Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-19

| melodrama." He has not only written
the little play, but has engaged the
cast and Is rehearsing the people while
also debating all the details OF scenery
and properties, The principal roles
VIII be played by Miss Beryl Hope,
Stokes sullivan. Lawrence Grattan and
Edward Gilllspie.
Mildred Blanchard. the young Eng
fish tragedienne, will appear In the
principal cities In the United States and
Canada commencing Sept. 10. 1907, sup
ported by a strong company and with
me FOLLOWING repertoire: Cleopatra,
Macbeth. Leah, the Forsaken, Fee
dora" "Fazio" and new play BY Sar-
dou. Besides being a strong emotional
actress. Miss Blanchard Is possessed of
a strong contralto singing voice.
Daniel Sully has contracted with Jer-
rold Shepard, the author of ",rhe
Matchmaker" in which Mr.. Sully has
appeared for several seasons, to write
q new play for production in the spring.
The scenes are laid In New York. and
Mr.. Sully viii again be seen In the char
acter of priest. From Mr.. Shepard s
scenario. Mr.. Sully Is confident that the
new play will eclipse any OF his re-
cent productions
Tho death is announced in London of
Mr. Hamilton Aide, who was long n
prominent member of theatrical and lit.
erary society In England, and achieved
considerable success as a dramatist. He
was the author of Philip" In which
Henry Irving made one OF his successes
in the early seventies. He wrote also
"A Nine Days Wonder" In which John
Hare made a great hit as Mr.. Vaya-
sour, and in 1890. no provided George
Alexander with DIR. Bill" an adapta-
ton from the French, which enjoyed
much popularity both In England and
this country. His "Incognito which
ne wrote for Mr.. and Mrs. Beerbohm
Tree In their Haymurket days failed
70 please. He was the author OF many
poems, ballads. and novels
The White Rats of America have
engaged the Grand Central palace for
tho evening of Feb. 26 when they viii
give grand ball and entertainment
that IL expected to be one of tho most
colossal affairs ever held In New York
An immense bin Of headlincrs Is be-
ing arranged that is bound to attract
the public. which dearly loves TO bar
gam In the amusement line. and I'm adj
dltion there Will be lot OF novelties
70 add interest to the occasion. George
hVans IL Chairman of the entertain
ment committee, and he is sitting lIp
late every night devising things that
VIII astonish and amuse. The pro-
ceeds VIII he added to the already
large fund In possession of tho Rats
Tor their new clubhouse. which viii he
reality before another year has
passed.
There has been terrific pen and ink
battle In the London Press between
Henry Arthur Jones and Mr.. Beerbohm
Tree, Tho latter appears to have dis
approved very strongly OF some Of the
lmpolite remarks concerning actor
managers, which Nj. Jones made TO
American audiences He even limited
that some OF Mr. Jones utterances we're
nonsensioal Mr.. Jones was furious.
and bella Mr.. Tree In column OF
the Daily Telegraph. MIR. Tree had
not much difficulty In showing that Mr..
Jones had been guilty OF CONGREGATIONS
~ some Of his statements, but Mr..
Jones not only had the best case, but
was the ADLER conference.-the OF the
Two But, II the plain truth must be
told, the correspondence does not re-
Meet an amazing amount OF credit on
either OF them.