Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-18
'AnuSennentS


"An ever unceaslng pleasure are these
annual visits Of ours to Salt Lake,
whore our receptions are always so
cordial so sincere, Mr. james, my old
friend Is not with us this season, but
we have, instead Miss KIdder, who
bids me thank you most heartily for
this splendid testimonial Of your appre-
citation that you have just given us.
| have said so much IN Salt Lake and
about Salt Lake that there Is really
not much lcft for me TO tell you this
time except to add that your greeting
means more 10 MS than you can mag
ire that we shall ever cherish 1t az
having come from those whom we count
as friends most dear
II was IN these words and with a
manner most gracious, that Frederick
Warde responded to repeated enthusi-
astlc recalls at the Salt Lake Theater
last night after the curtain had fall
ON between the thlm and fourth acts
of "Sllammbo,' the great Carthagin-
ian war play by Stanislaus STANCE
And 1T Is not too much to say that It
is great or nearly SO. lts tension Is
taut It's story s1nguinary and it's end
ing tragic in the extreme, There are a
few light lines, lines that have
touch OF comedy In them, and they are
spoken by a youngster Just starting in
to his teens. Otherwise carnage,
treaChery and sorrow mark every
scene. IL Is dismal enough to satlate
an anarchist. repelling enough, to last,
with one seeing, for lifetime. Its
presentation from the stage and scenic
standpoint has no delinquencies, The
cCstuming is superb. The stars are, Of
course, Miss Kidder IN the title role,
and Mr. Warde In the part of MathO,
the Barbarian chief. Altogether II az
fCrds Mr.. Warde some splendid ops
portunitles 10 demonstrate his capa-
bility as an actor while Miss Kidder
probably has never appeared to such
excellent advantage In Salt Lake be-
fore. Her impersonatIon Of the high
prestess was a fine piece Of character
work, but unnatural whore she falls
dead across the lifeless form Of her
lover I'm the last act I'm that the audi
ence Is left 10 draw lts own conclusion
as 10 whether her sudden dissolution
is due to "a broken heart, poison or
some other cause
WadsWorth Harris Is q good actor
and made the most Of the part OF Ham
Hear commander-in-chief OF the army
Of Carthage Master Walter Burris,
as fannibals son, earned some warm
applause and Thomas Coffin Cooke
was capable and mediocre In spots, 0s
spendus the Greek slave. Augustus
Balfour gave a faithful portrayal OF
Schahobarim, the high priest OF Mo-
lCch
Mr. Wardes most effective work.
was It where he risks all for the love OF
Salammbo, when he enters the holy of
holes aud robs II Of the mystic mantle
OF Mol0ch or was il where he restores
10 to the object Of his alteration In his
own tent outside the walls Of Carthage
in which she had herself Crept like a
'hief in the night 20 secure It's recovery?
Probably u was In this scene, where the
magic veil was given back to her With
out a deprivation OF her honor But
here, as elsewhere Miss Kidder divided
the applause OF the night with MI
Warde she fully deserved Il, too for
her work was that of an actress OF
high order.
Last nights audience was a large one
"Saammbo' win be- seen again tonight
tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow
night
ron the Bridge at Midnight" was
renewed at the Grand last night. The
play * vivid melodrama, aimed
straight nc the tear glands, with a
heavy tragic element both IN plot and
Characterization The audience was
pleased with H. and ap-
plauded the climaxes with great deal
OF enthusiasm,
The company is uniformly good one.
but the acting OF Miss Katherine Gregg
as Reddy and Frank Weed as Herman
Won Schulsberg was OF a better order
than the rest Of the cast The climax
of the play comes al the end OF the
second act when q realistic bridge scene
Is introduced, and thrilling rescue ac-
complished in the waters below. The
scene was well handled and received
tremendous applause. The stage set
tlngs as q whole were adequate, and In
taste with the action Of the play. "On
the Bridge at Midnight" viii be seen
again tonight and tomorrow night,
with matinee Wednesday
Pretty Peggy comes TO the Thea
ter Friday evening. The two principal
people I'm It, Miss Jane Corcoan and
Andrew Robson, are both popular In
salt Lake and good business is looked
for,
Provo. oct l.-Miss Emma Lucy
Gates appeared before a large and APP
preciatlye audience In the tabernacle
last evening IN her concert, given for
the benefit OF the Brigham Young
University Domestic Science depart |
ment.
Each number on the program was en-.
Enthusiastically applauded and every APP
pearnce OF Miss Gates who by reason |
OF her charming unaffected personality |
as well as by her talent as an exponent