Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-02
ADJUSTMENTS.


II was beautiful audience that
Blanche Walsh drew out at the Theater
last evening, beautiful alike in num-
bers, quality and appearance, that Is,
below stairs In the upper gallery, a
big sprnklIng Of the rowdy element had
assembed,and during the evening some
most exasperatihg Interruptions oc.
Cured; could there be half dozen
officers In plain clothes scattered
through the gallery throng, with in.
structlons to seize any hoodlum in
dulglng in such noises as those pro-
duced last night, and bundle him out
Of the building 1t would be a step that
the patrons Of the house would most
cordially endorse.
A wonderful production a Won
derful play-Miss Walsh and Mr. Stern
have provided In More than Queen.
Probably nothing ever seen upon our
stage represented so much actual
money In tho costumes, draperles,
properties and scenery, Sixty thous-
and dollars Is the sum said to have
been expended by Julia Arthur's hus.
band In first mounting II, and then the
weight Of the jewels, diadems, heavy
embroiderIes and thick draperies with
which Oh Empress Josephine was fitted
out was found to be 80 great that
MISS Arthnrs frall frame could not
sustain it It "a said that In the coro-
nation scene, the actual weight OF all
me ilnery Worn by Miss Walsh Is not
lar snort OF hundred pounds one
could well believe IL. In gazing upon
IT'S magnItcCnce; such profuse llberali-
ty--such foolish liberality, II might al
most be said-has surely not been Wit
messed In the recent history of stage
production
This aylshness is the first and fore
mosth feature Of the presentation; In
The role OF Josephine, Miss Walsh has
no such strong opportunity as she is
AFFORDED In Sardou's plays, and the
character Of Napoleon Is not drawn
win anything like the skill with which
II Is portrayed In Sans Gene; the play,
TOO, might be called sue
cession Of Napoleonic pictures,
almost Of iableaux, and while II
Is deeply interesting TO the student
OF history 10 follow the development OF
the Famous divorce one waits In vain
Tor an actual dramatic situation, or q
single moment Of strong suspense this
was particularly evident In the demean-
or OF the audience last night II fol-
lowed the succession of scenes with ad.
lnlrlng Interest, but only once during
the night was there what might be
termed a hearty outburst Of applause.
aud thls was where Roustan, very OK
ceIently enacted by Mr.. Frank Sheri-
dan, describes the battle OF Austerlitz.
Neither Miss Walsh, the Josephine nor
Mr. Humphrey the Bonaparte got any
fuch fecogniton-the fault not OF
themselves, but Of the playwright. Miss
Walsh has greatly matured In style, ac-
uoh' method aud appearance since she
was last seen here her reading is as
admirable and her voice as musical as
ever and given some such chance az
she has In Fedora or La TOsca, af1- she
would storm her way into her audi
ences favor AS Josephine, the llmita-
lions OF the play rather cramped her
abilities, and she had 20 confne herself
70 making her strongest Impressions by
her appearance in her hewildering ar
ray OF gowns. which never failed TO
draw little gasps OF admiration and sur
prise from the ladies' In the audience
each time that she appeared, Mr.. Hum
phreys as Napoleon was uneven, at
times excellent Mt other times hardly
satisfying the main part In the sup
port, the Taleyrand OF Mr.. stevens was
wen portrayed, but the role Is not so
wen drawn rs In other plays where the
famous eN-priest has figured. The same
bill goes tonight, and IL Is TO be hoped
That people VIII remember the curtain
rises for this engagement at sharp
Those who were In their seats on time
last night had the opening act ruined
by the noise OF the late corners. What
by the way has come OF the good old
custom Of recurring the tardy arrivals
to remain standing till the act drop
falls?
Miss walsh VIII be seen at a matinee
performance Of "More Than Queen" to-
Wards minstrels open their engage
ment at the Grand tomorrow night.
"The Evil Eye" advance sale opens at
the Theater tomorrow morning.
The "Fatnitza" sale opens at the
Theater Thursday morning. Mr.. Nc
Clelian holds the final rehearsal Mt
Calder's hall tomorrow night