The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-22

than some Of the others. recommended
bathing as the best means Of keeping
In strength and health.
81 sleep ten hours and go to bed inn
mediateIy on nay return from the the
atre, without stopping to take supper.
The stupid part of the whole thing IS
that iu spite of all these rules, I look
more than H. but even if they don't
protect one against the ravases of the
years, they are at least worth trying.
AT the opening of the theatrical sea-
son William IT, Thompson and his VIE.
Isabel Irving. agreed TO contribute e-0o
apiece each month TO pay Tor mousse
they had bought down in Nantucket re-
lates the New York Times. fhe money
for the purchase was to be paid ln month
~ installments Of 500, ana as me Ille
stands i'm Miss ITvings name, 1t was
agreed that on q fixed date ncr HUSBAND
should remit his share TO her ana she
would carry out the details OF the ousi-
ress. when this arrangement was mace
fr was expected that Mr.. Thompson would
spend most Of the season on the road
and that Miss Irving engagements Wouio
proved 90 be the case. and Ar thompson
played for several months in the cry
while his wife was sent into the distant
west. About the time the April paXmenl
was due she was in WyoUlinS, colorado
and Utah PLAYING Ons-night STANDS.
Under the existing conditions or ara
matte rivalry the routes OF tTdFeilne com
uanies are not furnished FAR IN ADVANCE
to members of the travelling companies.
and iu order 10 ascertain the whereabouts
of his wife al a date when . letter 50 I'M
pOrtant as 80 carry an measure OF e-70
should certainly reach her, Mr.. IhOmp-
son applied 10 Mr.. Hacketts secretary
for the route of his wife s engagements
Tt was Of course supplied to him, ana
ran Cheyenne. WyO.. April u. ogden
I3 and "a; Idle. Is and 49, Logan CITY
Utah. IS, Carson, New, lS- etc on SUD
seguent dates on TO San francisco %
viOusiy idle Utah" was the place 70
reach her. and Mr.. Thompson inclOsed q
draft for $3.50 in a letter with special
delivery stamp and sent II FORWARD a
little later he met Ar HackeJt ana sara
''What sort of towns are you pidHlHs
mE wife in out west? S0ns Of them L
never heard Of. and + thought knew
that country. Where is IoIe, Utah?'
why. she doesn't play In Idle sie
plays i'm ogden and Logan City goinE. OUT
and salt Lake coming back. There ISM
any date for Idle"
why. yes. there is" said Thompson.
producing the route card. Here you are
idle. April Is and is.
ooh. Z see the company didn't play
those two nights. We were TO have gone
into Salt Lake, but were brought OUT
They we're idle those days
That was one on Uncle SILLY" who en-
i8yed IT, too, except that he had $50
afloat in the mail addressed 10 no place
on inquiry he learned that the postoffice
would hold the letter up. and ne could
reclaim it later on. The date when his
remittance was due however, imminent
and I'm order 10 meet II he drew cnech
for another $3.50 ana sent Il on to sacra-
meuto. apologizing for his delay by reason
of press OF work. fOrgetfuiuess caused by
his loneliness and the separation from MS
deav wife Then he wound up by saying
that his own play was gaining taVor ana
he hoped that his neglect mad not Deen
the source OF anxiety Ihls Go1e ne SET
uuE TO look up his first letter at tne gem
eTal DOStOffiCe, but IN vain, NO trace
of it could he had although the depart
ment I'm Washington took the matter up,
and "Guclc Billy was on the point or
stopping payment on his first check. when
a letter from his wife in san Francisco
relieved his mind. In it she thanked MIN
for paying her snare OF the house money
"It is the most delightful and convinc-
ing evidence of the success Of your play,
dear, and j thank you very much re-
Ceived the letter addressed 10 sacramento
ON my arrival here. and the same even
ing the one sent to Idle, Utah addressed
in care of the company, arrived at the
theatre. Thanks again, dear
Not one word about 'Jncle Billy
loving and carefully contrived eXpiana-
ton.
Here's e neat and Tar from inapt sum-
ming up Of dramatic criticism and critics
II is from the pen or a Eouns writer OF
the name of Benjamin GC Casscres. ORA
matte criticism is of three kinds. There IS
the critic who goes TO the theatre 70 ten
the public what he sees; there Is the
critic who goes to the theatre to tell the
public what he knows, and there Is the
critic who goes to the theatre to tell the
public what it shouldn't see or know
The first Ifs impersOnal. the second IS
egOustic. the third IS ataFlstic. The Ilrst
viii tell YOU what D'Annunzio says, the
said and the third viii tell YOU what he
shouldn't be allowed TO say at all Inc
method Of the first is inductvei the
method Of the second is deduetlXe; the
method Of the third is asiuine. The inn
personal critic has brains; the personal
critic has taste. and the eternally moral
critic has billingsgate.
1t has been decided that Edna May VIII
after ALL return 90 America and be seen
in her original role in THE School Girl.
when that musical comedy is put on az
Daly's theatre. in New York, next FAN.
Miss Nav has not been seen i'm this COun-
try for some time She came back once
after her great success i'm ne belle or
received on this side. ar present she u
ma <ine big personal hit In LA Poupee.'
that was recently revived on the oJher
side but viii soon abaud0n that part to
taking mp her stage work again in her
native land
THAT the theatrical season is practically
over Is shown i'm the numerous reports OF
closing theatres throughout the country.
Several houses BID Gotham have ended
their rather Indifferent seasons. while
I'm Baltimore. Washington. philadelphia
and Boston the same reports are read.
The western houses seem to be hanging
iu "a uttlp longer than usual as the sea-
SON has been profitable. and the mana
gers are 10th. TO let go of "A good thing.
n the east the story is different aud il
is said that many manager heaVed
sian OF relief when he heard the shutters
bang together ou the closing Of one Of
the worst theatrical seasons I'M that see
rion of the country that has been known
in decade.
Gn a receat interview Harry - smith
made the claim that it iE laF more diffi-
cult To- write iihretto fog e musical piece