The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-08
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A melodrama Of alarming intensity
called Sporting Life" was produced
a. the Salt Lake theatre last night by
Fat Schiller and other we'll known
actors. The least that can be said
of the show is that it kept the audience
IN a state of continual hilarity, and
anybody who went will not feel that
the money was thrown away. sport
ing Life has a murder, a prize fight,
a horse race, d forgery; nearly every
thing good, in fact. except a fire, and
1t looked for a while like there would
be memorable confagra ton, only
somebody tipped it of to Lord Wood
stock at a critical iuncture that they
were going to burn down his stable.
And it is 50 true to life There is a
SWeet-spirited pawnbroker who gives
back the horse he loaned $4,000 on;
hero who tears up a note for $50 600 to
which someone mas forged his name,
and pays it; a villain who says AHA.
Miss Cavanaugh. I'll have you yet.
and a gOOd-lOOking young man who
cries "Oh, OliveI Oh. Olive!" This
poor young fellow is in trouble all
night. In the FIRST place he FORCES a
note to entertain the viliainess and
winds up by making a cOntortiOnist Of
/ her-thrOwing her recklesSly over a
+ sofa, crOss-wise. and choking her to
/ death. To add to his misery he has
/ to leave town under an assumed name.
But outside of Fat Schiller there is
! only one hereford Woodstock. He
/ crowns his career by knocking out a
/ professional pUgiist in the first min
+ ute of a prize fight. Sammy Clark viii
have him before he gets to San Fran
: ri. T1r FrrT
( There is also. besides Fat Schiller. a
sister of an actress in the cast. This
: is a circumstance which it is hoped
( the theatre going public viii try to for
! get
+ There is one notable f. re Of the
production besides the sce-e,st'. No one
/ has an exclusive right TO the orchestra
+ Sneak music is provided for every
entrance and conversation. y neither
( il be between the policeman and Fat
/ Schiller. or the heroine and the father.
no discrimination is made.
/ Unfortunately, the engagement was
1 for one night only. The friends of Fat
/ Schiller especially will regret this, for
the improvement in his acting since
his last appearance has been marked.
The house last night was crowded, and
then some.
Down at the Grand. Daughter Of the
/ Diamond King" was presented before
I an extremely small audience. The size
Of the house may be attributed to two
causes. First. the title scared away
the downstairs element, and the gal
lery gods believed they had a better
proposition UP at the Theatre.
The management of Daughter of
the Diamond King would do well to
"
terribly melOdramatic, but the play is
pastoral-like. The story is undeniably
pretty and the company presenting it
is far above the average pcpular-priced
crowd. Those who did attend were We'll
pleased with the presentation. and
business should be larger for the re-
mainder of the week
Some clever specialties are intro
duced. including a song. Idaho" by
| Dolly KemptOn, and a contraitO by Ida
1 Wynn who plays her own accompani-
ment from the orchestra pit.
Eugene Blair presents at the salt
Lake theatre tonight her latest sue
cess. Peg Wofington" The production
has been highly praised in every city
the company has visited. Miss Blair S
leading man is Vaughn CHASER, who is
well remembered in the title role OF
THE Prisoner Of Zenda.
The sale Of seats for Theodore,
which is to be interpreted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Bruno at the Theatre next week
begins this morning. This promises L
BE- one Of the notable attractions of th'
season.
Seats will be on sale at the New
Grand today for "A Female Drummer,
which is the attraction for the frs
three nights of next week. Johnston'
Bennett. the famous stage beauty, is a
tn, head of the company. For the las
three nights Of next week the Grand Ia
another strong attraction in The oil
Cross Roads"