Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-05-24 | Page 8 | Salt Lake News Section

I 1 isalt LAKE NEWS stock company here when maude was a baby and the birst appearance maude ever behind alie footlights vai when slie was carried on the stage right here in the salt lake theater on a platter there arc julia dean viola pratt gilcott and milton royle the latter is not only an actor alit an author as and a good one oh there is no city in the country that is ahead of salt lake jhc thc salt lake opera company that I 1 am drilling now is an illustration of the high class talent that springs up here take misa ailes for instance if I 1 was organizing a comic opera company I 1 ask for a better soubrette than ehe is misa ferrin would be great in a heavier role with that magnificent voice of hers I 1 would like to star her as in take goddard lie would be great in any wagnerian role FINE DRAMATIC TALENT alie salt lake telegram says george lask the veteran manager who has given the salt lake opera its finishing touches in the jolly musketeer has been acquainted salt lake and its amateur theatre cals since the days of the old stock companies he it is a notable fact that salt lake has produced more footlight favorites in proportion to its population than any other city in the country the east is beginning to look at the west as the best field to draw on for good stage material said sir lask today you take it from san francisco t denver I 1 beliera that as many of the of the day have come from this territory as from all the largo cities of the east and salt lake stands first among all the western cities look at maud adams of course she get her training her but her mother did she used to play in the