Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-17


co. Mayer and Price In furnish
ing us with q new star IN the
= person OF Mr. Whttlesoy comes
70 nm end tonight with a final perform
nnco OF soldiers OF Fortune While
the week. from the box office stand
point has turuod out dIsappointngly
st can be pold that the proprletors Of
the new star have no reason to feel dis
couraged Mr. Whittleseys visit fell at a
very mausplclous time, but tho impress
elon ne created ON the opening night has
gone ON broadening ana deepening until
Il may now be recorded without any
nattery that he is established as one OF
Salt Lakes fayortcs. on another oc-
caslou. with mo- Blanche Bates TO play
against at the other house, aud with no
holiday shopping craze to contend with.
he ought 10 be- successful especially II
his managers viii secure plays which
have not already been worn somewhat
threadbare. Whlttesey Is u man Of
undoubtei talents and has the sort Of
personality that wins surely with the
average audience While he carries
away with him very few Of our dollars,
he takes what Ii OF vastly greater value
10 an artist Of his instlncts-our hearty
appreciation OF his efforts, and our best
wishes for his speedy return.
There ls nothing going on at the
Grand tonight Commencing Monday
the undylug "Uncle Toms Cabin
comes for visit which VIII last the
first hall OF The week. and with a spe-
cla matinee Tuesday to accommodate
the expected throngs The usual natl
nee win be given Wednesday, The
management announces that the COM
pany furnishing this bin Is the Stet-
son aggregation, and that the usual
street parade may be looked for The
part OF Uncle Tom on this occasion
VIII be lmpersonated by Mr.. Fred Dem
nett.
salt Lake Is 20 have the pleasure OF
witnessing another OF George AIDES
famous productions next week. The hit
made by the County Chairman Is
etlll well remembered, and the chances
IRE that next weeks bill THE Sultan
OF Sulu" viii make an equally strong
record The whole production 10 one
OK Henry W. Sayage's, whose great
opera company has made him famous,
and Il Is well known that he sends
out nothing on the road that is not up
70 hls own standard.
"The sultan OF Sulu' Is a comic opera
and It ls said mat AIDE mas introduced
CROUCH Of his tables IN slang to make
the story fairly scintllate with humor,
The music was written by Alfred q.
Wathall, and IS said TO be Of a very
tuneful grade.
In the cast which Is headed By
Thomas Whlilen who enacts the role
OF ki-Ram, the Sultan Of Sulu, are
George O'Donnell, Walter A. Law
renee, Fred Frear Robert w. Parkn,
Willard Curtiss, james j. McGee, VIII
liam HetherlngtOn, John r. FogartY
John T. O'Day. Maude i. Williams,
May Montf0rd, Nellie y, Nichols Hell
en- Tomlmson, Harriet Kendall, Maude
Henry, Julia CROWN, Octavia Broske,
Grace hoffman, Matte Riyenburg and
Ehle Hasty
Blanche Bates, the last Independent
attraction booked for salt Lake, has
come and gone, and from now on both
houses vii, pursue the even tenor or
their way, the Salt Lake Theater play
ing the high class attractions and the
Grand clmgng to rs own sphere--that
OF the popular priced shows. II Is prob
able that there is more yeXatlon than
anythl else to the Grand IN the visit
Of stats Ike Mrs. Fiske and MISS
Bates The stage Is not large enough
to accommodate the scenery, and the
Swell audiences IN front viii not sit
with patience through the long waits
necessary u take the scenery In and
out OF doors while the changes are go-
ing on Add to this the discomfort that
comes ON a cold night, By having the
outer doors open for the transfer Of the
scenery, and II can be seen how many
chances there are to impair the artis-
tic results OF a performance.
The result of Miss Bates season was
rather poor from the boXofiice stand
point and perhaps Messrs, Jones &
Hammer are congratulatIng themselves
that Il was not worse. Artstically the
production was everything that could
herself anew as an artist Of the high
est gifts,
by the way, speaking Of Miss Bates
her friends and admirers here, who are
almost numberless. have not yet done
scratching their heads over the an
nouncement that she was one OF the au-
thors Of The lttle sketch entitled My
Aunts Advice" given at Wednesdays
matinee. Probably half the audience
which sat through the piece have known
Il for years under the name Of 1.-TWO
Can Play at that Game" an adaptation
from the French that was being played
IN Salt Lake when Miss Bates was IN
pinafores TO many I'm the audience the
old version and Miss Bates were abso-
lutely Identical Possibly she may have
made some tuning changes I'm the orig
nal, but why Beasco should allow her
name TO go upon the program as tho
author OF The play, Is one OF the things