The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-24
BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune.


NEW YORK, April 23.-As the time
draws nearer for the Actors Fund fair
IL is apparent that this viii be the
most stupendous affair Of its kind ever
consummatcd, either here or elsewhere
Tho fair will run for week and scores
of famous actors and actresses viii take
part. Practically every theatrical man
aud woman in America has an interest
In the fair. Some through large dona-
tions, others through tho work they
are now doing, and still others in spe-
cial productions to be given 10 swell the
treasury fund. Charles Burnham has
charge OF the arrangements Tho fair
will be opened in the Seventy first Regi,
mcnt armorv bv President TAFT and
will extend from Nav 3 to il, inclu-
sive. Speaking of the event Mr..
Burnham SAYS: "lu the first plnce the
decorations have never been equalcd n
any grcnt fair or exposition. At an
expense OF thousands Of dollars We are
transforming tho huge drill room OF
the armorr into A replica Of corner
OF the garden Of Versailles With the
court OF honor the fountains splashing
and the white pcrgolas overhung with
luNuriouslv Towering vines, we viii
have an exquisite setting. We intend
making il n fair of beauty, and it viii
be uu1orgettable rs such. Handsome
actresses viii become sseswomen,
mattresses and auctioncers. The booths
charge of tho prcttiest girls in the city.
Arrayed with these will bo the debu-
tantcs who viii nssist Mrs. James Spey
CT at the society's floral booth. III
there is an unpledgcd bachelor In New
York after the fourteenth Of MAY, when
the fair closes, il will be because he
did not dare 10 90 inside that armory.
We shall raise 5000. .000-S35. 900 moro
than we obtained at the first fair, at
Madison Square garden eighteen years
ago. and $4,000 more than what was
secured at the next fair, at the Metro
polltan opcrn house three years ago,
Nazimova In Little Eyolf
Monday evening in tho new Thirty
ninth street theoter, Madame Nazi-
nova appeared in "Little Eyolf, one
Of the later plays of the Scandinavian
master, Ibseu 'Ldttle Eyolf' was
writtsu in Christiania during 1894, and
was published IN Copenhagen on Dc
cember ] of that year. Tho first per
formance of the play in Norway look
nary Is. 1895. In May, 1895, it re-
ceived its initial presentation in Paris.
The first performance of Little Ely
of" in English was gwen at the Ave
nuc thenter, London, on the afternoon
of November %. 1896, with cast
which included Janot Achurch as Rita,
Elizabeth Robins as Asia, and Mrs.
Patrick Campbell IS the Rat Wife. Mrs.
Patrick Campbell later played Rita at
Il short series of evening performances.
The first performance of Little Ey-
olf'' in America was gwen in Chicago
in the spring of 1895 by company OF
Scandinavian amateurs The previous
history of the piece in New York City
includes only an attempted presenta.
ton by Oda Nielsen, who, however, did
not have the requisite facilities. In
his introduction 70 his published trans
latlon of the play William Archer gives
the facts already noted and continues
with an analysis of the piece, the first
paragraph Of which is particularly illu-
Inrnatlng as to the essential sentiment
OF the work He SAYS: George
Brandes. writing Of this play, has right.
ly observed that a kind of dualism
has always been percepible In 1bsen
he pleads tho cause Of Nature, and he
eashgntes Nature with mystic morality;
only sometimes Nature is allowed the
first voice, sometimes morality. In THE
Muster Builder and in Ghosts the
love Of nature in Ibsen was predom-
ipant: here, as in Brand and The
cendant, So clearly is this tho case in
Little Eyolf' that Ibsen seems almost
10 fall into line with Mr.. Thomas Har-
dy. To say nothing of the analogies of
detail between Little Eyolf' and Jude
the Obscure, there is this radical anal
ogy, tnuL tncS are DoLh uLtcItlce5 VI
Of nature The plot of "Little Ey.
of'' is too familiar TO require repeti-
ton in detail. There are only six char
actcrB. Alfred Allmers, landed proprie-
tor and man of letters, formerly a
tutor; Rita, his wife; Eyolf, their child,
nine years old; Asia Allmers, Alfred s
younger half-sister; Engineer Borg
helm, who is in love with Asia, and
the Rat-Wife, more or less mystical
woman, who lures rats into the water
so that they are drowned. Mime. Nazi-
nova appeared as Rita
Taft Bust for Actors Fair.
Mr.. Robert +. Aitken, a sculptor of
this city. who is widely known for his
Mckinley monument in San Francisco,
has finished the model for n marble
bust of President Taft for the Actors
fair. Through the good offices of Mr..
Francis Wilson, President Taft was in
duced TO give Mr.. Aitken daily sittings
for almost week, but without stopping
his work Tho sculptor made his wax
model on the Presidents desk in the
White House. While Mr.. Taft talked,
wrote and received his callers, Mr.. Ait.
ken watched him and worked. Mr..
Aitkin believes the bust will be one Of
mis- best works and no Is enthusiastic
concerning his subject, ct may sur
prise some persons, said Mr.. Aitkin,
- DuL j DSll6Ne LnS preSluenJ TO De Ino
handsomest man in public life. Some
will say be is too heavy, but after you
have been with him for few moments
you forget his weight. Ho impressee
YOU merely ns big man. You are
aware only OF the frmness Of his face
and the counterbalancing fneness of
his features. L have studied the faces
of all the men prominent in public life,
particularly of the cabinet officers, the
senator's and the representatives who
called on him daily while / was there,
and L found none that compare with
his.
'Mr. Taft is difficult man 60 sculpt.
1t is so easy to burlesque and caricnture
him without reproducing the real man.
The expression about his eyes shows
greater combination Of qualities than
/ have seen in any other man. His
forehead and brows, with the little sag
above the eyes. are full of force and
determination. He has the prominent
bulges that denote perception. The