Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-20

moved into the Criterion theater with
| Merely Mary Ann which, Il is a
| loregone conclusion, Will remain upon
| tnis stage until the END of the season
| Inc play had been repeated 80 times al
| the conclusion OF the engagement al
the Garden theater and It's one hun
| dredth representation In New York
VIII take place at the Criterion March
2S. There are not many OF these rec .
ords floating about during the pres .
ent season, and for this reason Miss
Robson may specially congratulate
| herself.
Mother Goose" at the New Am.
sterdam theater IL probably the first
spectacular show in this country-or
any other ( r that matter-to have
upon its payroll and in active SER
Vice full-b!oodod North American
Indian girl There Is song I'm
Mother Goose" called Laughing
Water that has made an extraordln-
airy hit, The singers participating In
this number are made up ms Indians
and the other day the stage manager
was very much surprised to receive
call from young woman applying
for position IN the Laughing
Water chorus-a young woman who
although exceedingly pretty. bore up
on her countenance unmistakable EVIL
dences OF Aboriginal ancestry. The
idea of an Indian song with a real
Indian maiden In II appealed TO the
stage manager, and tho Mohawk
chorus girl ie now quito potential
figure In the New Amstordam's Dig
spectacle.
Transferred by order OF The mayor of
New York." MS his advertisements put
II, kyrle Bellew, with "Raffles, the
Amateur Craftsman" has resumed his
New York run, taking possession o. the
Savoy theater. Mr.. Bellcw has given
ll9 performances OF this piece In New
York and VIII remain with IL at the
Savoy until the end Of next month.
when he Is to join the Two Orphans"
company as already mentioned in this
letter. Mr.. Bellows audiences
are naturally much larger than
those he formerly drew at
the Princess Theater, although
he kept that small auditorium pretty
well packed throughout his engagement
there.
THE Pit" at the Lyric Theatre, Is
unqucstlonahly n great and solid sue
cess The enormous auditorium (thC
Lyrics holding capacity Is more than
$4,000 Is packed to the doors every
night and at the matlnees, and there
are extraordinary demonstrations of
approval Mt the end of the scene rep
resentIng an excited episode In the
wheat pit. Wilton Lackaye, who has
long cherished an ambition 10 be a star
Of the first magnitude, has his wishes
amply gratlfied I'm the present instance.
He has scored an individual triumph
Of the most enyiabe description.
Mrs. Leslie Carter" said David Be.
lasCo yesterday. will play all next sea-
son at my theater In New York. have
already finished one play for her use,
and before the autumn comes around
! will have another ready IN case she
finds It necessary to fall back upon
second drama This contingency. how
ever, is extremely doubtful In my mind,
as am convinced that the work have
already prepared for her use will be
found amply satisfying, both to Mrs.
Carter and the public Asked what
he intended to do with Blanche Bates.
after the end Of the current season, Mr..
Beasco made an evaslve reply and gal
loped up the steps of the elevated rail-
way. II Is not difficult, however, to do
a little guessing that will hardly be far
out Of the way. Mr., Hammerstein Is
laying the foundations for a new
theater In Forty-second street, |
near Eighth avenue, to occupy |
the same space as that covered by the
Belasco theater. 1t doesn't look to |
be reasonable proposition that oscar |
is constructing the new house upon n |
purely speculative basis while al |
ready engaged In putting UP the larg- !