The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-21

travels and encounter her ut the Ker-
mcsSc. She has been left by her brother
| Valentine, soldier In care OF Dame
Martha Their first meeting rs casua
one. but subsequently h" ilnds her In h|l
garden. and with the help of the subtle
Mcphlstophclcs succeeds I'm engaging tho
Young girls affections. Her simple lover
Sicbel is discarded and his nosegay Is
thrown away a sight OF the Jewels WIN
which Faust tempts her. when NaIen.
tine returns from the wars he learns oil
her temptation and subsequent rum. ne
challenges the seducer. and In the en-
counter Is slain by tho intervention OF
Mephistopheles. Overcome by the horror
or her situation. Marguerite becomes IN
sane, and In her frenzy kills her child.
She Is thrown into prison, where Faust
and Mephistophces find her Faust urges
her to fly with them, but she refuses, ana
places her reliance for salvation upon
earnest prayer. and sorrow for the
glvcness. she expires; and as Mcphls-
| topheles cXults at the catastrophe he has
| wrought, angels appear amid the music
of the celestial choirS and bear the sur
fcrcr to heaven. Manager Pyper Is re-
ccivins many orders by mail He Is con
| hdcnt that great success awaits the com
] pnny. and Is sure Mr. Savage Will give
Salt Lake city longer season on ms
| next tour, II he finds the coming visit
sufficiently rcmuneratiye to warrant 1t.
THE Yankee Consul" will be presented
at the Salt Lake thcater BY Manager
John p Slocum, on January y. % aud 81
THE Strength Of the Weak Is the play
| selected by Florence Roberts for her new
| vehicle. and ii VIII be tried out In Denver
| after rehearSals, which are now in prog
IeSs.
Maude Adams and Peter Pan inst their
third month OF phenomenal triumph at
the Empire theater New York are still
playing TO the capacity OF the house.
Charles Frohman has extended Miss
AdnmS's engagement there into the month
OF February, having Cancelled tho time
held for her i'm Boston. This assures sew
eTal more weeks of the delightful Bar
rie comedy TO New Workers. The Wednes
day matinee which was added on In the
hope that the crush at the other PERFORM
pnces would be relieved, has not effected
anything in that direction, the situation
being now that there are eight crowded
houses week instead of ecyen ns for
meTly. Popularity OF Peter Pan IS due
TO the fact that besides having Miss
Adams I'm the role OF its boy-hcro. In
which she does some OF the most exquisite
acting of her career. II tells delicious
Barrie story I'm that authors most whim-
sCal and fantastical manner. and pro-
vides material that not only nlIs the
young with wonder and Joy. but that also
captivates the adult thcutcr-gocr. No
body can sit through Peter Pan with
out experiencing certain thrills that i'm
way sum up all thc suSpenSeful happiness
that stage and book romances provided
in boyhood and girlhood days.
We'll" replied the up-to-date manager,
after Il moments thought II don't see
why shouldn't be ready 10 open I'm
two weeks. Another rehearsal OF two
Will give our star good grip on her new
manncrism and after that there's nothing
left but To write play around il. Two
weeks l should say, at the outside, -
Puck.
Thomas w. Ross Will probably be seen
before long I'm the role OF a negro horse
In, T,Iu r1g
elaboration of the sketch, The Blue
Grass Handicap
William A. Brady has produced in Mil
waukee drama with entirely Indian
characters Grace George playing the
squaw The piece Is called The Maid Of
Namabln."
Mozart Is the title OF the romantic
play in which Howard Kyle Is To begin
stellar tour shortly under the manage
Ashton Root. niece of Secretary Root.
has written the play, and Campbell VIII
start Il at Harrisburg
Richard Mansfield Is going to revive his
dramatzation OF The Scarlet Letter
FOR his New York engagement.
At the Bclaeco thceter there has been
enacted Al tragedy OF which both Blanche
Bates and David BclasCo are still igno-
rant Miss Bates's tears VIII be bclatcd.
but none the less sincere. says Rcnnold
Wolf In the New York Morning Tcle-
graph.
The ushers of the Bclasco temple, cut
of the unecfShncsS OF their 2ncction for
the girl or the golden West. boarded the
salaries and pcrduisites OF their stations
and amassed sum sufficient 10 pur-
chase a handsome silver service TO be de-
hvered TO Miss Bates as New Years
gift
Just before the final curtain the ushers
assembled I'm their dressing room to Dut
4 h, Shipl nChpg Ih,iT sss-nlenIpnt
raimcnt. To their surprise they received
word that the star wished 10 speak 10
them after the performance. Suspcctng
that the actress had received a hint of
their generous intentions and was plan
ming to reciprocate I'm advance, the blush
ing guides aligned themselves on the
stage and waited
Miss Ratce did not keep the ushers long
In suspense. With frowninG cuuntCnancc
and flashing eye she approached the
young men and gave them such Il sincere
scolding for seating patrons during one Of
her best scenes that the listeners hung
their heads and abashed they skunk away
when the actress had concluded her re-
marks with pyrotechnlc climax
The silver service still uestlcs In Its
beautiful case. Upon It's engraved sur
face rcpoges sprig Of holly that viii at
tain the magnitude of am evergreen be-
fore Miss Batcs ever sets eyes upon IL.
Some stories OF generosity come To light
slowly. Here IS one \ week or two be-
fore Christmas a teacher in the nursery
settlement New York, wro had seen and
loved Peter Pan" wrote To Miss Adams.
stating that she wished To- give her kin
dcrgarten (Which is very large Christ
mas treat. and asked how many seats
could be procured FOR the $25 she had 10
spend The answer was gift from Miss
Adams In person OF 200 matinee tickets,
Tor the best seats in the house. The nur-
scry settlement had a holiday 1T VIII long
remember
Bernard Shaw was once so near scrI-
BUSINESS I'm his SocialstlC Ideas that he
refused TO accept Il salary greater than |
$3.50 as a dramatic reviewer. Then he |
married q woman with fortune OF about |
s15O0DO and his extreme Views on the in
iduitlcs OF wealth have been rapidly mod |
Grating ever since. 80 that now he takes |
his royalties with the greatest equanim- |
ity.
Klaw and ErlsnGer have secured new
opera by John Philip SouSa and Harry = |
Smith. II VIII be produced In New York |
during Easter week The scenes are laid |
in Bergundy In the fourteenth century |
and MIR Sousa has written two new |
marches for the pice.
Grace Van StUddiford is soon to have a |
new opera and II Is said that now man !
agcr Will also appear at the head OF nor |