The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-05
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Last night at the Salt Lake Theater
the Clay Clement-StOckweII company
presented for the first time in this city
a Southern Gentleman Every seat
in the Theater was taken. and the de-
light of the audience was manifested
by enthusiastic applause and a num-
Der OF curtain calls for the author
his wife, Mr. StOckweH and other
principal characters. The play was
written by Mr.. Clement, and, like his
well known drama, 1.-The New Donain-
ion, = makes a noble and ideal char
aeter the central figure. The story of
the play is beautiful in itself.
In 1862 Lieutenant Thompson and
Lieutenant Carroll, both of the confed-
crate army, love the same girl Lieu
tenant ThOmoSOn IS a man of middle
age Lieutenant Carroll is a mere boy.
The girl marrieS Lieutenant THOMPSON
and Lieutenant Carroll is almost broken
hearted At this time Philip Du Rande,
who has been exposed in dishonest
practices by Thompson, challenges
Thompson to a duel The duel is
fought in a secret place and ThOmp-
son. having fired into the air, is delib-
erately slain by Du Rande- Carroll
acts as ThompsCn's second. AS Thomp-
son is dying in CAROLS arms he asks
him to take care Of his wife and little
dauShter-then mere infant. Twenty
two years later we again meet the chief
characters Of this prelude General
Carroll, a stately gentleman, with pre-
maturely grey hair-Du Rande, a man
who bears his age well. seemingly
about 30; Arzelia Thompson, daughter
of Lieutenant Thompson, now a charm
ing woman of 22-all meet. From their
I conversation il appears that Mrs.
Thompson believed that her husband
was slain in the battle which took
place near New Orleans on the day Of
the duel; that Carroll fought through
out the war with great bravery; that
his love for his old sWeetheart-Nrs.
ThOmDsOn-was great. but his pride
was greater-he saw her no more She
went to California to live. Travelled
abroad and educated her daughter in
all the graces and accomplishments Of
her sex. Somewhere in their travels
thew meet Du Rande.
Then Mrs. Thompson died and Du
Rande, knowing Miss Thompson to be
wealthy and being in sore distress for
money to extricate himself from certain
forgeries and defalcatiOns. determines
to seek her hand in marriage.
General Carroll. after the war was
over, settled in the south He had low
ed the girl who became Mrs THOMPSON
he never loved another. Her image
was before hin-she was his ideal.
When he sees Miss Thompson he sees
the image of his old sweetheart-the
counterpart of the girl he had loved
these many years The plans of the
villain. Du Rande. are frustrated Gen
eral Carroll and Miss Thompson are
happily engaged. This play contains 4
character called O'Malley, named after
our old tOwnsman, t z. O'Malley, who
plays the part.
Special mention must be made of the
acting of Mrs. Clement, who takes the
part of Miss Thompson She plays that
difficult part in a most touching and
artistic manner OF course. Clay Glenn
ent and Mr.. StOckweH were excellent in
the characters they assumed. And Mr..
O'Malley'S part fit him like the paper
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Du Rande was also excellent, as were
also eSabury, Yale and Grace Standish.
The New Dominion in matinee today
and tonight.