Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-26
LeanderRChardSOn'S Letter


/ cry until II occurs to him that he Is
in duty bound 10 protect his interest,
which win H. due course become the
interest Of his daughter Then Easy
Dawson puts up night for his own,
ana hnJlly wins. incidentally becom-
ing very rich and cutting a large tam-
boyant spllrRe, The performance Is
first rate, and win not fail 10 achieve
success, Other hits than the one re-
corded In Mr. Hitchcock's favor were
registered by John Bunny Earle
Brown, Scott Cooper, Julie Herne,
Flora Isabelle ana Jeffreys Lewis Wal
lacks theater was crowded for the
opening.
The Hippodrome win be reopened
OH Wednesday Of next week. with the
old program excepting In the circus
features. which are to be entirely new.
II Is designed TO change the bill some
where along toward the end Of October,
when an effort will be made to sur
rass even the grandeur Of the initial
l1ippodrome offering, The forthcom-
ing production has been under way
since the first week the great amuse-
ment edIfce was open, and Is so far
advanced that It could be completed in
three or four weeks II necessary. But
there are stil many thousands who
have not seen "A Yankee Circus on
Mars" and THE Raiders and conse-
quently there Is no cali for an early
shift.
The proposed new theater IN Times
square, Just above the Hotel Aston
may be abandoned entirely The whole
affair has been enmdshed In litigation
from the very outset, and. besides the
MD 40 "A "
house that looks like lucrative in
vestment. The ground rental Is al
ready very large and at the renewal
OF the lease there would be a reap
pralsnl sending the cost Of the property
away up beyond all possibility OF per-
hitting a profit from a house so small
as the one outlined.
Oscar Hammerstein, whose active
mind IS perpetually nventing some
thing or other advises me that he has
evolved plan which will purify the
air IN the subway, where 1t smells like
the press-rOOm Of newspaper Office
at 3 o'clock Of an August morning. Mr..
Hammerstein has applied for patents
upon his contrivanoe and at the proper
time win submit II to the Rapid Tran.
sit people
Although the weather Of late has at
times been quite chilly II does not seem
to have affected the wonderful attend.
ance at Luna Park. There is an old
saying that there's always room for one
more, but II scarcely applies TO the
many featured resort Of Thompson e.
Dundy on Coney Island. The park is
almost Invariably vast swirl Of hu-
man beings, all so intent upon the pur-
suit Of holiday. making that they do not
in the leas tmind the pushing and iost-
ling to which they are necessarily SUBJ
jected
york state Folks" which was orig
ually meant as a vehicle for Arthur
Sidman who died before the fruitlon OF
his artistic hopes, appears 10 have made
a most solid success at the Majestic
theater, whore II Is on FOR a limited run
The enterprise Is the property OF Fred
Wright, who was formerly Of the bust
ness STAFF OF Hoyt & Thomas and Hoyt
& Mckee. and who has made a good
deal Of money out Of this venture.
Mrs. Leflingwcls Boots has re
newed It's last seasons popularity at
tho Lyceum theater, where It will have
kind Of warming up gallop before
taking up It's journeying 10 other cities
It Is a wholly delightful entertainment
Joe Weber's revised company is now
announced II contains Trixie Fri
gan2a Gilbert Gregory f. J. Connolly
and Ernest Lambert among its new
members, and Charles Bigeow, Marie
Dressler Bonnie Magin, Marion Carson,
Edith Meyer and Erminle Earle re-
tanned from last seasons forces The
Weber Music hall will be reopened
next Tuesday
Blanche Walsh at the Madison Square
theater In The Woman in the Case"
has begun her season auspicously She
will nit pretty soon with her telling
and vivid play.
Woodland at the Grand Opera
House has been packing that large
auditorium 10 its capacity Harry Bull
ger Is again the leading comic feature.
and the cast otherwise Is entirely
worthy Of praise.
We are hearing fine reports Of "The
Ham Tree, the Mcintyre and Heath
ampliAcation OF their old sketch. II
comes next week TO the New York the
ater where young George NJ. Cohan Is
about 10 finish a most remarkable Sc
rles of engagements In Little Johnny
Jones Little Johnny indeed, prom
ises to live long enough to become a
conspicuously big Johnny.
LEANDER RICHARDSON.