The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-24
ADJUSTMENTS.

LORD CHUMLEY-The theatre held fine
audience last evening below-stairs- people
with whom the memory of the elder Soth-
ern was still fresh, and people who knew
something Of the sudden fame his son had
acquired. But it is safe to say few OF them
had any expectation of the complete and
entire manner in which they would be sur
prised. Young Sothern burst on US with
mis- father's mantle on his shoulders, but
wearing it with a grace, iauntlness
and originality that were almost
startling; he is the only successor
of Dundreary-that it is easy TO see; but III
the character of Lord Chumley, though he
had an ULTRA British part Of the "old
chappie'' sort, he gave dellneatlon new 10
the stage and fresh and clean cut as
cameo. Belasco and De Mile, authors OF
1.-The Wife" in writing "Chumley," shot
far ahead of their previous work as dra-
matte story, and they gave to MIR. Sothern
, most admirable chance to display the wealth
of ability with which he is gifted. The
idea of making the typical young
English lord. With his eyeglass, his
halting speech and his eccentric
gait-is not a new one, but the idea of vest
ing him with sentiment and giving him
noble soul beneath all his oddities OF speech
and manner is a new one, and most happily
does Mr.. Sothern blend the two traits OF
the rart. The ludicrous IN Chumley is
( usually uppermOst, but we are hardly
started on a roar of merriment over some
of his utterances before something striking
he saws or does arrests the attention, and
dandified swell and aristocrat that he
is, we applaud him as vigorously
as the most ideal of heroes. 4 marvellous
talent has Mr. Sothern, and in Chumley an
excellent vehicle for pOrtraylng 1t. Inc
piay is strong, bright and original, and tuu
of surprises, and the immense applause
which followed it told how well 1t caught
the audience With 4 true artists IN
stincts. too. Mr. Sothern has surrounded
himself with high class company, one not
inferior in its special lines to that which
the I,vceum-from which they all hail
cave us in 1.-The Wife = Herbert
Archer-the Salt Laker of fifteen years
AGO. who used to sing duets with jim Har-
die and be hail fellow with Mike roster
had q reception on his entrance and won
derfullv finished performance he gave US
of the yillanOus Frenchman; rarely does a
villain receive the applause bestowed on
Mr. Archer last evening; his charming
wife. Belle Archer, made her first bow to a
Salt Lake audience in the character OF the
heroine, and very sweetly she portrayed It,
An immense comedy feature was the But
feryvorth of c. B. BishOp-whO was last IN
Salt Lake under less happy auspices, but
who we are glad TO see, now appears
To be in the full swim Of prosperity MS tai
en+s deserve. Rowland Blackstone, son
ofthe famous author of the"GreenBushes"
s.Flower of the For 9st," and half
"A thousand others-played the pugiiistic
urenap excelleutly, and Miss wilson was
the aGored of the galleries as Meg"
There were none of the other parts that
were not played up to the mark; "ChumleS
will be seen for the last time tonight, and
the immense impression it created-an i'm
I.e hoaD ppnDlpI in tho
line of comedy drama since The VIE =
,.iyes assurance that it will be seen by
another large audience.
MP. soTHERN INTERVIEWED.
Mr. Sothern was found by a HERALD re
,,o,ter after the performance with con
siderable effort, back of the scenes. Shorn
of his blonde wig and mustache and his
naddeping eyeglass-he stood revealed a
very Youthful, almost boyish, very dark
and cleanly shaved tigure-whom 1t would
have been entirely impossible to identify as
Lord Chumley, but for the introduction OF
Mr.. Kennedy, his business agent.
~ might say that l enjoyed the
performance tonight for the first time
in six weeks" said Mr.. SOthern
after the first greetings were over.
ssWhy! Because it is the first time since
we left the east that we've had an audi
ence who seemed TO catch all the points,
mo WHO'LL you lllSAh & " ~ -
thing-who, in short, understood the play.
I felt as soon as I stepped on the boards
that nv audience was with me, and instead
Of being a task as il has been OF late, 1t
Gtas pleasure l know all the company
felt the same way, and as d result the
whole play went the better fer It.
The reporter asked Mr.. SOthern TO give
The HERALD some particulars OF MS career,
experiences, and future plans.
INV first season was the year l was here
with nv father in lS19-his last appearance
in Salt Lake. He diedin 81. don think
| PLAYED with him here, however, but that
wear did number Of small parts, my hrst
responsible part being that Of BERTHE IN
tsHome.n which we did in San Francisco. l
drifted about in Vali US con panles after
that, with John Z. Raymond among others, |
but did no. get a settled foOtipgin New y DIRK
till 1 appeared in lone of Our Girls, !" with
Helen Dauvray at the Lyceum. The sue
cess of that piece is well cknown. / was |
then engaged by Mr.. FrOhman, and we |
put on the Highest Bidder piece left |
me by my father, but one that he had |
never done. 1t took immensely, and was |
followed: by Lord Chumley,'. written by |
Belasco and De Mile. We open in that |
piece in August at the Lyceum, run 1t |
probably one hundred nights, and then put |
on new piece
Mr.. Sothern looks under thirty. IS un- |
married, and though prOuncediy Z English, |
counts America as his country and New |
York as his home: he gives one the i'm |
preston that he is little more than boy as |
vet. and with his talents, it is not too much |
10 expect that d wonderful future Is IN |
store for him: he is already one OF the |
foremost figures on the comedy stage and |
there is no telling what he may be by the |
time he has added one half of his fathers |
experience to his years,
The company go to Garfield today The |
Highest Bidder closes the engagement to |
morrow night.
Peoples Equitable.
Everybody says we are selling goods |
cheaper than anybody.
Wall ,,orar NJ TRosS'