The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-24
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
The Hospital Benefit by the
Home Club.
A TABERNACLE FREE CONCERT.
The b OstOn Qutntette Climb
Late Notes.

tracted absence from the boards, re
ceived a most cordial welcome. tn,
revival of Pique, one of their old tim
productions,was, it goes without saying
a pronounced artistic and fnancia
success. The time was when this id
mirsble organization looked forward te
the production of its plays with misgiv
ings of adverse public opinion and Of
financial disaster; but that day has Ions
since past. The club, by conscientious
and talented endeaVor, has fairly won
such a place in the esteem of the Sal
Lake public that its appearances are al
successes, varying among themselves
only in the degree of the triumph
achieved and the amount of profit
earned.
The reception uniformly rendered
this ORGANIZATION by public singularly
vel educated in matters of the stage
ard recognized to be dis eliminating in
its dramatic estimates, must be crafty
ing to the members of the club. I'll {
latter may be very sure, when they be-
hold their houses well packed from pit
to dome, that the people are moi there
simply because of friendship-such is
not the motive controlling the choice of
shows and the expenditure of money
it is merit that draws. The public knows
just what the club is and patroniz as
It accordingly. The successes of the
club are to be attributed to the fact that
It is judicious in its selection of plays;
that it includes within its membership
and brings to its assistance , talent of
high order; that its stage settings
ana costumes are equal to those of the
best companies that appear in our the
aires; and that it Always works hard Ia
please. The public appearances of the
club are too infrequent; the same
standard Of excellence adhered tC
would secure a much more frequent
and equally substantial recognition.
Pique is strong play; ii combine;
the elements of seDsationalism and OF
high-class comedy in a successful
degree. And yet it does no
contain a single amiable and consistent
female character; it is too long, and i:
not altogether natural in some features
Mr.. Wells, who occaS ona y evinCeC
come hesiiancy in his llneS-a rar'
fault with him scored one CT his ole
time triumphs as Arthur Stsndish
The COL tinued successes of this talented
young man in leading juvenile par
must have long since corrected tn,
! opinion of certain of bis admirers tina
failure would attend him in any Other
line than comedy-his George Wash
ington Phipps and Sammy D5mple
were in no respect superior to his
Julian Beauclerc and his Captain
Standish. The Mathew Standish of
Mr.. Youpg was a hit and one of his
most successful delineations both in
conception and portrayal. MIR. Spencer
as Gyll and MIR. White as olympic, tht
college students, furnished a large
share Of the fun of the evening in &
highly artistic manner. We belie7s
at Mr.. White, who was reminiscent
of Stuart Robson, has scored in thi!
part the chief success of his dramatic
career. Mr.. Wilton gave his old tim,
intelligent rendering of the doctor
Mr.. Taylor, who is always a useful
and paiDstaking actor, appeared
as Ragmoney Jim, Mr.. Bywater. as
RAYMOND Leasing, pisyed a leading ant
difficult part in a crt ditable manner
he has improved much of late. W.
have seen Edith Clawson in more ami
able parts and to better advantage thar
as Mabel Renfrew. In the evening per
Torrance, her quieter scenes were tn,
more admirable; the stormy ones bore
somewhat the evidences of fatigue, re.
sulting, no doubt, from her exertions II
the afternoon. The dialogue in The
second act between herself and Mr.
Wells was superbly rendered by both
Lottie Claridge, as Lucille Renfrew
was excellent. and made one of TIT
strongest impressions of the evening
To Birdie Cummings fell the mos
difficult part in the play, that of thu
walt, Raitch. and she acquitted her
self admirably: This young lady il
among the most versatile of the mem
bers of the club; she is hard worker
and makes rapid progress in the art
Clara Morris. who had severe cold
repeated her favorable first impression
Mabel Young. though almost debut
ante, plays like a professional. The
minor parts were well sustained. W.
congratulate the club upon its success
and await the next.
The house in the afternoon wai
packed; at night it was equally crowd
ed, and something like $500 will proba-
bly, be melted to the hospital from the
benefit. Governor West occupied hi.
box and President George .. Cannon
was an apparently pleased auditor.
That professional or amateur must.
clan who has not heard of the Mendels-