The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-30

the play turns on an interesting dra-
matte story.
Clyde Fitch's play. Captain links of
the Horse Marines" with Elizabeth
Kennedy at the head of the cast, will
be seen at the Salt Lake theatre next
Friday and Saturday,
captain JinkS" presents a series of
pictures of an interesting period in
American social life of thirty years
ago.. Many odd characters are intro
duced and there is plenty of wit of the
typical Fitch order. The theme of the
play, that of the love of a young New
Yorker for an operate prima donna. is
treated whimsicaliy, albeit sympathet-
leally. The progress of the M is
1-nterspersed with a great number Of
diverting episodes after the true Fitch
manner In the first act there is a
scene in which Nine. Trentoni Furnishes
the presumption of her unlimited Wis
itors by shunting her vulgar chaperon
of on them in her place as their guest
at a croquet party, and by making them
exercise her dogs; and another which
satiriZeS none too severely the bar
barian amer of the custom house in
spectors; a third in which Captain
Jinks is arrested for ean attempted
bribery of hat i~ncorruptible official;
/ and a fourth in which the diva is visit
ed by two members of the Woman's
Anti-vice association, who beg her to
make her operate debut in oratorio or
even in Faust rather than in the
SOul-deStrOying F"Trayiata"-a really
delicious bit of satire. In the second act
there are other scenes of pure enter
tainment of the same kind. One is an
interview between Trentoni and Cap
tain Jinks mother, somewhat on the
order of the celebrated one between
Camille and the father of Armand: and
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those who have never witnessed such a
function in real life. a too comic ballet.
In the third act there are a serenade by
a crowd of enthusiastic citizens, a scene
with the ballet. which is full of enthusi-
| aSm and newborn harmony, and a
comic scene with a comic policeman.
Detective stories have always had a
peculiar fascination for all ages. The
young are always interested on account
of the daring, dashing bravery of the
central figure in all of these tales; the
girls and boys who have reached the
romantic period of life are interested on
account of the low episodes which crop
out in all these stories. and those of a
maturer age are spellbound on account
of the working out of intricate prob
lens, the solving of mysteries by keen
perceptions. and the settlement of vex-
atious questions by men who devote
every WdheIu moment 10 the SOIutlO1
of motives for crime in order to bring
criminals to justice. But il is not the
glamor of which hangs around
all detective stories and plays which
makes them successful. The main rea-
son why they appeal so strongly to all
classes is because they tell natural
stories. The characters, scenes and in
cidents are all faithful portraitures OF
things we know about. 1t is for this
reason that Joseph LIE Brandt'S great
detective drama, Caught in the Web.
has been so successful in all the big
cities. The characters. are clean-cut
true to life and easily recognizable by
people who have lived in large cities fol-
any length of time It's story is one OF
absorbing interest. n the attention
of the audience is closely held until the
final dropping of the curtain. The at
traction comes to the Grand the latter
half of the week