Show DRAMATIC AND LYRIC I Yon Yonson Is Coming to Town DULL THEATRICAL BUSINESS thc Old Homestead The Fatlnltza Chorus Mrs Florences WealthLast Kicht Notes ON YON SON and Ole Ole son belong to L the new school of dialect plays I s which has I sprung up inS in-S I the past few r i years Germans S Irish Dutch l Italians Spaniards Span-iards Portuguese Portu-guese Greeks Scots Britons Yankees Jews and negroes have been pictured on the stage as heroes and comedians but no one ever thought till recently of delving into the field of Scandinavian character It hit Gus Heege one day that a Swede properly portrayed ought to be a taking character and a moneymaker seeing that an immense percentage of our population is made up of the Swedish nationality He evolved his play and it took like a vaccination vac-cination and without doubt it will catch on equally well here where there is a very heavy Swedish contingent Relating the manner in which Yon Yonson was suggested Mr Heege says For two consecutivo years I spent a part of each season in the lumber regions of Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan first with the veteran comedian John Dillon for whom I had written Wanted Tho i Earth the season following with a coterie of Chicago talent who had the I temerity to go out and double in brass under my management I Managers touring that district make it a point to do that country early in tho spring when the first thaw breaks up the winter camps and drives the lumbermen into the towns for a hurrah time Both seasons we hit it squarely between the eyes These men pass three or four months of the winter in camp felling and hauling I timber During all that time they are remote re-mote from the temptations of eftete civilization civili-zation with no opportunity of spending money Picture two or three thousand of these men streaming into a town with their winter savings the wildest kind or revelry runs riot Saloons and gambling houses are in full blast night and day while Sunday has merely a calendar sig uiticonco no longer synonymous with the Sabbath Pandemonium Why a band of howling dervishes would be a Bible class compared to a gang of lumber boys just let loose A brawny hardy set of men they are too seasoned by vigorous work in the open air that clear dry atmosphere of the northern woods redolent with the fragrance of the pines Still boisterous as they are their fun is of a harmless kinda goodnatured whole souled lot of men as a classmanly and courageous always ready to help a com rado and generous witnont stint Rows are of infrequent occurrence and then confined con-fined to fisticuffs Shooting and stabbing affrays are rarely heard of Of the foreign element the Scandinavian are the most important factor recruited mostly by emigrants from the lumber regions of Sweden and Norway Traveling so extensively among these foreigners the idea of grafting a Swedish impersonation on the stage naturally suggested sug-gested itself to me To that end I made a close study of the race chatacteristics Many an hour have I put Inwith Scandinavian Scan-dinavian lumbermen observing their quaint dialect and odd traits of character JLneir most distinctive points are stolidity plodding perseverance and unswerving honesty It is a byword among drummers in the northwest that they never fear to trust a Scandinavian merchant for goods Those northern people have none of the volatile mercurial temperament of the Latin races their passions are not easily swayed but once aroused either ia anger or joy they burn a white heatit is then that the old Viking spirit flashes for awhilethe fierce tempestuous spirit of those brave warlike natures that dreamt of heaven as a neverending tableau of wars and victory and glory 4 I The fourth performance of A Straight Tip went before a somewhat meagre audience I audi-ence last night The truth is that people are growing so distrustful of farce comedies that the lew deserving ones in tho class have to suffer with all the rest Powers piece is really a clover one or his cleverness clever-ness and that of his company made it so but its printing and notices denote that it belongs in the category of farce comedy and people wont go to see Itfor all they know that Powers is out of the genera run The public wants standard drama the drama that is presented by an all around good stock company of the Lyceum Palmer and Daly typeand the day of the Hustlers Rustlers and Ink Rollers is abut a-but done and over with From nil over the land come the reports of bad business theatrical circles Now York Chicago Boston and San FrancIsco are said to be the only ones among the big cities where any profit is to be relied on Two hundred and forty six organizations wont out of Now York at the opening of I the season and already eighty hrve been called backs by the force of circumstances circumstan-ces Most of the eighty belonged to the farce comedy variety and if this can betaken be-taken as an indication that the sun of farce comedy is setting we shall not bedeeply pained to go on recording the return of more of the stranded ones I < It I e In Ogden that nervy manager M i IJ Bowes who has one of the handsomest opera houses in the whole western country meets the problem of bad business man fully and tells the Ogdon public frankly and candidly that they must support their theatre or see it closed up He meets them half way by announcing a reduction in the price of seats as follows Parquet Par-quet and the first three rows of parquet circle SI balance of parquet circle 75 cents first five rows of balcony back ton to-n trance 75 cents balance of bal ony 50 cents gallery 25 cents Occasionally Mr Bowes states it maybe may-be necessary to charge S150 when some superexcellent attraction comes along but the public may rest assurred that this will be only when the attraction is worth the money Snide show he very properly proposes to bar out altogether In the course of a twocolumn article he gives tho figures that several big attractions have played to which show that he is justified in taking some extraordinary steps He says We wish to state to the citizens of Og den that during the past year this city has gained the rather unenviable reputation of being one of the poorest show towns on the coast and it should be a matter or personal pride to every citizen to assist in trying to change this state of affairs For instance Effie Elsler who as everybody knows is one of the most popular and clever little dresses of the American stage played in Ogden two nights to a little over S1UO per nightFanny Fanny Davenport who perhaps is one of the greatest living exponents of the drama played in Ogden two nights to a little over 400 por night Her manager stated that this was the smallest amount that they had opened to dnring the entire season In salt Lake city her five performances brought her 7000 We simply cite those instances to show in about what ratio Ogden stands theatrically speaking Meritorious companies that have played in Ogden with possibly one exception Shenandoah have had a similar expe rience and naturally after leaving the town they do not speak very kindly of the city While the management realizes that matters in general are very quiet and money very scarce and while they also realize that they have no more reason for complaint than any other business firm in the city t this fact forces itself upon them that the existing state of affairs presents but > ono solution Either the patronage must be encouraged and increased or it will be cheaper for them to close up the house than to keep it open at a loss i Fatlnitza is to be put on for a straight run of four performances during the holidays holi-days and there is talk of visiting Ogden on New Yearsnight if suitable arrangements can be made with the opera house and with the railroad company for a special train The full complement of the company is as follows ratlnitza Jennie Hawley LydIa uu n1Irs Silva asha Mr Spencer Hardy Mr Pyper i General Mr Goddard Captain huMr Pierce Steipan Mr Haviland ZUlelkan The f nhMISs Ella Olsen Nurs1dah l Pashas J Miss TUlio Phillips Dianahn wives 1 MbR Carrie Conklin Besika u J I 1Uss Claribel Ridges Osip Mr J T Dunbar Fedor Mr C L Berry van oouuMr John James Dimitri a cadet hnuuhMIss Dot Sears Mustapha 00 n uu uu U u uMr Maltese CHORUS OF CADETS Prissie James Nettie Raleigh Lute Whitney Susie Ellis Maud Pratt Alice Ellis Minnie ShoebrIdgc Way Smith Leda Stromberg Jennie Calder Mrs Donelson Libbie Bitner Thora Peterson Miss Lynberg Nellie Needham Miss Strombcrp Alice Foster Miss McLaughlin Libbie Latimer Jennie Taylor Isabel Pratt Miss H Taylor Kate Rigby RUSSIANS AND TURKS Mr P Elliott Mr R Edmunds Mr Pinkerton Mr F Reid Mr Cablleton Mr Lewinson Mr Selley Mr Pardoe Mr Hanson Mr C H Lewis Mr AVestover Mr KIt Browne Mr FK Gillespie Mr John Owen Mr R Patrick jr Mr MoIntyre Mr Morris Mr G Savage Mr W Crawford Mr Seligman 4 4 The Old Homesteads moving story told by the same company that Denman Thompson Thomp-son sent out last season will be beard at the theater once more for four nights commencing Wednesday evening It ia swell < s-well known that it needs no words of introduction in-troduction Poor Billy Florence was laid away to rest after the newspapers had aroused a most unfortunate and unseemly squabble over the question whether he had renounced re-nounced Masonry to his father confessor before he died and whether if he hadnt ho could be buried in consecrated ground Whatever was the case he was buried with all the rites of the Catholic church 11 I f v t Speaking of Mrs Florence the New York Mnrniiia Journal says A good deal of interest is manifested just now In the question of what will become of I Mrs Florence and has she enough means 1 r > S of her own to live comfortably upon during the remainder of herlifo It is well known that Billy did not leave an excessive amount He was a high liver a good follow with his friends and then too there was a long interregnum when he made next to nothing That waster was-ter the lengthy success of The Mighty Dollar and before he hit upon the thought of joining Jefferson His salary with Jefferson was variously stated to be 1000 1200 and 81500 per week It was really a little less than 1000 and of that amount he contributed one third to his wifes support for she lived in very good style in London and denied herself her-self nothing It is therefore not supposed that Florence left more than 20000 or 30 000 behind him if that But Mrs Florence is well off She received re-ceived during all the years she was with her husband an ample salary which she kept as there was no necessity whatever or her spending any money In business affairs Florence treated her as a businesswoman business-woman outside of that he supported her as any man would want to support his wife 80 that it is estimated by her friends that she must be possessed of 70000 or 50000 Nor does she intend leaving the stage There are many parts that she can perform better than any other actress we have and there wouldbe no trouble for her to obtain Positions at a most generous salary While the present week Wonderland just opened Thursday November 20 has been a profitable one to the management and alike enjoyable to the regular guests and patrons of the house it is only fair to say that the coming show billed for December ember 3 will supass anything of recent date at this house of innocent entertainment entertain-ment for variety and strength of attractions attrac-tions In the curio hall John Ward the kIng of snakecharmers and Sailor Perrin the owner of the rarest and best collection of curiosities and antiquities will hold way In the Bljou theatre Madame Reynolds the ironjawed wonder will display her remarkable accomplishments while in the grand theatorium such stars as Ransome the musical moke George Howard the peerless negro delineator Charles Van the champion banjoIst Russell Rus-sell and Odell acrobats and tho favorite Walters Low and Della in their hit entitled titled Among the Lilacs It is a big 50 cent show all for 10 cents Notes Katie Putnam is heading this way Lewis Morrison is touring through the south Francis Wilsons new Work is called liThe Lion TamerJ Sidney Drew brother of John Drew will star with his wife The tabernacle choir is engaged In studying pohrs Last Judgment Nat Goodwin has a play called A Gay DeceIver ceIver Singularly apropos Carrie Turner had a row with the Niobe management man-agement last week and Eleanor Carey was engaged < aged to take her place The stage hands of five theaters in New Yorlc recently struck for an advance of wages They receive SI per night and 3150 for matinees Several New York papers are still trying to give a boom to Bill Nyes play The truth Is that It is a melancholy and ghastly failure The training school which is designed to feed the tabernacle choir with new material is making tIne headway under Mr Stephens dIrection dI-rection The Lost Paradise is a positive success at Proctors theatre Mr Frohmans company seems to have duplicated its Men and Women triumph Dr Bill with its kangaroo dance Grismer and DavIes in tbeir repertoire and The Jevlls Auction are attractions that come in the near future The Choral Society will begin work on The Light of Asia tomorrow night It is by Americas foremost composer Dudley Buck and Mr Stephens thinks it magnificent Augustln Dalys company reached home last week after a long cruise abroad Kenan Drew and Lewis wore seen by newspaper men but as Autocrat Dalys rules forbid any interviewing none of them had anything to say The company com-pany opened in the Taming of theShrew last Wednesday evening Fanny Davenport played in Los Angeles weok before last to the largest share that was probably proba-bly ever given to an American actress or star for one weeks work She was handed over 7100 for her part of seven performances This would give her a net profit of 14500 for the weeks work and Los Angeles is usually considered con-sidered a very poor theatrical town The Lyceum company has produced Lady Bountiful and made a fair but not a striking Qiinpnaa Tlin Tmtrnftf says mn lHntr n F 1hn play There is no question of doubt that Miss Shannon takes the honors away from Miss Cay van The latter has ono of the worst parts ever given to a leading lady Her whole role consists con-sists of something like 300 words 200 of which are varying intonations of the one exclamation Donald 1 It is quite a study to watch Miss Cayvan assume 200 tones of voice Colonel Henry Mapleson gave the first concert con-cert of his American series In Boston on the yist to a very large audience Mme Shirmer Mapleson Signor Campanini Mr Fred C Packard Miss Marie Nellini Mrs Jencie Patrick Pat-rick Walker and Frau A Bartschmldt of Munich Mu-nich were among the largo array of solo talent Myron W Whitney was also on the programme both as a soloist and as head of a new quartette quar-tette which he has organized The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra furnished the accompaniments accom-paniments The concert was a conspIcuous success JV Y Herald |