The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-25

r gig to play the Juvenile part in The
Blaekbird' when he produced that mslo-
qIama at the Theatre Comique, New
My mother was there on the opening
| night was mighty elated. and after the
performance rushed to her for congratu-
eagerly
:" I suppose So she replied. She Is one
| OF those women who could not possibly
tell lie or cloak her real Thoughts, even
| TO please friend. BIT she added. 7
think it would have been better if you
mad continued studying law
| However. she subsequently, became nv
most reliable auditor and my most severe
critic. She always goes to see me play
ana always tells me what she thinks OF
il. She is an old lady now. hut is stead
last IN seeing every one of nav first per
formancess. and it is always great
is in front She saw Ell Captain more
| than 300 times, and is still I'm good health
even after as big dose of Wang
Shortly after little Margaret aged 4
| had been taken to see Peter Pan" in
which Maude Adams plays the title role
/ her 6-year-old brother undertook to tell
heT A The S596y IT ree eFest ssd he ~
| the Lr~d had made all the rest of the
things, he made nan and called him
Adam, and by and by Adam got tired of
being all alone, and the Lord took one OF
Adams ribs from him when he was
/ asleep and made a wife for him as a sur
prise. and her name was"
| ''Oh, know. I know" exclaimed little
Margaret. quickly. Her name was
1 MaUde Adams"
At tho Lambs club one night a num-
/ Der of the members were discussing the
| tendency of the average comedian to in
| sist that his forte is really tragedy, when
| someone CHANGED to ask Billy Crane
| whether he was an exception to the rule
! in that respect. says Harper's Weekly.
/ NO" replied Crane. 81 can't say that
| am; Years ago in the west 1 tackled
''I suppose" the questioner continued.
the audience called you before the cur
Called mer' reiterated Crane Why.
man, they dared mer'
| One phase in the life of William Gil
| lette, the noted playwright ard actor, is
almoSt unknown to the public. Apart
/ from his stage life, he has achieved
/ some little fame as an inventor aE1
| takes decided pride in the fact that he
| can WELD a trOwel, a hammer or a saw
/ with no little skill. He says that he can
prove it constructed his North Carolina
/ home with his own hands. In this home
far away from the busy world, he rests,
writes ana dreams.
! One day several years ago. after a busy
| season, as Mr. Gillette was seek
/ ing rest, he stopped at an out OF the
[
/ a little inn, comfortable. neat and home
/ Ike. Riding leisurely through the woods
/ lac found a neglected parcel of land for
/ sale 1t took his fancy and he bought it.
/ 1t was not long before he secured lum-
/ Ter. logs. nails, saw and hammer, and
with the aid Of a clergyman. who was
| seeking health, he went 10 work, plan
/ ming the house in all its details. The
house began to grow. Soon there ap-
! peared R great living roOm-a cOmbina-
/ ton dining room. library and sitting room.
At the back of the living room is chin
I ney. built OF stones picked up fIOm the
roadside. This room faces the mountains
and adjoining it IS great porch. fit for
dancing hall Next the living room IS
a bed ROOM also opening on the porch
/ and with its side windows facing the
/ woods. In the rooms are writing tables
dressing tables, a bookcase, built from
/ the rough wood. simply polished AMI
oiled; smooth floors laid with the pine
! chintz, and many easv chairs made from
| the native woods. The most Of these
were made by Mr.. Gillette
/ In chatting about the theatle in general
Mr. Jones said: - have visited sixteen
cities since I've been in America. and in
/ none Of them did l see n performance Of
one Of my own plays, but have been i'm
mensely impressed by the American au-
| diences in general. TO my mind this
| country is infinitely in advance of Eng
/ land in a dramatic sense. Over there the
stage is given over almost entirely now
4 to tomfOOlery or to phys which are pro-
duced simply because they give one par
/ ticular actOr-manager a chance to shine
/ You, too, over here have the star system
] but then you have such a wide variety Of
actresses Of really high rank that a play
wright has really some incentive to work
| for them. My American tour has taught
me g great deal. and among other
| things, it has shown me that big dra-
matte events must now be looked for on
this side of the water"
In the early part of the season Arnold
DAILY found it necessary to engage a
number of extra players for a special pro-
ductiOn which he made Among the ap-
pliCants was a woman who was uDfor-
tunate enough TO be married TO one Of
those peculiar wealthy men who think "a
women IS satisfied with just the provision
of her clothes and the arrangement for
three square meals day.
She grew tired Of her dependent posi-
ton, and, having an attractive appear
ance and scme experience in amateur
| performances, she applied TO Mr.. DAILY
for an engagement She was Just the
/ type OF woman for certain part in the
new play
Il can give you an engagement.
madam" Mr.. DAILY said. at a salary OF
Forty doIIarsT' echoed the lady. with
Ill concealed surprise in her voice.
Why, that is very good salary for a
beginner said the actOr-manager, not
COmprehending her astonishment.
"Oh. 1t wasn't that" replied the lady.
I just thought what an awful lot Of
money $40 a week was TO a married wo-
man
How this would appeal to Mr. Shaw
a London writer says that Captain
Marshall is engaged on a new three-act
comedy. which is in the nature of a lam
icon OH the house Of lords, and that the
central figure viii be that of a young
radical member Of the house of commons
who left the conservative party in order
to take more progressive line on the
left of the speaker. Winston Churchill
/ probably is meant. IL appears that the
pay is for JohG Hare, who will produce
/ il i'm London. The piece, though con
| tanning political element, is not entirely
| political.
The Seven Ages.
A WOman's Version (by the late Miss
Rose Eytinge. Published in the New
York Dramatic MirrOr)
All the worlds a STAGE,
And all the women are merely piaVeFS.
/ They have CheiT exits and their entrances.