| Show RAMATIQAND LYRIC fiances For the Rebuilding of the Opera House X lUG BENEFIT TO MR BURGESS he After Dark Performances Troubles of the Held by the Enenrj Comparer Cromwell Crom-well Makes a Big find Notes Will the opera house be jrobuilt U hen be was asked this question ty a Juuii representative yesterday Mr S ed Walker who attends to the business tau Sharp Walker estate sale that its a < it-s eiiiiroly too soon to hazard an opinion aC lusuiMucc adjusters would be here soon end no decision would be arrived at tilllj 1 hey I reported his individual feeling j I ifcincd to be that the house would be ie auilt the walls were all solid and 59000 night suffice to relit tho interior and he laid the fact that it was owned by an es tat would cut no figure in the decision Utterly sad and desolate is tho scene pre Dented within the four brick walls 1 10 lately the home of mirth andj the resort of fashion The walls are still standing firmly right up ta the square but every vestage of the roof tumbled in and the sky is now tho only I severing The scenery is gone as completely com-pletely as if it had been lifted up and i carted away the iron supports to tho two balconies remain in place as do tho horseshoe horse-shoe rims that ran around tho front of each the dressing rooms on the sides arc almost untouched by the flames and had the trunks of tho theatre companies been left there instead in-stead of on the stage all their valuable contents con-tents would have been saved The iron chairs throughout tho house were crushed and driven into the floor by the weight of the falling roof and nearly every par of opera glasses with which the back of each chair downstairs had just been fitted was smashed or burned so as to be useless The fire did not reach the ticket office nor the downstairs entrance but they were damaged dam-aged by water almost as much as if it had The opera house was opened Juno 51SS3 oy the Careless orchestra It ran with varying success for several years but made little or no money until its connection with the Silver circuits under the management manage-ment of Mr Burgess since which time it has made more progress into popularity than during the whole time of its previous career This has been duo to the strong attractions at-tractions the house has been enabled to present through its connection with Manager Man-ager McCourt of the Tabor Graud in Denver Den-ver who simply said to traveling com panics If you play the Tabor in Denver you must play the Grand in Salt Lake and that sort of argument was effectual ef-fectual Mr Burgess own personal characteristics char-acteristics too have had no small share in contributing to the recent success of his house The rebuilding of the house if it is decided de-cided on will afford an opportunity to correct cor-rect a number of faults in its construction construc-tion which always militated against it One is the line of sight in the proscenium boxes and the sides of the galleriesseats there were always useless as far as getting any view of the whole stage was concern ed Another fault was the closeness of the first gallery to the dress circle which rendered back seats in the latter most undesirable un-desirable The rows of chairs also were placed so closely together that it was always al-ways inconvenient to pass between them and impossible to do so withou t causing their occupants to rise The emptying of the gallery into the lobby was a frequently urged objection and in case of any panic the crush on those stairs would be something some-thing fearful No theater can have too many exits and every one should open into the air with as few turns and in as short distance as possible The inconveniences and embarrassments resulting from the fire have been very marked in the case of the two companies affected by it The Held by the Enemy people wero utterly unable to obtain uniforms uni-forms or any clothing suitable for the play and their engagement in Ogden Friday and Saturday evenings had to be abandoned They are to play a week in Denver and what they will do to put the piece on they hardly know Manager McCourt will be here this morning and some decision will then be reached As the season closes in two weeks tho individual members naturally natur-ally do not feel like coing to the expense of fitting out new individual wardrobes x It The After Dark company with the indomitable in-domitable spirit of Will Brady at its head struggled bravely under a host of disadvantages disad-vantages and with the fine scenic resources re-sources of the Salt Lake theater at its back put on a very creditable presentation of I their play Pd dJv and Saturday afternoon and evening Mr Brady struck Salt Lake i at a time when Edwin Booth would almost be swamped out of sight by the host of counter attractions but he did a very fair business on all occasions except at his Saturday Sat-urday matinee which was so light that tho audience was at first dismissed and then I called back again when it was found there I would be some trouble in refunding money owing to there having been no coupon tickets issued The performance was a very creditable one especially Mr Bradys Tom which for so young an actor was a very strong delineation delinea-tion Mr Bradysc wife was also very sweet and barring the Jew who was as unIsraelitish as if he had been born of Arizona parents the whole supporting company was very capable The railroad scene was cut down to an engine owing to tho cars having been in the illfated opera house while the locomotive was doing duty at Park City Mr Brady obtained ob-tained his manuscript of After Dark from the Homo Dramatic club of this city and with tho alterations he has made in it hehas made a play that has brought him a veritable barl He is a hard and conscientious con-scientious worker and we trust his good luck may continue It Sympathy for Manager Burgess is on every tongue and we know it will be with heartfelt pleasure that the public learns that there is a big movement on foot to tender him a testimonial complimentary benefit at the Salt Lake theatre Mr Burton has tendered tho house for tho occasion oc-casion It is too soon yet to say what tho programme will be but the thing ia i in the right hands and selections will bo made from all the best of our local talent probably prob-ably including some features of the recent Guitar and Mandolin Home Dramatic performance per-formance which was bright enough to warrant war-rant a reproduction on its own merits There is no doubt the thing would go with a rush tho musical aid through Mr Burgess Bur-gess orchestra would come free the newspapers news-papers could be relied on TUB HEIUII at least speaks for itselfMr Burgess being be-ing one of their largest patrons we know our leading artists too well to think there would bo any hesitation on their part and the big and generous public which remembers Mr Burgess action towards the stranded Said Pasha people only a few weeks back which knows of the recent death and sickness in his family and is now sympathizing with him in his latest affliction can be relied on to rally to the affair as it never rallied yet to a local benefit to It Another bit of pleasant views in connection connec-tion with the fire is that Professor Cromwell Crom-well discovered on digging among the ruins that the lenses of his instrument valued at 53000 bad escaped injury and that some ten or twelve lectures had also escaped The recovery of the lenses by which ho enlarges and throws out his beautiful pictures i pic-tures makes it possible with tho views he 1 has saved and those he has taken here to Ii give some of the lectures hero he had Counted on giving and though he will not nPpear next weeK as announced ho ex I > to ghprl to nor i t v1 or thr t > nflf o at tho theatre The professor was overjoyed over-joyed at the recovery even of a small port por-t on of the works he had given up as lost r THE HEIUII has nn advertisement today to-day from Mr and Mrs B B Young who will bo settled at their new home in Chicago after August 1 They have arranged ar-ranged to tako a limited number of pupils and offer them the advantacc of a home while they are receiving instruction The excellence of Madame Youngs methods of teaching are well known in Utah and I could receive no stronger illustration than I that which has recently been afforded Salt Lake in the appearance of Miss Bertha Baylies who might bo said to owe all her musical prominence to Madame Youngs training The advantage of securing a home with such nn instructress is one that will commend itself at once to the young lath student who designs going oust lor education educa-tion and cultivation of tho voice |
