The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-26

prise, settling into a chair. 'Ye can't
learn IT, It's a gift sir
Herr Heinrich ConTied. successor to
Maurice Grau. is counted the most ami
a BILE and the most successful liar OF the
season. And that he did lie so wei Lhe
trustees Of the Metropolitan opera mouse
in New IOrk are greatly pleased Il OF
Herr COnried less than a year ago sol
EMMY declared 10 his hackers that his
experiments this season would cost them
, a deficit of Sl50,000 while to the contrary
he has placed a neat dividend TO the &C
count Of the company. lL IS lying such
as this that CIiuche5 "a man reputation.
This years dividend is per cent on a
capital stock of $4,000 and more-how
much more Herr COuried and his teiloW
directors viii not diVulge. AT a uDsfa4
4 estimate of 10 per cent tae net earnip gs
would be only $1,000. but even TINS
amount is quite different from loss OF
$4,000.
More than quarter of a million dol,
lars was spent for newly c0stumlng ana
staging the Ring music dramas, 'Aanli-
hauser,'' "Rig0.etuo' and part OF Aida, p
and for this only $4,000 was taken out OF
I the receipts. But these are tangible
asset Tor the future, and with the enOl-
nous earning posi- bIllties of 'FaTsIIdl
the opera S future financial success seems
more rl2-- reasonable
The gross receipts of the season were
81 $50 600. "Parsifal' alone in eleven per
4 f0rmances took in $ls6,306s9. So it can pc
/ easily seen how great a FACTOR IN the
L
/ drama over the production ana aiieSeu
desp0liati0n of which the WagneriJes or
: Germany threatened to go to war with
/ the United States. 'ParsltaI' was not
/ desDOiled-far from 1T.
( The artistic results Of Herr Conried' >
! first season have already been discussed.
{ In material results his success has greatly
/ exceeded expectation. The metropolitan
! opera house has been mOdernized and
I made infinitely better off than when he
! took it.. He has filled the place fuil or
ginger.
! Concerning moral and IMMORAL plays,
I Miss Harmed makes this distinction.
/ .'The play iu which a woman sins and
/ Is panished is a moral play The play IN
I which she sins and escapes punishment
I Is immoral Whatever shows that her
I punishment is inevitable has moral in
/ fiUence." she said and there you
And there. I think. you have.
Jennie yeamans occasionally perpe-
Z trates rhymes Her latest one runs after
( this fashion and goes best with the bust
/ ness of a Yeamans sarug after the second
/ A filtration. and no one To- blame;
] For IF YOU have forgotten my kisses,
i have forgotten your name
]
/ The London newspapers are beginning
I 90 direct attention 10 the fact that Sir
Z Henry Irving viii complete his haif cen
I fury upon the stage in two years time
/ A suggestion has been made that COM
/ miltee be appointed to make arrange
/ meuts for the celebration of This event,
/ and THAI theatre be built and presentcd
I 20 Sir Henry as q memorial OF MS
achievements. Doubtless Sir Henry's iu-
I bilee viii be more memorable than any
I event I'm thea triCal annals since the re-
/ tfrement OF Macready. and nobody VII.
( deny that he has fairly earned Whatever
{ honors may be showefed npou hlsil. Like
I Nacreadv and Charles keau. he is happy
+ In enjoying a fun, generous and public
! recognition Of his eminent deserts sam
/ uel Phelps. who was q greater actor ana
did much more for me stage taan any
( one OF The three. was hOnoTed by no pub
I lie distinction. But ne never knew how
/ 10 crook the pregnant hinges az The knee.
/
In an article on Jean de Reszke at
I Home" printed III the London Daily
/ News. details are given regarding the
I teaching plans OF the greatest tenor OF
am times and countries. The writer. John
I Macdonald. describes the De Raszke
method as "the old Italian mel hoo. anal
j gamated, 60 to speak. with The French
{ and the Wagnerlan styles. only ABOUT
/ twenty pupils are to be received at the
I start iu his school az S. Rue dc ia Fai-
f sanderie And the accepted candidates
z must have something more than pleas
/ ing voices. what The man in the street.
or the gods iu the gallery, OF even the
/ upper ten iu the boxes. may regard as q
! very good voice may or may not satisfy
I the master. There must be something
/ Ga she voice besides something Of
i the mind. the feeling. the passion, that
( some day viii make the singer an artist.
/ And AI. de Reszke, himself the most eX-
{ uuisite and versatile. VariOusIv gifted.
/ most catholic so 20 speak. singer OF our
! modern day. is, in his testing OF his
1 would-be pupils as patient ard symps
/ thetic as he IS memorable After tbs
I holidays the students are TO be intr0-
I duced TO the second part Of their train
ing be deciamator} theatrical ara
ma