The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-26
Music and Drama


As one watched Ida Conquest in The
(irl With the Green Eyes" at the Salt
Lake theatre last night the thought that
the husband ought to just simply rise
4P ana XIII jimmie Austin would come.
men you would take another look at
jimmie and understand why she was
permitted TO live. In the part Miss Con-
quest presented one Of the dearest little
women imaginable one moment and the
next jealous wife who deserved instant
death Before you could get around TO
xiii her, however, she was back i'm the
angel class again, and there YOU were
40 De sure, there was some basis for her
jealousy because man with a new wife
on ms hands has no business to convert
hllhseH INTO a repository for the erotic
secrets OF other ladies' and that is pre-
eisely what jimmie s. husband did Then
In justice 20 Mr. Austin il must be CON
ceded thdt he was dragged into his trou-
PIE custodianship Unexpectedly and with
out design on his part so there is an
excuse for ali hands. eXCept "Jinnfe's'
brother and he can be forgiven because
OF his relationship to jimmie =" The tell
ing Of the whole story consumes an
evening Of pure delight The Girl With
the Green Eyes is seen mostly i'm par
Tors. and she is an intensely interesting
young woman. because about once every
two minutes she reminds YOU Of some
woman YOU know well yourself, and not
always the same woman. either.
Miss Conquest achieves a triumph in
the part and is assisted by one of the
nnest companies Salt Lake has seen for
a long time. There Is not a leading char
aeter IN the piece who does not do SPLEEN
uld work, not occasionally. but all the
time. Miss Conquest naturally occu-
pies the center most of the time. but
tnere rs plenty of work for several others
20 90 and II IS all done WELL An old
friends Of Salt Lake theatre-roers- NJ
+. ToOkeT takes the part of ''Jinnie's''
father and gives husbands who smoke a
good excuse to offer in defense of their
50 doing: As John Austin. the lucky
hniucky husband Robert Dr1et has good
opportunities which he rises to in a
splendid manner. Grace Henderson and
harry r. Asmu. as the two visible MEM
Ders Of the Culiingbam family. do some
Nersally strong fl is difficult to single
out individuals. The proposition is more
a question Of opportunity than of ability
SO Iar as the people in THE Girl With
the Green Eyes are concerned
The women Of the cast are Rorgeously-
soWned IN each scene and the stage set
tlngs are very rich
fashionable audience that filled the
Ineatre 70 Its capacity witnessed the
production last night The Girl with
the Green Eyes viii be given again this
afternoon and tonight
Two fine violin solos bv Arthur Peder-
sen. given between the acts at the Salt
Lake theatre last night. proved a pleas
ing innovation and the talented young
musician was given hearty encore.
one Night in June" was witnessed by
another good mouse at the Grand last
night. The piece win be given again this
afternoon and tonight.
Springfield. Mass. Dec. 25.-James K
HaCkett produced The Crown Prince -
his new play, by George II. Broadhurst
az Court Square theatre today before a
large and approving audience Char
lotte Walker shared the honors with Mr..
Hackett.