Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-05-31
THEATER ATTRACTIONS
FOR NEXT YEAR
Manager Pypcr Back From the Seat of
Nar-DcDlorcs Sensational
Earthquake Accounts.

Manager George u. Pyper returned
yesterday from "a three weeks visit I'm
the east in the interests OF the salt
Lake theater bookings for next season.
IN answer to inquiries he stated that
up 10 this time 25 nrst-class attractions
had been booked for next year. which
meant over 100 nights on which the
mouse would Doe opened between Sep
TENDER and May not counting local at
fractions, and other bookings which will
follow Tho first on the list would be
Henrietta CIosman in SEPTEMBER. The
important summer events just at hand
are Mt. Collier this week. and Margaret
Angelin later iu June
When asked regarding the great the
dulcal hght between the Syndicate
popularity known ls "the Trust " with
winch the salt Lake house is affiliated
ana the Shuberts. called tho Indppen-
dents, With which the Colonial is now
mixed, MI Pypcr said that there was
lttie 20 state. except what had been
already printed. 10 seemed TO De- war
20 the hit between the two forces. Both
Sides were actively M work. though the
trust people were entirely confident of
the future. aud stid they were WORKING.
fANlNf NNl' NNIINl rI|lf were NIINlE IiN inc
talAine. AS far us the thoatpr going
public Of salt Lake is concerned. II
meant that for next season at least. 70
would have the very best on both sides,
but 70 VIII prove a heavy test on tho
abilities of salt Lake 10 support two
hrst class houses The chances are
that th. salt Lake thcater and Colonial
VIII very often book hcadiiuers against
each other making IL doubtful whether
other NIUITII
The number ~ big attractions WIS Inns
tied ON both sides. and as there were
other cities To bee supplied. Of course
both the theltCr and the Colonial
could not he kept open FUN time
All the Ola "standbys' Of tho syndi-
cate. such as the Savage pm auctions
the Frohmaus, Bclasco. Fiske. Gillette
etc. were allied with the Trust, and
would be seen at the Salt Lake theater.
including Nance O'Ncil in The LilN"
Henry Miller. THE Arcadians the "Dol-
lar Prince $50" John Drew. the Harris
attractions Wagenhall g. Kcmper at
fractions and many others. Ma
dame " the greatest sensation OF the
day IN New York, Will also be seen
az the salt Lake theater. When asked
regarding what would be done with the
lesser shows belonging To- the syndicate
which had previously played at the
Colonial, Mr.. pypor thought they would
not be sent west at an.
John r. Bennett of the Bennett Paint
a Glass company returned with Mr..
Pyper Both are interested To- sunday
school work and they visited the great
national convention at Washington ON
three days. Ten thousand people were
bon attendance. and they gained many
useful pointers for local sunday school
work
Both gentlemen we're much concerned
about the salt Lake earthquake. which,
they said. had been fully described by
the Associated Press They also de-
plOrcd the sensat,o ual headlines which
some Of our own papers had employed
I'M describing the event. and said that
these papers, which had been circulated
tn the east would mo- doubt do a great
deal of damage 20 the city Mr.. Pypcr
said that on seeing some OF the seven
column headlines. he eNcitedly read all
through the articles. expecting 70 learn
that the city was I'm ruins and that
hundreds Of lives had been lost, but
when he reached the end, he was A. as
tonishod as ne wus pleased 20 find how
little damage had actually been done.