The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-30

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When death came to John Mcguire
in beautiful Monterey, it stilled forever
the heart-beats of one of natures no.
blemen. No better man than John Ma
guire ever on this earth drew the
breath of life; no soul more in sympa-
thy with all mankind. John Mcguire
lived his life because that life was full
of charm and Cheerfulness; John Ma
guire did not live his life because it
gave him opportunity to acquire wealth
and supremacy and poWer-these things
he abhorred. John Mcguire had his
faults, as all mankind has, yet not one
who knew him but has long since OBJ
served the motto of the order of Elks:
THE fault of our brothers we write
upon the sands, their virtues upon tab
lets of love and memory"
Perhaps no man who ever lived
brought so much cheer and happiness
10 SO many people under so great OBJ
stacles and difficulties as did John Ma
guire. The west was made to laugh
with John Mcguire and at him. The
west knows his name as a synonym for
all that brings surCease from care and
FF8UBie ava H8FF8W. f8F wherever J8hu
Mcguire Was there WAS no room for
strife, for bitterness, for rancor.
A Pioneer Actor.
John Mcguire crossed the plains
nearly half a century ago. He WAS of
Irish birth. and he was intensely Irish
I'm his characteristics. He was endowed
! y.T5 - r,,1 a
brOgue as ever was brought from the
Emerald isle i'm mans vocal organs. A
polished gentleman, q deep student, Gull
tured and refined chivalrous. never
known to anger and ever swift to for
give-there one has John Mcguire.
Easily it may be imagined that such
man found himself in his element
among the open-hearted and free
handed pioneers of the western states.
Salt Lake City knew John Mcguire
first about forty years ago, when he
was a member of the famous stock
company that was then appearing at
and delighting immense audiences at
the newly built Salt Lake theatre.
Philip Margetts and many other old
time residents of this city recall the
name of John Mcguire in fond recol-
lection; enduring friendships formed on
and off the stage are portions of the
history Of their lives and the life of
John Mcguire.
In Nevada and California.
In the early days of Nevada John
Mcguire made his rounds of the cities,
towns and camps. When John Mcguire
and his company of players came to
town business was not infrequently |
suspended and the entire population |
turned out to see and hear their favor
jte.
In California John Mcguire held first
rank in his profession. 1t was in San !
Francisco that he first became known |
as a theatrical manager. Not a few of |
the playhouses of Sen Francisco in the I
Sos were under his direction: he was
capable man and with his guiding /
hand at the helm these places pros
pered and f1ourished remarkably well.
AS an Entertainer.
John Mcguire was an actor of rare
ability. He played important parts in
innumerable standard dramas and was
found at various times in the support
ing companies Of Booth and Barrett,
John Mccullough and host of others.
He enjoyed an intimate acquaintance
with the stars of the first magnitude
he lived to mourn the death of many
a one who had passed away.
In the Rocky mountain region John
Mcguire is remembered more as a
single handed" entertainer than as an
actor in the sense that the term is
usually taken. "Shamus OBrien,'' 1.-The
Charge of the Light Brigade, The
Bells Roger and I'-these could be
recited only by John Mcguire, for none
ether possessed the gift as he possessed
it Of captivating and thrilling his audi
ences. As a monologist, John Mcguire
had few equals and no superiors.
In Parkway Australia.
A great many years ago Mr.. Mcguire
took company of tirst-class players
TO Australia. In Melbourne, Sydney
and in the provinces the troupe met
with marvellous success. Thereafter ,
Mcguire made regular voyages to the
antipodes, During one of his tours of
Australia Mr.. Mcguire met Herr Dan
iel Z. Bandmann, the famous German
American tragedian, whose "Shylock' {
was pronounced by innumerable !
actor who had ever essayed the t
part When Mr.. MagUire went to 7
Montana he induced Bandmann to {
come also. Bandmann did so years {
later. He bought a beautiful country
place in the scenic He'll Gate region
near Missoula, which he stocked with
blooded horses and cattle and culti- a
Ndltu Oh orchard second 10 none IN that I
entire region. Mr.. Bandmann died less +
than year ago; his widow remains on 4
the farm.
Maguire's Montana Career.
In Montana the name of John Ma =
guire flashes into the mind of every
man, woman and child when the sub o
ject turns on theatres and the drama. :
Years before Montana knew the rail-
road John Mcguire not only furnished G
amusement for the people himself but I
he brought to the territory the highest y
class of attractions TO be had at that
time. Katie Putnam is one of the scores =
whom Mcguire took under his protect l.
ing wing, and to the day of her death \
Katie Putnam was sure of record II
houses whenever she appeared. Pilot
ing these companies through the will
dcrness was one Of Maguire's pastimes
Some Of the troupes took stage from O.
Corinne; others came by way of the Fl
Wyoming route, and the rest made the 4
voyage of the Missouri. The history h
Of the drama in Montana from the .
earliest days of Virginia City in Alder n
gulch to the present time must of ne K
nessity take into primary account John h
Mcguire and his right-hand assistant. W
Tony Ward, whose death occurred in h
Virginia City nearly three wears ago !,