The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-13

luAAA dSdAlls anu BGLlS pOSSSSSGd VI
some wit concocted a talking act which
seemed to catch on and here we are
fifteen years later
1t is not the mention of May Twins
fame or her success that brings TO her
the smile Of content; it is not common
datiOn for her charity or praise for her
business acumen, or reference to her
wealth If you would gain May r.
wins friendship, mention none of these
things within her hearing. DUt tell her
| IN tones that preclude the possibility
OF 1nsincerity that you have tried
/ those wonderful results Immediately,
May Irwin viii grasp your hand in that
hearty, sincere, brOther-to- brother
manner she has, and she will tell you
| all about the art of cooking and how
/ to be healthy though fond of biscuit.
for May Irwin has written a cook book.
and she takes more pride and pleasure
in it, her maiden literary effort. than
in her hard-earned million.
The interesting novelty of May r.
wins Home Cooking is that scattered
all through the book are a lot of Miss
Irwin's little jokes and quaint little
pen and ink sketches. For instance. the
neighbOring joke TO creamed ham Is.
Waiter, what have you gOt?"
We'll, I've got pigs feet and
Don't tell me your misfortunes;
want TO know what you have to eat
~ BIlCI IWO-dCI ENGSSlGn Tragedy DY
]. Sartene is giving Paris the horrors.
| The scene is laid in Russia. A noble
man is entertaining his friends, includ-
ing number Of Russian officials and
a half dozen French actresses, at a
sumptuous little supper party Light.
laughter and song are in full swing
But the nObleman's servants are nfhi-
lists, and have placed a bomb, with a
carefully timed fuse, directly under the
salon At the moment when the gsyety
is at its height-terriff1c explosion,
everything in the air, a shower Of de-
bris, and the curtain falls on a silent
ruin of dead bodies and shattered
walls. through which one sees the calm
loveliness of a spring landscape.
Nine. CaIve has declared that She
Will never sing Carmen" in New York
again In fact. she is frank enough TO
say that she does not like New York.
either its public or its critics She fixes
better to sing in the west and south and
her tour Of sixty concerts next season
viii be governed in some measure at
least by her wishes in that respect
Pretty Pauline Chase was baptized
in the parish church at St. Martins IN
the Fields in London last week, and
rumOr among her former friends in
various chOruses is to the effect that
the rite which ushered the pretty act
ress into the bosom of the Church OF
England was preliminary to her mar
riage to a very well-known LOndoner.
mo more the legitimate for mine" said
an actress VINO was in reminiscent
mood Il was out with repertoire show
once-yes, that was years ago-and we
did such things as Romeo and JuneJ-
Hamlet and all the other members Of the
great Shakespearean family. The hit
came in the death scene. where Juliet
drains the vial containing poison. Then
she lies in the tomb. Now It happened
that our Romeo was a Dutch comedian.
who could never take things seriously,
Notwithstanding that he prided himself on
being a most versatile character actor
One night. after I had imbibed the
poison furnished by the property man.
Romeo came the stage with well
organized jag. Instead of going through
the regular pathetic recital he came TO
me mum bling a bunch OF foolish stuff and
at the same time tickling my feet.
whispered to him to desist. but il did
good / stood it at long as I possibly
could and then had to move. The leading
man was discharged the next day, but I
quit a week later with the firm resolve
that there would be no more of the leglti-
mate for me-
Eugene Field on one occasion gave a
most interesting account of the trans
lation of Sarah Bernhardt TO the legiti-
mate stage.
Colonel Horace RubIee. then editor Of the
Milwaukee Sentinel, who was at that
time a guest OF Madame BeFnnarQL at
one of the hotels in this city The poets
account of the matter is follows; It
was while Colonel Rublee was United
States minister to Belgium that he Wis
tied Paris for the first time. Being then
a young and enterprtsing man, he ex-
pIored the French METROPOLIS thoroughly
and one evening happened to attend
performance at the Theatre Haut Monde
one of the great many variety houses
with which Paris abOUnded at that time
1t was here that he first saw and heard
Sarah Bernhardt, then a mere girl doing
a song and dance The unusual beauty
and subtle grace OF the young actress I'M
pressed the SaEaciOuS diplOmatiSt so alb
soIutely that he determined TO interest
himself in her behalf
In a few days he had set her case before
the American minister, and through the
influence Of that official secured an au-
dience with the directory Of the Coincide
Francois, who finally consented to give
the girl a trial in the role Of Phedre-
From that day TO the present time Bern
hardt has trOd the flOwery path TO glory,
and il is said to her credit that she has
never forgotten the kindness done her by
her good friend Monsieur le Colonel.
''WizOut Nessieur le Colonel vaire little
good would my art do. He find me In "a
song and dance, and he say: 'Sairia- you
are one-what you call me-daisy! Ozzer
men see me again, but gay nevatre see
me to be one daisy. Monsieur lie Colonel
knows one day when he see me and call
me one daisy"
Sir Henry Irving was on Oct. II enter
tanned at a luncheon at Bradford town
hall and was presented by the mayor,
Alderman w. F. 3. Priestly. with an ad-
dress in which his admirers expressed
regret that he was now visiting the city
for the last time In reply Sir Henry
thanked the company for the honor they
had done him. and continued:
From your generous attitude today.
sir, I do not despair that some day YOU
and your successors in high civic Offics
may see we'll to further the idea that
even a city can benefit by the erection
and maintenance of a theatre where
everything shall be of the highest order
model of all that should be, that can be
and that ] trust will be in that artistic