Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-15

The large audience which gathered
a, inc Grand last night was somewhat
dsappon.ed at the substitution al the
last minute Of vaudeville sketSh
n Mace of "Calunny H." THIS
moyo being imperative on ae'
count OF the leading lady SIG
sora Tomato Kearns, jumping her
contract and boiling out OF the state
earlier ID the day However, stage
Manager Lppman, ably assisted by a
corps or messenger boys and liberal
usc Of the wires. scared up some talent
Owing TO there being no dress rehears-
sls the performance was somewhat rag
eed II the word Of the performers
Is 10 b. taken Samuel McDowall was
Che only one who had his business pre-
pared beforehand, rhe balance Of the
cast simply faxed their lines when
,hey jumped their cues with the result
that after the great Whirling Dervlsh
act the audience commenced to file out
at intervals that left empty benches
all over the house,
II is not to be expected that any
hmateur production should he dead-let-
Ter perfect on the first night but 1t Is
suggested In such fat part as that
placed In the hands OF Ogden Hllos,
many good opportunities were lost, es-
p'cially In that scene after he loses
his place subsequent 10 stumbling over
quotation, The natural manner In
which he absent-mIn1edly reached for
4 glass Of water, took a good drink and
then depicted pain and surprise on his
mobile features at the absence OF a
stick In t. was as good as
anything Gillette has ever work.
ed up Then, too, clerical frock
coat that fitted too close over the
bay window and too slack over the
spot where his noble heart beat, was
hardly the correct makeup, For such
good old sport as A. Skotche Hyball
llght checks would have been more ap.
Woprlate-anyhoN his friends missed
that famous white hat.
DUBOIS AS A STAR.
Essentially the star OF the evening
was Fred Dubois, the high aud lofty
lumber from Blackfoot. Ida While
hr Dubois worked up his clmaxes like
q professional, the part OF the whlrllng
neryish called for a variety of move-
menls instead Of taking stage az two
Nep time and combining himself to
monotonous and single gesture with the
ilB0t hand' Mr. Dubois was heavily
handicapped by this fault. Further.
more a rusty brown suit frayed at the
,eU lcg and baggy at the knees was
nWuly the costume for production
winch boasts il20O0,00O at the back of
u~u Is more suggestive Of humble
W1ayer than yltuperatlve inyectlve.
me mannerism on the part OF tho
juvenile lead taken by ". n. Critchlow
emo was dislinctively peculiar. IL is
en very wei 10 talk to the gallery
Nnen playing herolcs, but during the
process Il Is not considered All fat I'M
bs IoiesSon Tor an actor TO throw
an an mead back and exhibit every gold
""'''s ana crown he has In his mouth.
NYE DID NICELY.
A. ne Maudie Chiffon OF George /,
Nse was a pleasant contrast George
e.essed the part and was altogether
VorL w ah9 cute as possible. His
os vas quite refreshing and he was
ssneral iavorlte with the ladies. II
% dalnty'effort all through.
STUDIES IN STILL LIFE.
MAE ioibids an extended criticism
iue hlnking parts Of Keith McM,i
it faaen, Harrison, McNlece chi
SslA Mont Ferry Col. Nelson a, al
STUDIES IN stlll life. w soou
ny ny ne conclusion OF the performance
csn w. was not the customary first. nigh
,Ie,, aV' 'he suthor ALTHOUGH that gen
ing 'a' nad left his box and was wall
cns az 'ne tormentor entrance for His
STREETS MoNoLoGuE.
yss S " !he play, It was regular
Hsld'. continuous performance
as uana furnished the music and
airs rsan ea i raiser broke into patriotic
psys,r ", ~ Judge Street (oltlzen ana lax.
Ftsys se'O took the center of the
loRos ' W., attempted to deliver mono.
plichs. nhen George Nye brought IN n
eres,. We frightened 10 bur FOR tha
a. s Paft his asldes were lost 10
ana ~. uuthce Judge Hlles followed
ihronsb twenty dreary minutes waded
devil ~ some copy which the Tribune
Ii. ,, ~su mixed up on the takes when
'se'a was set in advance, The