Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-25

Monday evening of the present week
It has been of more than ordinary in
terest because of the fact that the
house was receiving many needed
changes and also for the reason that
n new management had secured an
entirely new company to present "a
the amusement public here. The
opening week has been a success from
q financial standpoint and the treasur-
er's Golfers are bullying out with their
weight of shekels. showing that the
people are willing and glad to support
a popular priced theater by literally
patronizing 1t. The first bill of the
season was perhaps unwisely chosen
as it does not offer the opportunities
which new company requires for
making q pleasing impression at the
beginning. with a less cumbersome
play, one on the society order, with
plenty OF chance for the display of
pretty gowns and dress suits, the com
pany would have appeared to much
better advantage. Across the Poto-
mac, however, seems to be pleasing At
certain element ana the boisterous APP
plause which has greeted each pre-
sentation during the week does not
diminish. OF the individual members
Of the company, criticism Is reserved
for the present, or until better oppor-
tunlties for judging are presented.
Manager McGarvie Is to be commend
ed for the many conveniences he has
provided for the patrons of his house
and for the tasty decorations with
which he has adorned the interior and
II is to be hoped that the seasons
business will be entirely satisfactory.
Little Corinne, as she is known to
the stage, has a more ambitious un-
dertaking in the presentation of An
American Beauty than anything else
she has assayed thus far. Not that
this opera is particularly heavy, but
It does not suggest Corinne as did
Monte Cristo Jr. or one or two others
that might be named But she has
presented the new effort in excellent
style, has surrounded herself with
good company, and while not as typi-
cal an American beauty as Lillian
Russell, who created the title role in
this opera, she is nevertheless very ac-
ceptable. Morton & Kerker certainly
succeeded in making tuneful opera
OF An American Beauty, and the
catchy airs win linger long in the ears
of those who hear them. The effer
vescenco of the comedian, Frank |
David, was of the convulsng order, |
and his original manner was quite a |
relief from the prevailing style. Oc- |
tave Barbe and BERTHE Crawford were |
good in their respective roles, while |
Chas. Fastelle in mOnologue and MINI |
icry was up to date. owen Fitzgerald |
mas n tenor voice of much sweetness |
and evenness of tone; his solos were |
repeatedly encored. and he would have |
made big hit were his actions less /
suggestive of an automaton. The |
closing performance of the opera Will |
De given this evening.
The offerings at the Salt Lake Thea
ter We're not of startling nature
though the Corlnne engagement saved |
the week. With the exception of the
scenic effects, equally as good perfor-
mances have been given as that of
Yales Twelve Temptations, at the
popular priced theaters of this city
and not half the noise made about 1t.
Dainty little Corinne came back to
us this week after an absence of sew
eral years. She has lost none of her
sprightliness and Kerker's opera, An
American Beauty, Is graced by her APP
pearance in 1t. Little Corinne," AS
lonesome without her mother who al
ways manged her tours and looked af-
ter her interests generally. Mrs. KIM
ball was known in the profession as
brainy woman OF exceedingly good |
taste and possessed of high standard
of stage morals, and Corinne's loss in
the death Of her mother was also
genuine loss to the stage and profess
sion.
Contracts were signed in New York
this summer by virtue of which
AIessrs. Bush g. McCourt, managers
of the Tabor Grand and Broadway
theaters in Denver, secured the sole
rights to the celebrated veriscope re-
production of the Corbett- Fitzsimmons
contest for the states of Colorado,
Utah and Wyoming. The pictures will
he exhibited for the first time in this
city at the Salt Lake Theater on next
Tuesday evening continuing through
out the week with matinee on Sat
urday.
The interest in the Carson City !
event was never approached by any
previous happening in the sporting
world and when it was known that
the entire contest was to be photo
graphed and afterwards reproduced,
every city in the country anxiously
awaited the appearance OF the pic
lures, They have already been seen
In the majority of the Eastern cities
and have drawn an astonishing num- {
Der of people. including, contrary to /
eNpectation, great many ladies. In
New York, Boston and Chicago the {
We're largely attended by the
latter and 1t was the universal YER t
i!ct that there was nothing In the ex- Q
llultipn TO OIlenu tne most faStidlouS. |
The brutality which the uninitiated I
would naturally expect is entirely |
acking and the exhibition is one !
moving the marvellous skill and |
thickness of which man is capable.
The reproduction is complete to the
most minute detail, from the in
eresting preliminaries to the o
'Nciting scenes following the final de- c
ision. Every movement of the famous t
'ontest, every lead, every counter. are c
'ivldly shown and the shouts of en- n
o'Tagement and reproach are the q
My things lacking to make one be- l.
leve that he Is really I'm Carson City. | D
audiences become so interested in fol- | 7
owing the program of the battle that 9
UGH expressions as "Give him another, y
im," isn't Fltz n bird?" What do II
,ou think Of that?" and others of a =
lmllar nature are frequent through U
ut the entire presentation. The fact
hat the final result is known to :.
veryone In advance does not diminish T.
he interest in the least The number
I separate and distinct pictures used
a win the exhibition Is over $4,000,
ach one of which has been copy W
lighted and the treasury Mt Wishing 81
On was enriched to the extent OF tr
Of dollars by this item a.
lone. The film which Is manufactured II
EXPRESSLY for the veriscope company pc
of special quality and over two and We
ne-thrd miles Of II are required for p
lch production OF the fight OF the IN