Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-23

n N ANAGEh P1 fEh SUSTAINED
IN shock on opening a dispatch
from New York yesterday. II
was from Klaw & Erlanger, and
briefly announced that Ethel Barrymore
was m and could not MI her Salt Lake
dates, Aug, 8, Q and 10. The surprise
was all the more sudden, because the
San Francisco papers just at hand
speak glowlngly OF Miss Barrymore's
great success in Cousin Kate" This
means that the opening event at tho
Theater, instead Of Miss Barrymore,
win be Kyrle Bellew in "Rafnes, the
Amateur Craftsman" on Sept /. While
tho regret will be general, that we are
not TO see Miss Barrymore and while
MIR. Pypers disappointment is keen, he
will endeavor to sustain It philosophlc-
ally, realizing that the weather condl-
tons are such that Miss barrymore
might have played to poor business,
and then we would have had the usual
spectacle OF first class company go
ing away and spreading the news that
Salt Lake was on the decinei no actor
or actress was ever known to make
allowance for the status of the Their
mometer,
The vitality that Is punched UP in the
dmlnutlye frame OF Maude Adams Is
something wonderful. Instead of play
ing a short season with "The Little
Minister aud closing up TO avoid the
torrid waves. she kept right on yielding
to the opportunities of western and
northern managers after leaving Salt
Lake, until her season had been extend
ed up to last Saturday night IN Kala-
ma2oo, Mich. There she finally made
her bow.
A Kalamazoo dispatch dated Mon
day last says
Miss Maude Adams, who closed her
season here Saturday night in THE
Little Minister called the members of
her company together ana made little
speech to them and gave to each a
piece OF jewery- brooches for the wo-
men and stickpins for the men, The
gifts were Of value. being set with
gems, principally diamonds and emer-
aids.
Miss Adams left early yesterday
morning for New York.
Miss Adams movements next season.
are Interestingly foreshadowed in the
following London caDlegram printed in
last Mondays New ro,N Herad
miss Maude Adams Is 70 have a new
comedy which Mr. Israel langwill viii
write. Mr. Charles Fr0hman has arr
ranged for the play TO be ready in three
months time. and Mr. Zangwil leaves
London az once to give his time eXclu-
sively toward completing the work.
The comedy Is one OF rural Eng
land, IN four acts. 1t was submitted TO
Mr.. Frohman by Mr.. Zangwlll in March
last Mr. Frohman also controls the
English rights of the play, with View
OF having Miss Adams create the part
IN London
"Mr Frohman has also renewed his
contract for the English rights OF NJ.
Rostand's 'L'Aiglon," so that when
Miss Adams appears IN the new zang-
VIII comedy here she win have IL
Aiglon' as a second play"
The news OF the death of the distin-
guished English actor, Wilson Barrett,
contained in last nights dispatches, Will
shock many of his old time admirers in
salt Lake, who had no thought that he
was alling. Mr. Barrett had many
warm friends In the United States, and
though he had only appeared once In
Salt Lake, our English contingent Is
so large that~his visit made deep Inn
preston. Barrett has been before the
English public for years, the best known
of his successes having been The Sill
yer King" and "Claudian.' As an ac-
tor Of the romantic and heroic schooi
he stood very high both In England ana
America. As producer OF plays, he
was equally eminent, and as a manager
his success was equal to that he at
tanned as an actor
II. NJ. Holland will have a royal re-
ception when he comes TO salt Lake In
September with the "Rafnes' company
Ills part is almost an exact reproduce
tlon OF that I'm which he left such a
lasting impression, Captain Redwood In
Jim the Penman.'
Frank Foster, now on a mission IN
England, has met with great deal Of
favor as a baritone singer-he no longer
counts himself a tenor Mr.. Foster
sends the News a very charming
song Molly Milrea' words by Kate
Thomas, music by George Minis; the
song is inscribed to Mr. Foster, by its
composer.
Mrs. Viola Pratt Gillette will sing at
the regular service In the Tabernacle
on Sunday afternoon. II viii be most
appropriate that a noted granddaugh-
Ter Of the great Pioneer Orson Pratt
should lend her voice TO make the eer-
vice Of praise more effective on the NJ
ty-seyenth anniversary OF the entrance
Of the Pioneers to this beautiful valley
Stephens motette, God Of Israel a
particularly appropriate selection, wiz
be the anthem for tomorrow afternoon
al the Tabernacle, Soloists taklns
part in Il are Miss Lizzie Thomas Ed
ward soprano. Miss Mabel Cooper,
contralto. Mr.. Philips. tenor and John
Robinson. bass This motette Is be-
lleyed by many to he among the finest
musical compositions yet written by a
Utah composer. a portion OF the text
runs thus
In our wand'rings Thou hast led us,
When we hunBered Thou hast fed u.s.
When the foe oppressed and bled us
Thou hast comforted our hearts.
When 10 these blest wales we wandered
Earth her bountles then surrendered
Freedom crownd an blessings rendered
o let Freedom ne'er depart
During n visit OF Mrs, Viola Pratt
Gillette to Mr. stephens (her first
teacher) this week they were
both reminded Of the fact that q years
ago last Monday afternoon and night
she made her debut on the stage at his
first concert, given In Salt Lake, at the
Salt Lake theater she, mere tot
then, and Alfred Peterson singing a lit
tie Tyrolean duet entitled, 1--WE
Roam Through Forest Shade