The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-25

necessary to the production Of tia
comedy are transferred from the ber-
gage car 20 the theatres in the various
Giles visited by the Grapewin com
pany He has a special sixtv-fva-foot
baggage car in which to transport she
/ auto-trucks. Mr. Tuck figures thar the
saving IN transfer bills alone NOT ~
/ mention the wear and tear on tn
scenery, viii more than repay him for
/ Lhe outlay The play Mr. PipD" is i'm
| three acts and five separate scenes. an
OF which are carried.
/ Irene Bentley, who is in for q long
/ engagement at the Garrick theatre. in
! Chicago, in The Girl from Dixie. d"
! astonished and somewhat Disconnected
/ the guests at the Hotel Auditorium In
/ the Windy City one day recently by
/ acting IN the capacity Of elevator boy.
! Miss Bentley entered the lift with a
! half dozen other passengers. The eIe-
/ Yator boy had left his post temporarily
| In order to communicate with the desk,
and the passengers mutterinC their i'm
patience, Miss Bentley placed herself
IN charge, and soon the car was shoot
ing skvward.
Your floors. pleased" demanded the
! Coincidence, and one by one the pas
sengers were unIoaded.
In commenting afterward upon the
feat, Miss Bentley said:
To be able to run an elevator has
become a matter Of primary Importance
IN New York, where the apartment
hotel system is now so prevalent"
witticism attributed to Fred Niblo.
who manages the Four Cohans and
other theatrical attractions. has to do
with an effort to introduce a brand OF
champagne into this country. The
agent called on the manager and said
MI NiblO, YOU are so very we'll
known about the country that your
opinion carries great weight You
would be doing me q great favor IL.
Gsk for my brand"
Certainly" said Niblo; I'D be de-
lighted 20 do So"
The agent was profuse in his thanks.
Not at ALL said NiblO: "but I sag.
old chap, what If they should have it?''
Marie CahiIrs announcement that
this is TO be her last season in musical
comedy has aroused as Widespread 4
discussion as the various arguments
pro and con over the necessity of a
rational theatre. To prove Miss Ca
hills sincerity, Augustus Thomas has
admitted that he is commissioned BY
Daniel V. Arthur 10 furnish the star
Of Nancy Brown" with straight
comedy for next season.
In explaining her reasons for defec-
ton from the field i'm which she has
earned her greatest success. Miss Ca
hill gives the following formula as the
proper recipe for the average musical
comedy Of today. One lot Of special
ties, two portions of monOlOgUe. job
lot or ripe jokes. one slapstick. several
1lEs, an exhibition Of head balancing
and one popular song.
Musical comedy is a hybrid thing"
continued Miss Cahill, "and I wish to
appear IN a character role for which
L may be remembered"
George W. Iederer, Fred r. Hamlin,
Oscar Hammerstein and John c. Fisher
are among the managers who have
publicly declared that Miss Cahiu to a
large extent is correct.
Inc other day. on q train going into
New York said Lew DOCkstader. II met
a Young man who was intrOduced 70 no
as Dr. Blank, and after some converse
ton with him I said
oai What tlt kind Of a doctor are you-medi-
car. teeth or feetF
'Well' said he. to tell YOU the truth.
Mr. Doc6st&Cer, i IN not n regular d0c+o--
Net, put m following the medical profess
Oh said T. w. haven't graduste4
yet and the entire incident passed rom
my n,ino until a few weeks later I attend
ed The funeral of an ACQUAINTANCE anl
whom should / see HANDING ont cs ~
G ei,lii 10 the mouruers but my friend. the
him After T56r the E, last SAD rites approached
. Doctor said. YOU led me- to ho
IieVe that you were a medical student
&c No Mr.. Dockstoder r 7i7 not
YOU I was following the medical t,-ofo--
sion and am I'm an undertake.
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