Show DRAMATIC AND LYRIC Milton Nobles and Men and Women FBOHMAKS GREAT COMBINE A Busy Week at HandA Statement From the ChoralInterest in New York Orer I Our Festival Notes The silence of the past week in theatrical theatri-cal circles is to be broken in a most emphatic em-phatic manner commencing tomorrow night when a solid weeks entertainment opens with Milton Nobles in his popular play From Sire to Son He plays three t nights rendering tho old favorites Love and Law and The Phoenix Following him comes what may be regarded as the important histrionic event of the season the first sppearance here of the new crack stock company from Now York in Men and Women Tho writer had the pleasure of witnessing the opening night of this company com-pany in New York and he assures the Salt Lake public that the play and the people are worthy tho enthusiasm which has j greeted them during their long stay in the s metropolis and their march across the continent con-tinent 0 Plays may como and plays may go but The Fhcanix goes on forever or promises to do so This immensely successfully suc-cessfully play is now in its sixteenth consecutive con-secutive year and its drawing powers seem to increase with age The play possesses a peculiarcharm whose influence is not confined con-fined to any particular class of theatrc goers It reaches all The realistic realis-tic fire scene which terminates the prologue pro-logue and the skillfully conceived gam bhng scene with its startling denouement which ends the second act are thrilling enough satisfy the most intense craving for sensationalism while the story of the immortal villain who still pursued the virtuous maiden is a stroke of genius This scene deserves as it has received an honorable niche in the temple of American I humor In Moses Solomon Mr Nobles created a typo of Jew which has since been extensively copied This character has I mado the reputation of about half a dozen successful comedians and a copy of it has made the for tune of at least one Uncle Isaac Samuel of Posen1 Hebrew Friend and a dozen others more or less of that ilk are sjmply offshoots of Moses Solomon in The Phccnix But The Phoenix possesses pos-sesses an inherent dramatic strength and a fund of genuine humor that will give it lifo and vitality long after its talented author and his feeble imitators have passed from the public eye II Men and Women tho play in which Frohmans company will make its initial bow here Thursday evening is by Do Mill and Belasco authors of The Charity Ball et The Wife Lord Chumley and other wellknown nieces Its success in Net Yprk has been extraordinary and has per haps surpassed that of any of the previous productions of these popula writers Aside from its heart story which is the supreme clement in every sub cessful drama there ts introduced a vividly powerful picture of the inside workings o f a bank The theme deals with speculation defalcation suicide and with financial disaster dis-aster which is averted only at the last mo ment all the circumstances of the situa tion being worked up to a degree of absorb ing interest The plot of the piece in brio is that of a bank young cashier who 1 misAppropriates mis-Appropriates securities belonging to his t bank and in a reckless endeavor to become > eedily wealthy loses everythingin specu lation The assistant cashier is accused I and the crime is fastened upon him by circumstantial umstantial evidence The criminal cashier watches tho accusation of his assistant be the bank directors and even testifies against him Not until his affianced wije informs him that she knows the facts does the guilty man lift his voice ana put on the handcuffs intended for another This outline gives but a fair impression of the absorbing nature of the lay The third act representing meet tug of the bank directors with the trial of the assistant cashier who has been wrongly accused it said to be fraught with an in terest so intense as to become almost pain fuL An idea of the effective manner in which the play will be interpreted may be had when it is said that among the twentyfour people comprising prising the organization are Frederic de Jellville Frank Mordaunt William Morris M A Kennedy Leslie Allen Orrin Johnson R A Roberts T C Valentine Sidney Armstrong Maud Adams Odette Tyler Etta Hawkins Annie Adams and others The engagement is for three nights and Saturday matinee and it is safe to predict crowded houses Among the names of the Frohman company com-pany appear several which are most popu larin Salt Lake probably not since the i palmy days when A M Palmerpardon the seeming punbrought Charles R Thorne jr Fanny Morant and others of his notable company to Salt Lakehas any such combination of artists been brought across the continent as that which has been so successfully marshalled under the Frohman banners De Belleville has not been here since the time when he and Sara Jewett thrilled the town with their memorable memor-able delineation ot Daniel Rochat he will have a warm welcome Leslie Allen made n Inntinf hit as thn old nr > nn in Re meralda and the negro in Held by the Enemy and he too has a warm place in our hearts M A Kennedys old Catter mole will ever be a fresh and vivid memory mem-ory Mordaunts great acting in the Henrietta has secured him a high place in our regard William Morris the juvenile plays the part originally intended for Henry Miller but thrown up by that actor in the heat of a dispute with Stage Manager Belasco Frederick Bond made a great hit here as the dude in Naney Co in the Daly company Sydney Armstrong tho leading lady is now here but her reputation will secure her a respectful hearing Maudio Adams who has made herself a name and her mother Annie Adams will be on their native heath Others of the company including in-cluding the bright Odette Tyler have names of the best rank in the profession and we promise them all tho royal recep tion that Salt Lake always has in reserve for artists of their class The following statement regarding the approaching June festival has been prepared pre-pared by the directors of the choral society To the public Tho directors of the choral society have closed contracts with the distinguished American singers Emma C Thursby soprano so-prano and Myron W Whitney bass to head thc annual festival of the society in the large taoernacle June 5 and 6 of this year They will be aided by a chorus of 400 voices the great organ a select orchestra orches-tra and all the foremost of Utahs home solo singers The church authorities have I been most liberal in placing the building ai t the disposal of the society and the artists engaged have shown a generous disposition but reducing all expenses to the minimum it will still bo impossible to give tho festival festi-val for less than 4000 This represents actual expenses without counting any thing for the services of the choral society GThe directors of the society however feel no fear as to the outcome relying with confidence upon that support andapprecia lion which the public has extended to their I endeavors in the past The plan proposed as most satisfactory is the same as that observed at the last festival The prices of admission will be the same as on that oc I casion viz One dollar for reserved seats for night perffaamances and 75 cents for general admission 75 cents for reserve seats for thematinee and 50 cents for genE gen-E i eral admission Subscription tickets to tho three performances x50 and all pUrchus ers of subscription tickets will be given the first choice of reserved served seats a day in advance of the general reserve sale being allotted for that purpose Miss Thursby and Mr Whitney will sing at all throe performances perform-ances The sale of subscription tickets will begin be-gin Friday morning May 15 at thefollqw ing places Coalter Snelgroves D 01 Calders Utah Book and Stationery Co Roberts Neidens Parsons Cos and I Margetts Bros These tickets will be exchangeable for reserved seats at the sub I scripion reserve sale which will open Ion day June 1 at Goalter Snel groves where a plan of the tabernacle will be on exhibition The general reserve sale will open at the same place Tuesday June2 and continue up to the day of performance All railroads running into Salt Lake have granted half rates for the festival A section of the house will be reserved for sale in Ogden Provo Logan and Park City for each performance No subscription tickets however will be sold except ex-cept in Salt Lalce city and outoftown patrons who desire to purchase subscrip tion tickets should send price of same to any of the stores named above or to any of the committee Respectfully H G WIIITXET F A VINCENT J D SPENCEK GEO D Pyrnit E STEPUEXS Board of Directors Director D H Calder has returned from Now York where he says tho musical papers are taking a strong interest in Salt Lakes festival since the engagement of Thursby and Whitney was announced He says the professional papers and critics he mot spoke iu complimentary terms of THE SALT T ou TTh 1JAtr ntUALD WnlCn IS generally reo cognized as the authority on western musical musi-cal and dramatic matter especially was this the case around the theaters where ho says managers state that Salt Lake is dreaded more than any show town in the west by inferior organizations on account of the roasting they know tough shows receive at the hands of Tnn HEUALD Notes McKee Rankia is on the road with a sixth rate company Joe Jefferson and W J Florence havo closed their joint starring tour Henry Millers 3 year old child died shortly after he arrived in Now York Dlgby Bell of the McCaul opera company is seriously ill in Chicago from nervous prostration prostra-tion It is said that Langtry is coming to America to raise the money she will need to run another season in London An exchange says Robert fan toll has made more genuine hits than any other man on the American stage II How about John L Mirror Frank Carlyle Frank Burbeck E J Holland and Nannette Comstock are with the Shenandoah Shen-andoah company which is soon to visit this city BronsonHovard William Gillette Henry C Do Mllle Ramsay Morris David Belasco and Clinton Stuart are writing plays for Charles Frohman Mrs Potters success In India has been complete com-plete according to the local papers that have reached this onlce The Indians appreciate her at all events Jfrror Miss Minna Gale begins her starring tour early in September She will be managed by Theodore Bromley formerly director of the BoothBarrett combination and will be supported sup-ported bj an unusually capable company R C Easton Is down from Logan for the festival fes-tival rehearsals He says all Logan is in a ferment fer-ment over the approaching production of the opera The Black Mantles It is to be done next Friday night and is to be elaborately staged and costumed Charles Santley the celebrated English barl tone will give his only concert In Now York on Monday afternoon May 4 He will sail for Europe a few days after his concert here It is i just about twenty years since Mr Santley played hero beforeWo n o Mrs Annie Adams Who was at one time G member of the old stock company of this city is a member of Charles Frohmans organiza tlon and will be seen in Men and Women Her daughter Maude who is considered the best ingenue on the stage at present will also be seen in the same play On Monday week James ONeill will produce the new American play by Edward Swartz called The Envoy Tho part to be assumed by ONeill is that of Count Pierotti an envoy of the Italian government on f a visit to the United States It is said o be a strong character char-acter as is also the part to be taken by Louis James Grace Hawthorne has been declared bankrupt rupt in the London courts to the amount of 78915 with no assets Miss Hawthorne has been in tight places for some time but with the help of her creditors has up to now kept tree of the bankruptcy court She has finally been forced into it by the failure of True Hearts a play owned by Yorlso Stevens and Harvey More iI Charles Frohmans stock company playing Men and Women returns to New York in October for its regular metropolitan winter season One of the first productions of the autumn will be Sardous Thorrnidor An important part in this drama willbe enacted by Elsie De Wolfe the swell society amateur who succeeded to the place of Now Yorks lOu occupied occu-pied at one time by Mrs James Brown Potter Miss De Wolfe is said to be unusually gifted and does not aspire to stellar honors She is satisfied with a position in a good stock company com-pany The extraordinary doings of Mr David Bel asco are beginning to seriously alarm his friends When he started off for his suddenly determinedupon European trip with Mrs Leslie Carter Mrs Belasco is said to have been under the impression that he was in the mountains somewhere writing a play instead ot which he was on the mountain waves His I constant attendance upon tho newfledged actress tress is all the more extraordinary as the only dramatic contribution he has yet given her was that wretched concoction The Ugly Duckling It is about time that Belasco woke up and did something to preserve his reputatlonas a playwright play-wright Journal + That place of miscellaneous amusement Wonderland has enjoyed some very largo audiences audi-ences during the past week The change of bill took place yesterday as usual and besides the black art that occupies a prominent place and which has been retained owing to its popularity popu-larity will bo seen Strobelhaa magnificent illusion and tho Orpheum quartette a whole opera troupe in themselves The curio ball is a place of great wonder Friday some handsome hand-some souvenirs were given to the ladles and yesterday the crowds children were something some-thing enormous Notwithstanding the immense im-mense crowds ot children that have attended Wonderland sinceits opening an accident to any of the little one has yet to be recorded Wonderland Is open daily from 1 to 1030 p m One of the Mirrors representatives in tho northwest recently interviewed Mrs D P Bowers respecting professional plans Mrs Bowers who is starring jointly with Fred Warde said We have traveled probably a greater distance this season than any other company on the road The total thus far Is 17000 mile and our tour has yet six weeks to run For eight weeks we averaged 200 miles a dayOur business has been very large Henry VIII of whose drawing powers we were afraid has been a splendid success In San Francisco we played it for a week to standing room Macbeth has never failed to uttracl large houses Mr Wardo and I shall separate next season I have had several offers one from a manager who will give me a short season sea-son in the cast thereby saving me from the tremendous tre-mendous travel of western territory |