Show a 4 coos t Cooo I l i j IiI Ii I I oooo 00000 ooooooooooooooo IiI a Q a I Jflj J I I 7r 1 I r Itt I k i t w I ie etfowd and last night of The passport half filled live theatre last tight and gave a reasonable amount of pleasure tlC iihose who saw it It is more than likely fhat the luck of ap I prcciation which Miss Martinet found Siere najl be laid to our 1lU and wooly i ignorance and it will be said lhait ve camnot appreciate fine acting eta dlt t I > vhile nlie neal fact Is that they mod to work a very tart company on a i i discnhiinating pubir Miss Martinet is r I tin a tistfe of muCh talent but not enough to make > a one man show suc cjol The support has one actor in JIax F i gmam and all the rest may be I pvej up together as frefcng from middling mid-dling to poor I a The plan is to give a series of popular popu-lar concerts Alt the Grand Opera House on Sunday evenings the music to bell be-ll tor an orchestra of twentyfive j T > iecr s gathered from the best talent Su I the < ity They will be directetVby Mr i Tlllard TViehe who is making a record J re-cord for himself as a lebuder that threatens to rival his reputation as aj i soloist Besides a series of carefully chosen orchestral numbers then will ibe given vocal selections each evening and for these also the toast obtainable I talent will be secured For this evenIng even-Ing Mr H S Ensign and Mrs Thomas i 32dWards < are among the sweet singers I atiul we an glad to be able to an I wAnce that Prof ICrouse rill accom a any the voalists The instrumental selections for this Wiring are judiciously chosen and I lrr2Cably tlie1 Among them are 1ngarihe Luslrapeil an overture by Koloi Bela Schar enkas Polish Xa tional Dance Selections from Gou nvds celebrrylefl open Faust Th Mid tHs deg rlptie overaure The JTorse in tire Forest i by the composer cf the popular allegory The Turkish Reveille A cFai < ionet solo by Mr ErneSt Er-nest Nichols and last but far from Cast a violin obligate by Mr TTillard Vehe MmsclT ji i j The cauable plnyers at the + GjTnTl Opera House will next week for the end time picyent an cm cmneav fir public favur An Unequal Match Ly Tom Taylor has by its simplicity and charm of story and clever group ing of characters won and maintained for years < a prominent place on the j stage Mlany adult Salt Lake citizens will remember it It is said to be the play in which Mrs Uangtry as an amateur am-ateur first laid the foundation of her imputation as an ° actress She also presented = pre-sented it many times during her subsequent sub-sequent professional career To Miss Kennturk < 5n the coming production pro-duction is assigned the part of Hester Grazebrooke the daughter of a Yorkshire York-shire blacksmith She falls in love with Sir Harry Amcliffe marries him and finds that the simpie honest manners of ithe English yoemanfe daughter are no match for those of tare polished society so-ciety woman who one time loved Sir Harry and jilted him The evolution I of the country maiden into a thorough woman of the world forms a theme of strong interest and calls for the best powers of the actress Miss Bates will play Lady Montressor the rival of I Hester whose beauty and wit Wave held many men captive Between her i and the young wife the author has given a strong wordy duel in the sec1 and act Miss Cook will have in Be ale Hubbeltlw Ltiidy Amcliffes maid an entirely different role from any in which bhe has appeared before a Salt Lake audience It is a dialect part brim lull of Comedy and conceit and she will contribute largely to the fun of the piece Miss Coye is to be Lady Honeywood the young wife of Sir Sowerby tlhe part adding greatly to the poifectcon of the ensemble Mir Kyle will appear as Harry Arncliffe the young gentleman who pretending love of Hester to be an airtfet wins the to bring her ter His efforts in trying uj to ithe polite standard of his associates asso-ciates and educating her in > the usages of sooietygct him into all sorts of trouble Ma Blakomore will present the part of Dr Botcherby the pompous pomp-ous medical adviser of Lady Montres sor with just enough humbug m his Mr character to make him successful Clark will plfcty Mr Blenkmsop the confidential bodyservant of Sir Harry Har-ry whose love affairs with Betsy and encounters with iiis rival Mr Tofte Mr Tj aid er add greatly to the comedy com-edy interest Mr Charles Dade who has just joined the company will be seen for the first time as Sir Sowevby Honey wood gouty and crabbed and on a constant lookout for draughts Old Grazebrooke the Yorkshire blacksmith black-smith fe in the lands of Mr King The scenes between GrnzebrooRe and his daughter and the solecisms for which lie tts responsible in Sir Harrys house make him an extremely interesting inter-esting character i The gentleman who holds the office of manaser of the Sa5t Lake Amusement association is John B Rogers anl on him Haste the responsibility of making a success of its affairs Tt seems to be his judgment that tlie present company has played nearly long enough at the opera aiouca and that a change is de sinaWe Accord ngIy ha has terminate their engagement to take effect an1 a oupla of weelc from now The pro priciors of the Opra House Stock com par have > wiled toeSr agent there bo ac tei t the notice to teitnunatie and Miat dn engagement hlas beer secured for tdie company sait Cordrays theatre Pontfland Ore commencing February 25 on highly favoraiKie icerms every interest protected engagement indefinite business busi-ness big In the Little Maverick the merry little comedienne Miss Katie Putnam has found the play at once interesting bright and eminently adapted to her especial talent The play is cleverly constructed and does its author C T Dazey also author of In Old Kentucky Ken-tucky considerable credit for handling hand-ling a somewhat familiar idea in unoriginal un-original manner The Little Mave eriqk < possesses blending of humor and pathos that Miss Putnam is always al-ways so successful In portraying and her realistic impersonation of the honest warmhearted but amusingly ignorant waif of the plains is always thoroughly appreciated and she comes forth in the end the triumphant victor over her enemies and the idol of her gallant lover Miss Putnam has a voice always childish and musical and admirably suited to the girlish characters charac-ters she has always played with such great success Miss Putnam is ably supported by Gus Cohan the well known comedian our own H B Emery Em-ery the versatile actor George Klimt Lewis O Hart Thomas B Findlay Barton Williams John M Gillis L M Edgar Sadie Radcliffc Anna Watson Rosa Leigh and Ada Fremont Her dates at the theatre are Friday and Saturday February 8th and 9th in The Old Lime Kiln and Little Maverick Mav-erick From Mr A R Wilber the advance agent of the Katie Putnam combination combina-tion we learn that things are going on smoothly with Harry Emery which is always welcome news to his many friends in this his native town They own a large orchard and farm on the banks of Lake Michigan that yields regular profits the products finding a ready market in Chicago and they have about 40000 invested in Portland Ore real estate besitfps property in other places They plan the production produc-tion at an early date of a revival of The Old Curiosity Shop in which Miss Putnam should shine as Nell them the-m Much has been said about the proposed pro-posed separation of War de and James at the end of the present season but the relation that exists between the two men has not been very clear to the public The fact is that Mr Warde is the proprietor of the travelling company com-pany and all its paraphernalia and has had Mr Jame5 engaged the same as any other member of his company com-pany rot ithe past tiiroe seasons Mr Warde says it is not whht one might call a separation tt simply happens that Mr Janice engagement shirrS and sit will noit be renewed but that his place will be filled by another actor ac-tor < whose ramie it is too early to publish pub-lish and that thereafter time V < artle combination will continue to appear just the same There have not been many other such alliances as that of Warde and James There were Sheridan Sheri-dan and TVallack Booth and Barrett and they are about all There is but a limited repertory adapted to double tars Even tome in the few that Warde and James have played together do not suit them When one plays Virginius the other is clearly subordinate I subordi-nate as Appius Claudius and when one plays Richard III the < other is obviously obvi-ously second as Richmond These are instances cited by Mr Warde and he says that in such cases neither of the i stars likes to take the subordinate part or to offer it to tfce other While thpy are together they cannot put on one mans piece like Hamlet or anyone any-one of the dozen others they each would like to weft In and that 5s1 probably prob-ably the principal roascn why they do not stay together The beat of feelings are maintained between them and they state that they have always enjoyed > the most cordial and considerate esteem es-teem for each other Mr James is under contract to commence com-mence a starring tour next Sepltember under the management of Messrs Wagenhalo and Kemper presenting Francesca da Ramlni Yirginius The Robbers and other pieces They have already begun to advertise him as Americas foremost tragedian which may be all right from a business point of view < bUll it has a Hebrew touch to it at the present date while the WaideJames combination < is still in the field and we Should think that Mr James would have better taste than ito permit it Ithough we are not skying whether he is or is not fore mostof Mi Warde Kate Claxton has cancelled her dates at the itheatre and has decided not to make her western tour The plan < < ws to revive The Two Orphans and Madam Tanausohek was to play tihe part of Frochard We are glad they are not coming Frochaid would be better < played tlhan ever < before but to think of seeing one of the noblest and greatest adtaesses of the past generation genera-tion In such a role is both sad and revolting re-volting 1 In the course of two or three weeks there will be a lecture given at the theatre by the notes George Kennan the traveler who saw and thought On the occasion of his lecture at the big Central music hall in Chicago it is described de-scribed as being full of interesting bits of quaint description of odd phases of Russian life and Customs in many parts of the vast empire and was enlivened en-livened by many personal anecdotes tdld with a delicate humor that was very grateful Perhaps > the most interesting in-teresting part of the lecture was that in which he described the great annual fair of Nizhni Novgorod For two months of the yearAugust and September Sep-tember nearly half a million traders from all parts of the empire meet thereto there-to sell or exchange their commodities An immense city is there of superb streets stone houses theatres parks churches and mil that goes to make a great city but when the fair is over the city is utterly deserted not even a dozen people remaining within its walls From Nizhni Novgorod the trip down the river was charmingly described An entertainment has been arranged for the old folks at the theatre next Tuesday evening A varied programme is being made up to include music recitations re-citations etc Among the featureswill be the veteran D C Dunbar who will give a special performance on his bagpipes bag-pipes Prof Anton Pedersen informs us that it has been decided to again put on the childrens Patriotic Concert at I the theatre on the nights of February 15th and 16th His theory is that it was not properly worked up on the I outside and may be popularized by working with the students of the Sunday Sun-day schools several hundred of whom have already promised to aid in disposing dis-posing of tickets The little star actress ac-tress Irene Eckis will take the part of the star of Utah as was the original orig-inal intention in the former concerts but shewas taken ill at that time and another was compelled to take her place Other changes will be made and some simpler ails given in place of the difficult pieces previously rendered ren-dered The bills incurred by the previous pre-vious venture have not been paid and I this is theplan adopted to meet them i Since A M Palmer announced the I dramatize ticn of Trilby there has been much wild discussion as to who I could play it the best Every tall lithe woman in the prolession has 1 been thought of and iSis said that Virginia Harned will get the part I Miss Harned is a C1ey rand beautiful j beau-tiful woman but it is doubtful if even she can realize the character that all men and women have fallen in love with One who could play the role best of ail is Mrs Potter She has not only the graceful figure but she has that bohemienne nature refined and 1 toned down by her social experience and there is a fascinating insouciance I of manner about her which is distinctly dis-tinctly her own But Mrs Potter is starring at the head of her own company com-pany now and would not consider it an honor to undertake Trilby unless the remuneration offered was very high Mr Palmer must have somebody some-body who will bring out in the acting what was so distinctly charming in the ibook or the play must be a failure fail-ure and perhaps kill the popularity of the book I lit was sad news tlhaib Mr John W Norton lira wel > known manager of the Gnaind opera house St Louis has been fatally injured in a itaiilway wreck near Indianapolis Mr Nortons career in the theatrical world is ami interesting one He was born in New York City in 1843 He entered rube dramatic profession profes-sion at an early age but the first im i poitant role he ever played ms Oc tavius in the cast wtilch included Booth Barrett Davenport and Frank Bangs when Booth put on Julius Caesar in New York in 1871 He else carne west in 1S73 as Lawrence Bar I ratf leading man and played with him in a itour through the south fllr Norton Nor-ton was the first manager to recognize the budding genius of Mary Anderson and in 1876 She made her debut on the professional stage under his < auspices His kindliest recoLlectadns have always biieni of her his famous protege and star who is now Mas Navarro olf Tun bridge Wells England By a strange cotacidtence with the news of Mr Nor tons accident came a Itelerairn announcing an-nouncing the serious indisposition of Mary Anderson at Brighton England Stage Gossip In spite of Oscar Wildes unconscious uncon-scious humor as a writer of moral epigrams epi-grams his Ideal Husband is a signal sig-nal failure s S 3 London has eighty music halls the largest seating 3000 people and nearly all are very profitable to their owners Alls Well That Ends Well has been recently produced in London by the Irving Dramatic club This play had not been performed in London since 1S52 when Phelps put it upon the stage of Sadlers Wells i > k i The part of Taffy in Palmers production pro-duction of Trilby will be sustained by Burr McIntosh a i S Charleys Aunt is being played eight times a week and is in its third I year I 5 One of Mr Dalys fixed immovable laws is that no husband and wife shall appear together in a playS S play-S i The Carl Rosa Opera company will make a special feature of Sir Arthur Sullivans Ivanhoe this seasonS season-S r s Weber who died seventy years ago received only 58000 for five of his operas For Freischutz he received less than 4000 although it is one of the most popular and profitable operas ever written This is a mere bagatelle that Strauss Sullivan or Mascagni I would refuse in scorn for one of their smallest works 6 i a Augustin Daly will present the Two Gentlemen of Verona in New York this season It has only been played once before in America and that was when rIo jes1m produced it in Boston b c 0 A writer Indulges in the following comments concerning Calves performance perfor-mance of Cavalieria Rusticana in Paris the other day The Calve Mae cagne passion thunderbolt crashed down and lapped the stage dry of its predecessors rifting the audience on its way It was like a Ouida novel after a Munro or Saturday Weekly story like a midsummer tempest after spring sunshine like real passion after simple flirtation Theres action motion mo-tion concentration intensity The whole thing is over and done with before be-fore you know its begun just like a cyclone or whirlwind 01 < II 4 The Empire of India Exhibition is another creation of the fertile brain of Imre Kiralfy author of Venice in London Nero and other stupendous stupend-ous productions which have been wonders won-ders of beauty and stage craft At 7 o1rf d pj ri rp I Earls Court aptly termed The Garden Gar-den of London Mr Kiralfy will have an extensive area at his command to furnish needs and requirements for his massive designs which hitherto have suffered for want of space The Exhibition will be divided into four sections viz Art Industries Manu facturies and Antiquities Every portion of the buildings and grounds will be connected by terraces and covered walks diversified by exquisite ex-quisite bits of water scenery studded with islets and interspersed with grottos grot-tos glens and caves In fine as an exhibition of a single country it will be the largest ever attempted in the world a Ce a Jennie Yeamans who starred in Jane last year has sailed for England Eng-land and intends settling in London She has already accepted an offer to appear between the acts at a Strand theater e o The Countess of Clancarty tetter known as Belle Biltonis about to return re-turn to the stage but not to the stage of the music halls where she gained her reputation and also Lord Clan carty She will appear in comedy and her many colored experiences of life should stand her in good stead 9 S Arthur Cecil and Mrs John Wood are soon to appear together in a new comedy of G W Godfreys author of The Parvenue and adapter of The Queens Shilling S a s Sir Augusutus Harris has sold his present pantomime Dick Whitting ton to Messrs Abbey Grau for American Am-erican production It is one of the best financial successes Augustus Harris I has ever had It will be staged at the II Metropolitan opera house next autumn with some of the London company in it Sir Augustus will come over to bow his acknowledgements after the I beautiful Feast of Lanterns S S The conjurer Herrmann will shortly publish a book entitled Bright Spots in Necromancy S if a I All the principals of the Bostonians have understudies except Jesss Hart lett Davis If she should become sick there could be no performance s S S Fanny Davenports new play Gis monda by Victories Sardou is said to ba the most anagnificent produdtion in point of gorgeous scenic effects than has aver bean attempted in our country coun-try In fact it is stated that but twenty theatres in the United States can ac dommndata tins settings S e S Richard Mansfield James ONeill Otis Skinner Lewis Morrison Alexander Alexan-der Salvini William Barrett Fanny Davenport and Mrs Potter have < contributed con-tributed to a symposium on the subject Id Tragedy Dead which will sWortly l he matte pubjic Clarence > Fleming is the personal manager man-ager for Mr Beertraihm Tree 5 Mr Brigham Royce who has been in the cast of Captain Swift at the Grand during the past week playing the part of the Detective joined the Warae > combination and left last night for California Cal-ifornia or rather Sam Francisco where life will open in rtlheir new productions of Runnymede playing Littlejohn in that piece a s w At leaslb a dozen companies are returning re-turning to New Yk > rlc arid Ulsbamding every week So says a New York paper pa-per f S S Saitlous Mme Sans Gene 5s filling the labs Broadway theatre in New York at every performance Press comments com-ments siy that the piece is cleverly acted act-ed and magnificently staged S a S Lillian Russell followsBeerbohm Tree in Abbeys theatre New York Cn a revival re-vival of < Xa Belle Helene S S 0 Apropos of the subject of hats an amusing tocident was witnessed by those occupying front seats at the Grand last week In a seat next the center aisle very ibroadshoulQered wldnecked individual individ-ual who would tip the scales at a good 275 pounds seated himseCf and smiled with pleasure when he observed that the seats in front of him the two forward rows were unoccupied The broaaarea of his accented countenance underwent a decided change however when two women we almost said ladies pissed down the aisle and seated themselves directly in fran of him with two um brel1a shapedd hats spread to the wind k to card any stray glance he might cast I toward the stage The overture was on and juslt as the curtain ascended the broad countenance changed again and I the owner of it called the usher gave hvm his coupon sent for anjfhcr and placing his doubledup overcoat under netlh he perched his anatomy an top of it and enjoyed great revenge < in tins Sats directly < in front o < f the < thIgh hats Every olthter seat was occupied FT vrl Ir wailing and gnashing of teeth tho owners cif tine hats played a spirited i game of hide and seek behind tfire Mf gentleman during the remainder of Vita evening ft S Corhnne is bainis bowmed again with a large front page picture of the prodigy i in the New York Dramatio Times We did not read the article fol aw ngbUt would agar ten < to one < that as of yore she 9s I but sixteen years oldS old-S S lomas Keene has a > n offer to p > 1Jy an engagement in Berlin next year bun as yell has not deeMed whether to ac capt it or not In Rose Coghlans supporting company com-pany for this season airs three leading men Mr T Sullivan Mr Henry Jew ett last season leading man for Julia Marlowe and Mr Cecil M York formerly form-erly leading man for the KJartdaHs S S Augustin Daly scored his first failure fail-ure this season latevv ta ai new play entitled Heart of Ruby So poor was the piece that Ada Rehan absolutely refused to appear in 1 < L Justin McCarthy Mc-Carthy supplied the English text of thf Frenxfti play and one paper says it was the chaapeslt claptrap ever put upon the public Mr Daly is the object ob-ject of much keen censure on ail sides S a s Robert > 3Ianitell is in the south V1heT he is doing an excellent business Next season this sober will be seen In a now romantic play whfeh has been written for him by a wellknowm auitSior S S a The members of the Grand Opera House company are all angry and especially es-pecially so is pretty Him Bates Th1 j cause is the contemplated > removal from Salt Lakejjpf the entire company and the little < lady mentioned aibove says it is abominable outrageous mean seurvey and unkind to take them anvay when they are just beginnimg to appreciate appre-ciate our beautiful city and its hospitable hos-pitable inhabitants Ye who sympathize sympa-thize with the change keep away frond Miss Bates a x Behind the scenes I held her hand While waiting for our cue Quite perfect in your part I asked Oh yes she said are you All but the love scene stammered I Our issI dont know how She whispered with her lips afire Wed better practice now Town Topics The fifth annual bald of the Salt Laka Lather Carriers association trill ba given fni Ohristsnens II on next Wed evening Grand march at S30 p m Tickets 1 |