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

SpeCldl correspondence,
New York Nov. 30.--Jessle Milward.
one Of the best known leading actresses
in this country, has concluded TO abau-
don the Legitimate" stage and take to
the vaudeville field Perhaps It would
have been more in the line Of exact
facts TO have put the matter in the
other way by saying that the "legltl-
mate stage had shown strong symp-
toms Of abandoning Miss Mllfward. Mr..
Dillingham's effort to make a star Of
this player earlier In the season didn't
meet with encouragement, and the en-
terprise was abandoned to Miss Mill
wards Chagrn and Indignation, she
apparently labOring under the impress
sion that her manager ought to be IN
the business for purely philanthroplu
reasons. There Is a probability that
under more favoring conditions In the
money market the venture might have
had some measure of success, for amid
conditions as they exist at this moment
IL takes an exceptionally strong hit to
attract money i'm paying quantities to
the theater box office. Anyway the
public wouldn't have Miss Mllward az a
star and, having recovered from her
astonishment, she's very sensibly maxi
ing the very best OF the situation by
nuke her debut i'm the continuous per-
Torrance theaters, where abe will
doubtless receive for her services quite
as much money as sheh would have
takel for her share had her starriu.
aspirations turned out moro fayOrab.y
than they did,
Marie Tempest made a great hit at
the hudson th.ater Monday night,
when She appeared for the FIRST time In
this country In pure comedy without
musical adjuncts The play is called
THE Marriage Of Kitty and 1t is am
| adaptation by Miss Tempest's shipper
| ing English husband, Cosmo Stuart
| Len0X, OF a French work that was con
sidered by all other adaptOrs and man
ayers as quite too frlghtfully nasty to
| be 40 all possible anywhere but on the
| Partisan stage Under these crcum
! stances, LcnoN, who is a rich man, was
able to purchase the comedy outright
! for % lump sum, and when he had
! finished the task OF re-dressiug the
| story 10 was toierahly clean without
! having lost any OF It's diyerting quail
! Ties The Marriage OF kitty ran for
| moro than 800 nights In London, great.
i ly To the astOnishmcUt OF the manage
! menr which not having been prepared
| for such contingency, was compelled
! 90 remove the play 20 no less than three
! successive thcuters. The reception Of
the piece here I'm New York has beer
such as 10 indicate chat II might run on
for several months " IL hadn't beer
planned that Miss Tempest should
| make a tour of the other large cities
! AS Cor the star of this entertainment
she Is altogether delightful, furnishiu'
the first instance within my recOllec
ton where a prima donna, howeyr.
popular and successful has given uI
singing without losing any part Of hc'
popularity or prestige. Miss Temples
is assisted by small but quite cap
able company with Leonard Boyne, ,
most admirable actor at SIS head,
! Plump and pretty little Paula Edwards
has finally had her chance on Broad
way and has taken advantage OF the
opportunIt" 20 riyct her hold upoI
popular regard Miss Edwardes mad,
her first hlt as "a soubrettc at the Ca
sino some Years ago IN "The Belle o
New York and 10 is 90 the sam,
stage that she has come back TINT
week with "a company of her own I'm Q
| musical comedy called "Winsowe win
ME- The Messrs Shubert arc thD
managers Of this enterprise, but Miss