My opening bill was "Hamlet," and she was my Ophelia, much to my dissatisfaction, as there was a juvenile lady in the company, Miss Baker, who should have been cast for the part; but with a woman's persistent inconsistency, in spite of my demurrer, she would be Ophelia, and Miss Baker had to do the Queen, which she was quite as unsuited to as Mrs. Forrester was for Ophelia. This was the "leading lady's" reward: "Not all the artifices of the stage would suffice to make Mrs. Forrester look young enough for Ophelia, or Miss Baker old enough for the Queen."--Rocky Mountain News. After "Hamlet," "Richelieu" was given (my first appearance in the character), then "Jack Cade," Bulwer's comedy of "Money" and my own play, "Under One Flag." After filling in three more weeks with the Forresters on their circuit, Mr. Joe Wallace, the comedian of Mr. Forrester's company, made a contract with me to play me through the state of Colorado, supported by the Forrester Stock Company. The season was over in Denver, so we went _en tour_. Before the tour ended we went to Leadville with teams from Canon City, and gave the first dramatic performance ever given in Leadville. This was in the summer of '78; the boom did not strike Leadville till '79. We were there too early to do much in the theatrical way--the population was not there. Emery and I got back to Salt Lake about the first of August. The next attraction at the Salt Lake Theatre after "Evadne" was the Union Square Theatre Company with Charley Thorne at the head of it. On February 12th, this company opened in the Russian play, "The Danicheffs," following it with "The Two Orphans" and "Pink Dominoes." It was the foremost company of the time, and of course gave great satisfaction. On February 22nd, Washington's Birthday was celebrated by a big masquerade ball in the theatre, given by the L. H. B. Society. This was a big affair, this masquerade. Hundreds of maskers were on the floor and the grand march, led by our late lamented friend Ned Wallin, and the writer, was a very fine pageant--and it was altogether a very successful revel.