Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-21

created b. Mlra Mary Shaw In the
original New York run. later Miss
Mprotil. who ana the rule here, made "a
success of u. ana Ada Dwycr did not
got nn opportunity to appear IN the part
until afiar Mayo'a death, when the
play war purchased and brought out iy
his Hon Edwin. The pictures OF young
Mayo show that he hcarn a striking
likeness 10 his great father. and frpm
the reports OF tho reception he n meet
Ing with all over the country. II IL eVi.
dent that the great actors mantle has
fallen upon worthy shoulders.
Mr.. Malley. manager 81 Puddnhcnd
Wilson. said yesterday In talking OF
the approaching engagement
Never was the old saying morc
truthfully iliuHiratod-='a rose by any
other name would smell as sweet
than Il n In the play that Mr.. Mayo
made % Mark TWain'E Missouri story,
the one which u pleased that ecc.n-
trio humorlrt to call pudd'nhcad VIII
rUn. No one could maintain that the
name " itself " pr.porfeaaing. In
fact In the ears of Many polite pco-
pie. u carries Objectionable impress
Eions-yet after YOU have seen that
misunderstood old Missouri phiiono-
nclghbor Eood-naturcdly called
'rudd'nhcad'-after you have seen this
pathetlcaily patient and Witty wise
old village lawyer good -nnturedly plod
along, knowing that he Was miHundcr.
stood by hls nelghborr but too proud 10
take W his own defcnse--after you
have seen him walt twenty three years
for his first law ease and then seen
him triumphnntly win II By the proofs
he found IN the lines. whlrlH. loops,
curves and nourishea' that ndorn the
bnll of the thumb nf every human be-
Ing, and In winning the ease. vlndl-
Gates his theory that these thumb
prints were physical SiEnaturcH-which
had been strong factor IN making his
simple village nelghborn believe he was
n 'pud'nhead, namely. That no two
thumbs In the world would make an
impression precisely alike. When you
BEE the old lawyer unrnvel the ''yatery
Of the murder ana demonHtrat to his
ncighbora that what they had thought
for years were the dreams ~ a vision
AIRY were cold hard facts; when you
see him win the respect ~ those whose
affection he already possessed, and you
look back over the play ana think
over how II all occurred, no other
name than the one the play now bears
viii suggest itself In you, That tho
name has not been a detrlment N full
IS proven by the most remarkable ia
yor the public has shown to the play"
Mr. Mulvcy all tho week hns catered
10 a society element that does not. MS a
regular thing. visit the Grand For the
coming week he puts on another bill
for the MASSES. Kelly a. Mason. the tall
and short comedians. In their laughnhlc
comedy Who IN Who, are 10 be- seen at
the Grand for three nights and the
usual matinee, commencing Monday
evening. Since last ronHon tho play has
been thoroughly revised and the prun-
Ing knife freely applied to the great
betterment OF the comedy. Another
feature Of this seasons production II
the liberal application Of vaudeville
trimmings" ana pretty kris These
two pleasing additions have brought
Who IL Who right up IN line with tho
leading farce comedy organizations NJ
the day. Pretty music has been lntor-
polatcd IN every possible moment and
lhu rsalit IN one OF the merrislt even
lng'a entertainments extant This years
company In the support OF Kelly a
Mason IL large one ana numbers
twonty-one people prominent amongst
them being chas. y. Pussy. Harry N.
WEIGH, Johnnie l.e Feyre, Bert 81.
John, Herbert Diliea, Arthur Roche,
william Naples. Oracle Cummings,
Allie Willard, GeorRie Tompkina Emily
stowe, Sisters Whiting. Katherine and
Mottn Miller. Alice Figinnn aud Mar
gerry Adds. There are fifteen special
tics In the three acts
Miss IDtile Levy was made the re-
clpient OF very ilnttering oner from