The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-14

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hands.
] The pleasure of listening to the ApOl-
| 10 club is one of the features for which
/ the Press club is indebted to Professor
Mcclellan.
Miss Ramsey has appeared at two
| Danquets the past week, where her
voice demonstrated the fact that dis
/ tance does not lend enchantment She
proved that a good singer is heard as
well at close range as in large hall
At the entertainments given by the
musicians the past week Madame
SWensen proved that Garcia wit is as
fun Of sparkle as Garcia method in
voice culture and the regret is that she
was not forced to make q postprandiaI
address IN Garcia style.
''Andantino'' or ITO My Wife, as Le-
mares success is sometimes referred
| to, was played with such effect by
Christensen's orchestra on Tuesday
evening that there were two encores.
One Of the successful events of the
past week was Professor Cooks organ
recital, which attracted a large and
! cultured audience to the Ladies Liter
airy club house on Monday evening
! Among the special features was Miss
/ Emily Larsen, the soprano, and she
was warmly received. The work Of the
! pupils showed very high degree of
proficiency
Miss Emma Ramsey gave her first
| concert in PaysOn, her old home last
| Friday evening. Professor Mcclellan
was to have been her accompanies, but
| owing to his Friday tabernacle recital
/ rOT11d not l. a.
entertainment. Dr. J. Lewis Browne
learned Of the condition Of affairs and
proffered his services.
Miss Ramsey appears in Ogden the
coming week under the direction Of
Professor Joseph Ballantyne.
Professor Lund of Provo arrived in
Salt Lake on Friday to spend the sum
mer. It is expected that the baritone
will be heard here at some Of the con-
certs.
Eddie KimbaH, formerly the pianist
in the Salt Lake Opera company, is in
/ Germany.
Arthur Cecil GOrdan Weld. the leader
of the orchestra for 1.-The Runaways''
at the Casino, New York, is not discour-
aged by his first marital experience and
is about to form another partnership
J with Cupid Weld was recently di-
/ VOrced by the supreme court Of WILSON,
sin. He is known as the man behind
the monocle," and when he directs the
orchestra ne always has a pair of i'm
/ maculate white kid gloves and an IL
Illuminated baton. His fancee is a prom
inent actress in musical comedy, it is
asserted, and has sung her little lays
under the baton Of the man whose four
names she is to assume.
Careful inquiry indicates that she is
not in The Runaways," and point
strongly to the ranks Of 1.-The Silver
Slipper and ''FIOrOdora,' the two plays
which brought Mr.. Weld and his mon
ocle prominently before the New York
public
Mr.. Weld went to Milwaukee from
Boston some ten years ago. 1t was in
Boston that he got his English ways.
He engaged in various kinds of musical
work in the Wisconsin city, and finally
took the center of the orchestra pit at
one of the theatres There Miss Vail,
daughter of a wealthy brewer, first saw
him. and soon became Mrs Weld No. 1.
When Mrs. Weld recently brought
/ suit for divorce, the name of the CO.
respondent was not mentioned, but she
is supposed to have been a member of
one of the Fisher & Ryley companies.
Mr.. Weld permitted the case to go by
default.
Truly Shattuek will not be a feature
of Punch, Judy & Co" when that
classic is produced by Oscar Hammer
stein on the roofs which extend over the
Victoria and Belasco theatres this sum
mer
Rude rumor has it that the reason for
the nOn-appearance of the symmetrical
singer was her dissemination to appear
in tights. The story ran that Mr.. Ham
merstein had explained that the art
called for candidly exhibited curves,
and that if Miss Shattuck did not
choose to take the public into her con-
fidence to this extent she might suffer
/ a reduction of so per cent of her salary.
Further, that the young woman there
upon resigned rather than appear with
out her skirts.
Miss Shattuck denies the story and
says she is not averse to tights. She
had an offer to appear in Punch, judy
& Co" for the summer. but she decided
that she needed the rest as she viii be
very busy early next season, and she
did not accept the offer. She adds that
she isn't ashamed OF her tights.
Just before sailing on the Kaiser VIII
helm der Crosse. Heinrich COnried an
nOunced that he would not engage
Nine. Eames as member of his COM
pany- The reason viii interest patrons
of the Metropolitan opera house.
Nine Eames had insisted upon Mr..
COnried granting her the same con
tract which she had with Maurice
/ Grau- Upon examining the document
the new manager noticed that she was
to be asked to sing only twice a week,
and was not to be called upon for re-
hearsal two days before or two days
after a performance.
Pray, tell me when will you be avail
able for rehearsal, madame?" demand
ed the astOnished COnried-
1T is NOT necessary for me to re-
hearse,'' responded the soprano. II
know all my roles"
COnried held up his hands IN horror.
rs this the way this opera house has
been run2" he exclaimed. But here
after it viii be different. I could not
employ Nine Games after that" he
said later. ''The famous conductors I
will engage in Europe would refuse to
conduct without full rehearsais. so If I
gave every one a contract like Nine.
Eames demands we could have no
opera"
At the Billini theatre of Naples new
opera, "Erminia," was lately produced.
It is only one act, but, one act as il is,
it produced for the composer, Lucan-
tonic ffty-six recalls. There are only
three characters in the piece and, at the