleasant place to be.
The man receipts began to drop,
For the money came to me.
One day he bought a cash machine,
{ TO ring the amount YOU pay.
I If T. had not come on the scene
I'd own that store today.
In a quiet rttle country place.
met girl with money.
She was forty-two. with such a face,
And a figure that was funny.
] held her In rocking chair,
She said she'd be my wife
Her brother came and found her there
/ ran to save my life.
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Elizabeth Marbury. writing in a cur
rent number OF the Womans Home
/ Companion, gives the following cause
/ Of a plays success
THE kind of play which I have found
appeals TO the present-day taste is
play. whether drama. comedy or farce.
which contains a strong element Of
heart-interest. People 20 to the the
atre 10 feel, and not 10 think. A play
deals with emotions, just as a book
deals with mental faculties. In reading
play [ always find that the first emo
7 t:onal impression which I receive from
it is my safest guidance But should
/ I not experience any emotional re-
Spouse to the story or characters dur
ing this first reading. and If 1 persuade
myself 70 take up the manuscript a
second time finding in Il In this sec
Ond reading qualities which appeal to
my intelligence. so that I ultimately in
dorse the play. failure as q rule. greets
the production. My heart and emo
/ lions were right in the first instance
and my Intellectual analysis determin-
ing the final decision merely served to
mislead me.
Sol Smith Russell. after his retire
ment from the stage. seemed to take
especial pleasure in Witnessing the
work Of Joseph Jefferson, for whom he
had a great friendship. Stuart Robson.
Nat Goodwin and William H. Crane.
He was usually wheeled 70 and from
the theatres in an invalid chair He
was considered one of the Wealthiest
actors on the American stage. his real
estate holdings including many proper
ties in Minneapolis. The total value Of
the estate is said 10 be more than s.
coo 0OO
Mr. Russelrs widow and two chill
dren survive him. Mrs Russell is a
daughter OF William T. Adams coli
yer Optic'). The home life Of the
comedian was a happy one. and the
hardships OF his early days were atoned
for IN later years by the wealth that
professional success and 5udicious in
vestments brought him. Mr. Russell
had a handsome residence I'm Minneapo-
lis. and a summer home at VINEYARD
Haven. Mass. For more than 4 year
Mr.. Russell had lived at the Hotel