Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-02
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!! Lake knew her before she had married
and divorced herself. but she is still 50
beautiful In face, figure and voice, stih
has such power in those wonderful
eyes, that she exercised all her old
charms over us. and we readily Joined
in the bursts OF applause that time and
again brought her before the curtain.
But we could not quite forgive her that
support. She Is enough Of an artist and
strong enough with her managers, to
have risen in arms at the company with
which she Is surrounded. Almost every
member is weak or inefficient, and even
the hero Charles Brandon played by
Bruce McRae, was colorless The stag
ing and costuming were delightful: the
orchestra-which could not be com,
pared with Willard Weihe's organza-
tIon-did one pretty thing In using
Hearts and Flowers" as an incidental
bit in very pathetic situation, but
aside from that, It's work was. what
friend Mcclellan would eloquently des-
ignate as "the bummiest Of the bum"
HENRY MILLERS BACK SET.
Henry Miller, popular star and met
ropoltan favorite, has had the first
set back In his long successful career
as star. How little one can Judge
from the press reports of plays-at least
In the East-is we'll attested by his lat
est venture Richard Savage" You
viii remember that IL was telegraphed
as having achieved grand success, as
being another great hit. etc. etc. We
saw II last night, and much as we ad-
mire Mr., Miller, truth compels the
statement that il Is very far from be-
ing the success We had expected. The
fault is all with the play; It has been
very extensively put upon the stage.
and Mr.. Miller himself, whose voice is
entirely restored. does some Of his most
charming and effective work. But the
play has for its basic theme--of all
themes under the sun-a mothers hat
red of her offspring, and this strikes
the average audience as something so
strained and unnatural, that even the
sympathy II feels for the prosecuted
hero who finally dies In prison, can not
take the unpleasant taste out OF its
mouth, so there are none OF the usual
raptures heard after Henry Miller's de-
lneatlons Mr. Miller himself Is aware
OF the plays defects, and In conyersa-
ton with your representative. said that
Savage" would probably not be con-
tlnued after the present season. Bust
ness in New York has been but fair.
but Mr.. Miller's personal popularity Is
relied upon 10 pun the work through
the season In the big cities hereabouts.
He says he will bend all his energies.
hereafter, 20 find a good mp TO date
comedy. which he thinks people prefer
10 such sad plays as THE Only Way"
or Richard Savage
FAMILIAR SALT LAKE FACES.
Two familiar figures often encoun-
tered IN the passing throngs OF the
Waldorf corridors. are those Of A. w
McCune and $. W. Eccles. Me" makes
his home here. and says he has business
enough in sight 20 keep him here three
or four months He always has a
hearty welcome Tor salt Lakers passing
through the metropolis. and on every
subject except one, he Is brimmIng over
with heartlness and good humor That
one Is Utah politics. He is most EVIL
IDENTIFY "soured" on that theme and his
opinion Of many members OF the pres