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Show GREAT NAMES IN THE ANNALS OF MINSTRELSY. MIN-STRELSY. The coming of West's Minstrels to the The- atre serves to recall the fact that several of the greatest men who have adorned the American stage began their professional career in black face. It "will be remembered that minstrelsy was the earliest form of purely American theatrical entertainment. A noble array of names tells the story of its development. Edwin Booth did his first acting in black face. Edwin Forrest was a minstrel long before he, thought of playing "Virginius' and "Othello." Burnt cork played a large part in the early life of Joseph Jefferson. John T. Raymond blacked his face and sang negro songs with a small minstrel company tour-H tour-H ing Maryland. B Joseph Murphy, for thirty years famous in B "Kerry Gow," was celebrated as a' "bones" end B man long before he became an Irish actor. B William J. Florence sat in the first part for B one night at the old Pike's opera house, Cincin- B nati. B Sol Smith Russell sat in the middle and on B the end with a permanent minstrel company lo- B cated at St. Louis. B "Barney" Williams got his start with the aid of B burnt cork. B Stuart Robson "blacked up" several years be- B fore he turned to comedy. B Of the noted actors now before the public who B started in this branch of the proression, N. C. B Gooodwin, Francis Wilson, Jefferson de Angelis, B Chauncey Olcott and Andrew Mack may be B named. Evan Williams and William Rieger, fore- B most church and oratorio singers in New York, B were given their first engagements in a minstrel B troupe about fifteen years ago. B Among the prominent managers who received B their first lessons in minstrelsy are Charles and B Daniel Frohman, Frank McKee and William B Harris of the firm oi Rich & Harris, who was B also prominent as a black-faced song and dance ' H man B & & $ B David Belasco has promised to his brother, B Frederic, for the use of Florence Roberts another B year, the exclusive western rights of "Du Barry" B and "The Darling of the Gods." Blood is thicker B than water. Ezra Kendal Then I told him he was the biggest liar in the world. Harry Corson Clarke You don't mean it? What did he say to that? Ezra Kendal H'm! He didn't know what to say; so he just muttered something about my forgetting myself. & & Lilian Burkhart has been invited by many of the Jewish clubs in the larger citites to present, under the auspices and in the club buildings, a new sketch that was written for her by Milton Goldsmith, the author of "Rabbi and Priest" and "A Romance of Kiev." Mr. Goldsmith, who is a successful business man in Philadelphia, has been styled the "American Zangwill." The sketch relates the story of a little Jewish refugee who flees from Kiev, after, as she believes, be-lieves, her husband was slain in the massacre that was the forerunner of the more terrible one at Kishineff. She comes to America and becomes a milliner, where she finally flnas her husband, who, believing her to be dead, has married again. The denouement is said to be original and impressive. im-pressive. t C & "I have quit the stage for good," said Clay Clement the other. "I love the stage as an art, but it is an art no longer; the stage is a money-making money-making device, and those who are in it for the love of art ought to quit. A New Orleans friend O4. mine told me where I could purchase a section of land at a reasonable -figure. I' investigated, found conditions to be to my liking, and made the purchase. My wife became immensely pleased with the work, and we have been enjoying ourselves our-selves to the full extent of the law ever since we became residents of the Lone Star state. Why, man, they talk about the glories of the stage! I would rather be the owner of a ranch than be the greatest theatrical star that ever lived. I love my cattle, my sheep, my hogs and my chickens. We have Texas ponies that are almost human, and neighbors Texas people, good old Texans who are the best people that ever lived. They are good enough for me, and the best audience I ever played to." fcx c5 NORDICA AT THE TABERNACLE, OCT. 14. One of Mme. Nordica's favorite and most successful suc-cessful concert numbers is a great dramatic Hungarian Hun-garian aria by Erkel, in which the climax depicts the grief of a mother upon the loss of her child. H The infllnlto care as to details and scrupulous de- H votion to the perfection of her art which are' H among Mme. Nordica's most notable characterise H tics were brought to bear in her study of this' H aria. She was finally more or less satisfied with! H all but the burst of grief that eluded her. One J H day, however, while driving in the country near J H her Summer home, she was startled by a wail of' H anguish from a nearby cottage. Jumping from1 H her carriage she ran to the door, and there found' H a young peasant mother, whose child had just' H died in her arms, giving way to the first pas- H sion of her woe. Mme. Nordica did what she' H could to help the poor bereft mother, but she: H knew at the same time that chance had placed; H in her grasp what she had tried so hard to ac-i H complish. The following days and weeks she! H worked until she could perfectly imitate that fren-j H zied cry there was the climax, and all who havo' ever heard Mme. Nordica sing Erkel's aria, know that the effect is nothing less than electric. M POCATELLO FAIR. H BBh A grand carnival and ptroet fair will give! M Pocatello an air of celebration from Octobqr 5th 1 H to 10th. There will be an attractive midway, and, M under the elaborate plans under contemplation' M the fair will probably be the greatest of the kind H ever held in Idaho. Logan und surrounding H towns will be represented, and Salt Lake mer- H 'chants will have booths at the fair. Special rates H have been secured ,from the railroad for Utah H and surrounding states. The carnival is under the H able management of Mr. John F. Knapp, wlio has H successfully conducted merchants' carnivals in' H other states. H v iv i yAyxyxyl The growing popularity of the Apollo quar- H tette was attested by the large audience which H assembled to listen to their excellent musical pro- H gramme on Tuesday night and by tbo generous H applause they received. Every ono present wns H highly pleased with the entertainment, and the M artists responded to several encores. They were H artistically assisted by Miss Levy, Mr. Skelton M and Fred Graham, who shared in the warm re- M ception. jH The "Heidelburg" song by the quartette was M particularly well received. M |
