Show DRAMATIC CHITCHAT Snap Companies and Impositions on the Public Patience Ristori and Alleged Minstrelsy Min-strelsy Nevadas Sympathetic Singing Harmonica Har-monica Concerts and Banjo r Orchestras SOXXENTIIALS LUCKY STAK Herr Sonnenthal the most celebrated of German actors who has been playing an engagement in New York tells a reporter re-porter the following tale For twelve II years past I have been followed almost claily by a woman I have never spoken I one syllable to her nor she to me Never I has the slightest communication of any I kind passedbetween us For twelve years i Thave seen her almost nightly at the theatre Ihave caught occasional glimpses of flier at a window or on the balcony of some house in some street in which I might be living T have met her in obscure villages when on some tour of rest Whenever I fail to see her somo piece of ill luck always seems to befall me Atfirsbher continual reappearances sornewhatjv prried me I tried to communicate i com-municate with her but always failed Finally I grew to regard her as my lucky star I have built up an ideal in my mind concerning her Notfor the world would I speak to her lest that ideal should be destroyed Judge oLin astonishment I aston-ishment when I saw my Glucksencel onboard on-board the ship when we were a few days out Vhen I open tomorrow night at l the Thalia I know I shall see her there If on the night I am to play Hamlet my I eyes fall on her I knpw I shall carry all I before me The good angel was present I when he opened and he did carry all before be-fore him I NEVADAS HOME SWEET HOME A gentleman from San Francisco present pres-ent at Nevadas debut informed a DEMoCRAT i DEMO-CRAT reporter that while he had witnessed I wit-nessed receptions to some of the most prominent actors actresses and singers of the world in London Paris and New York the welcome extended by the people I peo-ple of San Francisco to Little Emma outshone I out-shone them all Never in my life have I seen anything to approach it said he I the auditorium and four galleries were packed and it was undoubtedly one of I the most enthusiastic audiences that ever assembled in the Opera House It was an exciting scene and not likely to be forgotten for-gotten by any one who was present Men shouted women wept and the stage was covered with floral gifts But when Arditi took the cue and the strains lof Home Sweet Home were heard I there was a strange silence How did 1 I Nevada sing it we inquired As she i may never sing it again perhaps Her i j voice may improve and grow stronger i she may succeed in winning a name for herself but through all her life with whatever fame she may attain the re memberance of her welcome home and 1 the manner in which the tears choked UP the old ballad can never be quite forgot i ten THE SONG AND DANCE MAN MUST GO 1 Byrne of the Dramatic Times hits the I truth very often Speaking of the numerous I num-erous frauds which parade the country I under the guise of minstrel shows claiming I claim-ing to have elevated minstrelsy to a I high plane to present an entertainment entertain-ment pleasing and refined and last of all to actually present new jokes he says There just this to be said about it that the song and dance man must go Why he ever came in is no mystery The song and dance man had pieces written writ-ten for him he had gags built for him I he had fat rendered for him he had advance agents made for him he had manageis created for him and after all I this he has to go We are not opposed to the song and dance man but we are opposed op-posed to his acting We want men of intelligence in-telligence to appear before us as actors men who know the difference between an adverb and an adjective men who know that cully is not the proper appellation for a friend that cheese it is not the politest way to tell that friend he had better bet-ter stop knocking his hat off These are the gentlemen who at present occupy the theatres of America Dey andW clere pieces must go BUTTES NEW OPERA HOUSE I TheButte InterMountain in describing the interior of the new Grand Opera House says it will be a picture of beauty when finished which condition it is rapidly rap-idly approaching The fronts of the boxes sides and the proscenium arch and stage i railings of the dress and balcony circles will be very handsomely ornamented while the dome is to be tastefully frescoed fres-coed A portion of the boxfront ornamenting orna-menting by elaborate wood carving is completed and by the tasteful blending of tints in oil and gilt makes a hand This same style of ornamenting I some appearance I namenting is to be observed in finishing all the box and stage fronts and when completed it will present a very glittering glitter-ing aspect under the blaze of the numer oils gas chandeliers which are to light the new temple ot the drama The trustees trus-tees of the Opera House Company are rapidly perfecting arrangements for the completion of the house and the work until it is done twill will go steadily on will be several weeks however before it will be ready to open THE BOOM OF TIlE BANJO There is a noticeable boom in banjos which I believe is going to assume large proportions The real value of the banjo cannot be known and is not yet widely i discovered from the use of it on the stage Its finest effects are not seen there even in the hands of the most artistic players The public needs to be educated to its of tone and to that end I superb range musical novelty in the am introducing a shape of a banjo orchestra No other orchestra of the kind I believe exists anywhere and the audiences we appeared ap-peared before were delighted with the musical effect We have twelve banjos I which range in size from the small picolo banjo to the big professional instrument Professor J Armstrong Philadelphia WHAT WE MAY EXPECT SNAP companies will crowd the road in about a month Some of them will be of the H Adamless Eden variety some of no variety at all while all of them are sure to be made up of the dregs of the dramatic world One night is generally enough for themit always is for the au dienceand by liberal advertising etc they manage to draw a number of the unwary to their dive performance Of course it matters not to the managers of the theatres they get paid for the house and that is all they care for It rests with the press to put the public onto such frauds before the performance not after S GENERAL NOTES PATIENCE matinee Wednesday evening even-ing performance Thursday LA WHENCE BARRETT opens a sixweeks engagement in New Orleans Monday I night PINAFORE starts out for another cruise this evening from the Standard Theatre New York Miss MINNIE PALMERS manager announces an-nounces that two dollars will be charged for orchestra seats during the Palmer engagement en-gagement at the Union Square Theatre New York I THE report that Phillips and his wife II Kate Castletoh are not on amiable I terms is confirmed by members of the disbanded dis-banded company Kate and her hubby fight like cat and dog WiiENPatti sang Home Sweet Home in St Louis she wept like a child when I Nevada sang it in San Francisco she completely com-pletely broke down What greater tribute to a simple melod than this THE Shadows of a Great City is pronounced pro-nounced one of the most effective sensational sensa-tional dramas seen for years One of its massive scenic effects includes a wonderful wonder-ful revolving prison onBlackwellsIsland I You may hot you may bluff you may pass if you 1 but Three of a Kind is a hand sure to fill is the sentiment of the Salisbury Troubadours produced at the Peoples Theatre New York last Monday night HARRY TAYLOR and a troupe of Salt Lake amateurs will entertain the Conference Confer-ence people at Logan the coming week while Logan will send Miss Patience Thatcher to entertain the Salt Lakers Salt Lake has the best of the exchange OGDENS new Opera House where is it Still on paper we presume But it is renlly a shame that the Junction City has respectable place Qf amusement There is a chance open for an enterprising company to make a paying investment in this respect THE heavy drago n business has been much improved since the last presentation presenta-tion of Patience The boys fall into line like an expert cadet corps and go through the drill without a break Some of them might get an engagement with Uncle Sam at 13 a month BURNT cork Patience and tragedy should be enough amusements to crowd into one wjek a3 regards 1 oth quanity and quality Burnt cork will be found wearisome Patience delightfully the reverse and of Ristori the great tragedienne tragedi-enne it is said that she does not grow old I BURLESQUE ACTRESS Can I arrange a date with you Manager Let me hear you sing Actress Oh r cant I sing you know Manacer Then what do you want of a date Actress I didnt know but you would engage me I I have tenpairs of silk tights I paid ninety nine-ty dollars a pair for I wanted to show them Manager All right you will doMR MR and Mrs George S Knight in their fnnnv nlav Over the Garden Wall have made a hit in the Fifth Avenue Theatre New York Mr Knight is one of the most original comedians on the stage and this performance is being greeted by shouts of laughter at every performance Mrs Knight is an un I nsually attractive lady a clever actress I and an excellent vocalist and dancer TIlE youths of Salt Lake are preying upon neighboring settlements under the I guise of giving harmonica concerts Bontiful will be afflicted tonight and if I the troupe succeed in getting out of that settlement alive they will persecute Sandy next week The harmonica question ques-tion can only be settled when the city council passes an ordinance defining the I possession of one of these instruments of I torture a misdemeanor and punishable hy six months II I I |