The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-01
ADJUSTMENTS.


BOSEMA Drew played IN
der the shadow of a, great sorrow last
night. though few in the audience knew
of it. An hour before the curtain arose
on Rosemary, he received a telegram
stating that his mother, the widely
known and venerable actress Mrs. John
Drew. had Just died at larchInont. ny.
The shock was all the greater from the
fact that early in. the day word had
been received that While she was Ill
she was not seriously So Mr.. Drew
was deeply and fondly attached to his
mother, and the shock was a severe
one to him. He at once declared his
intention of leaving for the east this
morning to attend the funeral, and to-
nights performance at the theatre WIN
not be given. He expects, however, to
return to Denver to resume the inter
rupted tour at the end of next week.
Nothing in Mr. DTew'S deneancr gave
amy Indication of his, feelings to the
large audience which was in attendance
to greet him and to celebrate the OPEN
ing of the season. Everything in front
was bfildanee and fashion, and the
hum and buzz that ran around the
audience before the curtain Went UP
seemed to indicate that society was
clad to assemble within the familiar
old walls once more, glad that the DOG
DAVIS were over, glad that the season
of gaiety was at hand. The house MAD
been freshened up considerably. new
curtains adorned the boxes, a. new coat
of Dalnt had been impaired TO the
n1,oscenium arch as we'll as the outer
docrs and tons of dust mad been beaten
from the curtain. The orchestra had a
special programme rehearSed IN nonor
of the occasion, and on every haald was
evident a determination to open the
season With eclat.
Certainly the nights event was
worthy an the preparation bestowed
upon it. The long advertised Rose
mary" the success of a whole season in
the east was the bill, and with en-
claiming attention it was followed.
At its conclusion there could be but one
opiniorl-that Mr.. Drew had demon
strated his right TO be called an actor
in All that the term implies. Hitherto
he has been classed in the minds of
many as a delineator of comedy roles
only, a sort of Juvenile roysterer whose
abilities began and ended With the
poq-trayrnent of lovers and young NUS
bands of the varying degrees of YER
satlhty seen in Nancy and Co., "A
Night OFT" Seven Twenty Eight,
.'Cihristop1ner Jr." and The Squire of
Danes" To have thought Of John
Drew prior to last night in terlderly
sentimental role, or as a totterbng Old
man of so. would have been to shock
the senstbiHties of his admirers, or to
render them incredulous. The transit
taon was indeed wonderful, but after
one had getten oyer being startled by
the disappearance of the familiar mus
tache (and candor compels us to say
that Mr. Drew's face as thing Of
beauty is not enhanced byrthe chanse)
there was no denying and no resisting
fine charm of the delineator. The
strong scenes We're immensely ap-
plauded, and deservedly so, and a hush,
more complimentary than appears, fell
oyer the whole house when the actor
appeared as the old man of 80, and in
the room, where so years before he had
parted from the woman he worshiped.
found again the scrap of her diary and
the sprig Of rosemary she gave him for
remembrance. 1t was all vastly dainty,
vastly p,,ra. vastly pretty, and all the