Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-16

beyond It's deserts. 1t is also a de-
plorable fact that there was a distinct
trend toward the frothy, Frenchy mu-
steal farces, In which the sole object
appears to be to test the forbearance
of the auditors and to learn to what
point the people on the stage will be
permitted to go along the road TO sug
gestiveness without n protest from ell
Their the police or the public. The
limit" however. appears to be a ver-
liable WHO wisp, for IT is never
reached. and each year in this city secs
the audacity OF certain exploiters OF
legs and lingerie" increased. There
are those who believe that these people
VIII take a different tack next season.
not because of any change OF heart,
but for the reason that while the pub
lie is apparently willing TO tolerate any
amount of indecency at which the po-
lice do not rebel, the field has been so
thoroughly threshed over that there is
no longer possibility of providing the
so called startling novelties" which
New Workers like to delude themselves
into believing are the only things they
| viii tolerate.
The FINAL authoritative announcement
that Viola Allen win positively try star
ring next season has set the tongues Of
| the gossips along the Rialto to wagging
overtime. As In all such cases. these
| fellows predict certain and dire disas-
ter for the talented leading lady of the
| Empire theater stock company. They
| give many reasons chief among which
is that 'she is not well enough known
She is certainly much better known
than was Maude Adams, whose success
as a star has eciipsed that OF any other
| stellar debutante of the past decade.
am inclined to think that the recent
| turn In the affairs of Miss Adams and
Henry Miller has had much to do with
| influencing Miss Allen to strike out for
| herself, but these two remained with
| Mr.. Frohman and had the influence of
his name and management. 1t Is whis-
pered that no matter what denials may
| be made it is still possible that Miss
| Allen will arrange with Mr.. Frohman
/, to handle her initial starring tour. II
she should do that, there could be little
| question of the successful outcome OF
| the enterprise.
But. II Miss Aliens break from the
Empire company has caused the Rlalto-
ties to chatter like magpies, what shall
| be said of the effect produced upon
| them by the announcement of the name
/ of her successor? AS has been stated
| generally. Miss Jessie Millward is to
take the place made vacant by the re-
| tirement of Miss Allen Miss Mllward
| is best known in England as an expo
nent of the heroines of melodramas
such as are exploited most frequently
| at the Drury Lane theater. London
/ "a al fa1nrsnH ha nnnpGit T.,
| parts to William Terriss, Who was re-
Gently murdered by n crank. She was
to the feminine side OF high grade melo-
! drama what Terrlss was to the male
side. She was Il co-star with him on n
tour of this country which is said to
have been fairly. though not superla-
lively, successful. and IL was the opin-
| ion of many persons whose Judgment is
entitled TO consideration that Terriss
was much the better performer Of the
two.
Stln. no one will contend that Miss
1 MillWard Is not competent actress.
The only point at issue is as to whether
she will he able TO win the approval of
! audiences and critics accustomed to the
careful and always artistic work OF
| Miss Allen. AS Mr.. Charles Frohman
{ is a VIGOROUSLY cautious man when it
: comes 10 TIE selection or n successor TO
a public favorite and has never yet
made mistake in that direction. it ia
hut fair to assume that he had some
Very potent reason for engaging Miss
I Millward.
The matter though, which has irrl-
tated the Rialt0ites so greatly is that
Mr.. Frohman should have gone to the
other side Of the water for new lend-
ing woman for the Empire company.
They argue that, even conceding that no
woman here is better fitted for the po-
stiOn from a histrionic standpoint,
there are many in this country who are
certainly more peculiarly adapted to the
roles which usually fan to the lot OF the
leading lady of the Empire. by reason OF