The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-23
PLAYS and PLAYERS

made Fritz Emmett, just as, a lit
tie while later, Maggie Cline pIucked
. her laurelS from the staff that bore
the notes of ''T'row Him Down, Nc
ClOsky." Tommy Atkins" was the
turning point in the career of Vesta
Tilley; Lottie Collins began and ended.
so far as public approval is concerned.
with TIA Ra Ra Boom De Aye, and
Chevalier's renown rests upon two or
three pathetic ballads. More recently,
May Irwin was applauded for THE
Bully Song; Blanche Ring sprang in
, to notice with THE Good Old Summer
Time and Ellie Fay got her start
with The Belle of Avenue A" Most
recently of all, Julia Sanderson has
beeen made an important figure in
theatrtcalS by her success with Just
My Style" the song hit of ''Fantana.' -
This piece and another, called Tam
many" did more than any other two
things TO help 'Fantana" TO a run
OF eight months. but jefferson De An
gels. to whose lot fell the latter COM
position, was already a star. Just
My Style has been the rage in New
York all summer. Hand organs play
1t, one hears it at restaurants, and
when the management of the Lyric
theatre gave copies of the song to
commemorate the two hundredth per
Torrance of 'Fantana' on Broadway,
the house was packed to suffocatiOn.
Taking everything into considera-
tion. one isn't belittling an article so
very much when one says that lit may
be had for a song"
Atkins Lawrence is a veteran lead
ing man. At one time he PLAYED i'm
portant roles with Mary Anderson's
company, and the other day he was
telling of them
Il was Mary Anderson's second lead
ing man." Mr.. Lawrence said. II sue
ceeded John Norton. who taught her,
and l remained with her for three
years, until she was % years old
I'm certain respects she was the
greatest Juliet Of all the many I have
seen. Sba cCNldn't play the balcony
scene with the sweetness of Adelaide
Nelson; but in those scenes recurring
tragic strength Anderson was superb
She was a genius. nothing else. Other
actors and actresses study out their
effects, but hers came to her mysteri-
ously, without reconciliation, without
effort When she did certain things
that were SO wonderfully effective, I
used to ask her why she did them. She
never could tell. i did il that way.
because IL came TO me, at the time
that that was the way to do it
she was as simple as child: full
of y q regular tomboy. in fact If
the TRAM stopped she would always get
off and challenge some one of ms 70
could jump the farthest. And with all
her genius on the stage she was fond
of joking even there.
For instance: / was a little stout
in those days, although I was young.
SO as Claude Melnotte in The Lady
of Lyons / reduced my waist by
pulling up tightly three buckles that
1 had put on a strongly made vest. Well
one night had just finished my de-
scription of my palace by the Lake of
Como. and I knelt down and repeated.
Likest thou the picture. Pauline.
Just then all three of my buckles.
gave way with a snap that set the or
.chestra -tittering.
What's the matter, Atkins?' Miss
Anderson whispered.
My vest buckles have broken 7
answered
Oh that's all right she said; 7
was afraid il was your suspenders' 3"
Guy Standing also recalls a Maurice
Barrymore story. which deserves to find
a place in the rapidly growing list of
similar anecdotes.
Poor old Maurice Barrymore once
broke up a performance for us some
years ago" relates Standing. Mrs.
Bernard Beere. With whom I came TO
this country in 1892, was playing
-'AFiane. Barrymore'S mind was even