The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-10
TOM SHOW HAD
GREAT AUDIENCE
Packed House ROsrs Approval of
Press Club Performance.
WERE MANY FINE FEATURES
BURLESQUE WAS SERIES OF
POPULAR HITS.
WERE MANY FINE FEATURES
T TITLE EVA is dead. So is Uncle

T TITLE EVA is dead. So is Uncle
Tom. Eva, according to the play.
has gone where the Wurzburger
flows" Tom "rambled till the butcher
cut him down"
1t was all done at the Tom Show
given by the Press club of Salt Lake
last evening The name Tom Show
was given to prevent anybody from
thinking it might be a serfous presenta-
tiOn of Uncle Toms Cabin WIKI this
warning, the people came in throngs.
, There never was larger house in the
| Salt Lake theatre This statement is
safe, because not another person could
have found seat, while the standing
room was filed. and even In the gallery,
in close neighb0ThOOd to the roof, every
seat was filed and people were stand
ing Seats in the gallery had been given
I to 137 boys who led dogs in the parade.
These could have been sold twice over.
People who had never before in their
! lives sat in a top gallery, being far more
accustomed to boxes, sat there last
evening and had a good time. Hun
dreds were turned away
AS the show was anything but q seri-
Gus matter, it is just as well to give a
serious and accurate account Of it. It
is safe to say that all the people in the
house enjoyed themselves hugely. If
not, why did everybody in the house
| laugh from start to finish Of the per-
! fOrmdnce2
Spirit of Fun in House.
/ One Of the secrets of the success of the
show was that everybody entered into the
/ spirit Of it. Men with gray hairs and
ordinarily grave bearing. men Of wealth
and standing, relaxed their dignity and
! the idea at the door, for each person who
/ entered was approached by a former as
/ sistant postmaster general, man of ma
J uonal prominence. and asked TO rent an
/ opera glass At the same time former
/ candidate for congress handed out a pro
/ gramme. After the first act the managers
/ of the two morning newspapers, a former
county treasurer and the manager Of the
Commercial club handed out glasses OF
water to refresh the thirsty
! The play opened with Phineas Fletcher,
I iTnperSOuated by George E Carpenter, dis
tered This was EDWIN g PenrOSes VINO
did a capital imitation of ex-senator Ar
I thur Brown. These two INDUCED in
} dialogue. in which they made witty LOCAL
I illusions. The house was soon worked up
into q merry humor. The two disclosed
I considerable dramatic talent in their
| scene.
But this is getting slightly ahead of the
story. Before the entry of Marks a loud
Wailing was heard in the wings Present
/ ~ Ellza' the fugitive save entered
1 dragging her darling chee-iid- The slen-
I der parsonage IN a red calico dress was
/ Alan l.. Loyey- Inc tiny oaDy was COun-
/ Gilman T R Black weight 80 pounds,
/ more or less) Amid much melOdra ma
l the two escaped their pursUers and
{ crossed the Ohio river on the ice 4 cake
/ of alleged ice was drawn across the stage
l under falling snow and in front of rock
ashore The pursuefs We're not on the
/ trail. There was much barking in the
Curse her! Curse herl She has escaped
/ u.s. shouted the DUrsuers-
/ .'Ah, mo- The bIoodhounds! Bring On
] the bloOdhoUnds-
a Ferocious Bloodhound.
/ Great barking from the wings. The
| suspense, two pursuers entered dragging
a dog that almost required microscope
sic 7en1!'' they cried and the curtain
The Imperial quartette. trained by Pro
fessor Alfred Best sans and was en-
In the second act Uncle Tom was dis
] covered It is enough to say of John D
/ SDencer's rendition Of this character that
il would be almost impossible 10 improve
/ on it. Presently little Eva entered Eva
( She John s Critchlow) came skipping
I lightly on the stage, clad in a white frock.
1 beribboned, with pantalets and pink
/ slippers and stockings 1t was some time
before the house quoted enough to hear
f the first words as Little Eva decorated
{ Toms gray head with flowers and began
! the innocent child end OF the dialogue
/ Here again more local auusions were
made
An Irish Aunt oPhelia.
I Presently Aunt ODhelia entered. To
! those familiar with the rigid Vermont
I character of the original play. the OpheIia
/ of b s. Young, done in irish dialect was
/ one of the most excrUciatingly funny fea-
( lures of the burlesQue.
! ter of the stage for a while. Few per-
| sons could recognize the black imp in
| burlap dress as Tod Goodwin He IT was,
| and few things have been seen in Salt
/ Lake-certainly in amateur performance
-cleVerer than his dancing and comedy.
! Topsy and Eva had a duet, singing an
original topical song. which sent the house
1 into commissions The feAc between Mayor
/ Glasmann and DR. Condor in Ogden. the
! local postoffice and Postmaster ThomRaa