The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-26
Sept. %.

Dear Hal;
This is 9 world Of contradictions. and
nc-GlHg emphasizes the fact like the
thea,r icaI season. With silver below 60
aHa with every reason for the town
= De saving us nicIels and feeling blue
eeuerally, here we have both houses.
running 70 altogether phenomenal re-
ceipts. and future attractions piing up
Ike pelion Oh Ossa. More wonderful
sul is the fact that the ducats how
into Air. Burton's strong box just as
readily for bad or an Indifferent show
as Tor a iirst-class one. Ike the rain
that fails alike on the lust ard Oh the
unjust 1t would have been only SIM
pie justice If The Twelve Tempta-
tons had played 10 the ushers and
benches, instead or the $1,000 jam that
greeted them. How such a show can
md favoling breezes II watt Il from
port to port is ine1phcable-a as
lneNplicable as some of the newspaper
reports of its performance in salt Lake.
Corinne-~litIe Corinne" no longer,
alas! but buHom and rather bunchy
Coriune-deserved all she got, and
more. We forgive her somewhat ia
panesy face, we forgive her occasional
straining on a high note, we forgive
ner the tenor and ne almost (bUt not
Quitel forgive her following. in the
wake of Alvin Joslin and exploiting
her store OF diamonds-for the nn-
doubted generosity With which she has
made up her company. for the bril-
lance Of her scenery, for the beautiful
cNstuming, what there was Of il; fer
the excellence Of Comedian David anu
for pretty musical treat generally.
Mr.. MciiITvie's crucial first night is
passed ana he has taken OIL new flesh
ever since. BY very adnirabI work
sDg NJ, NJ andsy nights house was
packed back TO the new End roduy
foyer, and the b9X office financial
statement every Right since has teld
gratifying story. The weeks total
must be one Of The largest in the his
tory al the house. result due more, l
f3ncy. Ia the excellence of the opening
play, Across the Potomac" and the
complete way in which it was staged
by very capable stage mana ger. than
by the innate strength of Che Individual
players. Il ought to be allowed for All
5ha4 they were terribly and iustifably
nerN0us on Monday night, and by Sat
urdag there was 4 vast Improvement
evident in every one. But even by
saturday il vas plain that the torn
had picked out ard "cCtt0ned to" two
OF the players eSpecially-AliSs Hofr,
the Suy. and Air. B3anden. the Captain
walker The lady got bouquets and
fhe gentleman a very distinct reception
at the matinee. and Il did not come
from the uShers either With q little
toning down Miss H>tf VIII BE as ar
tistie as She Is already magnetic Nj
Bianden 5 quiet, reserved. bar intense
style lust suits the fancy al the qoWn
and Of yours truly I want TO see the
other people in sOmetkinS else ere !
Etn4f
ii can he said that She is an earnest
and siuccre actress. not with the youth
an ideal leading lady should have, but
with an experiences, a care fitness aad
a general reiiablenesS very pleasing
AIR. Murray WAS somewhat discourage
ing Monday night but by the matinee
he had learned 10 take Miss Brandon
in his arms much less Ike she WAS Il
bale Of hay-What wont rehearsng
ACCOMPLISHMENT al the afternoon per-
fornance he WIS generally so Der cent
better than at the opening. IT Is
pts that his abilities are not on Il par
With his voice ana his aVordupois. lie
mas The size Of an admirable leading
man and we can overlook much in
s;r2Pping big hero that We wouldn't
Tolerate a moment in 4 little ane-the
lypnotism Of beef Alfred Henry Lewis
has called ii. But Mr. Murray has
the beef without the hypnotism; at
least he Didn't exercise 1t this week.
What he nil do in The Social High
Wayman," which l had always hoped
ne should have from the Holland
brothers, We shall see next week. Rus
sell Bassett is IneNcelled timber for
stately Old men-wh0 does mt rcinet1.
her his Nlr Uchhs in ~Faunueroy2'
i'cliy Stoc0WoA is pretty ana chirfupy
hardy cog 1irciaS as yet. Nj Bunny.
q sort IF Jack Falstaif in real lie. is