Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-25
ACTORS GONE AND
MANAGEMENT OUT.
Matinee Idol HerSCheII MayaIL
And Miss Edna Elsmere
Missing.
GOT SALARY IN ADVANCE.
Bent Word 10 Manager Grant That lie
Was ON serious and UnplcaS-
ant Business.

llerscheu Mayall aud Miss Edna Els
mere have left town. cancelled their
contracts with Manager Il. 4. Grant Of
the Lyric. and LETT In the lurch the
stock company which vas TO have OPP
ened here a week from tonight In
cidentaly the matinee idol took the
precaution to draw $500 OF his salary
in advance lie paid his bill az the
Wilson for Miss Elsmcre aud himself
on saturday night stating that he was
going up Provo canyon for O few DAYS.
Apparently they changed their minds
o. route % the Garden City for they
went right through without stopping
aud the next thing that happened was
the receipt Of "a telegram 10y Manager
Grant on Tuesday, which read as fol-
lows:
Denver. Aug. ar. 4. Grant. Reed
hotel. ogden Utah: Am summoned to
81 Paul on serious and unpleasant
business. Must cancel engagement for
both. win arrange payment OF note
Immediately VIII wire from ST. Paul
Thursday a. M.
"HERSCHEL NAVAL"
Another telegram was received from
Mayall yesterday stating that he had
made arrangements "a pay the money
30 kindly loaned by the conhding man
ager.
1t viii be recalled that following the
dissolution Of the p a. MacLean stock
company Mayall and Miss Elsmere
signed u 10 weeks contract 10 play
stock az the Lyric. Mayalrs salary
was to have been 1925 q week. the
same as was pald him by the manage
ment Of the Orpheum. At the time
the contract was signed Mayall init
mated strongly 20 The News that
be would break that contract II some
thing better turned up. TO be more
correct, Mayall said that he would be
a fool 10 sign up with anyone for 40
weeks and the contract he had signed
was one which could be broken on
two weeks notice from either side.
Apparently the soulful matinee idol did
not have the common courtesy OF Civ
ing Mr. Grant even two weeks notice,
but simply made a touch" for 5000
and then boarded the train for the
east.
Mayall and Miss Elsmere have play
ed together for several seasons. In fact |
Dame Rumor has 1t that Mrs. Mayall |
who secured a divorce from the de- |
bonnair Herschel last spring objected |
seriously TO the marked friendship be- |
tween the two As soon as Mayall ar
rived IN this city and appeared az the |
Orpheum. where he made such a hit, |
he proceeded 10 make things unpleas- |
ant for Miss Stuart, the clever little |
leading lady OF the company. on sew |
eral occasions ne iutimated that he /
had leading lady In san Francisco l
who would he more acceptable than I,
was Miss Stuart. At the close OF the |
Orpheum engagement Miss Stuart, |
who had come west under a guarantee |
Of a ten-weeks engagement, was drop |
ped from the company and Miss Els |
mere substituted as the leading wO-
man. 10 her friends Miss Stuart did |
not mince words regarding the way
she had been treated by MacLean and
NAVAL
During the time Mayall was IN Salt |
Lake he was very good patron OF |
one OF the down town pool rooms |
where he was wont to play the races. |
lie won several good stakes but taken |
an IN an, he practically lost all he had, !
Including part Of the $500 he secured |
lInlN illf management VI Ah' ~ tAN |
FOR salaries In advance
on the strength of the engagement !
OF the handsome actor the Lyric en-
gagged stock company and is now
spending considerable on decorating
and remodeling the house prior 10
a run Of stock throughout the sea-
son. The company met on Monday
for Us first rehearsal. but both the
leading man and woman were absent
Manager Grant, however. has secured
two good people % take the places 81
Mayall and Miss Elsmere He has been
notified that Edward Caldwell. an ac-
tor Of good stage presence, has LEFT
New York and Us now on his way 20
salt Lake TO take the position of Lead
ing man for The company