Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-11-21 | Page 42 | Actress to Sing in Church Today

I ACTRESS TOEING TO IN CHURCH TODAY I Ii i t L J 1 lt f i q ti i 1 0 S f fo o y p b t E t Y J i 1 1 jj 2 I t w 4 t th h I 4 4 1 S ri j t tj c j 4 C H F kt i pr p re reI I i ie ic S t tN N w r 1 le lef e f tJ f I c s st c t b 1 t tA ti tC A t C i Jl 4 e 4 Miss Annette Hall prima donna in uLo lo who will sing in First M H E B church The First Methodist church will be bethe bethe bethe the scene of unique praise services this evening for the Rev Francis Burgette Short has been able to secure as s a vol volunteer volunteer volunteer soloist Miss Annette Hall HaU Miss Hall for tor three years was the soloist at John D Rockefellers church in New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Her admires say she has probably probably probably ably the most remarkably and beautiful high soprano voice in America outside of grand opera She is one of the principal members of the company who support John E B BYoung Young the te t e original John E Hicks of ot The Time the Place and the Girl in tn inthe Inthe the musical comedy Lo which begins a three days engagement at the Salt Lake theatre tomorrow night and she gladly promised Dr Short to accept a his invitation to sing Sunday evening Of Ot course the regular choir will be In at attendance attendance but Miss Hall HaU will sing two solos which will be two of Mr Rocke Rockefellers Rockefellers Rockefellers fellers favorite hymns It is In tn this manner that Annette Hall the girl with the voice will make her first appearance in this city Her marvelous voice beauty and personality will beyond question make a sensation for tor Harry Askin one of Americas foremost showmen sand and nd the owner of ot Lo believes that In Miss Hall he has discovered another Edna EdnaMay EdnaMay EdnaMay May Miss Hall was born in a little Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut village about nineteen years ago Her father died when she was wag 13 leav leaving leavIng ing her and her mother Even as a child her voice showed great prom promise promIse promise ise and she was ambitious to sing in public So confident was her mother of her ability that in the past six years every cent of their capital has been spent in Miss Halls education and arid the cultivation of ot her voice olce and this sum summer summer summer mer she was Tyas ready to try to reap the reward William E Burlock Mr Askins gen general general general eral representative who was in New Tew NewYork ew York engaging the cast for Lo 10 heard her sing and offered her a position The salary she demanded although totally inexperienced was w s that of ot a n prima don donna donno na no of good reputation Impossible said Mr Burlock How many encores do you expect me to get with each of the three songs I have hae to sing asked Miss Hall HallAt HallAt HallAt At least five fie each Very well replied Miss Mise Hall give me the part and I will play pIny it for noth nothing nothIng nothIng ing but for every encore over five I get at each performance you must pay par parme me five dollars The Th contract was made on this basis and that Miss Halls HaUs confidence in her herself herself self was justified was shown by the fact tact that she never yet has failed to earn considerably more money each week on this unique basis than she would have I received had she been paid the straight J I she asked