The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-05

the night before and was sorry for it, 1t
uQesn sound reasonable. TO say nothing
81 probable. now, does it2 And yet such
= case recently came 10 knowledge. ana
vi no was the actress? Mrs. F'isket Char
acteristict Yes thoroughly. It. happened
thus wise. During the gifted actress re-
cent visit 20 San Francisco she suffered
greatly for time from nervousness. IE-
somnla resulted. and for ii few days she
was any thing other than what the Eng
lenman would term mt. she dlu not
wish to disappOint her audiences. how
ever, SO she forced herself to play. One
evening when the climax Of her nervous
gave performance Of Mary of Mag
dala The audience received her heart
ly. as usual. but she felt after the cur
tain tell that she had played i'm inferior
manner.
The next morning she sent to an the
newspapers an Open letter stating that she
in good physical condition she had giveu
an Inadequate performance Of the role
san FRANCISCAN public always mad been
so kind TO her she wished thus 90 exc
press her regret at having offered
piece of work which must have been an
unsatisfactory TO her audience as it was
to her.
The case is almost unique 1T speaks
volumes for the sincerity and earuestness
with which Mrs. Fiske views her work
and the art she serves. one similar M
stance is known. Niemann, the great
Wagnerian tenor-oue Of tho greatest
Tristans and Siegfrids the stage has
{nOWn-had mis- off nights when ne ieit
he was IN bad vocal trim and when ne
sang and played badly. After perform
ance given In this unsatisfactory man
Uer he would go. as was his custom. 10
the cafe where he always supped when
IN Berlin. TT there me met some OF the
critics of the leading papers, as ne usu-
ally did. he would proceed TO threaten
them with all kinds of dire punishment
Nr ID tn rrr & 81
of his performance.
II sang IKE "A beast" ne used TO exc
YOU have said anything to the contrary
III --' and the fate that was TO DelaIi
them would be forcibiy and clearly stated
Raymond Hitchcock's Great Dane has
lost his prestige. The dog IS massive
brute. apparently JusuEylng ms name,
Hitcncccks travelling season friends VINO
live i'm the country have been caring TOR
the dog. and when they have had Holy
Terror out Walkiug passing cluzens nave
kept to the other side of the road
The other night the custOdidus of the
animal locked him in the house and went
to New York and the theatre. Upon their
return they made the discovery. that they
had lost their keys and were facing the
difficult problem Of how to set IN Wlthoqt
counting q collision with Holy Terror. IL
was cold and drilling. and the head OF
the house in desperation. finally forced
back WindoE turneq up the hsnls. aH9
dog was not in sight and search was
begun which finally revealed Holy Terror
COVERING iu fear under a bed on the TOP
floor. Now AR Hitchcock looks panied
when reference is made to dogs.
John Coleman who died two weeks ago,
at BucEhurst Hill, England, was a INK
with some of the great actors or the last
generation. When only IA he ran away
from home with the idea of EoinE on the
stage, and called upon Macreaoy at DFury
HTgfF Hnflea ID
him rccite My Name is NOrVal' In the
Grand salon and advised him TO go home
and back to school.
Later on Coleman. playing OthellO 10
Macready's Iago, sprang upon him, as the
great tragedian put IT. more like tiger
than a human being and MaCready re-
uuested him TO ''Contine his excitement 10
his mind. and not allow it TO influence his
muscles
Jean deResZkes usual mode Of life re-
sembies Nine. Bernhardts more than
Adelina PATHS. as he rarely sOes out of
the house. except when he steps into
tightly closed cab He exercises iu ms
apartments to keep his muscles hard, and
I'M this way manages to control his figure
and keep himself from growing too bulky.
But when he goes to Poland IN the sum
mer his way Of life Is quite different. lie
IS rarely indoors
He divides his time between his stables
and his piano which he has placed on
piazza i'm the summer, so that ne may
play and yet be in the open air. I'm the
evening it is moved into the music room,
as the tenor is too prudent 10 sing i'm the
open air
tt was Stuart RobsOn's habit % blame
the public for the one part actor He
used frequently TO declare that once
player displayed any intention or lncllnd-
tion for a different line of work OF dif-
ferent character than the one Il which
he first gained nOtoriety the public not
alone demurred, but refused 70 come 10
see him try it.
81 don't know what the psychology or
It is. he said one time as ne paced nery-
Ously up and down and threw cigar ends
at the window which he thought was
open, but public and press seem to take
sort of cruel delight an clipping the
ctOrs wings. Don't try Co tell me that
Joe Jefferson can play only a few parts.
the public has absolutely refused 20 leL
MIN appear in anything Dur rev plays.
and the consequence Is that man OF
broad. fine talent has been cOOped up ln
what YOU might cali an old clothes closet
Henry irving would today be Tich man
If he had followed Jefferson's example.
but he wouldn't He fought the public TO-
i've them new ideas, new dramatic Htera-
ture. new Interpretations, ana thcpublc
beggared him. When viii the public
treat the actor with some thought and
not as though he were some kind Of
amusement machine?
Julia Mlrlowe's latest remarks upon the
causes making for success upon the
stage are interesting because they in-
Guide a reference 10 her failure in Fools
of Fortune and not because they offer
anything new upon rather trite subject
Recently she spoke OF the force 81 per-
soualitE
'-First of an the American public de
mands personality. she said. Give IN
this and III viii often be content with
poor play. But give 1t q good play and
no personality. and II viii have neither.
In one place the playwright may injure
the actor, in the other the actor mag
hurt the author Frankly confess that
my failure in Fools Of Fortune prob
ably injured Mr. EsmOuds reputation lu
this country as playwright believe ]
may say j have been successful. and for
successful actress To fail Ia a play
doesn't do the author any good 90 say
the least believed and still believe
Fools of Fortune 80 be = Bood play. The
trouble was II DIDN'T bring out my per-
s0EalitF ] shoUid have recognized This
at first. Then ; should not have done
MI Esmond an Injustice inder no clr-
rtfustaueea would i produce . piaT-lIu
matter how go0d-Which 7 felt did nat
sult me- An actor should be as careful