Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-02

The one oycrshodawing topic In every
elrcle, ON and g0 tie stag, is, ana
win continue To be- for o eng tImo 10
come. the horror at the lroluois thcatcr'
Chicago. It has cast a pail over every
one connected with thsa'erS, especially
the regular patrons Of ne play and the
players themselves. IN Chicago II is
said TO have brought business to q
standstln So Gar az th,aters are con-
cernci. AMI no doubt the same depret-
ing effect will bo observed In all parts
Of the country for O long sine TO come
n there Is any enc individual I'm par.
tlcular wh3 shcgld bc singled cut for
public sympathy, 1t f. the manager N
the th,attr. Mr. VIII j. Davis, veil
known 70 many rcopE in the west as q
successful h.atrieal manager and as
the husband Of the famous singer, es'
sic Bartlett Davis. Mr., Davis occupies
a foremost position In the profession In
Chicago. lie is a sterling man. and this
misfortune will come very near to
crushing him to earth.
Besides having his now and beautiful
theater wiped out. and having such "a
terrible calamity associated with 1t, he
has suffered another loss this week III
having its companich house, the Illinois
theater. also owned by him, suddenly
closed by the death Of jerome Sykes Of
the "Billionalre" company "Misfor-
tunes never come singly,' and Mr. Da'
Wis terrible experience is another Illus
tration Of IT,,
That Lulu CHASER is a great artist
In her special style there Ia no gain
saying, and II any special proof OF the
fact were needed, II could be found In
the success she makes Of the opera 4
Dolly Warden" one u the weakest
and most namby-pamby pieces. Of o.
cratic literature ever turned out by lts
gifted authors. Those gentlemen. Mr.
STANCE, librcttist. and MIR. Edwards,
composer, have given US a number Vt
gems IN the past. such as THE We'd
ding Day" ami THE jolly Musketeer,'
and II Is a matter e surprise that Mr..
STANCE, especially, with all his eSpetI-
ence, could not have produced Il strong.
er story than that which he has turned
out In Dolly Warden" Without the
scintlllating Ggure Of Miss GlaserA the
opera would lc but "a sorry dlsappcint-
ment. The %suddenness with which the
plot falls ~ pieces at the close, when
the guardian, who has pl tied and
schemed through the whole piece, 60
keep Dolly from marrying anyone else
except himself. calmly. ami ever cheer
fully, gives his consent when he learns
that she proposes Ia make her own
match-almcst to5k the hrcath II the
audience. There Is little - the whole
thing, IN fact, EXCEPT Dolly h.rself, and
no one except Lulu CHASER could have
compelled q verdict u success from her
audiences.
The thtater has nothing tonight. ncr
any night next week. travelling attr8C-
tlons having wisely decided to leave q
clear held for Patti.
At the Grand tonight "Tcn Nights in
q BaITo1m' will be seen for the last
time, and that house--dlso steering
clear Of the Patti eyent-wil be dark
TIL Thursday, when the rOlllcking farce
comedy IAN Eye on Hubby will be
seen, The company Is headed by the
comedian, Robert Buchanan, who has D
very good reputation as an actor AL
over the country,
Mr., Pyper has not yet heard what
will be done regarding the tour OF ''rhe
Millionaire" company, and the filling Ut
Jerome sykes place, as the enterprise
II a very expensive one, and ms Il Is
owned by Klaw & Erlanger there Il
little doubt Of It's going ON aud filing
out It's time, with a new star.
Thomas jefferson, the son NJ Joseph
Jefferson, who is starring In "liip Van
Wrinkle" tells a funny incident that
happened the last time he was In In.
diana. II received u profuscly COM
planetary letter from an indianapolis
man, who aftcrWard called. My name
IL Dunk, he said. I ann the inventor
OF Dunk's patent spring bed Mr.
Jefferson, I've been nightly pleased
with your play and ak q return for the
pleasure you've given me and mine,
want 10 make you a present of one
Of my spring beds. | told him / would
accept the gift, and asked II ! could Of
fer no remuneration whatever, The
only request / have Ia make said the
man, Is that The point where sou wake
up In the third act after Your twenty
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