with a little help from ,benjamin ,bytheway and ,ben ,crowder4 ,the ,mormons and the ,theatre ,,or ,the ,history of ,theatricals in ,utah ,with ,reminiscences and ,comments ,humorous and ,critical ,by ,,john ,s4 ,,lindsay ,,salt ,,lake ,,city1 ,,utah #aije ,,chapter ,i4 ,in rather sharp contrast to other ,christian denominations1 the ,mormons believe in and are fond of dancing and the theatre4 ,so much is this the case that ,friday evening of each week during the amusement season is set apart by them in all the settlements throughout ,mormondom for their dance night4 ,their dances are generally under the supervision of the presiding bishop and are invariably opened with prayer or invocation1 and closed or dismissed in the same manner1 with a brief return of thanks to the ,almighty for the good time they have enjoyed4 ,the theatre is so popular among the ,mormon people1 that in almost every town and settlement throughout their domains there is an amateur dramatic company4 ,it is scarcely to be wondered at that ,salt ,lake has the enviable distinction of being the best show town of its population in the ,united ,states1 and when we say that1 we may as well say in the whole world4 ,it is a well established fact that ,salt ,lake spends more money per capita in the theatre than any city in our country4 ,such a social condition among a strictly religious people is not little peculiar1 and is due1 largely1 to the fact that ,brigham ,young was himself fond of the dance and also of the theatre4 ,he could shake a leg with the best of them1 and loved to lead the fair matrons and maidens of his flock forth into its giddy1 bewildering mazes4 ,certain round dances1 the waltz and polka1 were always barred at dances ,brigham ,young attended1 and only the old-fashioned quadrilles and cotillions and an occasional reel like ,sir ,roger de ,coverly or the ,money ,musk were tolerated by the great ,mormon leader4 ,that ,brigham ,young was fond of the theatre also1 and gave great encouragement to it1 his building of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre was a striking proof4 ,he recognized the natural desire for innocent amusement1 and the old axiom ,all work and no play makes ,jack a dull boy1 had its full weight of meaning to him4 ,keep the people in a pleasurable mood1 then they will not be apt to brood and ponder over the weightier concerns of life4 ,there may have been a stroke of this policy in ,brigham ,young's amusement scheme2 but whether so or not he must be credited with both wisdom and liberality1 for the policy certainly lightened the cares and made glad the hearts of the people4 ,although ,salt ,lake ,city has been the chief nursery of these twin sources of amusement for the ,mormon people1 to find the cradle in which they were first nursed into life1 we will have to go back to a time and place anterior to the settlement of ,salt ,lake4 ,back in the days of ,nauvoo1 before ,brigham ,young was chief of the ,mormon church1 under the rule of its original prophet1 ,joseph ,smith1 the ,mormon people were encouraged in the practice of dancing and going to witness plays4 ,indeed1 the ,mormons have always been a fun-loving people2 it is recorded of their founder and prophet that he was so fond of fun that he would often indulge in a foot race1 or pulling sticks1 or even a wrestling match4 ,he often amazed and sometimes shocked the sensibilities of the more staid and pious members of his flock by his antics4 ,before the ,mormons ever dreamed of emigrating to ,utah 7or ,mexico1 as it was then71 they had what they called a ,fun ,hall1 or theatre and dance hall combined1 where they mingled occasionally in the merry dance or sat to witness a play4 ,then1 as later in ,salt ,lake1 their prophet led them through the mazy evolutions of the terpsichorean numbers and was the most conspicuous figure at all their social gatherings4 ,while building temples and propagating their new revelation to the world1 the ,mormons have always found time to sing and dance and play and have a pleasant social time1 excepting1 of course1 in their days of sore trial4 ,indeed1 they are an anomaly among religious sects in this respect1 and that is what has made ,salt ,lake ,city proverbially a great show town4 ,mormonism during the ,nauvoo days had numerous missionaries in the field and many converts were added to the new faith4 ,among others that were attracted to the modern ,mecca to look into the claims of the new evangel1 was ,thomas ,a4 ,lyne1 known more familiarly among his theatrical associates as ,tom ,lyne4 ,lyne1 at this time1 #ahdb1 was an actor of wide and fair repute1 in the very flush of manhood1 about thirty-five years of age4 ,he had played leading support to ,edwin ,forrest1 the elder ,booth1 ,charlotte ,cushman1 ,ellen ,tree 7before she became ,mrs4 ,charles ,kean71 besides having starred in all the popular classic roles4 ,lyne was the second actor in the ,united ,states to essay the character of ,bulwer's ,richelieu--,edwin ,forrest being the first4 ,the story of ,tom ,lyne's conversion to the ,mormon faith created quite a sensation in theatrical circles of the time1 and illustrates the great proselyting power the elders of the new religion possessed4 ,lyne1 when he encountered ,mormonism1 was a skeptic1 having outgrown belief in all of the creeds4 ,it was in #ahda that ,george ,j4 ,adams1 a brother-in-law of ,lyne's1 turned up suddenly in ,philadelphia 7,lyne's home7 where he met the popular actor and told him the story of his conversion to the ,mormon faith4 ,adams had been to ,nauvoo1 met the prophet and become one of his most enthusiastic disciples4 ,adams had been an actor1 also1 of more than mediocre ability1 and as a preacher proved to be one of the most brilliant and successful expounders of the new religion4 ,elder ,adams had been sent as a missionary to ,philadelphia in the hope that his able exposition of the new evangel would convert that staid city of brotherly love to the new and everlasting covenant4 ,in pursuance of the ,new ,testament injunction1 the ,mormon missionaries are sent out into their fields of labor without purse or scrip1 so ,elder ,adams1 on arriving at his field of labor1 lost no time in hunting up his brother-in-law1 ,tom ,lyne1 to whom he related with dramatic fervor and religious enthusiasm the story of his wonderful conversion1 his subsequent visit to ,nauvoo1 his meeting with the young ,mohammed of the ,west1 for whom he had conceived the greatest admiration1 as well as a powerful testimony of the divinity of his mission4 ,adams was so convincing and made such an impression on ,lyne that he at once became greatly interested in the ,mormon prophet and his new revelation4 ,this proved to be a great help to ,elder ,adams1 who was entirely without the sinews of war with which to start his great campaign4 ,the brothers-in-law put their heads together in council as to how the campaign fund was to be raised1 and the result was that they decided to rent a theatre1 get a company together1 and play ,richard ,,iii for a week4 ,lyne was a native of ,philadelphia and at this time one of its most popular actors4 ,it was here that ,adams had met him a few years before and had given him his sister in marriage4 ,the theatrical venture was carried through1 ,lyne playing ,richard and ,elder ,adams1 ,richmond4 ,the week's business1 after paying all expenses1 left a handsome profit4 ,lyne generously donated his share to the new cause in which he had now grown so deeply interested and ,elder ,adams procured a suitable hall and began his missionary labors4 ,his eloquent exposition of the new and strange religion won many to the faith2 one of the first fruits of his labors being the conversion of ,thomas ,a4 ,lyne4 ,such an impression had ,adams's description of the ,mormon prophet and the ,city of the ,saints 7,nauvoo7 made upon ,lyne that he could not rest satisfied until he went and saw for himself4 ,he packed up his wardrobe and took the road for ,nauvoo4 ,with a warm letter of introduction from ,elder ,adams to the prophet1 it was not long before ,lyne was thoroughly ingratiated in the good graces of the ,mormon people4 ,he met the prophet ,joseph1 was enchanted with him1 and readily gave his adherence to the new and strange doctrines which the prophet advanced1 but whether with an eye single to his eternal salvation or with both eyes open to a lucrative engagement this deponent saith not4 ,the story runs that after a long sojourn with the ,saints in ,nauvoo1 during which he played a round of his favorite characters1 supported by a full ,mormon cast1 he bade the prophet and his followers a sorrowful farewell and returned to his accustomed haunts in the vicinity of ,liberty ,hall4 ,during his stay in ,nauvoo1 ,mr4 ,lyne played quite a number of classical plays1 including ,william ,tell1 ,virginius1 ,damon and ,pythias1 ,the ,iron ,chest1 and ,pizarro4 ,in the latter play1 he had no less a personage than ,brigham ,young in the cast2 he was selected to play the part of the ,peruvian high priest1 and is said to have led the singing in the ,temple scene where the ,peruvians offer up sacrifice and sing the invocation for ,rolla's victory4 ,brigham ,young is said to have taken a genuine interest in the character of the high priest and to have played it with becoming dignity and solemnity4 ,here was an early and unmistakable proof of ,brigham ,young's love for the drama4 ,mr4 ,lyne1 while relating this ,nauvoo incident in his experience to the writer1 broke into a humorous vein and remarked3 ,i've always regretted having cast ,brigham ,young for that part of the high priest4 ,why8 ,i inquired1 with some surprise4 ,with a merry twinkle in his eye and a sly chuckle in his voice1 he replied3 ,why don't you see ,john1 he's been playing the character with great success ever since4 ,there are still a few survivors of the old ,nauvoo dramatic company1 who supported ,tom ,lyne1 living in ,salt ,lake4 ,bishop ,clawson1 one of the first managers of the ,salt ,lake theatre1 is among them4 ,lyne played a winning hand at ,nauvoo4 ,he made a great hit with the prophet1 who took such a fancy to him that he wanted to ordain him and send him on a mission1 thinking that ,lyne's elecutionary powers would make him a great preacher4 ,but ,tom had not become sufficiently enthused over the prophet's revelations to abjure the profession he so dearly loved1 and become a traveling elder going about from place to place without purse or scrip1 instead of a popular actor who was in demand at a good sized salary4 ,lyne had made his visit remunerative and had enshrined himself in the hearts of the ,mormon people1 as the sequel will show3 but he drifted away from them as unexpectedly as he had come4 ,having become a convert to the new religion1 it was confidently expected that he would remain among the ,saints and be one of them2 but he drifted away from them and the ,mormons saw no more of ,tom ,lyne till he turned up in ,salt ,lake twenty years later1 soon after the opening of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,lyne was the first star to tread its stage and played quite a number of engagements during the years from '#fb to '#gj4 ,he made money enough out of his engagements at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre to live on for the remainder of his days4 ,for the last twenty years of his life1 he rarely appeared in public except to give a reading occasionally4 ,with his ,french wife1 ,madeline1 he settled down and took life easy1 living cosily in his own cottage1 and in #ahia at the advanced age of eighty-four ,thomas ,a4 ,lyne passed peacefully away1 a firm believer in a life to come but at utter variance with the ,mormon creed1 which he had discarded soon after his departure from ,nauvoo4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,thus far into the bowels of the land ,have we marched on without impediment4 --,shakespeare4 ,when the ,mormons came from ,nauvoo to ,salt ,lake they brought with them to this wilderness in the ,rocky ,mountains1 the love of the drama1 and as a consequence it was not long1 only a few years from #ahdg to #ahej1 before they began to long for something in the way of a theatre4 ,the pleasant recollections of the drama as interpreted at ,nauvoo by ,mr4 ,lyne and his supporting cast1 were still fresh in their memories1 and almost before many of them had comfortable houses to live in they began to yearn for some dramatic amusement4 ,as a result of this strong inclination for the play and a still more universal desire for dancing1 it was but a short time before their wishes materialized4 ,as early as the fall of #ahej they had formed a club called the ,musical and ,dramatic ,association4 ,the name was a comprehensive one1 intentionally so1 for the organization included the celebrated ,nauvoo ,brass ,band1 a number of whose members also figured in the dramatic company4 ,indeed it was from this musical organization that the dramatic company really sprang4 ,the members of this original dramatic company were ,john ,kay1 ,hyrum ,b4 ,clawson1 ,philip ,margetts1 ,horace ,k4 ,whitney1 ,robert ,campbell1 ,r4 ,t4 ,burton1 ,george ,b4 ,grant1 ,edmond ,ellsworth1 ,henry ,margetts1 ,edward ,martin1 ,william ,cutler1 ,william ,clayton1 ,miss ,drum1 ,miss ,margaret ,judd1 and ,miss ,mary ,badlam4 ,miss ,badlam1 in addition to playing parts1 was very popular as a dancer and gave her dancing specialties between the acts1 making something like our up-to-date continuous performance4 ,the first public dramatic performances were given in the ,bowery 7a very reminiscent name for a ,new ,york theatre goer of that day74 ,the ,bowery in this case was a summer place of worship which stood on the ,temple ,block near where the big ,tabernacle now stands4 ,in this place of worship as early as the year #ahej1 with the aid of a little home-made scenery and a little crude furniture1 were the first plays presented to a ,salt ,lake audience4 ,the first bill consisted of the old serio-comic drama1 ,robert ,macaire1 or the ,two ,murderers1 dancing by ,miss ,badlam1 and the farce of the ,dead ,shot4 ,judging by their titles1 these plays were rather a gruesome selection to play in a church4 ,as it is a matter of historic interest the cast so far as procurable is appended of ,robert ,macaire3 ,robert ,macaire 444444444444444444444444444444444 ,john ,kay ,jacque ,stropp 44444444444444444444444444444 ,h4 ,b4 ,clawson ,pierre 4444444444444444444444444444444444 ,philip ,margetts ,waiter 4444444444444444444444444444444444 ,robert ,campbell ,clementina 44444444444444444444444444444444 ,margaret ,judd ,celeste 444444444444444444444444444444444444444 ,miss ,orum ,several other plays were given during this first dramatic season and were creditably performed1 affording pleasure both to the audiences and actors2 the only remuneration the actors received1 by the way1 for it must be remarked that these first dramatic efforts were entirely voluntary on the part of the company4 ,the orchestra which played in connection with this first dramatic company deserves to be made a matter of record quite as much as the company itself1 for it was also drawn from the ranks of the historic ,nauvoo ,brass ,band4 ,william ,pitt1 the captain of the band1 was the leader of the orchestra4 ,he could play the fiddle like an angel1 handling the bow with his left hand at that4 ,the associate players of ,captain ,pitt were ,william ,clayton1 ,james ,smithers1 ,jacob ,hutchinson1 ,david ,smith1 and ,george ,warde4 ,the ,musical and ,dramatic ,association played in the ,bowery occasionally from #ahej to #aheb4 ,the first amusement hall built in ,salt ,lake1 which was used chiefly for dancing1 was erected at the ,warm ,springs in the year #ahej4 ,it was a good sized adobe building and served as a social hall until #aheb1 when the ,social ,hall proper was completed4 ,it was built at this out of the way place so as to combine the use of the ,warm ,springs for bathing with the social meetings held there4 ,but it proved to be too difficult to get to1 when the nights were dark and the roads were bad1 so ,brigham ,young had the ,social ,hall built which was quite central and the ,warm ,springs music hall was converted into a roadside tavern and was run by ,jesse ,c4 ,little for a time4 ,the first string band to furnish music for dances played at this hall and was composed of ,hopkins ,c4 7familiarly known as ,hop7 ,fender1 ,jesse ,earl and ,jake ,hutchinson4 ,these gentlemen deserve to be remembered in the musical history of ,salt ,lake ,city as the first to furnish the inspiring strains to which the worthy pioneers danced4 ,in the fall of #aheb1 the ,musical and ,dramatic ,association was reorganized and renamed the ,deseret ,dramatic ,association4 ,in this year the historic ,social ,hall was erected1 and with a view to opening it with becoming brilliancy the original company was greatly added to1 for the drama had become a popular amusement with the ,saints1 and many of the chiefs of the church1 including ,president ,young1 held honorary membership in the ,d4 ,d4 ,a4 ,the ,social ,hall1 which is still standing and in well preserved condition1 is one of the old landmarks that are fast disappearing4 ,it is a comparatively small structure about #djx#hj feet4 ,it was considered in its time a fine amusement hall but has long since become dwarfed by the greater buildings which have gone up around it4 ,it has a stage twenty feet deep1 two dressing rooms under the stage1 an ample basement under the hall for banqueting purposes4 ,this auditorium is about #djx#fj feet with a level floor for dancing for the amusement of the play and dancing were fairly and considerately alternated by the managers of the ,d4 ,d4 ,a4 ,in the early winter of #aheb this hall was opened with a dance to which the elect were invited1 and it was a great crush4 ,the first social gathering in the new hall formed a sort of punctuation mark in the social caste among the ,saints4 ,of course1 the hall being small1 the invitations had to be limited and many there were who felt slighted because they were not among the invited4 ,envy on the one hand and a supercilious superiority on the other gave birth to a feeling of caste which was altogether in bad taste among professing ,saints4 ,the great event of this season in the amusement line was the dramatic opening4 ,local artists had been employed for some time and had stocked the stage with excellent scenery4 ,bulwer's classic play ,the ,lady of ,lyons was selected for the opening bill4 ,the company had been so strengthened that the members could cast any of the great plays4 ,to the original company had been added besides a long list of honorary members1 the following named active male members3 ,james ,ferguson1 ,bernard ,snow1 ,david ,candland 7stage manager71 ,john ,t4 ,caine1 ,david ,mc,kenzie1 ,joseph ,simons and ,henry ,maiben2 to the female contingent had been added ,mrs4 ,cyrus ,wheelock1 ,mrs4 ,henry ,tuckett1 ,mrs4 ,joseph ,bull1 ,mrs4 ,john ,hyde1 ,mrs4 ,sarah ,cook4 ,it will be observed that they were all married women4 ,this is a very noticeable feature1 as it is so unusual in a dramatic company nowadays1 either amateur or professional4 ,the explanation of it1 however1 is simple enough4 ,at that time there were few if any unmarried women in ,utah that had arrived at the marriageable age4 ,the only three women whose names appear in the original company were unmarried1 ,miss ,judd1 ,miss ,orum and ,miss ,badlam1 which seems exceptional and they now seem to have all disappeared1 or they are overshadowed by the married women1 or perhaps they appear in the reorganized company under a new name with ,mrs4 attached4 ,the ,social ,hall theatrical opening was an event in the history of ,utah4 ,it may be truly said that it marked an epoch in the development of civilization in the ,rocky ,mountain region and the growth of the drama in the far ,west4 ,even ,san ,francisco had not up to this time made any such ambitious attempt in the dramatic line4 ,i have not been able to procure a program of this opening performance but the cast of the principal characters was as follows3 ,claud ,melnotte 444444444444444444444444444 ,james ,ferguson ,monsieur ,beauseant 44444444444444444444444 ,david ,candland ,monsieur ,glavis 444444444444444444444444444 ,john ,t4 ,caine ,col4 ,damas 444444444444444444444444 ,john ,d4 ,t4 ,mc,allister ,mons4 ,deschapples 444444444444444444444 ,horace ,k4 ,whitney ,landlord 44444444444444444444444444444444 ,philip ,margetts ,pauline ,deschapples 44444444444444444444444 ,mrs4 ,wheelock ,madame ,deschapples 4444444444444444444 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,g4 ,clawson ,widow ,melnotte 44444444444444444444444444 ,mrs4 ,sarah ,cook ,the play was a pronounced success and the players covered themselves with glory4 ,a number of plays were now put on in rapid succession1 for the ,d4 ,d4 ,a4 had caught the true dramatic fire1 and the people were hungry for the play4 ,in the great plays1 a number of which were essayed1 the characters were strongly filled4 ,bernard ,snow1 who had played with the elder ,booth in ,california1 which gave him a brief professional experience1 was easily in the lead of all the ,mormon actors4 ,he played an ,othello that would have done credit to ,shakespeare anywhere1 while ,ferguson as ,iago was scarcely less convincing4 ,in ,damon and ,pythias also these players shone with more than ordinary brilliancy4 ,snow's ,damon was pronounced a work of art1 while ,ferguson looked and acted ,pythias to the admiration of all who witnessed it4 ,mrs4 ,wheelock as ,calanthe and ,mrs4 ,tuckett as ,hermion made up a quartet of players that would have graced any stage in the country4 ,virginius was also played here with ,snow in the title role1 a favorite with him4 ,when ,lyne came ten years later and played these same characters in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 many of the old frequenters of the ,social ,hall ranked ,bernard ,snow as ,lyne's equal and they had to be brought to play together in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre to gratify the many admirers of both4 ,pizarro was the play chosen for this event and it served to pack the theatre4 ,lyne appeared as ,pizarro for the occasion although ,rolla was his favorite part4 ,this gave ,snow the advantage as ,rolla is the star part4 ,it proved a great hit both financially and artistically4 ,the ,social ,hall orchestra was a feature at all the dramatic performances1 and came in for its due share of praise and admiration4 ,it was under the direction of ,domenico ,ballo1 who had formerly been a band master at ,west ,point4 ,he was a fine composer and arranger1 and one of the best clarinet players ever heard4 ,professor ,ballo was a graduate of the ,conservatory of ,music at ,milan4 ,he served several years as band master at ,west ,point4 ,he drifted into ,utah at an early day and cast his lot with the ,mormons4 ,he organized a fine brass band here and built a fine dance hall which was known as ,ballo's ,music ,hall4 ,salt ,lake ,city has from a very early period in its history enjoyed an enviable reputation in a musical way4 ,its first musical organization as already mentioned was the ,nauvoo ,brass ,band1 organized originally in ,nauvoo in connection with the ,mormon militia known as the ,nauvoo ,legion1 of which ,joseph ,smith held the distinguished office of ,lieutenant ,general4 ,the exodus from ,nauvoo and the formation soon afterwards of the ,mormon ,battalion demoralized to a great degree both the legion and the band4 ,both organizations1 however1 were reconstructed soon after the settlement of ,utah1 and each played a conspicuous part in its early history4 ,at the laying of the corner stone of the ,salt ,lake ,temple as early as #ahec1 the ,nauvoo ,brass ,band and ,ballo's ,brass ,band were consolidated for this occasion and increased to sixty-five players under the leadership of ,professor ,ballo1 who gave the people of ,salt ,lake a musical treat that would have been a credit to any metropolitan city4 ,ballo was a thorough and accomplished musician and his masterly work at such an early period had much to do with developing ,salt ,lake's musical talent4 ,from #aheb to #aheg the ,social ,hall continued to be the principal place of amusement for the people of ,salt ,lake ,city1 as well as those who came in from various parts of the ,territory4 ,those living at a distance and visiting the city either on business or pleasure 7which were generally combined7 deemed themselves extremely fortunate if there chanced to be a play on the boards during their brief sojourn in the city4 ,the fame of the ,social ,hall and its talented company of players1 dramatic and musical1 had spread abroad in the land and many of the smaller towns began to emulate ,salt ,lake ,city and organized dramatic clubs4 ,in the year #aheg amusements as well as business of all kinds received a sudden and severe shock from which it took a year or more to recover4 ,in this year a rupture occurred between the ,mormon chiefs and the ,united ,states ,judges1 which resulted in ,president ,buchanan sending ,albert ,sidney ,johnson to ,utah with an army to crush the incipient rebellion4 ,the heroes of the ,social ,hall stage now were cast to play more serious parts4 ,the stage was now to be the tented field1 their music1 the roll of the drum and the ear-piercing fife4 ,jim ,ferguson1 one of the leading actors1 was ,adjutant ,general of the ,nauvoo ,legion1 as the ,territorial militia was called1 and all the other stage heroes were enrolled under its banners4 ,the ,legion was sent out into the mountains to check the advance of the invading army4 ,not only did all amusement and business generally come to a sudden stop1 but so serious was the situation that a general exodus of the people to the south was ordered by the church authorities and ,salt ,lake ,city was abandoned4 ,meeting houses1 theatre1 stores and nearly all the dwellings in the city were vacated1 and the intention was to burn the city rather than this hell born army should occupy and pollute it4 ,no occasion for carrying into effect this insane resolution transpired1 for which the people have ever since been thankful4 ,soon after its adoption a better understanding was reached between the refractory ,saints and ,uncle ,sam's government1 and the people gradually came back to their homes in the city1 glad indeed that the sacrificial torch had not been applied to them4 ,the invading army had passed peacefully through the city and made its encampment forty miles away4 ,things began to resume their normal condition1 but the winter of #aheg-h was a blank in the ,mormon amusement field4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,now is the winter of our discontent ,made glorious summer by this son of ,york1 ,and all the clouds that lowered upon our house1 ,in the deep bosom of the ocean buried2 ,now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths1 ,our bruised arms hung up for monuments1 ,our stern alarums are changed to merry-meetings ,and our dreadful marches to delighted measures4 --,richard ,,iii4 ,the ,mormon war cloud that lowered so portentously during the winter of #aheg-h had been dispelled without bloodshed1 and peace once more brooded over the land4 ,the soldiers of the ,nauvoo ,legion had hung up their un-bruised arms for monuments and resumed their old avocations1 and the wheels of trade1 the calm health of nations1 were once again running in their accustomed grooves4 ,the people had set to work with redoubled energy to make up for the losses the war had entailed upon them1 so that they had little time or inclination for amusement4 ,the advent of ,johnson's army into ,utah1 although encamped forty miles from the city1 had its effect2 it brought in its wake1 as an army always does1 a lot of camp followers1--hangers-on--a contingent that was thrown largely into ,salt ,lake1 and not a desirable one4 ,this made the ,mormon people wary and suspicious1 and inclined them more than ever to isolate themselves from strangers4 ,notwithstanding this condition of affairs1 in the winter of '#ei they began to resume their usual amusements1 and a number of plays were given that winter in the ,social ,hall4 ,by this time the army having no active service1 began to feel the need of some amusement1 and some of the soldiers improvised a theatre in the camp4 ,sergt4 ,r4 ,c4 ,white1 better known later among ,pacific coast theatricals as ,dick ,white1 was the leading spirit in this affair4 ,white was a scholar as well as a soldier2 moreover1 he had the poetic and dramatic instinct in him1 and in common with all living creatures1 he felt that he must exercise his faculties4 ,so in order to give vent to his pent up love of the drama1 he organized a dramatic company among the soldiers of ,camp ,floyd4 ,the ,sergeant1 or ,dick as he was called1 was not only a clever amateur actor but a poet1 and something of an artist as well4 ,by his skill in this latter line he soon had the necessary scenery painted for the ,camp theatre4 ,pigments were scarce in the camp and even in ,salt ,lake at that time1 but ,white was resourceful1 and equal to every emergency1 so he made levy on the quartermaster's department for liberal supplies of mustard1 red pepper1 ox blood1 and other strange materials with which to get in his color effects4 ,the ,camp ,floyd ,theatre as it was called1 was not a stupendous structure1 only large enough to accommodate about two hundred persons1 and the stage in proportion to the auditorium4 ,it was built of rough pine boards and canvas--principally canvas--but answered all the requirements of a theatre for the amusement of the camp4 ,white had but little trouble in organizing his corps dramatique1 so far as men were concerned1 but the female contingent gave him much concern and considerable trouble to secure4 ,women in the camp were scarce1 and female talent was at a premium4 ,there were a few officers whose wives were with them and some hired help of the female persuasion1 but none of the women of the camp had any experience in theatricals4 ,several were willing1 and even eager to try2 so ,white made a selection and cast a play and put it in rehearsal1 but woe is me6 the women were all such tyros that he was almost in despair1 until he suddenly conceived the project of engaging one of the ,social ,hall actresses to play the leading female character2 if he could do that1 then1 he reasonably argued that he could get along1 but could a ,mormon actress be induced to come to ,camp ,floyd8 ,here was a dilemma2 but the bold ,richard perhaps thought of the lines of his renowned namesake1 ,richard ,plantagenet3 ,dangers retreat when boldly they're confronted1 ,and dull delay leads impotence and fear1 so he took courage4 ,he opened up a correspondence with ,mrs4 ,tuckett of ,social ,hall fame4 ,white was an accomplished writer1 and poetical1 and there is no doubt he could write a winning letter4 ,we have no knowledge of what inducements he offered1 so can only surmise that a liberal salary was the temptation held out to her4 ,suffice it to say that ,mrs4 ,tuckett accepted the offer and joined the ,camp ,floyd ,theatre ,company1 thus making a noticeable weakening of the ,social ,hall force1 and creating a commotion among her fellow players in ,salt ,lake1 and the people generally1 as she went in opposition to the wishes of her husband and friends and the church authorities4 ,it was regarded not only as an unwise step for ,mrs4 ,tuckett to take1 but a discreditable one4 ,it was a reproach to the ,saints to have one of their number go and mingle with the ungodly soldiers who had come out here to destroy them4 ,mrs4 ,tuckett was looked upon from the moment of her departure as a lost sheep from the fold4 ,these apprehensions were not unfounded1 for ,mrs4 ,tuckett1 whether wearied of her ,mormon environment1 or led away by the unusual attentions shown her by the officers and men of the camp 7with whom her acting soon made her a great favorite71 lost any former love she may have had for ,salt ,lake1 and sundered all social and family ties there4 ,dick ,white1 poet1 actor1 artist1 achieved another conquest2 not only had he succeeded in getting ,mrs4 ,tuckett away from the ,social ,hall company1 but later on he won the affections of the ,mormon actress and took her completely away from her family1 friends and church4 ,in some way ,white severed his connection with the army before the breaking out of the ,civil ,war and had gone to ,california taking the fair ,desdemona with him4 ,he married her and they lived together in ,folsom1 ,california2 only a few years1 however2 ,mrs4 ,tuckett-,white died there in '#fc4 ,mrs4 ,tuckett1 whose maiden name was ,mercy ,westwood1 was of ,english birth1 came to ,utah in the early '#ejs where she soon afterward married as a polygamous wife4 ,the ,westwood family had a strong predilection for the stage2 three of her brothers1 ,richard1 ,phillip and ,joseph ,westwood1 figured conspicuously a little later on in the ,springville ,dramatic company4 ,her desertion from the ranks of the ,social ,hall company had created a vacancy they found it difficult to fill4 ,she had been playing the leading roles1 filling the place of ,mrs4 ,wheelock who also became disaffected and went to ,california in '#eg with a number of others1 under protection of ,col4 ,steptoe's command4 ,what particular reason ,mrs4 ,wheelock had for withdrawing from the ,mormon people1 we do not know4 ,she settled in ,sacramento where after a time she became ,mrs4 ,rattenbury1 and has never returned except for a brief visit and this quite recently4 ,mrs4 ,tuckett was the wife of ,henry ,tuckett who is still living in ,salt ,lake2 and had four children by him at the time she left1 and in abandoning husband and children to share the fortunes of the soldier actor ,dick ,white1 she subjected herself to a vast amount of severe and apparently just criticism4 ,there is little known of her life after she left ,utah even by her relatives2 she probably regretted the step she had taken when too late4 ,the ,mormons never forgave ,white for taking ,mrs4 ,tuckett from them4 ,he visited ,salt ,lake about four years after the death of his ,mormon wife1 in the dramatic company of ,john ,s4 ,langrishe1 who had ,mr4 ,c4 ,w4 ,couldock with him and was traveling by stage overland to the gold mining towns of ,montana2 ,virginia ,city of vigilante fame being their objective point4 ,the ,langrishe-,couldock company opened in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 ,august the first1 #ahfg1 in the ,chimney ,corner with ,couldock in his favorite character of ,peter ,probity4 ,r4 ,c4 ,white was the ,solomon ,probity of the cast4 ,white was apprehensive of trouble if he should be discovered by the friends of ,mrs4 ,tuckett1 who regarded her peculiar taking off almost in the sense of an abduction4 ,conspicuous among ,mrs4 ,tuckett's friends were the managers of the theatre1 ,h4 ,b4 ,clawson and ,john ,t4 ,caine2 so ,white discreetly kept himself secluded during the day as much as possible1 and only put in an appearance at the theatre when it was time to dress for the play4 ,white was not personally known to the managers1 or any of the employees about the theatre4 ,he had been little in ,salt ,lake during the army's occupation of ,camp ,floyd and consequently was scarcely known4 ,trusting to these circumstances he hoped to escape recognition1 and avoid the storm of abuse he felt sure would be showered on his guilty head2 but unfortunately his name was on the program and although a common name and one that might easily escape especial notice1 ,white was by no means a common man and his performance of ,solomon attracted special attention to him4 ,some man in the audience who had met him at ,camp ,floyd recognized him1 and quietly informed the managers who he was4 ,the whisper spread about with amazing rapidity and he began to be pointed out as the reprobate and unscrupulous scoundrel who had enticed ,mrs4 ,tuckett away from home and friends and people4 ,to make sure that this was the veritable ,white1 the manager made some inquiries regarding him of ,jack ,langrishe1 his manager4 ,this was sufficient to arouse the curiosity of the company with regard to ,white's previous experience in ,utah4 ,white did not make a second appearance at the theatre4 ,he had caught something of the buzz that was in the air about him1 and quietly dropped out of the ,langrishe company for the remainder of its ,salt ,lake engagement4 ,the ,langrishes remained two weeks and then moved on to ,montana4 ,white had not been entirely idle in the interim4 ,he had made the acquaintance of a second ,salt ,lake woman1 whom he prevailed upon to join him soon after his departure1 and they were married shortly after2 the woman casting in her fortune with the ,langrishe troupe and doing such parts as they thought fit to cast her in4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,white eventually drifted into ,portland1 ,oregon1 and made that their home for many years4 ,it was there the writer made their acquaintance some fifteen years later when he went to play leads for ,john ,maguire at the ,new ,market ,theatre4 ,they appeared to be living harmoniously and had four lovely children1 two boys and two girls1 the eldest about twelve years of age and a promising young actress4 ,white was then the editor of the ,bee1 an afternoon paper1 and played on occasions in ,maguire's ,stock company4 ,some years later ,white with his family removed to ,san ,francisco1 where he became the stage manager of the ,tivoli4 ,it was during his incumbency of this position that he made the first dramatization of ,rider ,haggard's ,she1 and gave it its first production on the stage1 which proved to be a great success and started numerous other companies to play it4 ,white has now fallen into the sere and yellow leaf and for the last dozen years has been affectionately called by the profession ,daddy ,white4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,notwithstanding that during the winter of #ahei-fj a number of dramatic performances were given in the ,social ,hall1 they were nearly1 if not all1 revivals of plays that had been performed there previous seasons4 ,interest had declined from some cause or other4 ,it was probably attributable in some measure to the departure of first ,mrs4 ,wheelock and then of ,mrs4 ,tuckett1 the two leading actresses of the company2 and then ,jim ,ferguson1 one of the leading actors1 was now engrossed in the publication of ,the ,mountaineer1 a weekly paper he had started in connection with ,seth ,m4 ,blair and ,hosea ,stout1 and for which he wrote most of the editorials1 so that he had little if any time to devote to the playhouse4 ,bernard ,snow1 too1 was absent from the company that winter and as a consequence plays of a lighter character were selected that did not require ,snow and ,ferguson4 ,the ,golder ,farmer1 ,luke the ,laborer1 ,still ,waters ,run ,deep1 ,all ,that ,glitters ,is ,not ,gold1 were the principal plays given4 ,during the following winter1 #ahfj-fa1 there was nothing doing in the dramatic line in the ,social ,hall4 ,one reason for this was that a new company had arisen1 which1 if not exactly a rival1 was a strong competitor for public favor4 ,some of its principal members belonged to the ,deseret ,dramatic ,association1 and had been conspicuous in the ranks of its performers4 ,the new company was called the ,mechanics' ,dramatic ,association1 and was headed by the favorite ,social ,hall comedian1 ,phil ,margetts1 who was president and manager of the new organization4 ,the members of this new company were ,phil ,margetts1 ,harry ,bowring1 ,henry ,mc,ewan1 ,james ,a4 ,thompson1 ,joe ,barker1 ,john ,b4 ,kelly1 ,john ,chambers1 ,joseph ,bull1 ,pat ,lynch1 ,william ,wright1 ,bill ,poulter1 ,william ,price1 ,mrs4 ,marion ,bowring1 ,mrs4 ,bull1 ,mrs4 ,mc,ewan1 ,elizabeth ,tullidge and ,ellen ,bowring4 ,harry ,bowring had in course of construction a new dwelling house2 it was covered and the floors laid1 but no finishing or plastering had been done1 no partition walls had been put in1 so that the entire lower story was one room1 not more than #ahx#dj feet in dimensions1 about one-third the size of the ,social ,hall4 ,the stage occupied about one-third of the same1 leaving an audience chamber of about #ahx#be feet1 not large enough1 as it proved1 to accommodate the numbers that were anxious to witness the new performances4 ,for dressing rooms1 they had the house at the back1 in which ,mr4 ,bowring and family resided1 and which communicated with the stage by a doorway in the new structure4 ,the scenery and drop curtain1 which was necessarily of small dimensions1 was painted by the sterling and versatile artist1 ,william ,p4 ,morris4 ,the auditorium was seated a la circus1 with board seats rising one above the other1 with a row of chairs in front for the distinguished guests and patrons4 ,such was ,bowring's ,theatre1 as it was called4 ,whether the managers christened it that1 or the name was given it by the patrons and guests1 we do not pretend to know1 nor does it matter2 but this fact may be mentioned in relation to it1 that it was first place in ,salt ,lake ,city to be called a theatre4 ,the ,bowery being a place of worship 7although the name was strongly suggestive of the ,new ,york ,bowery theatre71 could not consistently be called a theatre and the ,social ,hall embracing all the social features--plays1 dances and banquets--never came to be called a theatre1 ,social ,hall fully covering its functions1 so that the ,bowring was really the first place to be known distinctively as a theatre4 ,although the theatre was so very small the company did not appear to be circumscribed in their histrionic efforts by any mere limitations of space or stage appurtenances1 as the following list of plays will show3 ,the ,honeymoon1 ,the ,gamester1 ,luke the ,laborer1 and ,othello1 and the farces of ,betsy ,baker and ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,peter ,white4 ,in the dramas1 ,mr4 ,margetts1 who was recognized as the comedian par excellence1 chose to assume the tragic mask and appeared in the leading roles1 leaving the principal comic parts to his friend and colleague ,harry ,bowring4 ,it was somewhat of a surprise to ,phil's friends and admirers who knew his qualifications for comedy1 to see him in these tragic characters1 but he is said to have given everybody a pleasant surprise in them and ,harry ,bowring carried the comedy roles so successfully as to divide the honors with ,phil4 ,mrs4 ,bowring1 who played the lady leads1 also distinguished herself to such a degree that she took a prominent place in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre soon after its opening4 ,it was during the performance of ,betsy ,baker in this place that ,jimmy ,thompson1 who was playing the part of ,mr4 ,crommie1 won such distinction in that character that the name of ,crommie has attached to him among his acquaintances ever since4 ,harry ,mc,ewan1 ,joe ,barker1 ,billie ,wright1 ,bill ,poulter and dear old ,john ,kelly and ,mrs4 ,bull and ,mrs4 ,mc,ewan all achieved some celebrity in connection with the little playhouse--,bowring's ,theatre4 ,manager ,margetts waited one day on ,president ,brigham ,young and invited him1 with his family1 to see their play4 ,the ,president of course had heard of the new theatre1 7what was there he didn't hear of87 but affected some surprise that ,phil and his associates should have started what might be considered a rival to the ,d4 ,d4 ,a4 ,when do you play8 inquired the ,president4 ,we have a play tonight1 answered ,phil2 ',luke the ,laborer1' but we could not accommodate your family tonight1 ,president ,young1 as the seats are mostly engaged1 but we would be pleased to reserve the house for yourself and family for our next play1 ',the ,honeymoon1' which will be on ,friday night4 ,well1 says ,brigham1 ,i would like to see the play tonight4 ,why can't ,heber 7meaning ,heber ,c4 ,kimball1 his chief counsellor1 who was sitting within hearing7 and ,i come tonight1 and the family can come the next night8 ,the ,president thought to catch them in a state of unpreparedness by going sooner than was arranged for him1 but ,phil readily acquiesced in the ,president's wish1 and he and ,brother ,kimball took in the show that night4 ,they both expressed their pleasure and spoke words of encouragement to the performers4 ,on the following day ,manager ,margetts sent ninety tickets1 the entire seating capacity of the theatre1 to ,president ,young for himself and family4 ,the tiny theatre was packed to see ,the ,honeymoon4 ,the ,young family certainly was in evidence on that occasion1 but there was quite a sprinkling of ,heber's folks and other friends to whom the ,president had given tickets from his wholesale reserve4 ,the ,honeymoon was a pronounced success4 ,after the play ,phil appeared before the curtain and in a happy way thanked the ,president and those of his family and friends present for honoring the company1 and expressed regret that they had not a more commodious and comfortable theatre in which to entertain their friends4 ,brigham1 evidently pleased1 made a return speech from his place in the audience and complimented the company4 ,he encouraged them to go ahead and told them he intended before long to build a good big theatre1 where they could have ample room to develop their dramatic art1 observing in his characteristic way1 that the people must have amusement4 ,it will thus be seen that these performances led indirectly to the building of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 for immediately after this the ,president instructed ,hyrum ,clawson to reorganize the ,deseret ,dramatic ,association and to unite it with the ,bowring ,theatre ,company1 for he was going to build a big theatre4 ,the idea had evidently entered his mind to stay4 ,brother ,brigham1 as he was popularly and lovingly called1 was quick to comprehend the financial results of a great theatre in a community whose members were all lovers of the drama1 and two large dramatic associations1 bursting with ambition and only too anxious for a good place and opportunity to air their talents4 ,so he gave it out in meeting one ,sunday1 much to the gratification of his congregation1 that he was going to build a big fun hall1 or theatre1 where the people could go and forget their troubles occasionally1 in a good1 hearty laugh4 ,we have a large fund on hand1 said he1 for the erection of a ,seventy's hall1 but not enough to build such a hall as ,i want for the ,seventies2 so we will use that fund to help build the theatre1 and when we get the theatre running we can pay back the ,seventy's hall fund with good interest1 and in that way the ,seventy's will get their hall sooner than if they started to build it now4 ,the ,seventy's hall has never been built6 ,the big theatre was planned and erected4 ,william ,h4 ,folsom was the architect and personally superintended the construction of the building4 ,this same gentleman1 also1 designed and built the big turtle-shaped ,tabernacle1 proving that he was a constructive genius4 ,on ,march the sixth1 #ahfb1 the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 although far from being finished1 was so far completed as to be used1 and on this date it was opened with such ceremonies as would not only be deemed unique in any other community1 but would be set down as sacriligious by pious people of other faiths4 ,on this occasion the theatre was filled to its utmost capacity by invitation4 ,no admission fee was charged1 the invitations being extended by ,president ,young to the church authorities1 state1 county and municipal officers1 the workmen who had erected the building1 some two hundred with their families4 ,some even who held invitations could not get in2 it resembled a huge revival meeting4 ,the ,president and his counsellors1 a number of the apostles and other church dignitaries sat on the stage in front of the green baize drop curtain4 ,the parquette was filled with the officials1 church and secular1 and the dramatic company and members of their families4 ,the circles were filled principally by the men who had worked on the building and their families4 ,there was a feeling of greatest expectancy pervading the large audience4 ,the people were there to witness not a play on this occasion1 but something deemed of still more importance1 the dedication of the new theatre4 ,the ,mormons dedicate all of their public buildings1 whether temples1 tabernacles1 stake houses1 ward houses1 school houses1 theatres1 dance halls1 or co-operative stores to the service for which they were erected4 ,the ceremony is much like one of their religious meetings with the addition of the dedicatory prayer4 ,on this occasion ,president ,brigham ,young occupied the center of the stage4 ,there was a program of vocal and instrumental music1 a special choir gotten together for the occasion1 and the theatre orchestra1 led by ,professor ,charlie ,thomas1 furnished the music4 ,president ,young called the large audience to order and the choir sang4 ,then ,daniel ,h4 ,wells1 or ,squire ,wells as he was popularly called1 offered up the dedicatory prayer4 ,squire ,wells no doubt made a good city mayor and an efficient general of the ,nauvoo ,legion1 but the worthy ,squire was not an orator1 moreover1 he had his piece written for this occasion and read it2 his peculiar mode of delivery was tiresome even when at his best1 when he had his choice of subject and all the latitude he could desire2 but it was especially so on this occasion1 when he was circumscribed to a most monotonous enumeration of everything that entered into the construction of the huge building4 ,beginning with the ground on which it stood and going in systematic order up through it foundation1 walls1 floors1 doors1 windows1 to the roof1 particularizing even the timbers1 nails and bolts1 the laths and plaster1 the glass and putty1 no detail he could think of was omitted4 ,each and all were especially dedicated to their particular purpose and use1 and the blessing of the ,almighty invoked to be and continue with each of these materials1 and with the structure as a whole4 ,even to those who believed in dedications1 who were the great majority of those present1 the dedicatory prayer was just a little wearisome and the audience experienced a feeling of relief when it was over and ,william ,c4 ,dunbar stepped to the front and assisted by the choir and orchestra1 sang ,the ,star ,spangled ,banner4 ,brigham ,young then made an address on the mission of the drama and his object in building the theatre1 which avowedly was to furnish innocent and instructive amusement to the ,saints4 ,he inveighed somewhat extravagantly against tragedy and declared he wouldn't have any tragedies or blood-curdling dramas played in this theatre4 ,this people had seen tragedy enough in real life and there was no telling the far-reaching and evil effects tragedies on the stage might have4 ,he strongly opposed1 too1 the idea of having any ,gentile actors play in this theatre4 ,we had plenty of home talent and did not need them4 ,president ,heber ,c4 ,kimball followed in a brief address1 strongly supportive of what ,president ,young had said4 ,apostle ,john ,taylor then gave a short address2 then came selections by the orchestra1 and more singing by the choir1 and ,mr4 ,dunbar sang another song written by ,apostle ,taylor for the occasion and set to music by ,professor ,thomas4 ,for the grand finale an anthem written for the occasion by ,eliza ,r4 ,snow and set to music also by ,professor ,thomas was sung by the choir1 accompanied by the orchestra and and brass band consolidated for the occasion4 ,the solo parts of the anthem were sung respectively by ,mr4 ,dunbar and ,mrs4 ,agnes ,lynch4 ,the musical program ended1 an announcement was made that the theatre would be formally opened on ,saturday evening1 ,march the eighth1 when the plays of ,the ,pride of the ,market and ,state ,secrets would be presented4 ,the people anxiously awaited the opening night4 ,the performance was advertised to begin at #g o'clock4 ,at #e o'clock hundreds were at the doors waiting to get in and before the time of the beginning every available spot of both seating and standing room was taken4 ,the prices of admission were #ge;c for parquette and first circles2 upper galleries #ej;c4 ,the plays1 both drama and farce1 were capitally acted4 ,dunbar's song between the plays1 ,bobbin' ,around1 made an immense hit4 ,the merging of the ,m4 ,d4 ,a4 into the ,d4 ,d4 ,a4 made up a strong company4 ,the roster of the ,deseret ,dramatic company as it stood at this opening performance and the cast of the initial plays cannot fail to be of interest after a lapse of more than forty-two years and so many of the original players have passed away4 ,the members were3 ,hyrum ,b4 ,clawson1 ,john ,t4 ,caine1 ,managers and both players2 ,philip ,margetts1 ,david ,mc,kenzie1 ,william ,c4 ,dimbar1 ,john ,r4 ,clawson1 ,henry ,maiben1 ,jos4 ,simmons1 ,horace ,k4 ,whitney1 ,henry ,e4 ,bowring1 ,r4 ,h4 ,parker1 ,george ,m4 ,ottinger1 ,c4 ,r4 ,savage1 ,george ,teasdale1 ,henry ,mc,ewan1 ,john ,kelly1 ,richard ,mathews1 ,john ,d4 ,t4 ,mc,allister1 ,sam ,sirrine1 ,henry ,snell1 ,mrs4 ,marian ,bowring1 ,mrs4 ,s4 ,a4 ,cook1 ,mrs4 ,woodmansee1 ,mrs4 ,margaret ,clawson1 ,mrs4 ,alice ,clawson1 ,miss ,maggie ,thomas1 and ,miss ,sarah ,alexander4 ,of the above-named the following have passed away3 ,john ,r4 ,clawson1 ,henry ,maiben1 ,jos4 ,simmons1 ,h4 ,k4 ,whitney1 ,henry ,mc,ewan1 ,john ,b4 ,kelly1 ,richard ,mathews1 ,henry ,snell1 ,mrs4 ,bowring1 ,mrs4 ,alice ,clawson1 and ,mrs4 ,cook4 ,bernard ,snow and ,james ,ferguson of ,social ,hall fame were on the roster1 but not active members2 they too are gone4 ,the following is the opening bill3 ,,saturday ,,evening1 ,,march #h1 #ahfb4 ,a ,beautiful ,comedy in ,three ,acts1 ,,the ,,pride ,,of ,,the ,,market4 ,cast of ,characters4 ,marquis de ,volange 444444444444444444444444 ,john ,t4 ,caine ,baron ,troptora 44444444444444444444444444444 ,henry ,maiben ,chevalier ,de ,bellerive 444444444444444444444 ,jos4 ,simmons ,ravannes 44444444444444444444444444444444444 ,r4 ,h4 ,parker ,dubois 44444444444444444444444444444444444 ,david ,mc,kenzie ,isadore ,farine 4444444444444444444444444444 ,h4 ,b4 ,clawson ,preval 444444444444444444444444444444444444 ,s4 ,d4 ,sirrine ,servants 444444444444444444444 ,r4 ,mathews and ,henry ,snell ,waiter 444444444444444444444444444444444444 ,john ,b4 ,kelly ,mille ,de ,volange 444444444444444444444444 ,mrs4 ,woodmansee ,norton 7pride of the market7 444444444 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,g4 ,clawson ,comic ,song1 ,bobbing ,around 444444444444444 ,w4 ,c4 ,dunbar ,to ,conclude ,with the ,laughable ,farce ,,state ,,secrets4 ,cast of ,characters4 ,gregory ,thimblewell 7the tailor of ,tamworth7 44 ,h4 ,e4 ,bowring ,robert 7his son7 4444444444444444444444444444444 ,r4 ,h4 ,parker ,master ,hugh ,neville 444444444444444444444444444 ,s4 ,d4 ,sirrine ,calverton ,hal 44444444444444444444444444444444444 ,w4 ,h4 ,miles ,humphrey ,hedgehog 44444444444444444444444444444 ,phil ,margetts ,maud ,thimblewell 7tailor's wife7 444444444444444 ,mrs4 ,bowring ,letty ,hedgehog 7with song7 444444444444444 ,miss ,maggie ,thomas ,such was the superb comedy bill with which the ,salt ,lake ,theatre was auspiciously and successfully launched into the great dramatic sea on which she has made such a long and splendid voyage4 ,the company played a few other plays between the opening date and the #aeth of ,april1 catching conference1 which closed the first season of about six weeks' duration4 ,they gave fifteen performances in this time4 ,the company during this first short season scarcely found its bearings1 much of the best talent was in the background and it took time and opportunity to discover it and place it to the best advantage4 ,during the first season of the ,theatre1 ,miss ,sarah ,alexander1 in addition to playing many of the soubrette roles1 was the premiere danseuse of the company1 and gave exhibitions of her skill in the terpsichorean art between the plays almost nightly2 she was eventually superseded1 however1 by ,miss ,totty ,clive 7a daughter of ,mr4 ,claud ,clive1 the costumer71 who became so proficient in the art of dancing that before she was #ae years of age she was an established favorite with the public1 and a feature of the theatrical entertainments4 ,,chapter ,v4 ,the isolation policy peculiar to the ,mormons at this period1 found expression in a discouragement of all ,gentiles 7as all non-,mormons were called7 and ,gentile enterprises in ,utah4 ,this feeling also found expression to some extent1 for a short time in the sphere of the theatre1 and it was boldly announced by some who were close in the councils of the ,mormon chief1 that he would have no ,gentile actors in his theatre4 ,a policy which was much more strongly emphasized at the time1 however1 was as to the character of the plays that should be presented4 ,president ,young set his foot down very firmly against the presentation of any tragedies1 or plays of tragic character4 ,the people he said had seen and felt too much of the tragic side of life2 he wanted them to be amused1 and not have their feelings harrowed up by tragic representations4 ,this policy obtained for a short time only2 gradually the general growing desire for the higher class of plays had to be taken into consideration by the managers1 ,clawson and ,caine1 who were running the house in the interest of the box office1 chiefly1 and this initial policy of the founder of the theatre was gradually abandoned1 as well as the isolation policy which was to debar ,gentile actors from the stage of the ,mormon ,theatre4 ,during the summer of '#fb the theatre was rushed to completion4 ,on ,december #bd1 '#fb1 the completed theatre was again formally dedicated and the following night1 ,christmas1 the ,stock ,company opened up for a regular winter season in the ,honeymoon under the direction and tutorship of our old ,nauvoo favorite1 ,tom ,lyne1 who had learned of the opening of ,brigham ,young's new theatre1 and saw a chance to renew his acquaintance with his old friends1 and do a little business with them in their new temple of the drama4 ,after a lapse of nearly twenty years1 during which his old friends and admirers had completely lost sight of him1 he suddenly bobs up serenely at ,denver where he had been playing an engagement with ,j4 ,s4 ,langrishe2 from here he corresponded with ,manager ,clawson with the result that he was engaged to come to the ,salt ,lake ,theatre as a tutor to the company4 ,he was received with great kindness by the company and managers1 and especially by ,brigham ,young1 who treated him with marked consideration4 ,he coached the company and directed several plays for them1 but that was an irksome task for ,lyne2 he wanted to face the public himself4 ,he saw a great opportunity and did not rest content until he had secured a starring engagement with the managers4 ,accordingly it was not long before the veteran tragedian 7,lyne was now fifty-six7 was announced to appear in a round of favorite characters supported by the ,theatre ,stock ,company4 ,he opened on ,january #adth in ,damon to a packed house and played in quick succession the characters of ,richelieu1 ,othello1 ,richard1 ,william ,tell1 ,sir ,giles ,overreach1 and ,rolla in ,pizarro4 ,in the latter play he could not expect to have any of the old ,nauvoo cast1 especially ,brigham ,young for the ,high ,priest1 as he was now reigning as ,high ,priest in reality2 but he found a very capable successor in the person of ,george ,teasdale1 who since his experience in this part found promotion in the priestly line until he became one of the chief high priests of the church and a member of the ,twelve4 ,there is certainly some charm in that character of the ,high ,priest in ,pizarro4 ,lyne's engagement was the first one made with any outside actor and broke almost in the very start the ,president's avowed policy of having no ,gentile actors in his theatre4 ,it was a comparatively easy step1 however1 as ,mr4 ,lyne was regarded as almost1 and likely to be altogether1 one of us again1 which idea1 however1 proved quite erroneous for ,tom ,lyne1 after playing several profitable engagements during his first years in ,salt ,lake1 where he settled down to end his days1 became unnecessarily cynical and bitter against the dominant party2 and especially against the proprietor and managers of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 when they decided that they had played him all that was profitable4 ,lyne's first engagement had let down the bars1 broken the isolation policy to such an extent that other ,gentile actors soon followed4 ,the truth is that the managers discovered even at that early period in ,salt ,lake's theatrical experience that the local ,stock ,company could not hold up the interest unaided and alone1 especially after the ,lyne engagement had shown the public the difference between a past master in the art 7as ,lyne was71 and a company of comparative novices however talented they might be4 ,another line of policy which had been laid down by the chief of the new amusement bureau 7that he would not have any tragedies nor murder plays performed in the new theatre7 was sadly tangled and demoralized1 during the very first engagement of an outside actor4 ,virginius was a favorite part of ,mr4 ,lyne's and it went on1 notwithstanding some discussion and protest1 with ,mrs4 ,alice ,clawson 7,brigham's prettiest daughter7 as ,virginia4 ,when ,virginius thrust the death dealing butcher knife which he purloins from the neighboring butcher stall into the trusting bosom of the fair ,virginia1 exclaiming ,it is to save thine honor1 the ,rubicon was crossed the leap was taken1 and the second cherished whim of the chief promoter of amusements for the ,saints was shattered2 it fell a sacrifice to a worldly box office policy2 and significant to relate1 his favorite daughter ,alice was made the principal accessory to this disregard of his desires and counsel4 ,the step once taken could not be retraced4 ,mr4 ,lyne's ,virginius like his ,damon and ,richelieu proved very popular1 and justified several repetitions4 ,it was found that tragedy had its votaries quite as numerous as those of the ,comic ,muse2 and there were no more protests either against the ,gentile actors or the tragic plays1 for the varied tastes of theatre patrons had to be considered and from this time on box office considerations wholly dictated the managerial policy of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,during the early days of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 that is to say1 the first short season of #ahfb and part of the season of '#fb-c1 the company was somewhat handicapped by the lack of a competent leading lady4 ,mrs4 ,wheelock and ,mrs4 ,tuckett1 the two leading actresses of the ,social ,hall days1 had both left the ,territory for ,california1 and this left the ,d4 ,d4 ,a4 weak in this respect4 ,the comedy roles were well represented in the persons of ,mrs4 ,margaret ,clawson1 ,miss ,sarah ,alexander1 ,miss ,maggie ,thomas1 and the character parts and old women by ,mrs4 ,sarah ,cook4 ,mrs4 ,marian ,bowring was good in heavies1 while pretty ,alice ,clawson could make good in a walking lady or light juvenile but they were short a leading woman4 ,in the classic plays which ,lyne put on3 ,virginius1 ,damon and ,pythias1 ,richelieu1 etc41 7,mrs4 ,alice ,clawson was cast for the leading juvenile roles2 she filled all the requirements so far as looks were concerned1 but was not at all convincing where any impassioned acting was required7 the popular verdict was ,she's pretty1 but can't act4 ,soon the managers discovered a very talented and promising actress to fill the place1 in one ,mrs4 ,lydia ,gibson4 ,lydia was the young and pretty wife of ,elder ,william ,gibson1 who had recently converted ,lydia to the ,mormon faith in the old country and brought her to ,salt ,lake and prevailed on her to become ,mrs4 ,gibson number two4 ,she was a very lovely woman and when she made her advent into the dramatic company soon became a general favorite both with the company and the public1 and more than one fellow experienced a pang of envy when he learned she was the wife of ,elder ,gibson1 a man old enough to be her father4 ,mrs4 ,gibson remained in the company only two seasons1 long enough to establish herself thoroughly in the affections of everybody1 when she sickened and shortly after died4 ,she was buried in ,brigham ,young's private burying ground near where the prophet himself is buried4 ,the entire dramatic company and many of the community followed her to her last resting place with every evidence of genuine sorrow4 ,her dramatic career was brief but brilliant4 ,there had been some trouble on the male side of the cast also4 ,on ,lyne's first appearance the part of ,pythias was cast to the old ,social ,hall favorite ,jim ,ferguson he had played the part with ,snow in the ,social ,hall and was accounted a good actor2 but on this particular occasion1 one of no small importance1 being his first appearance at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre as well as the first appearance of ,mr4 ,lyne1 ,mr4 ,ferguson did not win fresh laurels4 ,no doubt the fact of appearing alongside of a veteran like ,lyne1 made ,jim more or less nervous4 ,somehow he did not screw his courage to the sticking place1 whether from nervousness or other causes1 and failed to give a satisfactory performance of the part2 he was over-excited1 and the ,calanthe complained that he was too realistic4 ,he terrified the soldiers of ,dionysius to such a degree that they wanted to desert1 and ,mr4 ,lyne declared he was the most vigorous ,pythias who had ever played with him1 but he could not rely on him2 his stage business was so eccentric and uncertain4 ,jim thought he was making a great hit1 but the managers decided to make a change4 ,at the following performance the character was essayed by ,mr4 ,john ,r4 ,clawson1 who if not so brilliant as ,ferguson1 proved to be less erratic and more steady and reliable4 ,ferguson never again appeared on the stage but devoted his brilliant talents to his paper1 ,the ,mountaineer1 and the practice of the law4 ,john ,t4 ,caine was now nominally the leading man of the theatre4 ,he had played with stately dignity the parts of ,dionysius in ,damon and ,pythias and ,pizarro to ,lyne's ,rolla1 and before the season was over a number of leading characters in plays such as ,eustace ,baudin1 ,senor ,valiente1 ,serious ,family1 ,all ,that ,glitters1 etc4 ,each of ,lyne's characters was played twice or three times1 and went far toward filling up the season as the company played but two nights in the week4 ,the ,stock ,company filled out the season of '#fb-fc which closed after the ,april conference1 '#fc4 ,soon after the opening season of '#fc and '#fd1 the ,irwins were engaged1 and opening on ,november #dth played the entire season till ,april #ajth1 #ahfd4 ,when the ,irwin engagement began1 ,november #dth1 #ahfc1 this put ,mr4 ,selden ,irwin in all the leading parts4 ,early during this engagement ,mr4 ,david ,mc,kenzie1 who had already scored a success in old man parts1 came strongly to the front in the play of ,evadne in which he was cast for the part of ,colonno1 a character of the ,hotspur type4 ,he made a distinct and pronounced hit in this character1 fairly dividing honors with ,irwin1 who played ,ludovico1 a character of the ,iago type1 and second only to that great villain1 perhaps1 in the whole range of the drama4 ,this performance brought ,mc,kenzie conspicuously to the front so that he was promoted to the leading position and held it with public approval for a number of years4 ,a year or so ago a write up article in ,munsey claimed for ,george ,b4 ,waldron the distinction of being the first ,gentile actor to play in the ,mormon theatre4 ,how far astray from the historical record the writer was can be gleaned from the foregoing facts1 and those which are to follow4 ,mr4 ,lyne's first engagement lasted into ,march1 close up to the ,april ,conference1 when a season of stock work was resumed with some special attraction in the way of spectacular effects for the conference season4 ,it was the custom during the first regular season to play but two nights a week ,tuesdays and ,saturdays the other evenings of the week being devoted to the necessary rehearsals1 as it was impracticable to get the company together in the daytime for that purpose1 as they all had other occupations which demanded their attention4 ,each play was given twice1 this was the rule2 it was the exception when a piece ran three nights in succession4 ,it was the custom to put up a new bill each week1 so this gave the company about a week to get up in a new play and a new farce2 with their daily occupations to attend to as well4 ,actors today would consider it a task to get up in a new play and a farce each week with nothing else to attend to4 ,it will readily be understood from this statement that the original stock company of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre had no sinecure1 or soft snap1 to phrase it in the present vernacular1 especially when it is made known that during all this season there was no such thing as salary attached to their positions4 ,they were all working for honor and glory1 and to help ,brother ,brigham pay for the theatre2 but there was no grumbling2 all went merry as a peal of wedding bells for the labor we delight in physics pain1 and the first regular season of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre closed after the ,april ,conference1 #ahfc1 with a good financial showing1 much of the indebtedness on the building have been wiped out1 and everything in good shape for the ensuing season4 ,this first long season's work had to a great extent disclosed the respective merits of the various members of the company1 so that a number of changes were wrought out1 some members gaining promotions in accordance with public voice and approbation4 ,during the summer of #ahfc1 the interior decorations of the theatre were completed and preparations were made for opening the season of '#fc and '#fd a little in advance of the ,october ,conference1 which always brings the people in even from the remotest settlements1 and consequently makes a great harvest for the theatre4 ,the stock company opened up the season without any assistance from the ,gentile dramatic world no second star had as yet appeared on our dramatic horizon4 ,some additional interest1 however1 was lent to the stock company by the accession to its ranks of two new members1 who had been selected from an amateur club called the ,thespians1 whose performances1 given in a little crib1 popularly known as ,cromie's ,show1 so designated because the manager1 ,jimmy ,thompson1 had acquired the nickname of ,cromie from an excellent performance he gave of that character in the farce of ,betsy ,baker4 ,the new accessions were ,john ,s4 ,lindsay and ,james ,m4 ,hardie1 whom the theatre managers had picked from the ranks of the young ,thespians as being of promise and worthy a place in the big theatre4 ,the company presented a number of comedy dramas2 did the usual ,s4 ,r4 ,o4 business during the ,october ,conference and played well on into the month of ,november1 when ,the ,irwins were engaged as stock stars for the remainder of the season4 ,this engagement proved to be a wise move on the part of the management1 for the strain on the stock company was becoming apparent1 and it is questionable whether they could have held the public interest with them throughout the season2 so the ,irwins were welcomed by both the company and the patrons of the theatre4 ,selden ,irwin 7or as he was familiarly called ,sel7 was at this time in the very flush of manhood1 full of life and ambition1 with a plethora of good looks and activity4 ,he was essentially a dashing actor1 and pleased the public immensely4 ,mrs4 ,irwin was even more of a favorite than ,sel4 ,if not great1 she was very versatile1 and they gave ,salt ,lakers a series of plays of very great variety1 embracing classic tragedy1 comedy and farce4 ,everything from ,camille and the ,lady of ,lyons to ,that ,rascal ,pat and ,in and ,out of ,place4 ,with ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,irwin was ,harry ,rainforth1 a boy of sixteen years1 a son of ,mrs4 ,irwin by a former marriage1 who in after years became a well-known manager1 being a partner with ,bob ,miles in the ,grand ,opera ,house at ,cincinnati4 ,harry was quite an actor as a boy1 and helped out the cast on several occasions2 his most conspicuous effort1 however1 was ,lord ,dundreary in ,our ,american ,cousin1 which was put up to give ,sel a chance at ,asa ,trenchard4 ,it is not of record that ,harry ever became a formidable rival of ,sothern's in this part1 but on this occasion he filled the role very acceptably4 ,the ,irwins remained as stock stars to the end of the season1 which came to a close after the ,april ,conference1 #ahfd4 ,they were well liked by the ,utahns1 and came back for a short starring engagement the season of '#ff1 after making a tour of ,idaho and ,montana with a small road company4 ,the ,irwin engagement inaugurated the three night performances a week and ,saturday matinees4 ,this increased the work of the company to such an extent that they had to neglect to a greater or less degree their regular business1 that on which they depended for their living1 for it must be understood that there was no compensation attached1 beyond the honor of acting in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,so there began to be some dissatisfaction with this part of the business1 and complaints from some that they were neglecting their business for the theatre and ought to be made good1 so it was arranged near the end of the season to give two benefit performances one for the gentlemen and the other for the ladies of the company1 and then divide the results pro rata among the members of the company4 ,this scheme was carried out and served to conciliate the players and smooth the way to another season's work for the managers4 ,the writer at this time was probably the youngest member of the company and had attained but little prominence1 hence his divvy was a very modest one1 yet quite acceptable1 as it was unexpected4 ,the following autograph letter of ,brigham ,young's will show the method adopted by the management to carry on the business and make the company contribute liberally to the building of the theatre3 ,,salt ,,lake ,,city1 ,april #aeth1 #ahfd4 ,mr4 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay4 ,,dear ,,brother3--,inclosed please find ,twenty ,dollars1 being amount assigned you out of the proceeds of the ,benefit recently given at the theatre4 ,appreciating your faithful services1 and the alacrity with which you have contributed to our amusement during the past season1 ,i pray ,god to bless you1 and increase your ability to do good4 ,your brother in the ,gospel1 ,,brigham ,,young4 ,this plan served to keep the company in a contented mood1 and was repeated at the close of the following season with like result4 ,the writer had made some progress in the company1 and at the next benefit got seventy-five dollars for his pro rata2 this was less than a dollar a performance during the season of seven months1 but then we were doing good missionary work1 in the way of amusing the people1 and this company were engaged in a labor they delighted in2 while they were assisting in a great measure to pay for the great ,thespian temple in which they were performing1 they were enjoying the labor immensely and gave the same enthusiastic efforts to it they would have done to a mission1 had they been called to go and preach the gospel4 ,moreover1 they were gaining an experience in art that would have been perhaps impossible for them1 had not this splendid theatre been erected in the home of the ,saints4 ,brigham ,young's comprehensive mind had grasped the advantage to his people of blending art with religion1 and relieving the monotony of arduous pioneer toil with innocent and refreshing amusements4 ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,season ,,of '#fd-'fe4 ,a ,metropolitan ,theatre in the ,wilderness4 ,the ,salt ,lake ,theatre was a source of wonder and admiration to all strangers visiting it4 ,considering the time and the place of its erection1 the isolated condition of the people1 the meagre facilities within reach for so big a project1 the quadrupled cost of everything that had to be imported1 such as glass1 nails1 paints1 cloth for scenery and everything in the shape of decorations1 it was then1 and remains today1 a monument to the liberality1 foresight and enterprise of ,brigham ,young4 ,since its erection1 forty-three years ago1 theatrical architecture has been vastly improved1 and in many respects the ,salt ,lake ,theatre is old-fashioned1 but few theatres in the country1 with all the improvements which have been introduced1 surpass it in point of comfort and convenience1 especially behind the curtain4 ,when it is considered that not only the architectural designs1 the mechanical construction1 but all the interior decorations and the scene-painting was done by local talent1 it speaks highly for the artistic and mechanical skill that was centered in ,salt ,lake even at that early period of its history4 ,william ,h4 ,folsom was the architect and personally superintended its construction4 ,he was also the architect of the big ,tabernacle with its turtle-shaped roof spanning a stretch of #aej feet without a supporting column4 ,the first installment of scenery was painted by ,w4 ,v4 ,morris and ,george ,m4 ,ottinger1 both clever artists1 and with their assistants they gave the theatre stage a very nice investiture in the way of scenery4 ,as the seasons rolled around the stock of scenery was continuously growing1 for every new play had to have something done for it in the way of scenery1 so that the painters were always working1 and as a consequence the ,salt ,lake ,theatre has probably a larger stock of scenery than any theatre in the country4 ,the same may be said in regard to the stage properties4 ,charley ,millard was the property man1 and ,charley could manufacture anything in the shape of a prop from a throne chair to a cuspidor1 from a papier mache cannon to a firecracker1 from a basket horse to a baby2 so that in the course of a dozen years the property room became a veritable museum1 an old curiosity shop well worth an hour of anybody's time to examine4 ,there was a wardrobe department1 which was equal in importance if not superior to the scenic arid property departments4 ,this was presided over by ,mr4 ,claud ,clive1 an expert tailor1 who with his assistants1 manufactured all the costumes for the male characters of the plays1 while the female costume department was presided over by ,mrs4 ,marion ,bowring4 ,mr4 ,robert ,neslen had general charge of the costume and wig department1 and dispensed the necessary apparel and wigs to the company4 ,there was also a tonsorial artist connected with the house1 who was always there to curl a wig or put it on in good shape for the actors who needed such assistance4 ,john ,squires was the tonsorial artist--he was a busy man in those days4 ,he had his shop in a little adobe house that stood directly opposite the ,president's ,office on the lot where the ,amelia ,palace was afterwards erected4 ,john was the ,president's barber1 and had a large run of custom from the church and tithing offices1 besides nearly all the actors patronized him1 so that he was a prosperous man in the community4 ,he continued to shave his share of the people up to within a recent date1 when he was obliged to retire2 age with his stealing steps had clawed him in his clutch1 so this knight of the razor was reluctantly compelled to lay down the implements of tonsorial art1 the strong steady hand that once could clean a man's cheek in about three strokes had grown weak and tremulous1 and but recently he passed peacefully away to that better land where it is to be hoped there is no shaving or need of hair-dye4 ,his place is amply filled1 however1 for ,john has a numerous progeny--and all his sons and grandsons1 so far as we know them1 are barbers4 ,here we find a true touch of heredity4 ,after such a brilliant and successful season as the ,irwins had just concluded1 it seemed like a daring venture to open up the ensuing season with the stock company unassisted by the strength of a star2 but notwithstanding this seeming riskiness1 the managers did not wait for the ensuing season1 but bravely ushered in a supplemental season on ,may #adth4 ,only five weeks after the ,irwins had closed their long and brilliant run1 the stock were hard at it again1 notwithstanding the summer days were come2 they kept going till the #ahth of ,june1 when the veteran tragedian 7,lyne1 at the time #eh years of age7 was engaged to reinforce the stock1 and add to the box office receipts4 ,he opened this1 his second star engagement1 on ,june #beth and played up to ,july #afth4 ,he repeated all his former triumphs and achieved some new ones1 notably in ,sir ,giles ,overreach in ,a ,new ,way to ,pay ,old ,debts4 ,in the meantime a new star had appeared in our dramatic horizon2 by the time ,lyne had closed his engagement1 it was in our ascendant1 astrologically speaking1 and by the time it had reached our zenith1 or midheaven1 it had shed another halo over the ,salt ,lake ,theatre and the drama in ,utah4 ,this bright particular star was ,george ,pauncefort4 ,he was a scholar1 and a ripe and good one1 an actor of rare and varied accomplishments1 and proved to be an invaluable instructor and model for the company4 ,under his leadership a great progress was made4 ,pauncefort was an ,english actor1 who had acquired considerable celebrity on the ,london stage4 ,he was a married actor1 and his wife and several daughters1 at the time of which ,i am writing1 were quite popular on the stage1 and their names appeared frequently in the ,london casts4 ,pauncefort came to the ,united ,states as early as #aheh4 ,he was the original ,armand ,duval in ,camille1 when ,matilda ,heron first produced that play in ,new ,york4 ,after his ,new ,york engagement1 ,pauncefort drifted ,west1 and in #ahfd came to ,salt ,lake for a brief engagement of a week or two4 ,he had just concluded a stellar engagement with ,jack ,langrishe at ,denver4 ,denver at that time was not so large as ,salt ,lake ,city1 nor could it boast anything like so good a theatre4 ,the great overland road had not been projected at this time1 and people crossing the country from ,denver to ,salt ,lake or ,san ,francisco were obliged to stage it1 or travel with private conveyances4 ,so ,george had to stage it1 not a difficult thing for an actor to do4 ,he was accompanied by ,mrs4 ,florence ,bell who was featured with him as co-star during his first engagement4 ,he opened on ,july #bjth1 #ahfd1 just four nights after ,lyne closed1 in ,the ,romance of a ,poor ,young ,man1 in the character of ,manuel1 ,mrs4 ,bell playing ,marguerite4 ,pauncefort's ,manuel made a great hit1 and stamped him at once as an actor of superior parts4 ,it was a new awakening4 ,his style was so different from anything we had seen1 either in ,lyne or ,irwin4 ,mrs4 ,bell1 however1 fell as far below public expectation as ,pauncefort went above it4 ,she was not the equal of our own leading lady1 ,mrs4 ,gibson who in consequence of this engagement had to be retired from the leading roles1 and bear with what grace she might to see an inferior actress usurping her place4 ,the popular verdict was all in ,mrs4 ,gibson's favor4 ,mrs4 ,bell was a pretty woman1 but a very mediocre actress4 ,the management would gladly have retired the lady after the first performance1 but there was a contract1 and she was allowed to play the leads in several plays1 during this engagement4 ,pauncefort played until ,september #cjth1 when the season closed4 ,it no doubt cost the princely ,george a pang to realize that ,mrs4 ,bell had not made a favorable impression with the public1 as he had featured her on the bills4 ,she had found great favor in his eyes1 if not so fortunate in gaining the public favor4 ,their admiration was mutual and so apparent that it was frowned upon by the powers that be4 ,george was given plainly to understand that although ,mormons believed in and practiced polygamy1 they drew the line in morals at promiscuity1 and he could not continue his present intimate relations with ,mrs4 ,bell and his engagement at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,george took the hint and severed the entangling alliance2 all the easier1 no doubt1 as ,mr4 ,bell had come closely on their heels from ,denver4 ,bell was a good cornet player1 and secured an engagement in the ,theatre ,orchestra1 where he played until the end of the ,pauncefort season1 and then drifted off to ,montana1 taking the fair ,desdemona along with him4 ,that the ,bell alliance worked to ,pauncefort's injury there is no question4 ,president ,young took great offense at it1 and never attended the theatre during ,pauncefort's engagement after the opening performances1 when he became apprised of the intimacy existing between ,george and ,florence4 ,on ,brigham's first visit to the theatre after the ,pauncefort season1 the writer met him on the stage near his box and took occasion to express his pleasure at seeing him occupy his accustomed seat after so long an absence1 remarking1 ,it is a long time since you were here1 ,president ,young4 ,yes1 he replied4 ,i told ,john ,t4 and ,hyrum 7the managers of the house7 that ,i would not come into the theatre while that man ,pauncefort was here4 ,this showed how strong a prejudice he had conceived against ,pauncefort--and notwithstanding the very favorable impression his acting had made1 it was quite a long time1 nearly four months1 before he again appeared4 ,the ,lyne and ,pauncefort engagement following each other in such close succession and in an extra season1 and that season a mid-summer one1 had given the theatre-going public a very gratifying sufficiency of theatricals1 and consequently it was not thought advisable to open the theatre again until the ensuing ,october ,conference2 so the house was closed up for a period of five weeks and reopened on the #eth of ,october1 just in time to catch the ,conference gatherings4 ,although both ,lyne and ,pauncefort were in the vicinity1 neither of them were engaged until after the ,conference dates were passed4 ,the management could rely on full houses during the ,conference and could not see the policy of sharing up the profits with a star when the stock company could fill the house to its capacity4 ,the ,conference over1 the following week ,t4 ,a4 ,lyne opened his third engagement and played up to the #ajth of ,december2 a very long engagement1 lasting eight weeks4 ,pauncefort should naturally1 according to all professional ways of looking at it1 have filled this time2 and no doubt would have had the preference over ,lyne if the managers had not been handicapped by the strong prejudice of the ,president against this actor2 for he was the newer and more attractive star4 ,lyne had already played two long engagements and exhausted his repertoire1 besides ,pauncefort had introduced us to a more modern and popular school1 and from financial considerations alone1 any manager would have given him the preference1 but he did not get back into the theatre for a second engagement until after ,lyne had played everything he knew2 still he lingered in the vicinity4 ,he went out through the provinces--played smaller towns1 such as ,springville and ,provo1 with their home companies--and dabbled in merchandising1 shipping fruit to ,montana2 it was bringing big prices just then4 ,on the #agth of ,december1 #ahfd1 ,george ,pauncefort began his second engagement in ,a ,bachelor of ,arts and ,black-,eyed ,susan4 ,it was during this engagement that ,hamlet and ,macbeth had their initial performances in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,both of these plays were marked events in the history of the theatre1 more particularly ,macbeth1 which called into requisition the ,tabernacle choir to play the witches and sing the music of the play1 which was ably conducted by ,prof4 ,c4 ,j4 ,thomas4 ,macbeth was the last play of this engagement and closed the second ,pauncefort season on ,january #gth1 #ahfe--;a brief season of three weeks--after waiting around about four months4 ,why this engagement ended so suddenly in the very height of its brilliancy is somewhat puzzling to understand1 as there was no other star to follow1 and the stock company played unassisted by any stellar attraction up till ,may #bjth1 which closed the season of '#fd and '#fe4 ,pauncefort shortly after the closing of his engagement went to ,san ,francisco1 where he remained for more than two years playing there at intervals4 ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,season '#fe ,,and '#ff4 ,the next star to appear at the ,mormon theatre was ,julia ,dean ,hayne1 and a brilliant one she proved to be4 ,she created on her first appearance an impression that was profound and lasting1 and each additional character she appeared in only served to strengthen her hold on the admiration and affection of her audiences4 ,the advent of such a well-known and popular actress into the heart of the ,rocky ,mountain region at such a time1 years before the completion of the overland railroad1 had in it a rich tinge of romance and wild managerial venture4 ,julia ,dean came to ,salt ,lake ,city under the management and in the dramatic company of the veteran ,western manager1 ,john ,s4 ,potter4 ,some time prior to this she had gone to ,san ,francisco from ,new ,york by way of the ,isthmus1 had played a successful engagement there1 and being at liberty after it was over1 ,mr4 ,potter1 who was an old acquaintance of ,mrs4 ,hayne1 made her a proposition to organize a company and play her through the principal towns of ,california4 ,this was done1 and after the state had been pretty thoroughly toured1 the fair ,julia appearing in many places that had very queer theatres1 the tour was extended through the cities of ,oregon and then through the sparsely inhabited territories of ,montana1 ,idaho and ,utah1 finally arriving in ,salt ,lake ,july #bfth1 #ahfe1 on a regular old-time stage coach1 a tired and jaded-looking party4 ,there was in this company ,john ,s4 ,potter1 manager 7then a man of sixty or more71 ,julia ,deane ,hayne 7the star71 ,george ,b4 ,waldron 7leading man71 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,o4 ,f4 ,leslie 7juveniles71 ,mr4 ,a4 ,k4 ,mortimer 7heavies71 ,charles ,graham 7comedian74 ,mr4 ,potter himself played the old man parts1 ,miss ,belle ,douglas playing characters and old woman parts1 and ,jimmie ,martin1 property man and filling-in parts4 ,the fame of ,brigham ,young's theatre had reached them in their travels1 and they had traveled many miles to get the opportunity of playing in it4 ,a week's engagement was soon effected1 and on ,august #aath1 #ahfe1 ,the ,potter ,company with ,julia ,dean ,hayne as the stellar character1 opened up in the play of ,camille4 ,they were received by a packed house1 and with every demonstration of welcome and approbation4 ,mrs4 ,hayne1 who was no longer girlish in face and figure but a mature woman1 verging on towards the fair1 fat and forty period1 was nevertheless so exquisitely beautiful and girlish-looking when made up for ,camille or ,julia in the ,hunchback1 that everybody sang her praises4 ,the entire community seemed to have fallen irresistibly in love with the new star1 and henceforward she had fair wind and smooth sailing while her lot lay cast among the ,saints4 ,while the ,potter ,company were playing in the theatre1 supporting ,mrs4 ,hayne1 the stock company were of course getting a needed rest1 but their salaries 787 were going on as usual1 and the management could not well afford to have two companies on its hands1 so after the first week1 the novelty being over1 the ,potter company were let out1 and the regular company reinstalled4 ,the ,potter ,company1 however1 had lost its star2 the theatre managers had effected an engagement with ,julia ,dean to remain with them for the rest of the season as stock star with ,george ,b4 ,waldron1 also to play her leading support1 and direct the staging of her plays4 ,this proved a severe blow to the ,potter ,company1 who now had no place to play in in ,salt ,lake and could not well take to the road again1 having lost their principal attraction4 ,potter had not expected to have been so soon supplanted4 ,he came to ,salt ,lake1 expecting to find a company of amateurs1 and thought no doubt the managers would be glad to supplant them1 at least for a good long season1 with the ,potter ,company and its distinguished star4 ,outside of ,mrs4 ,hayne and ,mr4 ,waldron1 however1 the ,salt ,lake ,company was much more numerous1 talented and capable than the ,potter ,company4 ,it took but one or two performances for the managers to discover this1 and they hastened to make the arrangements with ,julia ,dean and ,mr4 ,waldron and to reinstate their own company4 ,poor ,potter and his remaining company were in a sorry strait4 ,their overland jaunt1 through ,oregon1 ,montana and ,idaho1 had not been very lucrative1 and now they were out in the fastnesses of the ,rocky ,mountains1 a thousand miles from any metropolis with a theatre1 and no railroad to get away on2 nothing but the overland coach4 ,potter was a resourceful manager1 however2 he was not easily daunted2 with him ,richmond's admonition to his army was ever present4 ,true hope never tires1 but mounts on eagle's wings4 ,kings it makes gods1 and meaner creatures kings4 ,he found in ,tom ,lyne an old acquaintance1 and a strong ally4 ,lyne was by this time disgruntled and dissatisfied with the theatrical outlook in ,salt ,lake2 he was not getting any more the plaudits and the star's share of the receipts4 ,he wanted some place to play in4 ,so he inspired ,potter with the notion of building an opposition theatre to that monopoly of ,brigham ,young's4 ,potter drank in ,lyne's inspiration fervidly4 ,the idea took a frantic possession of him1 and plans were at once devised for getting up another house as speedily as possible1 for the season was advancing and if the project was not hurried the ,potter company would be scattered beyond all recovery4 ,so it was decided to erect a cheap frame building1 and push it to completion as rapidly as possible4 ,this decision served to keep the ,potter ,company in ,salt ,lake1 as they all had faith in the scheme1 and faith in themselves that they could win out4 ,they argued that by the time the new play-house was ready to open that ,julia ,dean and ,waldron would be played out at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 and something new would catch the people4 ,poor1 deluded actors1 they did not know the people of ,salt ,lake2 they knew them better after4 ,how much money ,mr4 ,lyne put into this scheme the writer never could learn from him1 but ,i opine it was very little4 ,he1 however1 secured the building site1 by some kind of a deal with ,tommy ,bullock4 ,it was about where ,dinwoodey's furniture store now stands4 ,potter had little or no money with which to start such an enterprise1 so ,lyne introduced ,mr4 ,potter to such of the merchants and lumbermen as he wanted to do business with4 ,potter played a bold game1 and really accomplished a great feat in the building of this theatre4 ,he got from sixty to ninety days' credit for everything nearly that went into the construction of the building4 ,it was a cheap affair2 built of poles1 hewn to an even size and placed in the ground like fence posts2 then boarded on both sides with rough boards1 the space between the inside and outside boarding being filled in with sawdust and refuse tan bark from the tanneries1 to make the building warm4 ,the place was about half the size of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre2 that is1 it had about half the seating capacity and a stage about one-fourth the size of the theatre4 ,the structure1 including the lease of ground1 cost about #g1jjj4 ,it was put up in about thirty days1 so that ,potter had a month's more time in which to pay for the bulk of the material1 but the merchants and laborers who did the building were worrying his life out long before he got it going1 for their money4 ,he proved to be an expert at standing off his creditors1 however1 so by hook and crook he got the building completed1 his company reorganized1 and the theatre started4 ,some very amusing stories were related of him at the time2 how he would cajole and stuff with promises the dissatisfied workmen as to what he would do as soon as he got the house open4 ,one man went to him with the sorrowful story that his landlady had refused to credit him any longer1 and he must have money to pay his board and lodgings4 ,potter looked at him pityingly1 and expressed his regret that he could do nothing for him till he got the theatre going4 ,it will soon be finished now2 tell your landlady this1 and if this will not appease her1 change your boarding house4 ,to such like desperate shifts and subterfuges was he obliged to resort to keep the men at work1 doling them out a few dollars at a time1 when they became unmanageable or threatened to quit4 ,eventually the house was ready for opening and ,tom ,lyne had to have the first whack at the new box office receipts4 ,with woeful shortsightedness they put up for the opening1 ,damon and ,pythias1 with ,lyne starred as ,damon1 a character he had already played three or four times at the other theatre4 ,lyne probably thought1 however1 with ,richard that the king's name is a tower of strength1 which they on the adverse faction want4 ,such did not prove to be the case1 however1 as the adverse faction having in view the opening of the opposition house1 put on a strong new bill with ,mrs4 ,hayne in a new and powerful character1 so that there was no apparent diminution of patronage1 and the ,salt ,lake ,theatre kept on the even tenor of its way with not a downy feather ruffled by its fierceness4 ,potter and ,lyne had succeeded in getting ,jim ,hardie away from the other house by offering him the part of ,pythias and a larger salary than he was getting at the older house4 ,jim at this time was the youngest actor in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre company1 and had not yet made much advancement2 he was ambitious1 however1 and this opportunity to play ,pythias to ,lyne's ,damon was very alluring to him1 so he deserted the ranks of the ,d4 ,d4 ,a4 and allied himself with ,lyne-,potter1 et al41 with what poor judgment the sequel will show4 ,the new theatre was christened ,the ,academy of ,music1 with what reason or consistency no one could ever conceive1 unless it was to give it a big sounding name1 to allure the unwary1 for it was as utterly unlike an ,academy of ,music as anything could be4 ,on the opening night1 the novelty of the new theatre opening1 and curiosity to see the ,academy and ,mr4 ,lyne with his new support1 sufficed to draw a fairly full house4 ,several amusing incidents transpired on that eventful evening4 ,first and most laughable was the following3 ,jim ,hardie had a brother-in-law named ,pat ,lynch4 ,pat had been clerk of the district court for a number of years and was well known for a big-hearted1 generous man1 his greatest fault being that he would indulge occasionally too freely in the ardent4 ,pat had loaned ,jim ten dollars to help him get a costume for ,pythias the ,academy had no wardrobe department and ,jim could not with any grace attempt to borrow one from the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,it would appear he had promised to get an advance as soon as the box office had begun to take in money1 and ,pat had expected the return of his money that day2 at all events1 he was present at the play1 occupying a front seat in the parquette4 ,he had been indulging freely1 and his sight was not so clear as usual2 besides1 he had the character of ,pythias and ,dionysius mixed in his imagination4 ,mr4 ,potter was playing ,dionysius1 and as he strode on at the rise of the curtain and began to speak1 ,pat mistook him for ,hardie and bawled out at the top of his voice1 ,see here1 ,dionysius1 where's that ten dollars you owe me8 ,potter was filled with consternation2 ,pat's friends who were with him succeeded in quieting him and ,potter made another start1 this time without interruption4 ,pat had discovered his mistake1 that he had dunned the wrong man1 and it took but little persuasion to get him to leave the theatre4 ,hardie1 behind the scenes waiting for his entrance1 and fearing a second explosion when he should make his appearance1 was immensely relieved to see from the side wings ,pat's companions lead him up the aisle and out of the theatre4 ,potter1 not aware but what it was one of his numerous creditors dunning him1 when he made his first exit1 threw up his hands in dismay1 and said to ,lyne in the wings3 ,my ,g--d1 they won't give me any peace6 ,even dunning me from the audience4 ,when ,lyne1 who had caught the truth of the matter1 explained to him1 he was greatly relieved4 ,another amusing incident1 and one which nearly wrecked the scene1 was furnished by the little girl they had for ,damon's boy4 ,it has never been a difficult task to find in ,salt ,lake a pretty and clever child to play the child's part in this or any other play4 ,on this occasion1 the selection was probably limited to a small circle1 owing to the feeling engendered by this opposition to the favorite theatre2 at all events1 the ,damon's child of the occasion was an uncultured looking little miss of about six years2 she was so dark and tawny-looking that she might have had ,indian blood in her veins1 and certainly she had a touch of the obduracy and stolidness that characterize that race2 ,belle ,douglass was the ,hermion of the occasion1 and she was obliged to improvise and speak most of the child's lines for her2 when ,damon came on for the farewell interview with his beloved ,hermion and his darling boy1 he strove in vain to get a response from his young hopeful2 the child had become thoroughly nervous1 and seemed apprehensive of some danger and when ,damon interrogated her1 ,what wouldst thou be1 my boy8 instead of the cheerful response1 ,a soldier1 father1 there came only a frightened look1 and the child put its finger in its nostril1 and swayed to and fro1 as if she would say1 but dare not1 ,i want to go home4 ,miss ,douglass1 annoyed1 pulled the little hand down testily from the child's nose1 and ,damon repeated the question1 ,what wouldst thou be1 my boy8 ,no answer1 but up went the finger again to the nose4 ,hermion again pulled down the hand1 and rather harshly demanded1 ,come1 say1 what wouldst thou be1 my boy8 ,the child by this time was nearly terrified1 and only repeated the nose business with more emphasis and began to cry--and ,damon utterly disgusted with his youthful prodigy1 hurried him off to pluck the flower of welcome for him4 ,the child's queer action of sticking its finger up its nose sent the house almost into convulsions of laughter1 and came near converting one of the greatest scenes of the play into a burlesque4 ,lyne played all the other plays in his repertoire in rather rapid succession1 as the aim was to keep the ,academy open every night 7except ,sundays7 and as each play would bear but one repetition1 this repertoire was soon exhausted1 and as there was no other star in the ,utah firmament to fill the place1 the ,academy went into a rapid decline4 ,as the business had not proved to be what the promoter and manager had calculated on1 ,potter was daily besieged by creditors1 until the poor man was almost driven frantic4 ,the heavy creditors1 those who had furnished material on sixty days' time1 now began to grow troublesome1 and one attachment after another followed1 until the house fell into the hands of the sheriff--and ,brigham ,young1 through ,t4 ,b4 ,h4 ,stenhouse1 as agent1 made a deal by which the property came into his hands4 ,he soon put a force of men to work who tore it down1 hauled it away and fenced a farm with it4 ,such in brief is the history of ,potter's ,academy of ,music4 ,the merchants and lumbermen who had given ,potter such liberal credit were now sadder but wiser men4 ,potter got away as soon as possible1 for matters were very pressing and unpleasant for him4 ,his company drifted off in various directions1 except ,belle ,douglass1 who got married to ,captain ,clipperton and settled down in ,salt ,lake1 and after a while got into the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,hardie also got back after a time1 long enough for him to become repentant and express his regrets for what he had done4 ,the season1 by the time the ,academy's brief career had ended1 was well advanced into the spring4 ,julia ,dean ,hayne had not only not played out1 but had steadily grown in the affection of the people4 ,mr4 ,waldron continued to to be a favorite also2 but ,julia ,dean was the bright particular star whose effulgence can never be effaced from the memories of those who attended her performances during that memorable engagement4 ,she received many marks of personal favor from ,president ,brigham ,young2 indeed1 it was current gossip that the ,president was very much enamored of the fair ,julia and had offered to make her ,mrs4 ,young number twenty-one4 ,how much1 if any1 truth there was in this gossip will perhaps never be known2 the fact that ,brigham did pay her unusual attention and gave several parties in her honor and had a fine sleigh built which he named the ,julia ,dean was quite enough to set the people talking4 ,the probability is that the ,president was very much charmed with her1 and sought to win her to the ,mormon faith2 had he succeeded in this1 he might then have felt encouraged to go a step further and win her to himself1 for in spite of his already numerous matrimonial alliances1 he did not consider himself ineligible4 ,the fair ,julia was not ineligible1 either1 for she was divorced from her husband1 ,dr4 ,hayne1 the son of a favorite son of ,south ,carolina4 ,speculation was rife1 and much surprise and wonder was excited in certain quarters that ,president ,young should go out of his way to show more marked attention to an actress than he had ever shown to any of his wives2 but he was bent on getting ,julia into the fold2 once there1 he could have played the good shepherd1 and have secured her an exaltation4 ,she had another man in her eye4 ,one she had set her heart upon1 too4 ,as hers on him1 so his was set on her1 but how they met and wooed and made exchange of vows ,i'll tell thee as we pass4 ,james ,g4 ,cooper was at this particular time secretary of the territory of ,utah--an appointee of the ,united ,states government4 ,he was a cavalierly man of southern birth and breeding--tall and handsome1 and of courtly bearing1 a great lover of the theatre4 ,he was never known to miss a performance during ,julia ,dean's engagement4 ,he was one of the most enthusiastic admirers she had2 night after night1 all the season through1 he sat in front1 early always in the same seat1 and with eyes aglow and ears alert1 he seemed to absorb every tone of her voice and catch1 every gleam of her eyes--her every move was to him a thrill of rapture4 ,out of her thousands of admirers he was the most devoted worshipper at her shrine4 ,up to a certain time he worshipped in silence as if she were a deity4 ,chance had made them neighbors3 the secretary's office and ,mrs4 ,hayne's apartments were in adjoining houses1 and it was not long before an acquaintanceship was formed which rapidly grew into a friendship and friendship soon ripened into love4 ,these lovers were discreet1 however4 ,many happy hours they passed in each other's company1 but they did not parade their love1 nor wear their hearts upon their sleeves for daws to peck at4 ,little did her audience suspect that often when she cast her most bewitching glances1 and brightened their faces with her radiant smiles1 that those smiles were mounted especially for him2 but he knew--how could he help but know4 ,cupid had drawn his bow and sped his dart4 ,where on a sudden one hath wounded me1 that's by me wounded ,both our remedies within thy help and holy physic lie4 ,so after the close of the season1 much to the surprise of her numerous admirers1 these 'twain were made one flesh4 ,they bade a rather hasty farewell to the land of the ,saints1 and wended their way to the far ,east by stagecoach1 the terminus of the ,pacific road being yet some hundreds of miles from ,salt ,lake4 ,mrs4 ,hayne's last appearance at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre was an event marked with quite as much if not more of interest than her first appearance4 ,she had become endeared to the ,salt ,lake public1 and they regarded her approaching departure with genuine regret4 ,at her last performance1 ,june #cjth1 #ahff1 she appeared as ,camille1 the same character in which she opened her engagement1 and was the recipient on this occasion of many tokens of kindness and appreciation4 ,being called enthusiastically to the front of the curtain after the performance1 she bade a loving farewell to ,salt ,lake and its people in one of the most delicately and tastefully worded speeches ever made in front of a theatre drop4 ,during her long engagement1 lasting from ,august #aath1 '#fe1 to ,june #cjth1 '#ff1 she played all the great classic female roles that were then popular1 a number of comedies1 and even took a dip into extravaganza or burlesque1 appearing during the holiday season in the character of ,alladin in ,the ,wonderful ,lamp1 which ran for eleven consecutive performances4 ,her best remembered characters are ,camille1 ,lady ,macbeth1 ,leah1 ,parthenia1 ,julia 7in the ,hunchback71 ,lucretia ,borgia1 ,medea1 ,marco1 ,lady ,teazle1 ,peg ,woffington1 and ,pauline in the ,lady of ,lyons4 ,in her ten months' engagement1 she played a great many plays besides those mentioned1 each play being presented twice or three times1 according to its popularity4 ,among others1 an ,indian play1 entitled ,osceola1 written by ,e4 ,l4 ,sloan1 then editor of the ,salt ,lake ,herald1 in which ,mr4 ,george ,waldron played the title role and ,mrs4 ,hayne the chief's daughter4 ,the piece had a fair success1 but has never been heard of since4 ,mr4 ,sloan wrote another play a year or two later1 about the time of the completion of the overland railroad1 which he called ,stage and ,steam4 ,this was a melodrama with a stage coach and railway train in it1 intended to illustrate the march of civilization4 ,it had two presentations1 and was never acted again that we are aware of4 ,it was during ,mrs4 ,hayne's engagement also that ,mr4 ,edward ,w4 ,tullidge made his first essay as a dramatic author--,mrs4 ,hayne and ,mr4 ,waldron had exhausted the list of available plays and new plays were in demand4 ,tullidge's play was entitled ,eleanor de ,vere1 or ,the ,queen's ,secret1 an episode of the ,elizabethan ,court--in which ,queen ,elizabeth was a secondary character4 ,tullidge had written his play with various members of the company in his eye1 and succeeded in fitting them very well4 ,this play made a very favorable impression and was repeated several times to large and appreciative audiences4 ,mrs4 ,hayne's character1 ,eleanor de ,vere1 was one of the ,queen's waiting women1 in love with ,rochester1 and afforded the actress very good scope for her great talent1 but the character of ,queen ,elizabeth1 although a secondary part in the play1 made such a favorable impression on ,mrs4 ,hayne that she asked ,mr4 ,tullidge if he could write her a play of ,elizabeth1 making the ,queen a star character for her4 ,she believed from what ,mr4 ,tullidge had done in ,eleanor de ,vere that he could write a great play of ,elizabeth4 ,tullidge felt that he had a great subject2 it was a favorite theme1 however1 and one on which he was thoroughly posted1 and encouraged by ,mrs ,hayne's faith in his ability1 he at once commenced the task4 ,the labor we delight in physics pain1 and ,elizabeth became a labor of love with ,edward ,tullidge1 for he was very enthusiastic in his love of ,julia ,dean1 both as a woman and as an artist2 and so familiar with all the heroes of ,elizabeth's court1 that his task1 though ,herculean1 was a pleasant one1 and before ,julia ,dean was ready to leave ,salt ,lake1 ,tullidge had completed a great historical play1 ,elizabeth of ,england4 ,it was with a view of presenting it in ,new ,york that ,mrs4 ,hayne 7now ,cooper7 went there soon after her departure4 ,before she had concluded any arrangement for its production1 however1 ,ristori1 the great ,italian actress1 loomed up on the dramatic horizon in ,elizabeth4 ,she had crowned all her former achievements in a great triumph in this same ,elizabeth of ,england4 ,although the play was written by an ,italian author 7,giogimetta7 and was not as true to history as the ,tullidge play1 it filled the particular historical niche so far as the stage is concerned4 ,ristori had a great success with this play1 both in ,europe and this country4 ,it must have broken ,julia ,dean's heart professionally4 ,she might have been the first in the field1 at least in this country1 if she had not dilly-dallied4 ,she was having a delightful honeymoon and was too indifferent in this important affair1 and when the advent of the great ,italian in ,elizabeth awoke her from her reverie1 her opportunity had gone and ,tullidge's ,elizabeth never saw the light4 ,very keen indeed was the disappointment of the author4 ,julia ,dean was his ideal for ,elizabeth1 and when he found to his amazement that the ,italians 7author and actress7 had gained the field ahead of them1 poor ,tullidge went crazy with grief1 and for a time had to be confined in the city prison1 there being no asylum in ,utah at that time4 ,mr4 ,lyne1 who read the play to a large audience in ,salt ,lake1 pronounced it one of the greatest historical plays he had ever read4 ,whether the great disappointment had any effect in hastening ,mrs4 ,cooper's death or not can not be known1 but it is pitiful1 'twas wondrous pitiful1 that she did not live longer to enjoy her new-found happiness1 and add a crowning glory to her brilliant career1 for she was without doubt the greatest favorite of her day in ,america1 and ,americans everywhere would have hailed her with delight in any new achievement4 ,she only lived about a year after her marriage to ,mr4 ,cooper4 ,she died in ,new ,york1 and was buried in ,greenwood ,cemetery4 ,the news of her demise was received with profound sorrow by her numerous ,salt ,lake admirers1 and many a silent tear paid tribute to her memory4 ,there is a destiny that shapes our ends1 ,rough hew them as we will4 ,through the courtesy of ,mr4 ,c4 ,e4 ,johnson1 our popular photographer1 ,i am enabled to append the following information in relation to ,julia ,dean's death and burial3 ,,the ,,unmarked ,,grave ,,of ,,julia ,,dean4 ,,new ,,york1 ,august #bf1 #ahig4 ,to the ,editor of the ,dramatic ,mirror3 ,,sir3--,while recently walking through the beautiful ,laurel ,grove ,cemetery at ,port ,jervis1 ,new ,york1 the aged caretaker called my attention to a good-sized circular burial plot overlooking a lake in the centre of which1 surrounded by mountain laurel shrubs and lilac bushes1 is a sunken mound under which the venerable keeper declared rested as great and fine a looking actress as the country ever had1 and further stated that much of a time was made over her years ago in ,new ,york4 ,also that when her body was brought on here a big crowd of theatre folks came on to see her buried and they cried over her open grave4 ,becoming thoroughly interested1 ,i carefully noted the location of the actress' lot1 and immediately visited the little cemetery office on the grounds1 and in looking over the admirably kept records1 ,i was astonished to find that it represented the grave of a fair member of the dramatic profession whose tomb had been entirely lost sight of1 and dramatic historians and editors have been unable for years to enlighten those of their readers who sought to discover her grave rest4 ,beneath this mound rests all that is mortal of the once lovely ,juliet of the ,american stage--,julia ,dean4 ,the complete record of the ,laurel ,grove ,cemetery reads3 ,name--,julia ,dean-,hayne-,cooper4 ,place and time of nativity--,pleasant ,valley1 ,near ,poughkeepsie1 ,n4 ,y41 ,july #ba1 #ahcj4 ,names of parents--,edwin and ,julia ,dean4 ,age--,thirty-five years4 ,place and date of death--,new ,york ,city1 ,may #ai1 #ahff4 ,cause of death--,childbirth4 ,second husband's name--,james ,g4 ,cooper4 ,buried in ,lot ,no4 #c1 ,section ,b1 owned by her father-in-law1 ,mathew ,h4 ,cooper4 ,remains of deceased first placed in the ,marble ,cemetery ,general ,receiving ,vault1 ,second ,street1 ,new ,york ,city4 ,transferred to ,laurel ,grove ,cemetery1 ,port ,jervis1 ,april #af1 #ahfh4 ,the lone cemetery official states all of ,julia ,dean's kindred passed away years ago1 and together they are buried in the old ,clove graveyard at ,sussex1 ,n4 ,j4 ,at the time of their deaths1 they were in reduced circumstances1 and while still well-to-do1 years before ,julia ,dean's demise they acquired this ,port ,jervis burial lot that she might await the resurrection in the place where her childhood days were so pleasantly passed4 ,at the foot of the eminent actress' grave slumbers the unnamed girl infant for whom ,julia ,dean surrendered her illustrious life4 ,none of her relatives were ever able to erect a monument over her remains1 and it seems a pity that this exquisite actress of another generation should forever sleep in an unrecorded sepulchre4 ,having heard and read that the noble ,actors' ,fund of ,new ,york has caused' many a granite tombstone to be erected over the graves of their worthy comrades1 and as ,julia ,dean was so sweet and accomplished an artiste1 ,i thought that by calling attention to this forgotten and out of the way tomb through the columns of the most powerful of ,america's dramatic journals1 ,the ,dramatic ,mirror1 it might result in placing a modest memorial stone of granite at the head of the mound under which so peacefully reposes ,julia ,dean1 whose splendid genius ,dion ,boucicault compared to that of another gifted and beautiful daughter of the drama1 the ideal ,juliet1 ,adelaide ,neilson1 who awaits the final call in distant ,england1 beneath an imposing mortuary memorial1 thanks to the influence of the loyal ,william ,winter4 ,,lover ,,of ,,the ,,stage4 ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,,season ,,of '#ff-'fg4 ,after the close of this eventful season1 ,mr4 ,george ,waldron1 who had played the leading support to ,mrs4 ,hayne and become an established favorite1 drifted away from ,salt ,lake1 going into ,montana2 returning a year or so later in conjunction with ,mrs4 ,waldron4 ,he had found his mate and brought her to ,salt ,lake to make her acquainted with his many friends there4 ,george tried very earnestly to get a ,salt ,lake wife4 ,it looked for a while as if ,miss ,sarah ,alexander was destined to fill that place2 she certainly filled ,george's eye4 ,he was very much enamored of the petite and lithesome ,sarah1 but the expected union did not materialize1 and ,george sought pastures new1 and ere long returned1 bringing a beautiful wife with him4 ,meantime1 ,sarah had drifted off to the ,east in company with a literary lady named ,lisle ,lester4 ,they took with them ,sarah's little niece1 her dead sister's baby1 ,baby ,finlayson1 then but two years old4 ,miss ,finlayson1 under her aunt's careful guidance and training1 developed into a very clever and capable actress1 and for many years now has been holding leading positions in prominent companies and theatres4 ,she is known professionally as ,lisle ,leigh4 ,the ,waldrons played a short engagement and then bade a long farewell to ,salt ,lake and the ,west4 ,at this writing ,george ,waldron has been dead for ten years1 his wife1 a son and a daughter survive him2 all follow the stage successfully4 ,during the season of '#fe and '#ff1 there were few changes in the supporting stock company4 ,mr4 ,waldron doing the leads1 lightened considerably the labors of the leading man1 ,mr4 ,d4 ,mc,kenzie1 who was quite content to escape the onerous study the leading parts would have imposed1 and play something easier4 ,before the beginning of this season1 ,mr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,clawson had retired altogether from the field as an actor1 although still one of the managers of the house1 and ,mr4 ,phil ,margetts was the acknowledged premier comedian of the company4 ,mr4 ,john ,t4 ,caine1 too1 ,clawson's associate manager1 and also stage manager1 yielded up his line of parts to ,john ,s4 ,lindsay and devoted himself exclusively to the duties of stage manager1 which in the old stock days meant far more than that office means today4 ,why1 in the elder day to be a 'stage manager' was greater than to be a king1 in any of the plays4 ,briefly enumerated1 his duties were3 ,first1 to read carefully and then cast all the plays4 ,the casting of a play is a most important affair4 ,it must be done with great care and consideration so as to get the best results1 and at the same time each actor his line of parts as near as practicable2 then he must write out the cast1 and hang it up in the case in the green room--write out all calls for rehearsals1 and hang them up in the case4 ,then he must direct all rehearsals4 ,to do this1 he must study out all the business of the play in advance of the rehearsals1 so he will be able to direct intelligently4 ,when a star is rehearsing1 he generally directs the rehearsal1 thus relieving the stage manager of a great responsibility2 but he must be around1 and see what is required for the play in the way of scenery and properties and make out complete and detailed plots for scene-men and property-men1 and in this particular case where the theatre furnished the actors with all wardrobes 7except modern clothes71 the stage manager had also to make out a costume plot4 ,the costumer would then distribute the wardrobe for the play according to his best judgment1 and the conceit or fancy of the actor1 which often made the costumer's duty a perplexing one1 for actors are so full of conceits and fancies that they are a hard lot to please4 ,in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre a first-class copyist was constantly employed in copying out parts--books were not so easily procured in those days4 ,it took from three to four weeks to get a book from ,new ,york1 so where the manager had but one book all the parts had to be copied1 and the stage manager had to have his plays selected well ahead1 so as to give the copyist plenty of time to get parts ready for distribution4 ,besides these duties1 the stage manager had to write out all the copy for advertisements and posters and house programs1 see to the painting of new scenes1 and the making of new properties2 also1 any new costumes that had to be made4 ,his decision was final in all these matters1 so that the stage manager of the old stock days was no sinecure4 ,mr4 ,caine filled the position with rare ability1 and his regime in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre was distinguished for its prompt executive alertness1 and the utter absence of any trifling or inattention to business4 ,one important accession there was to the company just before this engagement1 that of ,miss ,annie ,asenith ,adams4 ,miss ,adams made her debut on the #beth of ,july1 #ahfe1 7the same night that ,julia ,dean-,hayne and the ,potter ,company arrived in ,salt ,lake71 in the character of ,grace ,otis in the ,people's ,lawyer1 ,w4 ,c4 ,dunbar being the ,solon ,shingle on the occasion4 ,her maiden effort proved very successful and satisfactory to the management1 and during ,julia ,dean's long engagement she proved to be a valuable acquisition to the stock company4 ,she made rapid progress in the dramatic art1 and before the close of the season had attained a prominent position in the company which she held with credit to herself and satisfaction to the public until #ahgd1 when the stock company was virtually retired to give place to the combination system which then came into vogue4 ,on ,august #aeth1 #ahfi1 a little more than four years after her debut1 ,miss ,adams was married to ,mr4 ,james ,h4 ,kiskadden4 ,between the time of her debut and her marriage1 ,asenith 7she was always called ,senith in those days7 was not only a favorite with the public1 but she had a number of ardent admirers among the opposite sex4 ,there was quite a rivalry for her affections between several members of the company1 but the most ardent of them were already married1 and although they did not consider that a bar to their hopes1 in ,annie's case they were not eligible2 so the chief rivalry existed on the outside of the theatre4 ,mr4 ,kiskadden1 or ,jim1 as he was universally called by his acquaintances1 was cashier in his brother ,william's bank 7the location is the identical room where ,walker ,brothers' ,bank is today74 ,jim was a dashing sort of fellow1 big and manly1 with a determined kind of air1 that seemed to say1 ,things must go my way4 ,he drew a good salary1 dressed well1 and always wore immaculate linen1 his shirt front always illuminated with a large diamond4 ,he was inclined to sporting1 and was recognized as the champion billiard player of the town in those days4 ,how much apprehension ,jim endured regarding ,senith's married suitors in the theatre we have no means of knowing1 but it is probable she set his doubts at rest on that score by assuring him that she would never marry an already married man4 ,she had seen enough of that to make her dread it4 ,however this might be1 ,jim had a rival and a dangerous one in the person of ,mr4 ,jack ,o',neil4 ,jack was beyond question the handsomer fellow of the two2 indeed1 he was handsome as a prince1 always dressed superbly and was one of the most attractive looking men in ,salt ,lake4 ,jack was very much infatuated with the rising young actress and missed no opportunity to make known to her his appreciation of her talents and his admiration and adoration of herself4 ,the rivalry between ,jack and ,jim was at white heat for a spell1 and it would not have been very much of a surprise to their intimates if there had been a challenge sent and accepted1 and a duel fought over the young ,mormon actress4 ,unfortunately for ,jack and his aspirations for the lady's affections1 he was a professional sport1 and that was against him4 ,he had no other profession1 and handsome and cavalierly as he could be1 he was classed as a gambler2 while ,jim could flip the pasteboards just as skillfully1 and lay them all out at billiards1 he did not follow it for a stiddy liven1 but held the cashier's box in his brother's bank1 for a steady job1 and only sported on the side1 and so it came to pass that in the course of time ,jim distanced his handsome rival and bore off the prize4 ,many of ,senith's friends regretted this1 as ,jim did not belong to the household of faith1 but was a rank1 out-spoken ,gentile1 utterly opposed to ,mormon ways1 and not afraid to say so4 ,whereas all of ,senith's folks were staunch adherents of the ,mormon faith and were striving to live their religion in all its phases4 ,so they did not rejoice over ,senith's marriage to a ,gentile 7as all non-,mormons were called--,jews included74 ,they regarded it as equivalent to apostasy from the faith in which she had been reared1 periling her soul's salvation4 ,she was not appalled1 however1 by the gloomy and hopeless pictures some of her friends were kind enough to paint for her1 and bravely married the man she had set her heart upon and stuck by him through thick and thin1 sunshine and storm1 prosperity and adversity4 ,on ,november #aath1 #ahgb1 ,maude ,kiskadden was born1 within a stone's throw of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 and before she was a year old made her debut on the stage where her mother was a debutante some eight years before4 ,it looks now as if it were fate1 as if she was predestined for a great stage career4 ,there was an emergency and ,maude1 not yet a year old1 was there to fill it4 ,it happened in the following manner4 ,in those palmy days of the profession1 the old stock days as they are now called1 it was customary to supplement the play with a farce--no matter how long the play--even if a five-act tragedy1 the evening's performance was not considered complete without a farce to conclude with4 ,on this particular occasion1 the farce was the ,lost ,child1 a favorite with our comedian1 ,mr4 ,phil ,margetts4 ,he played ,jones1 a fond and loving parent1 who goes distracted over his lost child4 ,instead of providing a real baby1 as the property man had been instructed to do1 he had a grotesque-looking rag baby1 not at all to the comedian's taste in the matter4 ,millard1 the property man1 declared he had been unable to procure a live baby1 nobody was willing to lend a baby for the part--older children he could get1 but he could not get a baby1 and the rag baby was the best that he could do under the circumstances1 and on such short notice4 ,margetts was in distress4 ,what1 in ,utah6 he exclaimed4 ,the idea6 ,where babies are our best crop1 to be unable to procure one for his favorite farce4 ,it was simply preposterous1 absurd1 incredible2 he objected to play with nothing but a miserable makeshift of a rag baby4 ,in agony he appealed to the stage manager1 ,mr4 ,caine1 to know if the farce was to be ruined or made a double farce by the introduction into it of a grotesque doll like that6 ,it would be worse than a ,punch and ,judy show4 ,sudden as a bolt from a clouded sky1 while the altercation was still at its height1 ,mrs4 ,kiskadden appeared in the centre of the stage with her baby in her arms1 and in a good-natured tone that ended all the trouble1 exclaimed1 ,here's ,maude1 use her6 ,maude was indeed a good substitute for the inartistic-looking prop the property man had provided4 ,phil was happy and played the distracted parent with a realism and a pathos he never could have summoned for the rag baby4 ,when the cue came1 ,maude was ushered into the mimic scene1 making her first entrance on a large tray carried by a waiter4 ,then she was taken from the tray into somebody's arms and tossed from one nurse to another throughout the farce1 until finally1 as it ends1 she is lodged safely in the arms of ,mr4 ,jones1 her distracted father4 ,to her credit1 be it recorded1 she never whimpered or made any outcry or showed any signs of alarm1 but played her first part bravely1 though perhaps unconsciously2 winning the admiration and love of the entire company4 ,it was a lucky accident that ,maude was in the theatre that evening1 for her mother was not in the habit of bringing her to the theatre when she had any one at home to take care of her1 but this evening was the nurse's evening out1 and ,maudie had to be toted to the theatre and carefully put to sleep before mamma could make up and go through her part4 ,here she was safely stowed away in a safe and quiet corner of the green room1 where she had been blissfully reposing all through the first play1 and was now rather rudely awakened to fill the distressing emergency4 ,it will be readily seen from this narration that ,maude ,adams was virtually born to the stage1 her mother studying assiduously and playing parts both before and after ,maude's birth1 often taking ,maudie with her1 both to rehearsals and performances1 so that she became a familiar little object in the theatre before she could walk or talk1 and long before she could ever essay a speaking part she was the pet of the ,green ,room4 ,we had a ,green ,room in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre in those days1 and a very capacious and comfortable one1 too4 ,such a commodious and luxurious adjunct is scarcely known in the theatres today4 ,here the actors could retire between the acts or during the scenes they were not engaged in1 and study over their lines1 or if already easy in their parts1 pass the time in reading or social chat4 ,it was the prompter's business to send the call boy to the ,green ,room and all dressing rooms to call the act1 a few minutes before he was ready to ring up4 ,the act being called1 each actor was required to be at his entrance on time2 if he should be late and make a stage wait1 the stage manager might reprimand him1 and impose a fine4 ,fines were also imposed for being tardy at rehearsals4 ,there was seldom any occasion for the enforcement of this penalty1 except in the case of ,jim ,hardie4 ,jim was a notorious laggard1 and often kept the company waiting for him4 ,on one occasion the company had been waiting his arrival for fifteen or twenty minutes1 when he strode in very hurriedly and taking the centre of the stage1 took off his hat and wiping the perspiration from his brow1 began an apology to the stage manager for being late4 ,he had only just begun to talk when a general laugh broke the gravity of the occasion4 ,jim had just come from the barber's where he had his head shaved1 and his entire scalp down to the hat line was as smooth as a billiard ball4 ,his monkish appearance created much merriment1 in which the stage manager and ,jim himself joined4 ,jim at a very early age showed a tendency to baldness1 and he had been told that shaving the head was not only a check to it1 but would stimulate the growth of the hair1 so he had to get his head shaved1 even though he kept the rehearsal waiting4 ,i think the fine was omitted on this occasion1 owing to the fun the company had over it4 ,in the fall of #ahgd1 after a connection of nine years with the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 ,mrs4 ,kiskadden and her husband1 no longer a cashier1 the bank having been long a thing of the past1 removed to ,virginia ,city1 where ,miss ,adams was engaged with a number of others from the ,salt ,lake ,theatre ,company1 including the writer1 to form a stock company for ,mr4 ,john ,piper1 the ,virginia ,city manager4 ,maudie1 now nearly two years old1 formed one of the party4 ,after playing a season with ,mr4 ,piper1 ,miss ,adams went to ,san ,francisco1 where her husband had preceded her some months previous1 and secured a good position as bookkeeper for the firm of ,park ,lacy4 ,here they made their home for about eight years1 ,annie playing at the ,san ,francisco theatres whenever she could get an engagement1 and making occasional excursions with dramatic companies into the neighboring cities4 ,in ,september1 #ahgg1 before she was five years old1 ,maudie played her first speaking part with ,joe ,emmett in ,fritz at the ,bush ,street ,theatre4 ,when the question of ,maudie playing in ,joe ,emmett's piece was under consideration by ,mrs4 ,kiskadden and she informed ,mr4 ,kiskadden she had an offer from ,mr4 ,emmett for ,maudie to play the child's part1 ,mr4 ,kiskadden did not encourage the idea2 he had a plenty of the theatre as it was1 so he rather bluffly remarked3 ,no1 indeed1 we don't want ,maude to make a fool of herself2 one actress in the family is quite enough4 ,maude looked up with a touch of his own determination in her voice3 ,papa1 ,i won't make a fool of myself4 ,she was irresistible--her papa had to consent4 ,her second part was ,crystal in ,herne and ,belasco's ,hearts of ,oak1 then played under the name of ,chums4 ,she afterwards played a part with ,oliver ,doud ,byron--and in #ahgh1 when six years old1 played little ,adriene in ,a ,celebrated ,case at the ,baldwin ,theatre4 ,in this character she made a decided hit4 ,after the run of the play at the ,baldwin1 it was taken to ,portland1 ,oregon1 and produced under ,john ,maguire's management at the ,new ,market ,theatre1 with ,annie ,adams and little ,maude specially featured in the cast1 the writer playing ,jean ,renan in this production4 ,ten ,nights in a ,bar ,room was then put on1 little ,maude being made a feature as ,mary ,morgan1 the writer playing ,joe4 ,after the close of the season at the ,new ,market ,theatre1 the company went out under the writer's management and played the ,puget ,sound circuit in those two plays1 little ,maude being made a special feature4 ,during this trip ,maude had her first ,benefit at ,walla ,walla1 ,washington4 ,she was put up for a benefit1 extensively advertised1 and helped out the company's treasury--after netting something liberal for her4 ,in this tour ,maude played in all the ,puget ,sound towns from ,portland to ,victoria and all the principal towns of ,washington4 ,at its conclusion1 she and her mother returned to ,san ,francisco1 and she was not seen again in public for some years4 ,mr4 ,kiskadden died in ,san ,francisco in '#hc1 and ,mrs4 ,kiskadden took his remains to ,salt ,lake for burial4 ,there she settled down for a time and sent ,maudie to school4 ,here in the city of her birth she attended school for the next four or five years1 but always had a yearning to get back to the stage2 and eventually her mother secured an engagement for herself and ,maude in ,my ,geraldine and the ,paymaster under the manager of ,duncan ,b4 ,harrison4 ,from that she got into ,frohman's ,lost ,paradise1 and from that on her history is known to the theatre world4 ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,season ,,of '#ff-'fg4 ,an ,interesting ,prayer ,meeting4 ,julia ,dean ,hayne's final appearance closed the fourth season of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 counting the opening one which only lasted from ,march #hth1 '#fb1 to the end of ,april1 about eight weeks1 the ,irwin season of '#fc and '#fd1 the ,pauncefort season of '#fd and '#fe1 and the ,julia ,dean ,hayne season of '#fe and '#ff4 ,up to this time the only compensation the stock company received was a pro rata dividend of the benefits given at the end of each season--no one had been put on a salary4 ,the stars1 of course1 got good liberal percentages or salaries1 but even the leading people of the stock company realized but a very meager compensation from the two performances that were gotten up as benefits1 one for the ladies of the company and the other for the gentlemen--the two nights' receipts were aggregated and divided up among the company according to their respective merits or worth to the management4 ,these two benefit performances alone probably aggregated twenty-five hundred dollars1 which1 divided up among about thirty performers1 actors and musicians1 did not prove satisfactory to a number of the company--more especially some of the orchestra4 ,as a consequence1 the ensuing season approaching1 the salary question came to the front again very strongly1 and the management found a well-grounded reluctance on the part of the company to enter upon a new season's work without a certain and satisfactory compensation4 ,this feeling was even stronger among the orchestra than among the stage players1 a number of them being quite outspoken in their sentiment3 ,no pay1 no play4 ,the principal agitator among the musicians was ,mark ,croxall1 the brilliant young cornetist recently from ,england4 ,mark could not see the propriety or consistency of playing to help pay for the theatre4 ,he had not been used to that kind of thing in ,england1 and although he had been playing but a very short time as compared with the majority1 both of the orchestra and the dramatic company1 he vowed he would play no longer without a stipulated salary4 ,this1 of course1 aroused all the others to a certain show of opposition4 ,the leader of the orchestra1 ,prof4 ,thomas1 or ,charlie1 as he was affectionately called by his familiars1 was probably as dissatisfied with the existing regime as ,croxall or ,david ,evans1 the second violin1 who was another ,britisher of recent importation and quite pronounced in his views about the way the theatre should be run4 ,prof4 ,thomas was not of the stuff that kickers are made of1 and could doubtless have been managed with the majority of his orchestra had it not been for the recalcitrant ,croxall1 and the equally pugnacious ,evans4 ,the dissatisfaction spread rapidly and alarmingly to the management1 until the entire dramatic company as well as the orchestra1 was in a state of semi-rebellion4 ,all the actors and most of the musicians had other occupations1 as ,i have stated in a former chapter1 and now the number of performances and rehearsals had increased their work to such an extent they could not see how they could give satisfaction to their various employers and keep up their work at the theatre too4 ,some of these declared it had to be one thing or the other1 the theatre now demanded the greater part of their time1 and the employers had in several instances intimated that they would have to give up the theatre or be replaced in their employ by others4 ,mr4 ,david ,mc,kenzie1 the leading man of the company1 held a clerkship in ,president ,young's or the ,church office2 ,joe ,simmons1 our juvenile man1 and ,horace ,whitney1 the old man in the company1 also held clerkships in the same office2 ,mr4 ,w4 ,c4 ,dunbar1 the ,irish comedian1 was a clerk in the tithing office1 so their time went on whether they were working in the ,church offices or at the theatre2 of course all their night work at the theatre was extra work1 but the day time they put in at the theatre they were not docked for at the office2 but with the other leading members of the company it was quite different2 the hours they spent at the theatre in the day time was a positive loss to them4 ,phil ,margetts was a blacksmith1 ,lindsay and ,hardie were carpenters1 ,evans and ,kelly were printers1 and so on4 ,so that several hours each day spent in rehearsal meant a heavy tax when at the end of each week they were docked for time lost1 so there was a committee appointed to wait upon the managers1 ,clawson and ,caine1 and present the situation4 ,the managers being only employees of ,brigham ,young and not proprietors or lessees1 passed the company's grievance up to their chief4 ,the managers saw plainly that a crisis had come1 and a new departure must be made4 ,the ,president1 accustomed to having things his own way1 and with confidence in his influence1 thought he could effect a compromise1 or adjust the matter without much trouble or cost1 so in pursuance of this idea a notice was posted for all the company and orchestra to assemble in the ,green ,room of the theatre on a certain evening to consider the question of salary4 ,there was no tardiness on that occasion1 even ,jim ,hardie1 notorious for being tardy1 was on time4 ,every employee of the theatre was there from the managers to the night-watchman4 ,the orchestra was in full force1 and the ladies of the company1 even to the smallest utility1 were there1 all inspired with the hope of being put upon the theatre salary list4 ,the ,green ,room was found to be too small to accommodate all the company1 so the meeting was shifted to the stage1 which afforded the necessary room4 ,president ,young called the meeting to order1 and requested the company to join him in prayer4 ,it is customary in the ,mormon ,church to open all meetings with prayer1 even political ones where those present are all of the household of faith4 ,brigham offered up a fervent prayer1 asking the blessing of the ,almighty upon that meeting1 and each and every one present1 that they might all see with an eye single to the glory of ,god1 and the building up of his ,kingdom here on the earth4 ,the prayer over1 the ,president arose and in a brief but very adroit speech1 told the object he had in view in building the theatre1 the recreation and amusement of the people1 thanked those who had contributed to that end1 whether as actors or musicians1 told them that they were missionaries as much as if they were called to go out into the world and preach the gospel1 and the ,lord would bless their efforts just as much if they performed their parts in the same spirit4 ,he understood there was some dissatisfaction1 however1 and some of the brethren thought it was too much of a tax upon their time to continue to do this without proper compensation4 ,he called on the brethren to state their feelings in regard to this question that he might judge what was best to do in the matter4 ,it seemed as if the prayer and speech had almost made them forget that they had any cause or grievance to present1 or it had blunted the edge of their courage4 ,every one was expecting to see ,mark ,croxall1 the principal agitator1 get up and make a statement in behalf of himself and the orchestra2 but ,mark's courage1 like that of many another agitator1 seemed to have sunk into his boots1 when the ordeal came2 he opened not his mouth4 ,so the second violinist1 ,david ,evans1 who was a shoemaker by trade and a cripple from birth1 pulled himself to a standing position by the aid of his crutches and spoke to the question4 ,he told how hard he had to work1 and what a loss of time the rehearsals and plays occasioned him2 being up so much at nights1 he could not get up very early in the morning--and could not but lose several hours every day4 ,besides1 he said he did not think it right and just1 when the theatre was taking in such large sums of money at every performance1 that those who furnished the entertainment1 whether in the art of music or the drama1 should be expected to continue to do it gratuitously4 ,it was a bold1 fearless1 manly speech and coming from a man who was obliged to sling himself along through life on a pair of crutches1 and a recent comer from the old country1 it sent a thrill of astonishment through the company and fired some of the others with a spark of courage1 too4 ,mr4 ,phil ,margetts1 the leading comedian1 arose and made an explanation of his case2 then a number of the other fellows followed suit4 ,a sort of no pay1 no play sentiment pervaded the entire company4 ,president ,young saw here an end of the old method2 he discovered that a new deal would have to be made with his actors if he wanted to continue in the amusement business1 so he tried an expedient4 ,he was evidently a little irritated at ,evans1 the crippled shoemaker1 who had presumed to take the initiative in the affair and express his views so fearlessly1 inspiring the others with a little of his own courage1 but ,brigham did not show the lion's paw but spoke in rather a patronizing way of ,brother ,evans's crippled condition1 and said it was right that he should have some additional pay1 owing to his misfortune of being a cripple4 ,he told ,evans he could have anything he needed out of his private store2 that if he would leave his flour sack there1 it should be regularly filled1 and whatever else was there he was welcome to what he needed of it4 ,this savored a little too much of charity for ,evans1 who although badly crippled in his limbs1 was by no means a weakling in his brains2 and hurt a little by the ,president's patronizing manner1 he arose and said about as follows3 ,president ,young1 ,i have had my flour sack at your store for more than a month1 and every time ,i have gone in to try and get it filled1 the clerk has told me the flour was all out4 ,evans's unique relation of the flour sack incident injected a spark of humor into the proceedings2 a suppressed titter ran through the crowd1 and even ,brigham1 although nettled at this unexpected sally1 could not repress a grim smile4 ,that the reader may better understand the flour sack incident it must be explained here that what little pay the actors and musicians had been receiving for their services through the benefits was not all in cash1 but store orders mostly on the tithing store4 ,the cash receipts of the theatre up to this time and indeed as late as #ahgj were probably one-third of the gross receipts1 the other two-thirds consisting of orders on various stores or tithing pay1 which consisted of all kinds of home products--so that when the benefits were divided up among the company each member got about one-third of his divvy in cash and the other two-thirds in store orders and orders on the tithing office4 ,evans was the possessor of an order on ,brigham ,young's private store1 and he felt chagrined that he had been so often with that order and failed to draw it4 ,flour was flour in those days1 running as high at one time as twenty dollars per hundred1 but the uniform church or tithing office price was six dollars per hundred1 which was what the actors had to pay for it1 but it was doled out very sparingly to them at times when it was commanding high prices in outside markets4 ,with these orders they drew about all their provisions from the tithing store4 ,artemus ,ward amused the world by telling how the ,salt ,lake ,theatre used to take in exchange for tickets cabbage1 potatoes1 wheat1 carrots1 and even sucking pigs through the box office window4 ,it was perhaps nearer the truth than he himself suspected1 for these tithing office orders were good for all these things4 ,after the titter had subsided ,brigham arose again1 and answered ,brother ,evans that he was sorry he had been disappointed so1 but there really had been a great scarcity of flour during the past month or so1 but he would see to it in the future that he would meet no more disappointments4 ,to ,brother ,phil ,margetts he made an offer to come and work in his blacksmith shop 7,phil was running one of his own7 and then he need not lose any time2 his pay would go on whether working in the shop or in the theatre4 ,brother ,lindsay could bring his carpenter tools to the theatre and he could find plenty of work for him to fill up the time between the rehearsals4 ,to others he made similar propositions2 but these suggestions were not in harmony with the feelings of the company1 who thought they had given their time to ,brother ,brigham long enough1 and now contended with ,brother ,evans1 that as they were furnishing the amusements for the people1 it was only right that they should be paid for their services1 so the result of the meeting was that the company was put on salary4 ,salaries ranged from #ae4jj to #ej4jj per week1 one-third cash1 the balance in store orders and tithing office pay4 ,,chapter ,x4 ,,season ,,of '#ff ,,and '#fg4 ,the season of '#ff and '#fg opened on ,september #hth with ,alonzo ,r4 ,phelps as the star attraction4 ,mr4 ,phelps opened in the character of ,damon and made a fairly good showing1 although he appeared to much greater advantage in some lighter roles1 and particularly as ,crepin1 the ,cobbler1 in ,a ,wonderful ,woman4 ,his engagement lasted two weeks1 when the ,irwins returned after an absence of over two years4 ,they opened on ,september #bith1 just in time to get well ready with a repertory of plays for the approaching conference4 ,their engagement lasted up to ,november #aeth1 when they departed for the ,east and ,salt ,lake was never favored with a visit from them afterwards4 ,sel ,irwin died young in years1 not service1 after very intense suffering for several years from rheumatism1 which virtually made a helpless cripple of him4 ,he died in ,new ,york in #ahhf1 being only a little over fifty years of age4 ,his widow1 ,maria ,irwin1 still survives1 and up to a recent date was playing in a road company4 ,harry ,rainforth1 her son by her first marriage1 who was a mere boy of sixteen when they played their first engagement in ,salt ,lake1 has been for many years manager of the ,pike ,grand ,opera ,house1 ,cincinnati1 the associate and partner of ,bob ,miles4 ,it was during this last ,irwin engagement that ,miss ,nellie ,colebrook1 who later on became leading lady of the company1 made her debut4 ,her first appearance was in the comedy of ,dominique1 the ,deserter4 ,the first line she had to speak was1 ,oh1 ,i'm half dead with fear1 which was literally true of ,miss ,colebrook on the occasion4 ,she was shaking like an aspen leaf in a strong wind1 but her nervous condition fitted the character remarkably well and the lady sailed at once into public favor4 ,miss ,colebrook was tall and stately1 with a very winning face and musical voice2 she went rapidly to the front1 being especially well suited to many of the leading roles4 ,mrs4 ,lydia ,gibson1 the leading actress of the theatre1 died on ,january #hth1 #ahff1 a little less than three years after her first appearance4 ,this left a vacancy in the company difficult to fill1 and afforded ,miss ,colebrook many excellent opportunities in leading roles1 which she always filled satisfactorily1 so that by the time ,pauncefort returned to play his third engagement--after an absence of more than two years ,miss ,colebrook was doing most of the leading female roles4 ,after the departure of the ,irwins1 the stock company finished out the season without the assistance of a star1 playing from ,november #aeth until after ,april ,conference4 ,it was during the conference that our old friend ,george ,pauncefort1 suddenly and unexpectedly to most of us1 returned from ,san ,francisco after an absence in that metropolis of more than two years4 ,he opened a return engagement on ,april #afth in ,don ,caesar de ,bazan4 ,the season was virtually over after the ,april ,conference1 but notwithstanding he played to splendid business1 he gave repetitions of his previous plays and won out splendidly on a production of ,arrah ,na ,pogue1 in which he had played ,col4 ,o',grady during a successful run of this play in ,san ,francisco4 ,arrah ,na ,pogue drew good houses for three or four nights1 and closed the season of '#ff and '#fg4 ,robert ,heller got in a three nights engagement1 commencing ,may the #bjth1 while the company was getting up in ,arrah ,na ,pogue4 ,he was the first to introduce the mysterious second sight illusions and succeeded in bewildering and mystifying the patrons of the theatre to an unusual degree4 ,during the last engagement of ,pauncefort most of the opposite roles to his own were assigned to ,miss ,colebrook1 who had in the past year1 since ,mrs4 ,gibson's demise1 divided honors with ,miss ,adams1 and owing to her more stately appearance had been entrusted with many of the leading lady roles and was an established favorite4 ,pauncefort1 who had never met her before 7her debut having occurred after his departure for the coast71 was much surprised and pleased to find a new and attractive leading lady in the company4 ,he took an especial interest in her1 and she was cast for all the leading roles during his engagement1 beginning with ,maritana in ,don ,caesar1 and including ,lady ,macbeth and ,ophelia4 ,pauncefort discovered that she had exceptional dramatic ability and encouraged her in every possible way2 for ,miss ,nellie was not over-confident of her own abilities1 and suffered keenly from nervousness or stage fright1 especially on the first time in a part2 and to receive encouragement and compliments from a star of ,pauncefort's acknowledged luster was doubtless sweet and flattering to the lady1 who as yet was all unconscious of the impression she had made on the susceptible ,george4 ,the fair ,elizabeth has caught my eye1 and like a new star1 lights onward to my wishes4 ,possessed of a sweet and loveable disposition and a musical voice added to her charms of personal appearance1 ,miss ,colebrook was a general favorite1 not only with the public1 but with the company4 ,she had numerous admirers1 and several rival aspirants for her affections1 both in the company and out4 ,with what surprised and ill-concealed chagrin they viewed the growing attentions of the reigning star can better be imagined than described4 ,the princely ,george had enrolled himself in the list of her devotees and it was very much in evidence that he was enamored of the lady1 for ,george had a keen eye for the beautiful1 and a free and open nature1 too1 most susceptible to female charms1 so he entered the race with the others for the fair ,nellie's hand4 ,while he was considerably older than any of his competitors1 being now close onto fifty1 he probably had the advantage over them all in looks1 being generally regarded as a handsome man1 and most decidedly he had the advantage of experience1 for ,george had been a gay ,lothario4 ,he seemed in a fair way to carry off the much-coveted prize4 ,notwithstanding the disparity of age1 the fair ,nellie seemed strongly attracted to the princely ,george4 ,playing ,ophelia to his ,hamlet and ,lady ,macbeth to his ,macbeth1 and a long series of opposite characters to him1 he had not failed to make a powerful impression on her1 and if she had been left to herself without guidance or counsel1 there is little question but what ,pauncefort would have won her2 but her mother had more penetration1 and could see the objections which ,nellie either did not see1 or care to raise1 so the chief arbitrator of the ,church1 ,president ,young1 was appealed to by ,miss ,nellie's mother to decide the case for them4 ,brigham decided very quickly and positively against an alliance between his fair leading lady and the stock star1 with a great big emphatic ,no4 ,he had formed a strong prejudice against ,pauncefort during his first engagement1 owing to his reputed intimacy with ,mrs4 ,bell1 which was rather flaunted in the face of the community on their arrival in ,salt ,lake4 ,so this ended the ,pauncefort-,colebrook romance4 ,during this engagement1 ,pauncefort played in addition to his previous repertory ,the ,dead ,heart1 ,man with the ,iron ,mask1 ,lavater1 and ,arrah ,na ,pogue4 ,the latter piece closed the season on ,june the #aeth1 being the fourth performance of the piece4 ,very soon after1 ,pauncefort purchased a horse and chaise1 fitting himself out with gun and fishing tackle for a long jaunt4 ,he headed for ,portland1 giving readings by the way--hunting and fishing by day--and evenings entertaining the towns along his route4 ,how far he got with his one horse chaise is not exactly known1 but the probability is he traded it off before he passed the ,utah border line1 and took the stage for ,virginia ,city1 ,nevada1 where he played for a short time and then drifted over to the coast1 and finally got lost to view4 ,a dozen years later he was discovered by some ,american actors in ,japan1 keeping a roadside tea house for travelers with a set of pretty ,japanese girls for waiters4 ,he married a ,japanese girl and latest reports credited him with a fine young ,japanese colony of his own4 ,a picture of himself and ,japanese wife and three children in the possession of ,jack ,langrishe's widow at ,wardner1 ,idaho1 was shown to the writer there recently1 and was a strong verification of what had been told by parties who had seen ,pauncefort in ,japan4 ,george had let his beard grow and was quite a patriarchal looking man when ,joseph ,arthur met him there in #ahhj4 ,pauncefort died in ,japan in #ahic1 leaving a ,japanese wife and four semi-,jap children4 ,george ,pauncefort missed the greatest opportunity of his life by not joining the ,mormon ,church2 he had all the natural endowments to make a great patriarch4 ,,chapter ,,xi ,,season ,,of '#fg-'fh4 ,on the first of ,august1 this same year1 '#fg1 ,c4 ,w4 ,couldock made his first appearance at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 supported by ,jack ,langrishe and his company from ,denver1 where they had been running a stock company4 ,it was an unfavorable time for opening1 in the hottest nights of summer1 but there were no resorts in those days and it was not so hard to get them into the theatre as it would be now4 ,langrishe had a full road company and was traveling through to ,montana in his own teams1 the ,union ,pacific ,railroad not being nearer than ,rawlins at that time4 ,the company comprised ,mr4 ,couldock and his daughter1 ,eliza ,couldock1 ,john ,s4 ,langrishe and ,mrs4 ,langrishe1 ,richard ,c4 ,white 7he of ,camp ,floyd fame1 referred to in a previous chapter74 ,the ,langrishe company played a week1 then went to ,virginia ,city1 ,montana4 ,couldock and his daughter returned later and played a long engagement as stock stars4 ,on the #eth of ,september1 ,amy ,stone1 supported by her husband1 ,h4 ,f4 ,stone1 began a stock star engagement which lasted a little more than four months4 ,opening the regular fall season on ,september #eth1 by the time the fall ,conference came on1 ,october #fth1 the ,stones had the stock company up in a very attractive repertoire of plays to present to our country cousins attending the ,conference4 ,fanchon1 ,pearl of ,savoy1 ,little ,barefoot1 ,french ,spy1 ,wept of the ,wishton ,wish1 were leading favorites in the ,stone repertory1 and proved to be very popular1 serving to keep the exchequer in a satisfactory condition4 ,their engagement lasted until ,january the #fth1 #ahfh4 ,amy1 if not a great actress1 was at least a fascinating one4 ,she was blessed with a superb form and an attractive face2 she fairly reveled in parts where she could wear tights and display her shapely form1 and it must be frankly confessed that the folks loved to see her in that kind of attire4 ,she was more at home in it than in an evening dress with a bothersome train2 there was a freedom of movement and a candor of expression about ,amy that was positively refreshing1 and we all liked her and got along with her with very little trouble4 ,harry1 as her husband was always called1 was not a brilliant but a good1 useful actor1 and had a good knowledge of her plays1 and could direct the staging of them4 ,besides1 he attended to the making of engagements1 and the financial end of the business1 and as he was devoted to ,amy1 they were apparently one of the happiest couples ,i have ever met in the theatrical business4 ,the ,stones were a very prudent and saving couple1 and by the time they had finished a four months' stock star engagement1 they had a very handsome deposit in the local bank1 and they left ,zion feeling a very warm affection for the ,saints1 and so went on their way rejoicing4 ,on the night immediately following the close of the ,stones' engagement1 ,january #gth1 ,mr4 ,james ,stark opened in ,john ,howard ,payne's play of ,brutus1 or the ,fall of ,tarquin4 ,this was the first presentation of this play in ,salt ,lake4 ,mr4 ,stark made a fine impression as ,brutus4 ,he followed it in quick succession with ,richelieu1 ,damon1 ,jack ,cade1 ,alfred ,evelyn in ,money4 ,his engagement lasted two weeks and closed with the play of ,victorine1 or ,married for ,money4 ,stark was a very talented tragedian of the ,forrest school1 and his engagement proved quite popular and successful4 ,he went to ,san ,francisco1 and played an engagement there1 and returned to ,new ,york by the ,isthmus1 the ,overland railroad not yet being completed4 ,mr4 ,stark had a brother1 ,daniel ,stark1 a pioneer ,mormon1 who settled at ,provo among the earliest settlers of that place4 ,james1 who had not seen him for many years1 availed himself of the opportunity his ,salt ,lake engagement afforded him1 and arranged a meeting with his long lost brother 7874 ,he paid ,daniel and his family a visit1 and was most hospitably received and entertained4 ,the family made much ado over him1 and ,daniel1 like his namesake of old1 prophet-like1 sought to show ,james the error of his ways1 pointing out to him the emptiness and effervescence of dramatic fame1 and the poor illusive thing that was as compared with the real joys and blessings of the ,latter-,day ,gospel4 ,jim accepted it all in good part1 but he could not see eye to eye with his elder brother ,daniel1 but he promised to consider seriously what he had heard and bade them a loving goodbye till they could meet again4 ,he rather expected to play a return engagement when he left here1 and see the folks again1 but he never returned4 ,stark died in ,new ,york before the close of the year #ahfh1 in his #ejth year4 ,after the ,stark engagement1 the stock company continued the season1 starting off with a series of annual benefits which by this time were given the leading actors of the company in addition to salaries4 ,january the #bcrd1 ,d4 ,mc,kenzie ,benefits1 playing ,huguenot ,captain1 with an ,olio and a farce to conclude4 ,february #dth1 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay ,benefits and essays ,hamlet for the first time4 ,the farce that followed ,hamlet was ,boots at the ,swan2 think of it1 ye modern school actors4 ,a five-act play and a farce1 this meant being in the theatre from seven o'clock till midnight1 but the people stayed to see it all1 and many of them would have stayed till morning1 if we could have kept on playing pieces for them4 ,j4 ,m4 ,hardie ,benefits with ,jack ,cade1 ,miss ,colebrook with ,leah1 etc41 and so the season ran along without a star from ,january #bcrd till ,april the #bcrd1 when the company was stiffened up again by the accession of ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,george ,b4 ,waldron1 who played up till ,may #afth4 ,on ,may the #aith1 ,madam ,scheller opened in ,pearl of ,savoy1 gave us ,pauline in ,lady of ,lyons1 ,enoch ,arden1 ,lorlie1 ,the ,phantom and ,hamlet4 ,madam ,scheller was ,edwin ,booth's ,ophelia during the one hundred nights' run of ,hamlet at ,winter ,garden ,theatre1 in ,new ,york4 ,very naturally the ,salt ,lakers conversant with the facts were anxious to see her in ,ophelia1 so ,lindsay who had recently played ,hamlet for his benefit1 was admonished to prepare himself for another go at the melancholy ,dane with the new ,ophelia2 and in due time we had the novelty of ,scheller's ,ophelia4 ,she was irresistibly charming in it1 in spite of her ,german accent1 which in moments of unusual excitement was quite pronounced4 ,madam ,scheller proved to be a pleasing and accomplished actress and filled a long engagement at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,she was accompanied by her husband1 ,mr4 ,methua1 who was a skillful scenic artist1 and put in a lot of new scenes for the theatre during his wife's engagement4 ,here was a model couple1 courteous and refined2 they left many warm friends in ,salt ,lake at their departure1 whose best wishes for their success went with them4 ,unhappy to relate1 this worthy and respected pair died of yellow fever during the deadly siege of that disease at ,memphis in #ahgh4 ,united in life1 in death they were not separated4 ,on ,january #ith1 after playing three weeks ,madam ,scheller was rested for a week to give an opening to ,charlotte ,crampton4 ,crampton was a genius and in her younger years had astonished the dramatic world by her histrionic gymnastics4 ,she affected the male characters almost exclusively--,hamlet1 ,richard ,,iii1 ,shylock1 ,don ,caesar1 and in ,lady ,macbeth and ,meg ,merrilles she rivaled the great ,charlotte ,cushman4 ,the writer remembers seeing her when a boy at the old ,bates's ,theatre1 ,st4 ,louis1 which was her home4 ,she was erratic as a comet1 and her eccentricities were the town's talk4 ,how often she was married this deponent saith not1 but remembers that at the time he saw her playing in ,st4 ,louis in #aheg1 she was the wife of a ,mr4 ,istenour4 ,when she appeared here in ,salt ,lake ,city in #ahfh1 she was far past the meridian of life and was accompanied by her husband1 ,mr4 ,cook1 young enough to be her son4 ,the novelty of a woman essaying those characters was a strong one1 and served to draw out good houses4 ,she played ,hamlet1 ,shylock1 ,richard ,,iii1 and ,don ,caesar1 which with two repeats1 filled up her week4 ,crampton was a woman rather below the medium height1 and looked insignificant dressed up for those male characters1 but when she got animated she made you forget her size1 and at times she seemed to fill not only the center of the stage but the entire stage4 ,she had passed the zenith of her fame some years before she made this trip to the coast4 ,she bore all the evidences of an erratic life and premature age2 her sun had nearly set when she played with us here2 and after her departure for the ,east1 we heard but little of her4 ,charlotte ,crampton's engagement was like the flashing of a meteor across the dramatic firmament4 ,like the elder ,booth1 she was notorious for her eccentricities1 and in genius was akin to him4 ,how close to madness great wits are allied4 ,after the passing of this meteor1 the steady star1 ,madam ,scheller1 resumed her reign1 reappearing as ,laura ,courtland in ,under the ,gas ,light4 ,this was the first production of this play in ,salt ,lake ,city1 and it had an unprecedented run1 going for an unbroken week to full houses4 ,as an index to the personnel of the company at this time1 ,june #afth1 #ahfh1 we append the cast of ,under the ,gas ,light4 ,,under ,,the ,,gas ,,light4 ,ray ,trafford 4444444444444444444444444444 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay ,de ,milt 4444444444444444444444444444444444444 ,mark ,wilton ,wilton 4444444444444444444444444444444444444 ,bert ,merrill ,byke 44444444444444444444444444444444444444 ,phil ,margetts ,joe ,snorkey 444444444444444444444444444444 ,david ,mc,kenzie ,bermudas 444444444444444444444444444444444 ,john ,c4 ,graham ,peanuts 44444444444444444444444444444444444 ,johnny ,matson ,station ,man 444444444444444444444444444444444 ,mark ,wilton ,police ,judge 4444444444444444444444444444444 ,j4 ,m4 ,hardie ,o',rafferty 44444444444444444444444444444444 ,john ,e4 ,evans ,martin 444444444444444444444444444444444444 ,john ,b4 ,kelly ,police ,patrol 444444444444444444444444444 ,richard ,mathews ,laura ,courtland 44444444444444444444444444 ,madam ,scheller ,pearl ,courtland 444444444444444444444444 ,miss ,annie ,adams ,mrs4 ,van ,dam 444444444444444444444444444 ,nellie ,colebrook ,sue ,earlie 44444444444444444444444444444444 ,alice ,clawson ,peachblossom 444444444444444444444444 ,miss ,sara ,alexander ,judas 44444444444444444444444444444444 ,mrs4 ,m4 ,a4 ,clawson ,summer heat had but little affect on the business of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre in those days of which ,i am writing4 ,madam ,scheller played from ,may #ajth to ,august #ast1 excepting the one week allotted to ,charlotte ,crampton1 all through the hot nights of ,june and ,july and there was no perceptible or serious diminution in the attendance4 ,this can only be accounted for in the fact that there were no resorts in those days1 and the theatre was the coolest place in the city4 ,we naturally looked for and expected a rest through ,august after the long season we had put in1 but there was no respite4 ,on the #dth of ,august1 ,annette ,ince opened in ,julia in the ,hunchback and gave in rapid succession ,evadne1 ,medea1 ,ion1 ,mary ,stuart1 ,elizabeth1 ,as ,you ,like ,it1 ,camille1 and other pieces filling a three weeks' engagement4 ,she was followed by ,e4 ,l4 ,davenport1 who opened on ,august the #bgth in ,richelieu1 supported by ,annette ,ince as ,julia de ,mauprat1 and the full strength of the company4 ,mr4 ,davenport gave us his ,richelieu1 ,julian ,st4 ,pierre1 in ,the ,wife1 ,hamlet1 ,william in ,black-,eyed ,susan1 ,rover in ,wild ,oats and ,sir ,giles ,overreach in ,a ,new ,way to ,pay ,old ,debts4 ,mrs4 ,davenport 7,fanny ,vining7 appeared in conjunction with ,mr4 ,davenport in this engagement1 playing the ,queen in ,hamlet and kindred parts1 and with ,miss ,ince in the leading female roles1 ,mr4 ,davenport had a supporting company in every way worthy of him4 ,his engagement was a memorable one1 as ,mr4 ,davenport was thought by many to be our greatest ,american actor4 ,he was certainly a worthy rival of ,edwin ,booth and had he1 like that actor1 confined his brilliant talents to the great ,shakespearian roles1 he would undoubtedly have made a greater name for himself1 but he was too versatile and he scattered his efforts on the ,williams and ,rovers and the other trifles that he should have dropped as he advanced in years and concentrated his efforts on a repertory of his greatest characters only4 ,when he played this ,salt ,lake engagement he had declined into the vale of years4 ,as ,hamlet1 he looked older than the ,queen but he possessed all the fire and animation necessary2 as ,st4 ,pierre in the ,wife1 he was at his best1 and fairly lifted the audience into enthusiastic demonstrations of applause4 ,it was not long after this that ,davenport was pitted against the ,english tragedian ,barry ,sullivan in ,new ,york4 ,an exceedingly interesting and able criticism and comparison of these two great actors appeared in ,wilke's ,spirit of the ,times1 headed ,the ,two ,rossi4 ,this was ,davenport's last memorable engagement4 ,he was already an old man and failing fast4 ,he died in #ahga4 ,ay1 but to die and go1 we know not where1 to lie in cold obstruction and to rot1 ,this sensible warm motion to become a kneaded clod1 ,and the delighted spirit to bathe in fiery floods1 ,or to reside in chilling regions of thick ribbed ice1 ,to be imprisoned in the viewless winds1 ,and blown with restless violence about the pendant world4 ',tis too horrible6 ,the weariest and most loathed worldly life1 ,that age1 ache1 penury1 and imprisonment can lay on nature1 ,is paradise to what we fear of death4 ,it will be observed that there was no summer vacation this year of #ahfh4 ,the ,davenport engagement carried us into ,september1 the time for opening the season of '#fh and '#fi4 ,miss ,ince's engagement following the ,davenports was really the beginning of the season '#fh and '#fi4 ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,,season ,,of '#fh ,,and '#fi4 ,davenport's engagement ended1 ,miss ,ince resumed and played from ,september the #eth to the #agth1 then departed for the ,golden ,shores of the ,pacific4 ,now again1 after this brilliant succession of stars1 the stock company was left to its own unaided efforts1 and from ,september the #agth to ,november the #bfth they kept the wheel turning with a steady stream of stock pieces1 and the old mill grinds1 and the box office does business and the actors get their salaries4 ,stars may come and stars may go1 but the stock keeps on for aye4 ,this was a good long stretch of stock work from ,september the #agth1 through the ,october ,conference and away to nearly the end of ,november1 ten weeks of it2 broken only by a rest of three nights1 when ,perepa ,rosa gave us a series of ,operatic ,concerts1 ,november the #adth1 #aeth and #afth4 ,salt ,lake even then had a great love of music and turned out large audiences to hear the famous prima donna and her talented support1 including her husband1 the brilliant violinist and conductor1 ,carl ,rosa4 ,now we arrive at another important event in our theatre's history1 the first engagement of ,john ,mc,cullough4 ,for several years ,lawrence ,barrett and ,john ,mc,cullough had been the lessees and managers of the old ,california ,theatre in ,san ,francisco1 and in spite of ,barrett's known sagacity as a manager and notwithstanding the succession of brilliant stars presented at the ,california and the magnificent stock company kept to support them1 the venture was not a financial success1 and ,barrett and ,mc,cullough were forced to succumb4 ,then it was that ,mc,cullough began his career as a star2 what reputation he had made up to this time was as ,edwin ,forrest's leading man4 ,larry ,barrett had starred some in the character of ,elliott ,gray in ,rosedale1 now they were both out of a job and looking for engagement4 ,barrett went ,east and resumed his starring in ,rosedale and gradually drifted into the ,shakespearian roles4 ,mc,cullough went to ,virginia ,city1 ,nevada1 with a picked-up company1 and played his first star engagement4 ,they took to the genial ,john very kindly there1 and worked him him up a rousing big benefit2 those were the palmy days of the ,comstock and everybody had money1 actors were at a premium in the camp and the old theatre was packed at every performance4 ,the ,benefit netted ,mc,cullough over two thousand dollars and ,john was glad he was an actor4 ,he knew we had a fine theatre and a good company in ,salt ,lake1 so he made arrangements to come and play with us a spell4 ,on ,november the #bfth1 he opened in ,damon and followed it in quick succession 7playing nightly7 with ,richelieu1 ,hamlet1 ,othello1 ,shylock1 ,volage in ,marble ,heart1 ,richard ,,iii1 ,robbers1 ,macbeth1 ,brutus1 ,romeo and ,juliet1 etc41 etc4 ,this was a very notable engagement1 in more ways than one4 ,it was notable for its length1 covering a stretch of twenty-three nights2 likewise for its strength1 as ,george ,b4 ,waldron and ,madam ,scheller1 who had both returned from a ,montana tour1 were added to the company to stiffen the cast--here we had really three stars and a strong1 capable1 self-sustaining stock company in the cast of all the plays during ,mc,cullough's first ,salt ,lake engagement1 which lasted three weeks1 terminating on ,september #agth4 ,again the stock company was left to its own strength and resources and even after this brilliant trio of dramatic artists1 ,mc,cullough1 ,scheller and ,waldron dropped away from us1 the managers1 with never-failing confidence and temerity1 put forward the stock once more to plough through the billowy ,christmas time1 past the new year and on to ,february #ajth1 when we welcomed another acquisition to the ranks in the person of ,miss ,annie ,lockhart4 ,miss ,lockhart was an ,english lady of liberal education1 refined and cultured2 and although she had not posed as a star actress1 she had an extended and varied experience on the stage4 ,she had been for several years in ,australia in the stock companies of ,melbourne and ,sidney1 where she had met1 loved and married an actor by the name of ,harry ,jackson4 ,harry was a talented character man1 but the flowing bowl was his weakness and ,annie in time wearied of his indiscretions and indulgences1 shook him off to beggarly divorcement1 left him in ,san ,francisco and came to ,salt ,lake in quest of an engagement4 ,she must have made a very favorable impression on the managers1 for they put her in as stock star up to ,march #ast1 and she continued a member of the company up to her fatal illness in the following ,november4 ,annie ,lockhart was at this time about thirty-two years of age1 a woman of comely appearance and gentle mien1 and if not great like ,julia ,dean1 ,annette ,ince1 or ,charlotte ,crampton1 was always pleasing and satisfactory4 ,she delighted in such characters as ,matida in ,led ,astray1 the dual role in ,two ,loves and a ,life1 ,janet ,pride1 ,peg ,woffington and kindred light comedy characters4 ,miss ,lockhart was a very tasteful dresser2 she always made a good appearance in her part4 ,during her long stay with the stock company a number of stars appeared4 ,the first after her engagement was ,james ,a4 ,herne1 who opened on ,march #ast1 #ahfi1 in ,rip ,van ,winkle4 ,herne's ,rip made a great hit and had an extraordinary run of five nights4 ,herne played ten nights doing ,solon ,shingle1 ,captain ,cuttle1 and some other characters4 ,then he was joined by ,lucille ,western who appeared as the leading stellar attraction supported by ,herne and the stock company4 ,miss ,western opened in her original character of ,lady ,isabel in ,east ,lynne4 ,it was undoubtedly a great performance of the character1 but the recollection of ,julia ,dean ,hayne in the part was still fresh in the public mind1 and she had made such a powerful impression in this character that ,lucille ,western was compared with her only to her disadvantage1 notwithstanding she was the original ,lady ,isabel4 ,we had now in rapid succession ,western's entire repertory which included ,the ,child ,stealer1 ,green ,bushes1 ,oliver ,twist1 ,flowers of the ,forest1 ,don ,caesar de ,bazan 7with ,western as the ,don71 and ,foul ,play4 ,miss ,western's engagement proceeded smoothly and drew large audiences4 ,one of the ,herne-,western performances created a genuine sensation in ,salt ,lake4 ,it was ,oliver ,twist4 ,in the scene where ,bill ,sykes 7,herne7 kills ,nancy 7,miss ,western71 both ,herne and ,miss ,western sought to make the murder as realistic and blood curdling as possible4 ,the murder is done off the stage in a room on the left2 ,sykes is supposed to beat ,nancy to death with his ugly stick which he carries through the play4 ,to carry out the realism of the beating a pad was made of a number of wet towels2 these ,herne struck with a piece of board1 making a sickening thud which ,lucille accompanied with a scream1 each one growing fainter1 until it became a groan1 then ,bill steals across the stage and off at an outer door and ,nancy1 almost dead1 drags herself on till she gets to the centre of the stage1 her face completely hidden by her dishevelled hair when she gets to position centre she turns her face which has been covered from the audience1 throws her hair back and reveals her face covered with stage gore4 ,on this occasion the picture was so revolting that several women in the audience fainted--everybody was shocked4 ,the actress had made it as revolting as possible1 thinking to make a sensation4 ,she succeeded1 but had she been a woman of finer feelings1 instead of seeking to make the picture as horrible and repulsive as she could she would have studied how to make it effective without being repulsive4 ,president ,young was very angry over it4 ,the picture was very abhorrent2 there is no knowing what the physiological results were2 it was rumored afterwards that a number of children were birthmarked as the result of it4 ,the ,president gave orders that the piece should not be played again and sent messengers all over the city to tell the people not to go and see it if it was put on again4 ,of course the managers withdrew it in deference to his wish1 but there is no doubt the house would have been crowded had it been repeated1 for the prohibition only aroused a greater curiosity to see it2 forbidden fruit1 you know1 is generally most hankered after4 ,the play has been done here several times since ,president ,young's death1 but never in such a shocking manner4 ,on the night of the ,benefit ,lucille chose to show us what she looked like in male attire1 so she put up ,don ,caesar and appeared in the role of the ragged cavalier4 ,before the play was over it was very apparent that ,lucille had been indulging in the ardent1 but she managed to get through without materially marring the play4 ,the next night1 however1 was ,charles ,reade's ,foul ,play4 ,this piece was entirely new to the company1 never having been done in the theatre before1 so that the stock company was hard pushed with study to get their lines1 but with their accustomed industry and regularity they were all au fait on this first occasion1 and the play might have scored a genuine success if the star had done her part towards it2 but she repeated her indulgence of the night before and to such a degree that by the opening of the fourth act she was in a very sorry plight4 ,this act is on an uninhabited island2 there has been a shipwreck and the hero and heroine have been washed or driven or blown onto this island and with a few of the ship's crew are the only survivors4 ,as the act opens ,robert ,penfold 7,lindsay7 and ,helen ,rolleston 7,miss ,western7 are discovered on a high cliff looking for a sail4 ,the few survivors of the crew have gone in search of fresh water and something to eat1 and the two leading characters have the entire act between them until the finale when a rescuing party arrives with a boat4 ,here was a dilemma2 never was a stage lover placed in a more embarrassing position4 ,it was quite apparent to him as they ascended to the cliff before the rise of the curtain that the stalwart ,lucille was not in proper condition for climbing cliffs1 more particularly stage cliffs1 which are generally pretty shaky affairs1 and the probability of a sudden and unlocked for descent was anything but a pleasing prospect to ,mr4 ,lindsay4 ,to still further embarrass him he discovered that ,lucille's tongue was decidedly thick1 in fact she could scarcely articulate4 ,the curtain should never have gone up2 it would have saved the management1 the actors1 and particularly ,miss ,western1 a vast amount of humiliation2 ,miss ,western should have been suddenly ill2 or an announcement made to that effect and the audience dismissed and their money refunded if necessary2 they should have been spared the agony of witnessing a really great artiste rendered imbecile and helpless by an uncontrollable appetite for liquor4 ,but the curtain did go up and down went ,lucille4 ,at the very first step she made to descend she staggered1 and in spite of all that her stage lover could do to steady her she made a sudden unsteady descent and landed in a kneeling position on the stage4 ,oh6 the agony of that moment6 ,with assistance she staggered to her feet1 and now as she attempted to speak her first speech in the act1 a new terror seized me4 ,her words were thick and inarticulate--not heard at all by the majority of the audience1 who now began to realize the true condition4 ,it was evident to everybody on the stage that she could never get through the act1 and so the stage manager1 after another abortive attempt on her part to say her lines1 sent on the boat with the rescue party and the finale of the act was reached4 ,never was such a scene between a pair of stage lovers so horribly mutilated as this2 never was an act so fearfully and unintelligibly abbreviated as this one1 and never did a rescue party arrive more opportunely4 ,it plucked the star from immediate disgrace1 an embarrassed actor from despair4 ,it was no wonder the audience remained for the last act1 for they had before the end of the fourth act divined the true state of affairs and they stayed1 curious to see how it would or could end4 ,the last act was a court room scene and the star had to sit on the witness stand4 ,she did not make a very intelligent witness but sat there with a bright green silk gown1 with a face flushed to redness1 and looking the picture of helplessness4 ,how we got through that act1 ,i don't think anyone engaged in it could have told1 but with the prompter's assistance reading most of ,miss ,western's lines1 we blundered through and the final drop came on the most inglorious and trying performance ,i ever had part in4 ,the manager promptly cancelled ,miss ,western's engagement1 although she had one more night to play4 ,the following night ,arrah ,na ,pogue was put up with ,mr4 ,herne in the part of ,shaun the ,post1 but as if the fates had decreed that this ,herne-,western engagement should end disgracefully1 if not disastrously1 this last night went on record as losing one for the managers and a discreditable one to the solitary remaining star4 ,owing to the fiasco of the night before1 a rather slender audience was in attendance to witness ,mr4 ,herne's last appearance4 ,whether this fact had to do with the sudden indisposition and collapse of ,mr4 ,herne on this occasion1 there is no means of knowing1 but the writer has ever been of the opinion that it was the very perceptible falling away of the patronage and his chagrin and vexation over ,miss ,western's conduct of the night before that wrought upon the actor's nervous system to such a degree that he declared himself unable to appear4 ,the writer's dressing room was so situated that he could not hear what was transpiring on the stage4 ,when the curtain time arrived and ,i came down to the stage all made up for ,michael ,feeney1 to my great surprise ,i was informed there was to be no performance2 the audience had been dismissed owing to the sudden illness of ,mr4 ,herne4 ,herne was seated on the big curtain roller and a number of the company around him1 offering sympathy and assistance to the disabled star who appeared to be in great agony4 ,i returned hastily to my dressing room and divested myself of ,michael ,feeney's habiliments1 and resuming my own attire1 was soon back to ,mr4 ,herne's side and proffered my assistance to help him to his hotel4 ,in the meantime a doctor1 who kept his office a few doors west of the theatre1 had been called in and he requested us to bring ,herne to his office4 ,there were few hacks or gurney cabs in those days1 and so with the assistance of ,mr4 ,hardie and myself1 ,mr4 ,herne managed with difficulty to reach the doctor's office4 ,this doctor was one of the old school of practitioners and like ,felix ,callighan1 in ,his ,last ,legs1 he proceeded to cup or bleed the patient4 ,after he had relieved ,herne of a quart or so of superfluous blood1 he bandaged the cupping2 gave the patient a dose of regulation stimulant and directed the patient to be taken to his hotel and placed comfortably in bed4 ,it was a quarter of a mile to the ,white ,house and there was not a hack or vehicle of any kind available1 so ,hardie and ,i formed a seat for the sick actor by locking our hands together and getting the patient's hands over our shoulders1 we carried him to the ,white ,house4 ,by the time we got him up a long flight of stairs to his room1 we were tired and winded1 although ,margetts and ,mc,kenzie1 who had accompanied us1 took turns at the carrying business4 ,scarcely had we got the sick actor in bed before a knock at the door 7a sort of frightened knock7 was heard1 and as we said come in the door opened and ,miss ,western1 clad in her night gown1 with a shawl around her1 timidly entered and inquired with great anxiety what the matter was4 ,on being informed that ,mr4 ,herne had been taken so ill that the audience had to be dismissed1 and he carried home to his room1 she became hysterical4 ,bursting into tears she exclaimed1 piteously1 ,oh1 my ,god6 ,this is awful6 ,oh1 ,jimmie6 addressing herself passionately to ,herne4 ,i wish we were home with mother6 ,she evidently had not fully recovered from her carousal of the night before1 and in her half stupid1 half hysterical condition1 moaned and prayed as if some terrible calamity had befallen her4 ,herne rapidly recovered from his illness and the co-stars left ,salt ,lake4 ,lucille never returned1 but ,herne came back early in #ahgd and hovered between ,salt ,lake and ,ogden for a long time1 and finally drifted to ,san ,francisco1 where he became the stage manager of the ,bush ,street and afterward of the ,baldwin theatre when ,tom ,maguire1 ,the ,napoleon of the ,pacific coast1 as he was called at the time1 opened that popular theatre4 ,that was before any of the ,eastern managers had invaded ,san ,francisco4 ,the ,herne-,western engagement closed on ,april #agth and was closely followed by ,fannie ,morgan ,phelps1 who played from ,april #bjth to ,may #bjth1 appearing in a new line of plays for the diversion of the stock company as well as the public4 ,she opened in ,meg's ,diversion1 and proved to be a prime favorite4 ,the ,deal ,boatman1 ,black ,eyed ,susan1 she seemed to have a partiality for nautical pieces and succeeded in making the seashore heroines very attractive4 ,fanny stayed four weeks with us1 then went to ,montana4 ,she never paid us a second visit although ,salt ,lake treated her very handsomely in the way of patronage4 ,mrs4 ,phelps was a widow2 her husband1 ,ralph ,phelps1 a popular actor1 was killed by a blow from a tackle block on board of the steamer coming from ,australia4 ,our next stellar attraction was ,charles ,wheatleigh1 who opened on ,may #bjth in ,sam1 supported by ,annie ,lockhart and the stock company4 ,wheatleigh gave nine performances1 the pieces presented being ,sam1 ,lottery of ,life1 ,arrah ,na ,pogue1 ,after ,dark1 and ,under the ,gaslight4 ,charley ,wheatleigh was rather a brilliant comedian4 ,his plays proved very popular and he played a memorable engagement4 ,the next engagement was one that eased the labors of the stock company1 giving most of us a rest4 ,it was the ,howson ,opera company4 ,it was quite a family affair4 ,the company consisted of ,pere ,howson1 ,mere ,howson1 ,john ,howson1 ,frank ,howson1 ,clelia ,howson1 and ,fannie ,howson4 ,they were a very talented musical family and played light opera very well indeed4 ,they opened in the ,grand ,duchess1 their cast being filled up with members of the stock company who could sing4 ,they played from ,january #ast to the #bjth1 each opera being played twice or three times4 ,the ,howsons were well liked and made many friends1 both in and out of the theatre4 ,prof4 ,hartz1 a magician1 followed the ,howson engagement1 holding the stage from ,january #bast to the #bfth4 ,on ,june #bhth1 #ahfi1 ,george ,d4 ,chaplin made his first appearance at this theatre in ,hamlet1 playing thirteen performances1 closing ,july #ajth in ,armadale4 ,chaplin made a very favorable impression and later played a longer engagement4 ,he had been leading man for ,ben ,de,bar in ,st4 ,louis1 and was a versatile actor1 fond of playing ,hamlet and ,macbeth1 in which1 if not great1 he was always pleasing4 ,then1 as if to prove his versatility1 he would put on a burlesque called ,the ,seven ,sisters1 and appear as the principal sister4 ,george had a handsome face1 and a very plump physique1 and made up for a woman1 he was a study4 ,on ,july #abth1 ,lotta opened in ,little ,nell1 and played during the week ,captain ,charlotte1 ,firefly1 and ,topsy in ,uncle ,tom's ,cabin4 ,george ,chaplin resumed on ,july #ajth1 opening in the burlesque of ,the ,seven ,sisters and filled out a week with ,ten ,nights in a ,barroom1 ,money1 and the burlesque of ,pocahontas1 in which he played ,powhattan very cleverly4 ,july #bfth1 ,kennedy's ,scottish ,entertainment held the boards1 and on the #bhth a new star was ushered in that gave the stock company more work1 just as we were expecting a brief summer vacation--,geraldine ,warden4 ,she played four nights and a matinee4 ,this engagement closed the season as far as the stock company was concerned4 ,it was now ,july #cast and the company had the month of ,august in which to rest from study and rehearsals1 for the fall season would open early in ,september4 ,the theatre was not entirely closed1 however1 in ,august4 ,on the #ahth of that month1 ,murphy and ,mack's minstrels opened and continued until the #bhth giving eleven performances4 ,this was ,joe ,murphy's first visit to ,salt ,lake1 when he was a black face artist1 and before he had dreamed of becoming an ,irish comedian4 ,the fact of this company giving eleven performances in the theatre in ,august shows how very popular they were1 and how ,salt ,lake liked minstrelsy4 ,,chapter ,,xiii4 ,,season ,,of '#fi-gj4 ,the season of '#fi and '#gj opened auspiciously on ,september #dth with the now recuperated stock company in a new play4 ,the ,captain of the ,vulture was played one week and another new star dawned on the horizon4 ,september #acth ,mr4 ,neil ,warner was the star attraction4 ,warner was an ,english actor and had been in the supporting company of the late lamented ,gustavus ,brooke1 who gave promise of becoming ,england's greatest tragedian1 but whose already resplendent career was unfortunately cut short by the loss of the steamship ,london4 ,brooke was making a second visit to ,melbourne and ,sidney in '#ff1 where he had achieved a remarkable triumph a year before1 but alas6 for the irony of fate1 he was doomed to be cut off in the very unfolding of the most brilliant talents the ,english stage had yet seen4 ,the unfortunate ,london went down in the ,bay of ,biscay and some two hundred souls perished in the wreck and among them the brilliant ,gustavus ,brooke4 ,a friend of the writer1 now in this city 7,salt ,lake71 ,mr4 ,jack ,cooey1 had a brother who was one of the very few survivors of that ill-fated ship1 there being but sixteen in all4 ,so ,america never got to see ,brooke1 who was regarded by his countrymen generally as the greatest of all their tragic actors4 ,neil ,warner was said to be a copyist of ,brooke2 undoubtedly he had played with him1 and learned much from him1 and if not as great as his acknowledged tutor1 ,warner was not unworthy to be called great4 ,he had a splendid physique and a magnificent voice1 which he could use with magnetic effect4 ,its transitions were at times marvelous and in this writer's opinion1 he was the superior of all our ,american tragedians1 with the exception of ,davenport1 whom he very much resembled both in the majesty of his presence and in mental superiority4 ,warner opened in ,richard ,,iii and made a most decided hit in the character1 notwithstanding he had several notable predecessors in the part1 notably ,mc,cullough and ,stark4 ,he played twenty-four performances1 embracing a wide range of legitimate plays--,hamlet1 ,macbeth1 ,richelieu1 and his ,macbeth was the greatest of all his fine performances4 ,he went to ,new ,york from here and we quite expected to hear great things about him1 but for some cause or other he never played a stellar engagement in ,new ,york1 and the following year the writer1 much to his astonishment and disappointment1 saw him playing a second heavy part in support of ,charles ,wyndham the ,english comedian at a theatre in ,brooklyn4 ,warner did not make a go in ,new ,york1 and drifted over to ,montreal1 ,canada1 where he stayed for many years2 but a few years ago he toured ,california in connection with a rising young actress of that state1 in a round of his favorite characters4 ,annie ,lockhart played the leading female characters in all ,warner's performances here4 ,they had known each other in ,australia1 and there seemed to be a very warm friendship between them and it was certain that ,annie was an ardent admirer of her talented countryman1 and some of us rather feared she would go with him when he took his departure from ,salt ,lake2 but something occurred between them that must have angered him1 for a day or two before his engagement closed1 he spoke to ,miss ,lockhart at a rehearsal in words and tones so heartless and insulting that the company were amazed at him1 and poor ,annie sought the seclusion of her dressing room to have a good cry4 ,conjecture was rife and pointed to a rival in the lady's affections as the cause of his tirade4 ,warner departed1 leaving ,annie with us1 very much to the gratification of the company and public1 but it was not for long2 poor ,annie ,lockhart had received a wound from which she never recovered4 ,she only lived five weeks after this and the cause of her sudden decline and death was more or less of a mystery1 for up to this time she was a hale1 hearty woman1 in the very prime of life4 ,she was laid away tenderly by loving hands and hearts1 whom she had never known until eight months before1 but whom she had endeared to her by her sweet1 womanly ways4 ,many a tear was shed and genuine sorrow was felt when ,annie ,lockhart was laid away in ,olivet4 ,the night after ,warner's engagement closed1 ,sunday1 ,october #abth1 ,stephen ,massett lectured4 ,october #acth1 ,madam ,scheller opened her second engagement1 playing six nights1 and gave ,roll of the ,drum1 ,child of the ,regiment1 ,enoch ,arden1 etc4 ,the theatre closed from the #ahth to the #bcrd on account of the ,militia ,muster4 ,the ,nauvoo ,legion1 as the ,territorial troops were called1 had a big encampment on the banks of the ,jordan river and of such importance was it that the theatre had to close1 as every able bodied man was expected to drill and all the women and children1 of course1 had to go and see them4 ,the late ,george ,q4 ,cannon and other high church dignitaries fell into the ranks on this occasion and carried muskets1 whether from the love of exercise or a keen love of duty1 or for the effect of example1 this deponent saith not4 ,nearly all the dramatic company were in the big drill1 so1 of course1 there could be no theatres until it was over4 ,it was intended to be a great demonstration1 and it was2 almost every ,mormon man was in the ranks4 ,the theatre resumed business with the rest of the town1 ,saturday the #bcrd inst41 when one of ,madam ,scheller's pieces was repeated4 ,this was ,madam ,scheller's last appearance at this theatre4 ,she and her husband1 ,methua ,scheller1 went ,east from here1 and died in ,memphis in #ahgh1 during the yellow fever contagion of that dread disease4 ,on ,october #beth1 the ,stones1 ,amy and ,harry1 opened up a return engagement in ,french ,spy4 ,they played twelve nights1 giving ,fanchon1 and ,little ,barefoot1 etc4 ,their engagement closed ,november #fth1 after a very satisfactory engagement4 ,on the #hth the stock company resumed1 and played ,waiting for the ,verdict4 ,annie ,lockhart1 who had rested during the ,stones' engagement1 resumed and was playing the leading female character in this play when she was taken very ill4 ,with the aid of kind attention she got through the night's work1 but she went home so ill that she took to her bed1 and on the #ahth of ,november1 died4 ,three days previous to her death1 on the #aeth of ,november1 ,john ,wilson and ,kate ,denin were ushered in as stock stars1 and continued until ,january #eth1 #ahgj1 when they withdrew for a week to give place to ,charlotte ,thompson1 who played a six nights' engagement1 playing ,julia in the ,hunchback1 ,leah1 the ,forsaken1 ,sea of ,ice1 and ,court and ,stage4 ,miss ,thompson was a pretty woman and a pleasing actress--a favorite in the ,south where she belonged4 ,from the #adth to the #bdth1 the stock company held down the business without stellar assistance1 when ,kate ,denin and ,john ,wilson returned and played another engagement4 ,as stock stars they remained until ,february #adth4 ,then came another siege of stock work without any star1 broken intermittently by lectures and concerts4 ,ole ,bull gave concerts ,march #hth and #ith2 ,alf ,barnett's entertainment1 ,march #bbnd and #bcrd2 ,satsuma's ,japanese troupe from ,march #beth to #cjth4 ,these attractions1 of course1 gave the company some respite from their arduous studies1 but it was only brief1 and we were already rehearsing for the ensuing conference dates4 ,so the stock company resumed their labors and played all through ,april and up to ,may #afth when the season of '#fi and '#gj closed4 ,,chapter ,,xiv4 ,,season ,,of '#gj-'ga4 ,the theatre did not reopen until ,august the #bgth when the season of '#gj and '#ga was ushered in with a ,benefit to ,miss ,colebrook4 ,this was really the first summer the theatre had remained closed and given the company a needed rest4 ,the stock company played one week only when the veteran tragedian1 ,t4 ,a4 ,lyne1 began an engagement which ran from ,september the #crd to the #bjth4 ,this was ,lyne's fourth engagement since the opening of the theatre1 and it proved what a remarkable hold he had upon our theatre goers when he repeated his well known and well worn repertoire to splendid business4 ,as there was no other star in the dramatic firmament when ,lyne's engagement expired1 the stock company was put on its own resources once again and continued successfully up to the #ajth of ,december1 when the monotony was in some measure broken by the accession to the company of ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,john ,s4 ,langrishe1 and the following week ,c4 ,w4 ,couldock and his daughter1 ,eliza1 floated the stellar flag for the third time1 repeating a portion of their old repertoire4 ,they played from the #bfth to the #cast4 ,mr4 ,couldock went ,east1 leaving ,eliza 7who was in poor health7 here to recuperate4 ,they were succeeded by ,george ,w4 ,thompson and ,sallie ,hinckley1 who played a week's engagement1 presenting ,man and ,wife and the ,persecuted ,dutchman1 filling dates ,january #bnd to the #gth1 of #ahga4 ,the stock company then played along again until ,february #acth1 when ,mc,kee ,rankin1 ,kitty ,blanchard and ,w4 ,h4 ,power opened a stellar engagement1 playing two weeks to ,february #beth4 ,everywhere else the ,rankins were playing ,the ,danites1 but owing to the odious light in which that play presented the ,mormon leaders1 they did not dare to produce it at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,of course the managers would not consent1 and the great wonder is that ,rankin could secure dates at all at ,brigham ,young's theatre while he was starring through the country in a play so well calculated to stir up prejudice against the ,mormons4 ,the ,danites had to be eliminated while the ,rankins fell back onto some old plays in which the stock company was up in4 ,rip ,van ,winkle1 ,little ,barefoot1 and ,colleen ,bawn were given4 ,it may be of interest to note the fact here that ,the ,danites has never been played in ,salt ,lake or anywhere in ,utah4 ,about this time ,george ,b4 ,waldron turned up again in ,salt ,lake1 and was installed as leading man to strengthen the company and ease somewhat the labors of ,david ,mc,kenzie4 ,rose ,evans1 a lady who was enamoured of ,hamlet1 and made a specialty of playing it1 was introduced to ,salt ,lake soon after ,waldron's accession to the company1 and we had during her engagement which ran through the ,april conference1 ,hamlet1 ,twixt ,axe and ,crown1 ,ingomar2 ,miss ,evans as ,parthenia and ,waldron as ,ingomar2 ,lady ,audrey's ,secret1 ,romeo and ,juliet2 ,waldron as ,romeo4 ,rose ,evans established herself very strongly in the favor of the ,salt ,lake theatre goers4 ,her ,hamlet was liked1 and she played it intelligently and perhaps as well as a woman could play it1 but no woman can ever play ,hamlet satisfactorily to the critical mind2 and very few men out of the thousands of actors ever reach and handle it satisfactorily4 ,her ,juliet was very acceptable1 but ,waldron's voice was' too basso profundo for ,romeo4 ,it was hard to imagine him as the youthful love-distraught ,romeo with his deep set vocal organ4 ,miss ,evans closed on ,april #hth and was closely followed by ,mlle4 ,marie ,ravel1 who opened on the #ajth1 supported by ,waldron and the stock company and played an engagement of twenty nights4 ,on ,may #dth ,herr ,daniel ,e4 ,bandmann and his wife 7his first one7 opened an engagement of five nights1 presenting ,macbeth1 ,hamlet1 ,merchant of ,venice1 ,narcisse1 and ,richard ,,iii4 ,bandmann1 at this time1 was a very popular tragedian4 ,he had played as early as '#fe in ,san ,francisco a very successful engagement4 ,he was now returning from his second visit to ,san ,francisco4 ,he spoke with a decided ,german accent1 which was1 however1 not disagreeable to the ear1 his voice being musical and his reading very artistic and finished4 ,bandmann bought a ranch near ,missoula1 ,montana1 some ten or twelve years ago and went into semi-retirement4 ,he had a curious advertisement in the ,dramatic ,mirror1 about as follows3 ,daniel ,e4 ,bandmann1 ,tragedian and breeder of fine horses and cattle4 ,he also bred a large family of children on that same ranch4 ,when he went into retirement he took with him his latest leading lady1 ,mary ,kelly1 as his wife1 and they have a number of heirs to succeed to the tragedy and breeding business4 ,his first wife1 ,millie ,palmer1 still figures in ,london theatricals1 and she has a son who is conspicuous in theatrical management4 ,herr ,bandmann still makes spasmodic incursions into the surrounding country with an improvised dramatic company and plays his favorite characters4 ,the next star to shine in our firmament was ,j4 ,k4 ,emmett4 ,joe1 as he was familiarly called1 was just at the zenith of his fame about this time1 and he filled the theatre from pit to dome4 ,the character of ,fritz appealed strongly to nearly all theatre goers1 and ,joe ,emmett with his bewitching voice and catchy lullabies1 had an easy road to fame and fortune4 ,emmett played from the #ajth to the #acth4 ,the ,couldocks1 father and daughter1 now played a return engagement1 covering two weeks1 from ,may #bbnd to ,june #eth1 repeating mostly old repertoire4 ,they were followed closely by ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,ida ,hernandez1 a ,polish couple1 who came to this country with ,madam ,modjeska1 and were now working their way to the ,east4 ,they were clever performers1 but being unknown1 they did not draw heavy houses4 ,june #hth to the #aath4 ,the ,lingards followed ,hernandez in a brief engagement of three nights1 ,june #abth to #adth4 ,the following week was filled in by the ,hernandez and the ,carter-,cogswell contingent of the ,salt ,lake stock company4 ,j4 ,m4 ,carter and his wife1 ,carrie ,carter 7nee ,lyne-,cogswell7 had recently arrived from ,denver and had been added to the stock company1 which had been weakened materially by the loss of several of its prominent members4 ,hardie had gone to the ,virginia ,city theatre2 ,lindsay had gone on a visit to ,england and had withdrawn from the company for a time2 ,miss ,alexander had also drifted away to the ,east1 so that when the ,carters arrived and sought engagement1 the managers readily availed themselves of their services4 ,they played here for a few weeks and at the close of the season went on to ,california4 ,on ,july #crd1 ,edwin ,adams made his first appearance at this theatre4 ,he opened in the character of ,rover in ,wild ,oats and played in addition1 ,extremes1 ,enoch ,arden1 and ,william in ,black ,eyed ,susan4 ,mr4 ,adams filled out a week with great satisfaction to our theatre goers1 the managers1 and the company1 and with very satisfactory financial results to himself4 ,he was a gratification to both eyes and ears a brilliant actor with a melodious voice1 and in appearance the ideal actor4 ,the following week ,john ,mc,cullough1 who had with him ,helen ,tracy as a leading female support1 played a notable engagement1 rendered more so by the fact that ,edwin ,adams was retained to appear in conjunction with ,mr4 ,mc,cullough4 ,they gave ,damon and ,pythias1 with ,mc,cullough as ,damon and ,adams as ,pythias1 and notwithstanding ,mc,cullough made an excellent ,damon1 so convincing was ,adams as ,pythias1 that the critical ,salt ,lakers declared it was ,pythias and ,damon on that occasion1 putting the brilliant ,adams ahead of ,mc,cullough in their admiration4 ,adams played ,iago to ,mc,cullough's ,othello and even strengthened the favorable opinion of him4 ,for their closing performance together1 ,hamlet was given with ,adams as the ,prince and ,mc,cullough as the ,king4 ,miss ,helen ,tracy lent some lustre to the triple alliance and this engagement is remembered as one of the most notable ever given in the now historic theatre4 ,just how it chanced that ,mc,cullough and ,adams got dates so close together1 the one immediately succeeding the other1 ,i have forgotten1 but as ,adams was going to the ,pacific coast and ,mc,cullough and ,miss ,tracy were going ,east1 ,i presume that their meeting here was purely accidental4 ,they were very glad to see each other1 ,john and ,ned1 and decided to have a good time while they were together2 to that end ,adams1 who was in no great hurry to get to ,san ,francisco1 decided to stay over during ,mc,cullough's engagement and play in some of his pieces with him1 which he did as stated above4 ,the combination was a strong one1 and no doubt helped ,mc,cullough's engagement1 as this was his second visit2 but the primary object of the combination was evidently to have a good time4 ,we had an actors' club here at that early day which must not be forgotten4 ,on ,january #afth preceding1 ,milton ,nobles played the ,marble ,heart1 appearing as ,raphael4 ,nobles was then a young actor1 comparatively unknown4 ,he was on his way to the ,east1 where some years later he became widely known through his plays of ,the ,phoenix1 ,from ,sire to ,son1 etc4 ,there was at this time residing in ,salt ,lake a gentleman by the name of ,bentham ,fabian4 ,fabian was widely and favorably known for certain peculiarities4 ,he was extremely fond of the theatre1 and every actor was his friend4 ,he was one of those versatile fellows that could turn his hand to many things4 ,he organized a public library here1 which he called ,the ,salt ,lake ,exchange and ,reading ,rooms1 and he was the librarian4 ,it was while ,milton ,nobles was here that ,fabian worked up a benefit for this library1 at which ,governor ,vaughn1 7then ,governor of ,utah71 recited ,poe's ,bells1 and ,nobles and the writer gave the third act of ,othello 7in evening dress71 ,nobles reading ,iago1 and the writer ,othello4 ,there were several other numbers by ,fabian and others1 and music by the ,military band from ,fort ,douglas4 ,one of ,fabian's strong peculiarities was that he loved his pipe and glass and occasionally his courtly bearing and ,chesterfieldian manners would get a little lopsided and obscure4 ,this benefit1 being a sort of royal occasion with ,bentham1 he had a fresh keg of beer in his den behind the library1 and after the entertainment was over he invited all the performers 7except the band7 to go and help drink it4 ,governor ,vaughn having a prior engagement1 declined1 but the rest of us adjourned to the library4 ,fabian1 eager to treat the boys1 made haste to tap the keg1 but there was a decided uncertainty about his manipulation of the mallet and tap1 which plainly indicated that he had already been tapping something4 ,so ,cyrus ,hawley 7,judge ,hawley's son7 rather impatiently and dramatically exclaimed1 ,give me the daggers6 7the mallet and tap71 and taking them from ,fabian with the air of an expert tapster1 he proceeded to drive the tap2 he made a misslick1 and in an instant he was covered from head to foot in foamy beer4 ,his nice clothes were apparently ruined1 and he was roundly sworn at for wasting so much good beer4 ,after stopping the flood1 there proved to be sufficient left to make all hands merry and happy4 ,about this time ,fabian1 who was a great projector of schemes1 succeeded in organizing an actors' club1 to which he made us all pay tribute1 not only the actors1 but a number of other professional men and good fellows were made members1 and when the transient stars came along1 we generally contrived to give them a good time1 although our quarters were not so pretentious as those of the ,alta or ,comcial clubs of today4 ,during the ,adams-,mc,cullough engagements these actors were the guests of the club1 and dear old ,fabian was in his glory4 ,fabian was the president of the club1 and he certainly wined and dined ,mc,cullough and ,adams to their hearts' content4 ,on their closing night we had a great carousal1 even ,miss ,tracy did not escape4 ,it was a memorable night truly4 ,everybody present seemed determined to give ,john ,mc,cullough and ,ned ,adams a royal time1 and they had it4 ,care mad to see a man sae happy2 ,e'en drowned himsel among the nappy4 ,kings may be blest1 but ,tam was glorious1 ,o'er all the ills of life victorious4 ,burns' ,tam ,o',shanter4 ,the stock company played one week1 even after this brilliant triumvirate had united its course1 with ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,carter doing leads4 ,that they could hold the interest of the public after such a combination of talent as ,adams1 ,mc,cullough and ,tracy dropped away from them was not to be expected4 ,in looking back at it from this distance1 the wise thing for the managers to have done would have been to close the season with that extraordinary engagement1 but the ,carters were here and had a play or two to exploit1 and struggled through a week when the management were glad to close the season1 with the ,pioneer holiday1 ,july #bdth4 ,here was another case of playing all summer1 for the theatre only remained closed about ten nights1 opening on the #ajth of ,august4 ,the advent of the ,carters into ,salt ,lake and their engagement at the ,salt ,lake theatre was not devoid of interest4 ,it was well-known to many that ,mrs4 ,carter 7,carrie ,cogswell7 had been the wife of the veteran tragedian1 ,mr4 ,t4 ,a4 ,lyne1 who was very much perturbed at their presence here4 ,he declared that she had come here expressly to annoy him1 and nothing could convince him to the contrary1 so when after a short stay here1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,carter and their son1 ,lincoln ,j41 now the celebrated ,chicago playbuilder and manager1 took their departure for ,california1 ,lyne's heart was joyful4 ,there were two children1 a boy and a girl1 the offspring of the ,lyne-,cogswell marriage4 ,the court1 in giving ,lyne the deliverance which he sought on the grounds of desertion1 gave him the custody of the two children1 and he had them in ,salt ,lake attending school1 and he was very apprehensive that the mother might kidnap them4 ,so when she had departed without any signs of having molested the children the veteran was happy1 for he never dreamed they would return1 but alas6 for the contrariness of human nature1 in this he was doomed to disappointment4 ,lyne had been for the second time a widower when he met ,miss ,carrie ,cogswell4 ,she was about sixteen and he about fifty4 ,lyne at this age was an active1 fine-looking man with hair as dark as a raven's wing and a very commanding presence4 ,miss ,cogswell was enamored of the stage and soon became not only ,mrs4 ,lyne1 but leading lady for ,lyne4 ,after some years of married life1 and two children had been born to them1 there came a cloud in their sky4 ,in the same company chanced a young man by the name of ,carter1 whose father1 ,jared ,carter1 had been a leading light in the ,mormon ,church in the ,nauvoo days4 ,disparity in age and incompatibility of temperament between ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,lyne gradually brought about a separation and divorce4 ,by this time both had sought and found new matrimonial alliances4 ,mrs4 ,lyne had some years now been ,mrs4 ,carter and ,mr4 ,lyne had found consolation in a ,french widow whose ,christian name was ,madeline4 ,such was the situation at the time when the ,carters made their first visit to ,salt ,lake1 and the veteran tragedian having settled down in ,salt ,lake to end his days1 was in mortal dread of the ,carters fixing their future home here too4 ,,chapter ,,xv4 ,,season ,,of '#ga-'gb4 ,the season of '#ga and '#gb opened on ,august the #dth1 only two weeks after the closing of '#gj and '#ga4 ,the ,lingards were the opening attraction2 they played only two nights4 ,the ,lingards consisted of ,horace ,w4 ,lingard1 ,alice ,lingard1 his wife1 and ,dickie ,lingard1 a sister to ,horace4 ,they played short cast pieces and did not require many members of the company4 ,the repertoire included ,caste1 ,the ,weaver of ,spitaefield1 ,morning ,call1 ,a ,happy ,pair1 etc4 ,they were followed closely by ,kate ,newton and ,charlie ,backus of minstrel fame1 who stayed two nights2 and these were succeeded by the ,hyers ,sisters1 a colored concert troupe1 who gave five concerts1 opening ,august the #ith and playing up to the #acth4 ,on the #bast ,joseph and ,mrs4 ,murphy made their debut in drama--the medium being a hash-up of improbable incidents put together to string ,joe's specialties on4 ,he played a sort of stage detective and disguised variously as an ,irishman1 a ,swede1 a ,dutch ,girl1 and a ,nigger4 ,this was the first performance of ,help on any stage1 and should have been the last1 if merit alone counted4 ,the ,salt ,lake ,theatre was made the bridge to carry a number of new dramatic ventures across the quicksands of dramatic speculation4 ,afraid to make the trial of a new play in ,san ,francisco or ,new ,york1 they have brought them to ,salt ,lake to try them on the dog4 ,help ran three nights1 #bast to the #bdth1 and was fairly launched on the dramatic sea1 and ,joe ,murphy was no longer a blackfaced comedian but a versatile actor of the ,irish comedy persuasion4 ,help served ,joe faithfully for several seasons and put him on ,easy street1 financially4 ,august #beth the ,stock ,company1 strengthened with the ,cogswell-,carter troupe1 resumed4 ,j4 ,w4 ,carter was engaged to play leads for a time2 ,mc,kenzie was absent1 ,lindsay was gone1 ,hardie had deserted1 and the management were in sore straits for a leading actor4 ,the ,stock played from ,august #beth to ,september #beth1 when ,mrs4 ,lander opened a star engagement in ,mary ,stuart1 continuing one week1 during which she gave1 in addition to ,mary ,stuart1 ,camille1 ,the ,hunchback and ,marie ,antoinette4 ,mrs4 ,lander was at this time one of the bright particular stars of the ,american stage4 ,she was a woman of superior intelligence and rare dramatic talent and played a fine engagement4 ,after the ,lander engagement1 the house closed for a few nights1 to give the ,stock company a chance to prepare for the approaching ,october conference4 ,the management could always count on packed houses during these conferences1 and it was like giving money away to engage any stellar attractions at these times1 so the ,stock company was up against their work once more4 ,on ,october #crd they opened and played through conference1 to the #ith4 ,on the #ajth ,robert ,mc,wade made his first bow to a ,salt ,lake audience1 in ,rip ,van ,winkle4 ,mc,wade had a very good reputation through the west in this character1 and drew a very good house for his first night4 ,if we had never seen ,jim ,hearne as ,rip ,van ,winkle we might have thought more of ,mc,wade1 but the impression ,hearne made in the character was so strong and still so fresh in the public mind that ,mc,wade's ,rip did not become a favorite4 ,he played some five nights and then the ,stock had to go alone again for a while1 so on the #afth they resumed and played up to ,november #g1 only relieved a little by the ,japanese jugglers1 who put in an hour each evening for a week1 from ,october #bcrd to #bhth4 ,on ,november #ith1 ,johnny ,allen and ,alice ,harrison opened a four nights' engagement1 closing on the #acth4 ,on the #aeth the ,stock resumed the even tenor of its way1 and played unassisted up to ,december #ajth1 when ,j4 ,m4 ,ward came in with ,through by ,daylight1 and got through by gaslight in two nights4 ,jim ,ward was a very versatile and capable actor with a racy ,irish brogue1 that was suggestive of the ould sod4 ,he has had rare experiences in theatrical life1 and they would make a volume of interesting reading1 but as he is still having them1 being yet upon the stage1 it is too early to add his experiences to the general history of the stage1 especially his matrimonial ones4 ,an entire troupe of juvenile actors followed ,jim ,ward's advent into ,salt ,lake ,city4 ,whether ,jim was in any way accountable1 we are not advised2 they were called ,the ,nathan ,juvenile ,troupe1 and put in one week from the #aeth to the #bjth4 ,oliver ,doud ,byron followed them1 opening on ,december #bast1 and playing till ,january #crd1 ,across the ,continent1 being his piece de resistance4 ,ben ,mc,cullough filled out the week4 ,eliza ,couldock1 who was in delicate health1 and had been left here by her father after their last engagement1 was now called in for a week to assist the ,stock in a production of ,uncle ,tom's ,cabin4 ,miss ,couldock was cast for the character of ,eliza4 ,the writer1 who was playing ,george ,harris and ,legree1 well remembers how nervous and poorly the lady was during this week's engagement4 ,she was over ambitious and worked beyond her strength1 and it was evident she was in a decline4 ,this was her last appearance1 poor girl1 and it was not long before we were paying the last respects1 and with loving hands laying her gently i' the earth1 alongside of dear ,annie ,lockhart1 whom we had performed the same service for only a short time before4 ,lay her i' the earth and from her fair and unpolluted flesh may violets spring4 ,rose ,evans came to us for a second engagement1 after the ,uncle ,tom week1 and played from ,january #hth to the #bgth1 repeating her former repertory4 ,stock company put in the following week alone1 then followed ,e4 ,t4 ,stetson for a week in his melodramas1 ,neck and ,neck and ,old ,kentuck4 ,this puts us along to ,february #gth1 '#gb1 when the ,stock played another week without any star2 then the ,stock got a week's rest1 the time from the #aeth to the #bjth being filled by ,purdy1 ,scott1 and ,fostelle's minstrels4 ,refreshed with a week's vacation1 the ,stock company started in afresh on ,february #bbnd--great ,george's birthday--and played till ,april #ith1 getting through another conference without the aid of a star4 ,here the company had another brief respite while ,the ,child ,american ,concert ,company filled time from ,april #ajth to the #acth1 when the company resumed their labors and played up to the #bjth4 ,on ,april #bbnd1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,f4 ,m4 ,bates began a stellar engagement which ran three weeks1 up to ,may #aath4 ,mrs4 ,bates was the lead horse in this team1 and the repertory was selected to give her prominence as the principal star1 and the announcement should have been ,mrs4 and ,mr4 ,f4 ,m4 ,bates4 ,she played ,pigeon the ,torment1 ,camille1 ,leah1 and ,lucretia ,borgia1 and all the great popular roles for tragediennes1 and was the first to introduce to us the great historic play of ,elizabeth4 ,the ,bateses made a very good impression and were so pleased with the result of their engagement that they remained in ,salt ,lake during the ensuing summer4 ,blanche ,bates1 now a very successful star under ,david ,belasco's management1 was with the ,bateses then1 and as she had not been christened ,blanche1 she was just called ,baby ,bates4 ,may #acth to #afth was filled by ,berger's ,swiss ,bell ,ringers1 and ,sol ,smith ,russell1 who was then doing specialties with the ,bergers little dreaming of his ,poor ,relation or ,peaceful ,valley4 ,a few nights of stock followed this1 and not proving strong1 the ,bateses were re-engaged and put in another week1 from the #bbnd to the #bhth1 introducing some new plays of lighter caliber4 ,may #bith the ,majiltons put in a date1 and the stock then played a lone hand up to ,june #hth4 ,billy ,emerson's minstrels held the boards ,june #ajth1 #aath and #abth1 and ,joe ,murphy came and gave us some more of his ,help1 #acth1 #adth1 #aeth4 ,stock put in another week alone1 #agth to #bbnd1 when ,charles ,wheatleigh opened a return engagement1 #bdth and played till ,july #ast4 ,wheatleigh gave ,lottery of ,life1 ,flying ,scud1 ,after ,dark and ,arrah ,na ,pogue4 ,that was ,charley ,wheatleigh's farewell1 we never saw him more4 ,the ,bergers and ,sol ,smith ,russell had swung around the circle and came back for a second engagement4 ,they found ,salt ,lake a congenial and profitable place and put in another three nights with us1 #dth1 #eth and #fth4 ,james ,m4 ,hardie1 who had just returned from a long professional engagement in ,san ,francisco1 played a two nights' engagement1 opening in a play called ,early ,california4 ,season closed ,june #hth4 ,jim ,hardie left ,salt ,lake for the ,east soon after this his last appearance here1 as it proved1 for he has never since returned4 ,after playing in support of stars several seasons1 ,hoey and ,hardie starred for several seasons in ,a ,child of the ,state1 but it was not a money maker1 and after several losing seasons the firm of ,hoey and ,hardie dissolved1 and ,jim cast about for a new angel4 ,hoey's old man had been the angel in the ,child of ,state venture and it was understood at the time that after making up some rather heavy deficits1 he grew weary and refused to put up any longer for ,the ,child of the ,state4 ,hardie had some money which came to him through his wife1 who had an annuity1 but ,jim had a strong touch of the canny ,scot in him1 that always impelled him to let someone else put up1 ,in time he found a new angel1 and one more to his taste1 for this one was of the female persuasion1 and ,jim always was a favorite with the ladies4 ,he caught a society woman who was stage struck and wanted to star2 she had the money to pay for the privilege1 and this was just such a snap as ,jim wanted4 ,so the lady put up the money to put out the show1 and she was starred in conjunction with ,jim4 ,the firm name stood ,hardie and ,von ,leer4 ,a ,brave ,woman was the name of the play they chose for the venture2 there was a great significance in that title4 ,the show went out with a stock of #a1bjj worth of special printing1 so ,hardie himself informed me in ,new ,york4 ,they went into the south1 but in six weeks the company was disbanded and ,hardie and ,von ,leer were back in ,new ,york4 ,then they got up a cheaper company and went into the dime museums1 where they made a little money4 ,the dime museums were very popular just then and a number of good attractions played them4 ,the play of ,a ,brave ,woman1 however1 was not an unqualified success1 although ,sarah ,von ,leer seemed to be1 and held onto her partnership through thick and thin4 ,after a while ,hardie got a play called ,on the ,frontier1 and conceived the idea of getting a brass band made up of real ,indians4 ,it proved a ten strike1 and1 after doing a big business with it in this country for two seasons1 he took it to ,england in '#ic and made a barrel of money with it4 ,sarah is still his partner and still stays by him4 ,they built a fine theatre in ,manchester1 which has been their headquarters for the last twenty years4 ,mrs4 ,hardie and her daughters have been back in ,salt ,lake for a number of years4 ,they have never crossed the ocean to join the husband and father4 ,it must be acknowledged that the dramatic profession is altogether too prolific of this sort of thing4 ,its tendencies are to draw even well mated couples apart--a hundred cases could be cited2 but we will let the reader think the matter over and divine the cause4 ,on ,july #cast ,jim ,mc,knight1 a young fellow of ambition and talent1 put on a play of his own writing1 which he called ,the ,robbers of the ,rocky ,mountains1 with an exclusive amateur company4 ,young ,mc,knight drew on his imagination for his robbers2 had he written years later he could have taken his characters from life1 with ,butch ,cassidy and the whole ,robber's ,roost gang in the cast4 ,,chapter ,,xvi4 ,,season ,,of '#gb-'gc4 ,the season of '#gb and '#gc opened on ,august #gth with ,george ,chaplin and ,clara ,jean ,walters as stock stars4 ,they opened in the classical drama of ,buffalo ,bill4 ,this was a long time before ,cody started his wild west show and probably this play was what put him in the notion of starting in the show business4 ,chaplin made a fine ,buffalo ,bill1 and if ,cody saw him in the part it must have made him envious to see another fellow stealing his thunder4 ,the combination ran two weeks1 when ,stetson came in ,neck and ,neck with us and played a week1 presenting also ,daring ,dick and ,the ,fatal ,glass4 ,chaplin had a decided objection to supporting male stars of mediocre ability1 and second class repertory1 and so he generally laid off on such occasions as the ,stetson engagement2 besides it was a matter of economy with the management2 they did not need him1 so ,george laid off during ,stetson's week1 and then came with his ,seven ,sisters the following week4 ,george was immense as the big sister and was just a trifle vain over the fact that he could outshine all the women in the company in female apparel4 ,on ,september #bnd ,ada ,gray opened a week's engagement in ,article #dg and gave besides1 ,jezebel and ,whose ,wife4 ,ada was a pleasing actress1 of fine appearance1 but didn't seem to quicken the pulse of her ,salt ,lake patrons1 after their seeing some of the greater ones4 ,on the #ith ,chaplin and ,walters resumed as stock stars and played continuously up to the #bcrd1 ,t4 ,a4 ,lyne taking a benefit on the #bjth instant and playing ,richelieu4 ,on the #bcrd ,chaplin dropped out of the company1 closing in ,school1 and on the #beth the stock company kept right along with ,clara ,jean ,walters featured through the ,october ,conference and up to the #abth4 ,on ,october #ast ,w4 ,t4 ,harris made his initial bow to the ,salt ,lake public2 he came from one of the ,omaha theatres1 accompanied by ,annie ,ward and ,miss ,blanche de ,bar1 a sister of the popular manager and actor1 ,ben de ,bar4 ,miss ,de ,bar had already grown old in the profession1 but proved nevertheless a very useful member of the stock company4 ,she played old women and characters and on more than one occasion proved her agility in spite of years and gray hairs1 by doing an ,irish jig or a ,dolly ,varden lilt4 ,the rag time had not yet come in vogue or ,miss ,de ,bar could have done a cake walk with the best4 ,jimmy ,harris1 as he was familiarly called1 cut quite a figure in the future history of the theatre as manager and deserves more than a passing notice4 ,he was featured on his opening night in an ,irish farce1 ,that ,rascal ,pat1 and made a very fair impression4 ,miss ,annie ,ward1 who accompanied ,harris to ,salt ,lake1 and who at first was supposed to be ,jimmy's wife or fiancee 7from all appearances71 was a young woman who had been beautiful1 but her face was now so deeply pitted with small pox that she invariably in public kept it covered with a veil1 except when on the stage1 where she could veil the blemish under a thick coat of grease paint1 and1 this artistically done1 she presented as fair a face as one could wish to look at4 ,annie1 'twas said1 had been the fiancee of the great ,african explorer1 ,henry ,stanley1 before he caught the ,african fever1 which tore him away from her and all his early associations4 ,annie found consolation for her bereavement in a close friendship with ,jimmy4 ,so close was their alliance that on their joining the stock company here together1 everybody judged they were man and wife1 or ought to be4 ,they had taken a room together in old man ,mc,donald's house1 just under the shadow of ,st4 ,mark's church1 and everything went well for a little while--but by some inadvertence the good ,mr4 ,mc,donald discovered that they had not secured the necessary license for rooming together1 and he very promptly and perhaps rudely gave them notice to vacate4 ,they thought the old man was a crank and quite unreasonable1 to turn them out of his house for such a slight offense1 in a community where many of the men were living with a plurality of wives4 ,they had an idea it was a sort of ,oneida community here2 free love1 etc4 ,they secured another lodging house1 but the lady who ran that was a very strict ,mormon also1 and so soon as she found out how matters stood she served them with a notice to quit4 ,jimmy got a hunch from some one that he would have to marry ,annie or sever the alliance altogether1 as the ,mormons would not stand for anything of this kind4 ,it was even intimated to him that he might be indicted for lascivious cohab1 which so terrified him that he suddenly ceased his relationship with ,annie altogether1 and left her to paddle her own canoe4 ,those who were acquainted with the circumstances have always blamed ,harris for his treatment of ,annie ,ward2 he should have married her1 was their thought1 but he turned away from her in this time of mutual trouble4 ,his offense was condoned1 and gradually he worked himself into favor until he became quite an object of interest with the ladies about the theatre1 while those same ladies turned up their noses at ,miss ,ward1 and made it so unpleasant for her1 that she was glad to terminate her engagement long before the season was over1 and go back to her former haunts4 ,poor girl6 ,she went down hill rapidly after returning and died wretchedly in ,st4 ,louis a year or so later1 while ,harris remained here1 married one of ,brigham ,young's daughters and was given the management of the theatre1 which he held for several years4 ,harris and his wife went to ,new ,york in about '#hj1 where they have resided ever since4 ,jimmy1 who has wealthy relatives there1 has a good easy position and raised a nice family of four or five children1 to whom he has bequeathed his real name of ,ferguson1 that of ,harris being merely adopted to hide him from his relatives while he was a profane stage player4 ,so runs the wheel of fortune4 ,hamlet4 ,i did love you once4 ,ophelia4 ,indeed1 my honored lord1 you made me believe so4 ,hamlet4 ,you should not have believed me2 for virtue can not so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish of it4 ,i loved you not4 ,ophelia4 ,i was the more deceived4 ,hamlet4 ,get thee to a nunnery4 --,shakespeare4 ,on ,november #hth ,mr4 ,al ,thorne was added to the stock company and made his first appearance in the play of ,maud's ,peril4 ,al ,thorne came to ,utah as a soldier in ,johnston's army4 ,he was a member of the ,camp ,floyd ,theatre company and played with ,dick ,white1 ,mrs4 ,tuckett et al4 ,he contrived in some way to remain in ,utah when the ,civil ,war broke out1 instead of following the uncertain chance of war4 ,he had married and settled in the north part of the territory1 and was associated with the ,richmond ,dramatic ,company for several years and now found a place in the ,salt ,lake stock1 where he remained for several years1 doing excellent work in heavies and old men4 ,thorne joined the ,mormon church and got more family than he could take care of--two families in fact1 which proved his ruin4 ,he became estranged from them both1 and for the last twenty years of his life was practically an exile1 living a solitary life in the mining camps of ,nevada4 ,he died three years ago at ,de ,lamar1 ,nevada1 a prematurely old man1 with no relative near4 ,but ,al always had friends1 for he was a good natured1 generous hearted man--his own worst enemy4 ,requiescat in pace4 ,george ,chaplin having exhausted his extensive and variegated repertory1 and taken his departure for pastures new1 the stock company1 with ,clara ,jean ,walters1 played through the ,october conference4 ,the very palpable weakness occasioned by ,chaplin's retirement was filled by ,f4 ,m4 ,bates1 who with his wife and ,baby ,blanche had been rusticating in the vicinity ever since their engagement in the previous ,may4 ,bates opened on the #adth of ,october1 as joint star with ,miss ,walters1 and continued until ,november #bast1 the only interruption being a three nights' engagement of the ,australian actor1 ,james ,j4 ,bartlett1 who gave ,david ,garrick1 ,new ,magdalen1 and ,married for ,money4 ,on ,november #beth ,mrs4 ,bates opened her second engagement at this theatre1 supported by her husband 7,frank71 ,miss ,walters and the stock company4 ,she played two weeks1 repeating mostly her favorite roles1 ,elizabeth1 ,lucretia ,borgia1 ,camille1 etc4 ,mrs4 ,bates during the time her husband1 ,frank1 had been playing with the stock company1 had played an engagement with ,john ,piper1 the ,virginia ,city manager4 ,returning here she sent ahead of her to exploit her return engagement ,mr4 ,john ,maguire1 who has since made a name as a theatrical manager1 but who was then a very enthusiastic disciple of ,thespis1 and was ambitious to make a mark in the histrionic art4 ,maguire by his own confession had been educated for the ,catholic priesthood1 and certainly a good priest was spoiled when ,john turned ,thespian1 but the stage fever caught him1 and struck in so deep that he was irrevocably lost to a profession which he was capable of adorning1 and exposed to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune that are generally in quiver to be hurled at the unfortunate actor or manager who does not achieve an unqualified success4 ,at the time of which ,i write1 #ahgb1 ,john ,maguire was young 7about #cj1 eh1 ,john871 and handsome2 he was often mistaken for ,lawrence ,barrett1 the tragedian1 which was a flattering compliment to ,john1 as he was a very great admirer of ,larry ,barrett4 ,we don't know just how it came about1 but he was cast in ,mrs4 ,bates' opening performance of ,elizabeth for the part of the young ,scottish king1 ,james ,,vi1 unless it was that he had played it in ,virginia ,city with the lady1 and she thought he looked the part so well4 ,any way the company was numerous and the managers let ,john out after his performance of ,king ,james4 ,the week following the ,bates engagement1 there being no star attraction booked1 the managers gave it to the writer1 who had not been playing in the stock company that season4 ,i arranged a repertoire for the week which included ,the ,duke's ,motto1 ,macbeth1 ,louis ,,xi1 ,the ,stranger1 ,jack ,cade1 and ,the ,three ,guardsmen4 ,a very ambitious attempt1 as ,i view it now1 but all parts that ,i was up in1 having played them in the company before4 ,while rehearsing before ,i opened1 ,maguire1 who was out of a job and evidently out of money1 come to me and in a very friendly and confidential way informed me that he had just received the bells4 ,the bells8 ,i inquired1 what bells8 ,why ,henry ,irving's ,bells1 that has just completed a year's run in ,london4 ,take my advice1 ,john1 said he1 take down some of those 'old' chestnuts you have billed and put on ',the ,bells' for two nights in their place and you'll be money in by it4 ,oh1 that's impossible1 ,i objected1 my plans for the week are arranged and cast1 besides ,i know nothing about the play of ,the ,bells4' ,maguire was earnest1 however1 for he had a point to make1 so he urged me to make a change4 ,i have two printed copies of the play1 says he1 and will let you have them and copy the remainder of the parts for you for #aj4 ,i want to get to ,pioche2 things are booming there and ,i am short of money2 you can advertise the wonderful run the play has had in ,london1 and you'll be the first to play it west of ,new ,york1 where ,studley is playing it now4 ,john arguments prevailed with me and ,i took down ,louis ,,xi and ,the ,strangers and put up ,the ,bells for the ,wednesday and ,thursday nights4 ,maguire delivered the goods1 got his money and took the stage for ,pioche4 ,bidding me good bye and good luck1 he says1 ,there's a theatre down there1 and if ,i can secure it1 you will hear from me before long4 ,the ,bells gave me the hardest day's study ,i ever did2 playing ,macbeth the night before and staying out later than was discreet1 ,i was reading ,mathias at rehearsal next morning to play that night1 but we got through it fairly well1 and to my surprise the local papers praised the performance highly next morning1 but ,the ,bells did not prove the great drawing card ,maguire had so sanguinely predicted1 the older and better known plays drawing better4 ,on ,friday evening1 while playing ,jack ,cade1 a few of my admirers sent up a request to have me play ,othello on the following night instead of ,the ,guardsmen1 with ,mr4 ,f4 ,m4 ,bates as ,othello1 ,mrs4 ,bates as ,emelia and myself as ,iago4 ,i should have promptly decided not to make the change1 but nothing in the way of work seemed too onerous for me1 and too willing to oblige1 ,i sent back word that if they could get ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,bates to volunteer ,i would make the change4 ,some of them waited on the ,bateses with the result that ,mrs4 ,bates declined to be ,emelia1 and ,mr4 ,bates had never played ,othello1 but would play ,iago if ,i would do ,othello4 ,i was in ,mr4 ,bates' fix1 having played ,iago several times but never ,othello4 ,however1 ,i consented to try it and gave myself another hard day's study to get perfect in ,othello4 ,next morning ,sloan1 in the ,herald1 roasted me for playing a star part like ,othello in stock costumes1 notwithstanding ,i had been wearing stock costumes all the week4 ,he spoke rather favorably of my acting1 however1 which was more than ,i should have expected4 ,i would not be nearly so accommodating now4 ,this my first stellar engagement closed on ,december #adth1 #ahgb4 ,the record shows that the farce of ,the ,spectre ,bridegroom was played after ,othello1 with ,phil ,margetts in his great part of ,diggory4 ,in those palmy days of the drama1 it was quite usual to have a farce after a five-act tragedy4 ,on benefit occasions not infrequently there would be a long play1 then an olio of singing and a fancy dance1 and a farce to close the evening's entertainment4 ,during this engagement ,clara ,jean ,walters played the leading female roles1 and rendered effective support1 as indeed she always did4 ,she was the most capable and versatile leading lady the stock company ever had and remained with it for several seasons a well-established favorite4 ,carl ,bosco1 a very clever magician1 put in two nights following the ,lindsay engagement1 #afth and #agth1 and ,mrs4 ,chanfrau opened the #aith inst4 for two nights and appeared in ,a ,wife's ,ordeal and ,the ,honeymoon4 ,on the #bfth ,john ,t4 ,raymond opened a two weeks' engagement1 giving ,toodles1 ,only a ,jew1 ,rip ,van ,winkle1 and ,the ,cricket on the ,hearth4 ,johnny ,allen and ,alice ,harrison and ,little ,mac for three nights4 ,these parties put in from ,january #fth to the #aeth4 ,johnny ,allen and ,alice ,harrison were a great attraction in those days2 how many remember them now8 ,and ,little ,mac1 that homely dwarf1 what wonderful stunts he could do with those stunted legs of his6--a circus in himself was ,little ,mac4 ,on the #bjth of ,january ,william ,j4 ,cogswell joined the stock as leading man1 ,miss ,walters still retaining position of leading lady4 ,a ,miss ,florence ,kent 7,mrs4 ,mc,cabe7 had been added to the company1 and being petite and good looking1 as well as talented1 ,miss ,walters saw a chance to gratify a long-cherished ambition1 which was to play ,romeo4 7,she would show some of us men folks how to make love47 ,so the piece was put up with ,miss ,walters as ,romeo and ,kent as ,juliet2 they made a pretty couple4 ,miss ,walters looked very dashing1 being a nice size for ,romeo1 but making love to one of her own sex was not such an easy task as she imagined and although it was a very fair ,romeo and ,juliet1 it did not make so great a mark as many of her female performances4 ,the stock with the new leading man1 ,cogswell1 played along till ,february #crd1 when ,yankee ,robinson came in for a week in ,sam ,patch and ,the ,days of '#gf1 ,february #crd to the #hth inst4 ,,chapter ,,xvii ,,season ,,of '#gb-'gc4--;,,continued4 ,before this time ,john ,maguire had been heard from2 he had found on his arrival at ,pioche that there was some sort of a theatre there4 ,it had been built for a minstrel company of whom ,harry ,larraine1 formerly of the ,fort ,douglas band1 was the leader4 ,at the expiration of the minstrel engagement1 ,maguire secured the theatre when he immediately set about to put a dramatic company in there4 ,he telegraphed for ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,bates1 offering them a strong inducement to go there4 ,he also telegraphed for the writer1 offering him a salary that was sufficient inducement for him to go4 ,john ,w4 ,dunne1 a young ,californian1 who had been in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre company1 was also engaged4 ,our fares were arranged for and about the middle of ,january this nucleus for a dramatic company left ,salt ,lake ,city for ,pioche for a six weeks' engagement4 ,our party consisted of ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,bates1 ,baby ,bates 7,blanche71 the now famous actress1 who was then about a year and a half old2 ,mrs4 ,bates' sister1 ,miss ,wren1 who acted as the chief nurse1 and ,mr4 ,john ,w4 ,dunne4 ,it is a matter well worthy of record that ,mr4 ,dunne was married the night before he left for ,pioche1 to ,miss ,clara ,decker1 a niece of ,brigham ,young1 a very pretty and attractive girl1 who had been assistant costumer in the ladies' department of the theatre for some time4 ,it was of course1 a great trial to the young couple to have to part so soon1 after one brief night of married life1 but the exigencies of the theatrical business are at times merciless4 ,as they had been engaged for some time1 it was decided when ,mr4 ,dunne accepted the ,pioche engagement1 that it would be best for them to get married before he went away lest absence and distance might cause one or both to change their minds4 ,how wise a precaution this proved the sequel will show4 ,this proved to be a memorable trip4 ,every member of the party will remember that trip to their dying day except ,blanche1 and she was too young to remember anything about it4 ,the schedule time from ,salt ,lake to ,pioche was fifty-five hours4 ,we were five days and nights1 or one hundred and twenty-five hours making that journey4 ,the ,utah ,southern was then running only as far as ,york1 about seventy-five miles south of ,salt ,lake4 ,this left two hundred and seventy-five miles to be traveled by stage4 ,our stage was not a ,concord1 but a rather dilapidated specimen of the jerkie or mud wagon4 ,it had seating accommodations for nine persons1 and two could ride on the boot with the driver4 ,there were two male passengers in addition to our party of six--six counting ,baby ,bates1 who must be figured in as one1 for although quite small1 she was very much in evidence throughout that journey4 ,one of the gentlemen rode most of the time on the boot and occasionally one or another of the men would take a spell on the driver's seat so that we were never crowded uncomfortably2 yet1 oh1 how tired we did get and especially the ladies1 before that ride was ended4 ,it was the #ahth of ,january1 the weather very pleasant but very cold nights1 and our first night on the stage was decidedly uncomfortable4 ,we reached the terminus of the railroad1 ,york1 about noon1 ate dinner in a shack of a restaurant and started on our stage ride about two p4 m4 ,we were not long in discovering that there was something the matter with the horses4 ,the driver1 in answer to our queries1 informed us that they were all suffering from the epizootic2 it was getting awful bad1 he explained1 don't believe we've got a horse on the line that is free from it4 ,we agreed with him that it was awful bad4 ,the poor beasts coughed and sneezed continuously1 throwing off effluvium1 the odor of which was disagreeable in the extreme4 ,on our second day out a regular ,january thaw set in and the snow melted so rapidly that the roads got very bad2 a number of times the men had to get out and walk1 and on several occasions the well named mud wagon got mired so deeply and the horses were so weak1 we had to get a fence pole from the neighboring fence and lift the wheels out of the holes1 the horses being unable to budge the old coach4 ,the further south we got the worse the roads got4 ,we had to change the horses about every twenty miles1 but they were all alike1 weak and dispirited1 and the stench about the stables at the different stations was nauseating4 ,on the fifth day out we arrived at the last station4 ,between it and the mining camp there was a hard mountain to climb and the snow was falling thick and fast4 ,it was then well on to sunset and to our keen disappointment the station man and driver decided it would be folly to try to get over the divide in that storm1 and that we would have to remain at the station until morning4 ,here was an unlooked for and unpleasant predicament1 but there was no help for it1 and it was better than getting stuck on the divide in a heavy snowstorm4 ,the hostler was a good natured fellow and tried in his homely way to reconcile us to our fate4 ,i ain't got so very much grub here and what there is ain't very dainty1 ,i 'low1 especially for the ladies1 but such as it is you're welcome to1 and you can have a good fire1 and if youse want to stretch yourselves out after supper1 ,i can rake up quite a few blankets and laprobes1 and ye can lie down when youse tired of settin' 'round the fire4 ,the odor of the stable from the epizootic was almost sickening and the thoughts of eating there was anything but cheering1 but we were all hungry1 almost famished1 having had nothing since breakfast4 ,so we made the best of it4 ,the hostler hustled in great shape1 the presence of the ladies and the baby inspiring him to extra exertions in our behalf4 ,he soon had a big pot of coffee and a pan full of bacon cooking1 and he had to make some bread too1 in which ,mrs4 ,bates and her sister lent him their assistance4 ,the quickest thing he suggested was slapjacks1 and we all agreed to the quickest thing1 and so before long we were all partaking with what relish we could of the hostler's coffee1 slapjacks and bacon1 and1 notwithstanding the disagreeable odor of the stable1 we all contrived to satisfy our hunger4 ,after the hostler cook had cleaned away the few tin plates and cups1 he proceeded to strew the end of the little hostler's room farthest from the stove with a diversity of blankets and laprobes1 all of which were permeated with the odor of the stable1 and suggested in his rough but kindly way that we had better stretch ourselves on the floor as it was a long time till morning and he knew we must be pooty darn tired a ridin' so long in the coach4 ,mrs4 ,bates and her sister would have preferred sitting up if they only had comfortable chairs1 but there was nothing but a rough bench and a couple of rough stools in the place and the majority of the men had been standing about or sitting on the floor all through the supper function and sleep gradually overpowered the party1 and one by one they knit up the raveled sleeve of care and were glad to bunk down on the uninviting bed the kindly hostler had improvised for the occasion4 ,in less than an hour after our sumptuous repast1 the entire party were in the arms of ,morpheus4 ,the women and the baby ,blanche were in the most secluded corner1 then ,frank ,bates1 ,john ,dunne and myself stretched out on the hospitable blankets4 ,these took all the space and the two strangers and the driver wrapped up in their overcoats and betook themselves to the portion of the floor unoccupied2 this was close around the stove4 ,the floor of that hostler's room was literally covered with the sleepy travelers4 ,it was a change of position and measurably restful1 but our sleep was broken and anything but sweet1 even though it was the innocent sleep4 ,the constant coughing of the poor1 afflicted horses and the peculiar and disagreeable odor of the epizootic1 rendered sleep anything but delightful1 but necessity knows no law1 and in spite of all the disadvantages we managed to snatch some repose from the chief nourisher in life's feast4 ,unenviable as was our position in the hostler's room on this memorable night1 it would have been much worse had we undertaken to cross the mountain4 ,snow was falling thick and fast1 and the wind blowing hard enough to be very disagreeable4 ,after we were all asleep1 or apparently so1 the hostler shoved a stick of wood in the stove which was getting cold1 and then turned into the hayloft to get a little sleep himself1 for he had to be astir before daylight4 ,before daybreak the storm had spent itself and the sun rose bright and cheerful1 mountain and vale deeply covered with snow4 ,our breakfast1 which the hostler prepared while the driver was feeding and watering the horses1 was exactly the same as we had for supper3 coffee1 slapjacks and bacon1 with the addition of some tea which one of our fellow passengers prepared for himself and the ladies4 ,it was a sample package he had and cost him1 he solemnly declared1 #e4jj a pound4 ,this gave an extra flavor to it no doubt1 at all events the ladies declared it was fine and we did not doubt its being more to their taste than the coffee the good hostler provided4 ,breakfast over1 we once more clambered into the shaky old jerkie with the admonition from the driver that we men would have to walk when we came to the steep places4 ,we thanked the kindly hostler and invited him to come to the show when we got to playing in ,pioche4 ,the snow was six or eight inches deep and even on the gradual ascent1 as we started up the grade1 it was all the horses could do to pull us1 and the snow soon began to melt and the road to get steeper4 ,it was evident we men would have to foot it1 and most of the way to the top1 and so we got out one or two at a time till we were all walking and occasionally we had to give a shove on the coach to help the willing but weakly horses get to the top4 ,once there we were all very glad to get in2 we were not long in rattling along the down grade into ,pioche1 all very glad to get there4 ,maguire1 who had been impatiently expecting us for two days1 was overjoyed to see us1 for he was full of expectations as to the business we were going to do4 ,he had secured us the best hotel accommodations the camp afforded1 and they were duly appreciated after our recent experience at the station4 ,after dinner we all took a walk with ,maguire at his invitation1 to see the theatre where we were to play our six weeks engagement4 ,the building stood back from the principal street which was built right in the ravine1 the stage entrance facing the street1 and the entrance for the audience facing the street above4 ,we had ventured various conjectures in reference to this theatre that the always over sanguine ,maguire had secured a lease of4 ,we had not expected very much and yet we were disappointed4 ,we all entered at the stage door which opened directly from a flight of steps onto the back of the stage1 and as we beheld the wonderful temple of ,thespus1 where we were to do honor to his art1 the exclamations that escaped us were not well calculated to enthuse ,john ,maguire1 but rather to make him feel a little shaky about the venture he was making4 ,ye gods6 ,what a transition from the ,salt ,lake ,theatre to this shack6 ,the theatre was about #cex#ge feet1 the stage occupying twenty-five feet4 ,the orchestra floor for reserved seats ran from the stage towards the front about #ae feet4 ,the rest of the space was fitted with rough board seats a la circus1 the natural declivity of the ground giving the seats the necessary pitch for the audience to see the stage4 ,the walls of the building were of rough pine boards about ten feet in height and the entire auditorium was roofed in with ducking or light canvas4 ,the stage part was roofed with shingles so as to preserve the scenery from the rain4 ,of scenery there was a very limited supply and that not very artistic1 being painted by an amateur4 ,the stage projected beyond the curtain some six feet and on each side of this apron or projecting stage was a private box1 finished off with cheap wall paper similar to the interior scenes on the stage4 ,these boxes were well patronized4 ,every night they were filled with the fair1 frail denizens of the camp at the rate of #aj a box4 ,the opening play had already been announced1 but owing to the lateness of our arrival1 was necessarily postponed for a few nights4 ,maguire had gotten together some people of more or less experience 7mostly less7 to fill up the minor parts in the cast4 ,he also took a hand himself and rehearsals were started the same night we arrived4 ,the opening night came around and the ,opera ,house 7that's what ,john called it7 was packed to suffocation4 ,the boxes were filled to overflowing with the swellest looking women in the town4 ,the play was ,camille and ,mrs4 ,bates had them all shedding tears4 ,the girls in the boxes were deeply affected4 ,most of them were like ,niobe1 all tears1 but we received no intimation that this powerful sermon of ,dumas was instrumental in turning them from their life of shame4 ,pioche was a camp of about eight thousand people and was booming4 ,we played four weeks to good paying business4 ,this fairly exhausted the ,bates repertoire1 and business began to fall off appreciably4 ,so a farewell benefit was worked up for ,mrs4 ,bates and she made her final appearance at ,pioche in a blaze of glory1 chiefly emanating from a diamond ring with which she was presented on the memorable occasion as a token of regard to a distinguished actress from a few of her ,pioche admirers4 ,the ,bateses were fortunate4 ,they had been playing on a large percentage of the gross receipts and had cleared up quite a nice little stake in the four weeks they had played and they struck out at once for ,san ,francisco1 and from there went to ,australia where1 in '#gh1 ,frank ,bates died1 after which ,mrs4 ,bates and ,blanche1 now a girl of eight1 returned to ,san ,francisco in #ahhj4 ,maguire still kept myself and ,dunne and the rest of the company1 thinking that with some new and lighter plays we could still do a paying business4 ,the results were not very satisfactory4 ,we played several weeks in a sort of spasmodic way1 and then organized a little traveling company in which a clever young girl1 ,maggie ,knight1 whom ,maguire had discovered1 was a feature1 and we played back to the ,c4 ,p4 ,r4 ,r4 ,on one of these occasions in ,pioche1 a very ludicrous thing happened which should not go unrecorded4 ,we were playing the burlesque of ,pocahontas4 ,maguire was playing ,captain ,john ,smith1 the writer ,powhatan1 and ,johnny ,dunne1 as we were short of ladies1 was playing ,pocahontas4 ,in the scene where ,smith is brought in a prisoner and is about to be executed1 a catastrophe happened to ,john ,maguire1 so sudden and appalling1 should he live to be as old as ,methusaleh1 ,i doubt if he would ever forget it4 ,where ,smith says1 after viewing the stone on which he is to be decapitated1 ,it's a hard pill1 but a harder piller1 ,life's a conundrum1 and ,powhatan replies3 ,then lie down and give it up4 ,just at this point a sudden scream emanated from one of the boxes1 which were well filled on this occasion with the demi monde1 then several screams of laughter1 then the whole audience began to roar with laughter4 ,i knew something had gone wrong for there was nothing in the text to extort such screams and peals of laughter4 ,i glanced over the group on the stage1 and to my amazement ,i saw ,mac's trunks had dropped down to his feet1 and he1 all unconscious of the fact1 was standing there in a pair of thin cotton tights4 ,his knee pants or trunks1 were of very light material and the drawstring with which they were fastened around his waist1 had given way and they dropped to the floor1 and so excited was he in his character he did not notice it4 ,i said to him in sotto voce1 ,your pants are down4 ,then he cast his eyes down1 and the look of abject despair that came over his face as he said in a subdued tone1 ,oh1 my ,god6 and stopped and pulled the gauzy things up to their place and walked off the stage to readjust them1 we can never forget4 ,the girls at this resumed their screams of laughter and the audience roared until they were tired4 ,when the noise subsided1 ,maguire1 with his costume adjusted1 came back to finish the scene1 but it was several minutes before we could proceed1 so much did the audience enjoy this simple accident4 ,maguire remained in ,pioche some time after ,i left there1 and finally left the place worse off by far than when he went there1 and ,i did not see the genial ,john again till ,i went to ,portland in '#gh to play in the ,new ,market theatre of which he was the manager4 ,just before the departure of ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,bates1 ,john ,dunne and myself for ,pioche1 the ,cogswell-,carter company arrived in ,salt ,lake1 having traveled by stage and team from ,california1 playing the towns en route4 ,this company consisted of ,j4 ,w4 ,carter1 ,carrie ,carter1 ,w4 ,j4 ,cogswell 7,carrie's brother71 ,ed4 ,harden1 ,lincoln ,j4 ,carter 7then a very small boy71 and probably one or two others1 minor people who did not come into publicity here4 ,on arriving here the party waited upon ,president ,brigham ,young to pay their respects1 and to inform him that they had been commanded by the spirit world1 with which they had been having communications 7by the ,planchette route71 to go to ,salt ,lake and join the ,mormon church as that was the true church and the only one that could save them4 ,this told in all apparent sincerity1 with the request to be baptized1 was altogether a pleasing surprise to ,brigham and his counsellors1 and the ,cogswell-,carter company were warmly welcomed4 ,they were baptized and confirmed into the church without delay1 and within a few days they were all engaged at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,their coming was very timely for the theatre managers1 for they had lost several of their leading people4 ,jim ,hardie had gone for good1 ,mc,kenzie1 who had been playing steadily since the opening of the theatre in '#fb and was wearied with study1 had been released and sent on a mission in the belief the change would benefit him2 ,john ,lindsay was off on a fool's errand playing for ,john ,maguire in ,pioche1 and the ,cogswell-,carter-,marden accession filled the gap very nicely1 and the season progressed to its close without much friction4 ,during the absence of ,mr4 ,dunne and myself from ,salt ,lake the following attractions appeared at the theatre4 ,jean ,clara ,walters1 ,w4 ,j4 ,cogswell and the stock company from ,february #hth to ,march #ajth1 on which date a new play by ,edward ,l4 ,sloan 7then editor of the ,salt ,lake ,herald7 was produced4 ,it was entitled ,stage and ,steam4 ,it was intended to show the advance of civilization4 ,it had a railroad scene and a stage coach in it and a sensational saw mill scene1 where a man was placed on the log carriage to be sliced into boards1 but was rescued just in the nick of time4 ,jos4 ,arthur's saw mill scene in ,blue ,jeans is exactly the same thing1 although it is scarcely probable that ,mr4 ,arthur ever saw ,sloan's play4 ,the play only had two performances4 ,march #ajth to #aeth1 ,frank ,hussey and ,blanche ,clifton held the boards in ,hazard and some other plays4 ,marion ,mordaunt was the next stellar attraction and gave ,the ,colleen ,bawn and ,hearts are ,trumps the #agth to #ajth4 ,on the #bdth a star of the first magnitude appeared4 ,it was ,augusta ,dargon4 ,she opened in ,camille and played also ,deborah 7,leah71 ,lady ,macbeth1 ,meg ,merrilles and ,lucretia ,borgia4 ,miss ,dargon was one of the greatest actresses our country ever produced1 but she was not financially successful4 ,she is the only ,american actress who has ever played ,tennyson's ,queen ,mary4 ,mrs4 ,john ,drew made a costly production of this play at the ,arch ,street ,theatre1 ,philadelphia1 with ,augusta ,dargon as the star during the ,centennial4 ,but it was not a financial success4 ,the writer did not meet ,miss ,dargon till #ahgh1 when she came to the ,new ,market theatre in ,portland and played a two weeks' engagement under the management of our old friend ,john ,maguire4 ,here ,i had the pleasure 7and hard work7 of playing the opposite roles to her in her extensive repertory1 changing the bill nearly every night during her engagement4 ,toward the close of it she put up ,tennyson's ,queen ,mary in which ,i had to play ,king ,phillip of ,spain on two days' study1 a very long1 arduous part1 that put me on my mettle to master it2 also studied and played ,cardinal ,wolsey for the first time during this engagement4 ,miss ,dargon1 who was under the management of ,henry ,greenwald1 after her ,portland engagement1 made a tour of the sound playing ,tacoma1 ,seattle1 ,port ,townsend and ,victoria1 supported by the ,new ,market ,theatre company1 and returning1 played a few more nights in ,portland1 then took steamer for ,australia4 ,under ,mr4 ,greenwald's management she had played successful engagements both in ,san ,francisco and ,portland1 and when she opened in ,melbourne she just captivated the city1 playing extraordinary engagements both there and in ,sidney4 ,the press of ,australia printed volumes in her praise4 ,she made a great triumph1 and in the very flush of her victory1 some wealthy ,australian captured her4 ,she got married and retired from the stage1 and ,greenwald was forced to return without her4 ,she never came back to us4 ,her return engagement here was played before she went to ,australia4 ,mr4 ,bill ,cogswell seemed to have dropped out of the company before ,miss ,dargon's engagement and consequently ,david ,mc,kenzie was her principal support4 ,after the ,dargon engagement1 which closed ,march #bith1 ,jean ,clara ,walters1 ,florence ,kent and the stock company played through the ,april conference without a star attraction1 and filled up time to ,april #bhth when for some reason the season closed but was reopened on ,may #crd with the stock company who played up to the #fth4 ,on the #hth of ,may1 ,augusta ,dargon began a return engagement which lasted till the #aeth4 ,she opened in the new play ,unmasked1 and repeated ,deborah1 ,camille1 and ,lady ,macbeth1 and closed in a new piece ,the ,rising of the ,moon4 ,it speaks highly of ,miss ,dargon's popularity in ,salt ,lake that she should play a return engagement in five weeks after her first one4 ,blind ,tom1 the musical prodigy1 was the next attraction4 ,he played but one night1 ,may #agth4 ,on the #aith ,annette ,ince began a return engagement of six nights and a matinee and the record shows a change of play for each performance4 ,she gave ,elizabeth1 ,mary ,stuart1 ,medea1 ,the ,hunchback1 ,the ,stranger1 ,the ,honeymoon1 and the ,lady of ,lyons4 ,this repertory in one week undoubtedly kept the company right busy4 ,miss ,ince was a sterling actress1 and always gave satisfaction1 but she did not possess the faculty of making your blood thrill in your veins and your hair rise occasionally that ,miss ,dargon had4 ,it is just a little singular how she came so close on ,miss ,dargon's heels this time4 ,it seems like poor management to play two lady stars1 so nearly alike in repertoire1 so close together1 but these accidents would happen once in a while4 ,frank ,hussey and ,blanche ,clifton came back for two nights1 ,may #bfth and #bgth4 ,then the stock had to take up the burden again and carry it from ,may #bhth to ,june #bast4 ,by ,june #ast ,john ,dunne and the writer had returned from the ,pioche trip and were back in their old positions in the company4 ,dunne had a surprise party in store for him on his return4 ,instead of being received with open arms and loving embraces by his bride of a night1 she coldly repulsed him and refused ever to live with him1 and she kept her word4 ,this was owing to things she had heard about ,john and his freedom with other females while he was at ,pioche4 ,this did not discourage ,dunne1 however1 from trying again4 ,he has had several wives since1 the best known being ,patti ,rosa1 a talented actress whom he managed and married4 ,clara1 on the other hand1 was not inconsolable1 and her enchantment with the stage and stage actors having been rather rudely dispelled1 she sought surcease from sorrow in the affections of a well to do farmer1 who has proven more constant1 and with whom she has raised a representative ,mormon family4 ,madam ,anna ,bishop put in a week of high class concert from ,june the #beth to #cjth4 ,on ,july #bnd ,john ,w4 ,dunne took a benefit1 on which occasion we repeated one of our ,pioche performances with an important change of cast4 ,theresa1 or the ,cross of ,gold and ,pocahontas was the bill4 ,dunne did not find the atmosphere of ,salt ,lake so congenial to him as it had been and did not remain for the next season4 ,i next met him in ,cheyenne in '#gh4 ,he was married and apparently contented1 working at his trade of printer4 ,the business1 after ,dunne's benefit1 seems to have been spasmodic4 ,the stock kept on playing1 however1 during the month of ,july4 ,that it did business at all was remarkable1 but there being no resorts and the theatre the coolest place in town1 in some measure accounts for its keeping open during the torrid heat of the summer4 ,weiniawska1 the ,polish violinist1 gave a concert on the #abth4 ,george ,waldron and his wife drifted in and played a few nights up to the #agth4 ,then ,w4 ,o4 ,crosbie and his wife1 ,arrah ,crosbie1 and ,james ,a4 ,vinson1 drifted in from the northwest and were given a few nights4 ,jim ,vinson was featured in the play of ,quits and ,billie ,crosbie in some favorite farce1 supported by ,arrah and the stock company4 ,both ,vinson and ,crosbie made a very favorable impression which resulted in them being engaged by the management for the following season4 ,it looked as if all the other theatres in the ,west had closed and the actors had come trouping to ,salt ,lake to get summer engagements4 ,now comes ,carrie ,cogswell-,carter and the available stock to the front4 ,they opened on the #bfth and played till the #cjth1 and the season closed4 ,,chapter ,,xviii4 ,,season ,,of #gc-gd4 ,the season of #gc and '#gd was somewhat later than usual in opening4 ,the reasons were1 ,clawson and ,caine had renewed their lease of the theatre1 and having done so well with it financially1 they were not content to let well enough alone1 but felt that they should make certain imaginary improvements that different wise-acres had suggested1 and embellishments commensurate with the liberal patronage they had received during their previous lease of the house4 ,accordingly some radical changes were made which cost a plenty of money and made the managers scratch their heads many a time before they were all paid for4 ,as an example of how much costly mischief one interfering know-it-all can accomplish1 the managers were persuaded by their prospective new stage manager1 ,jim ,vinson1 that the stage of the theatre did not have sufficient pitch or slope from back to front4 ,it had a slight pitch one-eighth of an inch to the foot1 or about eight inches in its entire depth1 which was just perceptible1 but not sufficient to be particularly noticeable or to render it uncomfortable to walk on or to dance on4 ,but the wisdom of the new stage manager was paramount1 and that immense stage whose huge supports were built into the solid stone walls1 had to be cut loose from its bearings and the front of it lowered until it had three-eighths of an inch fall to the foot1 a slope that made it uncomfortable to walk on1 indeed1 entering in a hurry1 one was quite inclined to slide on4 ,it made it awkward too for stage settings4 ,every piece of scenery that was set up and down the stage or at any angle save that paralleling the front curtain1 was thrown out of the perpendicular that is so essential to make the scenery look well4 ,at the very time that this alleged improvement was being made1 the pitching or sloping stage 7once thought to add perspective to the scenery7 was obsolete and all the new theatres in the country were being built with level stages4 ,it cost hundreds of dollars to make this change and instead of being an improvement it was a positive detriment1 is still1 and always will be4 ,so much for the advice of a stage manager4 ,the proscenium doors that had been used for coming in front of the curtain1 were done away with and the present boxes put in their stead1 a very sensible and profitable improvement4 ,something like #h1jjj was expended in these and other improvements--a costly experiment the sequel proved4 ,the managers1 ,clawson and ,caine1 had in contemplation a very profitable season and engaged an unusually large and expensive company4 ,the old stock members had been now so many seasons constantly before the public that it was thought their drawing powers were waning1 and it was considered necessary to get some new blood into the stock4 ,accordingly1 while nearly all the old stock was retained1 a number of new people were added to the company1 vastly increasing the salary list4 ,first in prominence was ,kate ,denin 7,mrs4 ,john ,wilson7 who was featured as a stock star4 ,mr4 ,w4 ,j4 ,cogswell1 who had been playing leads during the latter part of the previous season1 was retained as leading man4 ,jim ,vinson1 who had put into ,salt ,lake before the close of the last season1 was retained as stage manager and to play old men4 ,billie ,crosbie was engaged for the principal comedy roles1 thus displacing the local favorites1 ,margetts1 ,graham1 and ,dunbar from the choice comedy parts4 ,arrah ,crosbie1 ,billie's wife1 had to have a place and she made a good utility woman2 or she could play ,irish characters4 ,from the mere force of assimilation ,billie was a good ,irish comedian4 ,mr4 ,al ,thorne1 who was added to the company in the previous ,november1 was retained especially for the heavies4 ,buck ,zabriske was engaged as prompter at a good fat salary1 because the prompter was a very essential feature in the makeup of a stock company and generally earned his salary1 for he often had a hard part to play behind the scenes on a first night4 ,then there was dear old ,frank ,rea1 with his face and head of antique beauty2 always full of ,forrestonian reminiscences1 and his wife of blessed memory1 who had grown old in the service1 along with her husband4 ,then there was ,carrie ,cogswell-,carter1 and ,ed ,marden was there4 ,j4 ,w4 ,carter had parted company with theatrical business and accepted an engagement to preach the gospel for a while4 ,he succeeded in making one convert that we know of whom he brought to ,utah later and made ,mrs4 ,carter ,no4 #b4 ,this was a bitter pill for ,carrie ,carter and she revenged herself in time by becoming the fourth wife of ,bishop ,herrick of ,ogden4 ,apropos of this latter event1 about a year later1 ,december1 #ahge1 ,miss ,carrie ,cogswell was playing ,julia in the ,hunchback to the writer's ,master ,walter at ,ogden4 ,there was a ,gentile paper there at the time called the ,ogden ,freeman4 ,it was published by a man named ,freeman1 who came to ,ogden with the advent of the ,union ,pacific railroad4 ,freeman had published his paper at each successive terminus of the road until it reached ,ogden1 and then he settled down there and ran the ,ogden ,freeman as a rabid anti-,mormon paper4 ,we had journeyed northward and were in the town of ,franklin4 ,phil ,margetts1 ,jimmy ,thompson and myself were seated in the hotel parlor when ,carrie came in with a paper in her hand1 and in her lively1 good-natured way1 said ,boys1 ,i met ,freeman of ,ogden1 in the ,co-op4 store just now1 and he gave me a copy of his paper4 ,he says it has a long notice of the ',hunchback' in it4 ,let us see what he says4 ,with that she threw herself into a chair1 turned over the paper and found the notice4 ,it was generally favorable but criticised her ,julia rather adversely1 at which she said rather petulantly1 ,well1 ,i know ,i'm not an ,adelaide ,neilson1 but ,i guess it was good enough for ,ogden4 ,on further examination of the paper she came across a personal which read as follows3 ,we understand that ,miss ,carrie ,cogswell1 now playing here with the ,salt ,lake company1 is the fourth polygamous wife of ,bishop ,herrick1 having herself had three husbands3 first1 ,thomas ,a4 ,lyne1 the tragedian2 second1 ,j4 ,a4 ,carter1 and third1 ,bishop ,herrick4 ,she read this notice to us and as she did so she grew very angry4 ,she strode out of the hotel like an enraged tigress4 ,we all wondered what she was going to do1 but in about five minutes she strode back in again with a handful of poor ,freeman's whiskers in her clenched fist and her parasol broken to smithereens over the offender's face and head4 ,in explanation she said1 ,i don't care how much he criticises my acting but he mustn't meddle in my family affairs4 ,freeman took revenge for this upon the writer several years later in ,montana1 by giving him a red hot roast while playing in a neighboring town4 ,he evidently thought that ,i had prompted her to the castigation act1 which was not true1 and totally unnecessary4 ,the season was ushered in very auspiciously with the ,school for ,scandal1 with ,miss ,denin as ,lady ,teazle and ,mr4 ,j4 ,h4 ,vinson as ,sir ,peter2 ,mr4 ,cogswell playing ,charles ,surface and ,mr4 ,crosbie1 ,benjamin ,backbite1 and the full force of the stock company in the cast4 ,stock played through conference dates as usual and up to the #aath when ,laura ,alberta and ,george ,w4 ,harrison hoisted the stellar flag1 which they floated for two weeks1 opening in ,uncle ,tom's ,cabin1 which ran for three nights1 and then gave place to other pieces in ,laura's repertory4 ,then followed ,fanny ,cathcart and ,george ,darrell for a week1 presenting ,man and ,wife1 ,woman in ,red1 ,masks and ,faces1 ,black ,eyed ,susan1 ,stranger1 ,happy ,pair1 ,mysteries of ,stage1 and ,mexican ,tigress4 ,eight different plays in one week must have kept the stock company out of mischief1 one would naturally think4 ,the reverse proved true1 however1 in this case1 for the leading man1 ,bill ,cogswell1 from over-study 7we had no understudies in those days71 was driven to drink2 ,bill got on a jamboree and didn't care whether school kept or not1 and the managers were in a dilemma4 ,their next star was ,may ,howard1 who opened on ,november #crd for a three weeks engagement of legitimate4 ,it was essential to have a good1 reliable leading man to help ,may through such a long engagement4 ,both ,mc,kenzie and ,lindsay were away and a new leading man was considered an all important factor in this emergency4 ,so a ,chicago dramatic agent1 ,arthur ,cambridge1 was wired to and he sent out the brilliant young ,american actor1 ,j4 ,al4 ,sawtelle4 ,sawtelle opened on ,miss ,howard's second night1 playing ,armand ,duval in ,camille4 ,it was a part well suited to him and he made a satisfactory impression4 ,miss ,howard played ,the ,new ,magdalen 7opening night71 ,guy ,mannering1 ,romeo and ,juliet1 and ,east ,lynne4 ,harry ,eytinge rendered support in most of her plays--he being the lady's husband this was a very fitting and graceful thing to do4 ,after three weeks of ,howard and ,eytinge1 ,fanny ,cathcart and ,george ,darrell came back as ,man and ,wife1 doing ,dark ,deeds and filling in four nights with a ,woman in ,red1 and doing funny things in ,masks and ,faces4 ,on ,november #bhth and #bith1 an original historical play by ,edward ,w4 ,tullidge1 entitled ,oliver ,cromwell1 had its initial performance4 ,sawtelle was cast for the title role4 ,jim ,vinson1 the venerable stage manager1 was greatly impressed with the merits of ,cromwell and cast and staged it to the best of his ability1 with the resources available1 but it was far from being an ideal cast4 ,sawtelle1 tall and slender1 looked as little like ,cromwell as he did ,napoleon1 and he was as far from the character in temperament as he was in stature4 ,the play with so many historical characters1 ,cromwell1 ,charles ,i41 ,ireton1 ,milton1 ,vane1 ,bradshaw1 ,harrison1 et al41 was very exacting in its mental requirements1 and was easily greater than the company1 yet notwithstanding this drawback and the fact that nothing was done for the play in the way of special scenery or costuming1 it met with very fair success4 ,a strong local interest was exhibited and the house was well filled to witness the first performance of a great play by a local author4 ,mr4 ,vinson said it was the greatest play that had been written since ,bulwer's ,richelieu and told ,john ,mc,cullough on his next visit1 that if he would take ,tullidge's ,oliver ,cromwell and play it there was a fortune in it for him4 ,mc,cullough would have made an ideal ,cromwell1 and ,vinson recognized the fact that he was the man to make a success of it1 but ,mc,cullough1 like ,davenport1 who read the play and made a contract with ,tullidge to produce it1 had already passed the meridian of his fame and had not ambition sufficient left to engage in a new and venturesome undertaking2 so ,cromwell dropped back into oblivion4 ,it was revived a dozen years later with the writer in the title role4 ,the play this time was costumed correctly and the cast1 although still weak in places1 was somewhat better than the original4 ,it was played again in the ,salt ,lake theatre1 at ,ogden1 ,logan and ,provo1 and met with a hearty endorsement by the press of those towns1 but it needed more money to tide it to a financial success than the promoters had to invest1 and so ,oliver ,cromwell has rested in honorable repose1 waiting for some enterprising manager to unveil him on the stage as ,lord ,roseberry unveiled his statue facing ,westminster hall only a short time ago2 a late but fitting tribute to the genius of the uncrowned king4 ,following ,oliver ,cromwell1 ,shiel ,barry1 a clever actor of ,irish character1 filled the week1 ,december #ast to #fth4 ,on the #hth and #ith ,oliver ,cromwell was repeated1 this making four performances in all1 which spoke well for the popularity of ,tullidge's play4 ,on ,december #afth1 ,kate ,denin took a farewell benefit and made her last appearance for this season4 ,mrs4 ,frank ,rea took a benefit on the #aith and on the #bbnd ,jean ,clara ,walters reappeared after an absence of about three months in the ,french ,spy4 ,miss ,walters had not appeared this season until now1 on ,kate ,denin's retirement4 ,they were both stock stars and two lady stock stars keep not their course in the same orbit4 ,denin had been shining refulgently since the opening of the season1 and ,walters1 although in the city1 had not appeared1 but now she burst again into public view resplendent in green tights and spangles4 ,on the #beth ,eliza ,newton1 as the bright particular star1 appeared in the ,nymph of the ,luleyburg1 a beautiful spectacular piece well suited for the holidays4 ,close following the holiday production with its nymphs and fairies our old friend ,jim ,herne opened a three weeks' engagement on ,january #eth1 #ahgd1 in the now familiar ,rip ,van ,winkle1 following it up with a variegated repertoire1 including ,bombey and ,son1 ,rosina ,meadows1 ,wept of the ,wishton ,wish1 ,people's ,lawyer or ,solon ,shingle1 etc4 ,herne1 during his previous engagement1 established himself as a great favorite with ,salt ,lake audiences1 and now he added new laurels to his wealth of fame4 ,herne was a great actor4 ,he excelled in eccentric comedy all the actors ,i have known4 ,on ,january #bfth1 ,john ,mc,cullough began a three weeks' engagement in ,jack ,cade4 ,annie ,graham1 herself an attractive legitimate star1 was especially engaged to play the opposite roles to ,mc,cullough4 ,this made a remarkably strong company and ,mr4 ,john ,mc,cullough had every reason to be satisfied with his support and proud of the engagement he played4 ,in addition to ,jack ,cade1 a long list of legitimate plays were presented1 including ,the ,gladiator1 ,damon and ,pythias1 ,virginius1 ,hamlet1 ,macbeth1 ,romeo and ,juliet1 ,merchant of ,venice1 and ,othello4 ,he exhausted his legitimate repertoire and drew on his comedy resources1 playing ,dr4 ,savage in ,playing with ,fire and ,a party by the name of ,johnson in ,the ,lancastershire ,lass4 ,this was a notable engagement and was followed by another great celebrity1 ,dion ,boucicault1 the author of so many successful plays4 ,boucicault appeared as ,miles ,na ,copaleen in his own popular play1 ,the ,colleen ,bawn2 also as ,shaun the ,post in ,arrah ,na ,pogue1 and on his third and last night in ,kerry4 ,his dates were ,february #afth1 #aagth and #ahth4 ,on the #aith ,maggie ,moore and ,johnny ,williamson of ,california theatre fame1 opened a nine nights' engagement4 ,we have no record of what pieces they played except one4 ,they had a new play to exploit4 ,they had feared to make the venture with it at the ,california theatre in ,san ,francisco where they had been favorites1 so they brought it to ,salt ,lake to try it on the dog4 ,this is a phrase thoroughly understood among theatrical people although it may savor of ambiguity to the uninitiated4 ,it means simply that when a manager is at all dubious about the merits of a new production1 he sends it into some comparatively obscure town to try its qualifications for pleasing in the metropolis4 ,the origin of the phrase is obscure1 but probably sprang from the similarity of trying a collar on a dog4 ,inferentially the play is a collar and the obscure town the dog4 ,in this particular case ,struck ,oil was the collar and ,salt ,lake the dog4 ,the collar happened to fit2 the play was a howling success 7no suggestion of dog intended here7 and it ran three consecutive nights in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 and then with the ,salt ,lake stamp of approval on it the ,williamsons1 ,johnny and ,maggie1 took it out into the theatrical world and made a fortune with it4 ,joe ,murphy had the collar on us before with his ,help and was successful1 and that encouraged the ,williamsons and others that have since come1 until ,salt ,lake has won a reputation among dramatic people for being an easy and gentle canine on which to try the collar4 ,now comes the prince of comedians1 ,john ,t4 ,raymond1 back again and stays a short week1 during which he sprung on the actors and the confiding and admiring community the following plays3 ,our ,american ,cousin1 ,everybody's ,friend1 ,toodles1 ,serious ,family1 and ,only a ,jew4 ,in ,our ,american ,cousin1 ,raymond starred as ,asa ,trenchard1 the ,american ,cousin1 and not in ,lord ,dundreary1 the part ,sothern won both fame and fortune in4 ,in this instance my old schoolmate and present colleague1 ,john ,c4 ,graham1 was intrusted with the character of ,dundreary and did himself and the company credit by his humorous and artistic rendering of it4 ,raymond was so thoroughly ,american 7a ,yankee in fact7 that ,dundreary was not in his way1 while ,asa ,trenchard fitted like ze paper on ze vall4 ,raymond as ,major ,wellington ,de ,boots was immense1 but it scarcely gave him the scope he was looking for so he was playing a half dozen different plays1 none of which were making him any great fame or money4 ,when ,the ,gilded ,age was ushered in by ,mark ,twain1 people who knew ,john ,t4 ,raymond1 on reading ,col4 ,seller's peculiarities1 were quick to recognize in ,raymond the living counterpart of ,mark ,twain's imaginary hero4 ,it was not long before ,raymond was the only authorized stage edition of ,col4 ,sellers and his popularity increased rapidly until it seemed there was a million in it for the genial comedian1 but before he had time to amass a million or two ,atropos came with her shears and clipped his thread4 ,alas1 poor ,yorick6 ,i knew him1 ,horatio4 ,a fellow of infinite jest1 of most excellent fancy4 ,miss ,m4 ,e4 ,gordon followed1 playing from the #ith to the #adth1 opening in ,divorce4 ,miss ,gordon was closely allied to ,raymond4 ,whether they divided evenly the profits of the two engagements we cannot tell1 but we know that in many other places they played in conjunction4 ,katherine ,rogers opened a two weeks' engagement on ,march #afth1 playing ,galatea1 ,leah1 ,hunchback1 ,unequal ,match1 ,lady of ,lyons1 ,as ,you ,like ,it1 ,masks and ,faces1 and ,love's ,sacrifice4 ,a series of benefits followed this engagement1 beginning with ,w4 ,h4 ,crosbie1 ,april #crd4 ,on the #fth1 ,belle ,douglass reappeared in the stock after a long absence4 ,on the #gth ,carrie ,cogswell had a benefit1 and ,j4 ,h4 ,vinson on the #ajth4 ,on the #acth ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,rea benefited with the play of ,rob ,roy1 and gave out satin programs as souvenirs of the occasion4 ,on the #adth ,miss ,annie ,graham commenced an engagement of eight nights in the ,lady of ,lyons1 and played legitimate repertory4 ,on the #bdth ,asenith ,adams 7now ,mrs4 ,kiskadden7 had a benefit and played ,elzina4 ,this was some seventeen months after ,maude was born1 ,a4 ,j4 ,sawtelle had a benefit on ,april #bgth4 ,on the #bith ,h4 ,f4 and ,amy ,stone opened a two weeks' engagement in ,under ,two ,flags1 producing besides ,elfie1 ,pearl of ,savoy1 ,fanchon1 ,french ,spy4 ,on ,may #aath ,t4 ,a4 ,lyne had a benefit1 giving scenes from ,hamlet and ,macbeth4 ,on the #abth ,victoria ,woodhull lectured4 ,on the #acth ,william ,hoskins and ,fannie ,colville opened four nights' engagement in ,the ,heir at ,law1 ,a ,bird in the ,hand1 and ,the ,critic4 ,on the #ahth inst1 there was a revival of ,edward ,tullidge's historical play1 ,eleanor ,de ,vere1 with ,jean ,clara ,walters in the title role1 the character originally played by ,julia ,deane ,hayne1 and on the #bbnd another play from the pen of ,mr4 ,tullidge had its first production4 ,the play was entitled ,david ,ben ,israel4 ,as the title indicates1 the play is ,jewish and commemorates the return of the ,jews to ,england in the reign of ,charles ,,ii4 after a banishment of four centuries4 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay played the title role1 and ,miss ,walters1 ,rachel the ,jewess4 ,the play made a very pronounced hit and placed another plume in ,mr4 ,tullidge's cap as a dramatic author4 ,on the #beth1 ,w4 ,a4 ,mestayer opened a week's engagement in ,on the ,slope1 and with ,the ,octoroon and ,an ,odd ,trick gave much satisfaction4 ,bill ,mestayer for years was the heavy man at the old ,california theatre in its palmy days4 ,as ,jacob ,mc,closky in the ,octoroon he was simply great4 ,on his last night he appeared as ,don ,caesar for the benefit of the ,ladies' ,library ,association4 ,on ,june #ast1 ,george ,chaplin made his regular summer appearance in the comedy of ,school1 from which he graduated in one night and appeared on the following evening as ,count ,monte ,cristo4 ,he played ,monte again on the #dth4 ,on the #eth ,george took a layoff as the ,lingards1 ,horace and ,dickie1 got in on that date with ,the ,spitsefields ,weaver1 and gave one performance4 ,chaplin resumed with the stock company on the following night1 ,june #fth1 and played the week out1 giving his services on the last night for the benefit of the ,theatre corporation4 ,the following week the stock company gave a liberal proportion of their salaries to the series of performances for the benefit of the corporation4 ,seven performances were given for this benefit4 ,james ,a4 ,herne appeared in four of them1 ,chaplin in one1 the company in all seven4 ,although ,clawson and ,caine were the nominal lessees and managers1 they had associated with them before opening this season1 several partners in the venture and the concern was known as the ,salt ,lake ,theatre ,corporation4 ,mr4 ,thomas ,williams was the treasurer and presided over the box office during this regime1 and with such peerless bonhomie as made ,tom 7everybody called him ,tom7 the acknowledged prince of ticket sellers4 ,it was evident from this benefit business that the corporation had not had the profitable season's business they had expected when they opened with such flying colors in the previous ,october4 ,the truth was the corporation was very much in the hole1 and this series of benefit performances were designed to lighten their financial burdens and did to some extent1 yet the close of the season found them heavily in debt1 and there were serious results threatening1 but the leniency of the creditors averted disaster4 ,the summer was now on but the stars kept on coming4 ,salt ,lake was a regular resort for them4 ,when they could do no business elsewhere1 owing to heat1 they made for the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,it was the coolest place in the city in those days and before we had any summer resorts the people would go and see these midsummer night performances4 ,our old ,hibernian friend1 ,joe ,murphy1 was the next in line1 opening on the #aeth inst4 with more ,help1 which he worked for all it was worth three nights and filled out the remainder of the week with a new ,irish drama1 ,maum ,cree4 ,this was ,joe's debut in ,irish character work and he had come to ,salt ,lake ,city again to try it on the dog4 ,he had good support and ,maum ,cree received a favorable verdict from the ,salt ,lake theatre goers and ,joe ,murphy was successfully launched onto the dramatic sea as an ,irish comedian4 ,following ,mr4 ,murphy came the ,coleman ,sisters for a week4 ,they opened on the #bbnd of ,june in ,charles ,,xii and played besides this piece1 ,day after the ,fair1 ,the ,deal ,boatman1 and ,pouter's ,wedding4 ,in common with many others the ,colemans flitted across our dramatic horizon and never returned4 ,on the #cjth inst4 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay had a benefit on which occasion he appeared in the character of ,rolla in the play of ,pizarro4 ,the farce of the ,lottery ,ticket was played after ,pizarro to make up a good full evening's entertainment4 ,billie ,crosbie was the star comedian in ,the ,lottery ,ticket4 ,the stock played only a few nights after this1 closing the season on the #dth of ,july4 ,on ,july #ahth1 ,victoria ,woodhull drew a large audience to hear her lecture on ,the ,beecher ,scandal4 ,the ,beecher trial at that time was the sensation of the day4 ,the lecture drew a crowded house and ,victoria took occasion to fire red hot shot at ,beecher and the clergy in general1 getting in some hard blows on the perfidy of the men in general and the advantage they took of poor1 confiding women4 ,it seemed impossible to keep the theatre closed for more than a few weeks even in the hottest portion of the summer1 owing more to the anxiety of the strolling players to put in a portion of their summer in ,salt ,lake than any feverish desire on the part of the theatre patrons to see them4 ,companies going to and from ,san ,francisco were always glad to get in a few nights at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre as it broke the long jump between the coast and ,denver and was pretty sure to be profitable4 ,accordingly the theatre was reopened on ,august #crd with the ,vokes family for one week4 ,the ,vokeses were great favorites here and did a very fair business despite the hot weather prevailing4 ,,chapter ,,xix4 ,,season ,,of '#gd-'ge4 ,to open this season the stock company were brought into requisition again and played up to the #eth of ,september4 ,on the #gth and #hth ,howarth's ,hibernica1 a panoramic show with specialties filled in the time4 ,the ,vokeses returned on the #ith and filled out the remainder of the week1 making ten nights and two matinees they got in during the heated term which was sufficient proof of their popularity4 ,close on their heels came the ,hoskins-,darrell combination1 consisting of ,william ,hoskins1 his wife1 ,fannie ,colville1 ,george ,darrell and his wife4 ,they were supported by the stock company and played from the #adth to the #bcrd inclusive4 ,hoskins was an ,english actor of great and varied experience1 and in high comedy roles was greatly admired4 ,he was a man of sixty years of age and had been in ,australia for a good many years4 ,his wife1 ,fannie ,colville1 was very much his junior1 in fact1 it was a ,may and ,december alliance and apparently bore the usual kind of fruit4 ,fanny was not a great actress but was very pretty and attractive1 in fact1 too much so to prove comfortable to her much senior lord and master4 ,the ,darrells were clever and talented4 ,the combination proved fairly successful4 ,they toured about the country for a year or so and then returned to ,australia with more experience than money1 wiser if not richer4 ,they wooed content in their former home4 ,the ,october conference approaching1 the stock company were put in rehearsal for some suitable plays and the ,royal ,marrionettes were put in as an additional attraction for the conference season and continued for nine nights from ,october #eth to the #acth inclusive4 ,the ,marrionettes proved to be highly amusing and interesting entertainment and combined with the efforts of the stock company in drama gave the conference visitors the worth of their money and replenished the treasury to a considerable extent4 ,the next attraction also worked in conjunction with the stock company4 ,this was ,laura ,honey ,stevenson 7now ,mrs4 ,church71 a lady of some celebrity as a reader4 ,she was assisted in her entertainments by a brilliant young baritone singer1 ,mr4 ,john ,mc,kenzie1 whose singing proved to be quite taking and this conjunction lasted for eight nights4 ,it was during this last engagement that there occurred quite an exodus from the ,salt ,lake ,stock company to ,john ,piper's theatre at ,virginia ,city1 ,nevada4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,a4 ,sawtelle and wife and daughter1 a girl of twelve or fourteen years1 ,miss ,adams 7,mrs4 ,kiskadden71 her daughter ,maude1 now two years old1 accompanied by ,mr4 ,kiskadden1 ,miss ,carrie ,cogswell-,carter with her son ,lincoln ,j41 then about ten years of age1 and the writer went to ,virginia ,city1 all with the exception of ,mr4 ,kiskadden and the children being under engagement to play with ,piper for the ensuing season4 ,there is much of interest connected with this exodus from ,salt ,lake4 ,it materially weakened the stock forces1 taking away the leading man1 ,mr4 ,sawtelle1 the leading heavy 7the writer71 and leading juvenile lady1 ,miss ,adams1 and ,miss ,cogswell1 the principal heavy woman2 but their places were filled in a little while and the stock pushed along in the same old way4 ,the combination system1 however1 was now gaining ground and the stock companies throughout the country began to suffer correspondingly1 their engagements becoming more and more intermittent as the traveling combination became more numerous4 ,at the opening of the season of '#gd and '#ge there were so many combinations booked that the managers of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre could not offer the stock company a season's engagement1 but only brief periodical engagements between the dates of the various combinations4 ,it was in consequence of this that the above mentioned members of the company took a season's engagement with ,mr4 ,piper of ,virginia ,city4 ,the ,comstock was booming in those days and the theatre ran every night1 ,sundays included4 ,at the close of the ,piper season1 ,miss ,adams went to ,san ,francisco taking ,maudie with her4 ,there they made their home2 ,mr4 ,kiskadden having preceded them there and obtained a good situation as a bookkeeper with the firm of ,park ,lacy4 ,mrs4 ,kiskadden played occasional engagements at the ,san ,francisco theatres and there in due time little ,maude made her first voluntary appearance on the stage1 her first appearance which occurred at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre when she was yet in long clothes1 having been an involuntary one in which her feelings or inclinations were not consulted4 ,the writer's stay in ,virginia ,city was brief4 ,receiving an offer from ,james ,a4 ,herne1 who was managing stage at the ,bush ,street1 ,san ,francisco for ,tom ,maguire1 and being anxious to visit the ,golden ,gate city1 ,i got ,mr4 ,piper to honorably release me by showing him how he could get along without me and save my salary4 ,so1 after playing a week at ,sacramento during the ,state fair1 ,i left the ,piper company and went to ,san ,francisco by steamboat which was running opposition to the railroad1 giving very low rates--only fifty cents from ,sacramento to ,san ,francisco4 ,mr4 ,kiskadden1 who had been with his wife and baby ,maude since leaving ,salt ,lake1 decided to take advantage of this low excursion rate on the steamer and go to ,san ,francisco also in the search of a situation4 ,jim1 as he was familiarly called1 was always ready for a little sport in the way of a game of cards or billiards1 so as soon as the boat got under way1 he got into a game of cards with some kindred spirits and although a crack player and usually a winner1 on this occasion he lost every cent he had moreover he likewise lost his hat1 a nice new summer one he had recently purchased4 ,the wind was blowing strong upstream and a sudden puff took his hat into the river1 leaving ,jim bareheaded and dead broke2 not a very desirable plight to be in going a stranger into a strange city4 ,moreover1 to add to his discomfort1 he was wearing a summer suit and as we approached ,san ,francisco the weather was cold and foggy1 and ,jim's clothes were decidedly unseasonable when we reached our destination4 ,fortunately he had his trunk along and as soon as he got located he effected a change of costume1 but he was in a dilemma for money to live on till he could find a job and he appealed to me to lend him a certain sum1 which ,i was unable to do1 having barely enough to see me through till ,i would have a week's salary due1 but ,i let him have enough for immediate necessities1 and he was not long in finding friends and a good situation4 ,my engagement at the ,bush ,street did not last very long4 ,the house was doing a struggling business when ,i went there4 ,emerson's minstrels just across the street were doing a phenomenal business1 turning people away every night1 while ,jim ,herne at the head of a good company1 was playing to very meager houses4 ,zoe the ,cuban ,sylph was the reigning star when ,i opened there and my opening part was an ,indian--,conanchet1 chief of the ,naragansetts1 in the ,wept of the ,wishton ,wish4 ,the ,bush ,street theatre season ended rather ingloriously soon after the ,new ,year holiday4 ,i had on the very morning preceding our closing night1 received a telegram from ,mr4 ,piper of ,virginia ,city1 offering me the leading business for the remainder of the season1 but declined it1 believing the ,bush would struggle along4 ,that night we had a new piece on1 ,the ,circus ,queen1 and it proved such a failure that ,tom ,maguire decided to close1 which he did without any previous notice1 so the entire company were out of a job4 ,next morning ,i lost no time wiring to ,piper to know if the engagement was still open to me and in a few hours ,i had received the agreeable answer yes and took the train the same day for ,virginia ,city4 ,i had been there about three weeks when ,i met ,t4 ,b4 ,h4 ,stenhouse1 who was there writing up the ,comstock mines for the ,new ,york ,herald4 ,he said to me1 ,they need you in ,salt ,lake badly2 why don't you wire them8 ,katherine ,rogers opens there ,monday night for a two weeks' engagement and they have no competent leading man to support her4 ,well1 ,i said1 they know where ,i am4 ,if they want me why don't they wire me8 ,will you go1 said he1 if ,i wire for you and get you the engagement8 ,yes1 ,i replied1 ,i shall be glad to go1 for ,i am tired of this4 ,so he went right off and wired1 and the next day ,i left for home1 but did not arrive in time to open with ,miss ,rogers in the opening bill1 but got in on the second night and played throughout the rest of the engagement4 ,i had been absent from ,october #adth1 #ahgd1 to ,january #bfth1 #ahge1 a little over three months1 during which time the following attractions appeared at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre3 ,the ,wheeler ,comedy troupe1 ,october #bith to #cast4 ,on ,november #bnd1 ,risley's ,panorama ,mirror of ,england opened for a week4 ,on the #acth and #adth the ,infantry combination4 ,on the #afth ,frank ,mayo and ,rosa ,rand opened a week's engagement presenting ,davy ,crockett and ,streets of ,new ,york4 ,on the #beth ,agnes ,booth and ,joseph ,wheelock opened in ,much ,ado ,about ,nothing1 and filled out a week with ,king ,john and the comedy ,engaged4 ,on ,december #bnd ,r4 ,h4 ,cox1 familiarly known as ,daddy ,cox1 among professionals on the coast1 opened a four nights' engagement with ,the ,detective1 which went for two nights4 ,the other two nights he gave ,the ,bells ,that ,rang ,nellie a ,bride4 ,daddy ,cox had recently left ,piper's theatre in ,virginia ,city1 where he had been stage manager for a time4 ,on the #ith1 ,harry ,rickards1 an ,english comic singer of great spread and self importance1 opened for a week's engagement in conjunction with the stock company4 ,rickards was recently from ,australia and put in a week at the ,bush ,street during the writer's engagement there4 ,his singing and style did not catch on with the ,san ,franciscans4 ,he was too awfully ,english1 yer know4 ,he did not prove any great attraction in ,salt ,lake4 ,on the #bast a grand concert was given for the benefit of the ,catholic church4 ,on the #bbnd1 ,w4 ,j4 ,florence opened for a week1 supported by the stock company4 ,his opening play was ,dombey and ,son4 ,he gave besides ,no ,thoroughfare and the ,colleen ,bawn4 ,each piece ran two nights1 carrying the season through the ,christmas holidays and the house closed with his last performance on the #bfth until ,new ,year's day4 ,january #ast1 #ahge1 the theatre reopened with the stock company1 who1 without the assistance of any stellar attraction1 played two weeks when the house closed again until the #beth inst4 ,of the people who had comprised the stock company the previous season1 the following members had drifted away3 ,j4 ,al4 ,sawtelle1 leading man2 ,mrs4 ,sawtelle1 general utility2 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay1 leading heavy2 ,asenith ,adams 7,mrs4 ,kiskadden71 leading juveniles2 ,w4 ,s4 ,crosbie1 comedian2 ,arrah ,crosbie1 characters2 ,j4 ,h4 ,vinson1 first old man and stage manager2 ,buck ,zabriske1 prompter4 ,the uncertain and spasmodic nature of the engagements this season1 which had caused this strong contingent of the company to seek other engagements1 also prevented the accession of new people to the ranks of the stock company1 so that it was in a rather dilapidated and weakened condition1 especially for the support of legitimate repertoire1 such as ,katherine ,rogers presented for the patrons of the drama4 ,on ,january #beth she opened in ,romeo and ,juliet4 ,mr4 ,mike ,foster was the ,romeo for the occasion4 ,the leading men were all out of the way and this was sudden promotion for ,foster one of those opportunities that come but rarely to the ambitious young actor1 and nearly always bring new honors and distinction4 ,mike struggled manfully with his task1 but he did not make an ideal ,romeo4 ,on the following evening the writer made his reappearance with the company1 after an absence of three months4 ,he played ,master ,walter in the ,hunchback on the occasion and was warmly welcomed by the audience4 ,miss ,rogers played in addition to ,romeo and ,juliet and the ,hunchback1 ,as ,you ,like ,it1 ,love's ,sacrifice1 ,pygmalion and ,galatea1 ,lady of ,lyons1 ,leah1 in which the writer played the following characters respectively3 ,jacques1 ,matthew ,elmore1 ,pygmalion1 ,claude ,melnotte1 ,lorenz4 ,such a repertory1 where each play ran for but two performances1 put the company on high tension4 ,those who had new parts1 and particularly if they had never played in the pieces1 found it very exacting work4 ,fortunately for the writer1 he had played most of the parts before1 yet it was a busy time for him during that engagement4 ,following closely on ,miss ,rogers with her legitimate plays1 came the ,english comedian known professionally as ,willie ,gill and his wife1 ,rose ,bain4 ,these co-stars had recently been associated with the writer at ,piper's theatre at ,virginia ,city1 where they played for a month or so in stock and it was a little of a surprise to me to find they had suddenly materialized into stars and were billed for a week at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,with sublime assurance1 especially for a play writer1 which ,willie even then professed to be 7as well as a comedian71 he put up ,mark ,twain's ,a ,gilded ,age4 ,the piece had been but recently dramatized and had made a marked success with ,john ,t4 ,raymond as ,col4 ,sellers4 ,raymond had played several engagements with us at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre and was a great favorite1 and was looking forward to another visit in the near future with his greatest success1 ,col4 ,sellers4 ,some one apprised him by telegram that ,gill was billed to play the piece here and he promptly wired a well known law firm to enjoin ,gill from playing it4 ,the managers1 ,clawson and ,caine1 were also warned not to play it1 so an emergency bill was prepared in the event that they should be stopped4 ,the law firm had taken the necessary proceedings and just before ringing up time1 as no change of performance had been announced1 they appeared on the scene with the necessary officer and papers and the performance of ,a ,gilded ,age was formally and effectually enjoined4 ,all ,that ,glitters ,is ,not ,gold was substituted4 ,this was a lesson to the ,english comedian late from ,australia which he possibly never forgot1 especially as a few years later he retired from the stage and settled down in ,new ,york as a professional writer for the stage4 ,he was a clever adapter and dramatizer1 as his version of ,a ,gilded ,age bore witness1 and he no doubt found plenty of materials to use in his craft1 whose authors were not so well known as ,mark ,twain nor so particular in regard to their copyrights4 ,willie learned the truth of the axiom that ,all that glitters is not gold1 even ,a ,gilded ,age on that memorable night1 for it materially injured the business during the remainder of his engagement4 ,built on ,sand was the next evening's offering and it was probably too suggestive of ,willie's hopes in respect to ,a ,gilded ,age to be a good drawing card1 so it only went the one night4 ,the company had their work cut out here also2 the next play was a new one with them2 he called it ,madge of ,elvanlee2 it was a dramatization of ,charles ,gibbons ,for the ,king1 a very powerful story of the ,restoration period1 and gave ,rose ,bain1 his wife1 the chance of her life to make a hit as a leading actress2 but she failed to score any marked success1 giving only a passable rendition of the character4 ,fortunately again for this individual1 he had during his absence played in this play at the ,bush ,street ,theatre4 ,jim ,herne used it as the vehicle for the debut of a talented ,san ,francisco' lady1 who created a little ripple of excitement by her advent on the stage4 ,i afterwards played the leading character in it at ,virginia in conjunction with ,miss ,bain and ,mr4 ,gill1 so that it was comparatively easy for me in regard to study4 ,this play was forced two nights1 meantime the company had another new play sprung on them for ,friday night4 ,miss ,rose ,bain was evidently bent on being the bright particular star of this engagement4 ,willie had failed in his ,col4 ,sellers scheme1 and ,rose saw her opportunity and pushed it to the utmost4 ,the ,sphinx1 a mythological play1 taxing the powers of no less an actress than ,annette ,ince 7one of the greatest of her time7 was the next offering to the public1 and an exacting task for the company4 ,here again ,i was lucky1 as ,i had only about six weeks before played a week in the piece with ,miss ,ince at the ,bush ,street theatre1 and although ,i had now a different part1 ,i was sufficiently familiar with the play to make my task easy1 as compared with the rest of the company4 ,the ,sphinx did not prove popular1 owing largely to ,miss ,bain's inadequacy4 ,so ,madge of ,elvanlee was restored for ,saturday night1 and so ended a very unprofitable week1 both for stars and management4 ,willie ,gill afterwards acquired fame as the writer of several successful comedy sketches4 ,rose ,bain we have never heard of since4 ,from the #acth to the #bbnd of ,february1 the theatre was dark1 which gave the overworked stock company a rest they no doubt enjoyed1 but cut off their salaries1 which they did not relish4 ,on the #bbnd1 ,washington's ,birthday1 the theatre was used as a ball room--the ,firemen gave a ,grand ,ball and for the occasion the theatre was transformed1 as it had been a number of times before1 to accommodate an enormous crowd of dancers4 ,the entire parquet was covered with floor made in sections1 making the stage and the auditorium into one vast dancing hall4 ,hundreds who did not participate in the dance paid admission fees to sit in the circles and watch the dancers go through the bewitching and bewildering figures to the strains of a fine orchestra secured for the occasion4 ,by the following evening1 the floor was removed1 the chairs back in place1 and the theatre had resumed its normal appearance4 ,on this date1 the #bcrd1 ,the ,alleghanians1 a company of ,swiss ,bell ,ringers and ,vocalists1 opened and played throughout the remainder of the week1 five nights and a matinee4 ,the company had now had a three weeks' rest and were anxious to be doing something again1 so a series of benefits were put on4 ,commencing on ,march #fth1 ,clara ,jean ,walters took a benefit1 playing ,edward ,tullidge's ,ben ,israel1 a very powerful play commemorative of the return of the ,jews to ,england4 ,on the #hth ,mr4 ,lindsay benefited1 played ,jack ,cade1 and on the #ajth ,e4 ,b4 ,mar den1 who had been in the stock for several years1 took a benefit1 playing ,featherly in ,everybody's ,friend4 ,the theatre was again closed until the #bbnd inst41 when ,the ,lingards came in and1 supported by the stock1 stiffened up business to some extent2 continued until the #ca st4 ,the ,april ,conference being close at hand1 it was decided to play the stock through the ,conference in some of the old favorites1 and they continued right along after the ,lingards left4 ,that is the marvelous part of it that they could do any business after dropping out a strong stellar attraction1 but on they played through the ,conference and on up to the #ast of ,may1 when the season closed and with the season the management under the ,salt ,lake ,theatre ,corporation closed4 ,their second season had not proved sufficiently profitable1 although they had severely curtailed expenses by cutting down the company1 to clear them of indebtedness1 and the corporation quit badly in the hole4 ,the close of the ,clawson and ,caine management and the end of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre ,corporation was virtually the retirement of the stock company1 which had been playing from the opening of the theatre in '#fb up to the present date1 ,may #ast1 #ahge1 a period of #ac years4 ,of course a great many changes had taken place during those years in the personnel of the company1 but a few of the original members remained1 and the organization or ensemble of the company had been kept intact4 ,now1 however1 the gradually encroaching combination system made it impracticable for the managers to offer a season's engagement to those who were willing and anxious to engage4 ,the necessity for a stock company became rapidly less from this time on1 until in the year #ahgh it had become defunct altogether4 ,two entertainments were given after the closing of the stock company1 before the corporation relinquished the house--on ,may #dth1 ,petroleum ,v4 ,nasby lectured1 and on the #hth ,mr4 ,mark ,wilton rented the theatre and put up ,the ,ticket of ,leave ,man for a benefit4 ,to show the status of the company at this particular time1 the program for the benefit performance is here appended3 ,,salt ,,lake ,,theatre4 ,salt ,lake ,theatre ,corporation 444444444444444 ,proprietors ,clawson and ,caine 444444444444444444444444444444 ,managers ,,saturday ,,evening1 ,,may #h,,th1 #ahge4 ,mr4 ,mark ,wilton has engaged the ,theatre for this night and will produce the great drama of ,,the ,,ticket ,,of ,,leave ,,man4 ,supported by the following ,,cast ,,of ,,characters3 ,bob ,briefly1 a ,lancashire lad 4444444 ,mr4 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay ,james ,dalton 7the ,tiger7 4444444444444444 ,mr4 ,m4 ,forester ,hawkshaw 7a detective7 444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,mark ,wilton ,melter ,moss 7a crook7 444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,j4 ,c4 ,graham ,mr4 ,gibson 7a bill broker7 4444444444444 ,mr4 ,harry ,taylor ,sam ,willoughby 4444444444444444444444 ,miss ,dellie ,clawson ,maltby 44444444444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,logan ,paul ,burton 44444444444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,h4 ,horsley ,may ,edwards 444444444444444444444 ,mrs4 ,clara ,jean ,walters ,mrs4 ,willoughby 4444444444444444444444 ,miss ,belle ,douglas ,this was the last performance given under the corporation managers and for some time the theatre remained without a manager2 if any one wanted it1 they had to rent it from ,president ,brigham ,young through one of his clerks4 ,my record shows that the writer1 on ,july #bdth following1 rented the house at the modest sum of one hundred dollars for the bare house4 ,we gave ,bulwer's five-act comedy of ,money besides the farce ,a ,fish ,out of ,water and a musical interlude1 by ,laura ,honey ,stevenson and ,john ,w4 ,mc,kenzie1 a popular young baritone from ,san ,francisco4 ,the total expense of this performance was #ceg4jj1 so it was a risk for an individual to take1 but we pulled through clear and had a little left for our trouble4 ,about this time ,mr4 ,w4 ,t4 ,harris or ,jimmy ,harris1 as he was familiarly called1 was installed as business manager of the theatre2 he had succeeded in winning one of ,brigham ,young's daughters1 ,miss ,louise ,young1 affectionately called by her friends ,punk4 ,the ,annie ,ward episode was forgotten or condoned1 and ,jimmy had ingratiated himself so strongly in the ,president's good graces as to receive the hand of his favorite daughter1 and in order that he might provide liberally for her1 he was given the business management of the theatre4 ,he assumed no financial responsibilities in accepting the position1 but simply acted as the agent for ,brigham ,young1 to whom he submitted matters of importance4 ,he held down his job for two years or more1 until some time after the death of ,brigham ,young1 when the ,salt ,lake ,theatre1 which had been appropriated by the late ,president1 7although built with ,church means7 in the settlement of ,brigham's estate reverted to the ,church4 ,this brought a change of management and ,mr4 ,harris was superseded by ,h4 ,b4 ,clawson1 one of the former managers4 ,,chapter ,,xx4 ,,season ,,of '#ge-'gf4 ,in the following chapter1 no attempt will be made to give a consecutive and complete list of the attractions which appeared during the season1 but a running notice will be made of the most important engagements1 and especially of the new stars that appeared4 ,the combination system was gradually forcing the stock company from the theatre4 ,engagements with the stock people were now intermittent and uncertain1 and for that reason the company kept dwindling until eventually it became a thing of the past4 ,during this season1 however1 they were called in to support a good many stars4 ,it took several seasons for the combination system to completely supersede the stock system4 ,on ,august #abth1 ,jennie ,lee1 who had been a favorite soubrette in the ,california theatre1 ,san ,francisco1 and her husband1 ,j4 ,t4 ,burnett1 opened a week's engagement in the play of ,may ,blossom1 supported by the stock4 ,immediately following1 opening on the #bjth of ,august1 came ,augustin ,daly's company on their way to ,san ,francisco4 ,they played three nights1 presenting ,saratoga1 ,the ,big ,diamond and ,divorce4 ,fanny ,davenport was the leading lady of this company4 ,it was the first dramatic company to cross the continent direct from ,new ,york to ,san ,francisco4 ,the fame of ,daly's company had preceded it1 and as a result they played to big businesses both here and in ,san ,francisco4 ,on the #bgth and #bhth1 the ,english ,opera ,company played to good houses4 ,on ,september #beth1 the stock company reopened the theatre which had been dark for several weeks4 ,charley ,vivian1 who afterwards organized the order of ,elks1 opened in conjunction with the company1 giving his clever entertainment1 and this combination pulled through the ,october ,conference1 when there was another intermission4 ,in ,december1 the stock company made another spurt1 headed by ,clara ,jean ,walters4 ,they reopened with ,cherry and ,fair ,star1 a spectacular play which had an unusual run2 with this and other pieces they managed to keep going until ,january #bjth1 #ahgf2 from this date to ,april #ast1 there were occasional attractions but none of great importance4 ,on ,march #ast1 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay1 who had been playing leads in the stock1 was tendered a complimentary benefit1 on which occasion he appeared in the character of ,jack ,cade4 ,to show the personnel of the company at this particular period of its history1 the following program of the performance is subjoined3 ,,salt ,,lake ,,theatre4 ,w4 ,t4 ,harris 444444444444444444444444444 ,business ,manager ,,grand ,,complimentary ,,farewell ,,benefit ,tendered by the ,members of the ,dramatic ,profession1 and ,prominent ,citizens of ,salt ,lake ,city to the popular actor ,,john ,s4 ,,lindsay4 ,on which occasion ,mr4 ,lindsay will essay the great character of ,jack ,cade4 ,,wednesday ,,evening1 ,,march #a1 #ahgf1 ,will be presented ,judge ,conrad's celebrated tragedy in four acts1 entitled ,,jack ,,cade1 ,,the ,,captain ,,of ,,the ,,commons4 ,the entire ,corps ,dramatique have generously volunteered4 ,,cast ,,of ,,characters3 ,nobles4 ,lord ,say 44444444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,mark ,wilton ,lord ,clifford 444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,emmett ,mousley ,duke of ,buckingham 444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,gus ,m4 ,clark ,duke of ,suffolk 444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,b4 ,w4 ,wright ,courtnay 4444444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,j4 ,c4 ,graham ,commons4 ,jack ,cade ,aylmere 444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay ,friar ,lacy 444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,john ,t4 ,hardie ,wat ,worthy 4444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,phil ,margetts ,will ,mowbray 4444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,j4 ,e4 ,evans ,jack ,straw 4444444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,e4 ,mousley ,bondmen to ,lord ,say-- ,dick ,pembroke 4444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,h4 ,bowring ,roger ,sutton 44444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,wm4 ,wright ,cade's ,son 7#e years old7 44444444444444 ,miss ,edie ,lindsay ,marinanne 7,cade's wife7 444444444444444 ,miss ,lina ,mousley ,widow ,cade 7,cade's mother7 444444444444 ,miss ,sarah ,napper ,kate ,worthy1 betrothed to ,mowbray 44444 ,miss ,lizzie ,davis ,lords1 ,officers1 ,peasants1 ,bondsmen1 ,etc4 ,to be followed by a musical interlude4 ,song--,give a ,poor ,fellow a ,lift ,mr4 ,phil ,margetts1 ,jr4 ,for the last time1 the great ,specialty of the ,mulligan ,guards 4444444444444444 ,by ,w4 ,t4 ,harris and ,h4 ,e4 ,bowring ,the performance will conclude with the side-splitting farce1 ,a ,,bashful ,,bachelor4 ,hector ,timid 444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,j4 ,c4 ,graham ,captain ,cannon 44444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,mark ,wilton ,dr4 ,wiseman 444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,h4 ,e4 ,bowring ,thornton 44444444444444444444444444444444 ,mr4 ,j4 ,e4 ,evans ,louisa 44444444444444444444444444444444 ,miss ,lina ,mousley ,chatter 4444444444444444444444444444444 ,miss ,sarah ,napper ,it would be unreasonable to expect an audience to sit through such a lengthy performance nowadays1 but such was the dramatic pabulum with which we had to entice them into the theatre in that elder day4 ,the cast in the above program shows that the stock company had become decidedly weak1 a number of amateurs were worked in1 and the three comedians1 ,margetts1 ,bowring and ,graham1 are playing parts altogether out of their line4 ,the lady assigned the leading lady's part 7,miss ,mousley7 was a clever amateur and this was about her first appearance at this theatre4 ,the leading ladies seem to have been all in retirement4 ,mr4 ,wilton1 a serio-comic1 playing the leading heavy1 ,lord ,say1 and ,mr4 ,graham playing the second heavy1 ,courtney1 shows there was a great sparsity of heavy men1 and ,margetts and ,bowring both playing serious character parts1 plainly indicates the low ebb the company had reached4 ,it was now a difficult1 nay an impossible1 task to adequately cast one of the great classical plays4 ,such was the status of the stock company at this period1 its efficiency having been gradually weakened by the steadily increasing innovation of the combination or traveling companies4 ,many of the most popular stars had not up to this time surrounded themselves with their own supporting companies1 but continued to flit to and fro across the dramatic firmament1 pausing to shed their luster for a new nights wherever they could find a cluster of nebula 7stock company7 to shine among4 ,on ,april #ast a bright and attractive star appeared in the person of ,mr4 ,edwin ,adams4 ,mr4 ,adams made a splendid impression on his first visit to ,salt ,lake and a full house was on hand to greet him4 ,the train on which ,mr4 ,adams arrived was several hours late and the audience was kept waiting more than an hour after the specified time of commencing4 ,it was nearly ten o'clock when the curtain rang up on ,the ,marble ,heart1 but the audience exercised great patience1 and when at length ,mr4 ,adams appeared as ,phidias from between the curtains that concealed the statues1 exclaiming ,the man whose genius formed them1 he received such a warm and generous welcome as must have banished any doubts or misgivings he may have had as to how ,salt ,lake would receive him4 ,as he had not rehearsed with the company1 some apprehensions were felt as to how the play would go2 but1 after it was over1 ,mr4 ,adams warmly complimented everybody--especially the stage manager--and declared it went just as well as if he had been here to rehearse it with us4 ,this was a notable engagement1 ,mr4 ,adams playing ten nights in all1 his engagement running through the ,april ,conference4 ,in addition to ,the ,marble ,heart1 he played ,hamlet1 ,richelieu1 ,rover 7in ,wild ,oats71 ,narcisse and ,enoch ,arden4 ,edwin ,adams was destined to a career as brief as it was brilliant4 ,after leaving us he went to ,san ,francisco and played a successful engagement1 then went to ,australia4 ,when he returned from ,australia to ,san ,francisco he was a dying man4 ,a benefit was given him there1 and he was wheeled onto the stage in an invalid's chair to acknowledge his gratitude to the ,san ,franciscans for their kindness to him4 ,this was the last seen of poor ,edwin ,adams by the public4 ,only a few days later and that dramatic genius that was shedding luster on the ,american stage was extinct4 ,he had contracted quick consumption in the antipodes1 and by the time he got back to ,san ,francisco his friends realized he had not long to live and did what they could to show their love for him and ease his passing to the great beyond4 ,the next important engagement was that of ,john ,t4 ,raymond1 who appeared on ,august #eth in ,a ,gilded ,age1 the play in which ,willie ,gill was enjoined more than a year before4 ,as ,colonel ,sellers1 ,raymond was simply inimitable2 ,mark ,twain might have had him in his eye when he created the character4 ,it ran three performances1 and if there were not millions in it1 it was at least a profitable engagement both for ,mr4 ,raymond and the manager4 ,notwithstanding it was the hottest part of the summer1 ,raymond filled out a week with ,major de ,boots in the ,widow ,hunt1 and ,caleb ,plummer in ,cricket on the ,hearth4 ,raymond's engagement virtually closed the season of '#ge and '#gf1 and there was nothing of importance until the commencing of the next season4 ,,chapter ,,xxi4 ,,season ,,of '#gf-'gg4 ,with the approach of the ,october ,conference1 which is always a harvest for the theatre1 ,mr4 ,harris got together as strong a company as possible and revived some of the old favorite plays1 opening the season of '#gf and '#gg a night or two before and continuing through the ,conference dates to satisfactory business4 ,there was no star to share with1 and the theatre reaped a handsome profit4 ,the next engagement of importance was that of ,mr4 ,george ,rignold1 an ,english actor1 who was starring in ,henry ,v4 ,rignold had come from ,england and under the management of ,jarrett and ,palmer1 ,henry ,v4 was given a fine production in their ,new ,york theatre4 ,for some reason or other1 after a short but successful run of the play1 a disagreement arose between those popular managers and ,mr4 ,rignold4 ,they decided to supersede ,mr4 ,rignold with ,lawrence ,barrett4 ,they notified him accordingly and at the expiration of the time for which he had been engaged ,mr4 ,barrett stepped into ,rignold's place and the run of the play was extended for several weeks4 ,it was the intention to take the play to ,san ,francisco after the run in ,new ,york4 ,this change of stars threw ,rignold out of the ,san ,francisco engagement1 much to his chagrin and disappointment4 ,not to be out-generaled the ,english actor quietly hastened to ,san ,francisco4 ,the ,california ,theatre having been secured for the ,jarret and ,palmer company1 with as much dispatch and secrecy as possible ,rignold got a company together4 ,soon as it was known that ,rignold was in ,san ,francisco and was preparing to give the play of ,henry ,v at the ,grand ,opera ,house1 the news was duly wired to ,jarrett and ,palmer2 not only were they surprised1 but greatly chagrined1 on learning that the ,english actor had gotten the start of them and was in a fair way to eclipse their ,western engagement4 ,mr4 ,barrett and the managers1 after a rather excited consultation1 decided to close the run of ,henry ,v with the end of the current week1 and have everything in readiness to leave ,new ,york for ,san ,francisco on the following ,sunday4 ,the manager of the ,california was telegraphed to announce the play for the following ,thursday night4 ,this gave scarcely a week for advertising1 and it seemed incredible that the company could reach ,san ,francisco by the time1 but ,jarrett and ,palmer had at great expense made arrangements with the railroad company for a special train1 that was to rush them through from ,new ,york to ,san ,francisco in four days4 ,barring accidents1 they would arrive in ,san ,francisco on ,thursday morning1 in time to get their scenery in place and play that night4 ,it was taking desperate chances1 but it was at the same time a great advertising scheme1 for never before had such a flying trip been made across the continent1 and every paper in the country had an account of it4 ,from ,ocean to ,ocean eighty-three hours4 ,rignold had arranged to open the following ,monday1 but learning to his amazement of the great coup that ,jarrett and ,palmer were performing to get in ahead of him1 he got a move on too and decided to keep the lead1 and open up at least one night ahead of them1 which was as soon as he could possibly get ready4 ,the fast train was the sensation of the hour1 everybody was talking of it and awaiting its arrival with keen expectancy4 ,this national advertisement gave the ,jarrett and ,palmer company a great advantage over ,rignold2 besides1 they had much the better production1 and the best company1 as ,rignold had to gather what support he could and very hurriedly in ,san ,francisco4 ,this was very sharp managerial practice2 what especial reason ,lawrence ,barrett and the ,jarrett and ,palmer management had for this extraordinary coup to down the ,english actor we never learned4 ,the rivalry of the two ,henrys served to throw theatrical circles in the ,golden ,gate ,city into a feverish excitement1 and the result was that both houses did a good business1 as every theatre-goer felt in duty bound to see both actors1 and then compare their respective merits4 ,until ,rignold played ,henry ,v in ,new ,york no ,american actor had ever attempted the character2 ,barrett who had in conjunction with ,john ,mc,cullough managed the ,california theatre during the first three years of its career1 saw an opportunity to do some business there and win some fresh laurels in a new part4 ,this in a measure explains the haste with which the thing was done4 ,the rival ,henrys1 however1 did not succeed in giving the play a permanent abiding place in popular favor4 ,we think no other ,american actor has ever had the temerity to try it1 until the bold and undaunted ,richard ,mansfield gave a superb production of it a quarter of a century later--#aijb4;,a ,footnote ,a3 ,the above account of the ,henry ,v excursion is written entirely from the writer's recollection of the affair1 having no available data4 ,it may contain some slight inaccuracies1 but the main facts were about as here related4 ,after the ,rignold date here1 when ,the ,lady of ,lyons1 ,black-,eyed ,susan1 and ,henry ,v were given with such support as was available1 the stock played fitfully1 interrupted by occasional novelties1 such as panoramas and concert companies1 minstrels and the like1 along the holiday season and into the spring4 ,on ,february #crd1 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay was the recipient of another benefit1 on which occasion he exhibited his strong predilection for ,shakespearian roles by appearing as ,hamlet1 a character in which he had already won some local distinction4 ,as on a previous benefit occasion1 there were several first appearances1 and the cast as a whole was not very satisfactory1 but our friends were inclined to overlook many shortcomings on those benefit occasions4 ,as if ,hamlet was not enough for a benefit performance1 we had to tack on the farce of ,the ,trials of ,tompkins1 in which ,mr4 ,graham was wont to shine4 ,on the #bcrd and #bdth of ,february1 ,mr4 ,e4 ,a4 ,sothern1 the world renowned ,dundreary1 filled his first engagement at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,he exacted a certainty of one thousand dollars in gold coin for the two nights4 ,mr4 ,harris very naturally had some hesitancy about closing an engagement with him on such exorbitant terms1 so he made a canvass of his patrons1 and after a careful consideration1 closed the deal with ,mr4 ,sothern4 ,the prices were advanced from the usual scale of twenty-five cents to one dollar1 to fifty cents to two-fifty4 ,the house was well filled on both nights and the management1 not having a very expensive company or any production to pay for out of its share1 came out all right4 ,there was much dissatisfaction1 however1 that such exorbitant prices should be charged for what at best was but an ordinary show1 especially the last night when ,david ,garrick was presented1 and by ten o'clock the play was over1 and the general expression of the patrons of the theatre was ,sold6 ,indeed so outspoken was the dissatisfaction with ,david ,garrick1 and so severe were the strictures of the press the following morning1 that ,mr4 ,sothern could not have gotten fifty cents a ticket for a third performance4 ,as a natural consequence1 it was a long time before he came to ,salt ,lake again4 ,on ,march #ajth1 ,miss ,annie ,adams 7,mrs4 ,kiskadden7 who had recently returned on a visit to ,salt ,lake after an absence of three years in ,san ,francisco1 assisted by the stock company1 gave a production of ,the ,two ,orphans1 ,miss ,adams appearing as ,louise and ,miss ,colebrook as ,henriette1 the writer in the character of ,pierre4 ,this was the first presentation of this play at this theatre and it proved a great drawing card4 ,the next star attraction was one of more than ordinary interest4 ,the anniversary of ,shakespeare's birth 7and death7 on ,april #bcrd1 ,adelaide ,neilson1 the world acknowledged ,juliet1 was announced to appear in that character4 ,miss ,neilson was well-known to our theatregoers by reputation as the greatest ,juliet of the age1 and the demand for seats was extraordinary4 ,the prices were advanced1 but not to exorbitant figures1 the prices ranging from #be;c to #a4ej4 ,every seat in the house was filled1 and numbers were glad to stand on both evenings rather than miss seeing the beautiful and popular actress4 ,there was no dissatisfaction with this engagement2 everybody was pleased and delighted1 and ,adelaide ,neilson's praises were on everybody's lips4 ,she could have remained a week and played to full houses1 but engagements ahead precluded a longer stay2 she only gave two performances1 ,as ,you ,like ,it being the second bill4 ,there was only one opinion as to her ,juliet1 that it was the perfect embodiment of the character1 her rich beauty of face and form1 her exquisite grace1 her melodious voice1 and the marvelous power of expression in her soft tender eyes1 equipped her completely for the part4 ,as ,rosalind she was equally as charming if not as brilliant as in ,juliet4 ,the playing of ,romeo to her ,juliet1 the writer cherishes as one of the pleasantest memories of his long professional career4 ,a year later the beautiful ,neilson was dead4 ,alas6 for the mutability of all that is mundane3 ,she should have died hereafter2 ,there would have been a time for such a word4 ,tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow1 ,creeps in this petty pace from day to day ,to the last syllable of recorded time4 ,and all our yesterdays have lighted fools ,the way to dusty death4 ,out1 out1 brief candle6 ,life's but a walking shadow1 a poor player1 ,that struts and frets his hour upon the stage ,and then is heard no more4 ,it is a tale told by an idiot2 ,full of sound and fury2 signifying nothing4 --,macbeth4 ,the boast of heraldry1 the pomp of power1 ,and all that beauty1 all that wealth ere gave ,await alike the inevitable hour2 ,the paths of glory lead but to the grave4 --,gray's ,elegy4 ,the next stellar attraction was ,ben de ,bar4 ,ben was the manager of one of the ,st4 ,louis theatres when the writer was a boy1 and my first introduction to the stage was at ,de ,bar's theatre4 ,a young fellow who was our neighbor in ,st4 ,louis induced me to go with him and go on as a super4 ,the play was ,sixtus ,v41 ,pope of ,rome4 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,farren were the stars4 ,i made my first acquaintance with the stage in that play1 as one of the mob1 little dreaming that ,i would one day be cast to play ,sixtus ,v41 which ,i was some years afterwards in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,ben ,de ,bar was a popular comedian as well as manager at the time of which ,i am telling1 but for some half dozen years now he has been starring in the character of ,sir ,john ,falstaff4 ,he was very stout1 and well suited to the character and confined himself to it exclusively1 varying the monotony1 however1 by playing both the plays in which ,sir ,john is so prominent1 ,henry ,,iv and ,the ,merry ,wives of ,windsor4 ,ben had been to ,san ,francisco and had just played an engagement there1 before coming to ,salt ,lake4 ,he opened here on ,may #agth in ,the ,merry ,wives4 ,he complained of not feeling well and it was quite perceptible that something was the matter2 he was uncertain and forgetful4 ,on the second night in ,henry ,,iv1 his lapses of memory were still more perceptible4 ,in short1 it was palpable to all the company1 if not the audience1 that ,mr4 ,de ,bar was suffering from some derangement of memory to such an extent as to in places mar the scenes1 and very much embarrass those who had dialogue with him4 ,the writer was playing ,hotspur on the occasion1 and had but little to do with the boastful ,sir ,john1 but noticing his lapses of memory in several places and his consequent and apparent distress1 kindly inquired as to his trouble1 when he feelingly told me he had suffered in ,san ,francisco the same way1 and he felt no confidence in himself whatever4 ,he said his memory was deserting him and he feared his professional career was at an end4 ,after the play was over he called me into his dressing room1 and said3 ,mr4 ,lindsay1 ,i have made my last appearance on the stage4 ,i am done1 sir4 ,i feel that ,i have subjected the entire company tonight to a great deal of embarrassment1 and my lapses of memory must have been quite apparent to the audience4 ,no1 sir1 ,i can no longer rely on my memory1 and ,i shall never attempt to play again4 ,i feel my career is ended4 ,his words were pathetic1 and as it proved1 prophetic2 he never did appear on the stage again4 ,in less than a year dear old ,ben de ,bar died of softening of the brain4 ,ben de ,bar was about sixty years of age when he died4 ,what old acquaintance6 ,could not all this flesh keep in a little life8 ,poor ,jack1 farewell6 ,i could have better spared a better man4 ,prince ,hal in ,henry ,,iv1 ,part ,first4 ,salt ,lake seemed to be an attractive summer resort for a certain class of attractions1 and quite a number found their way here during the very hottest of the weather4 ,on ,july #bdth ,robert ,heller1 a very clever magician and an excellent pianist1 assisted by ,miss ,helen 7his sister71 entertained the patrons of the theatre for a week with his very clever tricks and fine piano playing4 ,his second sight business1 in which he was ably assisted by ,miss ,helen1 was wonderfully clever1 and mystified the beholders very much indeed4 ,he was the first to introduct a second-sight business here1 and was as much of a wonder as ,anna ,eva ,fay has since been4 ,on ,august #fth1 ,rose ,eytinge1 then in the zenith of her fame1 opened a three nights' engagement in the play of ,rose ,michel and followed it with ,miss ,multon and ,macbeth4 ,the writer had some hard work during this brief engagement1 the two first plays being entirely new to him1 in both of which he had very long and arduous parts1 and on the third night he had to do ,macbeth4 ,rose ,eytinge at this time was one of the best actresses and most beautiful women we had on the stage4 ,good gracious6 that is twenty-eight years ago1 and she is still acting6 but she has to play the old woman now4 ,when ,i played with her two years later in ,portland1 ,oregon1 she was married to an ,english actor named ,cyril ,searle1 who insisted on playing ,macbeth1 but made me study ,antony in ,antony and ,cleopatra on very short notice as the ,san ,francisco papers had criticised his ,antony so severely he declared he would never play it again4 ,on ,august #adth1 the ,richings-,bernard ,opera ,company played one night4 ,played again on the #afth4 ,on the following night1 the #aeth1 ,tony ,pastor with a fine vaudeville company1 gave a great show the first company of that kind to cross the continent and play in the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,he had a packed house1 for his show was a great novelty4 ,it was a little surprising that with the love of the drama so universal in ,utah so few contributions to dramatic literature were offered by local authors for representation on the stage4 ,those thought worthy of presentation by the managers we have already recorded4 ,mr4 ,e4 ,l4 ,sloan's ,osceola 7an ,indian play71 in which ,julia ,dean and ,george ,waldron played the leading characters1 and his ,stage and ,steam1 a later production1 contrasting the old stage coach with the locomotive methods and results4 ,by far the most important local contributions to the stage were the plays of ,edward ,w4 ,tullidge3 ,eleanor de ,vere1 played by ,julia ,dean and stock company1 ,ben ,israel and ,oliver ,cromwell1 played by the local company4 ,now comes ,john ,s4 ,lindsay with ,under ,one ,flag1 a drama of the ,civil ,war4 ,this play was presented for the first time on ,september #acth and made so favorable an impression as to hold the boards for three nights4 ,it was repeated on ,october #eth1 during the conference season1 and has been played by the author and his company in nearly all the towns and cities of the ,northwest4 ,these performances of ,under ,one ,flag virtually closed the season of '#gf and '#gg1 which had run intermittently all through the summer4 ,,chapter ,,xxii4 ,,season ,,of '#gg-'gh4 ,on ,october #eth1 the fall ,conference was provided for4 ,the house opened for the season of '#gg and '#gh on this date with a reproduction of ,under ,one ,flag4 ,the stock played through the ,conference date1 reviving some of the old favorite plays1 and continued playing until ,november #abth4 ,on ,november #adth ,the ,kellogg-,cary ,concert ,company opened a three nights' engagement and sang to big houses4 ,miss ,louise ,kellogg was one of the greatest singers of her day1 and ,miss ,cary was equally popular1 their concerts being very well patronized and highly appreciated by the music lovers of ,salt ,lake4 ,on ,november #bcrd1 ,mrs4 ,d4 ,p4 ,bowers and ,mr4 ,jim ,mc,collom 7who was ,mrs4 ,bowers' second husband7 opened a week's engagement in ,giogametti's play of ,elizabeth1 which was played for three nights1 and the week was filled out with ,lady ,audley's ,secret1 ,married ,life and ,camille4 ,mrs4 ,bowers was beyond question one of the greatest actresses our country had ever produced4 ,she was the first ,american actress to play the character of ,elizabeth4 ,after ,ristori1 the great ,italian actress1 had played this great character in a few of the principal cities of our country only1 ,mrs4 ,bowers took it up and starred the country with it1 making a great success4 ,mr4 ,james ,mc,collom was a very efficient support to her in the characters of ,essex in ,elizabeth1 ,armand in ,camille and ,robert ,audley in ,lady ,audley's ,secret4 ,mrs4 ,bowers achieved her celebrity as ,mrs4 ,bowers and never changed her name to ,mc,collom on the stage4 ,mrs4 ,bowers was supported by the stock company in this engagement4 ,on ,december #hth1 ,j4 ,k4 ,emmett opened a three nights' engagement in ,fritz1 supported by the stock4 ,on ,december #bj-ba-bb1 ,the ,lilliputian ,opera ,company4 ,christmas ,day the stock resumed operations and played through the holidays and up to the #acth of the month2 they were temporarily retired again to make room for ,ilma de ,murska and her concert company1 who gave scenes from ,,ii ,trovatore1 ,martha1 ,crispina1 and other operas1 remaining three nights1 #aeth to #agth1 inclusive4 ,de ,murski was not only a great singer but a great actress as well1 and her singing and acting were received with unusual enthusiasm4 ,january #ahth and #aith1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,frank ,frayne were the attraction in the play of ,si ,slocum4 ,frayne was the fellow who won renown by shooting an apple from his wife's head 7a la ,william ,tell71 only ,frayne split the apple with a rifle bullet instead of an arrow4 ,after performing this and other dexterous feats with rifle and revolver many hundreds of times without accident1 he did it once too often2 he finally missed his aim and shot his wife dead4 ,how confiding women are6 ,poor ,mrs4 ,frayne6 ,thank heaven that did not happen here6 ,whether ,frank ever found another woman so confident of his skill as to hold that apple on her head1 we know not and hope not4 ,he had a bull dog that played a star part in the show2 he may have trained the dog to hold the apple after his wife's awful fate4 ,sad to relate1 the stock company supported ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,frayne and the bull-dog4 ,on the #bbnd and #bcrd1 ,mile4 ,rentz's female minstrels gave ,salt ,lake another exhibition of musical extravaganza1 the chief attraction being the free and lavish display of beautiful female shapes4 ,a whole phalanx of voluptuous1 rotund forms encased in a dazzling and bewildering variety of colors--moving in splendid harmony--keeping time1 time1 time1 in a sort of runic rhyme4 ,why no wonder the baldheads crowded into the front rows and outrivaled all other spectators in applauding the bold and beautiful ,amazons4 ,on ,february #bbnd the community having recovered somewhat from the excitement of ,amazonian marches1 ,rentz minstrel choruses1 and the bewildering effect of so much female beauty1 the present writer having accepted an offer to go to ,denver to play a star engagement at the ,denver theatre1 summoned sufficient courage to take a farewell benefit4 ,the plays given on this occasion were ,evadne and the farce of ,nan1 the ,good-for-,nothing4 ,soon after the benefit the writer departed for ,denver1 accompanied by ,mr4 ,harry ,emery1 who had played with him in the recent benefit bill and on some previous occasions2 his work being so satisfactory as to secure him an engagement in the ,denver company that was to support me4 ,denver at this time had but one theatre2 it was not nearly so large or so good a theatre as the ,salt ,lake ,theatre2 in fact1 ,denver was not then 7#ahgh7 as large a city as ,salt ,lake4 ,nick ,forrester was the manager1 and his wife was the leading lady of the company1 and insisted on playing all the leading lady parts whether suited to them or not4 ,this caused ,nick and the company a whole lot of trouble as she was already fair1 fat and forty1 and not suited to many of the parts4 ,my opening bill was ,hamlet1 and she was my ,ophelia1 much to my dissatisfaction1 as there was a juvenile lady in the company1 ,miss ,baker1 who should have been cast for the part2 but with a woman's persistent inconsistency1 in spite of my demurrer1 she would be ,ophelia1 and ,miss ,baker had to do the ,queen1 which she was quite as unsuited to as ,mrs4 ,forrester was for ,ophelia4 ,this was the leading lady's reward3 ,not all the artifices of the stage would suffice to make ,mrs4 ,forrester look young enough for ,ophelia1 or ,miss ,baker old enough for the ,queen4--,rocky ,mountain ,news4 ,after ,hamlet1 ,richelieu was given 7my first appearance in the character71 then ,jack ,cade1 ,bulwer's comedy of ,money and my own play1 ,under ,one ,flag4 ,after filling in three more weeks with the ,forresters on their circuit1 ,mr4 ,joe ,wallace1 the comedian of ,mr4 ,forrester's company1 made a contract with me to play me through the state of ,colorado1 supported by the ,forrester ,stock ,company4 ,the season was over in ,denver1 so we went en tour4 ,before the tour ended we went to ,leadville with teams from ,canon ,city1 and gave the first dramatic performance ever given in ,leadville4 ,this was in the summer of '#gh2 the boom did not strike ,leadville till '#gi4 ,we were there too early to do much in the theatrical way--the population was not there4 ,emery and ,i got back to ,salt ,lake about the first of ,august4 ,the next attraction at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre after ,evadne was the ,union ,square ,theatre ,company with ,charley ,thorne at the head of it4 ,on ,february #abth1 this company opened in the ,russian play1 ,the ,danicheffs1 following it with ,the ,two ,orphans and ,pink ,dominoes4 ,it was the foremost company of the time1 and of course gave great satisfaction4 ,on ,february #bbnd1 ,washington's ,birthday was celebrated by a big masquerade ball in the theatre1 given by the ,l4 ,h4 ,b4 ,society4 ,this was a big affair1 this masquerade4 ,hundreds of maskers were on the floor and the grand march1 led by our late lamented friend ,ned ,wallin1 and the writer1 was a very fine pageant--and it was altogether a very successful revel4 ,next came ,fanny ,louise ,buckingham and her finely trained horse1 ,james ,mellville4 ,they starred in conjunction for three nights in the play of ,mazeppa1 supported by the stock company4 ,this was the last performance the writer took part in before leaving for his ,denver engagement4 ,there was much more satisfaction in supporting ,fanny and her horse than there was in supporting ,frayne and his bulldog4 ,fanny was a beautiful creature1 so also was her horse ,james2 and although ,fanny couldn't act ,mazeppa very well1 ,james did his part splendidly1 and ,fanny could stick on him in good shape1 and ,james carried her through all right4 ,the following week we were in ,denver together1 she playing1 ,i rehearsing1 so we saw a good deal of each other1 and when she parted from us at ,denver1 she had established a reputation among us for a jolly good fellow4 ,she loved her horse ,james ,mellville1 and she loved a jolly crowd4 ,next came ,j4 ,al4 ,sawtelle1 who had been touring around in ,utah and ,montana1 and put his name up for a performance at the ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,as he had only played there one season and had not been there since '#gd1 he was almost a stranger4 ,he played ,rosedale on ,march #bnd4 ,on ,march #eth1 ,denman ,thompson opened a three nights' engagement in ,joshua ,whitcomb4 ,the #aath and #abth1 ,signor ,eduardo ,majeroni1 a very clever ,italian actor1 played ,the ,old ,corporal and ,jealousy4 ,on the #adth1 ,ada ,richmond opened for a week1 supported by the stock1 which also supported the three preceding attractions4 ,on ,april #dth1 #eth and #fth1 ,haverly's minstrels filled the time1 giving the ,conference visitors a taste of genuine minstrelsy4 ,the last nights of ,conference1 #gth and #hth1 were filled by the stock1 who kept it going until ,oliver ,doud ,byron came in on the #aeth and #afth to crave their help ,across the ,continent4 ,on the #aith ,frank ,c4 ,bangs1 one of the big four in the ,julius ,caesar production at ,booth's theatre1 gave a reading entertainment4 ,why he didn't give a play ,i don't know1 the same old reliable stock was here and had just supported ,oliver ,doud ,byron4 ,the only reason ,i can assign is that he hadn't time to stay4 ,april #beth and #bfth ,ada ,gray appeared in ,whose ,wife8 and ,miss ,multon4 ,may #bnd ,prof4 ,la ,mar1 leader of the ,fort ,douglas ,band1 gave a band concert4 ,la ,mar was a very clever musician and had a fine band2 he deserved to be well patronized for he was very accommodating1 and volunteered the services of his band on numerous benefit occasions4 ,on the #gth and #hth ,dick ,roberts in ,humpty ,dumpty2 #acth and #adth1 ,sol ,smith ,russell and ,rice's ,evangeline combination4 ,on the #bgth and #bhth ,harrigan and ,hart in ,doyle ,brothers1 ,old ,lavender and ,sullivan's ,christmas4 ,june #adth and #aeth1 ,salisbury's ,troubadores4 ,july #aeth1 ,joseph ,jefferson in ,rip ,van ,winkle4 ,september #ajth1 ,henry ,ward ,beecher in lecture1 ,wastes and ,burdens4 ,this was after the notorious ,beecher-,tilton scandal and ,henry had been studying social economy4 ,the ,mormons didn't like ,henry very much1 but he had a big house4 ,september #abth and #acth1 entertainments were given for the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers in ,memphis and vicinity4 ,these entertainments did not pan out very well1 and the theatre managers decided to get all the dramatic talent they could get to volunteer and give a popular play1 in hopes to materially increase the charity fund4 ,the ,school for ,scandal was selected and given with a pretty strong cast1 embracing ,miss ,colebrook as ,lady ,teazle1 ,david ,mc,kenzie as ,sir ,peter1 ,john ,t4 ,caine as ,charles ,surface1 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay as ,joseph ,surface4 ,phil ,margetts and ,john ,c4 ,graham were in the cast1 and a number of others1 ,i cannot remember4 ,the play was given on ,september #afth1 and netted a very tidy sum for the sufferers4 ,on the #ahth1 #aith and #bjth1 ,calender's ,georgia minstrels held the boards1 and business was light4 ,the writer and ,harry ,emery had but recently returned from their ,colorado tour1 and both were anxious to be doing something1 so ,i got a cast together and put on ,richelieu1 which ,i had recently played in ,denver1 and received flattering notices for1 from the press of that city4 ,i had given away my first appearance for the benefit to the yellow fever sufferers1 so there was no other attraction than to see me in a new part and that did not prove sufficient to save me from disaster4 ,i had a losing game of it1 the receipts being some #ge less than the expenses of the performance4 ,this was the only time ,i ever failed to make something when ,i had rented the theatre and taken chances1 which was quite often4 ,this performance1 given on the #beth of ,september1 virtually closed the season of '#gg and '#gh4 ,,chapter ,,xxiii4 ,,seasons ,,of '#gh-'gi ,,and '#hj-'hb4 ,the season of '#gh and '#gi was opened on ,october #dth by ,haverly's minstrels1 who filled the night of the #eth also1 when the stock company stepped to the front once more1 and filled out the remainder of the ,conference dates with the ,lancashire ,lass and the ,hidden ,hand4 ,on the #bcrd ,susie ,spencer was a beneficiary1 playing ,the ,little ,rebel4 ,susie's life was not without a spice of romance1 and its chapter of sorrow4 ,susie ,spencer was a very pretty little girl and talented2 the managers found her very useful in parts where her petite stature was suited to the character1 and such occasions were not infrequent4 ,miss ,spencer was progressing nicely in her art and had already become a favorite with the patrons of the drama1 when she met her fate in the person of ,mr4 ,ed ,marden4 ,marden was one of the ,cogswell party who came from ,california by way of ,southern ,utah1 and waiting on ,brigham ,young1 informed him they had received a revelation 7via the ,planchette route7 instructing them to come to ,salt ,lake and join the ,mormon ,church1 as it was the only true and authorized church4 ,the party were duly baptized and confirmed into the ,church1 and at once installed as members of the stock company4 ,marden became on very short acquaintance infatuated with the pretty ,susie and laid siege to her young and guileless heart with that adroitness and dexterity which come from much experience1 with the result that ,susie soon became ,mrs4 ,marden4 ,marden was a member of the stock here all during the ,jimmy ,harris regime4 ,he and ,jimmy were fast friends1 they both came to ,utah ,gentiles1 joined the ,church and married ,mormon girls4 ,soon after the close of the ,harris management in '#gg1 ,marden drifted off and left his ,susie a heart-broken little woman4 ,he was through with ,utah1 and through with the ,mormon ,church1 and through with his little ,mormon wife1 and cast them all aside as he would a worn-out suit4 ,he never came back1 and ,susie1 after a year or two of repining1 found consolation in the affections of a better man4 ,she became the wife of ,mr4 ,rice1 a well-to-do banker of the mining town of ,frisco1 ,utah1 where she lived happily in her new alliance until a few years ago1 when she passed away from earth1 still young in years4 ,the next stellar attraction was ,mrs4 ,scott ,siddons1 a niece of the great ,sarah ,siddons1 who appeared on ,november #bbnd in a dramatic recital2 with what success the writer cannot tell1 as he was away again at this time4 ,this lady had just closed a week's engagement at ,portland1 ,oregon1 when ,i arrived there4 ,i met her at the hotel before her departure1 and she impressed me as being an extraordinary woman and a brilliant actress4 ,december #beth1 ,nat ,goodwin and ,eliza ,weatherby opened a four nights' engagement in ,hobbies2 they gave on the following evenings ,under the ,rose and ,cruets4 ,this was ,goodwin's first engagement in ,salt ,lake4 ,on ,january #ajth and #aath1 #ahgi1 ,alice ,gates' ,comic ,opera ,company played to exceptionally large houses4 ,barney ,macauley in ,the ,messenger from ,jarvis ,station was the next stellar attraction4 ,there was a dearth of star attractions along about this time and the stock company had plenty of time to fill in1 but it had become so depleted as to be unable to keep up the interest for more than two or three nights at a time4 ,on ,may #bnd1 ,buffalo ,bill1 ,col4 ,wm4 ,f4 ,cody1 gave an exhibition1 assisted by the stock company4 ,he called it ,a ,knight of the ,plains4 ,on ,may #hth1 ,annie ,adams 7,mrs4 ,kiskadden7 and her daughter ,maude1 who were in ,salt ,lake on a visit1 created some interest in her reappearance here1 and that of ,maude who on this occasion played her first speaking part in ,salt ,lake4 ,miss ,adams assisted by the stock 7what remained of it7 and some amateurs1 gave on the #hth1 ,a ,woman of the ,people4 ,this was the old ,french play of ,madeline1 the ,belle of the ,faubourg1 which ,julia ,dean had played some years before4 ,like many another good play since1 it was made to do double duty by appearing under a new title4 ,for the second night's bill1 the comedy of ,stepmother and the farce of ,little ,susie were given4 ,in the farce ,little ,maude played the name part1 ,little ,susie4 ,maude was then six years and six months old1 and had already played several parts in ,san ,francisco1 the most notable one1 ,little ,adrienne in ,a ,celebrated ,case1 which she played in the ,baldwin production of the play1 and afterwards in ,portland with ,john ,maguire's production of it1 for which she and her mother were especially engaged4 ,afterwards with the ,maguire company en tour through ,oregon and ,washington1 when ,little ,maude was featured in ,the ,case and also in ,ten ,nights in a ,bar ,room1 her mother and the writer playing the leading roles in these plays4 ,this second bill was repeated on the #ajth inst41 the probability being that ,maude had caught the public favor at that early day4 ,the next attraction of note was ,lawrence ,barrett1 who opened on ,july #hth 7midsummer nights--no dream7 for four nights1 opening play ,richelieu followed by ,hamlet1 ,a ,new ,play and ,julius ,caesar4 ,how the fastidious and exacting ,barrett managed to cast these great plays here has never been explained to me4 ,he must have carried his principal support with him4 ,in the fall of this year ,miss ,annie ,adams revived ,the ,two ,orphans with a complete cast of amateurs1 excepting herself and ,jimmy ,harris4 ,the cast included ,mr4 ,laron ,cummings as the ,chevalier1 ,heber ,m4 ,wells as the ,doctor1 ,orson ,whitney as ,jacques1 ,john ,d4 ,spencer as ,pierre1 ,john ,t4 ,white as ,picard1 ,w4 ,t4 ,harris played ,frochard1 which fact certainly denoted a great paucity of female talent here about that time4 ,annie ,adams played ,louise and ,delia ,clawson1 ,heriette1 which is as much of the cast as we can gather from ,miss ,adams' own account of this performance4 ,so successful was the performance as a whole and so meritorious the acting of the numerous debutants on this occasion that ,mr4 ,bud ,whitney who was managing the business end of the affair1 proposed the organization of a ,home ,club1 which should comprise all of the amateurs who had taken part in ,the ,two ,orphans4 ,the proposition was readily adopted by those concerned1 and out of this sprang ,the ,home ,dramatic ,club4 ,the time was most opportune1 for there was a dearth of dramatic attractions at the time2 the old stock had dwindled until there were but a few of its members left in ,salt ,lake1 and some new blood and talent was needed to give renewed interest to home productions4 ,the ,home ,dramatic ,club1 with great prudence and foresight1 secured the ensuing ,april ,conference dates on which to make their initial bow to the ,utah public4 ,it was a good long time to wait but they were sure of big results in a financial way1 and it gave them plenty of time in which to perfect themselves in their opening play1 which was ,the ,romance of a ,poor ,young ,man4 ,it was a good selection1 well suited to the young people1 and scored a success2 only the older people in the community could remember ,george ,pauncefort opening in the same play in #ahfd1 and scoring a great triumph4 ,the club had large and friendly audiences and their introductory play was pronounced a genuine success1 both artistically and financially4 ,it could not be otherwise than a good paying proposition1 as ,conference nights are always a harvest time for the theatre4 ,so well encouraged were they that the club continued in the business of playing occasionally1 whenever they could secure favorable dates1 such as ,conferences and other holiday times1 for a number of years4 ,the ,home ,dramatic ,club averaged about three or four plays a year during their career of about ten years4 ,the club being more of a society affair than a professional theatre company1 they picked their times and opportune ones1 and playing so seldom they never were subjected to the tasks in study and rehearsals and dramatic work which characterized the busy years of the old stock company4 ,it was a talented company1 however1 and no doubt could have made good under different and more exacting conditions4 ,in ,march1 #ahha1 the writer was back in ,salt ,lake after a two years' absence1 principally in ,portland and ,san ,francisco4 ,on my return there was nothing doing in the theatrical line4 ,the club had been organized nearly a year1 yet had given only a very few plays4 ,there was a dearth of theatricals1 and the writer with the acquiescence and assistance of ,mr4 ,clawson1 who was again manager of the theatre1 got up occasional performances with such assistance as he could procure4 ,the first of these was ,a ,celebrated ,case1 in which he had the assistance of ,manager ,clawson's daughters1 ,miss ,edith ,clawson and ,mrs4 ,ardelle ,cummings4 ,other performances were given in connection with ,david ,mc,kenzie1 ,philip ,margetts and ,john ,c4 ,graham1 with such support as we could muster from the depleted ranks of the old stock1 and what new aspirants were in the field for dramatic honors4 ,the gallery gods honored the three gentlemen and myself with the somewhat flattering appellation of the big four1 the same title the ,new ,yorkers bestowed on ,booth1 ,barrett1 ,davenport and ,bangs when these four stars formed the great constellation in the play of ,julius ,caesar4 ,these performances1 however1 like those of ,the ,home ,dramatic1 were few and far between1 and to a person depending on acting for a livelihood1 did not prove very remunerative4 ,about this time another project which interested the writer hove into view4 ,dr4 ,d4 ,banks ,mc,kenzie1 a temperance lecturer and reformer1 had succeeded after a considerable effort in organizing a temperance club in ,salt ,lake ,city 7a prodigious task to accomplish at that time74 ,he had succeeded in raising a fund of some thirty thousand dollars in contributions towards the erection of a first-class lecture hall1 with library1 and various other nice accommodations for the society4 ,the ,walkers ,brothers had contributed a building site where the ,atlas block now stands1 #ejx#ajj feet4 ,this was put in at #ac1jjj1 making nearly one-half of the #cj1jjj contributed4 ,on being informed by one of the ,walker ,brothers of what was projected1 the writer with some self-interest suggested that inasmuch as they were going to put up a building of such size and cost1 that they might just as well make it a little larger1 and make a theatre of it2 that a theatre would answer all the purposes of the proposed hall1 and often rent when the hall would not4 ,the idea grew with them1 and the ,walker ,grand ,opera ,house was the result4 ,it occupied a year in building4 ,it was opened on ,june #eth1 #ahhb1 with a vocal and instrumental concert1 with ,prof4 ,george ,careless as conductor4 ,as a matter of historical interest and to show the musical status of ,salt ,lake at that time1 a copy of the opening program is here appended4 ,,opening ,,of ,,the ,,walker ,,grand ,,opera ,,house4 ,monday ,evening1 ,june #eth1 #ahhb4 ,lessee 44444444444444444444444444444444 ,d4 ,banks ,mc,kenzie ,manager 444444444444444444444444444444444 ,john ,s4 ,lindsay ,,program4 #a4 ,overture--,william ,tell 444444444444444444444 ,rossini #b4 ,quartette--,the ,night ,before the ,battle 4444444 ,white ,misses ,olsen and ,richards1 ,messrs4 ,whitney and ,spencer4 #c4 ,flute ,solo--,concert ,polka 444444444444444444 ,rudolph ,mr4 ,george ,hedger4 #d4 ,aria--,il ,profeta 444444444444444444444444444 ,meyerbeer ,mrs4 ,j4 ,leviburg4 #e4 ,selection ,favorite 4444444444444444444444444 ,donozetti ,orchestra4 ,,intermission4 #f4 ,overture--,pique ,dame 444444444444444444444444444 ,suppe #g4 ,aria--,e4 ,puritane 4444444444444444444444444444 ,belline ,mr4 ,robert ,gorlinske4 #h4 ,piano ,solo--,trovatore 444444444444444444444 ,gottschalk ,mrs4 ,helen ,wells4 #i4 ,song--,my ,own ,dearest ,child 444444444444444444444 ,abt ,mrs4 ,george ,careless4 #aj4 ,selection 4444444444444444444444444444444444444444 444 ,croxall's ,silver ,band4 ,conductor 4444444444444444444444444 ,prof4 ,george ,careless ,thursday1 ,june #hth--,for ,three ,nights4 ,louis ,aldrich ,company in his very successful play1 ,,my ,,partner4 ,superb ,star ,company4 ,in the spring of '#hb1 when the ,walker was approaching completion1 ,dr4 ,mc,kenzie hied him to ,new ,york to secure attractions for the new theatre1 for the erstwhile temperance lecturer had developed into the sole lessee and manager of a #ajj1jjj theatre4 ,he had already chosen me to attend to the local management1 for which ,i was to have #e per cent of the gross proceeds of everything we played there1 with the privilege of getting up local performances in the interims4 ,i had worked eleven months1 superintending the construction of the building and was quite in favor4 ,doc was very successful in securing attractions1 his somewhat extravagant and florid descriptions of the ,walker ,grand1 as they chose to christen it1 and its superiority to the old theatre1 caught the agents and managers1 and he secured so many of the attractions going to the coast the ensuing season that he virtually had the ,salt ,lake ,theatre out of business4 ,the first dramatic performance given in the ,walker was the ,louis ,aldrich ,company in ,my ,partner4 ,the house was well filled but not crowded2 there was a very strong prejudice against the ,walker among the ,mormon part of the community1 and a malicious report to the effect that the galleries were not safe was put in circulation with a view to injure the new theatre4 ,such mischievous whisperings1 however1 only had a temporary effect4 ,one of the earliest attractions at ,the ,walker was ,haverly's minstrels1 and the house was crowded to its utmost capacity2 as the galleries did not give way on that occasion1 the reports which had been so industriously circulated were seen to be a weak invention of the enemy4 ,the new house continued to get the attractions to such an extent1 that the ,salt ,lake ,theatre was virtually out of the swim4 ,this was accomplished by ,dr4 ,mc,kenzie putting ,the ,walker under the direction of ,jack ,haverly4 ,haverly at the time was one of the foremost managers of the country4 ,he controlled more companies and theatres than any one in the field of amusement2 so he booked everything in his control at ,the ,walker1 and the house during his regime was called ,haverly's ,walker ,grand ,opera ,house4 ,what's in a name8 ,in theatrical business much2 it is everything4 ,so serious indeed was the situation for the ,salt ,lake theatre that ,mr4 ,david ,mc,kenzie1 who was at this time the acting manager of the house1 found it necessary to go to ,san ,francisco and have a business interview with ,mr4 ,fred ,bert1 who was ,haverly's ,san ,francisco manager4 ,the result of his visit was an agreement on the part of ,haverly to play his attractions alternately between the two theatres1 thus giving the ,salt ,lake theatre one-half of their ,salt ,lake bookings4 ,in the agreement it was stipulated that the ,salt ,lake ,theatre must also float the ,haverly flag1 and while this contract lasted the old house was called ,haverly's ,salt ,lake ,theatre4 ,here was an interesting situation2 both theatres flying the ,haverly flag4 ,haverly's name at the head of every bill and program4 ,it was not at all pleasing to the ,mormon people to have their theatre1 in which they took so much pride1 pass under the direction and management of a ,gentile manager4 ,many of them didn't know but what ,haverly had bought it4 ,the ,walker ,brothers did not relish the idea either of their house being called ,haverly's2 but such were the exigencies of the theatrical business4 ,to the ,walker it was a great advantage1 as without ,haverly's prestige the new house would have had a hard time in getting first-class attractions4 ,these circumstances go to show what an immense influence ,jack ,haverly wielded in the theatrical business of this country at that time4 ,he was almost as potent then as ,klaw ,erlanger of the syndicate are today4 ,these conditions did not last very long1 as the managers and agents came to learn that the ,salt ,lake ,theatre was the only one that the ,mormon people would patronize1 and they being so largely in a majority of the theatre-goers1 the older theatre gradually won back the great bulk of the traveling combinations1 and the ,haverly agreement having expired1 his flag was hauled down1 much to the relief of a great many1 to whom it had always seemed a reproach to have ,brigham ,young's ,theatre called ,haverly's4 ,jack ,haverly had too many irons in the fire2 his numerous theatrical enterprises were managed by a corps of lieutenants1 too numerous for ,mr4 ,haverly to keep in line4 ,some of them proved shrewder1 more adroit1 and less principled than their general4 ,he trusted them too implicitly1 and this was his undoing4 ,some of them managed his enterprises into their own hands1 while he was giving his personal attention very largely to his mining interests4 ,these1 too1 turned out disastrously1 and ,haverly's star1 which had been so prominent and bright in the theatrical firmament1 began to wane and in a very few years was totally eclipsed4 ,after all his great enterprises1 he became a bankrupt in #ahih1 and he died poor in #aija in a ,salt ,lake ,hospital4 ,he was reduced in health and circumstances to such a degree as to be unable during the last year of his life to manage even a minstrel company1 and others paid him for the use of his name4 ,,chapter ,,xxiv4 ,retrospectively considered1 the building of the ,walker ,opera ,house was premature4 ,there was one good theatre here1 and not half enough of business for that one2 but it served to enliven things for a little while1 and did its share toward liberalizing and metropolitanizing ,salt ,lake ,city4 ,the ,walker had a brief and rather checkered career2 it was destroyed by fire on ,july #dth1 #ahia1 after a performance of ,held by the ,enemy4 ,the audience were all home and the company had left the theatre2 the stage hands were lowering a drop1 when a gust of wind blew open the front door and sent the drop sailing against a gas jet2 in a moment it was all ablaze4 ,the stage hands lost their heads and made for the exit1 when a little presence of mind would have saved the building4 ,the house1 especially the stage1 was well provided with water plugs and hose1 and it seems incredible that any effort was made to extinguish the fire4 ,mr4 ,will ,burgess was manager at the time it burned down4 ,it is a remarkable fact that two other fine theatres burned under this same gentleman's management within a few years afterward4 ,the ,farnham ,street ,theatre of ,omaha1 where a number of lives were lost1 and ,the ,auditorium of ,kansas ,city4 ,notwithstanding these very serious drawbacks1 ,mr4 ,burgess is one of the wealthy managers of the ,west today4 ,after the burning of ,the ,walker1 ,malloy's ,livery ,stable1 directly opposite the ,walker1 was converted into a theatre1 when it was decided to build an office block on the ruins of the ,walker4 ,for some time it was known as ,wonderland1 and was a two storied show2 the upper story being a sort of curiosity shop--or ,wonderland with specialties and the lower story having a small stage was devoted to vaudeville1 and short plays4 ,afterwards the two stories were thrown into one room1 and converted into a theatre with capacity for about six hundred people4 ,it was called the ,lyceum4 ,here a stock company was run for about a year with varying fortune4 ,some actors who have since won high places in their professions were members of this stock1 notably ,charles ,richman1 ,ed ,hayes1 ,victory ,bateman4 ,the ,lyceum soon went into a decline struggled along for a few years against adverse fortune and finally yielded up the ghost4 ,it was transformed into a handsome saloon and wholesale liquor house1 from which a greater revenue is derived than it yielded as a theatre4 ,before the ,lyceum went out of commission as a theatre another theatrical venture was launched4 ,this was the ,grand4 ,this theatre was built 7or partly so7 by ,mr4 ,frank ,maltese and ,mr4 ,brig ,pyper4 ,the story of how they projected1 planned and built this theatre is told as follows3 ,brig and ,frank made a winning in a policy drawing4 ,they held between them a one-fourth interest in a fifty-dollar policy ticket4 ,in a sporty manner they bantered each other as to what they should do with their big winning of #ab4ej4 ,one was in favor of reinvesting it in the next policy drawing1 the other for trying their luck at the faro-bank4 ,finally1 in a lurid flash of imagination one 7which one we don't remember1 but we believe it was ,frank71 exclaimed3 ,let's build an ,opera ,house with it4 ,the idea was so absurd1 they had a good laugh over it2 but the thought took hold of them1 and one of them suggested1 ,let's figure up and see how much more it will take4 ,so on the back of the policy ticket they figured up roughly what it would take in addition to their winnings to build ,the ,grand4 ,the result was no doubt staggering2 but undismayed they went about to see how they could accomplish such a herculean task4 ,they owned some property1 or their folks did1 and this they decided to put in jeopardy in order to carry out their designs4 ,they secured the building site1 and got the walls up and the roof on--and then they were stuck4 ,they had reached the end of their financial tether1 and were forced to stop until they could make some new deal by which to complete the building4 ,mr4 ,alec ,rogers was the party who now came to the front and put up some #af1jjj to complete the building4 ,we don't know just how much interest the boys ,maltese and ,pyper had remaining in it when the theatre was completed1 but we opine it was little if any4 ,the ,grand opened with the house in the possession of ,alex4 ,rogers and sons1 and ,john ,rogers was installed as the manager4 ,he secured a very good company for the opening1 announcing a season of stock performances4 ,the house was opened on ,christmas ,eve1 ,december #bdth1 #ahid4 ,the personnel of the company was as follows3 ,jane ,kennark1 ,blanche ,bates1 ,madge ,carr ,cook1 ,jean ,coy1 ,howard ,kyle1 ,tim ,frawley1 ,charles ,king1 ,harry ,corson ,clarke1 ,h4 ,d4 ,blackmore1 ,fred ,fjaders1 ,mr4 ,mannery4 ,the opening play was ,moths4 ,it was a good performance1 and the company made a very favorable impression4 ,the axiom that ,a new broom sweeps well had a number of exemplifications in this theatre4 ,it was so with this first company1 notwithstanding it was a talented and capable one4 ,after it had been seen in a few plays1 and the novelty of the new house1 miscalled ,the ,grand1 was over1 business began to drop off and it was more than the manager could do to keep ahead with the expensive company he had4 ,why this theatre was called ,the ,grand we were never able to divine1 as it was at the opening positively severe in its plainness4 ,there is a great tendency in our country to buncombe1 aside from the genuine patriotism that exists in it2 this tendency leads many of our fellow citizens into silly extravagances1 especially is this noticeable in the naming of theatres1 hotels and restaurants2 more particularly is this the case in the small towns4 ,a man opens a little restaurant scarcely big enough to accommodate a dozen persons1 and everything in it of the plainest and commonest kind1 and he dubs it the ,palace restaurant4 ,opera ,house is a much abused appellation4 ,nearly every insignificant1 dingy1 dismal1 inconvenient1 and homely theatre and hall throughout the land is dubbed ,opera ,house4 ,it is a dreadful misnomer--inconsistent and absurd in three-fourths of the houses to which it is applied4 ,the ,theatre is dignified enough and much more consistent and suitable4 ,the ,grand during the ten years of its existence has had a checkered career4 ,we doubt if any of its half dozen different managers have made it pay4 ,the first company1 as already stated1 was found to be too expensive1 the business would not sustain the heavy salary list1 not only was the salary list large1 but ,mr4 ,frawley made a demand for a percentage of the receipts in addition4 ,this sprung a disagreement1 and the company was after about four or five weeks superseded by another less expensive4 ,the ,rogers management was able1 liberal and intent on giving the public satisfaction4 ,after a fair trial of the business1 lasting three years1 they disposed of the house on a lease to ,mr4 ,garvey of pageantry fame1 who spent a few hundred he had made on the ,pioneer ,carnival on the house in the way of improvements1 and then called it ,the ,new ,grand4 ,ad captandiun vulgas4 ,garvey's reign was brief and unprofitable4 ,then ,mr4 ,martin ,mulvey took a swing at it1 and made things lively for two seasons1 but the supposition is that he did not make money with it or he would not have given up the lease4 ,the last management1 ,messrs4 ,jones and ,hammer1 have seemingly had the most prosperous time with the house2 they have profited by the experience of their predecessors1 and yet it appears they have not realized their expectations1 and so have re-leased the house to ,denver parties4 ,having brought the history of the ,salt ,lake ,theatre through the first twenty years of its existence up to the time when the stock company was altogether disbanded1 owing to the fact that the combination system had come so fully into vogue as to displace the stock system all over the country1 ,i shall not attempt to give its history after this time1 as my connection with it had altogether ceased4 ,i shall only add that for the past twenty-three years it has kept the even tenor of its way1 under able managers 7notably ,mr4 ,charles ,r4 ,burton and later ,george ,pyper71 playing the leading attractions of the country to a splendid patronage1 keeping up the reputation of ,salt ,lake as the best show town of its population in the world4 ,more than twenty years ago several attempts were made to establish a vaudeville theatre in this city2 two houses were built at different times for the purpose1 but they were short-lived1 dying out for lack of patronage4 ,within the last three years1 however1 the city's population having greatly increased1 no less than four have been started here1 two of which survive and seem to be doing well4 ,during the early years of the drama in ,utah1 several of the towns besides ,salt ,lake had very talented companies4 ,provo1 ,springville1 ,ogden1 ,brigham ,city1 and ,st4 ,george each had fairly good theatres and many very capable players4 ,it is somewhat remarkable1 however1 that out of the hundreds of persons who have gone on the stage in ,utah1 so few have drifted into the profession and left their homes to follow it2 the percentage is very small4 ,miss ,sarah ,alexander was the first to drift off1 and although she has not made much stir on the stage herself1 she has chaperoned her niece ,miss ,lisle ,leigh to fine success4 ,mr4 ,james ,m4 ,hardie was the next to break away2 then ,miss ,anne ,adams1 ,mr4 ,logan ,paul and the writer complete the list so far as the ,salt ,lake ,stock ,company is concerned4 ,later ,miss ,ada ,dwyer and ,mr4 ,de,witt ,jennings4 ,this is accounted for by the fact that1 much as the ,mormons love the theatre1 they love their homes and their religion better4 ,the theatre is a pleasant pastime with them1 but the staying at home and building up of their kingdom is a religious duty1 and unless they are called on a mission1 they prefer to stay with home and ,church4 ,,chapter ,,xxv4 ,,conclusion4 ,a few reflections on the theatre and its work in concluding this little history may not be out of place4 ,the cultivation and progress of the drama in connection with its kindred arts1 poesy and painting1 marks the progress of civilization1 culture and refinement at any given period in any country4 ,without the aid of the theatre and the actors' art1 the great majority of mankind would remain in ignorance as to the works of the most gifted writers2 without those great reflectors of human thought1 how many thousands there have been and are who never would have heard or read the plays of ,shakespeare and other writers of genius1 but who1 by the assistance of the actor's delineations1 have become familiar with the most sublime and beautiful thoughts and sentiments that adorn our language4 ,i make mention particularly of ,shakespeare's plays1 as they are beyond all question the greatest and grandest compositions ever written4 ,among the thousands of plays that have been written during and since the great dramatic renaissance of ,elizabeth's reign1 they still stand out incomparable as models par excellence of dramatic composition1 challenging competition1 and as yet unrivaled after a lapse of more than three centuries4 ,that the stage is a great factor in our modern civilization1 for the education of the people1 no reading1 reflecting person would attempt to deny4 ,it is true that some pernicious things occasionally creep in that would be better suppressed1 but they are rare and exceptional4 ,the great bulk of dramatic entertainment is uplifting in its tendencies4 ,the infinite variety of plays presented1 showing human life in all conditions1 and under every variety of circumstances1 can not be otherwise than educational in effect upon those who witness them4 ,however crude or devoid of literary merit a play may be1 there seldom is one1 however bald in plot or uninteresting in sentiment1 but what points a moral and adorns a tale4 ,in ,shakespeare's day the theatre was even more or an educational institution than it is today4 ,books were scarce in that age1 and the newspapers were an undiscovered medium of information1 so that plays 7especially historical plays7 possessed a wonderful interest for the masses1 who had little chance for schooling or the acquirement of knowledge from books4 ,the old chronicles and legends were freely used by the dramatists of the ,elizabethan era1 and the incidents of history were made so familiar to the habitues of the theatre that the common people acquired a good knowledge of history by witnessing the representation of those plays4 ,to illustrate how much this was the case1 ,ben ,jonson tells the story of a fellow who1 having been taken to task on some question of history and the accuracy of his position being assailed and the authenticity of his assertions being called in question1 replied by way of defense3 ,no1 ,i confess ,i had it not from the histories but from the play books1 and consider them the more authentic4 ,many dramas have been written 7and more especially by the poets7 without perhaps having in view their exploitation on the stage1 but like their other poetry1 to be read1 suitable only for the library1 more poetical than dramatic4 ,such are the plays of ,byron1 ,shelley1 ,keats1 ,moore1 and others4 ,a still greater number have been written solely for acting purposes2 and the majority of these may not lay claim to any permanent abiding place in literature4 ,others still are admirably adapted to both the library and the stage4 ,such are the plays of ,sheridan1 ,knowles1 ,bulwer1 ,schiller1 ,kotzebue1 and later of ,heinrick ,ibsen4 ,of such a character also are the plays of our gifted ,salt ,lake dramatist1 the late ,edward ,w4 ,tullidge4 ,the present-day theatre-goers have little time to indulge in the reading of plays4 ,the overwhelming mass of reading matter thrown from the press1 keeps the general reader busy to keep abreast of the current literature of our times4 ,so that plays form no part of the world's reading matter2 here and there is one1 some stagestruck soul who loves to get hold of and read a play1 but the vast majority are content to let the actors read the plays for them1 preferring to witness the acting of them4 ,it is a fact and a very gratifying one that ,shakespeare's plays are about the only ones that are read nowadays1 and these are by no means so universally read as they should be4 ,the masses have not time for reading ,shakespeare1 or other dramatists1 so it is a fortunate thing for them that the theatres are so popular and accessible2 here1 they can hear the thoughts and sentiments1 and see in literal action the characters of both ancient and modern times1 and gather from the mimic scene suggestions of the tremendous throes and struggles through which the human race has passed4 ,during the forty-three years that the ,salt ,lake ,theatre has been in existence1 an almost infinite variety of plays have been presented and thousands of actors 7as infinite in variety as the plays7 have strutted and fretted their brief hour upon its stage and now are heard no more4 ,it is a solemn reflection that in all probability more than three-fourths of all who have trod the stage of this theatre1 both local and transient actors1 in less than half a century of existence are heard no more4 ,the voices that have thrilled us1 the animated and beautified forms that have called forth our admiration and praise1 are stilled forever by the chilling touch of death2 genius1 mediocrity1 incompetency1 all alike go down1 and the greatest names in a few brief years are forgotten2 so transitory is the actor's fame4 ,yet it is not more so perhaps than that of other professions1 and certainly not quite so much of a will o' the wisp as seeking the bubble reputation in the cannon's mouth4 ,out of the multitudinous dramatic pictures that have been presented on the stage of this theatre during its forty-three years of existence1 it is interesting to know which stand out in bold relief4 ,we need not hesitate to reply1 the plays of ,shakespeare1 and those that are nearest akin to them1 such as ,bulwer's ,richelieu1 ,knowles' ,virginius1 ,banim's ,damon and ,pythias4 ,the ,irish plays of ,dion ,boucicault1 ,colleen ,bawn1 ,arrah ,na ,pogue1 ,shaugraun1 ,kerry1 and even his ,london ,assurance1 made very strong impressions1 were very popular1 and made money both for actors and managers4 ,so with many other plays we might cite2 but compared with ,shakespeare's plays they have proven to be short-lived and their fame but transitory4 ,they have never found a permanent abiding place in the world of literature4 ,there is a strange1 a marvelous thing in connection with the plays of ,shakespeare4 ,in his day the theatre was not popular1 as it is in our times4 ,the religionists held it in reprobation2 actors were looked upon by the good church people as little better than vagabonds1 and the occupation of play writing was scarcely reputable4 ,the ,globe ,theatre1 the best there was in ,london at that time1 was little better than a barn4 ,the art of scene painting was unknown4 ,candles were the best artificial light they had1 all the accessories of the stage were of the most primitive description4 ,the art of costuming plays was crude in the extreme1 and woefully inadequate and incorrect4 ,in short1 the facilities for staging plays were poor1 extremely poor1 as compared with those of our own time4 ,the greatest drawback of all however was this4 ,they had no women on the stage2 all those beautiful female characters of ,shakespeare's were impersonated by men4 ,woman had not yet asserted her independence and equality with man in this domain of art2 and yet under these most adverse conditions1 the greatest plays the world has ever seen were written4 ,three centuries have winged their flight into the past1 and in all that time no other dramatist has arisen that can rival ,shakespeare4 ,the popularity of the theatre and the actor's art have steadily grown since his time until in our own day we have the most costly and elaborate theatres4 ,in every city1 and almost every town of the civilized world1 there is some sort of a theatre2 many of them are truly temples of the ,thespian art2 invention has racked its brains to supply original and costly adjuncts to the drama in the way of scenery and mechanical devices2 realism has run mad in its efforts to produce novel illusions and startling stage effects4 ,woman has long since demonstrated her equality with man in the arena of dramatic art1 and for more than two centuries she has adorned the stage with her beauty1 grace and talents4 ,there is an eager and expectant world of theatregoers waiting for some new genius to come forth and give to the stage another halo1 to shed a radiance over its flickering lights1 and fill the world with wonder and delight2 but alas6 no other ,shakespeare has arisen2 with the models he gave before them1 in three centuries no dramatist has arisen that could write a ,hamlet1 a ,macbeth1 or a ,lear2 nothing in all that time to equal ,romeo and ,juliet1 ,as ,you ,like ,it1 or ,the ,merchant of ,venice4 ,there have been hundreds of playwrights since ,shakespeare's time1 thousands of plays have been written1 the greater portion of them worthless to the stage1 but a great number of excellent playwrights have flourished since then1 and their plays have had a greater or less degree of success4 ,we will just instance a few of the most successful ones4 ,otway wrote ,venice ,preserved2 ,massinger1 ,a ,new ,way to ,pay ,old ,debts2 ,addison his ,cato1 ,goethe his ,faust2 ,schiller ,the ,robbers2 ,kotzebue1 ,the ,stranger2 ,bellinghousen1 ,ingomar2 ,sheridan1 ,the ,school of ,scandal1 ,pizarro and ,the ,rivals2 ,knowles1 ,the ,hunchback1 ,virginius and ,william ,tell2 ,john ,howard ,payne1 ,brutus2 ,bulwer1 ,the ,lady of ,lyons1 ,richelieu and ,money2 ,dr4 ,bird1 ,the ,gladiator2 ,judge ,conrad1 ,jack ,cade2 ,george ,f4 ,boker1 ,francisca de ,rimini4 ,i might instance many others1 but these will suffice tor my purpose4 ,now these are all noble productions1 and have won fame and money for both authors and actors2 but it is questionable if any of them will live indefinitely4 ,already many of the plays ,i have named are waning in the dramatic firmament2 some of them have already set4 ,why is it1 let us ask4 ,what is there in ,shakespeare's plays that lifts them so far above the average of merit and sets them on a plane so distinctively their own8 ,other authors have certainly equaled ,shakespeare in erudition1 have even excelled him in the description of the sublime and terrible1 surpassed him in glowing pictures of supernatural imagery4 ,why1 then1 does the world attach so much importance to the work of ,shakespeare8 ,why are they so highly prized8 ,it is because ,shakespeare was the grand ,high ,priest of ,nature6 ,he got closer to the human heart than any and all other authors4 ,to him nature was an open book1 and he was so thoroughly in love with it1 that he left no page unturned or unobserved2 from the primer page or the humblest creations of nature's lavish hand up through the countless and variegated specimens of her handiwork to the crowning production of her creative power1 man--this son of genius penetrated all her secrets1 delved all her depths1 scaled her loftiest heights4 ,the heart of man1 that secret repository of so many contending passions2 that cradle where the affections are rocked into life2 that fountain whence so many varying emotions spring1 that sea o'er which are swept the multitudinous passions of life1 was also to him an open page2 the last and greatest chapter in nature's wonderful volume4 ,he understood life in all its phases4 ,no plays afford greater opportunity for scenic splendor than ,shakespeare's1 yet none are less dependent on the adjuncts of scenery and outward realism4 ,shakespeare put his realism into his characters and no inadequate surroundings can rob them of their wondrous charms2 they possess such range of mental vision1 such tremendous power of thought1 such depth and placidity1 such glowing imagination2 his characters are living1 breathing1 speaking types of the age in which they lived1 and he their creator stands out wholly beyond question or dispute1 the most transcendent genius our earth has ever produced4