The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-20

BloOdgOod's career led to Mr. Froh-
mans elevation Of her 20 a place among
the stars He commissioned Clyde
Fitch TO write a play for her and the
famous dramatist has given her, in TIE
jealous Jimmy" Austin, a part calling
for range such as few actresses are
I equal to. When Mrs. BlOOdgOOd rose
/ from the hghtest comedy to almost the
I height of ragedy-indicating every
/ emotion, whimsical, sentimental, Gym
/ tcal or heartrendilg-eyen her SINGER
/ est admirers were dun1bfOunded with
surprise. The wonder is that in so
/ short a career an actress could have
50 mastered the subtledes Of and the
hnest shading of her art no matter
With how much talent she had been
endowed.
The attraction zone Night In June, -
l which is booked to appear at the Grand
/ theatre Thursday, Friday and SatUr-
I day, Christmas matinee and matinee
/ Saturday at 2:15 p. n, is without doubt
/ one Of the strongest plays before the
public. Its last years tour through
/ the principal cities was one long series
/ Of triumphant successes, and this sea-
| son finds it marching under the same
/ banner Of prosperity. A carload Of
magnificent scenery, beautiful electri-
! cal and mechanical effects. A large
i
\ and a series Of the newest, brightest
| specialties introduced during the action
/ Of the piece makes the presentation
| one long to be remembered. The theme
/ or the play Is based on the love story
| Cf the country parsOn and the village
\ belle; story opening, she having just re-
| turned from school While at the sem
[ mary she forms an attachment with an
| interruptions villain and clande slime o
] 70 her
I father worry. she keeps from him tie
story of her marriage. but reveals &c 70
/ the parsOu who, although most broken
/ hearted, fOrgives her and promises to
| keep her secret. He resigns his pos
I tOrate and goes TO New York. The bus
+ tend appears upon the scene, and ay
/ threats Of exposing Ter to her father,
/ gets her consent to accompany him
I back to New York, which she does
I leaving Al message 20 her father ask
/ ing him to forget and forgive her. In
/ the great city she finds herself estab-
! Ashed in the gildsd gambling house
\ Of Inc man she married. Through her,
! be tries to obtain some OF her father s
more y, but she refuses TO aid him, as
/ she also refuses to become dec0y fer
\ his gaming house. .
/ We next find ghe hCrcine and her
4 baby helpless and alone wandering in
La starving condition through the streets
/ Of the great city. They are pursued by
I the villain. whose acComplice causes
/ her to be arrested on the trumped-up
/ charge of robbery. She is arrested in
I in front Of Grace church and faints in
\ the arms Of the policeman when the
/ charge is made. The minister of the
I church appears at this moment and
/ turns out 90 be the man she Tilted in
/ the country years ago. She promises
{ to return with her child TO the dear old
/ father that awaits her coming. The
I last act finds the mother and child back
I on the old farm, happy in the associ-
/ ares Of their dear ones. but still under
/ the shadow of disgrace. This is all
/ cleared UP by the accomplice Of her
| husband. who brings her news of his
death: also the proof that she alone
/ was his legal wife. The parson returns
/ and the love story which was broken
/ zone Night in June" is taken up where
/ it was left Off and ali ends happily.
/ The closing picture on the stage at the
/ conclusion is one that viii live in the
/ memory of those who see # for long
/ years to come.