Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-01

by from every conceivable point The
minstrel man Is coming to the Herald
Square theater With hls big troupe Ot
merry assistants, and lt Is clearly evil
dent that real burnt-cork Jubilee inl-
Ponds Dookstador is now hls own
director and his engagements In all
the American cities VIII hereafter be
booked by klaw 4 Erlanger, who have
not as a rule given attention Of this
kind Of minstrel Organizations. Dock
stader's general representative hence
forth win be Charles d. Wilson but
the main and most significant item OF
news is In the fact that the Dock
stoder concern is hereafter 10 play IN
the syndicate theaters.
The biggest hit Of the season In New
York thus far Is unquestlonably George
AIDES The College Widow" at the
Garden thcator There is no doubt at
an that the piece win exceed every
record Of receipts and tcnaoity OF life
In connection with the history OF this
establishment Every seat I'm the
house has been sold at every perform
ance since the opening, and the future
demand is literally immense This
makes one more IN the string OF Won
derful successes credited 10 the man
agcment of Henry W. Savage, who
came into the amusement business as
a measure Of self.defense and for the
reason that he was robbed by persons
he had placed IN charge OF an enter
prise undertaken az a real estate In
yestment. Mr. Savage has shown him
self TO be an nnerrlng estimator of the
Of hs. 81 al AZ
for his use, stage director OF instinc-
tive knowledge and an untailing
Judge OF the time, place and cir
cumstances In which 10 appeal with the
greatest certainty for public favor
The College Widow" like all its pre-
decess0rs In the AIDE calendar Is not
able for It's absolute freshness, spon-
tanelty and originality Of character
ization. For instance, there is biz
fellow IN the piece known as Silent
Murphy. who was rounded up from a
foundry for the college football team.
He Is gigantic, awkward and gloomy
and his patent leather shoes hurt him
10 that he can't keep his hands away
from them. One Of the very few
speeches allotted TO Silent Murphy Is
the plaintive assurance that his patent
feathers pain him lust across the
instop." and the thing Is so natural and
lifeike that the audience roars with
laughter for Ave minutes, breaking IN
TO subsequent situations at the re-
curing memory Of Murphy's agony
They tell me that Della Fox Ia pretty
sure to recover her place IN the esteem
Of this community when after a long
period OF absence from the general View
she reappears on Friday night at the
Princess Theater IN 1.-THE West Point
Cadet" Della, who was for long time
the paramount soubrette IN America,
fell III and went TO pieces generally
But she has "come to" IN recent months
TO surprising extent, recovering her
physical grace OF outline and still more
regalnng the vocal gift which dis
tlngulshed her as younger sister when
she first arose ont Of the west. one OF
the best known playwrights In the
United states was guest at a re-
hearsal OF "The West Point Cadet an
evening or two ago and he came away
enraptured and marvelling at the spirit
and speed of the two-headed little COM
medlenne's work IN her new surround
lngs. II isn't always safe to foretell
favorable reception for a theatrical
entertainment. but this seems TO be
one OF the occasions when the adverse
rule may be abandoned with a merely
remote chance Of going wrong
The Thompson & Dundy firm are