The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-18
FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

Mrs. Fiske has made the following
statement as to the production of
/ Norma Wanna. There is an inn
preston that I have been associated
with the production of Norma Wanna.
/ In justice to ali concerned | shall be
grateful if this impression is correct
ed Mr.. F'iske is the sole producer of
Mr. Maeterlinck's drama and he di-
rected all the TeheaTsals, of which !
saw but two. 1t has been stated fire.
quently that I directed the acting of
Madame Kalich in Norma Wanna.
/ This statement is peculiarly embar-
RAISING to me. AS | consider Madame
Kalich one of the most accomplished
and greatest of living players. 1 would
scarcel.- presume to direct. her in her
art"
Plans have been almost completed
for an important theatrical alliance in
London this coming spring, when Olga
NethersOle is expected to join fortunes
with Forbes Robertson for London
production of THE Labyrinth Paul
Hervien's Comedie-Francaise in which
Miss NetheTsole is now touring in
America. Miss NethersOle will of
course appear as Marianne De Pogis,
while Mr. Robertson will play the role
of Max De Pogis, played in this coun-
try by Hamilton Revelle. Americans
Will be further interested I'm learning
that Gertrude Elliott, sister of Maxine
Elliott and the wife of Forbes Robert
son, will be seen in the same company.
i've really come to the conclusion
that it's a good investment for an
actress to go into retirement, as l did
for a couple of seasons" said May
Irwin one day last week They hadn't
seen one in California for five years
until / appeared there last month, and
they almost ate me up. l have entered
upon my second western tour, and I'm
delighted TO say that I shall have to
remain a stranger and pilgrim from
dear old Broadway for the rest of the
season. owing to the success of that
man Warfield, who won't even let me
come I'm and play in my own theatre.
They tell me on every hand that it's
very bad theatrical season, but /
haven't found it so, and when I men,
toned the fact to Mr.. Warfieid he also
said that he felt sure this report must
merely be a canard -
"A group of theatrical and news
paper men were sitting around table
in a club grill when the conversation
turned to Charles Dillingham's past
life" writes Rennold Woolf.
That man Dillingham; was the orig
inaI boy wonder when he first came on
the newspaper job out in Chicago re-
marked one of the more matured jour
nalists. I was pretty wise to the
game, but he nearly cost me my posi-
ton, and he did succeed In queering
two of my friends on other papers.
You see. Dillingham; went to work
on the Record From the minute he
made terms with the managing editor
the Record began to pull off such a
succession of clean beats in the hotel
district that it made us all dizzy.
Every day we would pick up the Rec
ord TO find in 1t news of a notable no.
tel arrival, together with an extended
interview with the celebrity. The no.
tel reporters couldn't understand it.
They went to the clerks and demand
ed an explanation. The latter only
smiled handy and pointed to the reg
ister where, sure enough, was the
name of the distinguished person.
" This thing kept up for a month.
1t got so monotonous that managing
editors of the other papers took the
proprietors of the hotels to task and
absolutely demanded that in the fu-
ture their representatives be advised
of all important arrivals
" Even this measure had no effect,