The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-17

By Leased wire to The Tribune.
NEW YORK. July 16-There has been
| n great battle OF the choruses In New
York this summer, The hot season IS
looked upon by theatrical managers as
the best time to display youthful pull
chrltude upon the stage. owing. be-
lsevc, TO the great number Of strangers
within the hosptable gates OF New York
City. Frederick Thompson opened the
pulchritudlnous warfare with his pha-
lanX OF under twenty and unmarried
slrlIcs.' In fact, Mr.. Thompson was 80
clated with his chorus that he advertised
1t extensively as the greatest organiza-
ton OF youthful. fresh and unmarried
feminine beauty Manhattan has ever
seen. Then came +. Ziegfeld, Ir.. and
Inc, with THE Folies OF Nineteen
Ten and a chorus nt to dazzle even
blase summer thcatergoers. Next came
Lew Fields with n similar congregation
OF guaranteed beauties in The Summer
Widowers,n The battle was, waGed mer-
rly. Mr. Zicgfeld, with his bevy OF sixty
Anna Held choristers; Mr.. Thompson.
with his twenty under twenty and un
married glrlies,' and Mr. Fields with his
two dozen dNshing. daring, dazzling beau
ties. all clamored nolsIly for the laurels.
All. but little did they know that
Charles Marks was on their trail. But
Charles Marks was. nevertheless, and lie
has announced with considerable flourish
in his musical play. "$3 600. O0O." would
be called "a gilt edge chorus of Heir
esses.' The ''gllt-edgc helress' will be
assisted in the performance Of the new
musical comedy by large cast OF
principals, to which Mr.: Marks also
glibly refers as some of the Spend
thrifts." Among them may be noted Ju-
llet Louis Simon, May Bolcy, Mark
Smith. Carolyn Gordon. Fred Nice, Geor-
gle dip, George LydeclSev Helain >Alain,
George Barber, Louise Brackctt. Grace
Gr,S nd This nd
, galaxy OF hnanciers Will assemble for the
| first regular performance at Atlantic City
on July rs One week later the com
pany Will begin an engagement of In
definite length at the Colonial theater,
Boston.
Tetrazzini Will Not Sing.
II might be interesting to note that
Madame Tetrnzzinl has broken off her
pany She says that II is extremely un-
likely that she win ever be heard in
grand opera in America again. or. Mt nll
events. in the east next season. There is
little doubt that the great Enrlco CarU
so viii be In our midst again The lure
OF American gold VIII again draw the
famous tenor across tho Atlantic, In
recent statement Madame TetraZzlni
says that she may return for concert
singing, she has received number Of
flatterjnS offers. Speaking OF her fu-
ture In rather an impersonal manner she
says. zone concert offer was from a
well-lsnown manager OF Sl50,000 for
tour, Another for eleven concerts and
four appearances in opera from her for
mer manager In San Francisco. but nat
urally at quite different figures from her
former terms. and other equally dcsira-
bic offers have been made her. SO that
II is but necessary for the prlma donna
to decide which TO accept, Contrary to
their previous announcements, the d-
rectors OF the New York, Boston. Phlla-
delphla and Chicago houses have no con-
tract which can insure them Madame
Tctra2znfs services. and she has refused
to sign any OF the various contracts they
have offered her. the latest OF which was
for four operate appearances. each In
Chicago and PHILADELPHIA. and twenty