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Show j work from'' v LI.h, H Vf nrJor f jr.h!? t irofcsyion, he co-'l r.ot be r 1 j-i if J, to rest. II. a was a t.'-.h manhood, a rich talent end a lovaL.'i character." ; In tbe production of "Macbeth" Saturday Sat-urday nlht, Charles Herman and the Warde company added to laurels won In "OthelloV and "Romeo find Juliet." As Macbeth, Mr. Herman Is .Easily stronger .Xhan In any other character In w hich he has yet -appeared during his present engagement, Miss Roberts Is too winsome and young to be an Ideal Lady Macbeth, but gave an Interpretation Interpre-tation of the cruel, character that was. In the main satisfactory. Willard Foster Fos-ter as Macduff Ehowed a pleasing strength and versatility. j j The sale of.seata for William H. Crane's appearance in "David llarum" at the Salt -Lake Theater Thursday night begins tomorrow. -r The engagement engage-ment Is for the remainder of the week, with Saturday matinee. ' , , , - - - . "Eait Lynr.e" will be the bill all the" vetjt at the Grand theater, with matl-ne.is matl-ne.is Vednesday and Saturday. :. This will be a departure from the roles heretofore here-tofore presented by the Warde company com-pany and there will doubtless be good houses ell week to see the presentations of this good old story of heart interest. The Grand was filled Saturday at the matinee to see "Romeo and Juliet." In the Grand Opera-house, Paris, they pet over the "standing room only" condition con-dition easily. The auditorium contains 2-00 seats and it is against the law to sell , more than this number. - Prices vary from J3.40 to 50 cents. In a late performance there an American visitor actually counted as parts of the play outside. the principals of the cast -169 orchestral performers, S00 in the chorus and a ballet corps of 150. When Paris pays for opera it evidently gets It un-mercially un-mercially at least. . Salt Lake theater-goers will take. an unterest, though a sad one, in the con-nts con-nts of a personal letter received by the editor of The Telegram from Mrs. James, . the sister' of James Murdoch liollingshead, the young' actor who flayed at the Salt Lake Theater a few months ago with Warde and, James: "My brother broke down in Chicago about the 1st of. April. He went from there to Harry's home in St. Louis; be was very ill there for a week and then left for Albuquerque, hoping that the entire change and perfect rest would restore his health. But he had worked and waited too; long and In less than two weeks after he left St. Louis he died. It. has been a great shock to us all, as Jamie had never written or allowed al-lowed anyone else to write us of his condition. My mother was with him in St. Louis but ha would not yield to her entreaties to be allowed to go with him to New Mexico. The doctor also felt that for many reasons it would be better bet-ter for him to go alone, and It is -to us added grief that so soon, after leaving St. Louis and his mother and brothers he should have died alone." Of Mr. Holllngshead's death the Globe-Democrat says: "As a grandson of that eminent emi-nent trsgedlan.s scholar and patriot, James E. Murdoch, Mr. Holllngshead -r was sure to be welcomed by the theatri-. theatri-. ' cal world, but he did not rest his claims on descent. When he went upon the stage in 1888 hla grandfather, then surviving sur-viving at a venerable age, offered him ",' the use of his hame, so well known throughout the country for half a century. cen-tury. But the reply was: 'Thank you, no; I shall be proud to take your name when I have earned and proved my right to it.' Mr. Hollingshead first played with Fanny Davenport in ,'La. Toscr,' and remained v with that company com-pany until It was broken up by a conflagration. con-flagration. His , last part was in the Tftnpest.' He assumed roles of more i'yjnrtance than, is usual among-men ftrfhis years, and also wider responsibilities responsi-bilities behind tie scenes than is cus-torr.ary cus-torr.ary with actors. His skill constantly constant-ly advanced, and he was Increasingly popular with the. public and his asso-tiates. asso-tiates. He fell a victim to hia passion for study, and t the strain of constant |