Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-07-14

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last incense at the shrine OF Herschel
Mayall. 1t is really too bad, girls,
that Herschel must shake the dust of
Zion from his feet and steal away into
fields where the clover is new. And |
although matinee honors may come |
and matinee honOrs may go, 1t is out
of reason to suppose that Mayall may |
go on forever.
However, after all is said there is
method in the madness of the Salt
Lake girls for this matinee idol. He
is good fellow, a capable actor, a
winning rsonality-qualities which
appeal not only to frenzied maids, but
to others as well.
If Herschel Mayall ever comes our
way again, he may be assured of the
same mtainee loyalty which has
marked the femininity of the town dur
ing the past eight weeks.
Goodbye Mayall-no not goodbye
but au revoir!
Those who have not seen Men and
Women" have two chances left-this
afternoon and tonight. Although ]
fear the matinee reservation is gone.
there remains the possibility of getting
a ticket for tonight While | confess
that the play itself does not appeal TO
me as strongly as some of the other
dramas in which the company has ap-
peared still, it Is a play that inter
ests those who like melodramatic
sauce with their dramatic beef.
For while Men and Women" is cast
in the conventional lines of fashion
able life, one catches, here and there,
those familiar thrills and sobs which
reveal the cunning of villainy and the
fearful eyes of virtue.
BY the way, speaking of villainy.
my friend MacLean plays the polished
rascal with just sufficient discrimina-
ton to avoid the wicked buster which
marks the ideal of the gallery. AS q
bit of convincing art it is quite the
best thing MacLean has done-always
excepting the colonel in Alabama"
Herschel Mayall, however, does not
rise to the possibilities of William
Prescott" the defaulting cashier. And
this is a. little strange, too, because
he has played more difficult roles with
greater ease and conviction. Miss Ellis
mere as agnes Rodman" has every
opportunity for emotional display and
the fearful voice-opportunities which
she seizes with every confidence of an
actress who knows how, Ethel Sturgis
the youthful prodigy of the company,
again astonisnes her friends rin the
manner she swept away the dramatic
difficulties lowering over Dora Pres
cott" Miss Sturgis my compliments.
Elsie Gresham never wore elaborate
costumes with more winning grace,
nor carried herself with more spark
ling charm than as Kate Delafield'
the NEEDLESS widow in the glory of q
second campaign. Daniel Gilfeather,
as the perturbed Jewish banker. is ap-
parently under the impression that n
constant wringing of hands-so fire.
,quent as to become monotonous-will
remove all trouble This is surprising
in an actor of Gilfeather's usual APP
preciation of expression.
Gus Mortimer and Mabel Florence
as always-carried their light, viva
cious parts with characteristic breezi-
ness If you have not seen Men and
Women go and see it. There are
still few tickets-for tonight-at the
box office.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. George
ID. Pyper and the Mayall company each
policeman on the force was given a
ticket to see Men and Women" Salt
Lakes finest are the cream when it
comes to making a noise by way OF
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