The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-17

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0URING the two weeks OF darkness
u at the salt Lake theatre work that
viii make for the safety of patrons
has gone forward rapidly. Always a
safe theatre, if any theatre can be
called safe. some extra precautions are
being taken IN the historic old play
house For instance, the OLD electric
wiring under the stage has been taken
out and replaced with new wire. A
snort circuit will now be impossible. In
the third circle the width Of the exits
has been doubled, so that that part of
the house can be emptied twice as
quickly as before. Other improvements
are contemplated or under way
Speaking OF the Theatre and the
SAFETY precautions naturally reminds us
Of the Iroquois disaster, which viii long
theatrical circles. From devices for
The safety Of patrons thought is being
directed now 20 safety for the perform
ers- An actor writing in an eastern
paper has called attention to the lack
of care paid to means of egFess for ac-
tors, actresses and choruses in the
event OF fire on the stage. He points
out that II an asbestos curtain is low
cred between the stage and the audi
ence the performers are almost sure to
be destroyed
This seems to US rather an advanced
View 10 take of the matter As a rule
It is very much easier for a company to
get out of a burning theatre than for
an audience TO get out. This is true be-
cause panics in a company are almost
impossible by reason Of the stage exits
and the small numbers. Only one mem
Der Of the 'Bluebeard" company was
killed in the Iroouois fire. and she lost
her life because she went back TO save
two children who had already been
saved. Ia all the reports Of great he
atre disasters there is no mention OF
fatalities among the performers.
OF course we believe everything
should be made as safe for the COM
panies as possible. but the fact remains
that il either the company OF the audi
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company. This on the principle OF the
greatest good TO the greatest number.
We cannot afford to abolish the ashes
tus curtain for fear members Of the
company shut in behind it may lose
their lives.
salt Lakers VIII be interested in
knowing that the Broadway Weekly. a
New York periodical devoted to theat-
Tieals. has considerable to say in re-
cent issue about Maude Adams Two
pages are given over to pictures Of Miss
Adams in four different scenes in Tins
Pretty sister OF jose" The play is
amply described and Miss Adams work
IN it is given a most dattering notice.
A CORES ondeut of The Herald writes
10 ask when The Eternal City viii
appear I'm the salt Lake theatre2 Man
ager George y. pyper said yesterday
that the piece is not booked fOr that
house this season. He hopes 20 get it
for next year.
Ghosts" an Ibsen play that has at
tracted vast attention wherever Il has
been put on, viii be the one theatrical
attraction at the Salt Lake theatre this
week. Tt comes, with the original New
York company. for the first half of this
week. Next week we are to have Paul
Gilmore in THE Mummy and the HUM
mingbird." Mr. Gilmore viii be followed
by Mrs Langtry in Mrs. Deering's
Divorce" At the Grand this week an
old favorite, 'Yon Yonson," viii fill in
the first half Of the week. including a
Wednesday matinee. The playhouse
viii be dark during the latter half.