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Show H pamati and ypi. H -na.osv H Tho Homo Dratnatlo Club will Rondor Tho Matjlstrat.o. - Nyo H and Burbank. Tho Mlnstrols.-Foy'a Doath.-DoMlllo H Passod Doyond. Amusomont Kotos. ' The local Home Dramilla Club wltb H IU notable record ot Confusion, l'lqtic, H Tho Hankei'e Daughter, Saratoga, H Yoeng Mrs. Wlnthrop. Htorm Heateu, H etc., was fat becoming lltllo morn B i than a memory, and It will bo pleis- H nt news to Ha many liloutla to know H i tbal It la to experience n revlvnldur- B I Ing the approaching Conference. Tlio B club boa secured poriutsiton from H J Auguitln Daly to render hli comedy B 5 of tho Magistrate ou very ellir royal- VvTI ty,but tho members wero glad to eccuru BB the manuscript on any terme aud will BBf JTH put It In Immedlato rehearsal. The BBT H old time strength of the club will be BH ji represented In the oitsi; Mr. Wells will BBt I play tho Magistrate, John T. Itsymond BBS " end James Lewis' old character; Sir. BBS Hpencer will come down from Holla to BBW assume the pirtof tho terrlblo Infant, 1- and Mr. Voung rend the other mom- Ji bers have parts suited to tbolr abilities, BBfl The rooit uncertain thing In life Is BBl ''"' theatro going public; soma time BBl ago when Hill Nye appeared In Halt i Lake, he hardly drew a corporal's BBl ' guard, and last night, as much to tile BBMt surprise as any one die, when he and BBll Jl irbenk stepped out on the Unite, the BBflif i house was crowded. The receipts were BBa! a 1750,00 and the Congregationalism, un. BBflr H ,(er whose auiplces tho cnlottslnincnt BBlr ( '"" Riven, will be benelltlid very BBlj 5 handsomely, BBfl 3 Like Dickens, 1)111 Nyu first made a BBJ' a bushel of fame and money as a writer, IaaaaaaaV then be madu nnotUor bushel as a reader of his writings. The hour and ball which bo anl Mr. Ilurbaak use In narrating telling urns, and Imltat- BB1,! '"' oJ'' boraely obaiattere, are most BBV' lellgbtfully slant, nnd the audience BBI1 '' evening nearly caaTulied limit !"" with merriment. Nearly every lubject wis encoiol. Mr. Nye, In ail tbo 11 elocgated clumilncia made an familiar through the press, read a number of old M eelo:tloui anl a number new ones, Bill Kivlnlgthe old ones us ho said, he- Bit cause be came to Halt Lata (before In tucll strict confidence, that I lie thought lew of Ms preieut audience had beard him; his rich Bcandluavlan f story showed him to be an cxctllint J dlaleot artist, and his Inlmltabo tur- BB 'i I que talents sbons In the rtadluj BBf, loison deplullug the meelln : liataojii Ueorge Oswil I and lit. inHier. Ills H i tflort throughout brlitled wl h humor BB.S aud wit end noro reminiscent of Nje BB I I'tlils best days, be ore his lien begau BB, ' hiw the signs of wtarlness that BB i it now very often shows, llutbinkla BB ' si genius In another line, and In clear, J magnetic but eccentrlo style f narra- BB ' "on ' immensely tiling. His "dec- f und Trial" was his best eUjrt, BB , BB The news of the death of Kddle Koy. J.S the comedian, who so recently nppesr-oil nppesr-oil here In Ala Jtabi, will lie it genuine surprise to the general public. To theso who know Foy mil tins doicr utely dliaelulu life liu has nlwavs llvoj, It rtllllir imsjrprlfoat all. He repre. eenlel pretty neirly everything Ihst ldlrepulittilu in Ilolie iilanlsm of the lo vest sort, but llio thoimul who epplau Mil ht unooublui talrnts, only teeing him on tho boirde, hoMvJ him tJ ii pluiinolo and k vw notli. Ing ot hint as a man. Ha received an encrmouj salary, hut was always Impecunious, mil Minngor Jlemlortoii never knew nt what mo-mont mo-mont ho was liable to turn tui mlsilng nltogtthrr. JIls pUie will he ex. tremeiy dlQlcult to till, for nil his short-ojuilngf. short-ojuilngf. The Deicret Mlmt'els trloj ttiolr entertainment en-tertainment on the 1'rov odo the other night, aud from all aoaiuntt the uu. msltookto It very kindly. Ttiu oiin-inlltio oiin-inlltio In eharn nr the ojuuadrumi Ii a'wul tu Inio up tho w-irk of awarding the prlti for tun best, and the whole will be "sprung" on a riall f.tks audience audi-ence Tuealny nnd WoJursdiy uvsn-Inii, uvsn-Inii, 1'ollowlug Ii the program in fAltr l. loitrumenUtUrerluie, full orehritra .. II e. Kreuie. Hlreclor. Jle.ller Orcrlcire... . . Ilr Ibe Cloinmnr llienilliielreoliilbe(llta .John li.i,in.n. turalr a Slalter ol urnKcoiDeiel br Mm . U ran.... - u u.MJler. Down Deep Hilhlntlm teller nillanl e-iaircs, leallo lliil (eomotel b BamU. I'arki... KIhVlViie:se"nV.'""rTr,Tiraetllanplva, ll'aarraaker Human Nature (coiniKnel by parat. Purk) ... l'.t lluuUr Tbeio I.IIIIO Din, ima't L'rr v. l. liricliara riailt-lbe anfalimirUtlr. Vl.hli,Udr ....Ilrranl Her Mau.... .,..Mlit,o 1'AllT It. lleaeret Uclalla In Darker Male .Ilea llc.ti. AibKOilb, W.l.n, ll.Ttni, llrlxhaiii. llamtlon, llublnaoa, Peter-ton Peter-ton anl Mqulrea lirainilalor Ktcrciae..llagti Siirajus aoI stare Neoinaii IIAitplHoIo It. J Carpanler, aerompaaled br the .Neapolitan IJmnlelte Ulu'i Kllaion In Uaardeinam trank Mlaioa. Aaataiant. Jim llranlsan'aTrii b) Uallforala with the Halt l.ako t'ountil rat liunbar To conclude iritli tlie mmlctl eitrafagania eatitleil.Ameriea DiacoreroJ In Twenty 3llnulea Worila anil niuala by aam U. I'atk. Kiloo(akteillrlneMan) w Hr J llrrant lirlan I (Utb sick ianlanl (Irani llainMnn I ranreaca (An Aneol on aCarlli I rank M mam C'olunibiiadliinklnKl'artl IV. W. nancy I'cilru (tranciacau ilonk).....U. W Mldyley lelanilata, eouillera, etc L'oitumee (ruin nottu. "It Is rather acuriuus circumstance that the liunuol the play upon wliloli Mr. UsMllle was at work at the time of his death was The l'roinlae.1 l.auj. Let us hope that ho has found It." This brief paragraph In the New York Heoordtr, will lie the first Intelllgenue many peoplo will havo had ot tho death ofoneor America's moat glfiej diamat-lets. diamat-lets. He was well known tu Hal' Inker from Thn Wife, Tne Clnrlty Hill, Men end Women, nnd Thn li"t 1'andliH, In all of whloii ho undoubtedly undoubt-edly ha I the principal hind. Ho win a thorough scholar, aud ho will bs Immensely Im-mensely mliaeJ by tho dramatio world. KvanBtephcna'un'fjJo photogrnphlo ndvurtlsoincntaaroseeii In the primt-uont primt-uont pliooi of the city, and there la little doubt that the Tabernacle on NeJnesJar afternoon and evonln will be well lllle I. The spectacle of .J initiy ulilldren dreaied In ttio cottumes of tho Tarlous tiatloiulltlee ot thu world, the national sjn they will tender, and more than all, the troop nf young Hlwaihta who will hold up thn reJmau'i end of the niusioal pagoint will rxcltoa groat amountof nltoatlon, particularly nm-iiig tho young. There is only oneUtejilieua am the keoieat of our mniiigors might tako leisons from Mm. The pleasant nettsliglvon out that IrankO. Carpenter, the notid corn.--siwndciit, whoso graphic letters nre now apt earing In tuo rialurday edltlun rf tho News, Iisoiii to visit this city, and that hu will Itcturo one night In thntluatre. Mr. II. (J. Whitney was aiked liy Mr. t.'nri outer to name some local Initllutlo i under whole ausplcei theleoturumUht be given, oni he nt once Indicated thu l'resa club. There la every probability that that club will ttkeholdof thoallalr, and make of It thu signal succena achieved by their masLu ball. Traucl Lincoln, who wae onrero (optilar it lealer In Hall Lake muslcil circles Is the Drat soprano of tlie Chicago Ladles ijuartette, which has J tut made a iiiccrsaful tour through Canada, The (luartelte will sing In Denver In April. Mlii Lincoln contributes con-tributes an article this week to the Denver J.'eentt, tho bright little maga-tine maga-tine ol which It, J, Jump, formerly of this city, is now tbo muilcal editor. Tho following pitro,trph In the New Vork Herald bsara out tho Intimation Intima-tion made by the NttUM a few weeks bnckt A rumor has Lien alloat In tiieutrlcil olroloilor lovcral days that Mrs. illuna Uate-IUynee would rotlre Irom the stsgu at tlm end of her present season. It Is reported that Mr. Hi) ne has told niilnllaiatefrlond that he liai positively decided upon this; that he has not yet spoken to Ills w lie of tho matter. Hut then he thinks when ho shows her the rtubiof his Lank book and lets her know exactly how unprofitable her preient season hat been, she will ncqulesco In the wlidom of till diclilon nnd olvn up her hlttilonlo ambit ou. Mr. Haynei said yesterday afternoon that his wife will fullll all the engaemuuts she hat made for ttili season and then aha will do what she pleaies next season. Tho Immortal Verdi has bad liU heart' wlshgrantod ho has lived to see the production of Ills opera of Fat-stkll. Fat-stkll. This work, which lu all probability proba-bility will buhlilatt, was broututout In Milan oitho evening of theStb, and tho following dispatch thus describes de-scribes tho event: La Hcaln Theatre was tonight tlllod with u brllllantau-dlonce, brllllantau-dlonce, whoasaeinbledtoliesr the new opera, FalelaT, coinIweil by Verdi. Among those preaeut was l'rincees Letllla Ilonapartr, widow of the Duko of Aoste. The work was accorded n most hearty reception. Tho ijuarrol ea.no In the recond act rtcelvednn encore anil thu aged cimpoaer was called three times l.uforo the cutlaln, and each tlmu lie was given an ovation. ova-tion. In tho tecmd act Maurel was obliged to repeat FalatsfT'a sir, an I when ho had tlnlahed he wnagrreteJ with deafening opplauie. The most intents enlriuilum prevailed. At the close of thenct Verdi was called before the curtain Ilvo tlratr. The l.nt time be nppoaied with Ulg-nor Ulg-nor Hold, the librettist, anl Minor Mascboroni, thelcaJerot the orcheatra. Atllieolosoof tho opera Verdi wis given neveii nioro reoalls and was greeted with checrr, baud ulnpplug ii n I the waving of hankrlclilefa. Ktnlnenl critics say that tbeoptrn, botli In its poetry und music, suri aisea the hlghuit exprctatlous a.id that Is a masterpiece of the first order. King Humbert sent a telegram ti Verdi, eacurlin; the abiencoof liluiiolf and (t'leeu Marguerite. In tlm telegram tele-gram ills majoaty sail ho doalrtd to uiillclpate the applsuiu that woilll gnnttlio fresh proor of Verdi's Ibex-liauillblu Ibex-liauillblu genius, and to express tho p.ital admiration he felt for ino com. ofir. The teleirracn concluded "May you Lu preserved for in my ye in to honor orl.to ouloy our alliclluui and Iherecognltlou of Italy, which In her saddest tlnya fount pitrlutlo comfort lu your Irluui; lu," Olio canuot help thinking na tie reada tvciirivncrs like this and rmtl bow young Mnicaul's first effort, t'flvalcrla Iluitlcnvj, brought nun fame and fortune in a slnjlu night of the Immense contrail between tile recognition accordud rnuilenl genius lu these days, and that Uituwul on talents greater still only a hundred jearn ago. 'Ins great maatcr of tbo last lonlnry who knew anything but grlndlig (overly were thu txceptloL', not the rule. The Immortal Mo-tart, Mo-tart, burled during tho Illness of his wife, win so sjeejlly forgot that his grave was never found. Hchubert suffered suf-fered Irom poverty Iromlils birth to his death; Haydn, coairoser of tbo Croa-Hon, Croa-Hon, trudged the streets of Vienna nnd serenaded under the wlneows of tho rich for a cliaucu contribution; Heetho-veil, Heetho-veil, tho Bhakceare nf mush-, wus harassed nearly nil Lis life by Itnauclal carer; the great Hpohr bad atunutlu,e to waeh his ewu clolhw, and Instances might be multiplied of the hard path mualcltns had to tread lu "the good old days of yore." Droll, unctions, funny Frank Daniels and his big comedy company of twenty-four players come tu the Halt Lake Theater for two perfjiui-nncei perfjiui-nncei next Thuralay and Friday, Feb. is and it. presenting hr the tint time to a riall Laku audience tbo new laugh provoking success, Dr. Cupid, riu many la too comedlts have beeu otrered to the amusement loving public) In the past fsw years, Hut it would seem that the subject for plays of this order had been exhausted. Hut Frank Daniels' new farco Is an exception; in It lbs comedian Ii laid to have uncovered a near vehicle for the display of his un. iuettlonablo ability, a an eccentric actor, and to oiler u new phaae of character, char-acter, which will be recognized by thousands of thcarrr goers, as ahu lutely new and orlglual to tbeuonioiy etego. Tbcophlle Mudge, (Mr. Dm-lels,)lsthe Dm-lels,)lsthe proprietor o! nimall hotel at Hut,ks Laudou, I'., and u member In good standing with every lecret aoclety In the country. He Is a good Mason, a Knight Templar, u inooino. of tbo Itoral Arcanum, KoJ Men, Odd I'ellows, Knlghti of I'ythlas, Uolden l.tgle, Anierluiu Mechanics, Bona of Malta, nn I a dozen or more orders; bo Is always on parade at lodge meetings, Installations or banquets, and ai chock full uf socret signs, grips and rasi. words as a sponge Is of holes. Danlolshas a great part anl It Ii uuneoesaary to say that he makes the most of It, and otlara a plase of character char-acter that most men have mil. Mr. MuJgels jflltctel, moreover, with n wenontliosldeof his tieok, thn "only one thing that prevents hlra from being be-ing an kxceedliigly handiomo man." In his desire to have this removed, he submluto nn operation known as skin-grading. skin-grading. The wen li cut oil and a pie;o ot skin from another man's face is latched ovor bis lacerated cuticle, but ns thn Infant nature Is permeated by tho inllueuco of tho mother's crcasi; an the iniiiilon of another man's bloou nllucls Mr. Mudge's char actor, am when It Is understood tint the gentle, mail from whom the skin-graft was ma Jo was n retire I pirate, wife-poisoner wife-poisoner anl highwayman, Mr. Mudge' predicament and tho change In hlsdlipoiltlon will bo understood. Mlii lle-slo Hanson, who will bo re-mcintereJ re-mcintereJ for her clever work in "Llttlu I'uck" which Frank Daniels was socn In here last season, la still Included in the long ll.tof comedy plajers, supporting the camedian during dur-ing his present tour. IlgroltE AMI 11KII1.NII Tin; iok.nu. A. M. l'almsr's company in Lady WiiiJeriucre'a Fan setmt to havo been falily aucctsiiul. Madams Modjeika la n grandmothor, nd, itranjer still, aho glories lu the lacl. The Clilcaio Carloton club' oiler of a i rite of t-'M for an or glnal play brought nearly eight inimucrlpti. The bit of Uoo. Clark, who Is playing play-ing I'etruclo to Ada Ilehau' Kttber-lue, Kttber-lue, lsonnof tho topics of tho hour lu New Vork, David llelruco hu signed a contract with (Jhsrles Fjohman to wrlto a so-cloly so-cloly (day for tbo Hniplro Tlieattr, to be leady Oct. 1, Lillian ltuisell's Opora company will ling all summer In Chicago, At tho cloie of tbe World's Fair Mm Hut-sell Hut-sell will take a vacation abroad. Thoiocond, or properly ipeaUng, tho third trial of M. II. Curtis, tor thu murder nf 1'ollceimn (Jraut, lias beeu let for February lUlli. Charlea Overton has bought tho r.ngllih rlgutiof Helasco aud Fylis' "Tno tllrl 1 Left llrhlnd Me," which was given a copyright performaui.0 In Lindon bofore lis production here. Nell Warner has resl toed from Au-KUitlu Au-KUitlu Daly's coaipauy and Jollied UharlesFruiiniau'e forosi to play the part lu Aristocracy originally attained at-tained by W. II. ruoinpiou, who has gono to tno Kaiplrotheatur, The Now York Trip to Chinatown company recently gavu a iierformauce laifore the Inmates ot Hloonilugdalo Intano niylum. Among the auditor! uernricarilan and Harry Kernel, but neither of them was roused to tho leait degree of recollection. The 1'rinco of Wales, it items, did not i liy Tony Ljmpkln or anything else In tho much talked of court performance per-formance of Bbe ritoops to O imjuer. His two listers, Heatrlco and Loulie, were lu the catt, ns wai tbe Mnri m of Lome, Lut Tony was done by Arthur I'omonby. Tho son of Oiruond Tcarlo attained his majority the other day, and tho members of his father' uompauy mado tho young man a handsome present upon tho stage. Tearlo Is playing Bhakespearlau and other parts lu Hcol-land, Hcol-land, and It Is note I that lu twelve nights nt Aberdeen the company appeared In no leas than eleven le;i and two farces. Few peoplo here know, probably, that lolnre C'ourtonay Thorpe Joined Itoslna Yokes eight years ago, ho wns beginning toiniko his mark In Ku-gland Ku-gland In romantlo dram I. Ho has left Mln Vokoi now forteaious which have deprived her of many another good player, nni word comes by way uf London that ho means to return tu his old love, an I wuul 1 lu particular like to play Homes, a par', It Ii to hn thought, for which nature has well graced lilm. The doirlh of talented young lending lend-ing meu Is gelling to bun srliueipiei-tlouwlth srliueipiei-tlouwlth managtrs. rrumlslngwoinon there are lu plenty, but the Jeunu premier, possessing the requisite uf good looks, native nullity an I Intelligence, Intelli-gence, tin rwaavii. When our stock compiny uianaters nre cotiqelltd to turu to the Kelcojs, the Harrymores and the Wllhnin Morrliei to till thn roles of the young heroes of nioleru drama, because no better rua'urlnl Ii at baud, surely things are lu a bad way. .Uirnr. Francis Wilson Is producing his new oi em, tho Ion Tamer, In thu Hut, and pretty Lulu Ulesier Is still sweetly sjiiiglug, "If you love mo darling, tell me Willi your eyes." His luansger, AI Canby, has con-traded con-traded with thu Chicago Opera houie for the four weeks Just preceding tbo nienlng of the World' Fair. Mr. Wilson's next pnniuctloii will lie given In New Yurk ut the Hn nd way Theater, on Oct. 1. It titles but not yet teen announced, but the Itbrtllo Is by d. (.'heever Uoodnlti nnd thu ruuslo by John l'hlllp Housa. V.Vjrife, Frank Weston Informed thn Mirror yesterday that Kllle l'.ll.lcr will produce pro-duce a new play by Hobert Droiiiu on Fub.!, In 1J roll. It Is untitle I Dolls, aud Miss Illsler' part Is said to bo remarkably re-markably dramatic an I emotional. C. W. Couldock will lay tin old clergyman clergy-man and Mr. Western will havo n partthut combine the quiet power of Bqulre Ilidney with the lightness of l'ltlacusOrten. Dolls Is a hlgh-ctais drama. If It achieves the success Hut Is expected for II onungumtints lu thu Lest theaters will follow. Miss .Dialer's .Dia-ler's season lias been prosperous. nilleltn'a Ninety Days receives thn fillowlng severe toast by the I'ramuttu Acici: After latt night thu question of the hour will be, "Who wrote Held by thu llueuiy?" It Is pretty esldont that thu autnor of Nluety Days and the authored tho formu pity are two very tlllterent persons. Anl If the Ullielte who wrote Held by tho r.uemy Ii Identical with tlie (Jlllettu who wrote Ninety Day irli), n ,ybody can toll what t'lu nature ut the trouble la that has bvpt thu glftt-l guiitlemati In retirement so long. If Hie Mr. (iillettuwho wrote Nliety Days eau Induce the distinctly other Mr. (illlette wlio wrote Held by thu JJlieuij to rewrite his "Lock" for him, sustained by Its present inagulllreut scenery, properties and ctlechr, the lay will run two yean. |