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

who is the manager rhrewd enough
70 b. the nrgt In setting back Into the
old beaten but never worn out paths
of mclodrsma and The r1ciuy ployaf
Whoever be- o. We predict fortune flr
him. n we arc any judge Of iho pub
iic taste. there ia u growing disgust Cor
fnrcc comedy. buriosquo and pink tights
and an awakening desire tp Hee once
again actors ana mattresses who can de-
rict nm interesting heart story. teli che
old sweet love tales. shnW virtue per-
secuted but eventually triumphant
viliainy foiiod. the dollghtful comedy
couples the iriah policeman. tho child
waif. and an tho other familiar but
dearly cherished episodes and ch1r-
nctera 81 tho drama "ha we used to
know Il years ago" who can think
" The vito. Men and Women, The
Lost Paradise. Piquc. The charity BAIL
The bankers Daughter Youth The
Lights o1.1ndon. The Nomnuy iiye.
Daniel Rochat, red AHtmy The wages
of Hin. etc, &C., etc. nnt not wonder
IN what strange noida tho taste NJ tho
world has been atraylnF3 or coming
down 10 later date and recalling tha
TREATS we used 10 receive ne che hands
% InFcrHoii Edwards. clarke. bate.
man and warrn. such na Moths Nlnbc
EngaEed YOUNG Mr. winthrop. Trou
f'rou. Caprice and half hundred
othcra--who docs not rirh Tor the re-
turn u those golden days and Hickon
az tho thought of comparing them with
A BLACK sheen. The Hottest Coon in
Dixie. or By the sad Sea waycs3 \
Eood. stirring pulaating play, with "a
plot that makes you hold your breath,
IN which the hero ia made OF flesh and
blood. IN which the villain plots and
the heroine suffers. would come 10 un
now like the zcphyra Of Aaby 10 the
nostrila of tho SUM parched traveller Ia
the desert. Even East Lynne. Tho
Two Orphans. or The Lancashire Lass.
provided only that the people In them
know the flut principles Of acting
would he grcted az We street. old friends
who have FOR years been Loaf 10 sight
but Htll held In remembrance.
How hungry Salt Lake h. Cor straight
comedy something anything 40 r.
change from the eternal round OF farce,
specially, coon songs, break downs and
hurlUaquc with which we have been
Hurfoltoda was illustrated last night By
the handsome turn out which greeted
Why Smith Lott Home az the thontcr.
The lower parts N the house were nilod.
ana above the attendance was much
heavier than usual a uight ~ laugh
ter unrentraine1 WIS passed By all those
AHH "a tHaN
funny on the fast and furious order.
Ike What Happened 10 Jones. "a very
hilarious In spots. and the cifVcrnoHH OF
the people ensured an enjoyable even
inr's entertainment The company II a
lnrEg one, ana i uumbcra some VERY
bright people. Mr Tannehill aa smith.
while hia part was not the fun prOvok-
cr some u the others wcrc-ahowc1
himself q capital actor throughout or
the several laufhnbic characters the
best sustained were tho German of Mt
Wiu'Ama and the cook Of Lizzie May
Timer, an nctrcaH who n few years ago
was starring In Dads Girl. Roth were
decidedly clover Mr. Holdings French
man was also n lnughnhlc hit. The nu-
thor decrced that most uf his ladies
should be middle aged, NO there o. moth
INK Of beauty In the company Co rave
about, with tho marked exception Of
Niles Hubbard, who was uH pretty "a
Miss Chamberlain sang her songs in "a
very sweet voice. and despite their ven.
erablonors CPromiHo me" and "uc-
cnuac'l they were heartily nnplnudcd.
Nellie MnHkell showed hcrHelf "a GOOD
dcllnontor Of elderly ladies' parts and
Miss Sultcr made an arch little bride.
u ~ Impossible 10 resist tho feeling that
Mr., nroadhurHt In writing Why Smith
Left Home, hung on 90 hla subject "a ne.
tle too long. and the story ia spun out
20 an occasionally attenuntOd ,xtont.
but there h "a biz number of rood
laughs IN Il, ana Interpreted uH Il ~ by
wen selected company u bids fair
10 run pronpcroualy through the aoa-
son.
Every one who remembers the COM
edy parts IN the Lost Paradise" viii
be on hand TO greet Walter Perkins ln
My Frind from India" NJ the Grand
Monday night Mr.. Perkins "Ulily."
the dust hcRrimed factory boy the best
young man u "cindcrn." tEith Hawk
ina) was one NJ tho strong features vi
the play when II was done here several