The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-24


In spite of the funny things that are
said and done in "a Temperance
Town. it could not be made to go in
Salt Lake. The deserted matinee and
atteRaated evening attendance proved
it. A&e stage may not be adapted to
preaching lessons. but there comes q
time when people gag if it tries to
exalt vice ana drunkenness. We feel
treasured at the rejection of such
show by salt Lake people We are
glad they revolted and would not have
it. 1t was most unfit thing to offer
to nlatinee-goers, who are usually
young people, but as neither young nor
old went TO see it there was no harm
done.
The performances of '.Frou Frou"
yesterday afternoon and evening at the
Grahd were very gratifying to the two
large audiences. Although the first
nights work was excellent. each mem
Der Of the cast showed Improvement
Miss Batemdn. especially. refined ana
developed the delicate passages of her
difficult role. 1t was in the light and
airy scenes Of the first two acts that
she was imperfect on Friday evening,
but that was evidently caused by ia
tigue and a sense Of insecurity. When
she had recovered her seIf-control and
was able to do herself justice as she
proved IL the two performances yester-
day, she was positively brilliant, as
well as captivating. in the scenes that
mark the character of the superficial
and butterfly French woman
OnfFriday afternoon, during the last
rehearsal of Frau Frou," at the
Graald, the new players were all labor
ing u. der the effect of a suppressed
nervous excitement. They we're new to
each other, they we're new to the place,
the time for complete and satisfactory
rehearsals had been short, and the
members Of the new company were
thoroughly we'll aware that they had
been preceded on the boards Of the
popular little theatre, by a collection
OF unusually good players, who had
left behind them an excellent impress
sion, and q host of warm and sincere
friends. The task set for them was not
an easy one They must without fail,
at least equal, and if possible, excel
She performances of the (Siffen & Neii
aggregation And first and most i'm
portant, they were expected to accom-
plish this little feat at their initial ap-
Dearance. How they succeeded SO We'll
Is astonishing. In view of all the cir
CumStances il may fairly be said that
they covered themselves with glory.
Owing to some mistake the manage
1nent of the Grand had been informed
that Miss Bateman had played the role
OF Frou Frou. and was therefore ia
aniliar with the part, which is an eX-
tremely long and difficult one. she be-
ing seen on the stage during the
greater part Of the play. Acting. now
ever, on the erroneous supposihon re-
ferred to, MIR. Rogers advertised to
open on Friday evening, although Miss
Bateman was not TO arrive before
Tuesday afternoon. The consequence
was that Miss Bateman had TO study
harder than at any previous time in
her whole experience, and by Friday
she was almost worn out with hard
work and anxiety. She herself says
that she does not remember an coca
sion YAeD she contemplated facing an
audie.ee with so much nervous dread,
as on WaShington's birth-night. and
her alarm was not leSsened by the
cheerful information which she receiv-
ed to the effect that there We're no
more coldly critical and highly intellf-
gent audiences in America, than the
one to which she would play that night,
10 say nothing of the newspaper writ
ers with their sharp pens. Another
factor which added greatly to the gen
eraI uneasiness was Mr.. Clarke's i'll
ness and the narrowing uncertainty as
TO whether he would be able to appear
at all or not There was, however, no
uncertainty whatever about the fact
that he had no rehearSalS, and was
compelled TO study his lines in bed,
and would have 10 guess at the situa-
tions and his positions on the stage.
As the SEQUEL proved, he acquitted him
self with credit and his ready wit and
ever present tact enabled him to turn
threatened defeat into victory, and he
calmly proceeded TO garner fresh iau-
rels te add TO the already large bal
which Salt Lake had cheeTfully relin-
ouished to him. In spite OF the diff
culties and anXieties mentioned. The
FIRST performance of ''F'rou Frou' was
by far the smoothest initial rendition
vet seen at the Grand, and proceeded
4hroughout without the slightest per-
ceptfble hitch The Venetian scene il
the fourth act, by James Anderson, IS
q beautiful and effective set, and goes
far towards rounding out the pleasing
impression which one carries away
from these excellent performances.
The last of the series of Sunday con
certs at the Grand Opera house, giyel
bv Dir. Willard Weihe and the Phil
bar1Seaic orchestra, viii be given to
nigl& 4 popular programme, spiceC
WITH novelty, promises another de
5ightful evening and indicates that tn
orchestra is in touch with The Spin
of the times. The vocal soioist is to b
Mrs. w NJ Anderson, Of Ogden. WIZ
Uin be heard in TWO selections. She j
said to be a splendid contralto. Tn
II orchestral numbers includes the fol
n lowing choice selections, among others
T,e Domino Noir, overture. D'Auber
Die KoenisiDyon Saba, Carl Golomark
selection "Carmen,' ]. Bochhener. :
Bicycle Ride, D'Arcy Jayone; Tann
ha,,ser March, Wagner
The maintaining of such an etacien
III orchestra az tllig ghould be q matte
III ~ loeal pride. and as this is the las
concert that is promised for some time
81 20 hone to see a crowded attendance
81 FeserTe6 seats are only IS cents
.rbe Deseret Dramatic associatio,
viii give an entertainment early f
march in the Twenty-second war
z7eetjngbouse, ard viii give the well
i<nown piece, '.Maud's Peril"
George KEENAN,, the famous traveller
S-r;ter and lecturer will be seen at IN
es.5t lake theatre next Wednesday an,
Thursday evenings, February q an
81 % with no disrespect to Mr.. KEENAN,
- may be said that anyone could b
& Entertaining who had gone throusl
S# rIbefg experiences as he. His iectur
N lied Hgketches of Personal Advent
res in Siberia" is a running sccoun
81 of emp lise in Siberia and association