The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-09
CHARACTERS IN CHATHAM HALE

ting original efforts was the famous
% Ha Wkshaw, the Detective
He WIS connected for a number Of
years with Billy Emerson, who died
a few days ago.
In the last few years "Billy's" ven
lures had not met with success. In the
fall of 1897 he opened a summer resort
in St Louis. into which he put every
penny he could raise on his own effects
or borrow from his friends. The whole
I structure was swept away by a cy-
clone.
Since then his health had failed rap
idly, and last spring he surrendered to
his mslady. Since then he had spent
all his time trying to get Wei.
Il am on my last white chip. and
il has been copDered. Well, tell my
friends that I am going way back,
and that they will find me on the end
/ seat in the next world"
These were the last words of Billy"
| Rice. the veteran minstrel man, as he
/ calmly laid back on his pillow and
died.
! Not the least interesting study in 'In
/ the Palace of the King is the charac-
! ter of Adonis, the court jester. played
/ so admirably by Arthur HOyt. Mr..
I Ivy - q AJNlANNt ivy D2ltg NeEAo VA
age, but he gives promise of a brilliant
/ future. When he joined the Viola Allen
company as one Of the three extras in
/ the cast. that sterling actor, William
/ Norris, had the part Of AdOnis. One
night in Chicago last season. twenty
minutes before the curtain vert up,
/ Mr.. Norris became violently H. 1t wa S
/ impossible for him to go OF, and the
! management was in a most EN- 0arras-
sing dilemma. Mr.. HOyt stepped for
/ ward and volunteered to play AdOnis
I Everybody laughed at the audacity of
/ the STRIPPING, but as the situation was
/ a desperate one he was given
chance. That night Mr.. HoyJ played
/ Adonis. and even the critics in front
| did not know that Mr.. Norris had a
substitute on.
/ The audience was most enthusiastic,
/ and Miss Allen was pleased immense
/ ~. This season. when Miss Allen
/ started out she insisted on having Ar
/ thur T. Hoyt 70 fill the part of AdOnis.
Mr.. H0yt was born in Georgetown.
/ Colo, but later his parents moved to
Butte. Mont. and there the young man
was educated in the public schools. As
a child he had fOndness for the stag
that greatly worried his parents. and
/ later they only consented to his going
tlA NiiC AOelU W ga tlAt llDA ~ tlidt AAiE -
/ perience would cure him of his deter
mination to be an actor. In view of
/ his immediate success. however, they
are justly proud of him.
London. March S.-Charles Frohman
/ is devoting himself to rehearsals of
the Girl from Maxims s." which opens
at the Criterion theatre March p. This,
/ with Ben HUr," which is in active
/ preparation at the Drury Lane theatre
promises 10 be the most interesting of
a month prolific with new plays.
Sherlock Holmes" leaves the Ly-
ceum April 1 to make way for Henry
Irving and opens q provincial tour Of
a month at Edinburg.
While DR.. Edward Parker, minister
Of the City Temple. is scoring King
I Edward for attending a Sunday con-
cert. the king has already indicated
the desire of the queen and himself TO
attend the opening of one Of the most
I elaborate sOeial-mUsicaI events London
has known for some time. This is a
scheme for a season of private sub
/ scriptiOn concerts. beginning at 10 r
m. Sundays, at the Queens hall. which
/ VIII be fitted up with lounges and easy
I chairs and converted into a palm gar
den. The subscriptions are limited to
$50. members being permitted TO take
j a restricted number Of guests. The
subscribers include the Duke and
Duchess OF DevOnShire, ConsuellO