Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-02-25

nroeable surprises. Mr.. george
a aEsa,ford as the English baronet,
1sonob somewhat unguarded in
sIo Gestures. fills the eXacting role of
pritish gentleman with the convlc-
a. of its social Importance and
notes love like a drawing room hero.
If understand the inclinations of
Golf Lake matinee girls, l should say
Mr. Melfords tall and slender form
10 already an object of favorable con-
corn. Mr.. Luke Cosgrove, the sturdy
old Viking, father of "Thelma,' does
some convincing and virile acting, in
dicating familiarity with a character
widely varying in emotional moods.
frank CLAYTON as the scheming Len
nox is clearly in sympathy with his
mort There is studied method in his
badness. and, in fact, his interpreta-
tion of the part is refined, polished
cussedness-none of the rant and
bluster that spoils the usual stage vii
lain. Mr.. Joseph Bosen carries the
light and flippant style demanded by
his part Miss Nellie Breyer is max
ing a mighty hit as Britta, the servant
girl. She is the acknowledgements of
the play. Miss Laura Bell, tall and
stately, in her fashionable gowns, is a
costume picture which all of us men
frame with our eyes and keep on franz
ing, because, being mere men, the
optic thirst will not be satisfied. Cruel,
cruel Miss Bell! l hope you are only
a play coquette! Miss Nellie Bow
ring assumes the double roles of the
hag, Louisa, and the dancer, Violet
We're, with far from equal merit AS
the witch, she is too uncanny to be
real AS Violet We're, however, she is
Partisan from heels to head-piece.
Her cigarette smoking-smoky rings
on pink fingers-her careless abandon
and reckless gaiety, form tenderloin
atmosphere that almost breathes WITH
finished art. Mr.. o. F.. Jonasson in
the part of Sigurd, the dwarf, is quite
satisfactory. Edward Messe.I as Loro
Winsleigh and Edwin Johnson as the
man servant, do well in their small
parts.
Now, while sufficiently praising the
work OF the Utahna company, l have
mad in mind the fact that an "all-star
cast is quite beyond the capacity of
the Utahna boxoffice. That Mr.. Gour-
ley is making good his promise to give
dramatic value for money received,
Will not be denied by any ticket-buyer
with conscience. However, the
members of the stock company should
not carelessly rest upon their laurels.
l have a big stick up my sleeve and
snail not hesitate to lay it over the
back OF any actor or actress should he
OF she unhappily force me to severe
measures. So there!
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Next week the Utahna theatre re-
turns to vaudeville The bill is one
OF the best yet given, says Mr.. Gour-
iay' Among the headliners are the
seven Great Arabs, Sam and Ida Kel-
~, fyhe and Doudy, the Fairchilds
ana new moving pictures.
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Next Monday night, at the Salt Lake
tneatre, something new in athletics
mill De given to local sportsmen. Ed
ule Robinson and an unknown Jan will
We seen in wrestling match, the for
iner using the well known catch-a
= Satch'can method, while the little
D s,.h man shows the tricks of iiu-
1itsu; The sports of the town are di-
W. tluea IN opinion as to the merits of
20 Nv Two schools of wrestling. A bet
~ 9ooO is up between the men. the
" inuer must take two fallc ont of