The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-11
FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN.


Miss Olga Nethersole has concluded
arrangements to give q series Of fiji
teen performances in Paris next Nav
at the Theatre Renaissance, beginning
with the week Of the Grand Prix. She
viii take With her the entire English
company now appearing in the United
States and viii present the repertoire
Of nine plays. She will present Car
men" and will be the first dramatic
actress to appear in that role in the
home Of it's author. Prosper Merimee.
Bernhard saw NethersOle's Carmen in
London and at first wanted to play the
role herself in Paris but after seeing
Nethersole's Carmen the second time
she said enthusiastically: This is
your role, my dear Olga, and l will
never take it from you. You must
play it il Paris yourself"
After the performance of THE Tam
ing % the Shrew," by Miss Marlowe
and Mr.. SOthern, in Providence, r. L,
on Christmas night, there was min
StTeI performance, planned by Mr..
SOthern as a surprise to Miss Mar
lowe. surrounding a Christmas tree
laden with gifts from each member Of
the company for their pet, little Miss
Gladys Wilkinson. Mr.. SOthern. black
ened, like an old-time minstrel was
interlocutor and the bones" were
Messrs. Blackstone and Kingdom. The
jokes, which were fresh and spark
ling, were mainly on the company
Supper. which took the place of the
Christmas dinner-there was no time
to eat between DerfOrmances-wa
served on the stage after the gifts had
been distributed.
King Richard III was the greatest
pipe dream ever originated by Shake
speare or any other man."
The remark was made by John Grit
fifth, actor, in the course of an address
to the cadets and others at Blees. N. IL
taTy academy, Macon, Mo.
Shakespeare wrote the play TO
please Queen Elizabeth for two or
three falls he had taken out Of her il
lustriOuS and much-married ancestor,
King Henry VIII" Mr.. Griffith con-
tinued. He was forced to do it or go
to Jail. Shakespeare tries to square
himself through Buckingham for the
atrOcioUs character he has given Rich
ard. While historians differ as to that
kings physical infrmities. the best
writer's agree that it was impossible
for him to commit the crimes Shake
spears laid at his door, and that, in
fact, he was a really moral and hand
some man. In no other writer than one
with the genius of Shakespeare could
the world forgive such perversion of
facts"
Mr.. Griffith presented "shakespeare's
Greatest Pipe Dream" at Blees the
atre.
Some time ago George AIDE made a
promise to w D. Howells that when
he had made sufficient money by writ
ing slang or any trivial sort of work
he would revert to a higher class and
more serious consideration of his tall
ent.
That particular time now has ar
rived Mr.. AIDE has by books and plays
amassed a competency.
Mr.. HOwells and Mr.. Ade met again
a few days ago.
When" asked Mr.. Howells on that
occasion, ARE you going to keep your
promise to me?"
Now" replied Mr.. AIDE. From this
time forth shall write no more slang"
Thank you" said Mr.. Howells. You
have done yourself and the rest Of US
a favor"
AIDES original promise was made to
Mr.. HoweIls after the latter had read
Dos Horne" AIDES first story.
IF you keep on in this line of work.
said Mr.. Howells. "and write real char
acter studies, real pictures of American
life, you some day will write the great
American novel 1t has yet to be writ
ten. We are looking for it,
Thank YOU" replied Mr.. AIDE, "but
the great American public, and espe-
cially the publishers, do not seem to
care for my efforts in that direction.
They like slang better"
But while you are wasting your en-
deavors on this foolish form of liter
ature," persisted Mr.. Howells, you
might be doing some thoroughly good
and lasting work. Good writing is not
a thing Of mushroom growth, and, of
course, slang under no condition is
good writing"
Then AIDE promised the veteran nov
elist that he would quit writing slang
as soon as he could afford it.
John z. Hogarty, manager of the
Darling Of the Gods" company tells a
story about William Collier and his
wife. Louise Allen, that bears all the
earmarks of having actually happened.