GOOD'WINvSl,WEEKLY . 1!
i f T,he. Drama 'Miisifci1 '
1 rr-iHE average stay-at-home inuivi
J dual enVida'Uie theatrical wan
' deror who travels the country
j ovlr, and'VeeTTeVerythlng.-' " But i '
the stationary individual could know
how lonesome the traveler sometimes
heoomes, his envy would turn to pity.
Harry Knowlton, a well-known ad
vance agent of his day, once described
a flt of the lonely feeling that over-
i came him on a certain occasion when
ho was surrounded by some 50,000
people.
, "I was in Allentown, Pa.," said
Harry, "ahead of the Primrose Min
strels, and having a few hours on my
hands wont out to the fair grounds.
It was tlve big day of- the fair, and
tho grounds were jammed with peo
ple. I stood around watching them
for a while When Anally it dawned on
mo how lonesome I was. Then I be
gan looking for some face I could
recognize, and, of course, not one could
I I And. The more I looked the more
j oppressed I became, until at last it
was unbearable. I hunted a secluded
spot, and I am not ashamed to tell it,
tears came into my eyes and I wao
homesick. Talk about 'water overy-
1 where, but not a drop to drink!' Hero
woro 50,000 people and not a living
soul I could say hello to. I couldn't
help thinking: 'What if I should dio
hero among all these strangers?' " '
As fate would have it, poor Knowl
ton died far from home, among
I strangers, a few years later.
j
j But the road is not all gloom. Man
agors, agents, and players are con
' stantly running across or participating
in amusing incidents that do much to
lighten tho sense of loneliness. They
delight in tolling and retelling these
experiences to their fellow wanderors
whom they meet in their travels and
to their friends when they return to
their homes. Evory theBpIan has nis
string of favorito stories, and so has
every manager and agent. No other
class of people can compare with
traveling theatrical or show people In
story telling, unless it be commercial
travelers. "Drummers' stories" are
proverbial, and from much the same
reason as that which applies to travel
ing amusement people.
i
' A traveling manager told this one
i to illustrato a remark he had made
1 about Inexperienced house managers
1 who cannot realize the necessity of
liberal advertising and billing:
"The new man in tho business,"
said he, "is too apt to imagine that
overybody In town must know all about
the show that is coming, and doesn't
nood to bo reminded. I shall novor
forgot an experience I had with a
ono-nlght-stand attraction in Pennsyl
vania a few years back. Our agent
was taken sick at Williamsport, and
had to lay up for a few days, but he
managed to get the assistance of a
stage" hand who put his paper up in
bundles and shipped it on to tho dif
ferent towns ahead, with a request to
the managers to have It properly put
out. In tho noxt stand wo struck wo
were astonished to And no paper up
Net a bill-board was aoverod, nor was
any small stuft to berseen. -Wcshunted
up 'the house managdr, a- shoe mer
chant recently appointed to take
charge of the 'opry house.'
"'What's the matter? Didn't tho
paper, come?' I asked.
"'O, yes!' said the shoe man, 'It
came all right. It's down at the depot
ready for you.'
"'Ready for us?' I roared. 'Why
ain't It up? Don't we show here to
night?' .,
," 'Sure, sur.e;' explained the shoe
man,, younshow he,re all right, but
what jWas. tle use o& wastingall them
bills and posters. Evqrybpdy knows
you're coming. I told 'em all about
it, and I taokod up at least? a dozen
of them littlq strips on tho telegraph
poles. You'll have a Ane house all
right.'
"The strips tho shoeman had tacked
up were 7x21 dates, and we played to
$7.50 gross."
THE ORPHEUM.
THE Anal week of the long and
successful engagement of Wil
lard Mack and associate players
at the Orpheum promises to end the
summer stock season In the prover
bial blaze of glory. For the Arst
time in Salt Lake at any price these
talented players will present Israel
Zangwill's great American play "The
Melting Pot."" In addition to carrying
an absorbing story it at tho same
time preaches a sermon that anyone
can take to heart be his creed or be
lief what It may. The scene Is laid
in New York and the theme Is that
America is the melting pot in which
the creeds and raco-3 are simmered
down and merged into the American
citizen.
Just as soon as Rabbi Freund
learned that "The Melting Pot" was
to be played at the Orpheum ho ad
dressed a letter of congratulation to
the management stating that he
would do missionary work for the
production to the extent of advising
both Jew and Gentile to see the play.
C. W. Penrose of the Arst presidency
of the Mormon church, also wrote a
letter congratulating the management
on their selection and declaring that
"Tho Molting Pot" preached a power
ful sermon on prejudice and persecu
tion. Tho story deals with a young Jew
who Aoes from Russia following tho
wiping out of" the entire family. In
"Jew York this young musician se
cures an engagement in an orchestra,
but as soon as the owner of tho roof
garden Ands out that ho is a Hebrew
he decides that he does not want any
Jews around hi3 place of entertain
ment as employes. Tho musician
falls desperately In love with a beau
tiful Itussjnn Klrl, much to fie scan
dal and mortlAcatlon of his orthodox
associates. To them he delivers long
arguments defending his love for the
Christian girl, but when, in a great
scone when he moots the father of tho
-girl and recognizes in hm the com
'mander responsible for the massacre
of his loved Ones in Russia ho re
nounces his love and spurns the girl.
Such, briefly, is "The Melting Pot"
'and in tho telling of the story many
Ohai actors and incidents are intro
duced that add to the interest and
the sentiment driven home so em
phatically by the talented author.
The character of David Quixano,
the Jewish musician, will be por
trayed by Mr. Mack, and that of Vera
Ravendal, the step-daughter of the
Russian baron, will be in tho hands
of Miss Marjorlo Rambeau. The
others In the cast are David's uncle,
his uncle's mother, an old orthodox
Jewess; a happy-go-lucky Irish maid
of all work; an unemployed million
aire, liis orchestra conductor; tho
Russian baron, his second wife and
his step-daughter.
"The Melting Pot" will run all
week with the customary matinees
Thursday and Saturday. For the sub
sequent week the Orpheum will be
dark to open Sunday afternoon, Aug
ust 18, for the long run of vaudeville,
the opening bill boing headed by
David Belasco's superb production of
' Madame Butterfly," which is this
week scoring so heavily in Los An
geles. Michael Faraday will produce Tht
Girl in tho Taxi in London on Sept. 7.
The English version is written by
Frederick Fenn and Arthur Wimperis.
Lewis Waller will sail for New York
on Aug. 15 with four modern plays
He intends to produce all of them,
with Romeo and Juliet and Henry V.
in this country.
The Lingual Club has been formed
in London to produce plays in six dif
ferent languages. The last act of A
Doll's House will bo given in England
for the Arst time in Norwegian.
The title of the farce which Cohan
and Harris will try out in Atlantic
City next week has been changed from
Tho Thiof to Stop Thief! Edward J.
Maguire and Daniel S. Gallon have
boon added to tho cast.
A company is being assembled in
Chicago to present an operatic ver
sion of Uncle Tom's Cabin, with
music by Arthur Pryor.
Paul Armstrong will have other A
nancial responsibilities than plays this
fall, for he is going to send his
Bedouin horses around to various fairs
for display. He is too busy himself
writing plays to Agure out the details,
but tho Now York office of the Paul
Armstrong company has correspond
ence from every state and county fair
in tho oast. When a competent man
has been secured to take care of them,
Mr. Armstrong will sond twelve horses
around the circuit of the best fairs.
Lottie Collins, a daughter of the
singer of the same namo who waxed
famous through the song "Ta-ra-ra-booni-do-ay,"
arrived in San Francisco
on July 12 from Australia, where she
had appeared successfully.
Three attractions managed by A. II.
Woods will move along the Pud Ac
coast this season in succession. Julian
Eltingo will bo followed by Dustin Far
niim and Phyllis Partington. Accord-
Week Commencing H
Sunday Night, August 4 th fl
The Last Week of the Summer H
Stock Scaon. H
WILlARIt MACK I
MARJ0BIE RAMBEAU
And M
THE ORPHEUM PLAYERS M
Present for the First Time in Salt H
Lake H
Melting Pot I
A Drama in Four Acts by Israel fl
Zangwill. lH
Matinees Thursday and Saturday. JM
THE VAUDEVILLE SEASON H
OPENS AUG. 18 with David Be- fl
lasco's "Madame Butterfly" as the mm
headllner to an all-star bill. H
Wandamere I
The Beautiful H
UTAH'S BEAUTY SPOT H
Boating, Bathing, Dancing H
Scenic Railway, Chutes, H
Miniature Railway, H
Parks, Lawns, Bowling, H
Shady Nooks everywhere. H
Every Thursday Night Sensational H
Motorcycle Races at (he Motordrome H
Where the crowds go H
and find perfect enjo - H
ment. H
The Utah State I
National Bank I
At the clock corner M
We respect fully nollolt the ticoouiitM M
of flriiiN, IiiiIIv'iIiiiiIm (mil UM
viiriiorutloiiH. (KM
SiivliiK Department nnl Safety H
DepoNlt IIoxcn. H
Joseph F. Smith, Pros. H
D. C. Jackling, Vico-Pres. H
Honor J. Grant, Vice Pros. fl
Chas. S. Burton, Vlce-Pres. I
It. T. Badger, Cashier I
II T. McEwan, Asst Cash. j H
C. II. Wells, Asst Cash. ' M
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