Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-08
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OF the street and buried itself IN the
ground. The theater shook as never be-
fore. Showers of broken glass, from
the wrecked skylights overhead, fell
upon the scene painter and the disturb
ed dust filed stage and auditorium like
IL fog. What a nervous audience lis
tened that night to Edwin Adams as
he went through the part of Enoch Ar
den.
If Mrs. Langtry was the Helen of the
modern stage, then George Rlgnold was
the Achilles. When Mrs, Langly made
her initial appearance here she was, in
decd worthy to be called the Jersey
Lily. And George Rignold? Well,
he was surely "a handsome
man, Mrs. Langtry received,
1t is said, some so impassioncd letters
a day and George Rignold received
about the same. "Once more in TO the
breach, dear frindsl" AS the man stood
in the limelight the very ideal of the
young and warlike Harry V, he played
havoc among susceptible female hearts.
His pretty and gentle eyed wife, how
ever, found much merriment in reading
the letters. At last she said: 80 there
is no use in reading any more, they are
all so much alike"
Little Maud" words and music by
Joseph X. Emmett How immensely
millions. Go where one would, from
the eastern to the western coast, ono
was sure TO hear Little Maud" The
pretty rhymelets of that song were set
to the pretty jnglets upon the ponder
Gus piano that used TO stand in the
theater orchestra Emmett was prince
among dialect comedians, He was n
composer of music and the words TO so
with it. Like Joseph jefferson, who
tod f1an .Ing ~ a
Wrinkle, with his own sketches. Emmett
was also a lover OF the scene painters
art. He was too tensely strung, and
II was reported that soon after leaY-
ing Salt Lake, his mind gave way. He
subsequently recovered however.
JOHN MoCULLOUGH'S MADNESS.
This brings to my mind n fact. Il
was ON the stage of our theater that
John Mccullough gave indication of
that alteration of mind which ended
In the rawlings OF total madness. II was
simply the mixing OF the lines OF Ham
let and Othello, but with such a mal
as Mccullough that was enough. Alas!
what n noble mind is here o'erthrown.'
Mad Ophela on the mimic stage, Is
moving sight, but nothing 10 compare
in terrible patlos TO what | once saw
in the Green Room. That was true
nuQueFEt Any Olt VINO - hul luAo
enough 10 desire TO see It may look
lpon the hoadstone which covers toe
actress. IN the salt Lake cemetery. In
the words of Duncan:
AFTER lifes htful fever, she sleeps
Well"
This reminds me 10 say that the
sweet, sainuy Miss Couldock now sleeps
in Mount Olivet and not In the city
cemetery as has been told. .,.
But these are rather morbid Temlh-
lsccnces and l gladly leave men,
one OF the nights which maze uH
epoch IN salt Lake. was surely tnai on
which appeared, I'm the theaier hnlly
and Betty Reel. These were two Won
derful and beautiful ballet dancers
from the Royal Opera of Vienna Ihere
had been ballet dancing ON the local
stage before, but not like that NeFer
had been seen such scant ana alapnhh-
ious drapery az that worn by those
opponents OF the poetry VI notion Am
l going TO morallze now o no II WIS
lust bit of giddy Vienna very QUICK
ly transplanted into stnid SAT- Lake
Emily and Betty curved ana leaped,
they pirouetted all In bllsslul lghof-
ance OF the truth. They made fanlastlc
and graceful motions 20 the music OF
the Violins and flutes. But ihere ald
not come the expected applause. lney
were ahead of the times IN SAT- Lake
That was all. -
The Nymph Of the Lurleybers was
one of the most successful OF tue hoNl''