The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-25

The WaIsh-MacDowel engagement
was one of the bright spots in the list
of t-e seasons attractions. week
could have easily been filed here as
far as patronage is concerned. with
three or four changes of DILL salt Lake
has putgrown the two nights limits.
and companies of fTst-class standing
viii gradually learn that they can
book a longer engagement here with
profit Every night of the WalSh-Mac-
U0Well engagement there was "A crowd
ed house. and demonstration was most
enthusiastic. Mr. Mcdowell is one Of
the most finished stars now before the
public. He makes q splendid appear
ance. has a good voice and a most eX-
pTegsiVe face. Moreover. he possesses
a keen intuition for effect, and his
performance, on the whole, are most
delightful. II was To be deplOred that
he suffered from an injured ankle dur
ing his recent engagement here. and
his pain was visible at times, making
him quite stiff i'm the place of his
usual agility. The accident occurred
in Leadviue by a fall upon the ice
Miss Walsh is a faVCuJe i'm salt
Lake and She is certainly a Young
woman who deserves much credit for
her present high position When she
first came before the public as Queen
Elizabeth iu Amy BobSIrL' she was
noticed only for her beauty As an
actress she was stiff and unnatural.
and She was not "a faV0rite- Since that
time, however she has worked inCes-
sanity and has i'm consequence i'm
proved steadily. SO that she is now re-
gardrd as one Of our foremost actresses.
And she viii be very much better when
she oyrrComes some of the distressing
maUneriSmS of which she is now q vic
tim. She persistenIy disturts her words
and rolls her rs at the WrouE time.
until it is difficult to understand how
the story originated that her English
pronunciation was hawleSs. A favor
lite press story used by the management
sets forth that Miss Walsh is the only
American actress who was not critic
Used i'm England for her pronunciation
Then it must he deduced that they are
fond Of oddities on the other side, for
Miss Walsh's is certainly unique. II
she would overcome this popularity
and would cultivate a natural method
of speech. her acting would gam inn
mrasurably i'm power. She is beauti-
tsI woman, and In this way has a
marked advantage over many of her
friends ia the field of emotional act
10 compare her To Miss O'Neu. whose
resent engagement here has by 10
means been forgotten by her admirers
Miss O'Nsil by reason Of her simpler
methods and careful training, will
probably rise to greater heights and re-
main there longer. Miss Walsh s natur-
al g.its may he equally splendid but
az present she threatens TO spoil them
10y her faults.
Iu physical appearance the two ac-
r.r--H7 are close rivals, for while not
"a. an alike. they are each magnificent
So. linens of womanhood. Miss Walsh's
beauty is more of the ideal-the pic
tur. type. while Miss O'Neil may be
called lua lIudSomer. Miss O'Neu has
thu appearance OF strength, and Miss
Walsh Nf sweetness They are both
youu-. tuI off ambition and energy,
and ID WI. .. interesting To watch how
they ur"-r..t# Hu the road to fame.
II Ha~ with the SiuceTeSt grief and
regret that Salt Lakers heard of the
sud death OF Mr.. Edwin Mayo. They
wer. shocked at the similar death Of
his father. and it seemed then that no
one could HE the place of the originat-
or of -IudI unaad." But when his son
Edwin appeared here, the startling re-
semh.au.. and remarkable fidelity to
his fathers methods were noticed, and
Edwin L-Lu became his fathers sue
gessor ll aur affections as well as in
the part he made famous. Everywhere
he was accepted as d second edition Of
the uri-.ua. 'uil uhrad-a thing which
was thHU-E. impossible at first As
years Went De- would have become more
and more .h- ..S father. Ase would
have added It's dignity and finish But
was otherwise ordained. Edwin