The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-16
I'm Hotel Corridors

In direct contrast to the hotels Of the
far East, the caravansaries Of Zion are
crowded 10 their utmost capacity every
Sunday; The genial travelling man who
makes the town h-s no choice In the
matter of LAYING over or spending the
Sabbath with his family. He is perforce
but travelling In the rural districts OF
Utah the hotels OF Salt Lake City look
good TO him, and he bonds his encrg1ee
TO making tho city Of the Saints ON
usually provide a little extra music.
few slight delieacies In the eating llne
for the delectation OF the knights OF tho
Grip, and try 10 make the hotel rooms
as homelko as possible Yesterday for
some reason or other, the hotels seemed
unusually crowded with travelling men
ITS all because OF the spring trade,
said the proprietor Of the Kenyon. Men
are coming and going from three or four
States, and they naturally mako this
town for Sunday The men who keep
the importance that is attached by these
roamere to the fact Of spending Sunday
with us. and we try to treat them about
right"
There's only one thing the matter
with your town" said Lawrence y. Bul-
ton AT the Wilson last night You have
no Sunday theaters, To an Fastener
the stranger in town q mighty lonesome
man for his Sabbath evening. II he is
not religiously Inclined he is apt to be
pretty lonesome. Personally | cannot see
would do, but it's like your dry sundays
1t tickles somebody, and tho rest OF us
have got 10 stand for IT,
D. F. Clancy of Green River. Wyo.. Is
in Salt Lake, guest at tho Wilson.
Mr. Clancy Is down here visiting his
wife. He reports everything nne and
dandy In his part OF the country. and
RntlClDutpS hnnm
Mr.. and Mrs. John e. Austin of Heber
spent Sunday in Zion, the guests OF the
stockman and has his hands fuil these
days attending TO shearlng details,
Mrs. Kate Kuhn, Miss Violet Kuhn
and Ml-s Glenn Lnshus o: ogden spent
Sunday In Zion, guests at the Kenyon.
They visited friends during the day.
Among the tourists who spent the Sab
bath in town were Mr.; and Mrs. George
Mrs. + a. Newcomb and Miss Newcomb
OF Galesburg, H.; Mr.. and Mrs Rasmus-
sen Of Chicago, and Charles Migsleton
OF Janesvillo. Wis. all OF them regis
terIng at the Kenyon
Salt Lake during all her stress and
trouble, throughout the pioneer years and
every conceivable adversely has always
ter, Though money was scarce and talent
struggling, the loyal Zionites have patron
lied every theatrical performance that mas
ever appeared In the city. II has taken
New York long time to appreciate that
out In Utah, in the alleged desert intelli,
gent devotces OF Thespls welcomed all
good attractions, but II has at last come.
During the past week n young man by
the name OF Sydney Jyone has registered
at the Kenyon, setting down his hailing
place as London.
Mr. Lyone has come TO Zion for n two
fold purpose, 10 size up local talent and
TO make arrangements for the building OF
a magnificent odihce TO DO dedicated 10
that god OF the American amusement
loving public. comic opera. While the
plans are still secret. owing TO the fact
that the enterprise is an independent one.
vet enough has leaked out to convince
those interested that great project is
being planned for Zion. that of an opera
house I'm which a stock company or a
number OF alternating stock companies
viii present the latest metropolitan and
continental successes. Eastern capital is
backing up the project. For the past few
days Mr. Lyone. who is tho son OF Nine,
Lyone, the famous European actress. has
been on a still hunt for local talent visit
ing the different studios and the numer-
ous recitals at the tabernacle.
might I'VE are not prepared 10 say very
much about the, project. The devotion OF
Salt Lake people to drama and music has
been known for some time 10 New York.
ers. ard this idea is the result Of careful
planning. The operas that will he given
at the proposed theater are the best that
New York has sanctioned during the past
Few wears. The Girl From Kays being
one OF the first to be offered 20 the Sal,
Lake public. We Will bring an archItec,
here 10 plan for the building. which Will
be as magnificent as money and thought
can make II. And We are planning on us
Ing local talent TO quite n degree II We
can find II up to the stanfhrd. Voices,
faces and temperament is what we de-
mand There is great scarcity OF talent
In the East and We are sanguine that
out here we Will be at least able TO find
/ some Of It,"