The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-24

4 friend who returned recently from
trip that covered a wide section of
Nevada says that one of the things
that most impressed him was the utter
hck of theatrical entertainment. Il
Visited a number of the more prom
hent mining camps. such as RhyOlite.
5Oldfeld, Manhattan and TOnOpah.'
le went on. There is a dingy little
race at TOnOpah where they OCCASION
ally have amusements of an inferior
lharacter, but in none of the other
Owls is there anything remotely re-
Smbling a theatre. Some day some
body is going 10 put string of thea
res into those places and make more
money than any of the gold miners"
The writer's personal knowledge of
Nevada camps leads him TO the belief
that there would be about as much
money i'm puTveying amusements
among them as there would in big
gold mine. GOldfield. for example, is a
city Of upwards of 5000 people. The
population Is composed largely Of men,
amusement-loving men. The only enter
iainment they have is gambling and
drinking. Both are too expensive to be
long continued. These men would pay
almost any price. reasonable or unrea-
sonabe, to see even fairly good thea
uical attractions.
RhyOlite and TOnCDah are also good
amusement towns. Manhattan is fifty
niles from the railroad, SO il mus b.
Jeff out of present consideration. But
when the extension of the Las Vegas &
IOn0pah railroad has been completed
90 TOnJuah there would be money in
playing Las Vegas. Rhyolite. Goldfield
and TOn0pah. \ company working east
could play Reno. which has a first-class
theatre, then jump TO TOnOpah in
twelve hclr= then to Goldfield. twenty
seven miles. then TO RhyOlite, eighty
niles. then 10 Las Vegas. about 100
miles, ard from Las Vegas to Salt
Lake over the Salt Lake route. It
looks very well on paper, very well in
seed.
Manager George D. Piper of the Salt
Lake theatre declines to give out for
publication the total derived from the
seat sales for the three performances
o. Madame Butterfly by the Savage
Opera company. He is free TO say,
though, that all records for three per
lormances at the prices. 81 TO So, were
smashed into small bits. The gross must
nave been wei above $4,000. which is
gong some for two evening perform
alees and one matinee. Grand opera
ID English = one of Henry W. Savage
lads. perhaps Lis only fad The eX-
leases IT the Madame Butterfly" pro-
auction are enormous but if the busi-
ness everywhere IS as good as it was in
SAT- Lake. and assurances that II Is
AeFe been received. the balance Will be
on the right side Of the ledger at the
seasons end.
Speaking Of grand opera: The best
.el Tie worst is yet to come. This is
W san Carlos opera company, with
-ufdiea, Nielsen and other stars OF
glfest ray serene, which is scheduled
-F April T.. rs and J.. If the writer's
objection is not at fault. Madame
@aidlca has never been heard here in
sltAa opera Her coming viii be await
Win the most pleasurable anticipa-
"a And so. for that matter. will the
'-lng Of Nielsen and the others.
,M this week at the Salt Lake thea
HE Bonnie Brier Bush will be
@ated. The play is we'll known
nom ~ evious presentations, with
~ oid Man Stoddart in the role O
STEM father. Mr. Stoddart is rest
ms year. but his successor is said
~. ~ IN every way equal to the part.
ener attractions promised during
remainder OF the Theatre season
49, Alice-Sit- Blythe Fire Little
MY Jones' Lillian Russell. Blanche
nSA Annie Russell, Henrietta Cross
~ Augustin Daily opera company,
90. Leslie Carter Mrs. Wigs of the
:, Hgsse Patch" JEFF DeAngelis, Walk
Adams. -'0'S' ioiA -Aiiei'' "a uue
Yo-a. pictorial supplement Of the New
tai,es sunday Telegraph last week con-
No.. splendid portrait of Miss June
ter as the accomplished young daugh
this AT and Mrs. w. d. Mathis of
wav ny, Who is rapidly winning her
Aad ~ ~ theatrical fame. Miss Mathis
c,rl me p name part this year in THE
eons,-. dlsy and was given uniformly
Tia, s's,loatory notices. Her season in
MIS- Play closed a short time ago. and
AdthiS was Immediately besieged