The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-09
DRAMATIC AND lyric.
Salt Lake, Aug. s.

| Dear Hal:
can only ask you to reopen my
turgid missive of last week and to say
to yourself ditto, ditto, ditto. Not a
thing of interest has this dull old
town furnished for these seven days
past. A Rip Van Wrinkle sleep seems
to have encompassed US all about;
amusements, trade, politics, society
Its all the same. a twenty-five cent
squirt is in evidence at the Lyceum,
as the diary leaves will tell you, but
that doesn'S stir the great, silent mass
of inertia to the extent of a ripple;
even Mr.. Dooly's long awaited mani
fesNo hasn't caused the sleepy public
to do more than to give a grunt, roll
over and go on sleeping again. The
summer girls are all away. Main street
clerks spent this Saturday largely on
the sidewalks. What is the town COM
ing to? 1t looks as though the carni-
val had worn it out, and that there
would be no recupeTation till fall sets
in.
Monday-Midnight
One of the heaviest of my daily or
nightly crosses during last season was
the Lyceum. After a while it became
curious study to note how the man
ager could keep it open night after
night, at the business he was doing
The division Of spells between the
house and the actors on some of those
nights must have been entertaining
scenes. Tonight 1 went down to the
old place and was dumbfounded to
find house full of people. Full back
to the door. What dumbfounded me
more was the spectacle on the stage.
1t was the best 25-cent show the town
ever saw-that much can be said for
it, and some Of the people concerned
rise way above the surroundings. THE
Strategists" literally provoked bowls
Of laughter, and young Mr.. Simpson
caused the greater part of it. Miss
Atwood, a very breezy and hard work
ing girl, got lots of applause. Mr.
Arper, rather secondary for a man
whom the show is named after. The
orchestra greatly frightened up, and
the glad refrain that arose on all
sides seemed to be:
Pay Day,
0 joyous Pay Day,
Beauteous Pay Day
Is come once again.
Wednesday-Mi
Mr.. Blake Blakenlore, who does not
seem to know how to let we'll enough
alone, transplanted his ''Mikado' from
the shores of the lake to the city to-
night. 1t withered considerably in the
operation, and probably left the clever
comedian a. poorer, sadder and a
wiser man.
Observation-Disclosures
A second visit to the Lyceum, where
they changed the bill to Milton No
ble's From Sire to Son. A big
house again, but hardly the same re-
suits. Mr.. Arper foolishly relegated
Mr.. Simpson to the rear and himself
took the center of the stage in Mobiles
part of the gambler. If Mr.. Arper will
promise never to do so any more, L
will foG-bear writing down my impress
sions of him for this week. Mr.. Simp-
son was in his role, which l never liked,
even when Mobiles gave the play here,
the best i'm the cast. Miss Atwood
next, though not so good as in the
other piece. Mr.. Adams doctor al-
together too much aware of himself
The piece exciting, and blood thundery
to a, degree. The company says it can
produce its title deeds to the play, il
any one doubts its rights. MARGE.
Tonight at Saltair the Carnival of
Madrid opens its season. The adver-
Using has been on the prodigious or
OtI. dilQ IL lllS SIlOW up 10 the
announcements it will be mammoth
indeed. The scenery, which hundreds
Of people have viewed as it was being
constructed during the past week, is
very picturesque, and the effect of
an actual medieval castle standing out
on the waves Illuminated with myriads
of lights, is alone a beautiful specta-
Gle, to say nothing OF the part the
castle will play in the big pantomime
presentation. The management state
thai no patronage Shey can hope to
receive will reimburse them for the
big outlay they have made. 1t is sta
ted that the show management and the
manager of the resort disagreed about
the policy of opening en- Sunday, but
that the foreigners" having a signed
contract for a certain number of dates,
insisted on its being carried our.
Aside from Tuesday evenings con-
cert at the tabernacle, which will only
last an hour, and be devoted exclusively
to the big choir and the big organ, the
only amusement event in the city will
be the bill ait the Lyceum. From
Sire TO Son" win run the first three
nights, and The Long Strike" the
famous old labor trouble drama, will
go on Thursday. Manager Gates is
we'll satisfied with the receipts of the
Arper company thus far.
BEFORE Decentralization.