Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-05

III ine ldDelHdtle. having en-
listed under the banner of the
independents she Is barred out
pf the Salt Lake Theater, and her man
ngers have written Prof stephens. Of
terlng II the house could be secured
60 "pp ON a play requiring no change
ri scenery" Just what sort OF play
this would be, and what drama IN the
famous sara's repertoire, would lend
itself 20 an organ for background
and empty benches for side wings. II is
rather difficult to imagine However
we are not apt to be treated to any
such novelty, for the answer was re-
turned that under no circumstances
could the building be obtained Tor
theatrical presentation
Madge Carr Cooke should have
royal welcome when she appears here
next week In Mrs, Wigs Of the Cab
bage Patch Mrs. Cookies strong per.
sonal hold on our audiences, established
.n the old Grand days, allied to the pom
ularity OF the Wigs book, make a COM
binatlon that Mr. Piper h rightly
banking on Since the days when she
played dashing comedy roles and cccen-
trio old women at the Grand Mrs.
yooka has been steadily mounting the
ladder of fame, and her work I'm IN,
east. especially with Amelia Bingham
IN Tine Cl;nbers," brought her into
such uote that she was the immediate
rholce Tor the central figure when Mrs
Niggs came to be dramatized. Thu
presentation. too. viii be Of special Inc
teres. because we shall see Tor the first
time those charming book creations m
flesh and blood form, Mrs Wigs, Miss
lIazya part IN which Miss Helen Lowell
s. said to divide honors with the staD,
Loyet Mary, Mr., Stubbins and the 9th.
81 ven known figures OF the two books
fol both Mrs. Wigs and Loyey Mary
have leen utilized 20 make the play
All In an the visit of Mrs. Wigs
should form a refreshing treat for the
appeules Of our theatergoers.
After nine weeks in the hot season,
The bittner company leaves the Grand
thcdler tonight for Denver where 10
looks for a rest from toll in a change
" pin only once week instead OF
tVic, The run Of the company here
was - nights, and that IL a little UNI
usual Tor Salt Lake, especially I'm view
OF the fact that shortly before the COM
pauy arrived 80 well known a comedian
as Harry Corson Clarke tried straight
vomaly pieces of a high class charaC-
ler md couldn't make tnem 70 success
FULLY tor half the length OF time the
Bttnars have played.
Perhaps the difference lies in the kind
uf plays, and after all It tx the good
old iashiored mclodrama nowadays
ruled out o. the repertoire of first class
actors, that takes with the popular
priced audience AZ any rate. melo-
dramas led In the selections OF MIR, Bitt-
ner and Of straight comedy pieces there
was only g single selection, The prob
lem play, too. was limited to a couple Of
Efforts, while the moral sermon
drama received but one presentation.
and this was agreed by common con-
sent to be the one absolute failure Of
The repertoire,
The comedy Of manners" which
was )nc time considered the only legit-
innate comedy got but littenotice, only
one The Senator'S Wife, was at-
tempted and It's success was moro
marked artistically than IN a financial
way
The plays selected were mostly ef-
forts Of the last decade. and afford
good example OF what Is alive I'M pres
emit styles OF play writing OF the mack
and merely average order. They are
not the kind of plays the educated on
cultivated taste would ask, but they
afford amusement 10 hose who would
not choose their service, Ia carte
The eastern critics seem to have d
hard time Of It picking out Of the
drama az large, the morsels chat Will
iurmsh an evening NJ entertainment 70
the cultivated mind, but when they con-
elder the debarred melodrama as a lost
style Of playwriting, 81 might be wei
60 scan the names of some OF the plays,
such as those with which the BltWer
company packed the Grand week after
week such titles as THE Galley
Slave" Dora Thorne, The Belle NJ
Richmond Northern Lights, The
Great Diamond Robbery "Slaves OF
Passion" Woman Against Woman, 10
For His Brothers Honor and Jack
o Diamonds would have to be accord
ed place In the lead,
The new season at the Grand VIII
open Monday, Sept A. with the Curtis
Musical Comedy company I'm The Girl
from New York
Tho ogden tabernacle choir win sing
The statehood song utah, We Love
Thee by Stephens, at the Portland
fair On Utah day
n Madam GadsN comes our way this
season II IL TO he hoped salt Lake may
hear her in the Tabernacle; this emil
nent German singer has worked her
~oy into the very first ranks Of great
briiss
Those intending TO compete for the
tree scholarship In voice culture at the
lattar-day Saints university may pre-
pare any solo which they deem viii
hes, show their ability. and the quality
OF their voices they viii not be con-
lined 20 selections from the opera of
Norma, the choice of soloists FOR this
work Sclng a matter for later consider
alton For the free scholarship it is
intended FIRST to give an opportunity
ior me OF each voice. but should none
Ne OF sufficient promise, or excellence,
Two of another win be taken There
WIZ be place for Ave winners In all
ior This season,
Emma Eames Is booked to appear
with The Tabernacle choir IN the Tabct-
na'o early In November Madame
Eomos is one Of the great American
SINGERS who has no, been heard much
IN The vest but who FUZZY shares honors
with Nordica and others in the east,
The Schubert club OF New Jersey
Is Offering a $50 prize for the best male
toofu3 in four parts, Dudley Buck.
Iior1Ho Parker and Victor Herbert are
70 be- the Judges, Here Is a chance for
oV. local composers 60 try their skill
WIN The assurance that competent men
VIII Dass on their work,
itof stephens viii organize an eve
ning class specially so train young
men tenors and BASES, for the Tab
eInacle cnoir, this winter. Boys over nc
years ~ age having good voices should
hail themselves of this fine oppor-
unity for early training, Those whose
services can be used I'm the choir VIII