Show r Th I I Co CoI ft I r it I THE TIlE WEEK AT ATTHE 4 THE THEATRES t r f tot rf SALT LAKE THEATRE c I Modjeska in repertoire Mon Idon Monday Monday day Wednesday Friday Priday and I Saturday Satu ay matinee King John Tuesday and Saturday MacA Mac Macbeth beth Wednesday y matinee and 4 Thursday Mary Stuart Stu 4 NEW Ew THEATRE f Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Wednesday matinee matine The 4 Eleventh Hour Hoar GREAT GREA DEAL of interest st bas has been arou edin theatrical theatrical A cal circles over the an announcement announcement announcement that Clay M L Greene Greenes sacred play entitled tied Is Ie 1 to have its Us first production ID lu June only four Cour months hence at th Jesuit college at Santa Clara Cal CILI The students of that Institution In wilt will act It and Mr Greene v ill superintend its i it production Thee The j I performance will w l not be theatrical in Inthe inthe I Ithe I the sense that an admission ff fee e v will ill be I charged nor will it be In the tile mature lature of I Ian I an Sn entertainment but the fact that the t I Ij j PiCC Is i a counterpart of oC the Passion I i Pia Play modified to come within the law lawor of or the lund land lun adds Interest to the event 4 all followers of histrionics That I I Nazareth will serve to revIve the dis about the Passion Paston Pas ion Play is a foregone fregone conclusion lon I It was in 1882 l that f Morses V l of the Play was pro dined at nt the Baldwin theatre In San o and aroused a religious con can c n tio that not only on caused the legislature to pass a law lawf lawI f I bidding the Impersonation of the f t upon the stage but bur one which i 1 pr r ad throughout America On this o occasion caslon James ONeill u whose hose I enop nce some people may mav believe begins be n ei ds wIth ith Monte Cristo played 1 the role of Lewis Leis Morrison n Faust Ta was the P Pilate Wil William liam Seymour SE stage director of the Metropolitan 1 c tAn Opera H Hu Huse US e played Simeon Forrest Robinson und and Nick long J ong had mc parts and James A Herne Shore Acre Arett was WBK as stage manager ONeill O NeIll Is a staunch upholder of the play today He Is himself a devout Ca CatholiC but he maintains that the Passion Play is more elevating In Its influence on auditors and actors alike than else ever created The look hook dealers of or San Francisco said there never DEVer had been such a n demand for Bibles as followed the production at the Baldwin But the Protestant SY 11 1 It U t h harmful 1 and mustered mu sufficient political pol power to have hae it suppressed by law Greenes version while it portrays the life of Christ and even een the pro profession procession cession to Calvary is so 80 arranged that Jesus of Nazareth never appears In person ida his words are transmitted through the lips of some of his disc disciples pies ples I undertook the task at first says Mr Greene to oblige some friends in inthe inte Inthe the te institution but it became a labor of love and I 1 have haye been so absorbed In I n the work that I spent six si months on Jt it t I expect to make nake no money whatever out of It and it Is designed d entirely as a religious religIons service within the limits of the law Early in the week it became apparent apparent ent that the town had relapsed Into a normal state after the long IonS heavy strain under which it has labored since the first of the year yearS But Bu it Is Isa Isa Isa a problem still stilt unsolved by managers that certain attractions should have fared so 50 poorly Eugenie Eug Blair was unfortunate enough to have been sandwiched be between between between tween Way Down East and its rec run and Modjeska whose visit has been anticipated for months She was r ore re unfortunate in having to present A Lady of Quality which Is at best an uninteresting dramatization tion of an undeservedly popular book With such a play and mediocre sup support support support port it is no great wonder that the Blair engagement wa was was more or orless less probably more unprofitable Carmen pleased where A Ln Larl r of Quality failed Had Carmen been put on first better results would have obtained The Little Minister also came just justat justat justat at a time when playgoers were whet whetting whetting ting their appetites for fox Modjeska and her and the very fair production given it so recently by the Cummings company was vas undoubtedly an additional handicap The rhe keen and undying interest In The rhe Little Min Minister Mm ister especially this version which had not been seen here before betori tided over the It is a good deal harder hard to account for the Indifferent and sometimes frigid reception of the Jules Jule Grau Opera company which has bas with In Inferior inferior tenor r ople and organization organisation managed to pack the popular priced house night after night and on one occasion at least week w ek after week Perhaps the recollection n of the decayed pile of junk served by the Graus Gratis last year ear precluded ed all possibility of a n successful week Manager r Mulvey Mulver attributes It to apa apathy apathy apathy thy for indoor amusement occasioned by the early advent of spring weather Laying theories theOlIe aside it is certain that few opportunities in m the amuse amusement amusement amusement ment line Une present themselves at cheap prices which give more satisfaction than Graus present company It is said the same company played over the fhe northern route roule along the Northern Pacific at prices If the people paid laid that they were duped of course cours e but that is neither here nor there so far as the Salt Lake management is concerned The unqualified nerve of Rd ph E Cummings in going before an American audience with a production of ot the time of Charles II such as he gave gaye at Boise the tho other night indicates that the day of the short sh rt card theatrical game has riot not yet passed Robert Cummings Blackmore and ana nd Shaw or Po Io land Jand or Downs are three of the prin principals who are known to have haye been missing heavens knows how many more there were when the curtain went up on Nell NeIl Gwynn The six sixteenth sixteenth century costumes rented from the Salt Lake costuming house did not leave Salt Lake LaIe e and ad every stitch of the scenery used in their production n e 4 I fl cr di I t si i id io d o I a i CB Al MAUCELLA i f G ff L was held on to by Manager Mulvey So Cummings took the few members of his company and gave Nell NeIl Gwynn without scenery or costumes This is how It affected the Boise Statesman Charles IL in a the kings palace a shoddy stage setting Lord Jeffries and other lords and lind sirs cheap actors that was what the large crowd that gathered at the Columbia Col last night saw It was one of the rank rankest rankest rankest est dramatic bunko games ever perpetrated perpetrated perpetrated on the people of this city The Ralph E B Cummings Stock company the praises of which were ere sung by the Salt Lake critics turned out the job The people had a right judging from the favorable notices of the company given there to expect something They I got worse than nothing The perform performance performance ance of ot Nell G Gwynn vynn last night con contained tamed ashes that showed the basis o oZ of r justification for the praise bestowed In Zion In the acting of Mr Cummings and Miss Hall the latter assuming the I titular role and being twice called out but the rank injustice of the whole thing appealed so strongly to all pres present present present I ent as to strangle appreciation of the little merit presented The company I I is billed to play in Seattle for a lengthy season It Is supposed the scenery the i sixteenth century costumes and the best part of the support for Mr Cum Curn Cummings and Miss Hall HaIl had been sent on ahead if not nott heaven protect Seattle j 1 1 J leaving Boise theatregoers to witness a sickening production at a good round r und price per seat The Statesman did not j 4 1 hesitate to reproduce the views of the Salt Lake critics This paper can only surmise that the people and the stage settings and costumes that combined to form the basis of the unqualified t r S Cr tz 1 n Z 7 re s II a aC C a k 4 I I CI T Ii i wI uL CT CTr r I A p if i SCENE UT THE TED BOUP commendation given in Salt Lake had been sent on to Seattle leaving leav ilg Boise with a disgusting fragment Manager II Pinney should have adopted the meth methods methods methods of the theatre manager at Provo Prove y who wo h w was bunko d in a similar manner by the company and attached the receipts for the protection of his patrons Under the cir circumstances circumstances cm the people here her can not be blamed for lack of or confidence in any anything anything anything thing but the very highest class com corn companies companies which do not often come Boise wards The Cummings company com pan left last night for Seattle It needs never come back After last nights experience ence nothing dramatic with the name CummIngs Gumming attached to it could muster a corporals guard of attendance In this city The Boise Sentinel viewed vi ed It this his way wity If U the Cummings troupe were ere In need of funds to get from Salt Lake Seattle to the generous people of Boise would have preferred to tl have hOve contrib contributed contributed ft rt rather ather than ito to have been so rankly deceived If Mr Jr has hasa a company or scenery or costumes and nd certainly the Salt Lake papers said he had he sent gent them all on to Seattle SeattIe and held a rehearsal of amateurs In Inthe inthe inthe the theatre loving city of oC Boise May Mayhap Mayhap hap the obtaining of money under such circumstances is not technically ob obtaining obtaining taming it under un er false pretenses but it shaves the line pretty close However it does no good to scold and we should all emulate the example of the old lady who ho always had a good word for everybody and who when cornered as to her opinion of the devil replied that we might all take a lesson le son from his perseverance So just one word of praise for fOl the Cummings troupe which so outrage outrageously outrageously outrageously our citizens Monday night Nell Gwynn a tL beauty T Tit It it was tt 41 source of o regret to those who appreciate rational and consistent histrionic work when the Grau Opera company an aggregation which has been flirting before the transcontinental tal public long enough to know better fleshed flashed a cluster of American flags and robustly rendered ren ered Stars and Stripes Forever during duning the performance of ofEl ofEl f fEI El EI Capitan This is an and maneuver which originated heaven knows where and 1 which has yearly grown more nau nauseating nauseating seating to all theatregoers except tho the of the upper story This kind of dramatic perversions perv are stupidity and grossness enthroned and belau relod The rendition of ora a patriotic chorus in a production like El Capi Capitan Capitan tan fan with its scene laid in Spain of ot ofa ota ofa a century or two ago before the lus lustrous lustrous lustrous trous American emblem was designed i is about as appropriate as a modern juggling specialty or skirt stunt between the fourth and fifth acts of or Hamlet Is quite content I to have haye Brady madly wave the Ameri Amen American American i can ensign when that renowned thes plan John L Sullivan punishes his foreign theatrical sparring part partner partner ner per the world Is even content that there should be national anthems but If It they have to be rung In at the most incongruous moments in the name name of ot all alt that is rational why not leave the work to such uch jugglers as the Bradys Brud S and d the Carters The spectacle of El Capitan Capitano waving a flag as big as eta G Co tarpaulin and apostrophising Stars and Stripes Forever Is about as is grotesque a vision as has ever re regaled regaled regaled a modern public Usually they are very elY patient but they respectfully petition i n the Graus to no longer long i punish them Chem in this manner It is possible le that the Grau mana ger gel Is not entirely in this matter Jn Xii acquiring ac the rights righta to the I t t t J 4 9 5 4 d C 4 e a 4 4 c cArA S t v f j ArA I play pIa it is that the Grau people were forced to io sign a proviso with the publishers of Sousas musical goods whereby they were to pass out Sousas Stars and Stripes Forever evidently as an advertising feature Wh whenever ever an n encore t i was i d i 3 l to the luscious strains of the itne he Capitan chorus If so that thatis is the cheapest and I most vulgar variety of commercialism And in any event there thera ther can be no nor reason r ason why a i person person calling for cham champagne champagne champagne should be given blue vitriol Let a girl who ho wants to learn to sing first make of a good mu musician musician Let her bet learn lean some gome musical instrument thoroughly All Au women I cannot take up the t violin although for 1 singers that is the th best instrument n t The girl who b gins to study stud singing by b acquiring a musical edu education cation mUon will vIll have leave made m d e the th ebest best pre preparation preparation possible I This 13 i Mme advice as ns asto to the first step which a singer should take mIte takeI I have noticed she continued that singers who play the violin are more likely to sing in tune than others But if the violin is out of the question a girl birl who would sing had better learn the piano Then comes the difficult question Q estion of selecting the teacher who can can do the most important thing correctly that is place the voice Once that is is done don doneas donas as much depends pupil as on the teacher If she I a 3 good pianist or a good violinist her work of pre preparation will il not n it only odly otil be easier easie but all her practice will foe be more effective As for the roles she learns this is the advice that I t always give learn arn theold the theold theold old repertoire It Itis is such music as La Lucia Linda IAnda de dc and II Barbiere Barbie re that trains one to sing well Learn L arn that thoroughly and let the modern composers compose for a while If there was an thi needed the truth of my theory zone one would only have to look 1001 at Mme Patti She is over 50 now n w and yet she sings remark remarkably remarkably ably and sh has her voice left still Of whet other women can the same thing be said Look too at Lull Lilli Leh Lehmann Lehmann mann who wha began her career as a asinger asinger singer of the Italian music and is to day another great example of w what hat that training will do It was wOn was not net until she had learned thoroughly the Italian rep repertoire repertoire that sh she began to sing Wagner Vagner Mme Patti are two of the last great singers No young oung ones are coming up to take their places and the reason Is that the old music which trained the voices best Is no longer taught today Even in Italy it is not taught t to the singers They rhey Imme i begin to sing Leoncavallo Leoneavallo Leonc or Mascagni which is just as bad f fr r their undeveloped voices as Wagners WJ music After a girl has hag learned to sing sing the next important thing for her to learn is what she should sing Certain voices as so many singers seem to forget are suited stilted only to certain kinds of music musie One Olie may have a voice which would last for tor a long longtime time in singing the music suited to It But if it is used u ed in singing r Or br the dramatic music of ot the th younger yeung r composers it cannot en endure endur dune dure There is only Jf t certain quan quantity quantity quantity of it and if it be used up in two or three years by singing music to I which it is riot nOt suited only one thing can happen But singers often seem to 10 forget that with a voice suited only to certain kinds of music it is impossible sible sibl to succeed in entirely different fields That Is |