The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-12

college graduate. He is standing before
the old fireplace soiiloQuising on his choice
of a profession. He longs to be taken back
to the exciting times of the revolution, as
described by the annals of his forefathers.
A bronze statue OF Shakespeare which he
invokes comes to life and tells him
his wish may be accomplished by the
power Of imagination and that he may
thus illustrate mis- '.Seven Ages" He falls
asleep in his arm chair and the curtain
falls on the prologue. We are next shown
Battery Park, New York, in the time OF
the British. Emigrants arrive, sing their
national songs, ETC., and soon enters Dixey
as Baby Van Loo in his perambulator. AS
he is only four months old he does no tals-
ing, but has enough OF the Van Loo intelIi-
gence to quarrel with Bany Van Wart,
with whom he grows up and between
whom, more or less, the action of the
scheme depends. Next follows school
scene, Dixey as Albertus Van Loo, rather
stubborn schoolboy; he affords amusement
with his first cigarette etc. Then comes
BERTHE Van Loo, the lover, and very
charming bridal fete is seen; he makes love
from retrospective point OF view. Next
scene is that of the soldier. Dixey as Col
onel Van Loo, who covers himself with
glory by defeating the British, and a strik
ing tableaux is made by DiXey mounting an
equestrian statue and posing as George
Washington, with his soldiers grouped
around him in patriotic attitudes. He is
next seen as the wise old Justice, dispen-
sing laws much as they are dispensed un
fortunately, in the law courts of the pres
ent era The ''last scene of all, which ends
this strange eyentful history" is the old
grandfather and his second childhood. He
sinks into his arm chair with the familiar
words sans eyes, sans taste, sans teeth,
sans everything. The stage is darkened
for less than a minute. the lights are
thrown up and there sits BERTHE Van Loo in
evening dress as he is at first seen. His
sisters come on and tell him they have been
waiting seven minutes to be taken to the
circus. It has all been such stuff as dreams
are made of. 1t will be seen therefore that
the popular comedian has chosen a very
ambitious theme for burlesque company.
In the characters Of the Justice and the old
man DiKey he is said to prove himself
capable of the highest flights of the coined
iuns' art. His picture of the genial, child
ish old fellow tottering cheerfully into OBJ
livion is said to be one that will go down
with the annals of the stage and serve to
establish his artistic ability more than his
combined efforts throughout his short but
brilliant career.
1t has been the pleasure of Dramatic and
Lyric during the past week TO listen tc
some of the views and "reminiscences OF
that splendid old veteran Mr.. Couldock-
noting uttered by an actor of his standing
can fail to be of interest to the theatrical
public, and we give from memory some
thing of his ideas, casually expressed in the
interims of rehearsals and performances.
Speaking Of ''Hazel Kirke.'' he said tbs
Madison Square had really had but one
Hazel able to cope with the part, and tina,
was Efie Ellsler. 1t required vsry
Young woman. and few young women