Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-16

whereas the Knights experiment with
"Dante" was not wholly happy In It's
results, his former cOmrade IN not be-
lieved TO have coined money as sep
arate star. Sir Henry Is known to be
anxious to tour In Australia, a project
he has had IN mind for years ana
wants Miss Terry To 10 along, nut tie
thing cannot come of for Il year at
least, this because Irving has arranged
for long provincial tour In Beckett
with Mrs. Cecil Raleigh, the American
actress, as his leading woman, While
Miss Terry also Is booked" for several
months to come,
II Is for rather an odd reason that
Leopold Wenzel. who, for 10 years. has
conducted the ballots at the Empire, is
leaving that famous London place OF
amusement. Wcnzel, who Is perhaps
best known as the author Of the two
French songs "Veux-tu?" and Petit
Bleu,' Is quitting the Empire because
his orchestra has been forbidden to ''sa-
Lutte him. The conductor always has
been popular with the members Of the
orchestra, who for several years have
been In the habit OF paying him the
NF'' f'AhA'NN VI AhElAlAb VII lhNlA tAAH'iN
stands at his taking up his baton. Not
long ago, the Empire management or
dered the players to discontinue the
practise-why has not been revealed
wherCupon. Wen2el threatened TO re-
sign, not expecting, however, 10 be taxi
en- at his word, His resignation has
been accepted, however and he will
leave the music hall on April %.
A German audience which had gath
cred to see comedy had a tragedy en-
acted before them the other night, when
Emu Hasda, a faVorite comedian who
at the time was playing the comic part
In Fulda's The Twin Sisters sudden
~ committed suicide on the stage. The
thing happened at Nimptsch, the Twin
sisters company being entour from
Berlin. All along they had played to
bumper houses and from the first, the
comedian, llasda, had been most APP
plauded OF all the players. 1t Is said
that Hasada's reason for self-destruc-
tlon was the fact that one OF the act
resscs In the company had refused to
marry him, His part in the comedy
was a broadly humorous one and all
through the first act he Kept the house
in fits Of laughtre, So enthusiastic was
the audience in fact, that after the act.
the curtain had to be raised several
times. Five time. as 1t rose. the COM
edlan bowed his acknowledgements In
the ordinary way, but when II assembled
FOR the sixth time. Hasda suddenly
drew a revolver from his pocket and
blew out his brains In full view Of the
whole theater, He pitched forward I'm
front OF the oot-lights.-the blood flow
Ing from his wound The curtain was
rung down Immediately, however. and
the performance brought to an end.
Ludovie Barnay, the German actor OF
Williams, is not dead. but when his time
comes he should know how to pass
away effectively. For according TO a
record Kept by this mimic bad man."
he has died no less than 1859 stage
deaths, and hopes 10 live to die a good
many more--if a "buIl' may be per-
mitled The classification table of the
players wholesale decease is as follows:
Committed suicide ga times. died Of
heart-dlsease 1872 times, poisoned 1866
times stabbed 81 times. died in bed
30 times, killed by tightening 81 times.
executed 30 times. drowned 22 times.
On the other hand Barnay has been
married on the stage l.l7l times which,
the ingenious player calculates, leaves
him 80 wives who are not widowsl
CURTIS BROWN.