Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-04

lH' %a years evening served
pn ~" ,d old timers that 'hat
y '' "sed to be counted .he
fa'e n,cbt Of the year AZ 'ne
|e'a'' ,ose Theatre. In the past u mas
fal' y. L1 ~. a premier" of many notable
ttrvsp p pr club productions o,.,
',",s. ponkor's Daughter was hrs'
nt, ant on New Years nlght' Y
p,ou s ogo 1851 It was revived many
IT,. as after. but the first great impress
'"'' i, made in this city was from the
sooble cast Of amateurs VINO pre-
O'a II on that date A year later
KY "' 1882 another notable production
\ ,ns Home cub. SARATOGA" lirst saw
\ !" Ian ist 1888. the club brought
pt forbidden Fruit" jan ISL isSl'
S.~so 1,fe Of an Actress" Jan. lst' 1893,
H., Rail- Jan. ist 1886, Confusion
a r,,neb some Of these plays we're iar
goccossos than others none
\ :. tolod TO cram the house on ne"
,..ys night ana 81, 900, SLIGO and a'2OO
Ala, audiences were rather the RUE
i,or ,be exception in those days IN
Nm original cast of "rhe Bankers
a. "
nopebter' appeared II. NJ Wells o. H.
<yn,,rsv I. A. Cummings, j. D spen-
eor c $. Burton J. A. Evans Harry
Tsvor Mark Wilton, ], H. Leclair H.
Morale, W. II, Culmer Nellie Cole
brook. Lottie Clardge' Miss sarah
'v,ncent, Mrs Leclair and Ivy clawson'
then a child
Handicapped by his fathers fame
,,lcbf pstly be said Of Thomas Jeiter-
ton, II his Rip Van Wrinkle had been
Rendered by an actor bearing any other
name it might have stood on It's own
merits as clever, though not a great
,tendItIon Of Washington lrving's Inn
mortal mountain tramp. But with com
|pansons aud contrasts drawn at every
epeech he uttered. It was Inevitable that
he should suffer. Young solhern had to
7pass through the same ordeal, and so
sdid young salylni, In their cases, add
ped to pluck and determination they
MAD big share of the genius of their
ksres. and It was not great task to
eompel the world to listen to them,
4Nhpther Mr. jefferson Is similarly gift
led, perhaps can not be told I'LL he has
Nbroken away from Rip Van Wrinkle
and created roles Of his own. at pres
ent he Is but clever imitation Of his
father and that IN q character that no
one except his father could relieve Of a
Pertain tediousness, In the places where
athe dialogue is so long spun out, The
ELDER Jeifers0n's own quaint charm, his
individuality and his personal magnet
ism would enchaIn the attention Of his
taudence II he were reading the Revised
( ftatutes, and II is only his powers
(which have rendered Rip Van Wrinkle
lfolerable, It's style went out with the
Hast generation and with the passing
fof the immortal Joe-an event which
I'VE trust the fates win long postpone
8%e doubt If It will long continue to hold
9h place on the boards,
Last nights audience--a very good
zone in size-was well interested and
Though the applause was at no time
aoyerpowerng, It was generous both to
SMr, Jefferson and his associates. The
1--WE children were excellent, and Miss
eHayward w9s especially good as the
t~lfe The remainder of the cast ranks
tas fair The bill will prove an especially
attractive one to children this after
shoon, and no doubt will draw another
Igood house this evening.
\ IL Is pleasant 10 note that in spite
of the big list Of attractions by which It