| Show I d 1 r i i w i r FTomorrow F d oy c r Tomorrow we will commence a new period in the theatrical season The beginning of a mm year will ca seth se-th turning of many new leaves and many new records will be made to begin with the date Jan 1 1900 The theatrical season however always dates from summer to summer and managers professionally would not notice the dawn of a new year were it not for the usual spell of bad business busi-ness during the holidays To look back on the portion of these the-se tJn whIch is gone If we are per nlitted the usual privilege cf p3Using to reflect we see that the theatrical fare which bas been served us has been something of it disappointment Quantity as well as quality has been lacking and the Iault does not lie with the local public nOr the local managers Ve see all that comes this way The dearth of that which Is new I and good has never been mOre noticeable notice-able We uc surfeited with aIry musical comedies and variety shows The public is so hungry for drama that even melodrama would answer and would be hamlimeb patronized People have goodnatur patronized what has bren provided just to be goIng but on the whole it has been most unsatisfaotory sort of entertainment entertain-ment A few men virtually control the theatrical business of the country A fen men control the prinClpnl theatres in New York sb that smaller managers find it impossible to obtain suitable houses for their productions The real gdtaevements of t1Ei drama hi this country are confined to a small area and the mountain will not come to Mahomet However it Is pleasing tO note that the dawn ot 1900 brings with It a mo notable attraction which augurs well for the remainder of the season There have been some good bookings at the Salt Lake theatre fur the latter italf of tale theatrical y tr not eo many as would be welcome wel-come to be sure but 111 improvement In quality Is preferable to no improvement Improve-ment at all Madame Xevadas concert cert will make a splendid beginning socially and musically The Grand will also start the year well with a o of the upholstered drapna ruction g ti with an auspicious beginning we may hope for a stpeedy relief frqm the theatrical famine which has rbeep hanging over us r Mme Nevadas Experience InSpain Emma Nevada the American can tatrlee to whom fortune assigned thQ exigency of facing an audience of Spaniards in the Seville opera ht eon e-on the evening war was declared between be-tween tIm United States and Spain in reciting the experience says I sang Lucia that evening and knowing that the house had been sold II out early in the afternoon und having ample reason to feel firm as to my popularity with the Spaniards I never dreamed of trouble but my 1mazemeni when conning on the stage I found the theatre absolutely empty except for the ushers 111 the interval between the first two acts the crowd poured in and when I came on in tile second act every seat was filled I I rather eeperted the usual burst of ap pause but there was Instead a me i meat of deathly stillness Everyone in the audience arose and stared at mfc for a moment and then sat down with I their faces toward the back of the house which position they ma1ntaiJied as long 13 I remained upon the stage < At the close of my scene I retired tu my dressing room In an almost hys I terieal condition I could not understand I under-stand my sudden loss of favor The manager of the house a big man of excitable temperament came hurrying to my room and said he would not advise ad-vise me to continue as he fenced I might become a sUbject of personal violence Hc explained that just after I left my hotel a mob had viaitcd It trailing an American flag in the street and had declared that the only American Ameri-can in Spain should not be allowed to leave the city alive For a moment I planned to escape quietly but then my American blood became aroured and I determined to sing the opera through Similar insults were heaped upon me at my every appearance and at the close there were long calls of my name and much applause I hoped the audience had been moved In my favor and at last appeared before the curtain In an instant occurred a scene that I can never forget An awful chorus of hisses I arose from all parts of the houses w puzzled cxpresslon perhaps she added add-ed that between a m md p m each day she deNotes herso wholly to official of-ficial busing and usually alone not admitting anyone even her ministers or members of her own family Queen Victoria presented to Mme Nevada Ne-vada a splendid ornament In the American Am-erican colors the design being wrought In diamonds rubies and turquoIses ThIs together with fully two score of other jeweled gins the singer takes I great pride in exhibiting to her friends The collection Is estimated at more I than S1OO000 and is one of the finest possessed by any stage favorite The prima donnas appearance at the Salt Lake theatre will be a great event and a large and fashionable audience will be 1n attendance Operatic stars are a rarity here and everyone will wish to embrace this opporunlty to hear a famous artist Assisting Mme Nevada are Clara KallSher contralto and Louis Blumenberg ellist The accompanist ac-companist IsMr Selden Pratt Paul Gilmore at the Grand Romantic plays with a strong tinge of melodrama have had an extended vogue durIng the past season and the indications are that It will continue for some time to come It Is nQ wonder that under these conditions together with the excellence of the production that Paul Gllmores Musketeers had been one of the best patronized plays of the season Mr Gilmore is one of I the rising young actors of the romantic school and is splendidly equipped by nature to become one of Its worthiest representatives He possesses youth enthusiasm and beauty as well as I carefully schooled talent and dramatic I force The play is a version of Dumas I celebrated Three Guardsmen which Was given In New York last winter by James OZelll and E H Sothern Mr Gilmores version Is in five acts with one scene to each act First there III Kings Garden bf the Louvre second sec-ond Bonacleus House with dArtag nons Lodgings third The Inn at Calais and fourth The Louvre Garden Gar-den bY Moonlight The fifth act shows I I W i7L 11 s o it t1USKrt SR Fs s It 1 y U nv 0 S k t J 1 I i Jr I t v J iii t L r f 8ra I yj y Tdi Musiistketi9r mingled with threats The ladlesI suppose I must call them ladiesactu ally spat at me The manager beckoned me to the wings and almost threw me Into a carriage which drove away at full speed At my hotel I received a telegram from the queen and a guard of soldiers sol-diers accompanied me to Madrid where the brave woman gave me an official reception asked me to sing for the court apologized for the outbreak and had me guarded across the frontier It I was a fearful night Certainly providence provi-dence intervened In my favor for I was never In better voice and in this way gave the audience no chahce to make a demonstration I feel sure that the slightest faltering on my part the smallest break In my voice would have given the people an excuse to make a riotous attack on me Contrasting to such a thrilling eCPeT fence was MIss Nevadas personal visit with Quean Victoria in the royal womans own prate sitting room She is a wonderful woman said Nevada Ne-vada the quintessence of feminine dignity and elegant cordiality J After chatting with her for an hour perhaps she explained that the work hour had I arrived and when 1 looked at her with the Royal Palace and stat Ball and all details are said to be historically correct The costumes and mountings are said to be of the highest order The Musketeers wIll be given tlie first half of the week beginning with a matinee on New Years day and the latter part his latest triumph The Dawn of Freedom will be given There will be matinees Monday Wednesday Wed-nesday and Saturday AT A GLANCE Frederick Warde recently delivered several lectures during his engagement in Los Angeles i The JamesKidderHanford combination combin-ation will make an extended tour of the Pacific coast The Empire theatre stock company produced My Ladys Lord by H V Esmond last week H Grattan Donnell has written anew a-new musical comedy entitled Have You Seen My Sister BcnHuI will probably be con tln I ued at the roadway theatre all this and next season The JeIrerso Cdffedy company In eludes three sons of Joseph r tferso Thomas JoeephJr and WIlliam There Is 1 asid to be no truth In the rumor that WagenhalS and Kemper will leave the Herald Square theatre in Neer York r I There is a new musIcal comedy by I Richard Carle entitled Mamselle Awkins with music by Herman Per let and Alfred E Aarons The Duke of Manchester was to have played In an amateur performance in New York last week but was suddenly sudden-ly called to England by the illness zof his sister Miss Loulm Drew daughter or Jll1tn Drew made her professional debut in her fathers company lust week play Ing the role of the maid In The Tyranny Tyr-anny of Tears Nat C Goodwin contemplates a production pro-duction Of Paul Leicester Fords novel The lIon Peter Sterling to be prepared for the stage by Mr Ford and Mildred Dowllng Blanche Walsh and Melbourne Mac Dowell will produce Sardous C1eo I patro In New York in the spring with Miss Walsh in the title role and Mr MacDowell as Antony It is said that Victorien Sardou will write a new historical drama based on a poisoning Incident during the reign 1 of Louis XIV when Mme de Monte spans Influence was dominant Sarah Jruax will be seenat the Broadway theatre New York In March in a series Of special matinees Her first play wIll be lIThe Merchant of Venice in which she wIll appear as Portia Mme Marchesi the famous vocal teacher of Paris celebrated list week the fiftieth aI1nlversary of the beginning begin-ning of her work as an instructor The AmerIcan colony in Paris sent her a congratulatory address 1 Mrs E L Fernandez the well knOwn dramatic agent of New York will re turn to the stagq after an absence of twelve yearS She 4Vi11 appear as the ballet mistress In a new musical cern edy which wIll be produced at the Casino in January New York Dramatic Mirror At the reQuest o Admiral l Dewey Lillian > Pus sell volunteered her services and sang i at a musicale for the benefit of th r building fund of the Naval Veterans home given at a private residence In this city on Thursday evening last Musical People llr H S Goddard has gone to Chi Cago Miss Flanders WAS quite III during the latter part of the week Miss Edna Dwyer sang The PI < ins of Peace at the synagogue Friday evenIng I Professor Eton Stephens will leave shortly for a trip abroad and expects to be gone some time A The Euterp club will be enter tained Saturday evening Jan 5 by Miss Geneve ElleTl pk The first Orpheus club concert this season wIll be gIven at the Congrega tional church Thursday Jan 18 The children of St Pauls Sunday schOOl will give a Christmas carol service ser-vice at the chapel thIs afternoon at 3 oclock I |
