The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-07-08
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
Last Night of Wallick and
His Equines.
THE JEFFREYS-LEWIs SEASON.
Talk of Elijah-Professor Daniel
Crink!e on Politics-Poor
Tony Hart.

There is room for philosophy in such
spectacle as that seen at the Theatre
last evening. The upper tiers iammed
with humanity that hung on the light
est word from the stage, and thrilled
and pulsated with the hero's own
emotions. The lower portion of the
house only lightly filed. and that with
an element which derided what the
galleries wept or cheered over. Here
at once was seen something of that
great line which divides society; on the
one side the masses, hero worshipers,
boisterOus, Spontaneous, combusuble,
unthinking; on the other, the few,
colder, analytic, applying the tests OF
reason and rejecting that which could
could not withstand them; the stuff of
which Socialism and Communes are
made, and the stuff that com bats their
advance. In word, the Darkness of
Ignorance and the Light of Education
focused, if such thing be possible.
upon common object, and sending off
their various rays. Well might one
despair of universal reign of
Intelligence when he beheld the
encomiums, shouts and applause
shoWered upon that clap trappy, trans
parent and intangible mess of wishy-
washyness called tho Bandit King"
last evening. If it had stopped short at
the cleverness of the horses, it would
have been excusable-but the inability
to see through the gauzy, fish-net film.
siness of the plot and the situations
battles all VI Outstanding. Gross dark
ness and blind faulty could go no
further.
Jeffreys Lewis, who has disappointed
Salt Lakers oftener than any other
artist we know of-in billing herself to
appear and then shooting off some
where else at the last moment-comes
at last to the Theatre to morrow night.
We have not seen Miss Lewis since she
appeared here in the old times with
Days original company, when Divorce
Saratoga and the Big Bonanza were
presented-in 1876 OFT, we believe-and
in the time that has elapsed she has
had & very chequered and celebrated
career, all the details of which
need not be touched upon this Sabbath
morning. Miss Lewis is an actress who
stands alone in her creation of what
may be called the adventures line of
acting. She is the original Stephanie
in Forget Ne Not in America, AMI
when Genevieye Ward came over to
San Francisco with that play, the crit
les frankly told her she ought to go. and
take some lessons of Lewis. She is
scarcely less celebrated as Zicka in Di.
plomacy, and the part of Geraldine
Calthorpe, the fortune hunter, in La
Belle Russo is one with which her name
is strongly allied. She opens in this
play Tomorrow night. following it
with Forget Me Not, Clothilde, new
from the French, in which
she assumes the intriguing female in
another shape, AMI j - Lynne. Har-
~ Mainhall is the id 7g feature of
the support.
w. H. Daniel, ore OF the leading
voice trainers of the New England Con-
servatory, Boston, will he here in O. few
days, en- route for San Francisco,
where he will in future labor at his pro-
feseion. It was under him that our
Mr.. Stephens studied the oratorios |
Elijah, st. Paul Judas, Maccabeus and |
others, and he IS most enthusiastic in |
singing his praises. stating that he |
believes. him TO be unequaled in this |
country in the art Of training pupils to |
sir these sublime rains. In 8 |
recent letter written to Mr.. Stephens, |
the professor speaks in high praise of |
Miss Daisy Woods Of this city, who is
at present studying with him, and who |
may continue under his tutelage in |
his western home. He says the young
lady possesses a good voice and much |
dramatic ability 1t is unfortunate that |
Mr.. Stephens will not be able 10 be |
here when his noted teacher passes
through, the California excursion |
taking him away before that time. |
However, the professor will find q |
warm welcome from others here who
have attended the Conservatory, and |
know something OF hi: abilities.
. Nym Crinkle writes. Since l last
wrote to you politics has set in to
bow. To the misunderstanding
world politics is chiefly intere> ting from
the point of view of interference. The
year of great political campaign is al
ways one ofanxiety and hedging to the
ma ager. 81 &
am glad, therefore, to be able to offer
some Joy and comfort to the guild. /
have Interviewed several sagacious Re,
publcans since the, nomination was
made, and they all assure me that there
Will be no excitement at all. the people
will simply and quietly refuse to vote
for Grover Cleveland, now that Harri-
son is offered them.T r-r.4
In this opinion Democrats agree, with
the single exception of changing the
name of the nominee. So one or the
other of these men will be unanimously
elected. The country will not worry
about the matter, but only ignore one.
or the other:
My own private experience is some
what different. have known and
respected Ben Harrison as an estimable
Josh Whitcomb for years. Now, l hear
that he is a per6dious and criminal
wretch. My best friend who has seen
me use a bandana handkerchief for
wears, in fact ever since l took to snuff,
now scowls and tells me to put Up
that infamous rag, and to long live the
star-spangled banner! Bona
l am really curious in this fight to
see how The dramatic profession will
range. The question of free trade or
projection touches them somewhat,
and it might be good idea for Steele
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