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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-20
THE DRAMA IN The CARS LAND
ufI10uU

The Theater Magazine for August
contains a timely and interesting arti-
Gle by Bernard CORN on THE Drama
In Russia" The author says In part;
Russia had practically no national
drama up to comparatively recent
date, At the time when England al
ready boasted Of Shakespeare Spain
Lope de Vega, France Mollere, the
Russian stage was barren OF everything
except a few childish mystery plays.
The first germs OF dramatic art were
taken from Russia to Poland. Mysteries
were performed in Kief by the theolog-
zeal students, who also visited the neig-
boring towns. But how little the drama
was understood even In Poland three
centuries ago may be CLEANED from this
well authenticated incident. During
a sitting OF the Polish diet In Warsaw,
the representatives and populace were
entertained by a mystery called THE
Passion The performance was given
on the open common, and the mobiles
looked on sitting astride their horses.
When II came to the scene where Judas
betrays Christ, one OF the mobiles ex-
claimed: 'Panoylel How could you
stand quietly and see such rascallty
taking place before your eyes? Kill the
scoundrel, kill him II you don't, RI
kill him myself And without further
ado he took aim and the unfortunate
actor fell fatally wounded by an arrow.
The birth OF the Russian drama proper
dates from the middle OF the eighteenth
century. In It's beginning the Russian
stage subsisted either on TRANSACTIONS
of trashy French melOdramas or on pa-
trlotlc native tragedies, which were not
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this line. On the heels Of this story
comes another 10 the effect that there's
to be Thompson q Dundy hppodrome
In Plttsburg, and the report goes ON
10 say that options have also been held
upon tract of land, I'm Boston To We
devoted 10 similar purposes by tins
firm. II Is quite possible that some
Of these tales may turn out to be puIe-
" imaginative, having their basis M
tho enterprises Mr.. Thompson and Mr.
Dundy are positively known TO have.
associated themselves In projealing.
These enterprises arc great enough and
numerous enough I'm all conscience. In-
yolving the expenditure of two or three
million dollars al the very least As to-
the detaile of them, Mr. puudy main.
tains an impregnablc silence. whlcb
probably win not De broken ilDul ihh
return of his partner who e now sgJur'
Ing Europe FOR material suitable Tor eA'
hibiuoD In this country.
The forthcoming tour Of r. ". South.
ern and Julia Marowo promises TO be
one Of the really important events ot
the season Il is learned that The tf1
stars and their supporting company VIII
make no extended stays In any NJ una
cities along the line Of their route cut
ting up their time for the most part mo
Stands" Of not more than two n.Ghls.
extent. The admission charges VIII
range from three dollars downward
and the interest already awakened IN
many OF the cities TO be visited later
on seems 10 indicate that the entrance
schedule WIN In no sense lessen the
numerical strength Of the audiences
The promised return Of May irwin N
the stage will doubtless be hailed WIN
much satisfaction by a large part Of the
general community, Miss IRWIN, w 10
year or two before her retirement
was one OF the most popular and sue
cessful attractions the country had ever
known Toward the last her prestige
dropped of 10 some extent but this was
undoubtedly due TO the shOrt-sghted
advice which led her TO occupy me
stage almost necessarily TO the eXclu'
sion Of the members Of her company
The error which proves most costly 70
many stars Hes I'm not being able IN un-
derstand that the public objects 10 100
much Of good thing,
The Frank l.. Gardiner mulU.ul.
lionalre reported 10 have gone 70 pieces
In financial sense I'm England was
formerly theatrical manager IN ne
United States. He first came 10 llgh.
years ago as member Of the 0rm or
Gallagher. Gilmore & Gardner or Phuh
adelphia, who originally produced no
idyllic Devils Auction" Later Gsrol,
ner managed the American tours ~
Nine. Janlsh. and he subsequently Went
10 Australia with Carrie swain ,Ins
actress made great hit and dardlher
invested the profits In Australian mlNes'
Hence his now broken fortune .a>,
LEANDER RICHARDSON
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OF p plot TO KIN the car by dcrailine
the imperial train on ita way from ~
Petersburg to MOSCOW, he manages "a
effect rescue, and IN the end OUTS
Russia with decorations galore and
Olga Petroyitch as wife instead OF sis
ter
prof. Anton Petersen viii organize
shortly an orchestra from 20 OF MS pu-
pills, and give special attention 10 tne
works OF the best masters
Holds band win give on It's Liberty
pnrk program tomorrow afternoon the
Pilgrims Song Of Hope the Halle
iuiah chorus" and the Cocoanut ana
Tomahawk dances.
Music pupils who have been away on
summer vacations are reappearlng AZ
the studios Of their teachers, ready Tor
the work Of the coming season sever
al prominent local Instructors nave
not been away at all, but have Kent
right at work.
Miss Emma Ramsey has n promising
young pupil In vocal study IN her
niece, Miss Jessie Ramsey. and the
latter's teacher has great hopes Of her
future.
Prof Anton Petersen has completed
his Norwegian suite, and viii score Il
for performance by the Utah state
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Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence,
n lew YORK, Aug. 16,-There has
IN been good deal OF speculation
" from time to time regarding the
sort OF part that had been chos-
on by David Belasco for Interpretation
by David Warheld during the coming
season-and incidentally of course the
sort Of play OF which the role in ques-
ton would be the centr8lizlng point. II
was known, ag long ago stated In these
columns. that Warneld was done with
Hebrew roles for good and all, and Il
was naturally supposed that he would
still pursue his vocation as n dialectl-
clan. But beyond these facts all was
guesswork, and as neither Warfeld nor
Belasoo would so much as think of re-
yealing what they had In mind guess
work became general and covered n
wide field. At first the rumor went
around that Warfeld was TO be
Scotchman In his next play, appearing
hrst In the kits of the fatherland and
atterward as a useful and naturallZed
citizen Of the United States. From
That point the reports went wandering
Nariously along until they finally con-
centrated few weeks ago upon the
proposition that Warfeld was TO reveal
to his large and enthusiastic constltu-
ency an Italian ot quite another type
than the taxa da -banan" variety most
FAMILIAR 10 the patrons Of stage amuse-
ments, There the matter has rested
up to the current period and there IL
VIII continue to rest, in all probability.
until this paragraph reaches the public
eye ! am Informed, upon what an
pears 10 be entirely accurate knowl-
edge that the chief parsonage In the
new comedy drama written for War
Held by Charles Klein under the advIs-
DRY watchfulness OF Mr.. Belasco Will
be German. but not at all Of the Rog-
crs Brothers or Weber and Fields line
age, When one comes TO think of IL,
there are Germans and Germans i'm
America, but there is only one that has
drlfted into the care OF comedians.
Wariteld, who is an originator in the
best sense OF that term as applied TO
stage creations, may he depended upon
TO strike out upon an entirely unbeaten
course. II Is settled, at all events TINT
he VIII be neither Scotch nor Dago.
Meanwhile the rehearsals OF THE Mu-
sic Master are going on daily and
nightly at the Belasco Theater. and the
piece Is nearly ready for production.
f c, Whitney appears to have "sized
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remain here but briefly before starting
upon It's travels to the principal cities
"'rhe School Girl win also be put for
ward for few nights at Days, 1t was
TO have rentroduced Edna May to
American consideration on the evening
OF Sept. D, but is now set down for
Thursday, Sept, !. On the same eve
ming THE County Chairman with the
original company, Will be placed In eV-
idence again at Wallacks theator, Just
across the road from Days, and within
the week following nearly all the
Broadway theaters viii be open for the
season.
Mr. Savage Is to usher IN his term OF
direction Of the affairs Of the Garden
theater on Sept. 10, when George AIDES
newest comedy, "The College Widow
viii hold attention. The theater itself
has been practically rebuilt since last
spring, when the directors of the com
pany owning the property undertook to
make II a thoroughly modern and lux
urlous playhouse from lobby to stage
entrance Mr. Savage viii devote 1t
principally 10 comedy and light musical
pieces, rarely II ever deviating from his
plan Of making a home for works Of
purely American origin. "The College
Widow" Is being prepared for It's pub
lie offering with great rapidity and
earnestness. Ten days ago the finishing
touches had not been put upon the
manuscript, but on Monday Of the cur
rent week the complete company had
been assembled and set TO rehearsng
under the direction of George r. Ma
rion. the general stage director Of Mr..
savage's plays and operas.
Henry Clay Barnabee, long noted as
the star comedian of the Bostonians'
Opera company, has fully determined
to devote himself to vaudeville for some
little time 10 come, although not per-
manently. He Is to be associated with
special production OF much magni-
tude. along toward the end of the year,
but find that meanwhile he van en-
ploy himself protitably and to his own
satisfaction in other directions In the
continuous houses, Barnabee's turn
will be quite the most pretentious thing
OF the sort ever shown In this branch
OF the amusement world, involving
specially painted scenery and COM
pany OF several persons, together with
complete managerial equipment II
Is commonly said Of new recruits IN
the vaudevilles that they are receiving
"the greatest salary ever paid but
this description appears TO exactly 1T
In the present instance.
There are Thompson & Dundy reports
almost without number In these days.
Last week Il was said that the Luna
Park managers had perfected arrange
ments for the establishment In Chlca-
go OF a great hippodrome on the same
lines as those employed IN the con-
struction of their New York venture in
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LeanderRichordSOn'S Letter

up the possibilities OF "PlT, PAN.
Pouff.' so far as concerns the favor Of
the metropolis, much more clearly than
many OF those who, at the beginning of
its Casino career, predicted a very brief
life for II. Mr.. Whitney very shortly
after the first night, quietly remarked
that In his opinion the new work would
prove a second "Florodora," and would
continue for at least a year on Broad
way. He wasn't stubborn about &C.
however, and yielded 10 the advice of
other managers to provide route for
1t for the fall and winter months out
side New York In case his estimate OF
It's value should turn out to be rather
more optimistic than warranted by the
facts. All this having been accom-
plished, Mr.. Whitney has now cancelled
the engagements OF "Plff. Paff, Pouf."
arranged for the other leading cities,
and the entertainment will run along
indefinitely In It's present surroundings.
The attention Of Nov York has certain
ly been closely held by this example Of
summer humor from the opening repre-
sentation straight up 10 the present
writing The receipts have at no time
shown signs Of dlminishment and the
performances, without exception. have
been heartily enjoyed. Another OF the
Whitney musical pieces, called "The
Isle OF Spice" In which Frederick is
interested with his brother Bert comes
TO town presently opening the season
at the Majestic theater, after having
enjoyed a prosperous all-summer career
I'm Boston.
In the outlying combination play.
houses where popular prices are
charged for melodrnmatic and bur-
lesque shows, the season Is already
moving, and the character OF the per-
formances may be indicated with toler.
able clearness by the following titles,
More to be Pltled than ScornedI "a
Working Girls Wrongs" Alone I'm The
World" and the KAY morning glories I'm
The Devils Daughter" Surely. there
Is plenty TO choose from in the matter
provided for the amusement of the
largest American city.
IL Is clear that Charles Frohman Is
looking for an earlier revival OF inter
est In stage affairs than he deemed
lkely when he first arrived in America
from his extended stay abroad. He IL
beginning his operations here on Thurs.
day night Of the current week. instead
OF next Monday evening, with THE Girl
from kay's' ~ the Herald sauare tho
ater, where the revival IL "a be made
with sam Bernard, Hattie williams and
the other members Of the original New
YORK cast. The musical comedy will
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much better from a literary standpoln.
The liberation Of the Russian slas'
from initiating the French models s1,a
menced In the reign Of Nicholas ! mas,
terpleces such as Sorrows OF WISDOM ,h,
by Grlbayedoff, Boris Godnoh' oy nv w..
famous poet Pushkin, and later ON ins
Inspector. and The Wedding Joy 'Ts
Incompatible Gogol, whose laugh'gr y
80 ful Of tears appeared on the ~
sian stage IN quick succession, aWnS-
enng It to new life and ygor but nos,,
withstanding the high literary merit "a
the plays mentioned. II cannot De sn
OF their authors that they were tne v' a.
ators Of the Russian national dralll y,
any true sense. Their productions wa,
insufficient In number and far petWes,.
and could not, therefore, have any ,a .si.
ing influence on the stage being XVI,
lowed up by The whirlpool 81 ongoni
blood -curdling melodramas inc LEI
Russian national drama dld hol
until 1850, when the powerful plal Nv
Alexander Nikolayewltch Osirof,,Mss
first made their appearance on y"
stage"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-20

The Andante or second movement, Will
be played at some future organ recital
in the Tabernacle by Prof Mcclellan.
The steady increase OF attendance on
the Tabernacle organ recitals, is very
gratifying to both the Church author
tiles and the music loving public. The
programs are OF the highest order and
the general public Is being given an adj
equate idea OF what good music s
organ recitals In the Salt Lake Taber-
nacle are coming TO be as we'll known
over the world as the noon day rectals
In the sydney town hail.
Prof George Il. SHELTON will organize
an orchestra with eight Of his best pu-
pills for orchestral work the coming
season
Some OF Madam Swensons pupils are
beginning TO make a speciality OF church
music, notably Mrs. Browning, whose
splendid voice IL finding strong favor
before the congregations where she
sings,
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SIiAPpS AND FLATS.

After an absence OF two seasons, while
winning new trlumphs In the east and
I'm Europe, Sousa and his band viii
make a tour OF the Pacific coast in the
early fall,
Some persons Kissed after the first
performance IN Berlin OF new operetta
entitled Der Herr Professor" but they
ceased instantly when the author was
brought on the stage. A glance show
ed that he was blind. His name Is
Pola Won Uii
Trixie Friganza, the statuesque come
dlenne who recently returned to the
United States from London where she
has been playing 'the pretty city
widow" IN The Prince OF Pilsen," win
not 90 back 60 England, but will play
the widow I'm the prince OF pisen"
company that VIII tour the United
states,
Sig, Campanar. the baritone Of the
Metropolitan Opera company, has Civ
en- up the operate stage for one year
NJ least, and possibly longer, Begin
ningy.E October he IL TO appear at the
he81 Of his own concert company, sing
ing principally In eastern, middle west
ern and southern cities. IL IL also pos
sible that he VIII come as far as the
Pacific coast.
De Wolf Hoppers ambition to play
Wang I'm London Is soon 10 be graft
fed Arrangements have been COM
peted whereby Mr.. Hopper win open
the Waldorf theater IN London the first
Of next February. This Is the thentcr
which recently was leased by the Shu-
berts IL is probable that later in the
season the Shuberts win make Lon
don production Of "Fantasma," the new
romantic comic opera In which Jef DE
Angels is TO be seen this season,
Felix Mott has been interviewed by a
Munich newspaper as 10 the impressions
he gathered during his American visit
He did not like II here. IL was all too
much Of AN everlasting chasing and
hunting rush and work, without regard
Ia artistic values" He said. THE peo-
pie have no time Tor an absolute, pure
art Everything has TO be produced
quickly, with a push and turmoil That
kills art. ! am tired Of America. where
many artists so for the money they can
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-20
THEATRE GOSSIP.

r. II. Sothern and Julia Marlowe
mako their first Joint appearance i'm
Romeo and Juliet az the Illinois the
alter In Chicago on September 49,
Nat G. Goodwin writes from Ostend
Belgium, that the water has reiuvenat-
ed him and that he viii sail for Amer
lea ON sept T. opening his season at
Powers thcater on Oct. Q.
Blanche Walsh. who has not acted I'm
Philadelphia for number of seasons,
~ 10 tour IN Batallle's drama from Toll
stols Resurrection" Later. Il Is prom
lsed, she viii give a new play by Fitch.
Richard Golden has new rural play
by a hitherto unknown author, and II
has been accepted for production by
Henry w Savage. Golden himself has
done some little work on the manu-
script. but VIII claim none Of the hon
ors OF collaboration
Olga Nethersole Is trying 20 obtain
me lease Of West End theater In Lon
don. Should she get il she Will begin
her season with an adaptation by w.
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Broke IntoHis House.

s. To Quinn OF Cavendish, EG W. ,n.
robbed of his customary heath pyyy.
vasion OF Chronic Constipation, into
Or. Kings New Life pills broke , nnS
his house, His trouble was arrested la, az.
now hos entirely cured They've zpv Mug
anteed to cure. Csc at Y. c. NJ l. D'''
store.
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gather but 10 me there ia something
more ~ life than the earning OF on'y
money
Paul Tietjeus, composer ~ The VIE
ard OF o." and Frank Baum, author OF
the tale from which that extravaganza
was bnilded are spending the summer
AT Macatawa, Mich. and are hard AZ
work on the score ana libretto OF rain
en- Goose" nm Extravaganza which
Mcssrs. Klaw agd Erldnger are 20 pro-
ducc. Independent OF all collabora-
ton MFR. rietiens is working ON the
book lyrics and music OF light opera
based on an East Indian theme.
Yvette Ciullbert has found out what
is the trouble with the English stage
II IL what Il Is simply because IT is
designedly prevented from rising above
the level OF Juvenile comprehension, IN
conversation With reporter she on
served: Il am amazed 10 see to what
q degree dramatic authors I'm London
work with apparently but one goal IN
view-.that Of amusing the little ones.
In Parts NJ most one or two theatera
are set aside for the chlldren-the little
girls are taken TO the Chatelot to sec
fairy burlesdues while the boys general
IS so 10 the circus. But here IN Lon
con children are TO be seen I'm All your
theaters. Hence II 10, no doubt, that
your productions are almost In every
case 80 childish, SO void Of sense, and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-20

LEGAL BLANKS, a full suppiSN aTs
the latest forms at the pesere'
Book store.
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L. Courtney OF Paul Hervlens lie De-
dale" which was produced at tho the
atre Franchise last season.
one OF the early fall productions ~
Now York win 10 Military Mad a
comedy adapted from the German by
Leo Ditrichstein. Ida Conquest VIII
have a leading part, and good com
pany Is said to have been engaged by
Charles Frohman,
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Edith Wynne Matthison has signed a
contract with Sir Henry Irving to APP
pear with him for the next two years.
She Is To- toxic emotional roles MISS
Matthfcn for two seasons has been
appearing IN the English miracle play
"Eyeiynsn,' She Is a player Of muca
ABILITY.
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II appears that PaderewsM, sarasate,
and some other artists OF the FIRST rank
did not play in London last month
which leads one OF the critics to re-
mark that there Il tendency towards
making the winter the true musical
season there, as on the continent, leav-
ing the fashionable months more or
less 70 the operate stars and the freaks
Another critic declares that while the
number OF concerts given between
easter and the end Of July was colossal.
the amount Of really good music heard
was infintesimal in proportion: 1.-THE
fact Is that In London during the sum
mer season music IL the very last thing
that concert givers have in View" the
artists being tempted to I'm their pro-
grams with such music as gives their
hearers the least stimulus to cerebral
effort Coupling this with the fact that
the summer has from time immemorlal
been the principal season I'm London,
have we not here possibly. a solution
OF the old problem why England does
not rank high among musical coun-
tries?
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OF the particular kind Of fun which no
longer amuses those who have passed
the age OF H." The idea is novel and,
to a certain extent, ingenious.
Miss Marie Dressler has heen engaged
by Joseph Weber 10 be one of the prin-
cipal condolences Of the Weber & Zieg-
field stock company at Weber's music
hall next season. This practically COM
pletes the list OF principals. which in.
cludes Miss Anna Held, Mr. Weber,
Aubrey Bouclcault, Harry Morris, and
Bonnie Magnn II only remains now
to complete hechorus. Joe Weber would
have It understood that he is not fol-
lowing the old Weber Fields lines, but
that the productions OF his new stock
company viii have characteristics all
their own. Anna Held, he explains, has
not been engaged with the idea Of re.
producing Lillian Russell's work. but to
create parts for which her own ndlyid-
uality fits her. Harry Morris Is not TO
initiate Lew Fields, but is TO develop
his own comedy veln In conjunction
with Weber. Marie Dressler is not TO
follow Fay Templeton's lines, but is to
give full scope to her own peculiar style
of humor.
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Robert Edeson 10 spending the sum
mer ut hls farm near Sag Harbor i. L.
where he Is experimenting the con-
struction OF an Elzabethan manor
house as substantial monument 20
his success In Soldiers Of Fortune
and "Ransons Folly"
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gather. but 10 me there Ia something
more ~ life than the earning Of on'y
money
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-20

After an absence OF two seasons while
winning new trlumphs In the east and
I'm Europe, Sousa and his band will
make tour OF the Pacific coast in the
early fall
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-20

Joseph Jefferson begins his next sea-
son AT the Colonial theater, IN Boston,
Oct ". and viii make six weeks
tour. closing IN Kansas city on Nov. ~.
He resumes for spring tour OF six
weeks on April IS, 1905, IN Jacksonville,
Fla, and finishes at Providence, X. l.,
on May 49,
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TO Richard Mansfield an enthusiastic
woman admirer had paid tribute of
praise, adding II suppose, sir, that
when In the spirit of those great roles
YOU forget your real self for days"
Yes, madam, for days, as well as
nights. 1t Is then I do those dreadful
things-trample on the upturned fea-
turs Of my leading lady and hurl ten
derloin steaks at walters" And you