Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-28


A lew YORK. April A.--Always
IN the first to proffer aid In time
v Of disaster. the player folk were
indefatigable in arranging per-
formances for the benefit Of the san
Francisco sufferers.
For the first time in the history OF
Boston, a Boston theater, the fremont
was crowded to the doors on sunday
night, to witness performance oil
play. The season of James X. Hackett,
and his wife, Miss Mary Mannering,
closed at the fremont on Saturday
night. A new attraction was to move
into the theater for this week and Mr..
Hackett's only chance to give theatri-
cal performance for the benefit OF the
San Francisco sufferers was obtained
by his deliberately taking the bull by
the horns-the bull in this instance be-
Ing the mayor of Boston.
Mr.. Hackett explained his predica-
ment and boldly asked that the mayor
should give him a special license 10
give performance Of THE Walls OF
Jericho" on Sunday night, To the
amazement of everybody, the mayor,
threw the Blue Laws of Massacnu-
sets temporarily 10 the four winds OF
heaven and granted the special license.
Not content with doing that he was
the first man to buy a box and he paid
a big round sum for Il.
The aUdacity of Mr.. Hackett's idea
struck Boston all of heap, and realiz-
ing that II would probably be at least
hundred years before they would, get
another chance OF seeing a play I'm Bos-
ton on Sunday the Bostonians started
in buying tickets at all sorts OF prices,
In any other city on the continent this
ton ON sunday, the BU tonians started
seemed nearly 80 remarkable. but 1t is
safe TO say that Bostonians will never
stop talking about II to their dying
day.
Meanwhile the stars now playing In
Chicago have been leaving no stone UNI
turned tn make their benefit perform
ance under canvas on Thursday after
noon quite the biggest thing of its sort
that that city has ever known. On
Friday, Mime. Bernhardt, Miss Mar
lowe. Mr.. Sothern. Mr.. Willard and
several of the other stars now playing
there held a meeting to decide upon
what the bill should be, and II was
unanimously decided by the American
and English actors that the greatest
drawing card would be Nine. Bern
hardt In Camille" with all the other
stars appearing as the guests in the
ballroom scene. OF all these stars Mr.
Sothern Is the only one who openly
confcsses 20 having been a "supe" once
before. II was in his fathers conf
pany many years ago, when he was
still In his teens.
The tent, which Is 10 be erected on
the Lake front Is the same one In
which Bernhard made her famous an
ti-trust appearance in Texas.
All pedestrians on our main street to-
day should make a point Of dropping
In at the new department store which
Joseph Weber, Marie Dressler & Co..
opened on the ground floor OF the
Gilsey House at 10 o clock this morning.
Their line Of spring novelties includes
everything from a Baxter street show
lace to a Mrs. Osborn ball gown
The corps Of statesmen and salesladies
Is one OF the most extensive which our
village has ever known. including as II
does the Mcssrs Joe Weber, Edward
j. Connolly, Ernest Lambert, Sam
Marion, and the Misses Marie Dress
Ter. Flora Isabelle. May Montford. Er-
mimic Earle, Edyth Meyer, May Grant
and Bonnie Maglnn.
Top notch prices Will prevail from
nov until next Saturday, and any us
| ltor who Is discontinued at the manner
| IN which the salesladies and cashgirls
i'm IF ttaa
OF the open barrel I'm the middle OF the
| shop. which Is placed there as re-
| ceptacle for currency OF all denomin-
| atoms,
II was feared yesterday that Miss
| DressloT's exertlons as ticket specula-
| tor in front Of the Hippodrome on Sat-
| urday night when she succeeded In
| holding up some Of the most prominent
| residents OF Sixth Avenue TO the tune
| Of $500 would have incapacltated her
for further phIlanthropic herolcs as
| saleslady today.
Her physicians say not, however, for
| after attending divine service twice
yesterday Miss Dressler was a promi-
| nent figure at midday lobster feast
| after which she felt 80 strong that she
| went to the Salvation Army mass meet
| Ing as assistant rooter TO Miss Eva
| Booth in her efforts to raise more
funds for the sufferers.
| The sight OF Miss Dressler armed
with her bunch OF tickets and spec
ulator's badge outside the Hippodrone
was one OF those many spectacles which
remain indelibly imprinted on the mind
| a letter received from Mr., Barnabee
| expresses the earnest wish OF Mrs Mac
Donald and himself that their testimo-
| NAL be waived and that all efforts Of
! the committee be centered In alleviatlne
| the suffering OF the citizens OF Sar
| Francisco, and the especial regard telt
| by MIR. Barnabee for these people ot
| the Metropolis of the Pacific. is strong