Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-02


many sleepless nights wondering how
IL is that the big money which he saw
An hls dreams. does not materalize into
tangible shape. There is an explanation
for this, however, In the fact that the
interest In the great contest has died
away and the people are no longer sus-
ceptlble TO the secondary interest. 1t
is probable that had this same exhibit
ton been given Immediately after the
fight the fondest hopes of the proiec-
tors might have been realized but at
the present time it is hard to see when
the immense amount OF money spent
in getting it ready will be returned to
the Golfers of the investors in the en-
terprise. From u scientific standpoint
1t demonstrates the wonderful ad-
vancement in photography, and al
though this production is somewhat
crude, II does not detract from the pos
slbilities of the art after further ex-
pertinent.
The presentation of A Social High
wayman during the present week at
the New Grand, has placed the new
company there in a much more favor
able LIGHT and the general opinion has
been that this play is one of the best
In its line that this popular house has
ever presented, and the company is
deserving of much praise for its eff
ficlent work. A Social Highwayman Is
not a play that would set the galleries
wild, as the blood thunder scenes
are conspicuous by their absence, but
1t is Intensely interesting to those who
enjoy strong society dramas.
David Murray surprised those who
saw him the week before in Across the
Potomac, and though he Is not entirely
easy this week, he made many friends
among those in attendance on the
weeks performances. Miss Brandon
clearly shows that her forte Is In such
roles as the one portrayed by her this
week The particular hit of the week
however. was that of Mr.. Bunny as
Jenkins Handy; the impersonation was
so genuine as to call for repeated en-
cores during his scenes. The other
members OF the company acquitted
themselves in manner calculated
TO increase their popularity as the sea-
son advances a Social Highwayman
Is deserving of much better patronage
than has been accorded 1t, and in
view of the fact that no counter at
fractions of Importance have charac-
terized the week at the other house,
this condition is unaccounted for,
Mr.. David Belasco's much discussed
and now famous play, The Heart OF
Maryland, which seems to have
aroused as equally an Intense interest
among the theatergoers of San Fran
cisco and other cities of the coast, as
1t Is claimed to have created in New
York. where 1t had its original pro-
duction will have its primal repre-
sentation here on Monday night next
Mt the Salt Lake Theater under the
personal direction of the author. a
play written as this was, by Cali
fornia dramatist, a work American in
location, theme and dramatis per-
sonae, and Interpreted by company
of American players most of whom
are familiar to our play goers for the
excel ace of their efforts in seasons
past, certainly deserve more than or
Ginary consideration which has at
tended its performances elsewhere.
1t is admitted by the critical who
have seen II to be far superior in con-
struotlon, in the dramatic intensity of
its incidents and strong and distinct
i've personality of its characters to
The Charity Ball. Women and Women.
The Wife, or any other of Mr.. Belas-
co.'s long list OF successful plays
which have preceded IT.
Its theme is. in plain phrase. n
vivid and ftrceful illustration of the
heroism OF Toman's love in its noblest
form. The story has nothing of the
improbable in it's events or the rela-
tons of It's various characters one to
another. 1t is simple and direct. It's
action has place in an old colonial
mansion (known MS The Lilacs)
Boonesboro, Maryland, during the
period of the late Civil War, Mary
land Calvert. young southern girl is
deeply in love with Allan Kendrck, a
colonel in the Union army, VINO is the
son of n Confederate general. The
war has separated the lovers. Through
the desires of an officer in the secret
Service of the Northern cause. who Is
disloyal to his flag, Maryland's broth
er Lloyd Calvert is shot as a spy.
Her lover in the meantime has sue
ressfully evaded the watchfulness
of the Confederate outposts,
passed the lines and hid
den himself in the mansion,
unknown to her, but is discovered and
put under guard at headquarters,
Maryland, in the agony of her be-
reaVement when She is informed OF
Lloyd. When the identity of the
the captured man az an accomplice Of
prisoner is made known TO her she is
overwhelmed. A drumhead court mar
tial has condemned Allan Kendrick to
spys doom, and the Confederate
general, his father signs the death
warrant. As the last resort to save
he lover life she makes her way dur
ing an hour at the close of the
battle, to the Union Army headquart-
ers and secures letter from the gem
eral commanding to the Confederate
official asking for the pardon of the
condemned. coupled with the assertion
that he Is innocent of the charge. This
letter She presents to the Confederate
officer in command. Maryland's plea
is rejected; she IL brutally repulsed
and entraps her into an admission or
being concerned in an act OF disloyal-
" to the Confederate cause which
would incriminate her as spy. He ar
rests her in the presence of her lover,
who IL helpless to aid her The officer
threatens her with an outrage, at
tempts to kiss her, and in the struggle
which ensues she seizes a bayonet ana
stabs him. In the confusion she re-
leases her lover and enables him to
escape. The alarm is made and the
order Is given to ring the church tower
bell as n signal that a condemned
prisoner has escaped. Maryland, with
the courage that Is born of despera-
ton, PUSHES up into the belfry and
clutches the clapper in her hands,
and swings to and fro as the deaf old
sexton, far below, is vainly pulling at
the bell-rope.
In the last act the alarms and tur-
mol Of war have ceased; peace is re-
stored. Maryland's heroic struggle
meets Its reward and the light of hap
piness crowns the united lovers.
As Maryland Calvert, Mrs. Leslie
Garter, 1t is said, Is in evidence as one
OF the most forceful and brilliant OF
the few great emotional actresses now