Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-27

son, who lost his life in a tragic man
ner in Australia several years ago. were
pleased to greet the lady on her return
home during the present week Mrs
Ellason, who assisted her husband IN
his many clever sleIght Of hand per-
formances, continued his business after
his death, and met with success In the
Antipodes under the name of Madame
Dante 1t is five years since she and
her husband left home. She viii rest
here during the summer and then, as
she stll has all the paraphernalia ana
properties belonging to her husband,
she will resume her profession through
out the country limiting her appear
ances. however. to vaudeville, as the
work OF carrying all the properties Tor
an entire evenings entertainment Is
too exactng upon her.
Mrs. EiIasons brothers are Mr. PAU
ana Thorald Hammer of the Grahu
theater. and she is visiting with them
during her stay In the city
Manager Pyper has given us nothing
moro enjoyable In all the past season.
than the Amelia Bingham company,
which he is now presenting at INC
thea,er. Its performances belong ~
the class of those which would be goou
for $1,000 houses without break
they we're given during the fall or WIN
ter. Visiting us In the midst OF lha
summer, when SO many people are
afraid 10 venture indoors, the Dust
moss necessarily suffers. Last nights
presentation went before a far slzel
house only. hut "A Modern Magdaleh
created tremendous enthusiasm among
those who beheld IT, Indeed Il Is
master piece of its kind. IL gives US a
glimpse OF life which were very well
left OF the stage, but when II Is all
over, one cannot deny the tremendous
sermon the whole thing breaches ana
the powerful lesson II conveys.
Miss Bingham in the part OF katlnKa
jenkins, the working girl who sold her
self to place her family above want
COVE an admirable delineation of the
heroine and she did some artistic dress
ing that almost took the breath OF the
ladies' la the audience. The great charm
Of the presentation, as before, lay In
the Artistic completeness of the sup
porting cast, the staging, and the ac-
CessOries MIR. Lackaye's disreputable
old father, q character fashioned after
Eccles In Caste or the immortal Mi
cawher In "Copper1ed" was a study
from FIRST To last II was u creation
such as one fancies George Fawcett
Rowe might have made OF the lamented
wilkins IL Mr.. Lackaye had never
done anything else, II would stamp him
as an actor OF the highest attainments
Scarcely second was Mr. Abingdon In
the purse-proud, ninty hearted old
Rrinker, he, too gave most powerful
fellneqtiop. Mr. LawfOrd as Lindsay
Mr. CareW as Eric, and Mr.. Sphinx as
the rcfolmer. all gave sketches true TO
life, and strongly in contrast with each
other
Tho ladies' of the company had less
10 do than In THE Climbers" but the
work entrusted with them was admir-
ably carried out. Miss Wesley portray
ed eNccllcntly the part OF the shrewish
Wife, and Miss Ring acted with ma
tur9lness the role Of Olivia. 1t is a
great pity that "A Modern Magdalen'
10 rot to be seen again during the COM
panys stay Tonight THE Frisky Mrs.
Johnson rollickng comedy in which
Miss Bingham and all the members OF
her company win have roles totally diff
ierant from anything they have at
tempted In the other plays, will be pre-
sented. This comedy Is another Clyde
Fitch Offering
Nat Goodwin is such a genial fellow
and 80 genuine an artist that the critics
everywhere have treated him with
gv ~.
his latest play, THE Altar OF Friend
ship" Especially was this the case
in Salt Lake, and the generous treat
ment Of the newspaper writer's con-
tinued even in San Francisco. where
the scribes are not particularly noted
for their gentleness, All the gentle
handling In the world, however, could
not blind audiences to the fact that
''The Altar OF Friendship" Is pretty
lame stuff, and In San Francisco, as IN
Salt Lake the business took tremend.
GUS tumble after the opening perform
ance. The play was billed for two
weeks, but at the end OF the first It
became evident that IL would not last
and Mr.. Goodwin's old standby, when
We Were Twenty-one" was hastily
brought down from the shelf. busted
of, and put into rehearsal. Julia Dean
the clever Salt Lake actress, was given
the responsible task OF stepping into
Maxine Elliott's shoes, and according
90 all reports she did Il with entire
success, as the business took an i'm
mediate turn for the better, and the
second week was reported more pros
porous than the first.
The one consecutive week OF summer
opera at the salt Palace closes tonight,
and after that the pretty little house
will be closed again, to await the time
when Mr.. Myers can hustle something
else together to justify re-opening its
doors The production OF Little
Christopher has added one more to the
endless list OF good enterprises that
winked out for lack or proper manage
ment, Money was laid out lavishly 70
secure an orchestra. larger even than
that OF the Theater. and Mcclellan was
placed at the head such singers as
Miss Fisher, Miss Levy Miss Cooper,
Fred Graham, Mr.. Squires and Mr..
Kerr were secured for the leading
parts while the chorus. handsomely
costumed. had at least two-thirds that
know how to sing. With all that, Il
might be supposed success was fore
gone conclusion. But the dish, hand
eomely prepared as it was. was almost
spoiled In transferring It to the table.
MIR. Stevens is doubtless a good stage
manager, but he should have known
Little Christopher" was not ready TO
make It's bow 10 the public last Mon
day night; he ought 10 have known
how long the waits would be between
the acts and more than all, he ought TO
have known that the part Of the de-
tective was altogether beyond him.
Then. too. the management Of the front
OF the house was equally bad. The
audience on entering the auditorium
found the windows nailed down. and
they were out OF temper before the cur
tain rose. This spollt the entrances OF
half the principals. and dampened the
enthusiasm generally. while the length
10 which the performance was spun
out. would have hurt the most finished
production IN the world. Many Of all
these drawbacks were corrected In lat
or presentations, but, unfortunately, 1t