Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-15

The tour now being made, by stuart
Robson shows that the western cities
need not be- without hope even though
the big dramatic attractions should de-
eide TO entirely taboo San Francisco.
Robson himself experienced n very Sc
we're frost In Ran Francisco ON his
last visit. and has decided he has no
further use for that place. His present
tour IL arranged 10 take In Denver.
Salt Lake. iioise. Portland and then
back by the way Of the Canadian Paci-
nc to the East: II II encouraging TO
know that Robson. even with the draw
back Of two Indifferent plays. has
found the new route 10 be a paying one.
and the report he makes Will certainly
not be- without It's effect on other or
ganlzations which wish TO visit the West
and Northwest. ana which dread the re-
suits u an engagement at San Fran
cisco.
Harold Russell. who accepts with SOL
ditr like resignation the fate which
throws him Into two such common
place parts as he has In Mr.. Robson's
llays-anyB he has not na yet reached
any decision regarding hia plans next
year lie makes the same statement
reuRrdiing his wife Ada bwyer, who, he
says. IL thoroughly exhausted with the
nrduouH work of making trans.contl-
mental Jumps with Pudd'n Head Will
son, and who will probably rest next
year. unless some engagement u Of
fcrcd where she viii not be required
To. leave the large cities. Mt. Russell
himself says he always prefers Ia
wall until the summer vacation II on.
as he mlEh, by signing a contract now.
place u out ~ his power 10 pick up
something more desirable later on. both
Mr. aud Mrs. Russell viii reach home
for the summer cnr,y IN June.
Mr.. Arthur. who manages the iinan-
cial end ~ Mr. Robson'a enterprise. will
next season. .asay the handling Of
new star IN Marie burroughs. The an
nouncencnt IN not yet made of the play
she has secured. but with the best %
feelings OF the lady. n must be frankly
raid that II VIII require the work Of
sardou or n bronson Howard TO pro-
vide her With a vehicle ON which she
can ride 10 success. MlAs burroughs
has been very much at the Htandrtiii
point for n long time past. Ten years
aEo, when Abe was accustomed To visit
salt Lake aa leading lady with Pal
the wife OF Louis MaHrcn (who has
since gone the way of most husbands
OF leading ladies'. via. the way Of the
divorce coufD Miss burroughs was
looked upon rs a promising actress she
had extreme beauty. ana a great deal
OF viror IN tho dcllncation OF certain
emotional rules. but u must be- said
that nothing she has done In either of
Mr. kobron'a plays shows that that
early promise has been fulnlled. The
lady has our best Wishes for her success.
and our hope that she may ma a play
which Will Ealvanize her Hlumbcring
talents into motion.
The visit 81 the James Kiddcr. wardc
company, ana that OF Stuart Robson.
bring unpleaHantly To mind two fea-
turcH In Theatrical experience which
romc one ought 10 have tho courage To
utter the frank truth about. ~ the
risk OF belng thought discourtcous the
News" viii perform th. office. We TO-
Ter TO the custom ON the part OF certain
stars OF pushing their wives 10 the
front. when u must De perfectly pnlpn
bic that the ladies arr not fttcd by
nature or experience for the tasks laid
upon them. Louis James persisted In
giving Miss" james parts FAR beyond
her powers ON his prior visit here, and
one would have supposed the plain
truths he then heard uttered. would
have deferred him from repeating the
experiment. nut they evidently had no
eject. for the lady was given the pnft
of Maria In the School for scandal. ana
as before. demonstrated that she was
totally unable 10 cope with H. Equally
Hlaring was Mr. llobaon'a oficnse. Now
both he and his wife are people of the
world, ana no one could b- gifted with
a kecncr sense Of the proprietlcH. taH
we'll ~ ~ the mdlcroual than they. Yet
Mr.. Robson must know that he throws
propriety 10 the winds when he allows
his wife, In the present startling state
81 her physique. To appear before the
public. The sensation that spread over
the audience Thursday evening at her
entrance was almost painful, ana with
a icrH well bred audience might
have been marked by n denomination
that would have been TO the last degree
Notifying. A. n was, the lady. who In
the days before nature interposed n
barrier. Ewayed all hearts with her In.
fcctioua merrimcut, was received with
u GOODNESS that must have been evil
dent even to her husband,
A. the Theatcr Monday there VIII be
n new departure In the shape NJ u biz
electric Ftercopticon exhibit, The Rattle
~ Manila The city has been ~ thor
oughly billed for this attraction NJ " u
were n circus. and ns the popular
grade Of prices VIII be In vogue. from
w ffntN uoWH 10 10, n nfuutthlt fl-
Fagement should be nsusrcd The OK
hlhit y the same one that made No
marked a success at the Omaha Expoi-
ton.
AZ the Theater last nlfht there was
another Immense turnout. and one be-
Gins TO wonder what the actual posSi-
bilities Of Salt Lake are In the way Of
natronlxing amusementa; but Lew
Dockstader and George Primrose were
always names 10 conjure with 80 that
people may be pnrdoned for making an
extra pull on their purses last nj 'ht The
company ~ an admirable one, and thor
oughly Illustrates that the two minstrel
stars made no mistake when they de-
cided 10 pool their issues. The yocalists
and the band are hardly me- good ms
those Of Vests big COM
pany which preceded them: but
the West company has no one
who could npprnnch Lew Docfstad der ns
mOnologuist. and no single feature 10
neat and novel aH George Primrose'H
watermelon intcrmezzo; the spectacle
~ that watermelon drop alone VIII
draw many Hon Of Ethiopia 10 this
evenings performance. There IN no one
on the stage who has n quicker or more
humorous faculty for Sizing M" local