Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-02

! With 4 flourish " trumpets the san
Francisco Dramatic Review OF Satur-
day last says.
The important announcement Is made
that Gottlob, Marx and co, have ar
ranged with Charles Frohman for a
| guaranteed six weeks tour Of the Pa
! clnc coast Of Maude Adams. The tour
VIII open at Kansas city and the first
| appearance here Of the greatest OF
| American actresses since she has come
/ forward as a star viii take place IN
May Inasmuch as Miss Adams has
| not been seen here In any OF her great
stellar creations the management have
! arranged to present her for a limited
number OF performances In the greatest
OF all her representations, Babbie IN
The Little Minister"
It wasn't really my own idea to play
Hamlet (says Forbes Robertson, why
because every actor man who has ran
ced himself has always played Hamlet
all over the shop. A great many peo,,
ple-my friends. OF course-had urged
me TO try, but II always seemed TO me
an impeTtlnence to make a great play
the means Of such personal advertise.
ment. When Mr.. Irving also advised
me to try Hamlet | began to think
of the project more seriously, Miss
Terry often spoke of It. and II was her
generous belief In the idea that per-
suaded me. She argued that pianist
never hesitated to play a Beethoven
sonata: that II was considered plous
and not an arrogant ambition, Put
ting similar case In another art gave
me a new view of the matter Except
for Miss Terrys kindness and persist
cnce | don't suppose ! should have VEN
tured.
Clay Clement. interviewed in Kan
sas City the other day, said that he
would soon give UP acting and take to
ranching In Texas, where he owns
several thousands Of acres, Following
are some of his reasons for this deter
limitations
"The Syndicate don't want anything
except what has been tried and found
Of staying quality. They will not ex-
pertinent and will not try anything
new. The spirit Of commercialism
dominates the stage absolutely, and II
is hopeless proposition to try to play
and TO retain any semblanCe OF art.
It NNIuNNAt NNllNN iiiNli NilN ~ Nhi
address by number and not by name;
then. when they become unduly popu-
lar I'm one class and show a tendency
to ask for their rights II can renum-
Der them and set them at something
else That is why so many who might
be good actors are becoming aldermen
and things, and why the stage Is
bringing forth no geniuses az present
j. II. Stoddart was In Plttsburg last
week, playing the principal part In
'The Bonnie Brier Bush He says he
worked hard all the time he was there
Then he explains that his work con-
sisted In visiting the iron mills and
glass factories which abound In and
the great industrial center.
Mr.. Stoddart Is deeply interested in
OF all kinds, and al
though the mills In Pittsburg are not
the most comfortable places IN which
to spend an afternoon, unless one has
the qualities of salamander. Mr.,
Stoddart was never satisfied until he
had closely examined every part Of |
the process IN each place he visited. |
His friends expect to see magazine |
article on the wonders OF Pittsburg |
written by him I'm the course Of year. |
Mr. Stoddart has always been a con-
tributor 10 the magazines both In this |
country and Europe, He is one OF the |
most valued contributors Of Black |
woods, that sturdy old Scottish maya
zine which has had such men as
Charles Lamb, Sir Waiter Scott, Thack- |
cray and Anthony Trollopo represent |
ed In It's pages.