Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-14

Frank Daniels IL not thing ~
beauty. hut he IL u Joy forever lie Is
assurcdiy prince " burlcrquists. and
even Francis Wilson and DE Wolf Hop
pcr have no stronger puil with the gem
efni public. There h a laugh In every
curve In Daniels legs. In his every
scowl. IN his uttcrnncc NJ the vcricst
commonplace. and his singing Of "a hu.
moruus gcm like "Thc Tattoocd Man"
l. simply one of the most delicious
morscls that could be contributed 20
ralvanize a faded appetite. IIe knows
nli wcll-nonc bctter-what pro-
ycnder the public ~ this hustling
wotknday world wishes TO ind In itH
thcaters. he knows that people 40 to
amusement resorts 10 inugh on tho
troubles Of life not TO he reminded of
them. and that the audiences who 40
a. theaters To- be instructed or to study
are growing smaller year by year. 70
Daniels goes with the stream. and
manages to keep Just a little In adj
vance Of II. He spends his money
iaviHhly and he sees II come back 10
him multiplied ten fold. Ills form of
entertainment II hot the most elevated
that could be- conceived. perhaps, and
there " something Of a suggestion 81
coarsoncss here and there, but Tor fun
making ana LAUGH producing. nothing
like II Inns visited these parts Of late
years.
II needs the visit ~ familiar facr
like that dolightful erraiic, nervous,
magnetic bundle Of nerves known aH
Harry Corson clark, 20 remind Us how
time IL living and things mundane are
changing. II seems but n breath
since he frFt rose IN our horizon as
the chlppcr little EnRiirhman In Moths.
and the original Grand company made
IT, first decided impression with Ken
mark Rs Vera. Mndrc coofs na Lady
Dolly. Frawlcy NJ Jura, and blanche
pates nH fuschia Leach; delightful
winter that quaftottc gave ", but
Johnny Rogsrs II now only "a memory.
and tho original frnwlcyn have been
scattered 20 the four winds OF heaven.
The house whore 20 many budding tall
cnts were murrcd has gone into the
hands of strangers ana the Glorles Of
~ stock days are only q Tradition
nn expensive one 20 AIT. Rogers and
his family. iiut of nli the ilcdgllnRr
whom the Grand taught To Try their
wings and 10 soar out into the ccruionn
alone, Harry Clarke conHplcuourly
continues TO mount upward ana doubt
lesH the time viii come-if he allows
himself to ilyc--whon he and blanche
Bates viii be- the two of the old Salt
Lake originals whofrom that humble
beginning VIII have reached the high
rst runr In the ladder NJ fame. Sue
cess TO them both. Their paths have
doviatcd widely since they first trqd
the boards here. but two more conscl-
entious. hard working. earnest atriyern
are not to be- found among rhaliaH
First NIGnTER
At the thcater last night Frank
Daniels decided Hucccfs ON his opening
WAS duplicated. The house was Just ~
large and Just an highly amused as the
inst, aud Daniels antics nH the aero.
hnut were voted as being IN his very
best vein. This afternoon lac N rem
1crlng the companion piece To the Idols
Eye-the Wizard OF III. Nlle-and II
viii also be repeated tonight Word
from the box Office II 10 the eject that
The house win be sold out before night
fali,
Miss Dorothy Morton. n prlma donna
81 Wide reputation IN the wufid ~ pup-
ulnr comic opera. comes with her full
company TO the thcntcr tomorrow oven
INK. Gironc Girona " an opera that
used 90 be very popular here In the days
Of Alice oates, though u has not been
beard much since, and II the Bcggar'r
student has ever been done here nc all.
" has not been by a first class CONF
lauy, Both operas therefore should be
ussured NJ a decided reception. Miss