Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-06

7,sl seasons metropolitan successes
!, the theatrical line have found
~ yny to us one by one, the last
I've spread before us being the
- drawn our farce, My Friend
I,,nr India, which nlled n two nights
.rcneement at the Theater this
- II certainly is true that
,s.tes differ in different localities for
what pleases people in New York
'.o,, often fails to do so elsewhere.
Mo for instance Lost, Strayed or
e,oIar or My Friend From India and
=, 10 hardly conceivable. judging from
salt Lakes reception Of the two
r,svs how they managed to do n pay
loo business for hundred consecu-
.,,o nights or more, or third of that
snr,her even In the great Metropolis
ard what is equally remarkable is the
,.s,y generous and praising way In
.-nicb the papers there handled them.
.,r barring a few new and original
.,,trcs they were of no more than
binary interest, In fact proved
,,onotonous. Hoyt seems TO be the
,.nius who knows how to fix up
sr.o That catches the fancy of the
,bsoter going public every time and
,b,re is some excuse FOL the steady
,rcrense Of business ut his perform
anc.s because Of the unique, ala
uovt way in which his travesties are
,,rteented. My Friend From India
has for it's theme the fad of theosophy
a,a II condensed and made one act
curtain raiser would be considered
,erv funny. The mirror scene in
his play is all that was claimed for
Il and proved the one redeeming
ieature Of the play.
After many years fraught with
eventful changes for him. Nj. -
Crrtis appeared again before SAT-
lie audiences Mt the New Grand
his week in his famous play Saml
~ posen. Mr.. Curtis has appeared SO
many times in this play In the title
~ that he is called Sanl OF Posen
as many or perhaps more times thah
Ls is by his right name, and he does
rot object to II either and though ne
bas tried many other plays he comes
hSrk 10 this one as the one in which
n,,rybodv likes him best and in
which he made n fortune. He so
truly typifes the German Jew IN pusl-
ness and other ways that ne reaiS
amt Ceasars Caesar and notwithstand-
ing the fact that he has appeared as
snnI Of Posen for five thousand or
,nore times his performances still re
main the same and are always equallS
ENJOYABLE. Albina De Mer (Mrs.
Curtis) appeared this week IN
and though she did 1T with the 0ld
time fervor. ii is plainly evident tha INA.
lime Is dropping q wrinkle occasionally
lust as a reminder that he waits 10.
no one. AS for Mr.. Curtis pieseht
company. the least said about IL the
better, for with but one or tWu 49, 49,,
lions il Is very weak, but then CURTIS
is tbe shining light and the pleasure
he gives atones for everything else lie
b1s n bir project under way-that OF
going to Klondlke as outlined mere,
toloro in the columns of the news
and his friends here wish him sue
cess.
Utah has been responsible for many
artists in different lines given 10 tne
world. and among them pardonapie
rride Is exhibited in the achieNenehts
Of oscar Eliason. or as ne Is ptoies
sionallv known as Dante, who mas at
tanned that proficiency In the art OF
magic that carries him to the front
rank OF legerdamain, ana gives MN an
enviable name everywhere IL Ger
lainly seems that the robe OF honor 80
long worn by Herman the Great na ~,
gracefully descended upon the shoulu-
ms of Dante. That he will maintain II
against ali corners Is evidenced by the
6nIshed and artistic and completely
mvstlfving manner in which his per-
formnnces are given and the apparent
ly ineXhaustible number OF new con
raits with which he entertatns an huul,
since. He revels in slcight-of- hand
wo.k and mystifies with his knowledge
bf iuprlery and magic. and appears 10
possess the powers of the mesheIlst,
The so-called spirituaiist ana ever!
other thing that has claimed the w
tention of the public as RAD anu
win II he is the same smiling, good
natured Dante. -, la,
The blcycle Illusion as done by
Mne Edmunda was the main tehtuIe
Of last nights entertainment anu IN
many respects was marvellous the III ~,
volutlons of the wheel and rider IN
midair an performed in the glare OF
calcium iisht, made the Illusion ue,
cldediy wonderful. The psycholoslVn'
Illustration, Knrmos, the buiiet on 49,
Ing feat and In fact everything uuns'
was nrst-class. Dante is wohueI ,
and is entitled to occupy first place III
4 matinee was given this afternoon
and the closing performance OF tne t"-
Eagemeut will be given this evening.
Dante will visit here for few Gays
after his engagement and WIZ theu
take the road again for ms resui"'
tour through the northwest
In Gay New York. which gained ND,
tral notice through its long run ~
he Casino. will occupy the stage oil tna
rheater for four performances, opening
4 Thursday night, Nov. l1th.
The piece IL in the nature OF re-
view. n specigs of stage composltlpn
largely in vogue in Paris, but ohly
recently tranHplanted to this country
1t possesses such great scope hilu
such wide nd divergent elements oi
Entertainment that It has commandeu
popularity here. In Gay New 1urh
said 10 furnish the best example
n bf the Review yet had. The book u
by Hugh Morton and the music ny
hustave Kerker. The story IN brlel
bur the chronicles of n new Benti-
mental Journey. Johnny Brown ohe
y Dis bride Sally, rustics of IiuckenerrS
Center, Me-, leave their village nom'
,or o honeymoon trip to gay Gothhin
Johnny brings with him $1,000. IN,
harmulade Sisters, who as the Smii
fitls We're former associates OF th'
bride In her rural home, disseminate
NE news Of the coming OF the pair aht
ncldentally exHggerate the contents o.
lohnny's purse. They are given
ntting reception as they emerge IRON
NE Grand Central depot, and iron
mat moment they are wildly, strict,
ina universally in the big cltyl
push" In the society OF bunoo steer
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