Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-01

Is over two years since ] saw her last.
Business took me to Paris and as usual
she invited me to dejcuncr at her own
house. The only other guest. If guest
he could be called. was her son Maurice,
one of the. most delightful men 1t has
ever been my luck to meet. Although
1t was Il sunny day In spring Sarah
wore a heavy cloak, and. despite be-
ing carefully wrapped UP, she COM
planned a good deal OF the cold. Sha
introduced me to n couple of splendid
boar-hounds and after dojcuner We
went into the famous drawing room
whcr she is wont to entertain 'lci'
friends. surrounded by all sorts OF
marvellous curios and wonderful treas
urcs which she has brought home witt
her from various parts Of the world.
Fancy woman of her age-sarah II.
now 66-playing tho part OF a hoy OF 10.
rs she does in "'LAigon" and-stili
more amazing-busily preparing 10
start upon a lengthy tour through the
United States.
I slipped down the other day to have
peep Mt Gertrude Kingston's now
Little Thcatcr" in the Strand AL
though the decorators arc still at work
there ! found every indication that,
when completed. it will be as dainty
and tasteful Il little playhouse as any
thing of its kind in or out of London.
1t Is constructed on the model of the
well known Theatres Intimes" in
Paris. Berlin and Vienna, The seat
Ing capacity Is small AS u matter
of fact the place possesses no dress
circle. upper circle gallery or pit.
The whole of the parterre Is devoted to
stalls and behind these are three small
boxes Miss Kingston opens about
tho middle OF next month with an Eng
fish version of the "Lysistratu." ot
Arstophancs. 1t is rather n bold step.
but doubtless the original work will be
very considerably watered down for
English consumption, "Notwithstnnd-
Ing the mad indecencies contained III
the piece" wrote n famous critic re-
garding It.. "its purpose. when stripped
of these, IS upon the whole very limo
cent" IT may be taken for granted
that in the promised adaptation most
of these mad indcccncics" will have
gone by the board.
+, c. Whitney sails for New York
today. He takes with him the pleas
ant assurance that he has n substantial
success in 1.-THE Chocolate Soldier at
the Lyric. called In to say good bye
to him yesterday and found him suf-
fering from n sore throat. but the cir
cumstanco seemed In no way to damp
his chcerincss. The piece went even
better hero, he declared. than II does In
America. and that. he added. was say
!ng a good deal. The public was book
ing fast and the nightly rcceipts-he
showed me the returns-splendid. The
Lyric. in short, Is crowded every night
and looks ns If it will be so for many
weeks TO come. Whitney deserves
all the success he can get, for evidently
he Is Il good sportsman and prepared
to take the kicks as well as the half
pence OF theatrical management. He
repeated to me his former statement
that. having made good in London. he
hoped to be Il permanent fixture here.
His next production is to be Baron
1renck." composed by Albini, which.
he says. contains the best comic opera
book he has met with throughout the
whole of his career. He will certainly
produce it in London and not impos-
sibly before he presents it In America.
If arrangements can be made to that
effect He also has his eye upon an
American drama. Tho Fortune Hunt
or which he believes should prove sue
cessful on this side. hltoEcther. 1t
seems likely that London will see Il good
deal Of i. c. Whitney IN the future,