Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-19

M altogether too brief Visit TO "a
W close this aftguoon and eve
ming II ought TO go without
saying hat the charming performances
she gives win be witnessed by two
more immense audiences Productions
llRe Hcr Owu way" presented by
such players as Miss Elliott has intro
duced 10 u.s. are calculated 10 revive
our waning faith m the drama and we
only voice the general hope when we
express the wish thai Miss Elliotts
manager win include Salt Lake I'm his
llst of permanent stopping places, each
season that he sends her on the road as
star
A Salt Lake hrst.night audience Is a
curious combination, and Maxine
Elllotfs 0rst.night gathering was no
exception In dress, style fashionmd
general brllliunce. the average trst-
nlkht turnout In Salt Lake Is not eX-
ceeded anywhere I'M the land, and II can
also BE- truthfully said that for general
freshness ana apathy our ilrst-night
audiences are equally unexcelled The
richly gowned ladies seem TO think II
beneath their dignity 10 Indulge IN np-
plause and In many cases their full
dress escorts seem too much sunk In
opathy or too blase to let It be known
that any such thing as appreciation
stlrs beneath their glistenlng shirt
fronts Second night audiences are
proyerbially warmer and more demon-
stratIye, exactly IN the same ratio as
they are less given 10 fun dress display
This hrst-nght tendency was partic-
ularly noticeable on Thursday evening
Miss Elliott herself drew some warm
bursts OF applause, but they were not
repeated again and again as they would
have been elsewhere, and the fine work
Of the supporting company was allowed
20 pass with very few marks OF APP
prevail In other cities, artists like
those Miss Elliott introduced would be
given scene calls after such line
work. especially thar which Mr..
Carew presented. The GOODNESS OF
our frst-nlghters has become pro-
verbal Their enjoyment of the
performance Is as keen as audiences
on other nights but they have their
own way Of expressing II. and that way
II II needles 10 say, Is often very dis
heartenlng 10 the players who are toll
Ing for their delectatlon.
The Theater next week win devote
from Tuesday 10 Saturday evenings to
musical comedy a combination which
Mr. Pyper would faln have had dis
trlbuted over the entire season, but one
Witch he must accept as Il Is sent HIM
The three are OF high order Of merit.
'Glltterlng Gloria" opens Tuesday
Mics Dorothy Morton filing the place
rendered vacant BY the lamentube
death Of lsldOre Rush Every other
member OF The company remains the
same, and Miss MOrtOn's talents which
are well remembered from the time she
sang here In opera M the head OF her
own company. ought 20 insure a biz
turnout The remainder Of the cast In
Cludes George Parsons Wilton Herlot,
lrma Davis, Lulu Loudeu ana many
others The comedy Is one which was
brought out In Days Theater New
York.
The noted san Toy holds the boards
Wednesday and Thursday evenings
with a Thanksgiving matinee Thursday
afternoon, so that Il will be assured OF
royal business. This attraction is head
ed By the famous Jimmy Powers
and George Is. Fortescue, and the fame
Of the production. which Is scarcely
less than that Of "Florodou." guaran-
tees prosperous business. IN San Toy
Mr. Powers ossumes the character "
il, a Chinaman who has Travelled. and
all reports say that IL is one of the
best achievements Of his long career
The leading wom3n's part IS filed by
Mas Margaret Mckinney. whose face
appears on This Uage. II IS probable
100 that the lady who was hurt IN the
automobile accident I'M California viii
be wen enough 10 take her regular
place but II not a cluable understudy
Is ready and our audiences viii never
know the difference.
The Grand closes o prosperous week
tonight with THE Hills Of California"
The ilrst half Of next week will be
dark but on Thursday Thanksgiving
day with a matinee al 9.15. "A Little
outcast comes on us return visit and
VIII nh ont the entire week Everyone
remembers the sensational story OF this
play It's Chinese restaurant with its
gorgeous oriental draperies. the duel
scene I'm the waves, the realistic lncom-
ing Of the tide, ana the rescue of the
fighters hy The police. The part OF Bob,
the newsboy VIII be filled by Dolly Du-
pree,
Two December announcements Of de-
cided interest made by the Grand
Theater are found IN james J. Jefferies
who will produce 'Davy Crockett" and
blanche Bates who. like Mrs, Fiskc.
is plnced In the Grand through the
eastern syndicate war She VIII pre-
sent THE Darling Of the Gods early
next month, and as this Is the last high
priced attraction which the Grand h
allowed TO present under the new turn
The syndicate war has TAKEN 10 means
that Miss Bates win probably not be
seen again in salt Lake for a good
many years TO come
Friday and Saturday "a Chinese
Honeymoon comes back on ms second
visit Manager sam 81 Shubert has
made q fortune keeping "rhe Honey
moon before the public, and two or
ganlzations are constantly on tour The
salt Lake company halls from the New
York Casino, and Is headed by a big
list Of bright people With strong and
capable chorus,
Mr. Nat A. Brigham rs lecturng I'm
Chicago ana the papers there give him
some excellent notices. During his con-
cert he gives 10 number OF songs. and
one paper says he sings not as some
lecturers sng-to display their weak
ness, but IN beautiful tenor that many
concerters would be proud to possess.
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