Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-21

tisement In the morning papers Offering
for five shillings 10 name sure winner
In the chief turf event Of the following
afternoon, This Is accomplished and
contributions come pouring In upon
them In yeritable avalanche, In re-
ality they know nothing at all about
racing and the horse named by them TO
their customers Is announced as being
scratched at the very time the girls
are sending out their telegra phc adj
vices, The people who have paid for
this transformation raid the apart
ments OF the amateur tipsters, the po-
lice come In TO quell the riot and there
is very striking and picturesque scene
~ disorder, Ii subsequently turns out
that the horse which has occasioned all
this trouble ran In the race after all,
and won IT, Around this central theme
there is woven a network of pretty love
stories skilfully mingled with
farcical episodes, following upon
one another with great rapldity.
keeping the audience constantly
keyed to the highest pitch of interest
and hilarity, Miss Ida Conquest Is the
star OF the OCCASION playing with much
spirit and viyacity the leading FEM
mime role Cyril Scott has the most
important male part--a light comedy
character such as this actor used TO play
so admirably before he transferred his
talents to musical pieces In the inter-
val Scott has lost none OF his easy
breezlness OF manner and his work Is
OF the very FIRST quality. Others I'm the
cast worthy OF favorable mention are
Brandon Hurst, Eugene O'Rourke, Ed
mund Lyons, Lillian Thurgate. Daisy
Atherton Annie Wood ana Emily Rigl
IAN uncommonly capable organlza-
ton, as the reader viii Immediately
perceive.
THE Duchess OF Dantzc," which ia
George EdWardes' maiden experiment
I'm the American field, has scored sol
Id success nc DAYS thoater, where II
win draw large crowds throughout the
tlmc set aside for It's stay. The piece
Is nothing more nor less than Mime.
sans Gene with "a musical setting ana
no end OF magnificent costumes ana
handsome girls. Tho heroine Of Il Is
played by Eyle Greene, tall aud
splendid woman Of the Irish type with
altogether remarkable gifts az actress
ana singer Miss Greene IL a tremeu-
do1s hit iu New York and II she gives
closer attention Go her business obliga-
lions than she did In London the pub
He VIII continue her I'M its high regard
Courtice Pounds, who, when last I'm
this country played Nank Poo In the |
original production Of THE Mikado" is |
prominent feature OF the present |
company but mo- longer the slender, |
hpyish tenor UOlhroOk Rlinn. another /
member Of the cast. Us already familiar |
10 this audience by reason OF many OK |
Crllent pieces W acting he has given |
here The other members OF the orr |
ganllauou are not known in America. |
"Fnntana,' made known on SATURDAY |
night no the Lyric thoater. received I'M |
accountable pleasant treatment from |
the newspaper CritlCs-treatment not |
alone unaCcountahle but entirely un. |
deserved. The back Of the theater ana |
some parts " the front contained an !
army NJ "nMggere" who auular dod |
everything ana everybody with an In
discriminate Industry that should |
have been as instructive as Il
was oHenNvo. There were only
three or four hearty laughs I'm the
whole course Of the evening and these
wore occasioned more by the "busl-
ness' Of the comedians than any sign
of merit I'm the llbretto or score. I'm
'Fantana" there is Just one decisive
song hit called Just My STYLE" and
plUtred almost note for note from one
pr Gustav Ludars' most popular num-
1ors' The book 10 which Sam 8. Shu-
bert lays claim as co-authOr ig dun as
iIshwater and the lyrics are for the
most part fat ana charaoterless The
music is or the tinkle- tinkle variety,
Without a solitary ensemble rejecting
'ower on the part Of the composer who
apparently wrote much Of the score
WIN a sectional Jimmy DeAngelis,
With introduced material, registered a