The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-26
ADJUSTMENTS.

same piece Tor eight consecutive per-
fOrmances at high prices-has not
proved a great success, inviting repe-
titiOn, Salt Lake viii have forfeited it's
right to demand the superior. First
because there are enough amusement
seekers here to fill the theatre that
number of times and because every
person should see " Way Down East -
A few more audiences as large as that
OF last evening will insure the success
or the venture, indeed, there is little
doubt that the first performance
brought that assurance for everyone
who saw the play was amused, pleased
and delighted, and the house was filed.
Way Down East is a stronger
play than THE Old Homestead" be-
cause it tells a stronger story and
teaches a stronger lesson And the
story is simplicity itself. A young
woman has been betrayed by means
or a, mock marriage, and finds refuge
IN the home Of an honest New Hamp-
shire squire. UnCOnSCiOusly she wins
the love Of the sources son, whom he
has said shall marry a cousin. A viii
iaSe gossip reveals the notified past Of
the heroine, and the squire, under
some justification, turns her out of
doors on a winters night. Before she
goes she is able to denOunce the au-
thor of her wrongs, who is counting
the very girl the squire has said his
son shall marry. This is the climax of
the piece. The act ends with the girl
going out into a terrific storm, pursued
by the SQuire'S son. The last act
/ brings the squire to a full realization
of the situation, the unhappy girl is
transformed into the heartily welcomed
bride-tO-be of the farmer boy, and her
betrayeI is kicked out, rather too po-
litely, but none the less earnestly
( The play has one great beauty; it's
moral is not hung up like a sign board,
I but is left to the auditors own deduc-
ton As d whole, the story is well told.
1t is not so much a chapter Of Incl
dents as others Of its kind. The last
act could be improved with the elm
inatlon of the rOugh-and-tumble COM
edy. 1t rather spOils the effect of the
scene and is unnatural. A life-saVing
expedition would hardly be broken into
by comic love scene, nor would the
town constable necessarily turn a cou-
pie of sOmersaults when run into by
the villain.
The cast presenting Way Down
East is thoroughly capable. Robert
f1SherS portrayal OF Squire Bartlett
! while rather uneven in dialect, espec-
tally, was much enjoyed. Mr.. Byrne
makes his David effective by being
natural The same may be said of
Miss Hope. who plays Anna, the hero
inc. There can be but one unfavor-
able word said of her. Either a quail
/ ity in her voice or a lack of under
! standing as to how it can be used most
/ effectively makes it seem out of tune
/ at times.
The fngenue of the company. Ruby
! Bridges, is both pretty and clever She
| Is almost the double of Pearl Landers,
! who made so favorable an impression
/ here with the Frawley company. The
! character parts the professor, Hi HOi-
! Ter, the constable and others, are all
/ eXcellently presented
The third act of the play, showing
/ the snOwstOrm, is so realistic that
/ many in the audience sent home for
! umbrellas, according to Manager Py-
per.
| In the large audience there were
many church dignitaries. The man
/ agement has adopted the plan of in
/ viting the clergy to the first perform
ance in every town. The play has been
/ highly commended by preachers.
4 The Cummings company dipped
again into melOdTama last evening
and brought before the public some
thing everyone thought was dead. It
now goes by the name Of Idaho" 1t
/ used to be, when it was presented at
the old Lyceum, The Golden Giant"
For a border melOdTama the play has
unusually good qualities, and is of
much interest. Its presentation is ex-
! cellent.
Miss Hall does not appear in thu
/ Idaho" cast. The role of the heroine
was in the hands of Miss Holt and she
handled it very acceptably- The play
L =
throws her usual spirit and cleVerness
into it as the western lass. Mr.. Cum
mlngS has a very fair part as Jack
Mason, the gentleman gambler, and
Mr. BlackmOre does all that is required
from Alec Fairfax Mr.. HyneS gives
another of his excellent character de-
ineatiOns as Jim BiXby, and the minor
parts are well filled by other members
of the company. Robert Cummings
does not appear. The piece was evil
n ont Il 70,
a. chance TO rest up. TOnight's bill
viii be THE Little Minister
Professor Mcclellan gave an organ
recital yesterday afternoon at the tab
ernacle for members of the" Way Down
East cast and Cummings Stock COM
Dany. a varied programme, cOmpris-
ing both classics and popular numbers,
was given. The recital yesterday was
the last opportunity to hear the organ
in its present condition. The force of
men from KimbalIS factory are ex-
pected in this morning, and will begin
on the improvement work at once, in
/ order to have the organ ready by the
J first day of April.
The first presidency has decided that
there shall be no tabernacle services
while the organ is being remodeIed.
While running over the Angels
Chorus" yesterday, Professor McClel-
/ Ian discovered a new effect in the tab
ernacle organ, which is pronounced by
those who heard it the most beautiful
ever produced by the old instrument
It is a combination of VoX humana,
claTiOnet and flute pipes, and the eff
feet is decidedly that of harp strings.
Professor Mcclellan took immediate
steps to have his discovery preserved.
The experts viii not be allowed to de-
strOy it when they begin patching up
the pipes.
For a number of years, up TO five
years ago, z. W. Hoff, who leads the
Way Down East" Quartette, was the
Bostonian's tenor. As may be sur
missed, ii required a big offer from
gave up an Operatic engagement to go
with Way Down East"
Francis Byrne, the David of Way
Down East met an old chum in Salt
Lake in the person of Charles GibIyn
of the Grand stock company. They
We're boys together in New York. and
were together in stock for a couple of
seasons. OF late years neither has
known where the other might be, and
their chance meeting in Salt Lake is
one of those striking condolences found
more often in the theatrical profession
than any other.
The sale of seats for The Telephone
Girl opens at the Grand this morn
ing.
Frank B. Skaters is here ahead of
Eugene Blair, who appears at the The
Il $50