Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-13

NIr, X. l.. Ahuerso"' Wv
os,or Of this city now In London,
.,ss the News an enthusiastic le'-
Nv oaucernIng the appearance OF MISS
...,,e Tout in "Fidelio,' the hrst no.
~ which was contained III unc
u% News during the present week,
pss',S iondon papers gave. glowing
Az ~" and the critic OF the Dh,iy
nu.r. sovs of Miss Tout, twho look .nc
NeNs ~ ~ me soprano Miss Kate An.
gVe almost at a moments noticfl
uee,,ss.Vu Tout's gifts are too powerful W
WE o,nmeled by conditions. she mas
be .,a dramatio talent and voice
sen1ht' when fully developed, should pe
NnanYihle and dramatic instrument AZ
nsN eha made great success. III ~
4 IL Nao' ,rhiie since | have heard a young
,nner of SO much promise. -.
Il Sis Anderson states that quite q NJ
@o,onv of Utah people attended HIS
We 1875 iheater TO hear the young
Msy In the party were President
sinee'' Elders Porter OF Centerville,
hioV,, nf provo, Tracy Y. Cannon OF
a WV axe Thatcher Of Logan, Mes
gay prown OF Salt Lake, and Elliott,
cnlIe ana Thurman OF Provo, and MIS-.
Sta,' md md her daughter Grace. We all
q ~, N the beautiful theater carry, says
q eeU nderson. land obtained good seats
IN Inc Dit for two shlllings siNpehcs.
Tbe house was packed with very
4 fashionable and highly cultivated audi
ance. In the program MISS TOUT IL eau
"a an oexhibitIoner.n The laws OF Eng
"a forbid the giving OF scholarships
s" ,he ROYAL College Of music, 10 any
nycent British born subjects. Miss Tout
s,,ns nm American, could not be given
spholarshlp (Which entities one TO
,t,se years. or nine terms, free tuition
,nt az she passed a successful test she
vas given prize Of 10 pounds NIb).
,ayar was AT a performance In my life
abere there was more pronounced en-
nnsasm exhibited. Two curtain re-
,nus were given at the close OF the
Act act in which each of the princi-
nals came before the foot lights. MISS
Tout was third and her appearance was
Inc signal for the lions share OF the
spnlause. At the conclusion OF the
mera. the curtain Went up four times
md al last the director, the distinguish
"a leader and composer, MI Villiers
stanford, came before the audience
Isadlng Miss Tout. Hundreds of peo-
IN crowded about the stage door
waiting her exit and her appearance
sgain was tho signal for storm OF
APPLAUSE, with cries of Mamie! Nan
per and Hurrah for Fidelio!
"The production was about TO DE
ABANDONED owing 10 the illness OF MISS
Anderson, but Vlssettl, Miss Touts
teacher. guaranteed that she could MI
Ne role. Mr.. Tout, her father, informs
me that kilograms have been received
| hcm many quarters offering congratu..
| nIons She has also received offers OF
engagements, but her father wisely
vllhholds his consent. and Will await
Ms daughters full development and the
completion Of her course before he al
! kws her to appear professionally
Primrose & Dockstader's old friends,
and their name is legion In this Sec
uou cannot help regretting that the
famous minstrels have decided TO part
after this season. Both are so excel
lent In their lines, and each one has so
many needed traits that the other has
not. that they make up an ideal pair
10 head a great minstrel aggregation;
Nut they have agreed to disagree, and
| psyt season each one blossoms out UNI
| IN his own name.
fast nieht's performance, given be-
ars nm Immense audience, indicates
that Primrose & Dockstader have at
bast decided to let the old organization
70 out in a blaze of glory, The show
IA, never been stronger, and from the
ffa int of the curtain TO the final go
bg down thereof. there was an inter-
rvted rush of charming music, up
ta,lons comic features. and clever spe-
csty acts. Exceptionally strong Is the
unpany In its end men; O'Brien and
lAonard, who opened the first edition of
he initial part, are good enough to
bad any company, and after they re-
tir and Primrose and Dockstader take
their places II Is needless 10 say that
be fun Is not allowed to deteriorate.
Leonard's dancing and OBnens Il
Wonder were strong features of the
mi not George Primrose is as neat
and natty in his dancing and singing as
ever. even II years have made him
somewhat less agile and more easily
brought 10 the brea thless stage, When
he grew tired however. he brought out
a couple OF plckaninnies, who did
ceyer double clog step, fashioned af-
ten the good old days of minstrel dane
Inc.
Dockstader was as huge as ever In
his monologue, and his trick automo-
bh with his local gags" brought
down the house so many times that he
finally had 10 beg Off.
Avery pretty feature was the tableau
In imitation OF the painting THE
| Spirit Of 49," and nothing could have
formed handsomer finish for the, first
part The Howard Bros. are wonder
iul banjo players, and the Youngs hoop
rolling simply battles conception. The
chorus Il strong, and the soloists Mr.
Romaine the tenor; Mr.. Ford, bass
and Mr. Weller and Mr.. Bradley all
gave excellent account of themselves.
The new sacred song entitled, "The
Newborn King" made a special hit,
The engagement ends this afternoon
ana evening