Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-04-08

While nobody with finely spun ear
nerves will deny his tribute to the
canaries which Herr Conried uncaged
in the Tabernacle, there is another
egg in the nest which should be count
ed. / refer to the egg of publicity
which has been Matching for six
weeks past, the shell of which was
broken last Tuesday night. That the
attendance at the tabernacle was out
of all proportion to the merits of the
concert, out of all proportion to the
wide publicity given to the entertain
|ment, can in no way detract from the
matchless work of the local manager.
The advertising campaign which
preceded the concert will stand as a
monument to tireless effort and per-
sistent energy. The manager wrapped
himself in the robes of high priest
and preached a crusade which will
forever lessen my opinion of Peter the
Hermit. Tom Lawson may be an au-
thority on frenzied finance, but the
Boston man is out-distanced when it
comes to frenzied publicity. 1t was
no fault of the local advertising man
ager that the Conried songbirds found
no richly plumed box Office He is
entitled to wear the epauletts of Gen
eral Publicity, even though the taber
nacle benches groaned beneath a
weight of emptiness. The campaign
seeds were lavishly sown, but the har-
vest was not gathered. Oh, the shame
of it!
Among the thousands of Conference
visitors in town during the week, the
Utahna has had its share of patrons
| The popular house every night Is
| standing 'em up and still they come
in punches, droves and crowds. Mr.
Gourley has prepared a special Con-
ference bill for his country patrons.
If one may Judge of applause and the
jam at the box office, the Utahna is
doing a great work as first aid to the
fun hunters. 1t has been noticed that
people who go to Utahna once, go
again. With a third visit the habit
breaks out all over the body and the
person becomes hopelessly Utah
nized-an incurable disease.
If you haven't been to Utahna, when
you get back to the farm the boys will
josh you. Just see If they don't.
The Utahna Stock company reports
big business on the road. Everywhere
in the state the word "Utahna" is
becoming known as a synonym for the
best for the money. The enterprise
of Mr.. Gourley is not only being rec
ognized, but bringing results.
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THE Red Feather" now wouldn't
that tickle you. Those of us who re-
member robin Hood by the same
musical author want to know what
Reggy was trying to do when he Went
feather hunting. Charles Cook, who
Is responsible for the lyrics, and
Charles Klien, who evolved the libret
to, should be decorated with the Order
of the Feather and told to sin no more.
Miss Grace Van Studdiford made a
brave attempt to carry the whole
show. She is a beautiful stage illus
tration of what an operate star should
be-the brightness and scintillation is
all there. But her shoulders are not
broad enough to carry the trashy
weight of the Red Feather" whose
buoyant lightness exists only in the
: imaginations of it's composers. The
} plot varied just as frequently as Miss
Van Studdiford changed her countess
gowns for the cape of the bandit. And
, wasn't that quite enough? Harry
Davies, the soldier lover, should be at
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