Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-05
Music and Il
Musicians

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r, rrcss of the country has been
,n.s vim accounts during the past
NJ PATHS refusal TO sing In an
.,orn tbeater, because the advance
lo M the time the curtain should
s,yo risen, had not amounted to her
rortee the sum OF $1,000. The thea
=, in question was the new West End
..,se IN Harlem, owned by those en-
,rnrlslng managers, weber & FIELDS,
and before Patti would leave her hotel,
..ob NJ these gentlemen had to deposit
~ yidual check for $500 20 induce
nrodiya" to drive TO the thcater and
PERFORM her part
An this has put Mr. PIPER and Mr..
slephens of this city into somewhat
,emmalyc mood. Under the contract.
,bi,h is made with the Robert Grau
co,poratlon. ana not with Patti herself,
me local management agree to furnish
ne tabernacle and to do all the pre-
isrin,ry advertising, which viii cost
o,yohare from $500 to 5000 Tho ques-
,on arising IN the minds OF the local
s,nllemeil is, what if Palti's advance
sio IN salt Lake stops short at 81 600,
s,al or $4,000? WIN she serve W as
she served Harlem? II she does can
vt tgLp the risk of going into our peck
ce for the shortage, and II we DO are
,br chances good that the amount win
b. lai,on in at the night sale on the day
Of performance
Il might naturally be supposed that
these worries would fan TO the lot OF
PATHS managers, The robert Grau
company and that whatever shortage
was incurred in any city would he
made mp by them bnt long experience
has lausht the charming oX-emprcss
o. song that she need take no such
thing us chances, if she only makes up
her mind to set her foot down. Hence.
no money--no Patti, Is the motto she
has adopted, ana II the Robert Grau
company is temporarily embarrassed,
which seems to be its normal condition,
she simply rings up the local manage
ntnt and delivers her ultimatum to
them
As the advance sale here must be
opened within the next fortnight or so,
Messrs PIPER and Stephens viii be
apt to do some lively teegraphing to
Mr. Grau 20 learn the precise locality
10 which they are at
The musical part Of the services AT
The First VI. II. church tomorrow are of
more than ordinary interest, compris-
Ing, IN addition 10 the usual anthem
BY the choir n soprano solo by Mrs.
f. Wood, and a violin solo by Prof.
G. j. Netteton, in the morning, and in
NE evening trombone solo by Mr..
Harry Montgomery, and a solo by Mir
H. II McCorklo, with yioloncello obll-
cato Through an error II was an
bounced that Mrs Harris sang last
sunday II was Mrs. Clark Duncan,
soprano sololst Of the San Francisco
Grace Episcopal church IN the even
ing the Misses Osborne, of Rowland
Hall sang a duet
The clever cinderella" show was
presented for the last time In Ogden
last evening, and che hard worked
Players will now take season of well
earned rest, excepting Miss GIN, who
VII rc-ehtcr the profession Tho doubt
iul paragraphs printed regarding sew
eral of the young ladies' being offered
engagements with comic opera Compa-
mes probably came from the adverts-
ing department Of the enterprise. If
me offers were genuine, the girls
showed their good sense by turning
mem down. The pleasure derived
rom being engaged in amateur opera,
Is one thing, the hack work and slav-
Gy-ofttmes something worse--of life
III a professional opera company Is an
O'her-and that other, something that
iouhs girls might well pray to be de-
Avered from.
ne latest newcomer into the big
anly Of local music houses, is the
DeeHey Music company, who are open
.uB out on Main street, The company
largely composed Of members of the
H'I Known musical family, headed by
'.t veteran musician and former leader
g' me tabernacle choir, Prof, r.. Bees
tE six of his sons, including the well
AuoVn performers, Fred, Del and Alvin,
INK daughter and one daughter-in- law,
Gul De heard playing together at the
Wree afternoon receptions which the
r~u'Plhy lnaugurates next Monday,
tuesday and Wednesday. They have IA
sool location, and with name which
VI user Is a musical trade mark, the
"npany ought to get fair share of
we going business
MISS Aryllla Clark's Tabernacle con-
W.T., scored 80 pleasant an impression
,H'Hl she has been advised to give
.,%eNeU recital at the theater some
uhe during February, Just prior TO her
nm2Iurh to Euope. II she does so. shc
Gm probably be accompanied by
@rge orchestra.
peasant occurrence at the Taber-
..alt event was the receipt of two
cGa1l'yjsome lloral offerings by Miss
'aIk. To a big cluster of American
n y'ulles' was attached the card of H.
r hartman, the railroad magnatc
'"O had heard Miss Clark sing at an