The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-07
ADJUSTMENTS.

Salt Lake has evidently started in
with the laudable resolve of outclas-
sing herself. The two weeks succeed
ing Christmas in every city in the
Union are accounted the worst theatre
cal weeks of the year; yet with six
nights like those of last week to her
credit, she opened another last evening
in a manner little short Of astonishing
even to those who thought they knew
her capabilities best. At s o'clock tha
scene in front of the theatre, the
Grand and the Lyceum resembled
three respectable riots Crush. Jam
and standing room only We're the
order of the evening at each place, and
at the Lyceun, where the local wheel
men turned out in honor Of Harry
Corson Clarke. five hundred more tick
cts could have been sold if the house
could have held the purchasers. At
the Grand, it was probably the largest
Monday night house the management
has known
THE SILVER LINING a. curl
Gus and original American "sociaP'
play, and if it were not for the plot
OF it, one might almost describe it best
as the familiar Coin" dramatized. It
is very much a play with a purpose,
and that purpose is to show the bane-
full results Of the demonstration OF
silver in 1873. Plays that do a good
deal of preaching as this does, are
generally rather risky, but the fact
that all the preaching of THE Silver
Lining" is about the silver question.
may make it go in a community like
ours There was certainly a. good deal
Of enthusiastic applause over the Lead
ing points. The acting was all good.
though Mr.. Ingersoll showed himself
sadly in need Of some more rehearsing
Mr.. Edwards tramp was well done,
and Miss Warren had not much to do
except to look sweet, and in that she
e1cels. Mr.. EdesOn was clever in q
part, the duplicate Of several he has
done, and the same must be said of
Mr.. Ward. Miss Cooke had a serious
role and filed it carefully
my AWFUL DADA two act
comedy by Charles Matthews. and the
flower scene from Ingomar, made IN
the bill at the Lyceum. The first
served to introduce Harry Corson
Clarke once more to our theatre goers
and the house literally got on it's feet
to greet him. Nothing could have
better illustrated his popularity here
than the ovations he received. His
role is one Of the rollicking sort OF old
man he has done so often and so
well, and though the play is on the
light order, Clarke bore the burden
of the night on his shoulders and car
rfed the house with him. Miss TfttelI
did some pleasant and merry acting,
and Mr.. T. J. Williams re appeared in
a good character bit. The two was
I accorded a reception. Mr.. Munro
| played fairly we'll and Miss ReasOner,
a debutante, showed a good deal OF
I sprightly cleverness. The curtain
raiser is too familiar and by itself,
rather too uninteresting to cause much
| of a furOre. but it was well rendered
/ by Mr.. Hays and Miss Lytton-
ROMEO AND JULIET The long
awaited burlesque by the Orpheus
club will be seen for the first time to-
night. From indications at the box
/ Office, society will be out in force to
greet the popular players.
THE CHOIR CONCERT-R. c. Eas-
/ ton will come down from Logan to
/ sing in the concert at the Tabernacle
| Friday night. The public should bear
| In mind that the proceeds go to the
| joint benefit Of the California sxcur-
/ sion tour of the choir and the Mutual
! Improvement league.