The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-20

q The elaborate performances in magic
~1bf the noted Hermann drew a good
house last night, and though full prices
Were charged at the matinee there was
a large attendance, particularly up
stairs, whittier the high prices drove a
great many who did not expect to pay
81 to get into the parquet. 1t should
be fully explained to the public when
rul prices are to prevail at snatinees.
1t has come to be understood that there
are regular matinee prices. and when
these are not to prevail. it should tbe SO
proclaimed beforehand, so that people
! viii not be disappointed. Had it been
= 20 advertised yesterday, probably there
would have been a smaller matinee, and
Hermann would be just d little less
rich, but the public would feel better
towards the theatre management and
no one would have gone away diSsatis
FED. Hermann gives d good show, and
in Jhe afternoon it was as elaborate as
In the evening, 50 that there is no fault
10 find with the entertainment. The
thing is that everyone should nave a
chance TO know what to expect in the
way Of charges ana then they can use
their own Judgment. The Hermann
entertainment is an extensive one. A
great deal of heavy and cumb5 rsOme
p3Taplle rnalia is carried; tae ghting
apparatus alone and the men to a5.end
10 it, are no small feature in the out
Day, and all that is a part ii the mad
&nee expense as much as in the evening
&sO that in view of The unabridged per-
sFforInance that was given there should
IA he no complaint as 70 price. Mr.. Herr
mann shines at his best when ne is
dndu1ging in his simple tricks Of Slsight
Of hand. His immense experience has
given him the most absolute ease and
deAterity that eXcites continuous and
unSUinted admiration. When he comes
TO his speCtacles, however, all is not so
smooth. Before the curtain rises on the
'NOah'S Ark. there is the most iD!OOd-
curdling music, and one begins to an
facfPate scenes of death 10y drowning
of tempests and floods. but the fat that
Is disclosed rs the sea horizon with the
wood wings, ana the only Watery effeCI
of the de-uge is contained in several
galvanized iron pals. OF course, all L.
gerdenain is, in one sense, hunbug,
but ii seems 10 US that an entsrtdil-
ment of this sort might he DEVISED thai
would be most mystifying and fun OF
interest, yet in which there would be
no con temlytible claptr9p. THE audience
might be given credit for sOOd taste
even While il Is not expected to pena-
frate the mysteries We have seen ii
tn our exchanges that Mr.. Hermann
IS about 10 undertake some such thing
aSShis, having engaged Marion CfaW-
ford 10 dramatic his mystic novel Of
''Mr. Jsaacs,' but If he is going TO make
q venture Of this sort, he had hes5el
pay more attention TO the dramatic
work Cs the play than he shows a dis
position to do in his iEUSiOnsJ or S'Onl5
quiet critic viii roast him To a cir
der. one world think mis- a matter o.
small moment 60 him who often dons
kthe garS0 Of MephistO and descends int,
7the fiery regions, but things are seldom
what they seem. and We nave it colo
that Mr.. Hermann cannot enjoy clos,
criticism with That hearty gusto thai
z~r-t actors dote upon it, and a gooj
l,-tasse is not 50 acceptable to him in th,
yyks4ewspaper as it IS upon the dime.
table,