The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-03

Twelfth Nighe She was restiy
ticlsd by "a young man sent out by
ore Of The papers with Instructions TO
are an interview al all hazards
TIE reporter visited the hotel and
asked the clerk 10 telephone Miss Al
lens roopa and ssy that a reporter of
ore Of the prominent papers desired 10
see her. The answer GENE back that
Miss Allen was nut for a walk. Az
hoEr lster the clerk " as asked to tele-
phone gain. and the answer came this
t.i7e thal Miss Allen was taking a nap.
Finally. in despair. the young man
asked tiie hsad clerk to let him tele-
phone when the following conversation
occurred.
rs afiss Allen ins.
Yes, this Is Miss Allen.
well there's q Young man from one
of the principal papers here with i'm
peFative orders 30 secure an inter
view
.sOh. indeed please inform the young
man that Miss allen is not in
But I am the Young mani.
ThC actress laughed, hegitated. and
then replied. oh. welt. come up to
nv reception room.
gbe young mans persistence had
trium9hed.
Miss Grace Van Studdiford is one Of
the Broadway stars y no rejoices at the
prospect of spending Christmas in
town, al the more because OF q trying
experience she had just a year ago
Miss StuddifOrd was then prima donna
with the Bostonians. and, as she ex-
presses il. enc may be in the Boston
I ianS hat not of tbem-a fact that is felt
particularly az the holiday season.
Wherever the Bostonians go, the
! originals. ike Messrs. Barnabee ami
Macdonald. ind friends, even in the
/ heart of a desert.
Now il happened that Miss Van stud
GifOTd had never Travelled over the Cal
I ifOrnia territory. and as the train
pulled into Sacramento -aa Christmas
eve she did not look forward 10 friendly
! greetings. She found cherries, IN
heated room at the hotel, and as the
company did not arrive until late ct
night, there was no performance 10
temporarily relieve the dependency
which overlook her.
After night of shivoring she awoke
10 hear the BafHabees and MacdOnalGs
receiving friends they had met before
I in Sacramento. opening presents from
near and far. while her Christmas box
/ had been delayed. In fact. il did not
reach her until the G Inclusion Of the
| ten DAYS of one-night stards-and then
/ she paid an express hiil of $40 on a box
/ OF home made fruit cake. And that 5
I why she is particularly pleased to think
/ that her name viii sill twinkle above
| the Lyric Dec. %.
! Miss Blanche Bates, who is about to
/ leave as with The Darling of the
Gods, has bestowed her blessing upon
I New York in the shape of a few hints
/ 10 women on how TO combine health
I and beauty. First of all she insists
upon SLEEP as the one great essential
/ to any one who wants to retain their
youth. This she combined with plenty
/ Of exercise. not too violent, but long
and continued. TO this Miss Bates
adds: Let me tell you something
about the massaging of the face.
Nothing is worse for the skin. Try
repOse ard relaxation. Why. 1 have
/ always talked with my hands, nose.
/ cheeks and eyelids not to mention a
! desperately contracted forehead. But
4 these last few weeks 1 have been prac-
( ticing this new way of giving my face
I a rest. The Japanese are calm and
1 their faces unlined, and I am a Jap
/ anese now. And let me tell you, the
women of the stage have late hours
/ and gasHght and hard work, but they
are regular even in the way they turn
night into day AS TO eorsets. for my
/ part ] never wear them on the stage.
/ 1 could not bear them. OF course, some
| roles have much more exercise than
others and are more exhausting, es-
! peCially the emotion: and some nights
/ the spirit Of emotion is more keen
( those are the glorious nights-but aft
! erwards you sleep like child.
#s
Rubinstein once promised the orches-
trail players a supper if one of his new
/ operas should prove a success. 1t was
q dismal failure. and he went home
and, 10 and behold, there were the
I players, In response to his look OF
! establishment. they exclaimed In uni
son. We liked your OPERA"
/ William Gillette has made big sue
/ cess I'm j. Nj. Barrie's play, The Adj
/ mirable Crichton, presented for the
\ first time d few evenings ago at SYRIA
cuse, n. Y. which town seems TO be
/ Manager Charles Frohman's favoritc
dog
Many players are proud of having
/ been born to the stage. Many more
are proud OF their theatrical lineage.
/ But they viii all be compelled to
| arise rather early, aphorically
/ speaking. if they are 20 eclipse the
! record of one. Helen MacGTegoT. For
/ this account Of Helen's coming has but
recently been printed: IF there is any
thing in the old expression. to the
manor born, then IL is not surprising
that Miss Helen MacGTegor should so
skilIfullr play the role of Irene Milf
din in Captain Darlington Miss Mac
[ GTegOT was born tWeDty-fOur years
ago, on Christmas night in the Roches-
ter opera house, New York At that
time her father. James MacGregor. one
lof the best known of the older Amer
/ lean actors, and at present in The
Christian was a member of the stock
company of the Rochester opera house.
ON the night that Miss MacGFegor was
born. beautiful adelaide Nelson was
playing Juliet, while Miss MacGregor' S
father was playing Friar Laurence.
The birth of the baby was the occa-
sion Tor a general Christmas Tejoic-
ing and Adelaide Nelson was selected
+ as gOdmother. The christening took
place on the stage three weeks Ia
tar
Few persons realize il. but the man
who heats the big drum in the or
chestra is one of the most important
members Of the musical aggregation.
says the New Orleans Times Democrat
/ 7and- as q matter of fact, we could
not get along without him at this day
and time. While the drum, is one Of
the most ancient of musical instru-
ments. being positively primitive. it is
Yet, even in this advanced age, one
of the most useful. Men were beating
on the tightly-stretChed hides of wild
animals. and getting a sort OF music
I out OF it long before they had learned