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

sun perfectly ready to laugh and cry
over its old favoritcs?
Apropos OF this tendency to modcrnlze
comes an interesting bit OF news from
Paris To the effect that Sarduus $
"l'espionne,' which was given FOR the
hISt Jime In 1871, and again In 1SSS, ~ now
being revived with marked success.
On tic opening night, while the Theater
de In Renaissance was ringing With
shouts and braves triend remarked to
You ought to be delighted. cher
mlitrc."
YES" replied sardou simply Il am
glad 10 have written In 1871 piece That
can SIN be played in l9l6.'-Chicago
Chronicle.
The announcement was recently made
that Miss Blanche Ring would soon APP
pear In a new musical comedy, called
HIS Ma jcsty." The music GoU this play
is the work OF Shaftcr Howard, Her-
ward graduate with the class Of -. The
SCcnc OF tn" action is laid, " Is said in
hell. and certain persons recently In The
public eye and under the investigators
examination viii figure as charac-
tcTe. or at least a. chorus OF supermcn.
or James ] CorbetGs appearance in
New York As the central figure i'm II
dramati2ation OF George Bernard Shaw's
novel. "Cashel Byron's Profession" the
New York Sun says. Without wishing
to throw any particularly large bouquet
OF geraniums or ether Clubhouse nowcrs I'm
his direction. we can assure Mr. Corbctt
with all his artistic shortcomings upon
his head. he rose considerably above the
play. lie was always natural according
to his own particular light, and never was
'grogEN for moment. His cheerful
smils-that same old smile which WouIdn't
come OF when that other great light OF
the dramatic armament. MIR Eitzsim-
mons, gave him that famous crack i'm the
jaw-was one Of the few luminous and
cheering features OF an evening which
was necessarily sad from several points
of view
Dick Wolfe the property man. made
one OF the straugcst discoveries in the
history OF the drama. IL was when Clcvc-
land and HaVerly's minstrelS were play
Ing az the old Alhambra years ago Dick
was props and he received u rush or
der TO procure scventy-two straight
backed chairs.
Just before the curtain rang up that
night. Dick came In. carrying three chairs
ager fell upon him.
I'VE wanted straIght-backed chairs"
he said
backed chairs In Chicago" said Dick.
mopping his brow. There are only sixty
nine. and got every one OF them"
Henri de VrIes, Dutch player at the
Madison Square ihcatcr, New York
played seven roles In ~ Case Of Arson
Ii Is said his change from one character
TO another was 20 quickly made and so
complete that 1t had the effect Of com
plcte change in Identity.
The New York Dramatic News Is the
authority for the statement that thcatri-
can angels" have dropped over 100000 so
far this season.
Nine Emma Eames, on her concert
tour. found that she was a native of
many places according to the newspaper
reports Most OF those who wrote about
her however. decided that she was born
i'm Maine. None OF them was right "
said Nine Eamcs's mother. who was
talking OF The matter after the arrival
OF the prima donna. Her father and
mother were natives of Maine but she
was born in Shanghai She did NOT sec
Maine until she was years old"