The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-31
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC
The Festival and What Money If
is Costing.ss
THE "oUR BOYS" PERFORMANCES
Ned Royle's New Play-The Lilliputs-B. B.
YOung's LectuTe-Staley-R
Reed-Notes.

This is festival week, and all other events
in the amusement line are overshadoWed
by the great musical programme which the
enterprislng choral has been so long build
ing up. The society's 400 voices, the great
organ and the great building alone are
enough to draw the curious attention OF
visitors from all over the west. When, ad-
ded to these, the society brings Emma
Thursby and Myron w. Whitney from
New York and calls in all the musical tai
emit the city boasts OF to swell
the event including probably the
first violinist, organist and pianist
in the west-it seems as if the event
were one that Salt Lake may well take
big amount of pride in. The expenses OF
the undertaking have been enormous. We
are assured they will not run under $4,000
and they may easily go $500 more-with
the efforts the society is making, so 1t be-
hooves every citizen to lend his willing aid
to see that the support the festival receives
is such as shall not put to the blush, the
herculean efforts Of the projectors.
A very even and in ali ways admirable
dramatic performance was the rendition OF
''Our Boys" by the Home Dramatic club
yesterday. The matinee was little shaky
in places, owing to the haste with which
the play had been prepared, but at night
it went very smoothly. The cast was an
ideal one, embodying the veteran Phil
Margetts in the role of the Butterman, for
which it might almost be said ne was born !;
MIR. Wells in a line in which he always
shone most brightly, that of young,
l. rr11 ~.
Spencer as manly young lover; Mr..
Young as the stiff blue blooded baronet,
and the ladies in the hands of a very bright
ouartette, Birdie Cummings, Ivy Clawson,
Nettie Smell and Mabel Young Held. 'Our
Boysn is a high class comedy, blending
of the old English school with the more
modern idea, not uproarously funny, but
bright, interesting, with every character
excellently drawn, full Of contrasts, and
full OF warm human nature. In the hands
of the players named 1t could not fail to be
q charming performance. Mr.. Margetts
got an ovation when he entered,
and the applause and laughter that FOL
lowed his most truthful dellnestor
were as warm and hearty as any he re-
ceived in the old days. He did not exhibit
an atom of rust despite his long absence
from the boards MIR. Wells shared the
honors with him. His part of the drawing
youth was clean cut and even creation, a:
excellent as any he ever favored US with
The makeup was admirable and the read
ing almost fsultless. Mr.. Spencer and MIR
Young portrayed their roles in an earnes
and excellent manner throughout. Birdie
Cummings had a part that exactly suited
her talents in the merry-hearted, poo
cousin, and Ivy Clawson has rarely done
anything better than her Violet Netti,
Smell had a fat part as the slavey, anC
4ittad wall Mnhel NouOU- Held il
advancing swiftly; she is an excellen
reader, and has always good conception
of comedy character. Last night was n
exception. The matinee audience was fai
and the night, large, and altogether tn
brief season of Mr.. Margetts and the HON
club may be set down as both pleasant an
profitable.