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Show . THE SALT LAKE TIMES. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1891 ; 3 y4A4&! ' nV i)riK,fe laby," acquitted themselves with (front Vj credit. There wu a harmony in their jjry f E3?i' i'lH voices t'lat iis seldom equaled: fi&vl3? v 'Ho Too string quartette reudered some AAWTI ' )l dul'Rhtlul music and they were heartily ft!$'f TfipWV 1 encored. frSV.r,WVta 'Wlfllit( V' Thn song, "Tlie Wife to the Hus- .:t Mnjfc.. o ; band," was rendered in a' charming VJ,i n f : WS:. & yt manner by Mrs. Macrae lluse. as was V28 fcF;V.y21-- & also the mag, "Thy Name," by Mrs. VHPT-- C H'fS LisH!l0 Thomas E.lwarl. SXN flfM The violin solo of Mr. VV. K. Weihe VVT, hi II I H i ' I'i was a" elL'8a"1 production. It was his M''ll'lil first appearance since his return from 3.V' "11 Berlin, and the audience was wild with delight over the masterly manuer in which he handled his instrument. He was assisted in an admirable Vvay by Professor Krause on the piano. The nolo ".Separation," by Mrs. Agnes Olsen Thomas was sang in" a charming maimer and elicited hearty applause. The immense auditorium was in new dress, the old dusty decorations which for so long have been suspended from the ceiling have all been renewed, the choir platform has been considerably enlarged, the illumination comes from more than three hundred gas jets ami four large electric lamps over the choir aland. The improvements made have cost more than 'J0(:), and the proceeds last night will more than pay it. ! Never lrops. When the play Is o'er ami the lights are diwn Ami the iiiuhV midden st ih. The curt iln falls w ith a deep, dulli d thud, Hut t bu bad. bold actor n 'ver drops ' Dramatic Mirror. On leaden wings the week has dragged by. A chill as cold as a breath from Iceland has frozen almost every-thing in sight. Lent is being observed "in regulation style. . The week in theatrical circles started in with the Home Dramatic olub in lironsou Howard's "Young Mrs. YViu-throp- " to acrowdeil down stairs house. The first appearance of the club on its return from the northwest was well received and the audience was not dis-- , appointed in the production of "Young Mrs. Wiathrop." On Tuesday evening the seven Swed-ish singers made a one nighl engage-ment. The audience was not so large as the night before but wis fully as enthusiastic. The nightingales from Stockholm merited well the applause go lavishly bestowed upon their singing. The harmony produced by the blend-ing of their voices was at once sweet and entrancing. fttanley U Coming. Henry M. Stanley comes to tho Salt Lake Theater at an early day. KATTLKK'H LfcTTEK. , The Divine Sural, a Keen in Karodu'e Cleopatra," Special Cor. to The Time. New York, Feb. 21. Sarah has been poisoned! The play had not goue far when I asked myself upon what meat has this our Sarah fed that she has grown so distraite? Hoffman house canned mushrooms are reported to have done the business. Is it possible that greatness can succumb to canned mushrooms' "Then what is glory, tell me you, who touch the harp in loudest strain?" Something was the matter, anyway that was evident Sarah was not up to concert pitch, but who poisoned the play? Some one had iriven it coinous Wednesday night tho Thalia club pro-duced a Scandinavian piece calied "Wermhenningarne." As I am not! using Scandinavian this week for con-versational purposes it is impossible for me to give a diagnosis of the caste. The play went smooth as a wedding 'our ami was heartily applauded by the !a;ge audience. Thursday night Bolossy Kiralfy and his aggregation of dilapidated ballet d .nccrs disappointed a large audience. Last night was a slight improvement upon the night before. The phantasm mercifully closes its engagement The return of the fair little English maid. Km ma Jueh. is hailed with de-light by the lovers of opera. She opens in "Tannhauscr" on nexi Wednesday evening. hypodermic injections of mor-hin-and the very atmo sphere was redolent and somnolent of ether. The asp did not take his nightcap until well on to 1 o'clock, and the wails between the acts were longer than the acts. The audience was moved but once and that was when the curtain fell on the last act, ' Expectation had got up on its chair and was looking over the transom in anticipation of Sarah's Cleopatra. Cleo-patra had come and gono, but now, at last, the real Cleopatra, the Cleopatra of poetry and history, tho queen of queens and conqueror of kings, war-riors and statesmen; the crafty poli-tician, the cruel and insatiable volup-tuary, the ''abstract of all faults that all men follow," the embodomeut of all that is great, beautiful and wicked in womaukiud, was to have an ade-quate impersonation. The audience last Monday night was roused to con-tinuous and enthusiastic disappoint-ment. Of course it was something to see Sarah in her marvelous robes, to hear the purring of her sensuous voice, to watch the beauty of her movements. It was something to see her entrance from the barge, her sinuous grace, tho regal condescension of the smile she The Kinnia Juch Company. On Wednesday evening next tho Emma Jueh Grand English Opera com-pany will open their engagement at the Salt Lake (heater in Wagner's grand opera, "Tannaiiauser." When this splendid organization opened their sea-Bo- n in San Francisco recently with the melodious "Flying Dutchman," tho California associated press telegraphed the following report of the performance throughout tho entire Union: The Emma Juch (irand English Opera com-pany very successfully inaugurated thoir three weeks' engagement at the lialdwin theater tonight by a superb production of Wagner's ' melodious opera, "The Flying Dutchman." The performance was a complete triumph for Miss Jueh and the splendid organi-zation which bear her name, and never before has a Wagner opera been pre-sented in this city with such an eminent cast of artists, with orchestra, chorus ensembles, and mission scenes, like that which powerfully emphasized this evening's performance of "The Dutch-man." The repertoire of the engagement is as follows: Wednesday, Wagner's "Tan-nahauser- Thursday, Gounod's "Faust;" Friday, Meyerbeer's "Hugue-nots;" Saturday matinee, Hizet's "Car-men;" Saturday, Wagner's "Flying Dutchman." threw the abject populaco, her effective deliberation, her consciousness of power. It was something to see her management of the minor scenes tho scene, for instance, where Cleopatra and her attendants are watching the attack of the eagle upon become identified with such roles through the country. The devine Sarah has been express-ing her opinion of some of her distin-guished fellow workers in the profes ion. She says great artists are scarce fven in France. She says our Clara Morris is a great artist, and of Joseph Jefferson, that he has no superior, even in her native country. Mary Ander-son she considers a "good actress" and Henry Irving more an artist than an actor, but her pet divinity is FJlen Terry. Hooth she had not seen. The winter exodus from the Daly company has begun. This time it is Frederick iiond, who has been visited with Mr. Daly's displeasure and dis-charged. Mr. Iiond has been a mem-ber of Mr. Daly's company for seven years, and ho has earned a reputation for being a very clever actor. Ho has been eagerly snapped up by Charles Frohman, who is fast getting to be the Napoleon of managers. Mr. Frohman says there is a combine existing among the New York managers against aetors and newspapers, and says he was ap-proached to join it and refused. Scarpia in "La Tosca" should have played Antony. Perhaps he would have played it too well. With a fine actor in the part of Antony, Bernhardt would have had to exert herself. Tho rest of the cast was excellent, Duquesue, Floury and other good actors walking quietly through supernumerary parts, a good lesson to our actors. Sarah looked very beautiful with her long ringlets of auburn hair and her marvelous costumes, which, however, were singularly modest. She did not wear a low neck once during tho even-ing, nor were her skirts diaphanous. Once this might have been attributed to discretion, but it cannot be so, now that nature has clothed Sarah's bones with such a becoming plumpness. The only hit of tho evening was the asp. Though he didn't come on till late he played his part with spirit, tem-pered with moderation. Most amateur snakes would have overdone the wig-gles, but no, though he worked hard to keep up the interest of the scene, he did not overstep the modesty, of na-ture. After a time his first natural timidity and wore off and he actod as if he thoroughly enjoyed it. Ho put real feeling then into The Week at the Wonlerlend. The past week at Won derland has lieen very unusual when one considers the strong opposition and the beastly weather that the management have had to contend with, but nevertheless the crowds have been very gratifying to the management and tho exchecquer. The attractions are all to be changed today. The woolly baby, the trained geese, the Fays, tho trained rabbits and the Lehrs are now wending their east-ern way and their places have been taken by Ruth, a Bohemian seeress, Barney Nelson, an armless prodigy, who is an inventor and sketch artist of no moan order, the one mau band Carl, in the curio hall, and Chas. Diamond, the Gleason childreu, Billy Young, and Taylor's living skull in the theatorium. These are all wellknown artists and the array makes a strong bill, and coupled with the fact that the management have now put the price of admission down to 10 cents, the regular price of these houses, there is no question as to tho business it should do for tho coming week. The se.efess. Ruth, who arrived from Kansas City last evening and who will be seen for the lirst time today, is a remarkable woman indeed and her name is sided on the salary list by a very large sum. She will be a, feature for the ladies. It is advertised that she will charge no fee for revealing the fu-ture to tho curious. She was the re-cipient of a considerable amount of sen-sational newspaper advertising in St. Louis, where she appeared lately. A stock broker prominent in large deals, consulted her in regard to a business venture; she revealed a true climax to his venture which was that he would suicide, and ho did, which resulted in big notices for Ruth. The excellent order is still maintained here. Yester-day the inauguration of ladies' souve-nir day was successfully taken care of. Tlie Tabernanle Concnrt. The tabernacle last' night contained an audience of 5000, drawn there to listen to the concert rendered by the great choir, under the conductorship of Professor Stephens. The entertainment was a great suc-cess, both in tho rendition of the pro-gramme and tho attendence. The march and chorus from Norma." the glee, "Vales of Deseret," and the matette "God of Israel," were magni-ficently rendered by the choir of :W7 voices," ami reflected credit on each and every member thereof, as also Con-ductor Stephens and Professor Daynes, organist. The Mandolin club, tho pride of Salt Lake, rendered their part of the pro-gramme, in an exceptional manner. 1 heduet. "Youlhfui Hearts." between Miss Julia Silvenvond and Miss Viola Tratt was exceptionally well sung. Tho Cerelia club, in a "Mother's Lul- - tho ibis, which bears, tied about its neck, Antony's message to Cleopatra. She interested the audience in tho im-aginary conflict in the air. She made it seem real. These things were valu able lessons iu art to the actors and actresses present, but could hardly be expected to satisfy the general public. During one of the elongated inter-missions I heard in the foyer a very re-markable comment on the play. A man with a funerial silk hat, no mus-tache, and a whirlwind growth and undergrowth of chin whiskers, a coun-try undertaker down from tjquedunk-ville- , I think, said very gravely to a friend who asked him what he thought of it all: "Well, she speaks French very nicely!" I wish Sarah could have heard that! I think it would please her to know that her French has passed muster hero in New York. I began to believe in the exist-ence of the American traveler who, humiliated by his inability to speak French said: "Why, in Paris even the little children speak French." I thought the old gentleman's remark slightly humorous at first, but I've come to the conclusion that the Squeduukvillite was a critic. After all, Sarah didn't do much more last night than speak French nicely. In my letter on Fanny Davenport's production of Cleopatra I spoke at length of the play. The only changes Bernhardt makes are for the worse. Tho only thing that saved Davenport's production from failure was the strik-ing piece of stage realism at the close of the fifth act the storm that follows Cleopatra's invocation to Typhon. This, it is true, belongs to machinery and not to art, and respected Sarah for omitting it, but .i doing so she ex-cluded the only really impressive and interesting tiling in the play. Sardou is reported to have said that Shake-speare's "Antony and Cleopatra" was not a great play. Ho must have thought so, else why write another play upon Shakespeare's theme? M. Sar-dou is a clear ease of rushing in where the angels fear to tread. His Cleopatra will not even compare favor-ably with his other plays.much less with the immortal Avonians. It does not offer Sarah half the opportunities for tho display of her gifts as an actress that "La Tosca" and "Fedora" do. The production last night, to speak tho truth, was a dismal failure. The An-tony of Mons. Darniont was lacking in dignity and force. Ho looked like a modern Parisian clubman or fashiona-ble artist. Ho wore moustache and beard a la Boulauger, and his hair was banged in artistic neglige. He is long, lank and ungainly. Duquesne, who made such a splendid impression as The great literary event of tho week has been the appearance of ldwin Ar-nold's epic, "The Light of the World." Clyde Fitch, the young author of "Bean Brummel," appears in this month's Lippencott as the author of a novel, "The Wave of Life." Tho story islaekiug in literary finish and is crude in spots, but shows ability for all that, especialy in the study of character. Mr. Fitch is only 25 years old and is a graduate of Amherst. Minnie Ilauk and Waltor Damrosch have been having a lively row at re-hearsals of "Carmen" at the Metropoli-tan. It's the old, old story of tho prima donna and the impressario, and doesn't interest the public. Fanny Davenport has come to the rescue of Jardon against the divine Sarah. She claims that Sarah's inter-pretation of "Cleopatra" is not follow-ing the directions on the bottle. For Sardou to be defended by an American actress from misrepresentation by the greatest of French actresses is funny it is also advertising. Rattle. 'The Aire of Home I'eople," "How did you enjoy the opera last night?" asked Stagewit. "Not very well," replied Redwings. "The people in the next seats prevented me from hearing anything." "They talked, did they?" "No, but they put on more airs than the orchestra played." tne pari, l nen wnen no got nicety into Sarah's bosom he showed a great deal of admirable repose. Then a singular thing happened. Ho seemed to have got a taste of the canned mushrooms, for as soon as he had partaken of his his-toric lunch he turned a sickly green, threw up his oart, let go his hold and dropped to the stage with a sickening thud, leaving it very ambiguous in the minds of the audience whether he or Sarah had been poisoned, or both. The music was execrable, the scenery worn, the play dull and the audience distinctly bored. Bernhardt's season is in danger from the rapacity of the speculators. Thej infest the theater and securn all the best seats. Cleapa-tr- a will ntit last long. Tho number of people who will pay $6 a seat for the privilege of seeing Sarah put a live snake in her bosom is happily small. Rose Coglan has been playing in Newark this week and I ran over to see her new play, "Lady Barter." The author of the play is her brother, Chas. Coglan, at present Mrs. Langtry's lead-ing man, and one of the best actors and most scholarly men in the profes-sion. I believe Mrs. Langtry has shelved Antony and Cleopatra to give this same play a London production. Miss Cog-lan tells me that "Lady Barter" is not the play her brother has been writing especially for her, and which is not vet fiuished. but a play he has had in his trunk for several years. She means to produce it at Palmer's theater some time in April. The heroine is an ad-venturess, and Miss Coglan says she does not care to play adventuresses or - ,, -f . J. Jmith Printing Qo. Printing & Blank Book Manufacturing BANK, OFFICE AND COUNTY SUPPLIES. Printing House Court, No. 24 W. Third South Street, SIt L&lje f $ 4 Sunday dinner at the Saddle Rock. ! Annoying-- F.porh. "Is Bernhardt really so thin?" Really! Why, when ho smiles there isn't room on her face for it and she has to lie down and let it spread over on her pillow." g.VLT JjAKE rjiIIEATER. C'n.vs. S. Bi'Bton, Manager. TUB SOCIETY AM) MCHICAIi EVENT OP TUB TEAK. coHfflmmiv,miiflif EMMJDCH. Grand Opera. Go 110 MEMBERS! 20 GREAT ARTISTS t TUK JUtJH ORCTIKSTKAI THE Jt'CII rnoRusi T Kt'E IjTOIHK: Wednesday, March 4, Richard Winer's TANNHAU8ER! Thursday, March 5, Charles Uounod'S PAUSTI Friday, March, O. Meyerbeer's LES HUGUENOTS I Saturday Matiue". March 7, Oeo. Bizet a CARMEN! Saturday Ev.. March 7, Richard Wagner's THE FLYING DUTCHMAN. Saleot watsopens Monday, March3, at 10 a m Evening Prtaw-- ?, t. 60. It. 50c Saturday Matinee 1, 7fn, 60c, c Lincoln Fark Special. In order to close out tho remaining lots in this addition quick, it has been deciiied to sell lots on monthly pay-ments. Look up the improvements southeast before buying elsewhere. C. K. Wantlanh, Main street. 6100 Milee of Thoroughly Equipped Road. If you are going east, take the Chi-cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, the Chicago Short Line, and enjoy all the improvements and conveniences of a first class railway, such as electric lighted and steam heated, solid vesti-bule trains, with Westinghouse air sig-nals and the finest dining cars in tlie world. Free reclining chair cars. This road runs no emigrant trains or cars. Second class passengers are car-ried on regular express trains in clean, light coaches, with cushioned seats and backs and are as good as the coaches furnished by many roads to lirst class passengers. The electric berth reading lamp fea-ture in the Pullman sleeping cars run on this line, is patented and canuot be used by any other railway company. It is the great improvement of the age. Try it and be convinced. Travel by this road and be assured of courteous treatment by its employes. For further particulars call at 161 Main street. Alex. Mitchell, C'ommorcial Agent. T. V. Pow ell, Contracting Agent. Team Work. Party with a team can purchase a houso on the installment plan and pay a portion in team work by railing at room 22, Scott-Auerbac- building, March 5, 1S1. . - Sunday dinner at the Saddle Rock. LOST HIS NEW OPERA. O. II. Hrlgham Tell How IteWolf Hopper Decamped With the Muilo of Marcella. Chicago Herald. r Sr. Loi'is, Feb. Fob. 21. G. 15. Brig-ha-of Chicago, author of the score of tho comic opera, "Marcella," is here and tells an interesting story of the way ho was tricked out of tho opera by Comedian DeWolf Hopper. Last De-cember, when the stalwart Hopper was doing "Castles in the Air" in Chicago, he was given "Marcella" for inspection The book is by E. N. Wood, also of Chicago, and the papers had spoken well of the effort. The authors had re-ceived oilers for its production from several good companeis, notablv Ihe combination headed by sprightly Ver-non- a Jarbeaii. In this way it. had at-tracted the attention of Wesley Sisson, the well known theatrical business manager, and Mr. Sisson was so thoroughly impressed by Marcella' s possibilities that he undertook to place it with DeWolf Hopper and thus secure at one stroke tho opportunity for scor-ing a metropolitan success at the start. At Hopper's own appointment a meet-i- n a was arranired at which he was to hear the score of "Marcella." He re-quested, however, that flic libretto be dlaeed in his hands before that meeting in order that he might look over it and familiarize himself with the action of the story. His request was complied with anil the book of "Marcella'' con-fided to his care. He did not keep his appointment but eloped with the score. Mr. Brighnm has for two months been vainly trying to recover his gem, and the only answer Hopper makes is that he gave it to his valet to mail back to Chicago. The postal authorities have made a thorough investigation and state officially that the opera was never mailed. f Hie Lut l)y on Krn-th- . At a convention of part of tho photo-graphers of the city a bill was in-troduced for tho express benefit of tho "Photographers in Tent," corner Fifth East and Second South. Among other things the bill provided that he be burned out treated to tar and feathers and last of all hung unless he quit the business in Salt Lake city on or before March 1st. Said photographer in tent roceives all such attentions as a first class compliment to his work and as a verification of the statement he so often hears, just as good pictures as I got down on Main street and paid $4.00 per dozen. At all events our hooks show that we have done the enormous business of photographing more than 1100 people in the last !J0 days and our work has given almost universal satisfaction. Although we have more work on hands now than we can possibly finish in the next two weeks, we are obliged to continue the present low rates still another month in as we countenance no bluffs of any kind. Full length cabinets $1.00 per dozen. St an Photo Co. Corner Fifth East and Second South. A CARD TO THE PUBLIC. A certain morning journal of this city seems to be better posted on my inten-tions than I am myself, as will be ob-served by their statement of the 21st inst., to the effect that as soon as I had settled my business affairs 1 conte m plated moving to Denver. Now I wish to inform my friends and the public in general that at no time during tho past twelve years have I ever contemplated going to Denver or any other place, nor have I ever given tho least intima-tion to any person or persons of any in tention on my part to leave Salt Lake City. On the contrary, they have al-ways been informed that 1 am located here for good. I have been identified with various business enterprises in this city since 1HT3. and for the past six years in the insurance business representing the leading companies of America and Europe, iu tire, life and accident, my ollieo for the past year has been and still is in the Progress block, room 614 and 515, where I or one of my repre-sentatives can always be found, and I will be pleased to have all my old friends call at any and all times, and will also be delighted to form the ac-quaintance of all new comers, and have them bear in mind that the agency ot Louis Ilyams is one of the largest if not the largest in the country, the combined ' cash eipital and assetts represented in my ollieo being over $00,000,000. Respectfully, Louis Htams, Salt Lake City, December 22, 1SU0. |