The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-16


electric dance; Girls Allen in mono
logues and Frank Arthur, the ragtime
exponent. An entire change of special
ties is made with each bill.
STORIES ABOUT PLAYERS.
The Chicago Inter Ocean publishes a
clever burlesque on the press agents
account of Lillian Russelrs recent au-
tOmObile accident 1t will be recalled
that Miss Russells chauffeur, in avoid
ing a collision with a peddler's cart.
ran his machine into a ditch and
Blanche Bates, the fair Lillian" and
the automobilist were tumbled out.
Fortunately no one was hurt. The In
ter Ocean somewhat improved upon the
press agents story and described the
incident in two comprehensive SEN
fences, thus: Miss Lillian Russell, the
soprano, who has been for some years
connected with Weber q Fields COM
pany and has been drawing $500 week
ly during that engagement, because Of
her regal appearance, her magnificent
collection of jewels, her matchless
beauty and superb vocal accomplish
ments, and who will remain with the
company another season before becOm-
ing the star of an all-star cast in a new
comic opera now being written for her
by Victor Herbert, Glen McDOnOugh,
John Philip SOusa, Harry B. Smith.
Stanislaus STANCE, Julian Edwards and
George AIDE. was this morning auto
MODELLING near her residence. accom-
panied by Miss Blanche Bates. last sea-
son the star in The Darling of the
Gods and counted one of the most
beautiful as well as one of the most
talented of the players in the employ
OF David BelascO, as well as one of the
richest among contemporary actresses.
capable of organizing and financing her
own companies. though she chooses to
remain with her present manager an
other season, after which she will ap-
pear in new play which. il is de-
| clared- in the way of investiture will
Outclass anything heretofore attempted.
when the steering gear became twisted
and the actresses, who made a lovely
/ picture in the front seat, both being
dressed in cream silk gowns. studded
with diamonds. were pitched into the
roadway. As they arose and resumed
/ their seats Miss Russell gayly hummed
new song that she will sing the COM
ing season with the new burlesque OF
the Weberhelds company"
In the Lambs club, the other even
ing, it happened that Henry NJ. Bios
! som, author OF Checkers" George
! AIDE, of Fables in Slang" and Sui
tan Of Sulu" fame. and George V. Ho-
/ bart. the librettist and humorist, all
foregathered in the reading room.
Are we all here?" asked AIDE.
No sorrowfully responded Bios
som. Poor Bill KoUntz is dead. 9th
erwise we should have had the only
/ four men who have devoted themselves
to slang as literature"
Where do I come in?" demanded
6. w. Townsend, who just then Joined
/ the group.
you don't come in at all" said
! Blossom.
/ S'Chimmie Fadden' does not talk
slang. You will find everything he ever
/ said in the dictionary"
! And Townsend does not know wheth-
/ or he was stung or cOmpiimented
!
I When Amelia Bingham was young
] er actress than she is now she started
[ a savings account in a New York bank.
/ Whenever she could she added to it
/ with spare s. and SO notes. And fol-
/ lowing her deposits she would return
/ 70 her lodgings and carefully secrete
4 her handbook. Whenever she went
] touring the provinces she always car
/ quite proud of her small capital. But
/ one day the book was missing.
! She hunted high and low and far and
/ wide. but no trace could she find OF
/ il. By the time she was once more in
/ New York her fortunes were up and
]
/ remain in the bank until the book
/ turned up. That was twelve years
/ ago
] A few nights ago. when Miss Bing-
1 ham was playing in one Of the minor
| western towns, the clerk of the hotel
/ at which she was registered sent 70
| her room "A notification that a parcel
awaited her in the Office safe. Miss
| Bingham investigated and discovered
| the missing handbook. 1t had been
| found, a few weeks after her depar-
ture. under the mattress in the bed
! she had occupied. The accommodations
OF the past were then promptly turned
over TO Miss Bingham's pet charity
Last SEASON" says VI. A. Moseley
! with the Boston Ideal Opera company
! we played "a small town in South Caro-
lima and probably we're the first opera
/ company to appear there. The opera
! was The Bohemian Girl and YOU can
| judge how they liked il from the crit
! icism that was given in the next issue
of their weekly paper, which said. The
| Boston Ideal Opera troupe played to a
large audience Of our best people in
! our opera house on last Tuesday night.
The opera was The Bohemian Girl,
| and everybody seemed to enjoy them
serves, but we are under the impression
that II the people had sung less and
talked more the pleasure would have
| been greater. However. that beautiful
/ ballad, Then YOun Remember Me. -
| from East Lynne WAS very nicely
| rendered.
During a weeks engagement In Per
| sacola. Fla, last season. Martha. was
| announced for Friday night. Just be-
l fore the crIrf I'm f-afaoI I NOS iTod nv