Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-04-21
Dramatic and 9yrio.
Reflections by the spdor and Fy-Now York Lotto
DAILY Announces Rohan as a star-sousas Htin
san Francisco.-Pinaforo C5lobritoB.

The spectacle at Tho Salt Lake The.
alter last Monday and Tuesday evenings
was one TO make morials mourn nnd
gods excepting gallery godsl grow sick
ut heart.
The Thehtor, for nearly a month
prior to that time, had been ploughing
through squally seas, laboflng heavily
m an snJeavor to pull into port fighl
eide up. In other words, Manager
lIurlon ba1 been trying hard, aided by
such attractions rs Wafdo & James,
Ellsler and Couliock, aud the throngs
expected In town for Conference, 10
Justify himself IA declaring that wei.
come but unexpected dividend, and
mayhap blaEs the way towards another
ike Il. When he had got through
figuring his percentages and closing M
his Jay rolls, and had laid aside the
telescope With which he had been
searching Tor the fovorod Uon'ctoncs
throng, no passed his hand over his
brow and calculated with Macbeih'
as that an assessment 1 SOC before
mein
Just then hove into sight the good
craft Mike Lcaviii, all sails set to
catch Whatever financial breeze
might be- blowing from our saline
sea. She was allowed 10 come into
port with little or no attention, greeted
with rather sigh Of deluclio1 than
any welcome, und was not even re.
qulred 10 show a clean bill VI health
nore's thu pity.
But tho manager had misludgcd
bis public. AZ one mau-thufu were
very few w0mun-tho public rose 10
gree. Nit. LcAvitps crew OF feminine
taIs; ah, those tartl one Involuntary
signed Tor feathers O. complete the
combination. Before tho tremendous
business the spider aud Fly pulled into
the box Office, Dame Deficit dew out Of
tho window, aud Dolly Dividends re-
vivel from nor swoon. 10 was like
breath from tue good old boom days Of
ig1-bad luck 10 them. The silver that
ih,wefoI into the house was FREQ colin
age re.iucarnntud. On all sides IL was
evident that salt Lake stlll proudly
read her title clrar % being the queen
aliou--oi tho Lex show.
There has been vast amount writ
ten aud raid In the last lew weeks
uoncoi ming this evil effects Oh the
public mind Of the publication uf tue
details In the Pollard lifcckinudgo
Trial. To the mind VI tho writer those
effects are but ~ the breath Of
the wind, compared with the effects
~ a seasons tour Of company like
ihe Spiuor aud Fly. People who read
the notwithstanding case, saw ia
u every tning 10 avoid, aud nothing u
allure. No man who reflects OF the
late OF tho hoary headed Old congruts-
man,aud Whoiioliows him thtOughlthe
remainder Of ma career until he drops
out Of sight "unhOnofed aud uusung,h
will feel any temptation 10 follow 40
hts footsteps, aud no woman will zee
Ia the tad iAto VI the Pollard huy Trims
likely 10 tempt her. Indeed, 10 viii
not 10 turprising " tho hauling OF thii
feeking ease 10 the surface, may not b.
productive " gooI, rather than
haTm. But nothing Of that roft eau b.
said of the bfaEen exhibition that
LeAyitt IL sending through tho land
under the guiso Of n "lheairichIl
attraction. Its every tendency IL bad,
40 leaves u streak Of poison IN ia WAKE
aa peroeptible and Aa powerful as the
Odof OF the deadly upas. There IN mol
an artistic thought In IL whole make
up. lls sole Idea is-h0w 10 appeal "a
pTutient TASTE; how TO make n stand %
printing that will HtAttiU public httcn
tlOn;how 10 make show that Will shocl
uccunt tastes, aud thut-gfaudrat o
desiderata-gel Il talked about how q
HolectA bevy OF women with shapes
VITO are not afraid TO display them
Voieef-bahl Talent, n0nsenstl "it
limbs the public wants." says Mr.
Lraylit, Sand Pm In the business 4
please them"
We cannot agree with the nowapaue
writers who argue that because TIA
public turns out IN force 10 an nttfnC
uDn like the Spider aud Fly, there /
no use coudemning II; that such show
would not thrive " they were nu
encouraged, etc, etc. II tho pIrss ha
any duty 10 perform, II 10 10 aim {
guide, public opinion, and publ
morals aHghij 10 raise clam0r whe
public dOcenUy il violated, aud 10 cou
stantly pointa warning finger 10 "a
sign boards that indicate the ways @
right and wrong. lt does not Ia th
least matter that a house lnll of pcopl
raid their money % SEQ Mr. Luavilt
frafiully aud wonderfully maze tr0o
OF venerable AmhE0ua dlapOu them
solves ON tho stage. 10 the tendenci,
% the ATTRACTION" were vulgar, bn
aud indecent--as they wore--it was m
duty Of the press TO forthwith procer
10 UfoaslD II, In no doing It would hn,
been applaudod by the very audien,
whose presence Il urged ne au o1cu,
for 90 sing n over. Very iuy
even OF those "flrst uightur," "
huoy,w0uld have felished tine tnouFl
ofteeing their boys, or their uoighDUi
boys, cay OF tho age Of 10 or 49, ia q
the throng Of spectators. AMI Il
houseful OF people who encouraged q
show by their presence, II should
remembered, bears but small pi0p1
ton TO the city iull OF people who d
not attend; who are tho public