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Show THE BURGESS BENEFIT. It Was a Success in Every Respect Over 8000 Was Kealized. . . The benoljt to-Mr. W. J. Burgess at the Salt Lake theater last night was a success financially as well as every other way, over $600 being realized by it. , The audience was a fashionable one and the programme was excellent. It was so varied that the audience forgot that the evening was hot aud sultry. The overture under tho direction of Prof. Kent was liuely rendered. The quartette, PJgoletto, by Misses Thomas and Dean, and Messrs. Goddart and Easton, was an artistic effort and could not have been improved. Tho "Chariot Race" from Ben Hur by Mrs. Laura Tisdale deserves more than ordinary praise. "Our Boarding Houso" kept the audience roaring for an hour. Mr. Leonard Grover, jr., established es-tablished himself as a clever comedian. Mr. Wells carried his part wjth his usual grace, while Mr. Spencer exhibited exhibi-ted a very good French accent. Of the ladies, Miss Lislo Leigh exhibited a vast amount of womanly sweetness which won for her the admiration of all present, pre-sent, while Miss Edith Clawson captured cap-tured a deal of applause. Mr. Evans as Eligible was worthy of mention. The overture "La Gazza Ladve" by tho double orchestra, under the direction direc-tion of Prof. Wioho, followed. Mrs. Tisdale's interpretation of "Poetic Ideals" left nothing to be desired, and the Toreador song from Carmen by Sig. Eurico Campobello was so much appreciated by the audience that he was compelled to sing again. At close of the second overture Mr. Glen Miller read a letter from Mr. Burgess, Bur-gess, iu which he thanked the people of Salt Lake for the generous favors bestowed be-stowed upon him, tho manager of the theater and his assistants, who furnished furnish-ed the house and their services, and to tho press of the city which lent its warm voice iu promoting the benefit. |
