Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-07

Only a small sized audience waa
drawn out az the theater last night by
the new farce, Arc You Mason
While part OF the audience went into
commissions OF laughter over the abb
surdities Of the comedy, another por-
ton and this confined to the down
stairs sectlons--wotched the antics OF
the players with more wondorment than
amusement while the farce has many
Imaginable situations IN 1t, they are all
so overdrawn as 10 run into the gro.
tesque, and the whole story besides
skirts closely to the lines Of the coarse.
The players all belong to the so-so
class. with the exception Of the two
girls, who seem the yerest amateurs,
while whatever ability the old man OF
the piece possessed was nullihed by
the marvellng OF the audience over his
leg development
The same bill goes for the last time
tonight.
with six night performances and two
matinees, with soldiers OF Fortune"
opening the week, "Plckwlok' closing
st. and "In Old Kentucky sandwehed
In between the two, Salt Lake theater-
COers next week VIII not be puzzled To
have their tastes satisfied.
MIR Blossoms coming will be full OF
interest here, not only because he has
risen 10 the place of one of our fore
most romantic stars, hut because he
made a pleasant impression when he
was last here, ana because his father,
the well remembered Geo, Edeson, tar
rled with us 80 long and successfully
when he was stage manager at the
Grand Everyone knows that Mr.,
Edeson has had one Of the biggest sue
cesses Of the past three seasons in the
Naturalization Of Richard Harding Da-
Wis Soldiers of Fortune The book
has had an immense vogue, and II could
not have been dramatlzed by a more
skilled playwright than Augustus
Thomas who gave US Alabama
ARIZONA" and any number Of other
successful plays Mr. Edeson brings
all the New York scenery, costumes
and properties. He Is said to have
made a success not second to that
which he achieved with Maude Adams
In 1.-THE Little Minister" a part which
he created. Since he was last here he
has been Identified with the original
roles in such successes as 1.-THE Girl |
Left Behind Me- "The Masqueraders,"
Sowing the Wind" Liberty HAIR
and q host Of others.
There Is little doubt OF his doing
handsome business In Salt Lake.
eIn Old Kentucky" which from the
box Office standpoint never seems to
grow old, viii he seen Thursday and
Friday The race horse scene the
plckanlnny band the burning stable,
the episode of the colonel and the knot
hole-all are 50 familiar to Salt Lake
audiences that they need no mention
ing AZ the same time there Is little
doubt that the old play will draw the
usual crowd, Tho part OF Madge the
mountain heroine, will this year be as
sumed by MISS Bessie Barriscale.
The regret viii be general that De-
Wolf Hopper ana his hg New York
company, which includes 80 many bright
names, can only visit US for two per-
formances, next Saturday afternoon
and evening Their dates could not be
arranged otherwise, however ana salt
Lakers who wish TO see the immortal
''PickWlck" set to music, must em-
brace one of these opportunities Dick
ems masterpiece, with the original
company OF seventy, and all the hlstor-
teal costumes. scenery and general
properties that made the attraction
famous and gave It three months
run at the Herald Square theater In
New York, includes, besides Mt Hop
per, Dgby Bell. Marguerite Clark, Lau-
ra Joyce Bell, Marion Field Viva Og-
den Louis Payne. George Chapman
Franch Belcher. j, X, Adams, Augustus
Colleti Guy Bartlett. George ROLAND
IT, r, Willing, Florine Murray Nellie
Victoria. Felice Robinson and over six
~ others.
At the Grand tonight the malodor-
Gus "Sapho" finishes her career and It
Is TO be hoped for good The house
takes a wide and a welcome departure
Monday night when It announces "a
Little Outcast' with May Stockton I'm
the title role. The play belongs on
the order OF the sensational mclo dra-
matte and pathetic, dealing both with
the upper circles Of society and lifo
down In the haunts OF evil and crime.
~ Little Outcast' has been handsome
~ advertised and no doubt viii do
good business,
The Offering at the Grand theatcr
next Thursday Nov 70, will be
dramatizatlon OF j. \, Fla2or's unpal-
atable book I'm Woman's Power
Chicago newspapers say. never be-
fore I'm the history Of Chicago have there
been so many theatcrs as at present
time, and all doing good business In
q Womans Power Co, under the man
agement OF II, j, Carpenter Is playing
To turn away all who witnessed the
production were Of the one opinion,
Great" Miss Laura Duchesne is an
adventures pure and simple. The
woman who holds the power aud IS
supported by a capable company ana
the presentation win no doubt be satis-
Tying,
"Ren Hur' opened In San Francisco
last Monday night to the usual over
whemlng audience and with the usual
Overwhelming success. The manager
has sent to Salt Lake n statement OF
the advance receipts for the first two
days and II Is one that causes Manager
pyper 60 feel more than ordinarily
compliment Tho receipts for the first
days sale ln san Francisco were
$4,000; In Salt Lake they were $500
At night fan ON the second day i'm San
Francisco they had reached $4,000. still
considerably less than I'm salt Lake for
the same time. Taken In conjunction
with the fact that ben Hur's' opening
night In Denver brought only Sl,7O0
into the house, while the first nights
receipts in Salt Lake We're over $4,000
lit causes Mr.. Pyper TO feel that salt
Lake is not at all presumptious when
she calls herself a theatrical metropo-
lie.
The Chicago papers Just al hand de-
vote a large section OF their space to
glowing accounts Of Eleanor Robson's
success in Merely Mary Ann" The
young actress Ia lauded TO the skies
for her charming work IN the part Of
Zangwilrs heroine Ada Dryer. too Is
given special mention, the Interocean
saying Ada Dwyer scored a charac