The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-08-11
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1t is we'll 10 say the worst quickly. The
Tanning Of Helen" lacks a good deal Of
be ing a great play. Acted, as it was last
night. by Henry Miller and Miss Margaret
Anelin. surrounded by a competent com
pany. THE Tanning of Helen still CON
tains few of Tho elements one naturally
looks for i'm A production that continuous
SUCCESS can safely be propheSled LOT. OAS
notable thing about IL that is worth men
tiCntng in this era of problem pays -
that .Srhe Tanning of Helen is clean anu
pure and wholesome. The auulehce 90
not leave the theatre IeehhS as IL IL
wished it hadn't.
However. it must bc confessed that inc
audience great audience, too-a1 tea as
il il liked the play extremely Wen. 1HC
approvaI was more for the performers,
though. than for the piece. Mr.. Miner -
"A strong faVorite i'm salt Lake ana de-
servedly so, for he is an actor OF estaD-
lished reputation and undiSputed tdlehC
Miss Anglin, who last night began net
career as a star, IS possessed OF dDllIlS
that will place her in the fore of her pro
fession. With such an actor as Mr.. Miller
and such an actress as Miss Angln, II
would be surprising, indeed, II an auul-
ence did not become enthusiastic.
At the close of the first act there were
several curtain calls and at the second
curtain the demonstrations or approNal
were 50 pronounced and so continuous
that Mr.. Miller made a graceful little YER
bal acknowledgment That audience Dy
the way. was worth seeing. II was MADE
up of what IS known as salt Lake pest
people The handsome gowns OF the
women and the evening clothes of the
men made the interior Of the theatre look
like mid-season. The performance was
given practically to the capacity of the
house.
OF Mr.. MiUer's Philip Carroll. a young
American who has gone to London with
n play which ne has great difficulty III
having produced. little need be said. A
finished performance was expected of Mi.
Miller and he gave it. He is not given to
roaring and ranting. to laying bare his
feelings and exposing each throbbing
nerve with a label attached to every one
of them: nor is his comedy of the forced
order Rather is he natural in his fun
and natural in his sorrow, which is the
real test after all.
Naturally. a great deal of interest cen
tered in Miss Anglin. This exceptionally
brilliant young actress-she Is still on the
sunny side of 25-pOsseSses the power Of
compelling sympathy. Truth TO tell. hers
is not a very strong part and the au-
diencc wished very much that il might
have seen more of her. But what she
the highest commentator. Tonight. in
The Devils Disciple Miss Angln will
have better opportunity.
Miss Martha Waldron had the name
part and. though she has histrionic abil-
ity. stature never intended her to play
Helen. The men in the company were,
IN the main. good. especially George s.
Titheradge as Sir Charles Wimpole. An
other excellent bit of work was that Of
Harmon MacGregOr as "Dodger." a call
boy at the Imperial theatre. Morton
Selten as Captain the Honorable Regi-
nald Herbert, made lot of fun in a
clever way.
The Miller-Anglin engagement closes to-
night with presentation of The Devils
Disciple"
The opening of the present week 8
vaudeville show at the Salt Palace was
wen received by the large attendance las
night The Edwards on the double trapeze
took best Of all. The traps were sus-
pended over the heads Of the Spectators,
nearest the stage and during some of the
diftcult feats many vacated their seats
10 safer positions.
Miss Mae June. "Ra gtime Liz" i'm her
Bowery oct, captured the house and made
a hit.
knox. the baritone was cncored three
times. his most popular song being, ii,
tho Valley Of Death"
The revolving ladder act had TO be dis
missed at the last moment owing to an
accident to J. n. Rice. who broke his
right hand i'm rehearsal
Miss FyYie- Bench was re-engaged for
the week and proved just as popular as
ever.
Julia Montague will appear tonight and
for the remainder Of the week as "A black
lace song and dancing girl.
Charles W. Meakin during the coming
season VIII serve as business manager for
CHARLES =. HaEford.