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Show ; i I pamati and gpi. 1 . Tho Creation on Saturday Noxt.-Tho Krouso Toatlmonlnl.-B Toatlmonlnl.-B j Miss Dabcock'a Exhibition.-Noll Durgosa Last B ' Night. Tlio Troubloa In Chloago.-Notos. B 111 hundred j.ara lnc Harden first car. hit grand oratorio of Tho HB Creation to the public, and the number ofllmMlt hu ilnce lon proilucfO, HK one would not llko to Mnlur. a gue. -, , II It e grand, frcih nd ImplrlnK to th.tssleof till day a It wm to that of (ho German critic. ot tba court ol VI .nna a century ago; llks tba Messiah It li alerts' new, and no number of rspetlllons will aTer ciuio It to grow itale. H In presenting the oratorio to H Salt Ltka the Choral society and H l'rot. Stephen! hate taken a fer am- H bltlout ttep, but there la eurely enough H musical appreciation here to tupoad H . to their cndeaTort. The theatre haa B'J tmn chosen by way of ouauge.a labor B naole concerti bare bcoome to frequent H " of lata a to loss their BOYelly and tie H ildea Mr. Hlepben h anzloue to ice B what a oborue of 150 could accomplish H . In a amaller auditorium In the way of H i mora delicate eflecte, articulation, etc., H ' which are atl to dlfllcult to acoampllth M j In the tabernaole. A large orchestra H i will accompany the aoclety and the B loloUta will be Mr. I'lummrr, Mr. H ' Harems, Mr. Kiulgn, Mil Winston Biif andMn,Uren. PH Tho aoclety ought to haToacrammed PB home. B The Krouie teetiuionlal on Monday MB, , Bight la auumlng popular proporitont, M . v tad the young la J lee baring It lu aVfMi i charge report the aale of a hear num. !ii ' bar of ticket. The program will be li found In another part of tna Nkws.buiI a glance will ahow It to be a very at. I tractlre one. The Robin Hood iUr. telle and erl other pojular genii ejffffj are glv.nja place and the uamea ol our ablttt local artist ate down for rarlous J sumbera. Tho concert ought to be a I big our, both on auoount of the excel . v lence or the program and tho ttiong J ' clalma the beolrlclare baa on the S Vy muelcal pnbllc gVgH There will beioO people engaged In H t the ealilbltlou of tiuyiical culture to ? be glTen by Mlia Maud May llaboock f at the Theater on Tueeday eruulng BmVJ . next. They will oomprUe her clau lu 2J, the Utah UnlYartttr, a delegation mBJ from the Ilrlgham Young Academy J at 1'roYo, where ahe le alio teacher, H and claatet from the publlo ichoole of H tbla oily, with a number of ber own H prWate puplli. Many of thoaaengaged H will wear the coitumea In which they t exerclie. Mlullabcock.wholiall.L. H and a graduate of llarrarJ, haa won a H hoit of frlenda while abe bae bean H ' wllhua, ou account of berglfla at a H reciter and the peraonal charm of her H luanuer. What abe can do aa an In. H alructor of pbyaloal culture, bow. erer, It aa yet only known to the eoliooU, and the tubllo will be given lie flrat gllrupie of what In Belt I.aiu li a new iclence on Tueeday erening. The reiulta MlM llabcock'i olasaea bate alrcaJy acooro pllthed are aald to be eunrlilug, and the exhibition will fjrm a moat norcl and entertaining ur.ului. In order to encourage a full atlendame, especially from tho schools, tho price of admit-elonhare admit-elonhare been put down to5oand 6l)o. Nell Burgei uiaw a fairly good andlence at the Theater lait erening, but It would hare been larger had pop. ularprlcea been adhered to, and ha J not the successful play, made famuue by Mr. Uurgeu, been atnt out here before without the etar. Hut there Is a great dlllerence between the play teen lilt night and that renderej prerlously, norl the dlOerencu due alone lo the pieionce of Mr. ilurgesr. Hole of ojurteahoitln hlaieelf, but thechlU itar, Annie Illanckr, le aloioit an equal attraction; aha li at clertr aa auy of the l'auntleroy children who hare appeared here. Mr. Jlurgetelt Inimitable at the maldeu lady, but he waanotatl blmeelf lait night, nwlug toamlitaken Impreiilon on bla part that tome one In thuauJlence waa attempting at-tempting to "guy" him. Several In dltldualt were moved to audi byiterl. cal laughter that they Interrupted the performance, and Mr. llurgtte lott hit head aa completely oa It he were a tchool nilM on her fir it aiaranco. The tinging of the quartette and "the Ilowery" by a cou le of "toU" were Taitly arpreclated. The whole per. formauce la an excellent ono and ought to draw better tblt afternoon and evening. The coming holiiiar- at the Theater, Decoration Diy. the 89th, will be held by the Tuyljr Untmullo compiny lu the tin of Ice, a tontatlonal play ol nioitnewlothlagtueratlon. Mr. lay. lor hat won much tucceit on the road with a revival of the famoua olj drama, and be guarantee a tmoulli lierlonnance on lit lint production by bit company before a illy au Jlence, The ISOtb perfermanco of Charlea Trohman't Block company In "The (llrl I Irtfl Ilehlnd Me" will occur at tho l.tnplre Theatre, jN'ew Vork, Tburtilay evonlng. itandtjme tou venlrt will be prctented In rommomor. allon of thu event. "VheUIrl I l,ell llohlnd Me" hat a ourloustltlr, ul nobedy who bat not read about the play would be able to gumt Ita char acter. Tbo work la n romantlo drama that It to tay, melodrama In the old and proper algulflcauce of the word. Bo many dlverie element! were put Into It a love lUrj, an Indian outbreak, ballet an army outpoit nod other matterr, that It wai dlfllcult to bit upou any tatlifactory detcrlptlve tlllo, Theouthori, llvlaioo and Kylee, flnlibod their work lu every other ditill, but forn mouth they dallied over tho queellou of n name. No dingle worJ leemed adequate, nor could they devliuany phatc that aniwered the purpoteof lndlcallDglhe character of theplir. Incldontal to one of the ecenci, theolrof "The Ulrl I I.elt He-hind He-hind Me" had boen Introduced. That rollicking tune bad for many a year been aaaoolatrd with military life. It li played In Kngland Invariably when Ilrltlah troop depart for acamtalgn, and In tbla ccuntry It hna long been a favorite with army bandt. Meneral Uuiter uiod to have It played fir-quenlly. fir-quenlly. Bo It waa auggeated that The Ulrl I lefl Ilehlnd Me" be taken for the title of the drama not became any girl waa left behind III the atory, or because It diiorlbed tho piece In any way, but limply for the resaon that It wa not Inappropriate, and In a hratiy way II auggeiled tho tplrlt of the pliy. The farce conudlana, Hallrn and Hart, will apfrar at the Theater Wcdneiday and Tbureday evening. They will prrient hiro then, for the flrat time lu Halt Lake their new farm comedy called, The Idea. Thlt new piece la aald to te a big Improvement on their familiar aklt Later On. It la of tbeaame lively character, abound. Ing with lolly Incident, attractive ong and dance nnd novel niutlcal apeoialtlea. Tho report from other oltlea Indlcatu that Tho Idea hat met with even greater tuccet than tho po ular Later On, and that It ttylng a good deal, Molly Fuller, the lorpon. tine dancer, and a ctceo Imitator of the ctlohrateil Lole Fuller, la Mra. Hallcnoll tho boardt and the will appear ap-pear with tho compiny. The rumor that Marie Walnwrlght would retire from the tinge mter Ihl reaaon uaveo aatonliblng that many dl-credlted It when It eared In prlul lat week. The Mitrvr, However, la Informed In-formed by Mlia Walnwrlght berielf Ibat the tt port 1 true. Htr llnal ap pearanco will bo In Milwaukee on June St. Bhe atatoa that the will not return tJ tho foolllgbU aialn. What her rcaaon mny tw for taking thUttepla mere oonjecturc, for tho actrea betaelt but not made Itiubllo. llut It mutt bo kail and wormwood for Mlia Wain wrlght, Juit at the period when ber itar 1 telling to ote that of Loula Jamie rlalug again In the drauutlo hnriion. AocuruluR to ail acoounta, Waluwrlght'a Irealmeut of bar former buaband waa ahameful, and ahe la aald lo hive boon aa ealous of tho lilla ho made during their Joint ilnrrlug tour a II be ha I been n rival artrea Imtend of her own buaband. If there It audi a thing at rtttlbullou, It la probably cornlug homo to Mlaa Walowrlght about now. Wo have recolviu from Mr. I'yrer, In Chicago, tho irogramof uueoi tlu big nee couceita given by Thomaa'a orcheitra nt the I'alr. From tho upturn up-turn tho Halt La'io linger expreaica. It la eaay to reu the lorco of the picu made by many theatrical manager, that the regular thowa In Chicago will buworiooir thlear than a If there were no I'ulr. We notice that the big-get big-get of Chicago managera, David Hen-derton, Hen-derton, ba Joined the rank of the wallerr. In an lutervluw with tho Mirror laat week, be la reported a fol low: When I lay that thlt la the worat theatrical tiaeon Chlcaoo bat aevu lu yeara," remarked Mr. Ileuderaon, "I am prepared toproveoiyworda. Tliore It not a bouie in Chlrugo, no matter what the attraction, whoro builutta can oompare with that of lattyear. "Abtw'a tpvetaele AmerlM nt the Auditorium, which la beln played on a big guarantee. It loslog money. Tbo Illack Croak at MoVlokeri'e It it frrtt. Lillian Ilueaell, who comet to the Columbia, It trying to curtail the en. gagtmeul. Bol Hmllh Ituaiell will limit bla ttay, while the entailer houioi and attraction! are appreciating tho fact thatlhey built In cauli'. "Vlillora coming to l-" World'a Fair find no time for oulalde enter-talnmenta, enter-talnmenta, No ono can reallte what an euormou and atureiidouaexhlbl-lion atureiidouaexhlbl-lion la at Jackeon I'ark. To do It thoroughly and to tee everything re qulrra more lime and money than molt people anticipate. In the hlitory of the world tbero hat never been any thing lo equal it, and generatlona will corns and go without being allorded ucb eight. There It not a man living who, aficronco vliltlng the World' I'alr ground, can aay there I the tllgbtealhope foranouulde attraction tu make mouiy, "l'eople who come to ire the l.xpo tttlon find no time, or dotheydeairo to tee anything else. At my houae, for Initance, which p aytonly the beat attraction, MarloTeuipnt aud other are playing to dleappdntlng bualneat. Where lait year ahe wculJ have played to$12,CMW, thltaearon the receipt do not reach above JiiHHi. A mouln from now they would not be JO'WO. "Mauagera will rind In their torrow and dlaappolntmeut, after an enor Inout exiioudlturr, that vlalton did not como lo attend theatera. I for ono nut So pa red and I expect U loio money, ot that my ajxctacle All IUha I a poor card, for w have niver played to It it than $I-(XKJ lu the week, but there novir wta a ipectacle or lay that could compcln agalnit n World' Fair, Tako the expoiltlona at l'arlt, London, Vienna nnd I'hlladelhla did the tbcateia ruako any mono? 1 gueta not. Now, If theater could not make money In tnrve cltlti where the ot pualtlon wat no comparison to oura what can be expected In the pmont ca7 "1 feel confident In laying that there will not bo an attraction In Chicago two moulba front now that I plevlug there today. Now, I don't want .Virror reader to rnUuuderalaml im-lini a Chicago man. I conilJcr Chicago the greatett city 111 (lod' world. We ahow more eutorprlae, puah and energy lu one day than New Vork dota In a month. We conduct everything on the fair aud tquara plan, and betide having Ibu largtit imputation ol auy city lu Ibu United Btatee, have the niot Intelligent and entcrirlalng cltl xeni; but, naverthele), I muat aay that riilcajoant are intlillod todevme three mriuttia otacwutury to a World' I'alr and fully appriolate that III balance bal-ance of tho llmoli all that theatrical managera ooutd renponably aik," Theodoro Thoniaa hat never been a popular mau among Aruerloin mutt, olaut, and the newt that bit retaliation retalia-tion aa director of the llureau of Muilo at tho World'a Fair bit been oilled for, will not excite auy wldetproad mourn Ing. Thomat bat been to wedded to Urmtii art and Uormiu muilclan that not only the profuulon but a great section of the publlo have often raised their voices In proleit agalott Mr. ThcmM' autocrallo redomlnance In tbo muilcal world. Couoernlug Mr. Thomas and the choice of hit auccti mr, Itcglnald De ICoven write In tho World at tollowt: At conductor nnd director-general cf tho World'a Fair concorta, Mr.Thomoa la prolably ai good a man aa could bo found at the present moment In thlt couuti. It waa during the time that plant wero being formed nnd arrangement! niado for the conducting of tnuslo during the Inhibition that, change would have been desirable, II would be n thank Irs task for any ono e te to step In now lo carry out another man' plant, which In any event would havo lo In done, aa radical cbangea made nt thlt time would be apt to entirely uraet all existing arrangement and create o (till worso chaot aud confusion confu-sion than any which at protect exlile. It Itcerlaluly lo be regretted that any onelnohargo of the musical cxorrltci at tho Fair should bavebotn In a pol-tlon pol-tlon to bo held oven Indirectly rcej on-tlbln on-tlbln for any action allectlug the Intern. ol the muilo trade; the muilcal dlrrctor ahould certainly nave bad nothing to do with anything but tho ottlillo tide of tho music. Ita more material atpectt should have bucu Intrusted to other and leta direct ly lute-cited hande. In rot ly to a question nt to whether he wouu accept the tnalllonof tuccea-tor tuccea-tor to Mr. Thomat If It were ottered him, Mr. Dimroscb It reported to havo aald that he taw tio reatou why he tlioulJ not, and that ho should rnoit desire to hold such a portion In order to be ablo thereby to ahow vltlllug foreigners, aui our own country peo I lu at well, what and how much American niutlo amounted lo. Thlt remark ou the part of Mr. Damrotoh It clearly Indicative of hit opinion that Mr. Thomat bat bad no such ditlrx and hat douo nothing to bring about to drtlrablo a result, and al if his Judgment that tuob a result would have beeu the pro) or one to work fur under the circumstance. It cannot bu denied that, eo far at the advancernert of mutlo at a national creative nrt or the incourngement of worker 111 that art It concerned, mut'o at IhuChloaguI.xpotltlon It likely to lo a fist failure. In view of ihle IkoI and of hi reported remark aa above, cue could almctt with Mr. Darnroicli might atlll bu oflered tho position of mualrnl director arid that be would accept It, aa one believes him to be since re In bit wl.h and purpote to vnoourago tho American creative musician lo the grcatcat (otalblo extent. ex-tent. PTACIII NEftS IN mtlFf. Duiocpeued In London at Camllle. Halvlult engagement at the Manhat tau, Now York, has been vxlunJcd. Wilson Ilsrrett't New York tualness continue to be very prosperous. The Choral toclety will hold a rehearsal re-hearsal olltbe Creation at tholr ball thl evenlug. Herrmau' thoator New York, ha been closed up ou accouut of u laok of patrouagv. Btusrt Ilobton lit gono back to tho Henrietta and ahelvetl Bho Bloop lu Couguer. Mr. Wclho write bis regret that he can not be here lo take part lu thu Kroutc testimonial. Adonlo It doing n wonderful but!, net at thc.Casluo, and Mr, Dlxey will probibly remain on llroidway all summer. (lalmsl, thn baritone, has returned toltily, lul will bo hero again next aulum, aud will probably ting Willi I'atll. M. Matins bsa settled down Into Felix Morris' place In Voke com-piny, com-piny, nn I scums to fill It very well. Hn can hardly, uowover, replaco the original. Tho latest t erton to be nilmltle I at a resident at tho Hdwln Forest Home It Oeorgo l'arke, will remembered a n actor for many yoara InAuguttln Daly's compauj. John BtUtoti will rovlvo Led Aitray nextteaiou. The revival will bean elaboralo one. Carrie Turner, itotxrt HI Hard and Jlote Uyllnge will initio Ipale. ThoOllbcrt and Bulllvan opera to come next, and upon which Hit Arthur meant lo work In tiiburl an retirement during I ho summer, will have, It la aald, lu ttory laid lu Hpiln. Mtrlu Janien 1 coming to the front again, for tho tint time In fact, alnco tbodevelotoj a case of twelled hcnl that took bor out of Francis Wilson' company, Her new comedy la called Delmoiiiro'a at Blx, MantflflJ, after hi celebrated prisi experience In thl city hit jeir, vowed, bo tho Mjror ty, that bo would never visit Bait Ltkn again. Hut he It booked ft the Theater, Juat thu tame, In the near future, Vlena would not rcleaio tho great Rlcbler to allow him to como lo notion not-ion aa leader of the (Symphony orchestra. orches-tra. Ho he wilt remain In Austria till the end of Mill century on n salary of (1000 a year when the Ilottonalnl guar anlrcd htm f :0,0C0 for eight months, with nn extra $3000 If ho vltlled Chi-c-ogo. 'I ho uew American Theater' o on-Ing on-Ing took place laat Thursday evening, Thu attraction was the romantic ancctaoular drama, Thn I'nxllcal Daughtir, whlen hal ulno Bternlc chafers golnit full tilt over Icu.fiut waterjumptlnltt big scene, nn I the following actors and aclrtisaot In It cast: Julia Arthur, Helen Dturray, Charlotte Tlttell, J. II. llirner, Leon nrd Illy lie, Charle Dillon, Julius Knight, Ji'ltenon de Augrllii, liussoll llatsott. Kidney Howerd, WalJen llimityMatt IS. Hnyder and Thomat Tcrrlt. Dlxry'a burleique of rulerewtkl Is at grril a hit at was hi orlulnal Imitation Imita-tion of Henry Irving, Tho I'adcre wskl business I exceptionally clever. Mr. Dlxey, made up In clone Imitation of thn frlrx'c-hiiAded mueclan,tll down at the plam and cxtcutoi the nioxt dlfllcult muilo with u degren of case and dash that nils the auJltor with nutement. A messenger enters brar-Ing brar-Ing n note which he handt to tbo actor, who slops playing ami turns to recelvo the mitsagc. Tho piano goea right on, however without ceiatlon und tboro I a roar of Isugbier and applause at the denouement, Mr, Dlxe), I ULder stand, It Iteadlly making ready for his prodnctbu of Adoul ll.Dranicitio A'rwt. l'alrner' ttcck company will now lake rtcomilotu and well earned rut of teveral months tho llrat long vacation In ten yeara and will return to the HroaJway house rally nextBc-ptember, During thlilntervnl Mr. rainier will goto i:uroru In quest of dramatlu iiovelllit for next tcaaon, which promise, as fraa l'alrner' Ihcator ! concttneil, tobo ono of the mttt attractive at-tractive ot Mr. 1'almoi'a carter aa a manager. JIo hu already for proJuc tlon an amusing comedy by Von Moaer, tbo author of The l'rlvatoBec. rettryj comedy from the Ucrmiti by Clinton Htuarl, (ntltlml Thu I'rlce iff Blleucej a drama by Martha Motion oilIedTioBllver Wedding; an entirely new comedy by Julu Clttllo and a new play by llobert Iluchauan, |