Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-11

''rhc singing Girl" There appears 20
be- an lndennnble something about Miss
Nielsen which makes her Irresistible.
and Il IN a cold audience indeed which
she ~ unable to warm up within u fcw
moments ~ her appearance on the
stage. Why this IL 10 no one appears
o. understand. for We have many better
singers and many better Actresses and
many Landowner women ON tho comic
opera stage, but there ~ not one among
them who IL able 10 80 thoroughly
worm her way into the affections ~ an
audience ~ this little California Eiri,
Alice nielsen. She ~ slated to fomuiu
Tor % long time ut the Casino, and u Il
probable that she might stay thcfc dur
lnr the remainder ~ the season were
lt not irr her previous bookings.
jennie Hnwlcy who by the way H.
given n full puFc To- this weeks aurplc-
mont VI the New York Press, has only
"a small part IN the singing dirl, but
looks and cnnctH IL chnrmlnEly
julia Marlowc appears 20 have scored
an enormous success in clyde t1tch'a
drama barbara Fuctchlo." and the
consensus OF critical opinion appears 60
| Boz that 10 will prove Go De one uf the
most valuable plays. from the box OF
nee standpoint, that she has ever own
cd. u ~ more than likely, according
10 niuito gossip. that she VIII use no
other vehicle at an during the present
season No one begrudgcn this charm
Ing and talented actress hot success, Tor
/ rhc has earned n by a long career OF
/ hard work and palnntnklng effort In the
/ direction OF better things.
/ see by the last copy " the News
| that you are "a have Eugonic lilair ~
julia Arthur'H "a Lady of Quality"
| Miss Arthur. understand. sold the
/ road rights 10 Miss blair. and II was a
] very good nrrangcmtnt Tor both, First
] because Miss Hair sadly needed good
| play. and second because Miss Arthur
/ had another one up her sleeve In More
/ Than queen" now running here at the
l broadway
Il has been generally supposed that
Miss Arthur was az her best az the
/ tlrreaa In human form, and there were
] many who thought she was lying Ia the
/ face of fate In attempting "a role Ike
that OF Josephine. She has however,
conquered In the most decisive manner,
| Tor her work In the title role Of her new
play could not have been better. She
indicated with u positive yet delicate
touch the varying moods Of the Beau
harnniH whom most persons regard ns
! a. thoroughly good woman, while by "A
not inllgnincaut minority she n looked
/ upon through the HpcctncloH 0f be Bar
ras, who pictured hor mi everything
that woman. and especially nm em-
] press, should not have been. II must
be- admitted that, excellent nH Miss
Arthur was throughout. she was best
IN those scenes ln which the imperioua-
mess ~ Iosephlnc's nature momcntnrily
l asserted Itself on those OCCASIONS.
when Ehe practically defea tho emperor
ana again when she finds that she n
shut out from hIH apartments BY a
| board partition, and her Impending
l degradation o. mo- longer mathematical
she was nothing lrM than Huporh
II 20 10 be- regretted that not even a
small measure of the praise $50 huueHtly
earned by Miss Arthur can bee extended
tl tho other members of the cast
Scarcely one performer roFe above me-
llucritY while many 90 thom ION nm
below a. The Napoleon wus really
! amusing In appearance. Mr.. william
Humphrey who enacted the role, has
done fairly good work In other plays
! but he docs not Cor % moment ever
suggest either ln appearance or Do
manner Che greatest Fronchman thai
ever lived.
II, a. Roberts work ns stage manager
IL TO be hlghly commended. but Ia thi
role Of Lucien bonupurtc he was ul
most funny. llc oNnsperatcd one by
his stiffness OF gesture and his nbso
Lutte dlfrcgatd OF the possibilities o
voice meditation. He employed "a duh
A uhmuhlcal monotone practically from
. nus hrHt appearance up % his nnnl exit
T lhlloyrunl was IA poorly drawn char
aetor and the actor tn whom the char,
actor was intrusted b.. therefore moi
o | really 10 blame for not having got muol