The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-17

comedy tnat run IOl one SoIlu N'aI III
New York City and six months IN Chi
cago. The company which Messrs. Bra
dy and Grismcr are sending here IN
ciudes James Lackaye, Osborne Seurlc,
Fletcher Harvey, Hal DcForrest, Fred !
Adams, Edwin Sparks, Fred Hartwell, |
j. Y. Winter, and the Misses Virginia |
Pearson, Olive Harper, Milnnette Bar
rctt and Miss Adelaide Wise.
Miss Margaret Mckinney. leading
woman of "Tbe Climax was we'll |
known singer IN comic operas before
dramatic ambitions conquered hcr and
she took up serious work. Sho created
the leading roles in n number of Broad
way musical successes, Miss Mckinney
prano voice.
Miss Marie Dressler has returned
from her summer home at Windsor, VT,
TO New York, to begin active rehears-
ais in musical play, "Tillie's S Night
mare, IN which she is 10 star this sea
son under the management of MI Lew
Fields. The opening date is not yet
announced, but will probably be early
IN November.
Miss Ruth Allen, who is to be a mem
Der of "The Return of Eve company.
has Just completed walking tour Of
Yosemite park. She was accompanied
by Miss Florence Roberts, which fact
should set at rest the reports as to the
latter s poor health
The stolidity of the American Indian
is known to all and Charles \. Sci
Ion of ''Tbe Cat and the Fiddle, -
which comes TO the Colonial, can vouch
for it, Recently, when the attraction
WAS playing Washington, d c., the
! oil l. .,,.a
prefer and ambassador of his brother
red man, and himself a full -blooded
Sioux, was on a visit to the Great
White Father, together with twenty-five
of his tribe. Mr.. Sellon, being an old
friend of the doctor, invited the In
dians TO occupy the boxes on a certain
night. The doctor, fearful that the rcd
men would not show their appreciation
Of the entertainment by applause, which
is so cherished by the white men,
coached them and impressed upon them
that they should show their apprecia-
,ion. The show had been running for
two acts and the Indians had sat there
like cigar signs, the doctor fearful that
his coacbing had been in vain made
repeated signals to his brothers that
the time was ripe for the dcmonstra,
ton, if there were to be any. The In.
dlans caught the signal. as if all at
=
big war whoop. such as the far western
plains had only heard To those who
know the caliber OF the elite audiences
that attend the Washington playhouses,
they can imagine the nandcmonium that
rcigncd during and after this uncXpcct-
ed outburst SclloD bad Iust been sing
| ing his favonIc number, assisted by II
goodly portion Of the chorus. he stood
like statue while the chorus ''beat
1 IN
ing a panic, Immediately jumped on the
| stage, and in his best English. being a
graduate of Amherst college, quieted his
Indian brethren and informed the com
pany and audience the reason of the
outburst The Indians were applaudcd
to the echo, and the show continued,
That cver-youthful and cvcr.popular
! American play. SIN Old Kentucky,
one of the "sure fire. theatrical of.
fcrings year after year, is now MAX.
ing another trip TO the Pacific coast
during which ii will again be seen III
this city.
Lillian. Russell begins her annual road
tour in Washington, d. c.. this fall
opening for n week there at the Colum
bra theatcr eu October is, in her pres
ent successful vehicle, ''Thc Widow s
Might After her stay in Washington
Miss Russell s tour will swing into
or this she viii go as far south rs
Richmond, Va, for brief engagement
returning north for her annual visit
TO Boston and adjacent territory.
Mcintyre and Heath. in tho John !
McNally musical comedy, ''ln HaytI,
with music by Jerome and Schwartz
will open their road tour in Phiiadel
phIa, October is Julian Rose, Marion
the supporting company, which mum
bors 100.
i Klaw and Erlangcr opened ''The Sill
yer STAR with Adehne Gencc at Tho
Forres, thcater, Philadelphia, October
I II. The advertisements in which Miss
Gcncc Will be seen in this play are al
new in this country. They include "Th'
Spirit of Wine, - ''Tbe Floral Fetc
variation called "'The Rcvcric -
Miss Helen Redmond, leading woman
with Joe Weber in his travesty, 9Th,
Merry Widow and The Devil is :
great beauty and one of the most pop
ular women who has ever sung in musI
cal productions.
During Robert Mantell S present tour
in classic repertoire. playgoers here vii
have an opportunity of seeing Mis-.
!. Marie Booth Russell. his beautiful ant
talented leading woman. in a superl
role which is quite different from the
stately characters she has been play
ing, such as Lady Macbeth, Queen Con
stance, Portia and Goncrll 1t is il
Mr.. Mantcll's version of Casimir Della
vignc 5 ''LouiS Nj in which Mis-
Russell plays Marie. the part PLAYED 10y
: Miss Jessie Millward with Sir HeDr,
irving, II is a simple. ingenious char
acter and brings out the tender. woman
" qualities Of Miss Russell's natur,
and of her rich and plant voice,
The fact that Marguerite Clarke
played "Petcr Pam in stock in st
Louis the past summer is said TO hav,
decided Lee Shubuert 10 cast her TO
II legitimate part. This she will have
in Owen Davis 1.-THE Wishing Ring. :
Rehearsals are alrcndv under way Rob
ert Dempster, now leading man witt
the Shubcrt stock company, BrookIny
will serve in a similar capacity will
Miss Clarke.