Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-23

- ROM Ghosts 10 THE Mummy
- ana the Hummlng Bird III bis
jump, and the leap win doubtless
be- pleasant one for salt Lake
thcater patrons who arc still plunged IN
the gloomy philosophy Of lbscnism
which had such splendid exposition here
this week Great, was II? Yes, 1t was
GREAT. But truth compels the state
ment that II is too deep. too strong,
for the ordinary theater audience. It Is
q sort Of literary-dramatic laboratory
creation. the mystery Of whose COM
pounds the layman cannot comprehend.
Even students. pedagogues, and care
ful readers and thinkers do not appre-
ciate It for any beauty that 1t possess
ses, Strength Is It's main feature, And
that stands out as clearly as a sill
houette Of the Wasatch mountains on a
typical Utah summers eve. Neyerthe-
less Il does not please IN the larger
sense Of the term and will not until
there is q change Of sentiment on the
part Of theater-goers What they want
is recreation. and that cannot be found
IN any Ibsen drama produced here
Why. many OF those who saw Ghosts
have almost literally been wearing
crepe even nee The recollection OF
the play still haunts them and win do
30 for many days to come. Let the
drumming Bird" hum His tuneful
notes are needed to drive away the
gloom that lbsen has left behind.
Richard Lambert, the advance agent
OF Paul Gilmore. has been spending the
week In Salt Lake ~ the interest OF
the next attraction y the theater. IL
Is the New York and London success,
1.-THE Mummy and the Hummlng Bird
Mr.. Gilmore, II viii be remembered,
gave us The Tyranny Of Tears" n
year ago, and a most finished produc-
ton II was That his reception will be
hearty everyone believes even In these
days Of dramatic depression and disln-
rlinatOn. The story Of THE Mummy
an the HummIng Bird" Is founded on
actual occurrences. Isaac Henderson,
the author wOye II about the expert
ences OF n married couple OF his ac-
quaintance In London. II Is a bundle Of
bright lines, animated situations, and
has been rightly termed "a comedy Of
temperament Mr.. Gilmore won his
greatest stage success In THE Three
Musketeers' and In the role Of Gil
De Berault I'm Under the Red Robe,
but the past TWO seasons the ndventur-
Gus roles have been discarded for work
an the higher modern comedies.
Mr.. Gilmore ana company viii be seen
at the Salt Lake theater next Friday
and Saturday evening with Saturday
matinee.
Miss Galatn Is done with Ibsen,
That is, she win part company with the
productions Of the great Norwegian
dramatIst, at the end Of this season
in doing So she says II will be like
separation from very dear friends for
she has learned 10 love the plays OF the
noted loglcian. Hut she ig la the bust
ness for the money that Is 20 be made,
and some how or other powerful M
are the stage creations Of lbson. they
do not take commercially" except
here and there. Speaking of her work
HtHL year W lSN NthNdtll fdlU w ~ ItI-
resentatiye of the News TO whom she
had sent an invitation to visit her be-
hind the scenes between the second
and third acts Of Ghosts II am yet
undecided as TO what | shall do; In fact
! cannot tell until | see my manager
about IT, lie may have plans to Offer
that viii be acceptable
During the interview Of the News"
man, with Miss Gallatin she stated that
she was an ardent admiror Of salt Lake
and her people having received no lit
tie attention and consideration at their
hands In the past. She related how she
came to this city as leading lady for
Thomas w, Kcene eight years ago and
how she was very IN at the time, En-
route 10 the west she was stricken with
typhoid pneumonia and was taken TO
n Salt Lake hotel, whore she lay for
weeks battling for life Conyalescencc
came at the time Utah was celebrating
her admission to the Union. It was "A
theme that was on every tongue, her
doctor talked It, her nurse could think
OF nothing else the guests were de-
lrious with Joy, Finally the day Of
days arrived. the streets were filed
with people ana the air with music,
The patient had a front room and her
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