Show FAMOUS GREEN R ROOM AT ATis RI IJ Ili r STOR 1 Memories of Greatest r Actors Hallow Walls W B oth Bernhardt Maude Adams and Galax Booth I a Galaxy on j Known Artists Have Dressed J in In ThIS s Spacious Ch Chamber er 1 Ji r f By Kay Harms f It It lias a shabbiness the shabbiness the shabbiness shabbiness' of gentility and a I gt grandeur that hat was was has has that famous old room in il the he Salt f Lake Lake theatre e. e yas It It was once known as the green room Then Theil it C l nie le Maude Ma de Adams room room h Now it is is' is simply the stars star's dressing ro room m. m Perhaps there is no more mor famous room in any theatre in the c country There is only one older Certainly none none is ismore more b beloved t ved by the great and the near-great near of the theatre world who vho have been sheltered by its Targe farge coziness for the pa past t three-score three years In it Maude Adams Adar ls lay as as' s. s a b baby b and I Edwin Booth donned the flowing robes of Hamlet i There Is 15 a 1 common curiosity about V the the room room that Is well Justi- Justi tied for In it theatrical history has I x made nade The lure of backe back e S e to peck Into the little world arId lies 1 s. s behind the ve of ot h lie footlights footlights- to catch a glimpse ex n a fleeting one of a great star starin in lri nl Informal mal moment Is yan an an air al al ii i desire When hen newspaper accounts say 1 ten le the the star Interviewed In i her Mgr room dressing or Ol Mr So 1 an and So sat before the dressing taS ta- ta bi bl ble in ln ute the S stars star's room loom and deftly a applied his ni makeup for for forthe the the third ot act pf Such and nd Such man many a Ii person rs n h s felt a vague yet et definite to ng g know just what the stars star's room is 15 like i So o large is the roof room and amI so sparely a sense of ot emp- emp Uness overwhelms one In stepping lilts it li No attempts have been made to make it modern save In ventilation Even the lighting re remains re- re mains the old fashioned chandelier that shed its ra rays s 's on Julia Marlowe and Inn Ina Claire clah e alike The Incon- Incon o of ol It are are conspicuous yet there thero Is' Is not nota a star in America toda to- to da who does not rejoice at the cha Chance ce to use It l For or though It It 1 I is bo poorly ISO furnished the room room Is rib In sentiment and association W at man or woman would not tf thrill rU ll to sit at the same table In same ame chair as did the great Bernhardt J I STILL GREEN ROOM ROOMi The The roo room 1 is- is iI papered in dart dark w gr preen green en and ami anu green are on the walls wails and a grden- grden r en rug ug upon the floors wI r still carrying ou out t the motive which in 1862 1812 gave the froom om its first name The Green GreenRoom Room The rhe chandelier is of ot brass brass' and sand in design design- It from flom the center of the i frescoed ceiling At one endS end S otti room as is is the dressing table b battered r tt t worn with an an unpainted tin un n- n painted frame of lights surrounding surround- surround l ing g th the non too large Jarge mirror The rhe dressing chair is il is' is of ot old tapestry and gilt sadly adly the worse for sixty sixty- odd dd years rears of wear At the far fal end of the room Is Isa I a dinky hand basin An leather couch a rickety ta table ble three or four equally rickety chairs a red plush and gold t settee and an old organ that will wheeze wt wheeze eze tune out melodies when vigorously pumped pumped- complete th the actual furnishings The glory of the men and women f. f li were the occupants of the room ln inthe years gone Dy by Is perpetuated in va a a band of photographs many I. I autographed n that stretches ar around und three e walls First on the bandI band bandi I i Utah's own Maude Adams and and alter after r her her are aro Robert Edison Grace George GeQrge Alexandre Laurence Barrett Louis and Aphie J James Janes William Morris Harry Halry Car- Car II Clarke Elizabeth Kennedy Albe Al- Al be Gallatin G latIn who went stark mad pl playing Ibsen's Ghosts John Phillip Sousa Robert Wilson and l Mr and Heath one of the m s famous teams teams' of ot comedians theatre in-theatre hi history tory x J J There is a deft touch In the next hung close e by It is a plc- plc tare ture of ot Gallagher and Shean On OnI I l 1 Itis is J. J scrawled In a large legible handy hand Then Tl en al along ng came Mister Gala gli Elter a r rand and Mister Shean Shean-a Shean a genera genera- t lion later lateiS CRADLE i tECRA LE STOOD i By a 10 locked doorway in the room isa spot unmarked that is 15 leveren rever- rever en ed by all connected with the theatre tre There stood the crude lt- lt tJ U wooden box oh oft o 1 rockers that c Maude Adams while her hero o ther Annie Kiskadden rouged 1 p ire cheeks and donned the ruffled flounces of the popular actress of th lUme in preparation for fOI the footlights and an audience that Idolized her work a On rare occasions occasions' George D. D Py- Py per manager of of the theatre unlocks unlocks un un- locks his treasure room door door- wherein are stored the ancient and now valuable props of of- pioneer theatre times From hrom In Jn in front of ot horse hair furniture and a bed that once belonged belong d to Brigham Young Younghe he lifts the little cradle and carries It to the stars starts dressing A special malk f favor and affection It is and few are the ones to receive re receive re- re cehe It That cradle cradle it it Is an inspiration to us all aU Madame Bertha Kalich KaUch star tar pf pt f Magda when she occupied t the e room roon recently and found the ci Its time honored place The story of Maude Maud Ad Adams ms and the cradle Is legendary by now All the the theatre world knows I lOWS lOWS' of that cold winter n night in ht 1872 when Maudes Maude's II n ther was vas playing to a crowded d house and little Maude lay peacefully e asleep ep in the cradle Suddenly there was a flurry of oC excitement ex excitement ex- ex l The he prop mari man had failed Called to secure the rag doll dolI baby to tobe tobe tobe be used in inthe the production in sn a Sew few f W moments ts It was vas s a tense st situation Take Maude aude Mrs Kiskadden ordered and th the bab baby was was hurriedly hurried hurried- l ly wrapped in hi a shawl and carried on the stage to replace a rag a doll GENERAL MEETING PLACE When the Salt Lake theatre was first o opened ened in 1862 the large room backstage was tas set apart as the general lounging room the the ac aei- aei I tors It happened td to be decorated In green Furniture of the then elaborate e style was was' placed in it It as was an organ Several Several couches for actors fatigued in strenuous strenuous' work were scattered about It was the general ener J gathering place for the pl l players placers ers between scenes and acts The first players to use th the Green Room were were alt nIt all members members' ers ers' of ct the striving and thriving little community com com- whose was being guided by Brigham Young fiery actor was brother and every ev every lY ac actress actress actress ac- ac tress sister was Their salaries laries sa were partly paid in that which had been received by the Mormon j church as s religious tithes The life co comedian comedian co- co median the of of i the nl night might he be found chiseling granite in th th ii square next morning and the vii villain vil vU- lain minding his bu bulu lii u.- u. o- o ing mg horses How few there ther are today today- t y to re remember re- re member that hat brilliant opening of the new theatre called the Playhouse Playhouse Play Play- house How few to recall the thrill as' as the curt curtain in rose on the first scene scene of The Pride of the Market J in which John T. T Caine Henry Marben l J. J W. W Summers R. R H. H J arler H. H B. B Clawson Mrs Mrs M M. M G. G Clawson and Mrs Cooke Coole ill pioneers played the leadIng roles Top pric prices s were 75 76 cents and the curta curtain n rose promptly at I 7 o'clock BECOMES STARS STAR'S ROOM I Grad Gradually ally as the local stock com com- company company comi i pany gave way to stars who w brought their own yn supporting company with them the Green Creen Room fe fell l into dis dsa- disuse disuse use as a lounging room The fame pf of the actors who gladly withstood the hardships of the play plains play to-play their plays before these pioneer r people was spreading Adequate accommodations for them must be arranged And so a wash basin lasin a dressing table and lights were Installed in installed installed In- In stalled in the room which th thereupon became the stars star's room And such stars stal's as the room roomi h has s quartered Before its mirror S Sarah Bernhardt tightened the corset strings that cinched her figure into beauty and wrote in French in the little autograph album album al album al- al bum of Mr I remain I 1 remain your obedient servant dear Mr 11 Sarah Bernhardt On its couch Oscar Wilde sat with head bowed in grief at his reception on his lecture lee lee- turo ture tour When a group f t f young men each with a huge sunflower on his coat sat in the the first row of seats arid and booed the brilliant poet poeta a and nd drama dramatist ashe he began began to to speak In It Maxine Elliott and Nat C. C The star room at the Salt Lake theatre which was once known as the old Green Room At Atthe the bottom bOtO is the dresser and mirror m be ore tie the theis of the first to use e inc which all the noted actors and actresses of the past half century have put on their makeup Bottom Edwin Booth Bootle one 0 room and Ina Claire one of the last b 4 ji s obo ici v fr 4 9 s 's f f fn n Sf l S nS' nS r f ij i iy n r Y tT r r f fyn u r y n r i r f i. i r d r 6 r r pv 6 ot r d' d l F vii p dr P 6 r rw r Rd O Yi r s 1 6 Ny 4 ri l r r rb r Y uy n r r i r I i y yr s. s t lY l t y t ta 4 y r 7 ly S iy i sr ll r y l f y t v vv v 9 frt f f r r 4 r r l N r rY j l. l Y iFo 0 4 l r r nl 3 n r o br r l r rY Y v F v rr y hr 1 p Ri Y f rIi l. l YN f R rt t ll til n i n r R ry 17 5 v Y W 4 j r 1 i is s F t r w r L J. J ark h v rn R Rf f S OiS w 16 t J 3 i. i t. t b Good Goodwin win celebrating the ye year year r rot ot of of their marriage g share u. the th roc r r and scribbled led d the first few bars his his' of his his' s. ers Song Sitting in the room Olga Nether Olga Nethers Nether s sole l one of ot the most famous of ot English actresses wrote I I 1 am In love with my iny Salt Lake City audiences au- au and if ir I live I shall shaH come com comeback back to them then She did not live to accomplish her desire Sparl Sparkling hig wit and badinage the Walls wails must have h heard rd when J Julia ll Dean Hayne and Edwn B Booth oth were resting there between scenes or after alter the final curtain making making- plans for and the d day y after The rite be beauty uty o of Rose Evans Ada Isaacs Mary Iary Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson J Julia Marlowe Minnie Maddern Maddern Maddern Mad- Mad dern Fisk Olga Petro Petrova va Ethel Barrymore Barrymore Bar Bar- Mrs Leslie Carter Garter Lily Langtry Nance Langtry-Nance Nance M Mary ry Mannering Man Man- nering JUla Da Day Dav Dayenport V- V Blanche Bats Batas and countless countless count count- less others has been reflected from the undersized mirror MANY HONORED NAMES It is' is isa a 3 m matter matter of of the keenest re regret regret re- re gret that ho no official roster of of the occupants' occupants of the stars star's dressing room has been kept What a galaxy of names would be thereon thereon thereon-Seldon Seldon 1 I. I and May Irwin George fort George D. D Chaplin Luclle Lucile Western Adelaide Neilson Patti Modjeska l Jaun George Rig lUg nold Scotts Scotti Edwin Adams Richard ThomasW Thomas W. W Keene Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert Mantell Wilson Benn Bennett tt Joseph I Jefferson John McCullough Forbes lorbes Robertson n E. E A. A John JohnDrew Drew John Barrymore Alexander and TomasI Tomas Salomi Wilton Lackaye Lackaye Lack- Lack aye the ill fated Kyrle Bellew George Arliss Henry Miller Viola iola Allen Walker WhitesIdes U. U ti Wll- Wll lard William Wllliam Gillette William H. H Crane Elsie Ferguson Otis skinner Skinner Skin Skin- ner DeWolf D Wolf Hopper who used to recite Casey at the Bat between acts Ruth Chatterton Al Jolson Ed Wynn Guy Bates Post Julia Julla Arthur Billie BUlle Burke Nydia DArnell Eddie Cantor Cantor and and scores of ot others others' Among the list are many who wb having put their assigned parts have hav like the originals gone Ito to dust st st. The light Ugh of ot the oth others rs shines brilliantly and steadily steadly In the heyday of their success And it t f i. i I i. i J 1 Is n d c n q help ip ut e. e as the said poet has Out candle Lifes Life's but a shadow adow a n poor player That struts and frets lIs hour upon the st stage ge And And thenis then is is h heard But But Bu the t e old Green R j m lives pal on v |