The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-23

money-maker. Like many Others now
Identified with the managerial phases
OF theatricals, he is of the Hebrew
persuasion, and has an eye like an
eagle for the things that pay. we
freely admit the dramatic and literary
merits of a piece like In Old Ken
lucky as far as they go, and while
such plays give genuine entertainments
to the public it is pleasant to see them
succeed. But what mines of wealth
they are. Lift cleared over $50, 900 last
year and is doing better this season.
He has three or four travelling COM
panies out with this one piece and
they are all pouring dollars into his
Golfers. The scenery was painted by
John Young, of the Broadway theatre
New York, who received orders to sup
ply one quarter dozen sets at one
time. Properties and actors and act
resses were also secured in the same
wholesale manner. The company sent
here was good one, but where the
profits are so large, we feel that the
people should be of the very best
throughout. With heavy box-office re-
ceipts there is no excuse for putting
the leading Juvenile part into the in
capable hands of man like Mr.. Ross
when good actors in abundance are to
be had a. reasonable salaries
why does the author. of a play like
In Old Kentucky create such a fine
character as Joe Lorer and then rob
MN of his happiness and sweetheart
10 give both to one less deserving"
rms conundrum has been propounded
to US through the mails 1t is easy
to answer. Joe becomes a fine char
acter" principally because of the fine
presence, splendid voice and free style
OF the actor who fulfilled the part, Mr..
Edwards. 1t is true, there are excel
lent lines in the role and some pictures.
que situations, but Joe is little more at
heart than a midnight assassin. Twice
he levels his rifle at an unarmed
enemy in the dark, and only acct
dents prevents his shooting Through
out the whole play he is pursuing an
other man with murder in his heart
and finally kills him. He is altogether
unworthy of the brave and sweet
Madge, and the outcome is all right.
Perhaps our correspondent justifies
Joe in pulling his gun on so bad an
actor, but we do not. He may be
very decent fellow off the stage. and
it must be remembered that the author
did not select him for the part
One Clivette, at the Empire theatre,
London, is astonishing the inhabitants
of that village by his phenomenal feats
as juggler.
What will our citizens think of the !
following synopsis of a comic opera
now running at McVicker's theatre,
Chicago, under the title of. Athena, .
or the False Prophetl''
Alcibiades Gum, representative from
tain Macedonia to congress, arrives !
IN Athens with his only daughter.
Athena, his private secretary. and his
twenty wives. The senators receive
them with open arms, but. unfortun- /
ately for Gum, the laws Of Uta-in-
Macedoni not being recognized by
he capital at Athens. a lot of diff
,ulties and complications arise from
hat fact, for Gum finds himself be-
ween two dangers: That of the SEN i.
TORS having fallen in love with his
wives, and the vengence of Mormo,
Who has come to earth disguised as
DANTE to threaten MIN if he should
bandon the faith. 1t is Furthermore
by his first wife, who has :
ecome a confirmed Theosophist, and
y his daughter Athsnia, who meeting
suello. Abyssinian minister to
Athens. falls in love with him. The
ction is still more entaneled for there
) one woman who loves Gum, and
nder disguise follows his every step.
lorna, finding that his power is i,
radually dwindling away, forces Gum 9
D return to Macedonia under =
romise that if he, Mormo, can secure q
ne of Gums wives in marriage. his .
fe will be spared. To this Gum Il
grees, and returns to Uta-in-Mace-
onia, where he awaits his fate
Iormo, having discarded the disguise
the DANTE, appears to them. but !.
aeing the misery of married life on II
arth, prefers to return to his ethereal I
ngle blessedness. Meanwhile law
as been passed to condemn polygamy. /
nd the senator's who have followed t
unn into Macedonia, claim each a
ife made free by that law, and Gum + is
left free to marry the woman who a
YES him, and bestow his daughters