Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-02

just now with the thermometers bounce
ing past the so mark and almost
the last of the regular theaters
closed up. At the New York, where
the garden season started off badly,
there has been a very gratifying pick
up owing to the addition OF the beau
teous and bcwitching Guerrero. and the
remarkable mental freak, Datas To the
bill. The last mentioned attraction tx
curious customer. His normal occu-
patton was that Of stJcker in Lon
don where It was finally discovered
that he possessed a really wonderful
memory for dates and occurrences. II
is very seldom that Datas is tripped
up as to the exact time Of any hap-
pening In history and he affords a very
entertaining haif-hour In the matter
Of making himself presenrabe for the
public eye the man Is a source Of great
disturbance TO the management. He In
sists on wearing the most outlandlsh
garments In cut and pauern. and there
is no inducement that will tempt him
to put on evening clothes, He has
Blackfriars dialect as impenetrabe az
London fog, and with all his memory
he cannot remember to forget that. At
Mr.. Hammerstein's Paradise Gardens,
the vaudeville bill Is extremely good
and at the Aerial Gardens over the
New Amsterdam. the Offenbach Review
Is an unmistakable hit There's no
doubt about the prosperity of all the
outdoor shows just at present,
The big Coney Island show, Luna
Park, continues 10 find difficulty In se-
curing facilities for the transportation
of all who desire to go there Although
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company
runs practically unendiug series Of
express trains straight into the park
itself, and In spite of the numerous
trolley lines all operating to the full
extent OF their capacity, there are SIN
thousands upon thousands Of people
every day turning TO other resorts be-
cause they cant roach the beautihed
and rejuvenated Coney Island. The
Messrs. Thompson and Dundy, having
exhausted all other means within their
reach at present. are now organizing an
automobile service between New York
and Luna park, having ordered for
immediate delivery 80 large cars pro-
PEELED by electricity each capable Of
carrying some 40 persons, This service
VIII be supplemented ms soon as the fac
tory can turn out additional machines.
These same shuwmen, by the by-and
an others are faded when II comes to
a comparison Of the largoness and dar-
ing Of their enterprIses--are about TO
accomplish what has long been prom
ised but never executed In New York
They have taken a Long lease Of a big
plot Of ground runtirG from Forty.
third street to Forty fourth street on
sixth avenue and extending pretty
nearly half way up the block toward
Fifth avenue, and upon this site they
will Immediately begin the erection OF
a huge hlppodromo TO be run upon
somewhat similar principles to those
governing the conduct Of the London
| hippodrome. This place Of entertain
ment will not be ready for the public
until the new year but II viii certainly
| give the managers Of the regular thea
ters something 10 think about. first on
| account Of its novelty and second for
| the reason that It's capacity win make
an audience Of 10000 persons a merely
ordinary affair
1.-THE YANKEES Consul" leaves us at
| the conclusion Of thi1 week, when Ray
! mond Hitchcock and his fellOwplayers
| win begin a vacation Of three weeks
| duration, During the final week Of
| July the company will reassemble for
! rehearsals and on Monday, August l.,
| win resume their performances OF "'rhe
| Yankee Consul AZ the Studebakcr the
! alter In Chicago for a run of cOnsld-
cradle duration This piece has been
| the most successful Of all the seasons
musical productions. and 1t might cas-
lily have continued straight through the
| summer IN New York, II Mr. Hitch
cocks voice hadn't begun &c show signs
of the wear and tear OF constant use
during nearly 10 solid months. II was
thought better 20 employ the ounce Of
| prevention offered by a brief rest than
chance the mound OF cure following a
possible breakdown.
|
BY the time this correspondence
| reaches the eyes OF us readers Charles
Frohman VIII IN all probability be
well on his way back Ia New York
from his annual visit 20 Europe. with
| the homecoming " Mr. Frohman the
theatrical world invariably wakes up,
no matter In what state OF somnolence