Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-21

Special Correspondence.
New York, May l6.-The farewell en-
gagement Of Weber & Fields in New
York at the Amsterdam theater Is the
general topic Of conversation this week
and both comedians and the leading
members Of their company have been
received with very great enthusiasm By
large audiences The opinion Is uni
versal that It is great pity to see so
valuable a trademark as the one estab.
hshed by this firm pass out Of existence
through private Misunderstanding, but
there is at present no indication that
the misfortune may be averted. IL
WIS thought for a time that there was
~ sr than a mere possibility In favor
oiE'euniting the commercial Interests
OF ~ Weber and Mr.. Fields but am
no" assured, upon the very best Of au.
thority that the hoped-for outcome
cannot be reached An odd feature NJ
'he situation is presented by the fact
mat each OF the twain insists II is the
other who wishes TO- break away and
that he individually is very sorry IN.
DEED over the parting. In connection
win the severance of Weber ana Fields
there have been lnnumemble rumors re.
garding the future business affairs Of
Lillian Russell whose beauty talent
and personality have done much IN 90.
ment the popularity Of the organlza.
ton First Miss Russell had been en-.
gagged by Mr. Weber personally. Then
she had signed contracts with several
other managers of greater on less note
and finally the story WINS widely nuh.
llshed that she had determined to form
an opera company OF her own ana
would produce musical version of
me School for Scandal" with hook
by John Kendrlck Bangs and score
by a. Baldwin Sloane This tale was
SO very circumstantlal that many be-.
lleVed u until Miss Russell herself gave
net denial TO Il. IL may be said with
authority that at he present writing
the fa!rest Of American prima donnas
mas made no engagement and has not
determined upon her business course
for the future Before the opening of
the present Weber & Fields season
ct the New Amsterdam, some amuse-
inent was occasioned by an nadverteut
line In the advertising matter. saving
that the Messrs Klaw and E,rlanger
took great pleasure IN announcing the
last engagement OF the firm In New
York. AS the relations previously had
been extremely inharmonlous this was
thought by some TO have been Intended
as a covert slur on the part OF the the
alter management But the matter was
quickly corrected and there Is not the
slightest wi feeling ON either side. The
episode calls 10 mind an old occurrence
IN which the late John Stetson and the
hlralfy Brothers were the Interested
parties The Kiralfys were playing IN
Mr.. Stetson's Globe theater I'm Boston
when a sharp clash occurred, and I'm
the sunday papers prior 10 the final
week OF the engagement, Mr.. Stetson
announced IN black type, Positively
last appearance OF the Kiralfy Brothers
IN this theater,' greatly to the delight |
OF me community and the anguish OF |
the fraternal Klralfys,
Some members Of the all-star cast of |
THE Two Orphans" becamo ratbnr !
shttish on the closing night Of the sea- |
son here ana treated the audience to an |
exhibition of the art or "guylng." which |
not particularly uplifting ana |
enrolling oCCasi0ncd general merri- |
ment ] suppose most Of them would |
nave condemned a similar performance |
IN n less pretentlous entertainment. hut |
they seemed quite unable To control !
their own tendency 90 be coltish nj the
nnish. At the conclusion Of one OF the |
acts TWO mem beers of the company |