The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-10
ADJUSTMENTS.

FRAWLEY'S MATINEE-T. Daniel
Frawley was the recipient of a great
tribute yesterday. With nothing but
the notices in the Sunday and Monday
papers in the way of advertising the
theatre was crammed with a handsome
society audience yesterday afternoon,
when his company presented 1.-The Lost
Paradise" for the benefit of the local
Press club. After paying all the house
expenses the club will be in pocket
over 5000, a very good result, when 1t
is remembered that the admission was
only half a dollar 1t was an afternoon
of ovations quite of a record breaking
character, and it went to show how
fondly Salt Lake audiences remember
old favorites. Mr. F'rawley got the
rousing reception; the audience simply
refused to let the play proceed, and
there was nothing for him to do but
to walk down to the footlights and
make speech, which he did in feeling
terms, stating that this was the most
memorable day in the history of the
Frawley company and the proudest vic
tory it had ever woman alluSlon,
doubtless, to his success in getting into
the Salt Lake theatre over AL. Hay
mans veto. Frawley had the role of
the young workman played here by
William Morris in the original produc-
ton, and very we'll he portrayed it.
Jennie Remark, who returned to her
old place in the company two months
ago, got the next royal reception; she
had Odette Tyler's part, and eXcellently
she did it. She has grown much stout
er, but is as charming and magnetic
as ever. Blakemore, in Walter Perkins
part of Billy and Blanche Bates as Gin
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immense, and both got handsome re-
ceptions. Lansing Rowan had Maude
Adams part of Nell, and she too was
good; Charles w. King, in a smaller
role, was also well received. The others
of the cast, George Osbourne, Macklin
Arbdckle, Phosa McAllister, Hope Ross
and half a dozen others in minor parts
played admirably. Throughout the
piece was finely staged and as a pro-
duction has been eXcelled by very few
things that have held the boards. For
a fifty cent production it was a classic.
Every thespian in the city was in at
tendance and every one paid his or her
way into the show Harry Corson
Clark and Madge Carr Cooke, who
opened at the Grand with Frawley and
Remark, were behind the scenes eX-
changing greetings with old friends.
Rebecca Warren viewed the production
played in ogden last night; shows in
Provo tonight and then goes to Denver,
closing a successful season of forty
nine weeks on the 18th. Mr.. Frawley
plays a summer engagement in San
Francisco, and will re-engage some
members of his present company.
AT THE GRAND-A double bill
opened the week here before a very
fair audience. The curtain raiser, RED
or White is brief and dainty little
serious sketch, very refreshing and I'M
conventional, and for it's clever rendi-
ton, Miss Henry, Mr.. Edwards and
Mr.. Warde received a curtain call
SNOWFALL" the three-act comedy
which followed it, is a trif1e light as
air, but a trifle extremely funny. In
the hands of Miss Cooke, Miss War
rem, Mr.. Edeson, Mr.. Ingersoll, Miss Ed
wards and Miss Henry it is scarcely
necessary to say that every laugh in it
was brought out, Barring late curtain
in one place the piece went with ex-
ceeding smoothnesS for first produc-
ton. The laughter which greeted
SNOWFALL and the appreciation of the
other piece, indicate that the double bill
will do good business during the week.
AT THE LYCEUM-"The home of
the melodrama' opened out what is
bound to be a pleasant week to it's
patrons. The house was not large and
not small Queens Evidence" is a
good old, impossible, heartrending,
blood and thunder play, full of min
gled excitement and humor enough to
attract audiences that like that sort of
thing. 1t is very we'll played, too, Miss
Hall taking off the honors Mr.. Brink
err making a. good lead, Mr.. Hayes a
fol in 10 hi JIoi
typical old man and the others filing
their parts on average lines. Mr. Will
liams had good make up for the Jew,
but his ringing in mention of Chief
Pratt in an English drama shows how
little real artistic instinct and how
much of the instinct of the buffoon he
possesses. The child of Jessie Conrad
was we'll portrayed and the scenery
was cleverly gotten up.
PHIL MARGETTS- old veteran
has been heard from again, this time
with the dramatic club of Tooele and
Grantsville. At their invitation he APP
peared with them in two or three per-
formances last week, rendering "The
Chimney Corner" and "Old Pills
Birthday" Reports say that the house
was crowded and many turned away,
so great was the desire to see the old
time favorite.
"MEXICO"-The box office for the
sale of seats for Edwin Milton RoyIe's
| comedy Mexico" will open this morn
ing. From the large number of appli-
cations received by mail and telephone
at the theatre, it is evident that Ned"
Royle's many friends in society here
will do him honor Thursday night when
his new play will be given here for the
first time. So much has been written
in praise of his second play that nat
urally great interest is being manifest
ed in what has been termed the most
original novelty of the present dra-
matte season. The carload of special
scenery, costumes, properties, calciums
and effects win arrive Thursday noon
and everything will be in readiness for
a smooth performance when the doors
open.
The Chicago Portrait Co. have just
completed the delivery of seven hun
dred and twenty portraits in this city.
The Salt Lake patrons, as they have
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