Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-25

The Drew engagement was strea
Of daylight snoi athwart what he
been the gl)omlest theatrical huilz'l
seen for yeara. The rhcator has opene
70 many times Of late without maxim
cent, that tho management had be
gun to despair Of ever again seeing
balance brought down on the credi
slde Of the ledger. But Drew came
piled M In two nights thislsen or bur
teen hundred dollarl, and showed tina
The old town hal a3molhiug left in d
yet. allillubfatos the uncerialnii
oftho theatrical trade. Ailor the seni'
financial hasco made by tho stock cjni'
panyin Sow az the WIND, the uuivcrssI
verdict was that The dollar aud D
half show was 20 more Ia Salt Lake,
that the town had shown u wouldn't
stand tho advance, and that IL would
hRurauveiy tpew ut OIL IT. mouth any
attraction ihat had the ,emtriiy to add
90 per cent to the regular prices But
Dew aud Maudie Adams came, were
seen, and oonquetd, up'ettlng oil
prognosticaiions and calculations, and
demonslratiug that tho theatrical
appetite Of the town, though n7mewhtt
dulled, can beiroused up TO tho omniver-
Gus pitch Of yore, II only this proper
dainiies afe placed bcioTo II.
Monday morning NJ II o'clock, the
Drew company viii all report on the
stage Of the Empire ThUaiot New
York, aad n hearsalH of the Baublo
Shop will begin ia earnest From
then on I'LL September i0ih, when that
play opets tho Now York season
u tho house, everything will he
eager anu susponsive interest on tho
part OF the company. 1ney VIII be
entering al untfiui nvld, anu no onu
can fofetell the 10 ult wish any degfoe
Of certainly. Drew In iho role Vi
sober, serious Aud ttaid man oil iofty,
leader o. the House Of Commons
who can imagine MIN IN such pari2
But that IA what ne will essay In
Henry Arthur JOuey now play which,
by the way, Charles Myndham did
not make an overwhelming success Of
In London Every one says, how.
ever, that Drew can make anything
"so"in New York NJ long ~ heisiu tn
cast; ho IN emphAticaiiy tuc theatrical
IDOL Of the metropolis. MauIir
Adamp, :in the now play, has the
tArt OF a poor factory girl, with whom
the leader Of the Housr iAliz ia love; II
10 n swtetly sentimental role, but that
the can MI II to perfection, those who
know her talents, entertain not the
least doubt. The Teault OF the Bauble
Shop PRODUCTION will b. awaited with
Interest IA tins city.
Mr. Harold Russell, who s,ill re-.
mains In Salt Lake, played with
john Drew his fitst season out Nh a
tar. Mr. Russell had tue par In the
MAX Hall somewhat cunt eFously fille1
uy Mr. Baker, the insnd MarIinuL
lie says Drew Is M admirable q man as
he Ia AN actor. His wife Ia Josephine
baker, who comes OF n well known
ths.ifical family, but who has hersolf
abandoned the stage. They have a
Ilitle girl OF 10, saiu to DO prodigy.
who IL now studying In Paris.
During their stay here, MAudle
Aoatnt and her mother we're over.
~heimtd with httentions by their old
time friends. Miss Adams mother
and sisters still reside here, and muih
Of her tims was passed with theta.
Time seens 10 stand still with Mis-.
Adams, and II II this most difficult
thing possible 10 looK nj her and rrsllzi
that's quarter OF a century hAs ilown
by since she was thu leading lady OF
re Salt Lake stage, au much admitted
In the email world then a. herdaughter
now lain the wilef onein which She
moves. Mia diana loves 10 lingtrUn the
tgumphs " thOtu times, aud n chat
Yer them with such other survivors
OF the famed old DrAmst STOCK Co., M
PM. MAtgoilu. David Mckenzie, J. q.
Mrs. NJ. q. ClawsOn aud Others whom
she delig hus 10 meet on her periodical
visits here. The stage Of to-day, she
sAys, knows no such tolls a. the actors
uaed toundsTgO Ia the cid times, when
a leading lady was expected NJ short
notice TO he up ina range OF dozen
raTts from Lady Macbeth to Jessie
Brown, aud TO hB In readiness either to
support any travelling star who might
crop into their midtt. OF 10 aid IN pre-.
ssntirg favotite stock piece u al up u
yep.
Tuesday night the only HanigAn
will open his five nights engagement,
and hilarity will rUign uubnuudel Tor
the remainder Of the week. AZ the
snectlhor Of tho famous Hanigan 4
Hart team, Ned Hanigan's fame "a.
tends from ocean 10 ocean, and his
stage pictures NJ lie among the lowly
In the metropolis have never been *.
celled for their truth, humor AID
vArietyr Dave Braham's many song,
all written originally from Aanigan's
theAleT, will DO sung by lhu
people for whom they were written.
Hanigan IL tue author OF all
the plays no produces, ant thoce are
few, II any, dramatic authors WIN, like
him, can boast Of having written
twenty-five plsys, each OF which bus
run more than 100 nights In Nav
York. The liat Of these works h inter
estlng. IL comprises Giving them
alphabetically, without regard 10 thu
order of pToduolionl; Coulelia's AZ.
pitalions, DRn's rfbul,tious, The
GRIP, Investigation, Tao las, Of tho
H0Rans, The Leather Patch, Tho
MAJOR, cAllIster'a Legacy, Nc