Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-03-27
ADJUSTMENTS.

-" - - y v y ~ y, -~N-Te's7N
with a fascination born half Of adj
mratou and half Of horror, fair sized
audience SAT breathess through Rose
Coghlau's deiueation OF "The Second
Mrs. Tapqueray at the Tbeater last
night That the house did not contain
q big throug Of people Is regrettablc,
but old the1ter goers had seen the play
at the hands Of the Kendalis In 1894,
others did not cherish the most pleas
ant recoloctlons OF Miss Coghlan's
Forget Me- Not" last year. and still
others were cautious about p8trOnlz-
ing @ Zone night show" Last night
however every one present was Will
lag 10 accord Miss Coghlan and her
fine company Of players the most UNI
reserved and enthusiastic praise. While
the play has a gloomy subject ana
while one regrets that "a writer Of Pine
rOs brilliant Attachments should delye
into the cesspOOls and Quagmres Of
social life ma dig UP a plot that were
better lett unfOlded stll one cannot
deny the vast power with which the
story Is told nor indeed is IL 10 be de-
MED that t teaches a tremendous les
hOn--the lesson that no man, no matter
how noble his aspirations, can ever
hope 20 beat down the preiudices OF
society. and induce the world to open
its arms to woman whose past is
full or black spots even though the
man gives her his name and attempts
to lift her Into his position
AS the woman with dual nature,
stormy tempestuous, repentant tender
ana splteful her better part always
battling with the worse Miss Coghlan
gave an Interpretation full Of strength
and fidelity She was appauded again
and again, and would have been
brought before the curtain at the close
but for the fact that the terrible de-
movement left the audience with It's
feelings TOO much wrought up 90 in
dulge IN applause, Most admirably
was she supported probably she never
surrounded herself with o. better COM
pany. Mr.. RitChle, as the husband.
was the gentleman Of nobility, weighed
down with the anxiety Of his position
70 perfection Miss Roslyn as Elean,
did rare piece Of acting of the in
geuuous sort. while Miss Cotton as
Mrs Cortelyou portrayed 10 the lie an
instance of the high bred English
dame. The others In the cast We're all
good. Unfortunately for absent thea
ter goers, the engagement was limited
to one night only
At the Grand last night quite a good
turnout assembled 10 give the hand
shake TO Mr. Maltese and his new crea-
ton THE Wrong Mrs. Appleton The
audience was IN very good humor and
the absurdIties Of the play met with q
hearty response from the gathering,
which perhaps fortunately for Mr.
Maltese was not inclined to be over
critical His play is O sad mix mp
OF the widest kind Of burlesque and
farce comedy fashioned after the lines
of Mixed Pickles" Charles Aunt
and "The Man From India" A real
mother-ln-law and a burlesQue mother
in-laW impersonlted by a man I'm fe-
male clothes (the irresponsible Maltese
himself, furnished the complications.
but II one wished 10 place his finger ON
The weak spot in the play (which we
hope no one wilD, Il would be found IN
the fact that the daughter Of the piece
seemed una Bile To- distinguish between
her own mother and the bogus mother
in-law II the two characters could
he made 10 look alike. which they can-
not DE, this stumbling block could be
overcome. but "The Wrong Mrs APP
pleton' throughout ~ a piece that de-
fes criticism II rs written TO make
people laugh, and last night it succeed
ed
Mr. Thomas while rather lifeless.
showed more ease than the other anna
tours Maltese, OF course. was at home
in his own way Miss Levy carried
off ne honors OF the evening. and
Frank Young disguised as Fentom
PLAYED ds well as he could q part
which the best of actors could hardly
have made anything out Of. The 9TH
ers can De ranked as fair The same
performance goes for the remainder Of
the week
At the Theater tonight the attraction
win be the big basket bail tournament
This afternoon the children's party
holds the boards.
The famous lecturer Ellen NJ stone.
win be heard at The Salt Lake Theater
tomorrow night Her intensely inter-
esting recital Of her capture. her NE
among the Macedonian bHgands, and
her final release. form q thrilling chap
ten and her narration will no doubt
he listened To- by an immense audience.