The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-03

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pressed the sad thought which has
constantly hung over his soul. He real
ICES that all will soon be over with
him. This thought ages him prema-
/ turely. his hairs turn gray before their
/ time, his powers are shattered his soul
is dead within him, it is but the body
which exists.
What a pity that the wonderful in
ventiOns Of Edison have never been
brought TO perfect completeness BY
means Of the locomotive and automo-
bile we can, as It were, fly on the wings
of the wind. we can send our thoughts
across continents without the use of
conducting wires. but as Yet no instru-
ment has been invented to reproduce at
the same time the tone of the voice
the facial expression and the gesture
Had we such an instrument we should
be able to reproduce the actor, and vet
even then I doubt if a mere instrument
could catch and reproduce the inner
the actor which is alone the real secret
of his art
Maude Adams is to have a private
Pullman car next season. it is said, that
will be a combination Of living apart
ments and a theatre equipped for re-
hearsals. It will be known as the Think
er Bell.
Asked to compare ths eastern and
western audiences and to tell some
thing Of herself, Florence Roberts thus
UnbOsOmed herself to New York
writer:
1T is curious how little the far west
really depends upon eastern judgment
or standards in matters theatrical
West of the Missouri you find dittle OF
no looking toward New York for sue
Cesses, but as soon as you get east of
the river all theatres face New York.
San Francisco has its own dramatic in
dividuality, its own notions Of plays
and players, and gets on happily by
itself. Yet they are always willing to
receive and welcome anything on their
merit and acClaiming or dropping them
with all the heartiness in the world
Naturally, that is where the west
differs from the east-in it's big. ex-
uberant. Open-armed attitude toward
new things. wherever they come from.
] noticed, too. an interesting difference
in my audience last night In a way
you are easier to play to here in the
east You are quieteT, you don't let
your feelings run away with YOU While
you applaud. You don't applaud in that
boiSterOus way that almost blows out
the foOtlights. When they like a thing
in the west they are sometimes apt to
drown half the scene 10 show YOU how
Enthusiastically they do like it
Although I was born in New York
I went to San Francisco when 7 was .
years old California has been my
home ever since, Sc am COMPLETELY
of the golden west Strangely enough
I began my stage career as a sou
brette. In fact. believed firmly that
/ was TO be a Lolita or a Maggie Mitch
ell ] DID their roles with all devotion
and ambition for several years through
out the west Then I happened to take
small serious part with Lewis Nor
TisOn in Faust Before long I found
myself playing Marguerite. and one day
MI Morrison said TO me round}y. Look
here. Mss Roberts, you're not a SOU
bTette, you know. and I would suggest
that you get the idea out Of your head
at your earliest convenience.
But look at my size l said. Won
deringly; I am certainly neither high
nor wide enough for tragedy
Never mind that ne said; you'll
see some day I am right
Apparently he was. for it wasn't
many years before 7 was doing Ca
MILE 'Magda.' Tess The CnweIcome
Mrs. Hatch. 'Sapho' and other sim
liar roles with more success than I
ever dreamed Of
For that is the kind of play they
like in the west-big, broad. emotional
dramas, that give a. chance for sheer
acting. The sterling
plays like Camille and The Country
Girl they will listen TO forever. They
are always Slad to see a new actress.
but they had ten times rather see her
I'm one of those old school PARTS they
know than in some taIky drawing
room play from strange society mi
leu
Robert Mautell will open next season
in New York Among the new pieces
he will present win be "Timon Of
Athens" and "Pericles." He will also
be seen as IdsO in "Othello."
There are numerous stories relating
to the derivation Of the slang phrase.
''Twenty-thTeC. sl1idOo,'' hfch young
Mr.. Cohen pOpulaTized in Little john
ME jones' One of the most recent is
offered by Manager George Kingsbury:
1t isn't new at all" said he 4
knew it fifteen or eighteen years ago.
and as matter of fact every circus
man did. I used to be with a circus at
that time, AMI every man I'm the circus
line had as a by-word the number '23
il meant get out just as 1t does to-
day.
The way in which that meaning
came to be attached to the number
was very natural. You may not know
it, but in every ring show there are
just tWenty-thTee numbers on the pro-
gramme, and the last is the Roman
chariot race. Well, when a tented
show plays a one-night stand. pegs are
pulled and every bit Of canvas is moved
as soon as possible after the perform
ance. The canvas men and hangers on
Of circus work very hard, and while
a performance is on they lie down to
rest and generally to sleep. The boss
canvas man knows we'll where each
man is to be found. and as the show
draws to a close there is cry outside
the tent Of % The sleeper wakes
and the whole crew is active. for it is
the signal to prepare to move, or to
'skidoO-'
Henry Dixey was speaking of mash"
notes, of which he is presumed to re-
Ceive a great number They cor,e
from either very foolish CT very bad
women" he said. disparagingIy. land
there aren't half so many of them writ
ten as people seem to think. Three or