The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-11

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she has been identified from the be
ginning There is a chorus of forty ana
q dashing delegation of show girls.
The story of "The Chaperons' IS
really of no Importance, but ii YOU don
know. it relates to the adventures OF
one Adam Hogg, an American pork
| packer who has gone to Paris in search
| of his beautiful young ward and like
| wise a seal 20 a viii, both being lost.
I Hogg is a busy old soul and as a MEM
I Der of the Anti-vice society, he is doing
| Paris i'm his official capacity. In his
Z search for the lost ward and seal, he
/ falls into the clutches of a professional
chaperOn. an opera impressariO and
/ several more grafters who proceed to
do him at the rate of every so often
The long lost ward is found wandering
I around Paris, being one Of the spear
/ carriers i'm the chaperOn emporium, and
/ IS soon as she finds her long lost lover
/ and they clinch the packer butts in
/ between them and orders the girl back
home and the fellow off with the opera
{ troupe he has signed with.
We next have them all i'm Egypt, the
/ troupe having been stranded there. and
the girl there pursuing the baritone,
also the girl detective. who has sleuthed
( all the way from Paris. The girl de-
( teCtiVe is also looking for a seal but
hers is of the menagerie species. AL.
the difficulties are adjusted, the two
seals are restored, the girl gets the
baritone, the packer gets the chaperone
and they all go back to the Bots de
3 Boulogne.
THE Storks." the latest musical fan
tasy triumph will be presented at the
salt Lake theatre next Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday with Saturday mat
inee. with all the original scenic, cos
tune. mechanical and electrical SPLEEN
dor that characterized its record
breaking run Of five months at the
Dearborn theatre. Chicago.
THE StOrks" specifically speaking, is
an operate melange Of everything hap
PLY appertaining to girls. music fun
+ and laughter, and cOrrals all the cheer
! fui mediums found in extravaganza and
musical comedy. The book is by Rich
ard earle and Guy F. Steely. who also
/ penned the lyrics. The music is by
/ Frederic Chaplin, who is heralded as a
musical genius and the only eligible
aspirant worthy of filling the vacancy
in the musical world left by the late
Ethelbert Nevin, the composer Of Mar
cissus'
Relative to the authors: Nearly
everybody well Versed I'm matters theat-
rical is acquainted with Richard Carries
past efforts, as he has written and com
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! musical comedies. and songs of inter
national prominence, and his cOllabOr-
alton with Guy +. Steely, a prominent
( western newspaper man. has resulted
in their being compared to many of the
most famous librettists Of our time. and
as regards Frederic Chapins music, it
. is said to be fairly emblazoned with or
( iginality and structural variety Of
. which half the numbers are possessed
har aTh .fr fnc L
ity that is most affable to memory,
and I'm the other musical numbers COM
prises much of the brightness. the dash
and the martial swing that always
wins popular fac
Lincoln J. Carriers great story Of the
| south, Down Mobile win be seen at
the Grand theatre on Oct. 19-Z0-21. The
scene is laid upon a southern planta-
tion and In an adjacent swamp, and
the situations are thrilling and sensa-
I tiOnal. The plot hinges upon the real
! identity and ancestry of the heroine
Josephine Edgerly, the orphan daUght-
or Of a wealthy planter. whom the viii
lain white In color. but with negro
blood in his veins. tries to prove
is a negress and Wegitimate. His OBJ
ject in trying to separate Josephine
! from her lover is with the view of Ill
Innate union with himself. Associated
{ with the villain in his COuspiraCies are
Z detectives and a negro witch. who hold
J him in hiS direful purpose. There is a
bright vein of comedy running through
1 the story and the fire effect i'm the last
I act IS said TO be something marvellous
in its life-like representation Of q real
| fire with shooting flames. black clouds
of dense smoke and flying timbers and
embers, making one Of the most real
istic and astonishing stage pictures
ever seen. The cast is a carefully Sc
lected number of players who do much
credit to themselves while giving the
audience an intelligent Interpretation Of
the consistent and well laid plot.
! An immense amount of interest is be
ing manifested in this vicinity over the
/ forthcoming presentation of Klaw &
/ Erlanger's stupendOus production OF
1 ben HUI at the Salt Lake theatre,
for five nights, oct. 20 to 30, with spe-
Ciai matinee on Wednesday oct. D.
Unlike so many PLAYS taken from
/ novels. Ben Hur" has been deity
handled. 1t brings out the bone and
sinew of that great story, and holds the
interest from the first to the last cur
tain, as if one were enthraled The de-
mands Of dramatic sequence are strict
i ly adhered to at an times. while the
/ work of setting the story before the
public gaze is so admirably done that
ben Hur." aside from it's natural
! beauties, should live as en- example of
what vast possibilities the stage holds
ont when the right conjunction of au-
thor. dramatist, producer and stage di-
( rector is reached.
The story OF Ben Hur" is familiar
10 everybody. In the play however,
the main incidents Of General Wallace S
great noval graphically and faithfully
PUT forth. blending at times and tying
up. as il were, at other times these
scenes Of marvellous beauty q deep
heart interest and making them into
| entirety which is beyond description.
STORIES ABOUT PLAYERS.
A chorus girls union is among he
| latest possibilities superinduced by the
epidemic of uniOnism now ravaging the
country. President Samuel GOmpers OF
the American Federation Of Labor en-
courages the project with words of
cheer and encourage Members of
the pretty "Chaperons' choral contin-