Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-21
Hillary Bells Letter.
Elsie De Wolfe and Her New Play OF "Cynthia"-Oppo-
son to the Trust-More Grand Opera Figures Sad
Fate OF a Woman's Opera.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
II was a colossal undertaking and the
syndicate has come TO disaster New
managers, authors and theaters spraug
up as II by magic and before It's plans
We're fairly laid to gobble up the Coun.
Try the octopus was overthrow, It is
opposed 90 stair and Wilbur Henry
savage ana Weber and Fieds because
they would not come under It's dom,
nance and these managers are our
most successful entrepeneurs. The
FORMER firm cannot begin % supply all
the seats that are wanted at their new
Majestic theater and THE Wizard Of
Oz promises TO remain I'm undIsturbed
prosperity until summer time. Instead
OF being inundated By the wrath OF
the Trust Weber and Fields are branch.
ing out vigorously They have carried
of Charles Rlchman, the leading actor
OF the Empire theater and mean TO star
him next season as well as various
other players Of degree Savage says
nothing but saws wood. Being agin the
Trust hccoud secure hearing for George
AIDES sultan of Sulu" only at Wal
lacks theater, which is an Independent
house; but he made a hit the first night
ana ever since his premiere he has been
packing that enormous theater En-
coulaeed by his success he brought
THE Price Of Pilsen" TO the Broadway
theater last night and If all goes we'll he
make the Trust look seven ways for
Sunday This production of our almost
lnyariable successful impressarlo prom
lses long lasting luck.
LUDERs' LATEST OPERA.
"The Prince Of Pilsen' is the latest
effort Of Frank PiXley and Gustav Iu-
ders, who wrote king Dodo." The
plot Is something like this: Hans Wag-
ner. a German brewer, whose home is
In Cincinnati, visits Nice. The Ger
man-AmeHcan brewer has pretty
daughter and both go TO Italy to see
the brewers son, Lieutenant Tom Wag-
ner an American naval officer Il so
happens that on the day the brewer
and his daughter arrived In Nice the
residents are expecting a real prince.
The nobleman is the Prince Of Pllsen,
and the residents OF Nice make many
preparations for entertaining his royal
hlghness. The simple minded brewer
from America is mistaken for the
Prince Of Pilsen and many cOmplca-
lions follow The real prince does not
expose the harmless brewer and decides
20 remain for a while lncognto. He
falls in love with the brewers daugh-
Ter, and there are many other love af-
fairs in the tuneful and dlvertlng mu-
steal comedy. II IS an amusing story
with tuneful music and as Savage has
provided a talented cast and pretty
chorus girls the work should satisfy
Broadway. Thus without making any
| fuss over the matter this manager
alone has wiped out the pretensions Of
the Trust 20 control our spring amuse-
meuts.
Meanwhile, another independent pro-
ductlon. "The Darling Of the Gods Is
| packed every night The Trust lacks
| judgment. Not much more prudent is
the Independent. James X. Hackett,
having a chance 20 establish himself
az a producing manager at the Manhat-
| tan. brought out "The Bishops Move
/ by Mrs. Craigie Il was a stupid piece,
and now II Is going 10 be shelved for
a revival OF Augustus Thomas excel
| lent comedy, 1.-THE Earl Of Pawtucket'
which was elected from the Madison
| Square by the arrival OF Elsie de
Wolfe. How much money Mr. Hackett
/ has lost in his first managerial venture
/ rs unknown, but his disaster Is the
cause Of great rejoicing to the Trust
MORE OPERA FIGURES.
After all these theatrical performers
and managers, with their petty ambl-
| tons, and their foolish quarrels, are
! duh and undressing IN comparison
with the big world Of grand opera, Here
lis the entertainment Of kings. There Is
! something tremendous about IT, The
/ profits are prodigious, the losses are
! enormous, the directors are multlmil-
! lionaires, the boxes are worth
| 100000 apiece, the imprcssarlo Is
am artistic Colossus, the sing
ems are the fayorites OF roy
atty, world famous, Of prlncely
income. The receipts Of a thealel
average $1,000, the receipts Of grand
opera average 5000 a night IL IS q
great theatrical production whose eX-
penses amount 10 $500 a week, 10 is
modest operate performance whose
expense is less than $4,000 week,
Every Monday morning Maurice Gfau
stands TO lose a fortune. II costs rom
5000 TO 5000 20 raise the curtain 0i
the Metropolitan. An actress is lucky
AZ she earns $50 a week a pnma
donna Is aggrleyed 81 she does not ga n
5000 a week. On fashionable night
"a, the opera S5OOO00.S 800 slt 90 the boxes
and chairs and the ladies wear $4,000
900 worth OF diamonds around their
necks and In their hair. on one oc-
casion, the night Of the gala perform
ance In honor OF Prince Henry the box
Office took I'm S., 600 and even IN me
topmost gallery or family circle t1e
women were In fun dress IL cost ~
Ia stand up that night. $50 90 80 down
An actor may earn $4,000 a year, a ien-
or earns $4,000 iu Eve months
Throughout her American season next
winter Adelina Patti viii receive $3.50
night, or computing The time of her
singing. about 500 a minute. one nlfh'
last week Nine. Gadski. the youngest
Of the great prima donnas. scarce 30
earned 81 600 for singing exactly II
minutes. a million dollars Is paid into
the Metropolitan boXoiiice every win
ter for opera. a single row ~ boxes ir
what Is called the diamond circle is
valued at S3.7O00O0 more than the rea
estate cost OF the entire building
There are nights Of especial Interest
az the opera. Such an evening occur
red last week. when the first novelty
Of the season was produced. To secure
production at the Metropolitan a new
composer must have tremendous indu
ence. The singers are ueitish and re
fuse 10 study fresh scores the I'm
pressario must spend a great deal %
money In scenery 10 10 the vast stage
! "A iU ON