The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31

n GERMANY has been observed.
with a somewhat remarkable inter
est. the sixtieth anniversary Of the
death-Of a writer of dance music. Josef
Lanner- In his day he had the Strauss
FAMILY for rivals. but he may be truly
said TO be the father of our modern
dance music. The son Of a poor glove
maker, with few opportunities for sys-
LeInauc instruction in music but with
an ardent desire to learn the art he
=Iaught himself how TO play upon the
violin, and later learned from text
books how to compose. He felt that
there was a mission for him. and with
- the burning ambition to conduct an
orchestra, he began by organizing a
quartette, in which his future cOmpeti-
tor for public favor, Strauss, played
the violin Lanner arranged the music
Tor this embryo orchestra. A little
later he added more instruments TO his
quartette and wrote waltzes and
LaeHdter and performed these in pub
lie From the early playing of the
quartette in coffee houses. in which
one Of Strauss duties was to pass
the hat, the Lanner orchestra be, anne
the rage in Vienna, and so great was
the demand for its services that Ian
ner formed another orchestra. at the
head of which he placed Strauss. who
conducted this orchestra for six years,
after which he led an orchestra of his
own, and so great was the rivalry be-
tween these two waltz kings that
Vienna went mad over them and two
parties were. formed among the dance
loving element of the imperial city.
Ihere was merry war between the
Lannerites and the Straussites over the
two leaders. But the friendship be-
tween the two musicians remained
-stead-ast- throughout the turmoil.
Catherine Germaine's husband.
Charles H Bum. underwent a rigid
examination before Coroner Jackson of
New York City in regard to the cir
cuilSJanceS leading to the suicide of
the soprano the evening before, in
their apartments in the harrington.
From Mr.. Bunns testimony il ap-
pears that a thwarted ambition to be-
come star in comic opera was the
reason his wife drank poison. Her hus-
band immersed in business, did not
sympathize with her desire to fit out a
musical organization in which she
could appear in New York and on tour.
Once before Miss Germaine took poi
son. It was strychnine that time. and
It was said she swallowed it by mis-
take. The Incident occurred in st.
Paul, when Miss Germaine was head
ing an Isle Of Champagne" company
- managed by her second husband, Da-
vid Biers.
Miss Gernaine was married three
times Her first husband was a DR.. Lee
of Syracuse. n. Y She was a native
or that town and under her maiden
name. Kitty Price, was popular in So
c1ety. Her husband did not encourag re /
theatrical tendencies, developed soon
after marriage, but she nevertheless
came to New York to study voice Gull
tUre.
There was a divorce and then she
married BierS. He helped her get on
the stage and backed her as star of a I
ina F-1r- inc
she played with SeabrOOke in the Isle
of Champagne in New York She
wanted TO be real Broadway star.
while Biers thought there was more
money on the road A second divorce /
followed.
Miss Germaine had previously met
Bum. They were married and he
helped her in her professional as0ira- I
tons until business began to take up I
his time, and he persuaded her to give I
up the stage She had been negOtiat- !
ing recently with several managers re- !
garding return to the foOtlights /
Bum objected.
A song has captured the heart of /
Ruth PEBBLES of Kansas City. She sang
Annette in king Dodo- in a manner I
mat made male hearts wObbIe. War I
Anderson sang the part of the Pedro of /
the comic opera At first his songs made
no impression upon her one night he 4
sang When You Are Mine That SET /
tied Miss PEBBLES. She became attacked /
with insomnia and the maIady didn't (
leave her until he proposed. She ad-
mits 1t was the song that captured her /
and shat, as a result, they will soon
practice the duet Of life together
Calve has entirely recovered from the 1
effects Of the acOnite which she took to /
cure bad case Of grip and is singing
in Paris in The Damnation of Faust" 1
George W. Lederer is patiently await /
ing the day when Frederick Edward /
Mckay wiz walk into his office, take of /
ms coat, unsheath his fountain pen and
say that he is ready for work. He has 4
peen hoping against hope for several /
DAYS that he would come in
Few folk know that Mckay is press
agent Tor The Gibson Girl the con-
coction in which Blanche Ring is to
begin starring on June 1. But he is. or
so Lederer has been led to suspect by
terms of the contract under which he
IS to present the singer.
Mr.. Mckay, as every one in the coun-
try, probably. knows by this time. is
the personal manager of Miss Ring. He
became so when she was beginning TO
be noticed at Mrs. Osborn's play house
IN tommy Rot. When she became a
stellar possibility, Mr. McKay's main
duty was TO see that some manager
realized her possibilities and gave her
a handsome contract
Lederer was not slow to notice that
there was much truth in Mr.. McKav's |
representations. and agreed to take
Miss Ring under his managerial care
When Mr.. Mckay dreHs4fOyth the cen