| Show t I EMPIRE EDITION F 0 ! i - - t 1 1 1 I k 3 - t 1 i 1 - t t---- Ir 4 - 11 I LI 1 I I 0 44 illf 1$41'4 Pt I 10 4s '1 1 1 — K Irk— 4r '1-- 7 1- - ' 4 - :111 : '' N 4 : p 60 t ' i t 1 rr t ) -- 0 1 8' ' ::: - 1 r c-- tl 1- I 0 - e-gr' 0 tt 1011 - 0' - 'k 114f4 4 t'' 1 t j a ' t 0 — ' r r t "- P-- 4t' i 1"4410- rE mlgration bundred years ago left its impression on development of dra- matic art in the Intermountain Einpire The urge and ambition to portray works of great ply' IrrIghts and to write and act in stage productions inspired and enriched life in the west The spirit and ideals of the people whb were responsible for the growth and deA bf IP velopment of the the drama and the- ater in th e west was expressed in the prayer opdedicatory President Zmi Wells of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints March 6 1662 at the opening of the old Salt Lake theater: In the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and in the authority of the holy and eternal priesthood of Almighty God lore consecrate and dedicate this building with its surroundings above and below and upon each Ede thereof unto Thee our Father and God All and every part of this building we consecrate and dedicate unto Thee our Father that it may be pure and holy unto the Lord our God for a sate and right ems habitation for the aesem Wages of the people for pastime amusement and recreation: for rlays theatrical performances for lectures conventions or cele- brations or for whatever EAILLY as AS cal and Dramatic the Musi- - Assn was formed in Salt Lake City and the first dramatic performances were staged in the "Bowery" yrhich stood near the site of the present Tabernacle on Temple Square The first amusement hall was built that - same year at Warm Springs This gave way in 1Kri3 to-- Social Raj' possibly the first little theater" in the country and the Deseret Dramatic associ ti on beg an production hi these locations such early day actors as James Ferguson ::'4: 1?: ' '4-:- r-- -: - k'''7- - :t ':0'-- ' '''4r 'Z' 4 i'0:- - 4$to 0 ti 1 I 16"S1 ! ::: i ' : I 40gii-!-su- : :' ' : 4 2' - ''''' II 4 : 41 0 -- 0 r ' "1 :41f i "rft ' ?Al ' deötike il 111 - I NI 4 -- ' i 1I t ''- -' i-- 11 ANN ' 4 t rt: A ii I :'0 Minii ZJ(k 7- 4:': ''''Z - Among those bringing fame and glamor to the early-da- y stage in Salt Lake were standing James Thompson Phil Margetts and Henry Maiben Seated David McKenzie Annie Adams (mother of Maude) Nellie Colebrook and John S Lindsay who also wrote ' a theatrical history early-da- y the Book of Mormon "The Cortanton" written by Orestes Utah Bean has enjoyed wide popularity Harold Or lob now in Hollywood as a film producer wrote the lyrics for a number of Broadway productions including "Listen Lester" The late John D Spencer with the old Salt Lake Light Opera company included Or lob operettas in his local Lou who Cosgrave played many stock company roles in Salt Lake also took his talents to the film capital Others from Utah to enter motion pictures included the late John Gilbert and Betty Compson Larratne Day Loretta Young and Paulette Goddard whose mother was a native of the Beehive state Frank Borsage and James Cruz noted directors and producers claim Utah as home These are but a few in the I r ' '' 1 0' 1 '4' ! 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' ' S —741j:ct-- k 4! 0 - i 1 Att Sfiimae - —" : v- -e I 7 74:- — - - "ri - 1 - ElkWW1P i i bs e i I ' - ' - 17 vo Ili- ' : 1: ' I - N 1 - 1 1i i !z V A t ! t 7 r11-1- 1 44 4 i - - - V63 e- - 4K 11 too the widespread poetic activity continues the tradition is alive A serial anthology called "Utah Sin gs' (two volumes have been issued) offers a sampling of the verse being vritten by both amateur and professional poets The level of artistic craftsmanship is rising A number of local poets notably rhyllis McGinley and Brewster Ghiselin have made themselves heard nationally And a younger generation of poets 'including such names as Edward Hart Radcliffe Squires and James Asper is offering promise The history of the colonization of this region has been from the start subject for heated controversy only now is it becoming possible to write sober history objectively and with detachment But the story cries to be written and a renewed national Interest in American history has helped to stimulate the gathering and publication of the source materials On our region the Utah State Historical society now under the guidance of the historian Levi Edgar Young and more recently the Utah Humanities Research foundation nave done much to make available documents essential to serious lately study of our past andAnd well writa series of careful ten studies have engaged natiohal attention The most recent of them is Dale L Morgan's compendious Not "The Great Salt Lake long previously Bernard de Voto in "The Year of Decision —1848" Wove a brilliant account of the Niormon trek into the fabric of the larger national movements of the time The investigations and writings of Juanita Brooks are making signal contributions to the understanding of our region Charles Kelly in a series of books has vivified much of the past And the work of such historians as Leland H Creer is clarifying the total pattern With the passage of time the story of Utah's founding and development is becoming available to the writer of fiction also and this region has produced a number of excellent novelists who have made good use of it Vardis Fisher in his "Children of God" has given a rich and moving account of the trip across the plains and the establishment of a firmly rooted comMunity Bernard de Voto too one of the most vigorous and acute writers Utah has produced has based his early novels on life in this region Wallace Stegner another distinguished novelist whom Utah can largely claim has also written about a variety of scenes in the west and has done much to Interpret our region to the rest of the country Maurine Whipple has gained recognition for her novel of life in and about St George ("The Giant Joshua") and Virginia Sorenson is producing a series of remarkable sensitive novels of western life -- '' irt - - " 1:145‘ 4 q : " W 4 I ' rJ tt 1 clea1rk7 of people who wanted not quick wealth PO but a safe home for their faith a field telling the story of their courageous journey across endless plains or their struggles to construct a civilization in the midst - :: --4' ? f rrODAY F '- Ft) - il k i ' 4 t f °'t 11 4147 4 - beauty of the Great Salt lake verse and poetic prose it '74rr7111-- I ::: I''''''WI) i ? seif - ' - - In roots and grow And unlike many religious group 8 they held the arts in high esteem aaGan expression of their religious life It is not surprising then that in the early days literature was well regarded and widely pracThe pioneers did not ticed choose to devote their art to '1 1:'17- -‘ 41: r-- s ' 'hraeto -- A - '-- - -- - S- - - 11 t) 171"ti t teet4 ' '5A4 of a hostile desert—their poems and stories were expressions of their ideals more than their ictualities of their faith One of the needs filled by a variety of writers was verse to be sung as hymns the present L D S hymn book bears testimony to the number of per-iowho could write with metrical competence and fervor One remembers easily the names of Eliza R Snow Sarah Carmichael Ellis R Shipp but these are only the most conspicuous of many There were some writers too whose ambitions being loftier essayed the larger forms Orson F Whitney in his epic "Elias" undertook to embody the 'Mormon view in a poem of Miltonic scope And somewhat later Alfred Lambourne embodied his love and knowledge of the bleak ns ' :': r AI - The west also gave to the world great dramadq personali- ties among them Maude Adams arise) who went fre1 her Salt Lake City birthplace Into leadership en tho stage Nor must the work of editors and critics be ignored in defining the west's contribution to literature Harold Ross an editor of that most urban of periodicals the New Yorker stems from Utah as does Whit Burnett esteemed both as short story writer and'as editor of the magazine Story which has presented to the reading public many promising new talentsRay B West has steadily 'extended his influence in western literature as editor of the Western Review (formerly the Rocky Mountain Review) west a secure c it ogrows fact that this ter- ritory is relatively young and that the white man's civilization has been in operation for only 100 years we have done extremely well It was only 28 years after the pioneers entered Salt Lake valley that a historic undertaking met crowning success The Handel and Haydn society previousfirst ly organized presented the"Mesperformance of Handers siah" heard between New York and San Francisco under the direction of George Careless Scarcely before the pioneers had had time to subdue the frontier they had presented a musicale never attempted outside of the country's largest metropo'lls So tUtah'e fame as 'choral country" had its roots in early history The Tabernacle choir has been the principal vehicle of this great choral movement and has served as an inspiration to the innumerable choruses and choirs of all sizes and types that have flourished up to the present time 77-pie- ce 1540 In the Very Heart of Scenic and Industrial Intermountain West : ? -- : i - ' - - 1 - 34kt - (4 early days ords show that as early as —21 years after the arrival of t l E't 4 1 - i ' 4 g i 44-445- :F fit" x r -- - - --- oAMkv' -- - — ormaifias-- ' 1 4 14042' t 71'- a °Qt"- i 4 111-E1131 li : r14:4 1 nT-rg's- 1 s i$4111:' -1- 4 t ' A T7 qb I le A The Ideal Combination' for Year 'round comfort Ak f i '-- - - - 11 - ' 15 Courteous Service Moderate Tariffs Always I- r Pare 41 i :ji in the west Our present Utah Symphony is living evidence of the yeoman work of the musical pioneers in this field In the field of composition two names stand out aa our gift to the musical world—Arthur Shephord and Leroy J Robert son Mr Shepherd has won na- In 1897 the Salt Lake Opera Co came into existence and flourished for the next 17 years Familiar names appearing on programs of that period Includet John D Spencer Heber S Goddard Robert C Easton George D Pyper Horace S Ensign Lucy Gates Louise Savage Lot t I A SIMILAR story Is found 11 in the birth growth and development of symphonic music Harriet neg- Rec1868 NErrHERin was opera tie Levy Edna Dwyer Sallie Fisher Edna Evans Hugh W Dougall and others of these mentioned Sallie Fisher has won national and Lucy Gates international fame The latter sang for four seasons in the Kaiser's tpera houses at Berlin and Cassell before World War I Other Tltahns to attain national fame in the vocal field include three members of the famous Tout family Nannie Tout sang before royalty in Europe Margaret Tout Browning (Margaret Romaine) was & and singer Metropolitan Operawas a BroadHazel Tout Dawn way star for several seasons The last serious attempt at opera was made by Lucy Gates in collaboration with her brother B Cecil Gates Their company known as the Lucy Gates Grand Opera Co produced seven grand operas Rosa apthe ploneers---Pareppeared"11with a troupe in scenes Trovatore" and "Don from Pasquale" This event was but the beginning of a procesMon of operatic performances in the famous old Salt Lake theater It was to be followed by local attempts to organize permanent opera companies The first of these was formed in 1879 under the direction of Professor Careless Known as the Salt Lake Philharmonic society it brought the first Gilbert and Sullivan presentation to this area It was followed by Zion's Musical society Guiding lights were David O Calder and Charles J Thomas the latter having been the first director of the TaberThis organization nacle choir managed to live for only one performance In 1888 Evan Stephens organized his own opera company and presented three of the lighter forms of grand opera with brilsuccess liant latter work "Martha" In the including Lucy Gates sang the role of Lady occupy place in the World of great music through the contrib- utions of illustrious ) It - I On composers perform- ers and organizetions whose fame by the year l the ti - Literary World Draws op 'NesFor Story and Verse By DR LOWELL M DURHAM TTAH and the intermountain I3 ' 1 ''''' the old Salt Lake theater in the best U S productions culture rs playwright-produce- 7 t - ' -- ities Itesearch roundation intermountain west is set apart from other regions in that it Wa3 pioneered by a group of tuf - John D T McAllister Horace K Whitney Philip Margetts Itra IL G Oawson Mrs Sarah Coo k and others including Bernard Snow who had played - f t:61P14- the DRAMA find more recently picture field have drawn much talent from the west Moroni Olson's company had wide popularity in the intermountain region for years before it disbanded and Olson be John T Caine David Candland 'i 4t stellar attracwere booked atthe Walker Opera House wtJch burned in 1891 Ma 11o3r's Livery stable directly across the street was converted into a theater known as the "Won 4erland" Its name later was changed to the Lyceum next: to The "Grand" was the iAnd essay stock productions 24 1849 with opened December a company - which included Blanche Bates Among those who graduated —from the Utah stage to success in oother parts of the country were Sarah Alexander and her niece Lisle Leigh James 'M Logan Paul John SLindsay Ada Dwyer and De-Jennings to name bu- a row A tANY LYI 1611 ' - ' irf: frj --- 1 :1JIee 4- -- 7i 1-''- r' - 4- 4 theater assumed Importance early In the west and internationally lamed actors and actresses crppeared at THE from Utah A great spectacle based on ' - -- -- Me FOLLAND Acting Director 'Utah HumanBy HAROLD hailed pany Brigham YoungLyne was the first star to tread the boards of the old Salt Lake theater 1K-- 0 Broadway's great Cullough and later Edwin Booth Lawrence Barrett Forbes Robertson Otis Skinner Henry Miller John Drew E A Southern Richard 'Mansfield ejril Maude Robert Mantel! George Aritits were among the many who brought thrilling perforrnances to the west The last performance was given October 20 1928 cnd featured the second act frspm 'Robin Hood" and the third act from "Traviata" sung by' the Emma Lucy Gates opera coin pur- one Pollock Charming I 1 '' long list of talented men and women of the west whose devotion to the stage has helped the west to a proment position in the dramatic arts :711 re 7:41 Fine symphony orchestras forraed naturallybringing leading conductors to Utahto direct many concert programs collaborated with Sigmund Romberg writing the books for some of the nation's foremost musical productions' s " it may be used But even before the westward trek of the Mormons— drama real and fanciful was part of their lives In 1842 Thomas A Lyne an actor of wide and fair repute played leading robes in a number of classical plays at Nauvoo EL He was supported by a full Mormon cast which included 1 44 L Mahn - pmse i ' i it came a motion picture actor Willard Mack trod the boards of the old Wilkes theater on State street at Orpheurn alley later graduating to Broadway and Hollywood His play "The Drunkard" has been performed many times Later a company headed by Gladys George and Ben Erway drew capacity houses at the same stand with Gladys following the familiar Broadway to The comHollywood pattern pany included such actors as Leonard Strong now a feature player in films Ralph Clonninger's stock company gave notable performances at the old Wilkes for several seasons back in the late 19204 Edwin Milton Roy le a natve Mahn gave American theatergoers "The Squaw Man" and a number of other first rate plays prior to his death a few years Otto Harbach another ago - ' s - 4t (1--- - the groundwork for Ruth orgcmizations as the great tabernacle choir which all America hears each Sundcry by radio with the elder Booth In Callfornia took part In 189 Philip Margetts organized a new company called the "Mechanics' Dramatic AsThis group staged sociation Many plays in the home of Henry Bowring on 1st South between 3rd and 4th East streets which they called "Bowring's Theater" It had a seating capacity of less than 100 The old Salt Lake theater as completed eight years before the railroad reached Utah It had a seating capacity of 1500 and cost more than $100(700 It was in this playhouse tinat the little homemade unpainted wooden cradle stood backstage and held the sleeping Mande Adams while her mother Annie Adams Kis kadden took ner parts on stage Maude Adams & few years later was hailed-aone of America's great dramdtic actresses her fame spreadIng with succeeding years rew triumphs and new leading rees Great names in the theater of that day appeared in Salt Lake Florepce George Pauncefort Bell Julia Dean Hayne George Waldron Amy and H:F Stone Annette Ince John Mc- a ' ‘4°''': Pt 4 I Grc t DrcAu Music Advance Culture of the West went CI --- 1 11 I A r40-- I -- rNlittitilrj ::::t j 1 t - drarria that marked the 11N 1 r- -9- - 4 4 F - creat music caie west with the pioneers- - and was a dominant phase of cilltural Lie aver the years It laid t I ' - -- - P - ' - 1 "Fr''' ' - '41 a"1 IAPS If J I - of szi 1 I t---- : 0 e' 17 - i1-:op447x- 0 -- A "Na 45 LOT fl r 1 - 1 T rA ''ö : o - (7) Vt"' """" 1 i ‘immob-- 1rs04 11 ?41 40 ! -- o- -p 0 11 t iic tqr tZPItt4V I a' rz ?) - 'i 117'-- - 11 (I T5 r 11') : 0 t 'rtr4: uit ! r k I P - 1 — t-411714 &psi: 4 4 "'' or 1: : 1111 1 1 4 n - 440 - t 41 ) $ $ 1 III tl- fol I - '4‘‘° It ed AN 1 I III 1 i' () ill -st 42 141: it 1'NN ' 4t: p 17:1:77 LI sEcrIoN SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Sunday January 18 1948 THE k ' I-jo- tvftmw - 4 ‘ I L:1 r i4 L1 L:2 I - I intercAangeatte 1 ' 1 ': STORM VIIIIDOIIS and DOOPeS IL I ' '''W4 i0 '11' Ilib' cit1th V' tI 9 4 I 1414:t!0"' 111 - ' - - -- r"- -- 15: - N mar0"410ab e' 4 II' - ' r::jt -I" Ao '' - 1 4111'r' - 4 — i g 1 - - - "11 pirc ' - 444 —T') 14 '77 (71 (" OP- P0' g IN HOTEL Complete air conditioning—plate 9140DATIONS glass ex interiors—innerspring mattresses—heated out door swimming pool—m' odem design Jn con struction furnishings and decorations ( i ct'CifeliTC7' 1111 WINNEMUCCA I S t NEVADA inter- cognizant of the important program of art education featured by the Junior League through the excellent exhibits presented at the Art Barn in Salt Lake City A constantly changing exhibition showing certain aspects of Utah art is maintained by Alice Merrill Horne in the ZCMI tearoom Friends and students of the late Joseph A F Everett have pictures on display at the Lion House Social center A large number of talented western mgn Ind women have taken residence in New York City and other centers Some of this migration of art talent shoulii naturally be expected but we should make artistic endeavor so attractive here that our art students will find opand portunities for their talent Also we training- at home should attract great artists to Utah from other sections of the country - I f h 110 YOU - L: ' 1 1 : tp 775--- - ebe - -- ' - 1 - - 1:: 1 1 —6et --- z 7 - 7- ' 16is-- - - - - - - -- '' 1 7- 4 4 ' i - i ' i I j VOU GET 771 I I i c A iiiI N 1 k t I - -- 1 - - mon:! - 1:7 ft -- I - - -- 2: - '1- i iA - ±- - — 1 i 1 1 - 1 ixctt‘ 1 C ALSCO OF UTAH ALSCO VitIndows and Doors Manufactured in 1946 FACTORY AND GENERAL OFFICES 230 West nth South SERVING i - UTAH IDAHO OREGON WASHOZGTON MONTANA NEVADA AND WYOMING 1 4474e - -- 1 I I t 4 ' ' - t' ':' 1 '71: - Moro Durability Moro Conveniences Moro Trio Appearz z 0 750000 '‘' -- t aminouninanimj but - I t V 4 ' ALSCO - - ??:"4' :-- - f or i i f !- ! ot‘ 4 PAY 110 M0112' —---- i 1 Many people inthe mountain area are 4 i - Continued from Page 8 senting various aspects of con-- I tImporary art i ' R writers have generally been attracted to the local scene as material for literature they have not been confined to it dia GREAT ARTS - 111OPP:'v''''' - - 4 I 110 lowiro010101010111W' ‘A1P i laiahoomtia' 0001 TO BE SURE although Utah ' ' f I it - '1 ' - - - |
