Show ti 1 f Jig o o I ra 1 a r f ue uU r l 1 fl r f The wetl just past in local theatrical theatri-cal circle docs not afford so much asa as-a straw upon which to hang n dls oure While it Is probable that thc Theatre was not the loser for the anc night It was open ft is equally true that tm artistic glory of our season was not particularly enhance by the visit from hobgoblins devils and fairies all in various stages of decrep itude I daresay that the managers of The Devils Auction will go right on with the dazzling spectacle as long as the scenery can be made to hold together and the ballet girls dont die of old abc Judging from appearances however the end cannot hc far off There was a time in theatrical annals an-nals when spectacles like The Twelve Temptations lhe Black Crook and The Devils Auction were features of every seasons performances and their visits were regular occurrences The country has advanced a step since then I or retrograded as you will At any I i I nothing short of absurd and many I who had counted on hearing both will be sadly disapPointed Somebody else I will be disappointed also and it does not tale much thought to reason out who this will be The Orpheus club Is I safe with its subscriptionsand how in the face of that Is the great tabernacle wing to be filled or even have enough people in it to look like an audience I It is barely possible that 111 Stephens I may be able to change the date This should be done by all means and if it should not be possible it would seem I wiser to abandon the Rosenthal concert I con-cert altogether For wc all know that this town cannot support 10 high lass musical events on the same night I It it should so happen there will be but one result The Olllheus club is secure in its patrons and the Congregational ational church will look as though there was no other attraction in town Many who have thc choice will prefer to hear the Kneicls as It is the first visit to Salt Lake of a fine quartette and this one is said to have 110 equal The only other novelty of the week was a farce called The anicure adapted from the French by Joseph Grismer The title is rather odd and suggests scenes in beauty parlors etc But there is nothing of the kind Inasmuch Inas-much as the manicure has been oblla 1 by the sheriff to close down his establishment estab-lishment about a week before the play opens Following on the heels of The Turtle Flfii and the other French farces exploited at the Manhattan theatre the-atre this year The Manicure Is said to seem a model of propriety notwithstanding notwith-standing expectations to the contrary The leading parts are taken by IonIse Thorndyke BouclcauIt James O Barrows Bar-rows F Newton Undo and James Cul l ville The piece did not make a wholly good Impression but is said to possess many of the clements of a good playA play-A clergyman in New York recently made an appeal for the closing of places of amusement on Sunday not so much on religious grounds as on account ac-count of the actors They he claims need rest as much as the rest of the people His sermon is one which should appeal to all rightminded citizens find managers and the idea is one which should be agitated In all cities where amusements are held on Sunday From the standpoint of the people there are many worse things a man might do thaq gO to a theatre on Au 1 day but from the standpoint of the actor there Is no doubt that the Sunday Sun-day performance should be done away with Acting 1s brainwork and cne day of rest out of seven Is no more than enough to keep the machinery in order Spider and F Leavitts gorgeous > laeular extravaganza ex-travaganza is said to be grander than ever this year and It is furthermore claimed that there is not an old feature fea-ture about it The scenery specialties and ballet are all strictly up to date and among the principal scenic effects are the coral grotto under the sea and the transformation scene There are forty people In thc production and specialties and uptodatc melodies are prominent The extravaganza has met with great success on Its tour of the northwest It comes tu the Salt Lake theatre Friday and Saturday nights of this weeek Concert In Eureka A very successful concert was given in Payson last week under the direction direc-tion of Professor J J lIcClellan and the same company will repeat the concert con-cert in Eureka next Sunday when n sacred bill will be given The undertaking under-taking is In every respect n praiseworthy praisewor-thy one and the > concerts given of avery a-very high order The company includes n mixed chorus of fortyeight voices a male chorus of twenty voices and a quartette from the Brigham Young academy The soloists Include Professor Profes-sor Willard Yeihe Professor Frank ightman Miss Emma Ramsey Miss Annie Pike Miss Belle IIonahan Miss Lulu Spenceand Mrs Sadie J Ramsey k iv r t i 4 1 Se b t 1 I ° I C I 1SPIDER SPIDER AND FLY MARCH i rat things have hanged and the cryy of the age is Novelty Tire same scenery the same general features year after year with a spasmodic attempt at-tempt at uptotlatenes In the special tits is not what people mean by nov city nowadtys They want a change an throughromething new to see as well as to hear Even Shakespeare dvesnt go nuwadays without accessor Ips or modern gorgeousness Then betides be-tides a pOertstrkken extravaganza is rather too much of a paradox The long periods of darkness which ale beonin more and more frequent at both theatres give us the Indication Indica-tion of a waning season The light fi kErs at the Salt Lake theatre but trill flare up for one or two brief perIods perI-ods during the next two month and will not go out entirely until the Jake and bicycle habits are well developed for the summer season At the Grand we may Uk for u show whenever clC happens to be in tine vicinity as long as patronage continues 1nd Jiving Jiv-ing try to its reputation for alight time trill soon have us where we will he anticipating the opening of the fall svSSnu The Western public has shown itself e in its patronage or l lfll gte gl t 1 gle the thehtre this year that it would not be surprising If Managers g1CW more cnt11rsing in this direction Perhaps another year some of the big things will fall to our lotIlke Maude Adams Annie Russell Viola Allen Nat Good win etc There Is no harm In hoping Howcr it Is sad for us but true and It becomes more and more apparent that the eastern cities are sufllcient tl support these prominent attractions all by themselves ThE drama of today is out for the dollar and not for the purpose pur-pose of sprladlng its delights over the I country for the benefits of the people YheUler th lQU1l1g < rs will feel that I they neod theti st in its present illl proved tube of JnoerJt remains to 1 be seen It looks as if our season ill Salt Lake would close 1Vitli thefi ttrih of trumpets trum-pets for still III anticipation are the Bostonians not far off Klee and Shannon to follow them and Henry Miller next month Another word concerning the Rosenthal Rosen-thal matter By one of fates little Ironies It looks as though we were tot to-t have nn embarrassment of richest rIches-t Rosenthal and the KneIsel quartette are booked to appear here the same Dlghtthe lfth of May Here in Salt Lake where great mu airalprtrufR Ollnr so roreb it seems I t l OQ t A r in thE country Rosenthal will play In the tab lnaele HI a handful of pianists and students of the pia loand will depart de-part disgusted with odecity and Its Jack of artistic appreciation and will vow never to visit us again In this way will an undesirable reputation concerning con-cerning us again be spread abroad It is a pity that the complication has arisen and to be honed that the matter mat-ter can yet be satisfactorily adjusted j Hosenthl1ls managers should consider well The tabernacle Is available almost I al-most anj evening either before or after I af-ter and If jt could be arranged to have the great pianist visit us on another date there Is no doubt that the public would give the affair the generous support sup-port it deserves If no arrangement can he made it will be better for all concerned to ht the Rosenthal concert con-cert go Tile World Outside The principal event in New York last creek was the reopening of the Olmuia Music hall under the name of The New York by George W Leder1 of the Casino Mt Lederer never falls to signal the Jnpproach j of the end of the season by the production of an elaborate extravaganza extrava-ganza or Burlesque and this production produc-tion of The Ian In the Moon Is said to completely outdo his former efforts Tire ballet and scenic effects are the most gorgeous ever produced in this country and great success is assured notWithstanding the fact that the libretto li-bretto a skit 011 Sherlod Holmes is said to be weak and meaningless fhe music is i till result of the combined work of Gustav Klrkcr Ludwig Eng lander and Heginald de Kocn and Is exceedingly bright and catch A London Lon-don o111cdlenne named Louie Frccar was brought over especially for this I production Hen specialty Is the Sister Sis-ter Mary lane stylE made famous in I I this country by Josephine Hall She I made a big hit and the papers call her the female chevalier There were several other English girls In the last tOur own Marie Dressler was a favorite and brought down the house with a coon song having the classic title Sentor Tim Sullivan Youre a Damn Fine Man The other principals were John E Henshaw Walter Jones Joseph Jos-eph CJJiron and Sani Bernard The New York which as the Olympia was the ruination of Oscar Os-car Hammerst is said to be started once more on a proerous career and Hs long 1lffe Is assured If the success of Lederers Casino reriewcontinues u QjWi I The prOgramrilC will Include the favor Ite old songs anti the popular new ones Katie Emmett Mierry Katie Emmett will open for a threenlghts engagement at the Grand I tomorrow night In The Waifs of New I York The play is one of more than i usual interest and Miss Emmetts role that of a newsboy is said to be very I harming In male attire Miss Emmett has no peer and Is a good singer and I dancer The company carries Its own scenery and among the localities shown i are the city hall the Bowery and the Harlem railroad bridge Miss Emmetts I support is said to be of the best and includes Harry West a Dutch come dian Frederick Roberts Jennie Englc and Baby Josephine The attraction I ought to fill the little theatre during the three nights of the engagement I Eatheine Oliver Recitals Miss Oliver who lips met with such great success In the two readings she has already given will appear three times this tv cek nt Assembly Hall Monday evening she will give the Little Lit-tle Minister It the special request of many who were unable to hear her In this monologue at the Congregational church Wednesday she twill give Frances Hodgson Burnetts story That Lass o Lowries and will conclude con-clude her season here with a lecture recital on Thursday evening the sub ject being Robert Burns Miss Oliver has won the hearts of all who have heard her and is a remarkably talented tal-ented reader All interested In this charming form of entertainment should not fail to hear her ThomasEdwards Testimonial The tickets are rapidly selllnt for this event which takes place on Friday evening at Assembl Hall Those who will participate In the programme are 115 Edwards Iiss Judith Anderson George D P per Willard Veihe Ar thur Shepherd J J IIcClellan John Robinson Thomas Ashworth C D Shettler and Willard Christopherson and a male quartette composed of Iessrs Ashworth Kelson Patrick and Christopherson Those who have the affair In hand are exerting every effort to make it great success I The Stein del Concert The Bruno Steindel cdmpatiy will appear ap-pear at the tabernacle on tiny 15 and a most cbirrit1ng musical event is an ilfliilol S y < i fI t f tlclpated 111 Stelndel is a master of the cello an instrument which has seldom sel-dom been heard to advantage In Salt Lake The harp is another instrument which has rarely been heard here and will be played on this occasion by Edmund Ed-mund Schuecker of the Theodore Thomas Thom-as orchestra AT A GLANCE Lilllan Russell is to revive Ermi ale Eddie Foy is to join David Hender sons forces again Louis James will pla Bob Acres in The Rivals next season lIascagnl Is at work upon a ballet entitled The Marionettes James A Herne may produce Griffith Grif-fith Davenport In London Henry Miller wlll come to the Salt Lake theatre for one night In June cFaddens Row of Flats wlll be seen at the Salt Lake theatre In May Pack of playing cards encased in metal covers and tied with ribbons formed a theatrical souvenir given lately Kelcey and Shannon follow the Bostonians Bos-tonians for three nights at the Salt Lake theatre In The Moth and thc Flame Mlle KaZaZa a burlesque on Zaza was produced by the Rogers Bros at Hammersteins new Victoria Music hall It Is rumored that San Francisco is to have a new theatre with a seating capacity of 1900 to be called the Academy Acad-emy of Music Madame Nevada says an exchange left Madrid with her pocket full of Spanish gold and her heart full of American indignation Joseph R Grismer has adopted a farcecomed from the French entitled en-titled The Manicure which was produced pro-duced in New York last week I Erminie may be produced with an allstar cast says the Dramatic Mirror Mir-ror including Francis Wilson DeVolf Hopper Lulu Glaser and Pauline Hall Little Paloma Schramm appeared in New York last week in a piano recital The critics call her u talented child but not a genius and see little merit in her own compositions A performance will be given in the Ninth ward hall on Monday evening asa as-a testimonial to James S Stirling by the Lyceum Dramatic company in the play My Friends An Americanized English Pantomime Panto-mime Is to he produce this week at the Herald Square theatre The cast will include DorothY lIarton Clara Lane and J K Murray Too lluch Johnson was revived in Brooklyn last week The cast included Wright Huntington Joseph Brennan David Murray Fanchon Campbell FlorIda Kingsley and Lizzie Crccse Mme Janauschek is ill with the grip and will be unable to play Richtdieu In the production of The Three Guardsmen Guards-men by the Vomens Professional League The part will be played by Marie Wainwright Mary Anderson will soon pay her first visit to the United States since her marriage She will be accompanied by her husband Antonio ilk Navarro and her little son and will leave for England Eng-land again in June E H Sothern wlll produce a Haupt mann play next season entitled Die Yersunlenc Glocke The Sunken Bell A feature of the1roduction will be the Incidental music which Wlll be written by at AimeLacliaume Pineros latest play The Gay Lord I Quex is an immense success In London Lon-don and has created a storm or discussion dis-cussion The bishop of Vakefield has said that it is the most immoral stage play which has ever disgraced the stage of this country William H Crane is enthusiastic over the play which Bronson Hoard and Brander Matthews are to 1vrite for him and in which Peter Stuvesant If thc principal character He has to wear a wooden leg in the parf and says he will spend a part of his vacation practicing prac-ticing Viola llens costumes were ruined by a lire In the Boston Museum her dressing room being flooded As a recognition rec-ognition of the work done by the firemen fire-men half of the receipts of an ensuing performance were gen their relief fund with Miss Allens personal check for 500 Willie Collier had u good opening in his new play Mr Smooth In Trenton this week The play Is said to be a bright refined comedY and Colller hs tonished his admirers who had never seen him In anything but farce by playing exceedingly well a pretty bit of sentiment I An exchange tells the following story De Wolf Hopper was lately called onto on-to recite Casey at the Bat but in the middle of that classic lyric forrnt the I lines He apologized saying lie was I ashamed to can Cess that as often as he had recited the poem he had forgotten it And a voice frthn thetgallery ejaculated I ejac-ulated hank Gop A new musical comedy called Mother Goose is to open In New York this week It Is in three acts and the scenes are laid in the village of Ban bury Cross The characters arc the famIliar fa-mIliar ones of the nursery rhymes Tnre are to be 150 people In the production pro-duction and a leading part will be played by Hubert Vilke New York Press Blanche Bates has been engaged by Liebler Co to create the role of Hannah In Israel Zangwills Children of the Ghetto which will have Its first production at the Herald Square theatre in October Miss Bates intends to visit London this summer to make a study of the people of the Ghetto and become familiar with the atmosphere of the remarkable settlement settle-ment The following is from the New York Press After a long illness Victory Bateman the actress who was stricken so seriously several months ago has recovered re-covered so fur that she is preparing to resume her stage work AU that she needed was a thorough rest her friends say and she has had it At the eld of the season of opera in the American theatre in a few weeks Miss Bateman will be seen in the leading female part in VeUns of Tennessee a new play by Lee Arthur which will have its 11rst production in that house Those who have met Miss Bateman since her recovery re-covery say that she has regained all the old fire and vivacity that marked her as an actress out of the common until 1 overwork broke hel down |