Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-16
. 1USIC AND DRAMA.
Unexpected Close of the Season at the New orand-con
ing Attractions at the Theater-Footlght Flashes

charity benefits seldom find the ap-
,,iation which their merits deserve
,,d the one given at the Theater last
,,-rt IN ia Of the Charity Kinder
rten proved no exception to the rule;
IN. attendance was comparatively
light
The Rebellion of the Daisies consist
oil of chorus singing by the children,
foil drill and skirt dancing, all Of
which was fairly good, particularly
~, antics of little tot who captured
,,,o house with her cutencss Mrs. An
d4rson displayed fine soprano voice
..itb evidence OF thorough training.
The comcdy,The SNOWFALL. which con-
sututyd the second part of the bill,
,,os given a good presentation by the
a,ooteurs, and the audience seemed to
.rioy II. The cast included Alex
Campbell, Walter Conrad. Hugh Doug
all Misses Alice and Bessie Clawsun
and Della Daynes. the latter coming
In for Il generous show Of apprecia-
tiop in the role Of Penelope and in the
trio from III Captain with Mcssrs.
campbell and Conrad. Not only the
entire performance itself.but thc cause
in which It was given, deserves more
Mt the hands of the public than was
rsceiyed At least dozen times a
wear, on an average, less mcritori-
Gus production receives more local
favor and leaves with more local
d,,tts tnan fell to the lot Of hard
vorltlng Miss Earle and Mrs. Ander-
son in the worthy work they have
been doing. Their great mistake. APP
uarently, was in getting youthful
local tulcnt-any old thing from dis
lance seems to take better Mr.. God
dard, who had been advertised as one
Of the performers, for some reason
failed to take part.
The sensational feature of the pres
ent week, In theatrical circles. was
the unexpected announcement last
Tuesday that the season of the stock
company at the New Grand would be
brought to a close with the performance
ON Saturday coming, oct. 23rd. 1T came
as a surprise TO many of the patrons
Of the house and has been widely
commented upon-during the week. The
conceusus Of opinion Is that Manager
McGarvie surrendered too easily, APP
paruutly not being able to Withstand
the hard knocks that come to all in
and kind of Il new venture and which
only serve to make success, when IL
comes. more pronounced and agree
able. He surely did not expect to find
everything fair and nothing but plain
sailing over the course Of a theatre
cal venture. He has had too much ex-
perence in other things that require
the ingenuity of the brain to carry
th4rft fhrpnph pttrpgGSftt1lN "a rot qnTI,
an idea. It was plainly evident that the
public did not take Kindly to some
OF the members of his company. par
ticularly those engaged for leading
roles, but this matter could have been
easily overcome by the engagement of
other people more suitable to the pub
lie and more congenial to the roles
they would necessarily be cast for
Manager McGarvie knew the troubles
the Rogers had in procuring n lead
ing lady last season, and II was
thought that their experience would
have prove valuable to him. with due
respect to the abilities of his lending
lady 1t has for some time been appar-
ent that leading lady for stock work.
such as has been given at the Grand
must be youthful and attractive and
possess ability and she must be ably
assisted by another in juvenile leads.
The leading man too must be capable
and pleasing 1t viii of course be hard
to ever again bring together such an
excellent organization as that when
lngersol, Edwards. Remark and
Cooke were the leading lights but there
are plenty OF others who would he
pleasing to the public and could be OBJ
talned.
To turn the Grand into a storage
warehouse MS has been proposed would
seem almost sacrlege, for 1t is admir-
ably lifted for peoples theater where