The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-05

The week just past was as unevent-
full as the one to come will be notable
Nellie McHenry to open it and IAN
American Grip 20 close it. If anything
more deadly depressing could have
been furnished, we are not acquainted
with its name. The latter piece drew
CHASTITY matinee yesterday and q
much better attendance last night;
which means simply that the streets
were overlooking with people who had
to go somewhere, and whose first al
legiance from long descended tradition
was to the dear old theatre. The
property man who essayed the role OF
the artist aristocrat on the opening
night, and who seemed to be rugged out
in property clothes. retired to his laco-
fodium and PAPER mache and was sup
planted by Mr.. Sheridan, who, short as
his notice was, invested his role with
some sort Of lordly dignity. The two
clever tots again caught the fancy of
the house immensely, and if Mr.. Howe
could boil down all the other parts.
take ladle to the agony with which
the piece abounds, and do something
to check the stampede that takes
place in the audience after the first
act before tha children have been
born, he might make of THE Ameri-
can Girl'' permanent success.
At the Grand the week has not been
large, the bills presented being inter
esting without being especially strik-
Ing. It is with feeling of gloom that
we remember there are only six nights
Of, !,
pany, and that we must then say a
long, long farewell to winsome Re
'becca Warren, to handsome Will In
gerSou and to unctuous George Eide
son. Only the thought that they will
be Immediately followed by Remark,
Clarke, Edwards, King, Blakemore.
Cook, Henry and Truax in ''AIl the
Comforts" makes the parting at all
bearable. Miss TruaX, by the way,
has arrived, and the new company Will
begin rehearsals Tuesday
At the Lyceum there mas been a lit
tie squirt of business, though
Ranch TO- has not had a crowded
night. A chan e. took place in the or
chestra Friday, and our energetic
friend, w. c. Give, of non-union fame,
arose to the surface at the head of
the band Very lively music his violin
made. He is aided by several of his
ola theatre compatriotS and will I'M
doubtedly add to the attractions of
the house. 1t must be a heavy sea, in
deed, that keeps Mr.. Give long under
The week to come will be one of the
busiest of all the glad new year. Four
nights of Mansfield at the theatre and
two Of Boyt are going to tax the pock-
cts Of the community to the uttermost;
the big tabernacle concert Monday
night, seven performances at the
Grand, revivals of two of the merriest
Of la -i,o+
an equal number or more at the Ly-
ceum, and the long and cleverly adj
vertised society circus on the side at
the Continental market-all this makes
up week which suggests that the
city has returned to the old boom days,
or that society is going to celebrate
the passing of Lent in royal fashion.
Monday. Beau Drummer
Tuesday. ......."A Partisan Romance"
Wednesday ................" Prince Karl
Thursday. ..... 1.-THE Story of Rodion,
the Student"
These are the four bills in which
Richard Mansfield will celebrate his re-
turn TO Salt Lake. Conference visitors
will find in the widely advertised Mans /
field an attraction well worth the ad-
vanced prices charged. To city people, |
his engagement VIII be full of interest, |
not alone on account of his own per- /
sonality, but because of the peculiarly /
strong support with which he has sur
rounded himself. Whatever else may I!
be said of Mansfield and his ways, it /
can never be truthfully alleged that |
he tolerates a stick or an incompetent |
IN his company. In these days of cheap I
labor and overcrowded professions, it |
speaks well for him that he has six or
eight people in his company, each |
drawing over $500 a week, and |
the presence of people like Beatrice /
Cameron, tombstone Bennett, D. H. |
Harkins, Orrin Johnson and several 7
others all in one cast, is so rare as to
be entitled to the name of a distinct |
dramatic event.
Salt Lake knows three of Mansfields
plays, but the fourth, which ne has :
only just brought out, is new to this
part of the country
1.-The Story of Rodion, the Student"