Show DRAMATIC AND LYRIC Sousas Band in Their Two Pro gr mmes 1 THE HOME CLUB IN ES3IERALDArota Our New York tetter Marie WllnmIlht Slaughter James I Halien and Hart Hr Stephens Concert Motes Sousas celebrated Marine band the solitary t sol-itary feature of the United States navy in 1 WhIch Americans feel a pride paid its first visit to Salt Lake yesterday and received a t triumphant ovation Its first performance was given at a matinee the audience being a good one but not all that the glory of the occasion demanded The enthusiasm however made up for any lack of numbers it took on a trancendental form and when tho strains of Red White and Blue broke out the audience literally ft > < p and yelled then a moment later tune merged into Dixie the cries al audits aud-its arose again and nothing but icore of the stormiest kind would satis in The programme consisted of u t numbers I num-bers and nine of them were flllci oy the band That there was never a thought of I weariness or monotony from beginning to end is perhaps us good a way as any to denote how thoroughly the music was enjoyed en-joyed There are fortyseven men in the band and they completely filled the stage Mr Sousa a handsome man with a military mili-tary air held tho baton and the Ir and instruments in-struments responded like the wore manipulated by a single ban In brilliance and precision the banu is remarkable re-markable It is more like Gilmores than anv other we over heard and is right up to and abreast of it in general excellence no beyond it Wo would nay applying a critIcal crit-ical test that Gilmores wind and reed instruments in-struments were rather more proficient and I that SOUSRB brass led tho other But they are of such even excellence that it is impossible im-possible to make many just contrasts or comparisons The William Tell over I turo was probably the best thing done though the Peer Gyut selection was admirable ad-mirable and the descriptive piece The Chariut Race was most telling Whetho L producing Rossinis divine strains or the lighten ones of Mary and John and Sousa excels oven Gitmoro in his trick und popular selections the band is alike poor lessMile Mile Decca the soprano of the occasion gave the oftrendered Perle of Brazil which Thursbv last did nere and whichan Abbott so often rendered before her Ihursby does not do it nearly as well as Decca and Decca is no better than Abbott oxcept in her lower notes The pyrotech meal parts were admirably done There was a big recall when the lady sang The Swanee River but not as well as the first piece The matinee wound up with Hail Columbia which sent the audience out in a breeze of patriotic exultation In the evening there was a much larger house the downstairs and parquet and first C irck being well filled and there was avery a-very fair sprinkling in the upper galleries The programme if anything was an improvement im-provement on that of the matinee and the performance was thoroughly enjoyed The Home Dramatic club and Mrs Gilbert Gil-bert render Mrs Frances Hod son Bur retts beautiful play of Esmeralda at ILO theater tomorrow evenlrg They have been several weeks preparing it and the club have had the benefit of Mrs Gil berts long association with the Madison Square in acquiring the business of the play Mrs Gilbert played Esmeralda Hazel Kirke and Young Mrs Win throp at the head of a traveling Madison Square company for more than five seasons sea-sons and sue has probably played the character char-acter of EsmoraldK alone fully 500 times With the assistance given her by Mr Wells who will play Ned Buckleys old part of Dare Hardy Mr Spencer in Whif fens role of Estabrook Mr Young in old man AlIen part of Elbe t Rogers Lottie Oandge as Mother You Know Kate i Dunns famous impersonation Birdie Cummings as Nora Nettie Snell as Kate I with Messrs Pierce Evans and Barlow in the other roles Esmeralda should prove one of the strongest productions in the Home clubs long list The studio set in act 2 will be heightened by the exhibition of several paintings by local artists the loan having been kindly made to tho club Messrs Ottinger Cul mer Easly Squires Tullidgo Hafen and hi rs Krouse will be the artists represented Held by the Enemy will be revived one nigh only Thursday with Mrs Gil bert in the leading ladys role The club takes its northern trip from April 16 to 28 playing in Brigham Boise and Logan Tho Home Dramatic club went to North L Bountiful last night and gave its maiden performance in the opera house About forty people accompanied the club Boun tiful and Centre villa were out in full force and even Farmin ton sent n largo delepa trn In spite of the inclement weather the house was filled there being a larger audience present than ever was in the building before The play went very smoothly for a first performance perform-ance Members of the company complimented compli-mented the proprietors on their commodious I und handsome structure which would do I credit to a town of three times the number of inhabitants of Bountiful The Sand S-and party returned to town at midnight on the Hot Springs road Our Kew York Letter NEW YoRE March 23 lt92 Special correspondence of Tan HERALD Though two months still remain of the present theatrical the-atrical season managers are already busing bus-ing themselves with plans for the new theatrical the-atrical year As rule a managers are exceedingly ex-ceedingly shy of entering upon auy very extensive plans during a presidential year but judging from the advance notes already heard the anticipated political excitement ex-citement docs not seem to have any de i terring influence In the extent of theatrical enterprises Manager Charles Frohman has already outlined an extent of ventures that is undoubtedly hitherto unparalleled L un-paralleled in the history of stage affairs in this country During the past year he had fifteen companies constantly on tour throughout the country in addition to his regular stock and his company regular comedy company This number will probably I prob-ably be increased by two next season I twelve of them Doing already under con tract These companies will require the services of over four hundred people 300 of whom have already been engaged These companies require the services of forty business representatives one auditor and three accountants Ho has under contract every prominent American dramatist with possibly one exception aad nearly all of the foreign authors whose names have become be-come familiar in this country through their successful plays The list includes Bron Eon Howard David Balasco William Gillette Clyde Fitch Heart C Do Mme Sidney Rosenfiold Clin L ton Stuart John McNally and Victorien Sardou Alexandre Bissen Albert Caure Leon Gandillot Maxim ii Boucheron and Hadaon Chambers Ho is at present paying royalties to sixteen dif brent authors In America France and England and the gross amount paid them averages weekly 12000 It is not unlikely that Mr Frohman will exceed his present season in the numerous companies which be will have at one time in this city next pecson Ho already has the Madisoa Square theatre enraged for a new produc tion in August On September 5 the com pany now playing Jane will open at the Stan ard theatre in that very successful end brilliant play for a long run A few weeks later John Drew will begin his first starring tour under Mr Frohmans management at Palmers theatre in a new comedy by Bisson At the close of his engagement Mr Froh man will produce at tho same theatre in conjunction with Managers A L I M t Palmer and Al Hayman a new play by Mr Bronson Howard While ho is engaged aged in these various productions his stock company which has established Itself self so securely in popular favor of New York will be touring the country in Da Illles great play The Lost Paradise u This company will return to New YorK jout the last of January to open the handsome some now theatre the Empire which is bp log built for Mr Frobman at the corner of Fortieth street and Broadway The reputation which Mr Gillette has gained as the author of The Private Sec etary and other comedies and by his brilliant adapticns from foreign authors has undoubtedly established him as one of the most successful of American play vrights but it is generally conceded that his best work was accomprished in serious drama Of the numerous military dramas which have been produced in recent years probably none of them have been so lauded and successful in every way as is Held by the Enemy In the now war play which he has contracted to write for Mr Froham it is said an entirely new phase of character iltberto untouched will be treated The theme will be laid in and about Richmond Va and Mr Gillette will shortly visit here gathering material for his prospoc tive work Mr Gillettes life during the past two years has been a singularly secluded one 11boalth compelled him to seek a milder climate during the winter months and after roving about the south he finally located him self near Tryon a small town in North Carolina He bought a small plot of ground had it cleared of trees and shrubbery and a rude log hutbuilt It contained only two rooms one a kitchen and the other a sleep big and working room Here he lived avery a-very secluded life doing his own cooking and devoting about an hour a day to literary liter-ary work the rest of the time roving about the mountains He bad lew visitors most lof them being tourists who happened I to bo In that section of the country and II I who take advantage of their opportunity todo call to pay their respects This undoubtedly > un-doubtedly very primitive style of living of ran a m r-an who enjoys withthe possible excep tion of Bronson Howard the largest income in-come from dramatic writing of any author In the country seems very curious to most I people but Mr Gillette however writes that he enjoys it thoroughly and it has so thoroughly restored his health that he anticipates an-ticipates remaining in the north permanently perma-nently when ho returns in the spring Among other managers who are making extensive plans for next season is Augustus Augus-tus Pitou Ho is already planning to have four companies next season His stock company has made a pronounced hit at the Union Square theatre in A Modern Match a new play by Clyde Fitch Hi all wi a-ll however lose the services of his leading lead-ing man Mr Nelson Wheatcroft who has been engaged by Charles Frohman The now play at Daniel Frohmans Lyceum theatre Merry Gotham by Elisabeth Marbury a clever and bright young woman who has made a substantial position for herself in the theatrical world L is evidently very attractive to a large number of theatregoers notwithstanding tho fact that it is said to bo without nlot and simply a satire expressed in witty and pointed dialogue or the mode of life of I many people in what is known ss the 40017 in New York society The piece has been praised on all sides and it is not unlikely hat its success will be increased later on for the energetic authoress is already impressed im-pressed with the idea that the lack of colon co-lon which is at present such a pronounced pro-nounced efficiency in the play can be remedied by the introduction of a heart tory of serious interest without diinin shing in any respect the other merits of the play Glorlana gtlll continues delight New Yorkers It seems to have made an especially es-pecially strong impresssion on fashionable heatregoers Miss Louisa Thorndyko Soucicault now playing the leading role has made a distinguished hit The role is admirably suited to her personality tied charming and graceful manners and she dresses the part in a tasteful style that is n source of unquestioned delight to the female fe-male portion ot the audience The summer comic opera serson which now nan become a metropolitan institution will begin earlier this year than formally On May 2d the Digby Bell Opera company will open at Palmers theatre in the now opera called Jupiter The week follow Ing the De Wolf Hopper Opera company will return to Now York with the successful suc-cessful Wang and remain for four weeks Then after resting for a brief period pe-riod they will reopen at the same theatre I in a new opera by Cheever Goodwin and Woolson Morse The Casino will doubt less continue to grapple for public patronage patron-age during the summer mouths and a season sea-son of comic opera is said to be in contemplation contem-plation at Miners new Fifth Avenue theatre t thea-tre in case should be finished in time Francis Wilsons management at the I Broadway theatre only lasts six weeks more From the opening of the season until un-til the present time it has been one of he most successful comic opera seasons known in New York At the close of his engagement engage-ment Mr Wilson and his entire company of 100 people will go direct to San Francisco Fran-cisco where they will open at the Baldwin theatre and tour the Pacific coast under Mr Al Haymans management It is quite a number of years since Wilson L visited the coast and he as well as the rest of the company are looking forward II I to the trip with keen interest Especially may this be said of Senor da Novelis the musical director for Mr Wilson Tho lest time Prof Do Novelis was in California was about twelve years ago with the Max Strakcsu Opera company in which were Louise Carey and Marie Rose At that titno a notable character in San Francisco was the erratic individual who was known as Emperor Morton Tho two prima donnas took a great fancy to him and frequently invited him to lunca l with them They professed to be deeply in love with him and appeared to bo intensely jealous if he showed more attention at-tention to one than the other On one occasion oc-casion Miss Louise Carey provoked him very much whereupon he told her in very p rious tones that he would yet bring hero t her-o her knees before him Everybody was very much amused and nothing further was thought of the remark iJucafew nights later Emperor Norton occupied a seat in the front row at the opera house the ladies of the company always seeing tnat he was provided with seats At the close of one of the scenes in which Miss Carey was the principal the erratic Horton Hor-ton threw her a bouquet As the pllma donna stooped to pick it up her dross mod it necessary to almost drop one kneo to the floor As she did so Emperor Norton rose up in his seat and with great earneatnes of manner shouted in loud tones q told you Didnt I say I would bring you to your feet before mellJ Manager John Russell of The City Directory Di-rectory company which recently concluded con-cluded Its three hundredth performance In i New York City tells a good story at the expense of little Marshall P Wilder who is always on a still hunt for new and good stories Russell says that whenever he sees Wilder approaching in tho distance ho always hastily forms a group of men and tells them to laugh as loud and as heartily as they can They all stop just about the time Wilder approaches who l lingers around until the party is broken up and then approaches Russell and inquires what the nature pf tho story was that created cre-ated so much laughter Among the musical novelties promised in the new version of Later On which will be brought forward here for tho lirs time uext Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee Is a gavotte arranged for six girls the special musical charm of which will be intensified by the fact that their movements are directed by an equal number of singing birds These birds are not feathered beauties of the forest but their counterfeits mechanically devised by the sharp and Inventive Frenchman They are made to sing at will by the dancers 80 that for the nonce the usual orchestral accompaniment ac-companiment will be dispensed with The effect is said to be stunning by those rho have had the pec uro of witnessing the pretty dance elsewhere Another concerted number of novel charm will be a Hungarian serenade with autoharp accompaniment And still another will be a pretty dancing figure by six Irish Colleens the spirit and color of which will make every Irish heart jump and somo that are not Irish too Joseph Hart of Later Onu affects to know a thing or two about the best sole ion ol girls for chorus purposes which is interesting if not sparklinfily novel In selecting girls for our choruses I do not ask them any questions about what kind of forms they have he said yesterday 11 simply watch their hands and unknown to the applicant determine her fate Of I c course a pretty ac3 has a great deal to ao I with it but I never let beauty run away with my judgment of how they will look i n tights Some very handsome faces ornament ament scrawny forms that any amount of adding would not make perfect I will say safely I think that I can de > t ermine in 95 per cent of the young women who apply to me for situations whether hey will make a pleasing stage appearance or not I do this by judging from the contour con-tour of their bands For instance a young woman of tall figure presents herself tome to-me As tf be is liable to bo thin my examination Js done more carefully i than if she vrera of a shorter build I If her fingers are long and bony I can see i at once that she wotOd be of no use as her I limbs would be thin ald her feet long If 1 her fingnrs are lone and well covered with I flesh and taperingtben s < ip will be of good form notwithstanding her height If her I fingers are short and full th < 3 3 n she will be l of excellent figure The contour of tho face shows in a measure the tigWTQ of the I person and a welldeveloped bust 4s a good I criterion but often deceives as I hvO frequently fre-quently found girls so endowed to J i0 top heavy In a person of medium height it wotia not require such a plump hand to indicate a good proportion as nine out of ten womert of such height are sufficiently well formed for chorus and ballet purposes It is the tall ones who are a thorn in my side When girls come to me for an engagement I always al-ways respectfully request them to remove their gloves I do not tell them what for and it takes me only a moment to determine deter-mine their fate They go away probably wondering what decided me in making up my mind The following is Mr Stephens pro gramme for the Tabernacle Choir concert tomorrow evening We applaud the gentleman gen-tleman for his bold and original announcement announce-ment Admission 50 cents Children in arms 500 Overture Wanderers Zen F Suppe Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra 32 instruments instru-ments Prof Anton Pederson Condnctor Motetto God of Israel uu E Stephens Combined choir tLO voices orchestra and organ Soloists Louie Poulton Besslu Dean Allison Alli-son G D Pyper and Moroni Thomas Trio operatic Aillla 00 Unn Verdi Agnes Olsen Thomas R C Easton and H S Goddard Schutzen Liesel Zither duetuGrossman Mr and Mrs Prof Jos Hartmann Contralto sens Leonoro un Bessie Dean Allison Tenor solo with chorus The Linden Tree Georgo D 1 yper and Harmony Glee Club Waltze Sounds from the Vienna Woods 00 nu Johunn Strauss Salt Lake Symphony orchestra Child song from Belshazzar Butterfleld Little Ethel Connelly Duet The Day of loJY Vengeancenn 00 n u 00 00 Lucia Donizetti H C Easton H S Goddard Harp solo Larghretto on Last Rose of Summer 00 on n uun Obelthler MadamevGayldrd Bell Soprano solo Swiss Echo Sons Agnes Olsen Thomas Fantasia Caprice violin solaun Vleuxtemps Willard E WeIhe Solo and chorus Crowned with the Tempest Tem-pest Verd I H S Goddard and i h Ush I IP Marie Wainwrighta proper name is Mans Wainwright Slaughter James She first married a Mr Slaughter by whom she had two children She was next married to Louis James with whom she lived for fifteen years they thon separated and both went their ways If rumor 1s correct the separation bore hardly on Mr James and little or not at all on Wainwright James i had also been previously married and his aughter who was in Salt Lake with a company not long ago was a result of that marriage The largest and most brilliant audience of the season greeted Miss Agnes Huntington Hunting-ton recently at Albaughs opera house Washington when the curtain rose on Paul Jones President Harrison Mrs Harrison Mrs McKee Mrs Dimmick Sir Julian Pauncefote Lady jfauncefoto and the Misses Pauncefote Secretary Foster and party members of the Italian legation and Hon A S Cleyborn father of Princess Prin-cess Kamlani of HawaSa were among tho occupants of the boxes while in the orchestra orches-tra chairs were many well known in society soci-ety and musical circles if Acting on the popular demand Messrs Sackett Lawler have succeeded in prolonging I pro-longing the engagement of Mrs Millie PriceDow for another week She will present an entirely new programme introducing intro-ducing the famous Spanish dance La Jota a specialty in which she has no equal A combination of Tyrolese musicians musi-cians making a circuit of tne globe on route to the Worlds fair said to be the most celebrated quartette in all Switzerland Switzer-land l will appear at the regular change on Thursday Much to the personal satisfaction satisfac-tion of every portion of the house the stock company will be a regular feature again under the management of Mr Dan Mason supported by the popular young actress Militant Page Mr Mason is conceded toe b to-e the greatest German comedian on tho American stage The comedy entitled Clean Sweep has scored a tremendous hit and comes to us as the success of the season The bill is the largest and most expensive one yet offered by the house |