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Show j THE FAIR MARY AKDERSON. Stic Arrives Last l"ijrb.t and Disap-j Disap-j points the Heporters Delighted ! With Salt Lake City. Last night's Utah Central train brought to this city in her own private car and surrounded with everything of a luxurious luxuri-ous character, except newspaper reporters, re-porters, the charming Mary Anderson, j whose remarkable beauty and perfect modesty, together with her accomplishments accomplish-ments as an actress, have humbled the elite of the greatest nations in their devotions devo-tions of admiration. Her manager, Henry Abbey, as well as the entire troupe, were also on the train, and were distributed dis-tributed on their arrival between the Walker House and Valley House. Miss Anderson was met at the depot by General Gen-eral McCook, an old and much admirered acquaintance of the lady's, and in com pany with her brother, Mr. Joseph Anderson, Ander-son, and the leading members of her company, took rooms at the Walker House. Quite a number of the party, after they had got located in their apartments, took a stroll around the principal streets, and were particularly struck by the appearance appear-ance of the tabernacle and temple. During the evening the Herald and Tribune reporters exhausted every accomplishment ac-complishment and improvised ingenuity to obtain an interview with Miss Anderson, Ander-son, but all to no purpose, and the scribes were obliged to content themselves with a squint at the countenance of the private secretary, Mr. Abud. This morning, almost al-most immediately after Miss Anderson had finished breakfast, General McCook drove up in front of the ladies' entrance at the Walker House with a Post ambulance, am-bulance, and Miss Anderson met him at uie aoor. Alter a lew moments spent inside, in-side, the lady emerged in company with the General, also Miss Bartell and Mr. Matthews of her company. The party took seats in the ambulance and were driven around to Z. C. M. I., President John Taylor's office (she did not enjoy the luxury of a personal interview, by the way), the Temple Block and several other places of interest, after which thev returned to the hotel. Miss Anderson expressed herself as delighted with Salt Lake, and was profuse pro-fuse in her compliments. Around the Walker House steps, both as the lady left and upon her return, a crowd of eager gentlemen pressed forward to get a glimpse of Mary's reported loveliness, and among them were gentlemen of distinction, dis-tinction, who would dislike dreadfully to be suspected of making an unusual effort ef-fort to obtain a view of the lady's back hair. Mr. Anderson, the fair Mary's brother, is a quiet, ordinary-looking gentleman, who appears to worry himself about nothing. A Democrat reporter, in an effort to interview the gentleman, was himself beset in turn with questions about the death of Brigham Young and like matters, in all of which Mr. Anderson Ander-son displayed the characteristic ignorance of the easy going tourists. Among his questions he asked whether Brigham YToung had died last 3'ear, and, "Of course the Mormons do not believe in Christ?" The gentleman was much more clever, however, in giving information. informa-tion. He Btated that the misunderstanding misunderstand-ing in relation to Mary's birthplace had grown out of the circumstance of her being be-ing taken from Sacramento to Louisville when she was but six months old. She spent most of her youth in Kentuckv, and appeared on the stage at the early age of twelve vears. assuming roles of importance when not more than sixteen. It was during her earlier days in Louisville that she became acquainted with Governor Murray who, by the way, was too indisposed to meet the lady last evening, and called at the hotel this morning to pay his respects. Miss Anderson An-derson knows very little of Sacramento, her birthplace, but is greatly attached to it, as well as to America generally. In "Pygmalion and Galate'a" and Comedy and Tragedy" Miss Anderson is said to be at her best, so that to-night's performance will give the Salt Lake public pub-lic a very fair idea of her ability. J |