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Show (&m Q 0 Public Igye ' .. I ATTRACTION THIS WEEK. Salt Lake Theater E. H. Sothern in "The Proud Prince," Thursday. Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday ofternoon. r NE of the greatest dramatic I I events In the history of Salt Lake f was the engagement la3t week of Maude Adams. It will be often referred to In the years to come. It had rare features that made It unique. While the visit of Miss Adams would ha.ve been a notable one for its artistic Importance alone, the Intense interest felt In the career and personality of the artist made the engagement remark- ab(Dn the grosser side, the side that ap-peals ap-peals to the management very thor-oughly. thor-oughly. the visit was also extraordi-narily extraordi-narily successful. It is believed that the receipts break the record for four Hl performances, amounting, it is thought, to nearly $2000 for each performance. Words may be pretty and loving cups beautiful, but there Is something pleas-ing pleas-ing and satisfying In the proof of great j appreciation shown by the act of pusn-j pusn-j ing money through the hole in the box office window. Now comes Sothern In "The Proud Prince." The play is based upon the words of the Scripture: "Ho hath put down the mighty from their seats and exalted the meek and humble. The proud King Robert of Sicily, who scoffs at good and the chanting of monks ex-tolling ex-tolling the Magnificat, is transformed into the likeness of his court fool, and under the hoots and derisions of the populace comes to a realization of his wickedness. While king, he has desired to destroy Perpetua, daughter of the executioner, who has humiliated him. In his humble position as court fool, his energies are now bent to save ber and it Is their love adventures in bis changed state that furnish the action of the play. In the last act he Is re-stored re-stored to his throne with Perpetua by his side after he has saved her life by masquerading as the king's champion, and has chosen voluntary defeat so that the girl, who has been charged with sorcery, is saved from the flames. The supernatural element that enters the plav gives Mr. Sothern, both as an actor and stage producer, unusual op-portunltles. op-portunltles. Through remarkable psy-chologlcal psy-chologlcal indication Sothern shows the progress of morality over bruitlshneas and the steadily growing ennoblement of a human being. The transforma-tion transforma-tion from powerful king to groveling fool is accomplished in an instant and Sothern causes the character to reveal the king's desires and ambitions while placed in a fool's exterior. It is the very summit of great dramatic cxpres- Sicily in the thirteenth century is the locale of the story. The play Is divided into four acts, and embraces stage pic-lures pic-lures of remarkable magnificence and tableaux of striking beauty, revealing glimpses of Sicilian mountain scenery, the interior of the palace pictured in barbaric splendor, the Impressive in-terlor in-terlor of a massive cathedral and the brilliant grounds oC the royal ipalace 1 of Sicily. 1 What McCarthy has done for the play Hl In filling It with beautiful sentiment and poetic language. Mr. Sothern, it is promised, has done for ltj in giving it a production, artir.tic. beautiful and lm-pressive. lm-pressive. The mediaeval period of the play allows for equally as picturesque and brilliant settings and costuming as did "If I Were King," and Mr. Sothern is said to have gone in advance of the noted production of this play in "The Proud Prince." A large organization numbering luO people are employed. There is a chorus of trained voices and the regal and sacred surroundings of the play allow of picturesque char-actors char-actors royal courtiers, priests, monks, church dignitaries and Sicilian popu-)nce popu-)nce The musical embellishments play an important part in reilecting the spirit of the different scenes. Fifty-two musical numbers have been composed especially for Mr. Sothern's production. H " Much interest is felt in the approach-ing approach-ing appearance of Mrs. Leslie Carter at the Grand theater in "Madame Du Barry." She wjli u s. week hence, ihe dates being June G. 7 ana 8. Mrs. Carter has had great audiences cvery-where cvery-where she has appeared In this great Hl play and the experience will be con tinucd here. PLAYS AND PLAYERS. ' Henry Ainlc-y, seen here in the part of the little minister, is to appear with Eleanor Robson in Loudon in Septem-ber Septem-ber in Zangwlll's "Merely Mary Ann." H . One of the London newspapers re-cently re-cently printed a story to the effect that some member."? of "The Prince of Pll-sen" Pll-sen" chorus were given to winking and smiling at the audience. The practice -was dewrlbcd as extremely objectlon-able objectlon-able and one that did not commend it-self it-self to the tate of the better clasp oT English play-goera. Needless to add, immediately afterward b-evcral news-papers- came out with Interviews with 1 members of the Shaftesbury company, 1 in which the -accusation was repelled Indignantly. The management likewise strongly repudiated the charge. This 1 and various other incidents- which It Is unnecessary to "particularize would seem to betray the artistic touch of an American theatrical press agent. John Drew arrived in London one 1 "Ight about a week ago and went up to 1 Wyndham's theater to vqc how his niece was getting along. Miss Barrvmore way on the stage when Mr. Drew arrived, and he went to the side noar rr f3ttssrij box and looked out upon I the stage through a small hole cut there for the purpose of observation. The actress ac-tress noticed her uncle's face framed in the wing, and the unexpected apparition appari-tion gave her such a shock that s?hc screamed In a fashion that thoroughly startled the other members of the company com-pany on the stage with her. Miss Barrymore soon recovered her self-possession, self-possession, however, and, edging near the wing. Interpolated Into her lines a remark about wishing to show tho chaiv actcr ahe was addressing something naturalistic In the way of carving, and before Mr. Drew could help himself she had taken his check between her finger and thumb and given It a playful play-ful but not too gentle pinch. Mabel HIte, the clever little singer of i "The Telephone Girl" and "The Chaperones" fame, Is now making the hit of her life in the new musical play, "A Venetian Romance." in New York. Her song, "My Venetian Rose." is the catchiest number in the score, and New York papers- give her credit for most excellent ex-cellent work In it. Richard Mansfield. In San Francisco, It Is paid, has had the most prosperous week of his career. There were lines of people before the box ofllec a large part of the time, and speculators sold seats at S7 apiece. A Boston paper if. authority for the announcement that Nance O'Neil Ip letter let-ter perfect not only In tho lines of the nart nf T.nrf riMth ; tun Shakespearean tragedv. but also in those of Macbeth as well, and that she intends at some future date to play the latter role. Is there absolutely no limit to Nance's ambition? She'll be doing Lear next, or perhaps "doubtllng" as Puck and Bottom. Chicago Tribune. u One day last month was the anniversary anni-versary of Ellen Terry's firpt appearance appear-ance on the stage. "The very first time I ever appeared on any stage." she says, "was on the first night, April 2S. lSuG.'of The Winter's Tale' at the Princess theater, with dear Charles Kean. I was born in ISIS and was between 7 and S when I played in 'The Winter's Tale.' " u "Yes, suh; yes. suh; ah'm still alive, but mighty po'hly, boss. mighty po'hly," said Lew Dockstader at the Marlborough hotel last night. "Ah done been up again' sumfln' Ah neber hyeard of befo' an' cyant zactly say de word which dey call It," says the New York American. "Gemmen's name sounds lalk Mister Mis-ter Lees McGIsty," he continued. "He done made a law dat a nigger cyant hab his fotygraf took ridln' in a ca'-rlage ca'-rlage by a white man 'fore de capitol ob dis United States. What fo' dat thirteenth 'mendment, Ah'd lalk to know? "C,omc pesterln' me wif dem secret service men and detecatlfs an massa knows who. Ain't I done los' one ob my shoes grittln' awny from Washington? Wash-ington? Ain't Ah done been ccah'd al-mos' al-mos' white when Ah ain't done naw-thln' naw-thln' but hab my fotygraf took? "Wha foh de President want my picture? Who dis yer Booker T Washington? Wash-ington? De only Washington Ah know is Washington city and Giniral Washington. Wash-ington. Say. 'taln't none ob dem. Who Is It, den, an' what he got to do with Mr. Lees McGIsty? Thank the Lawd, Lew's blaqk head is still on his olo shoulders, but dey done got me dat puzzled Ah cyant make no sense out of it. "Ah wish de President would gib ole Lew back his fotygrafs, dat's all; an' Ah'm goin to take my pen In han' an' write him an' ask him not to take a po' ole nigger's picture dat he done pay for." h It Is said that Charles Frohman has been negotiating with her present managers, man-agers, Wagenhals & Kemper, to star Blanche Walsh in "The Sorceress," the play In which Sarah Bernhardt made such a success In Paris. 4 Union fever has attacked tho chorus. In "The Man From China," at tho Majestic Ma-jestic in New York, tho twenty little girls known as "the ponies" have organized. or-ganized. The president is Miss Irene Huriiphrcy, who weighs ninety-one I pounds, and the secretary and walking walk-ing delegate is Rose Earle, who weighs at least 100. The union delivered Its first ultimatum last Saturday night. It was a demand for electric fans in the dressing-room. Granted, so no strike. 4 . The following is from a San Francisco Fran-cisco paper: "Duvld Belasco and Henry Do Mille collaborated once on a play In which they used the line from the Psalms of David, 'Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? tri-umph? "The actor to whom this line fell expressed ex-pressed his dissatisfaction over it and confided his feelings to De Mille. 'Arc you stuck on it?' the actor asked him. " 'Yes,' said De Mille, 'I must confess con-fess I am. You see. the line Isn't mine; it's David's " 'I thought so.' said the actor; 'ny one could tell that was some of David Eelasco's bad English " Henry Miller, long recognized In New-York New-York as a matinee idol, Is a native of London, who came to Canada when he was i years old. That was In 1S71, which is as difficult to believe as Is the fact that ho has a grown-up son who, by the way, has gone on the stage, despite de-spite bitter parental opposition. Mr. Miller went about preparing for the stage systematically For three years he studied under C. W. Couldock, and he made bis debut In Toronto In "Amy Robsart." He Joined Daniel Frohman's Lyceum stock company In 1887, as the leading juvenile, in which company he remained three years. His first big hit was as Kercheval West, in "Shenandoah," "Shenan-doah," a part which he "created." He was also successful In "Ail tho Comforts Com-forts of Home" It was In that farce that his wife. Bijou Heron, made her last appearance on the stage but his greatest popularity was won aa leading man in Charles Frohman's- Empire Theater The-ater stock company. In "Sowing the Wind." "Liberty Hall" and "The Mas-queraders." Mas-queraders." He started forth as a star seven years ago In "Heartsease," followed fol-lowed it with "The Master," and then with "The Only Way," a. dramatization of Dickens's "Tale of Two Cities." In which he was capital. "D'Arcy of the Guards" served him well, but "The Taming of Helen," his last year's vehicle, ve-hicle, was a failure. He ended thin sea-con sea-con with Margaret Anglin in "Camille." Everybody's Magazine. Mrs. Fipke announces that she has played one of the most prosperous sea sons In all her career as an actress, a period of forty weeks being narked to her credit up to the present lime. After a brief period of rest Mm Flake is to resume her work and will devote the balance of the season to precentatlony oX the Ibsen dramas. Report has it that Charles Frohman will establish a high-class stock company com-pany next year for the revival of important im-portant playo of the modern repertory and the production of occasional new-plays. new-plays. At the head of the company will bo Henry Miller, who has gone to London Lon-don to consult with Mr. Frohman. Whenever a looking glass appears In a scene in a play above a fireplace, In n sideboard, or r. cabinet, one Is almost sure to hear somebody ask his or her neighbor why the glass has been smeared with whiting or soap or something some-thing that dulls its surface completely. All sorts of reason nre hazardwl or suggested. sug-gested. Sometimes it Is stated that it is done for luck, at others that they did not intend to leave It dirty. The" real explanation is, however, a simple one. The glass is dirtied to prevent the Illusion Il-lusion of the scene being destroyed, as it certainly would be if the audience saw In It the reflection of the people In the wings carrying on the business of the stage. Chicago Tribune. Fritzi Soheff is out of the cast of Bab-ette, Bab-ette, owing to a severe cold, and Ida Hawlay has taken her place for the remainder re-mainder of the tour. V To those familiar with the methods of modern stars, the self-effacement of Wright Lorlmer, who won success during dur-ing the past season In "The Shepherd King," is scarce credible, so rare Is the virtue of modesty. He is not only the chief author of the drama, but he secured se-cured the enormous amount of money I necessary for the production, and dl- ( rected fit himself, so that there was nothing to stand in the way of hie being be-ing in the lime-light every minute, had he ho elected. Yet there Is not the slightest indication of an effort "to hog the scenes," in the elegant vernacular of stage-land. In fact, the absolute reverse re-verse is true. Mr. Lorimcr came to New-York New-York absolutely unknown and proved himself a sincere, earnest, well-trained actor, a scholarly, Intelligent player, endowed en-dowed with good looks, a fine physique, and an admirable voice. He is too young to have proved himself, but his acting as David Indicates that he will travel far toward the high goal he has set for himself. Everybody's Magazine. The opera which Charles B. Dillingham Dilling-ham will have for Lulu Glaser next season sea-son will be "A Madcap Princess," an operatic version of "When Knighthood Was In Flower," with book by Harry B, Smith and ecore by LuQwIg Englandcr. Dcnman Thompson denies the report that he Is to have a new play. He Is going to rest next season, and continue In "The Old Homestead" the season following. fol-lowing. Wilton Lnckaye, In a recent lecture on the censorship of the stage, said; "The American stuge Is overrun by playwrights play-wrights and actors who seize and exaggerate exag-gerate the follies and crimes of life. These sensational plays and their actors ac-tors unquestionably work great Injury to our national character." Mrs. Idah McGlone Glabon was not long ago a guest of De Wolf Hopper and his wife, Nellie Bergen, at Mr. Hopper's country place on Long Island. Every now and then Mr. Hopper would, In addressing ad-dressing their guest, say. "Idah I beg your pardon. Mrs. Gibson." At length, tired of this, tho comedian declared: "I've simply got to call you Idah. My third wife's no. my second wife's name was Idah. you know." Mrs. Gibson looked curiously at Mrs. Hopper. "Oh!" said the latter, with a laugh, "T don't mind. You canon t expect Mr. Hopper to forget all hlo wives completely." HE PULLED TIGER'S LEG. Anna Held's Husband Takes Away Gambler's Money. "And. maybe, we can't stop working for a few hours," said Florence Zteg-feld,. Zteg-feld,. husband of Anna Held, as he tucked away a roll of bills amounting to 56800, says the Denver Post. "And It's the gambling man's money." hummed the theatrical man as he walked out of the St. James gambling-house gambling-house early Sunday morning, hailed a cab and said; , "I guess you can drive slow-like to the depot this Is such a fine morning all rosy and bright, that I want to see it long. I want to dream of this Sunday monilng, Mr. Cabman." ' "It was this way," went on Miss Held's husband. "Luck was against me, away against me I say. Mr. Cabman, Cab-man, let down the front and T won't have to yell so loud." Down came the front of the cab, and bringing out a fresh cigar, Mr. Zleg-feld Zleg-feld went on with his story. "I came do Denver and all was dark. I go away and all is bright." "How's that?" asked the puzzled cabby. cab-by. "Didn't you hear? No? Why, I've got some I thousands of Brother Austin. Know Brother Austin? A delightful chap yes. delightful, and so generous!" "A present?' asked the cabby. "A present? No; I worked hard for this money I labored long. I ruined my collar getting this money honest, I did, and I must send It to the laundry quick." "Nice fat roll, I suppose?" cabby-wanted cabby-wanted to know. "Not very lean yes. rather fat. Here's a thou, boy, boy, and here's another thou, and here Is a big William, the five fingers, boy. and here I see a few of those disgraceful fifties. Bah! 'tis bad, as Anna would say theee fifty boys." The depot reached and Florence Zlog-feld, Zlog-feld, after leaving "a scrap of paper" It was a SG bill with the cabman, went to the private car, still singing of the nice, rosy morning. Mr. Zlegfeld's wining Is said to be the largest since the present siege of gambling opened. When he first came to Denver, last week, with his company, he left. 5C0O the first night in the St. James. That made him olue for nenriy ten seconds. The next night was more bad luck. In three times at play, Zleg-feld Zleg-feld lost nearly ?S00O. But the last whirl at the tiger proved to be a fortunate, one for him. He |