Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-03


make It sure that The entire engage
mont WIN be highly successful.
The grand opera this reason O. an
enormous vogue and the great Metro
polItnu auditorium Is fully sold out for
The entire seri0s OF representations
This Is % condition never before csiah-
llshcd and the details Of L show that
the appetite extends 90 an parts OF The
country II IL fact that muny OF the
most distant cities IN America are rep
resented unOn the subscription llst Tor
the season az the Metropolitan men
ana women IN some instances coming
AN the way to New York expressly fot
the purpose Of attending The various
performances IN Italian, French ana
German "Paisifa" Is not by any
means the fad Il was last season when
II was a matter o. very great diillchltY
10 secure tickets at any price There
Is plenty II room to he had at present
when The Wagner music drama rs Civ
en- and the spectators who purchased
blocks OF seats In anticipation Of a
repetition OF the former rush have been
very glad indeed to unload no b0XOiice
the one weak feature of the musical
year on the opening night Of the sea-
son there we're no seats TO be lound
for the representatives OF the Ger
man emperor who had been sent 10
America for the unwilling OF the statue
of Frederick the Great Manager Coo.
rlad advertised for tickets for the pur.
pose named, Offering Sl5 apiece With
out securing the coveted bits Of card
board But when It came TO the per.
formauCe the kalser's ambassadors
stood up among the crowd downstairs
while MI Conned lolled luxurlously IN
his own private box showing that his
desire ion the welfare Of his gueste
didn't extend to the point Of self-sacri-
Zee.
If the nov entertainment IN thn
equally new Lew Fields theater isn't
successful II VIII not be on account OF
any lack Of trouble IN rs preparation
There have been rlotous times an along
tho line from the beginning OF rehear-
sails down to the hour OF the initial
night M New York. First the llbretto
had % be rewritten. Then Marie Cahill
had q song She wished 10 nterpolate,
but Victor Ecrbert q was found had
q contract with the manogement exc
pr6ssly providing that no InUoducuons
should be made In the scQte That was
fixed up by purchasing the SONG out.
right and giving It 10 Herbert for the
composition Of new melody which is
strangely like the original although
bearing the all-important Herbert
trademark After that Miss Cahill and
Mr. Fields fell into a series Of aterca.
lions, as is very apt to be the case when
one star is called unon TO share the
center Of the stage 'Slth another OF
course these difficulties might have
been avoided II the contracts between
the managers and the various persons
IN interest had been drawn with any
sense OF caution OF upon any other
theory than the purely theatrical one OF
making every promise that is eXacted
and taking the chance that every.
thing viii come out right In the end.
The new theater built by Oscar Ham.
mersteln for the use Of Mr. Fields and
his associates, Is certainly beautiful and
adaptable TO entertainments OF the
light and purely amusing description,
II Is u most valuable addition to the
list OF metropolitan payhouses and a
credit to ITS distinguished builder
The Messrs, shubert seem to have
difficulty in finding attractions suitable
for presentnent at the Princess thea.
ter Robert b. Mantell In Orchard
III Is advertised for next week and
II is NOT I'm dctrirnpnt IA thig ovceilott
actor to say he cannot possibly sue.
coed ut the Princess, which has a tiny
auditorium with one Of the very small.