Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-03
sneclal Correanondence.

Jew YORK Aug -g.- uuques-
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audience was scored personally
by William A. Brady ON saturday nignt
at lhc Fourteenth street theater when
ne manager appeared Unexpectedly on
the scene Of Girls win BE Girls and
moto the hard hanlod applauders q
verbal knockout Members OF the CONF
ponv had just responded for the sixth
dime to eucores so mouifcstly forced as
To- greatly initiate the remaining spec
ialors when Mr. Brady stepped to the
fooughts remmking casually thai
while applause IN general was nll right
it was quite possible to have too much
Of q good thing and ne did not wlshen
cores that were offensive, His remarks
were obviously aimed at tno hired
Clacuuers OF "a music publishing house
owning the publication rights Iu the
song ln question and seeking to boost
Its value by applaudug 70 with might
and muin Possibly mo Othor manager
than Brady would have had the nerve
90 metaphorically take this mmltagot-
ed nuisance by the throat ana shake u
ont or lbs boots. AZ any rate this
clacque business has been allowed 10
so along without resistance Iu New
YORK until many persons have "a whole
some dread of first night performances
and many others yehemeutly hiss the
dlsturgrs The offending must" pub
fishers resort to all sort OF tricks To
boom their wares. I'm addition tu sgIt-
terlng hnudclappcrs ull over the audi
lorium with Instructions 10 hammer
away at the launching OF their own
particular songs these men have been
planting whlstling mchins IN the gai-
ieries 10 take up the reirdus. the idco
being 10 convince the rest Of the pub
De that the melodies iu question are
quite irresistible In England on iu
amy European country the people at
large would resent this sort of thing
with dn emphasis that couldn't be mis-
taken. But here it Is quite different,
and the insulting conduct of the pub
fishers rooters Is allowed to pass with
an Indignant frown on ana Occa siouul
hiss Perhaps now that Brady has
taken the initiative the practise may be
stamped out entirely
The most amusing incident OF the
past week I'm the metropolis has been
contributed by Williams & Walker. the
coon comedians Eho recently re-
turned from "a pr1traCted stay I'm Great
Britain. These two exponCnls OF stage
humor as viewed boy the colored race
went away from New York With at
least The traces Of their nativity and
they have come back with an assump-
ton Of English accent that is C0mlcaiIy
amazing. They have the Pifadilly draW
and the Regent street sw8gger with all
the cNaggeratlOn that mimicry can De.
yelop, and II Is entirely apparent that
they regard themselves as 'the real
thing. What the effect Of this attempt
to augIiclse themselves will have upon
the reception Of their Stage work re-
mains TO be- seen But the value Of
Williams & Walkers contributions 10
current hum0r has been chiefly CEN
tered IN It's naturalness, and when u
British form Of speech and carriage Is
substituted something Us likely to drop
However. Williams Walker have
drawn INN use audiences to the Grand
Opera House. and that fact perhaps Is
the best answer after ALL
Jacks Little Surprise has made a
mild success NJ the Princess theater-
not vivid, whirline explosive success
but merely a mild one The piece COM
loins q good deal on material that Is
smart and funny but IL becomes dam
gerously thin from time 10 time and
prone 20 drag YEARLY. Some Of IL. too,
Is quite beyond reason in the matter
OF indelicacy. the rage FOR that sort of
thing having died out since the days Of
THE Turtle" and similar products
Jacks Little Surprise however nos.
sesses The saving grace Of am ACTOR
whose sense of comedy Is thorough and
convincing Arthur Byron, as the
young husband who although entirely
innocent Is made by circumstances to
seem undoubtedly guilty Of an entan-
clement with a young woman other
than his wife, conveys a piece of act
Ing that is entirely worthy Of the high
est commentator In fact, If anything
saves the play u win be Byrou's I'm.
persouaJIOu OF the chief character.
The week Is lively enough in the
matter of new attractions. On Monday
William Collier came back 10 tie Cri-
tcHon theater I'm The Dictator and
he was received with "a great demon
STATION ot frIondiiuess There is uoth-
Ing new to be- said Of the performance,
which continues TO be excellent In every
quarter and The Dictator VIII I'M
d6ubtedy draw Well until the time SET
for Its departure. The last end OF the
week brings Edna May lu The School
Girl 20 DAYS theater THE County
Ch8iWal' 20 Wdlldck's, "a Royal
Chef 20 the Lyric and Mrs Wiggs
ot the Cabbage Patch 10 the Savoy,
OF the last mentioned piece very
great deal is expected, chiefly for the
reason that It has proved itself eXcep-
tlonally attractive TO other communl-
ties whore entirely without the pres-