The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-02
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Judging by the manner in which he
was received by the house last evening
Paul Gilmore made a hit in Salt Lake.
His play Captain Debonnaire" was the
proper medium to make him popular, for
# is admirably suited to him.
The play is filled with the romance OF
France Its scene laid in Quebec and
New Amsterdam The exaggerated
coUrtIipess and somewhat grandiioduent
Language ar those peculiar to the pc
ricd-the seventeenth Century-and the
situations are such as might Detall the
''Deb0nnaire' Frenchman VINO IS wiling
to stake all on a game of chance. Inc
beautiful scene in the garden in New
Amsterdam where at the autumn tete
Louis de Cadillac in the person of Louis
lie Debonnaire meets his rate IS the one
which appeals TO the eye, with tins stately
dancing of the minuet, and its elaborate
and beU-ftching costumes. But ii was the
hair raising scene where the fearless
Louis worsts three adVersaTieS In sword
play that brought the most generous APP
pIause. The hero was obliged TO respond
several times. and finally curtain call
brought him forth to speak few words
OF appreciation for himself and for MS
company to his Salt Lake friends
Miss Marie Pettes as Renee de Cadillac
was hardly a match for Gilmore, her
presence being neither sufficiently strong
nor forceful for the part OF the beauty
denoted in the story She was at hef
best in the pretty love scene where IN
coouetry she holds the adventuTer by
adelaide Fits Allen as her mother was
much more satisfactory She entered into
the ultra sentimental part with reaiiy
fine acting A touch of the ridiculous IS
given by the valet of Cadillac played by
solomon and Rcnee's maid i'm a drunken
scene. The play runs the rest OF the
week and despite Ash Wednesdays pre-
ceding it, will draw well satisfied audi
ences-
Times have changed. In Greece three
thousand years ago ladies in the upper
circles OF society wore costumes that
would be considered out Of style at this
time. They spoke differently. They seem
10 have moved in different atmosphere.
This was all demonstrated IN the case OF
Niobe. She was turned to marble IN
Greece about 1000 b c. because she cried
TOO much. She tried to make amends at
the Grand last night by making every
body laugh too much 1t IS not easy at
this late day TO tell just how she played
her Dart I'm Greece The critics have left
hnt meager details of her performances
There were no doubts in the minds OF
those at the Grand last evening as to the
excellence of Niobe. There was general
condemnation of the gods for having
turned her to marble She was certainly
much better i'm the flesh
This little play of three short acts ar
fOrds splendid opportunities OF laying pare
A number of the idiocies of modern up
rer-tendouo 4 fine marble statue of
Niobe il left in the home of Peter Amos
Dunn while the real owner is getting his
house fixed IN. The electricians leave live
wires exposed One of these comes in
contact with the marble: it comes to life
1vbiIe everybody in the family except
Peter himself is at the opera Here is
where the complications start Peter
cannot explain for some reason He first
tries TO pass Niobe off as new governess
- els A
an old maid who runs the ranch. sporty
old beau who has run the gamut and an
innocent young daughter OF 10 are some
o. the ingredients that go to make mp
the tangIe Many of the situations are
decidedly funny. The whole play is live
IL after the first half of the first act,
which is largely explanatory
Miss HarDer was charming in the title
role She fits into the character in APP
pearance and style of acting as though
the part ware cast for her. In part where
from the sublime to the ridiculous is but
short step she won golden opinions and
fortified herself Ia the position she Won
earlier in the week
Joseph DERRICK gave splendid support.
His acting of the part of the victim OF
all the complications, Peter Amos Dunn,
was without a flaw. He had the undi-
vided sympathy of the audience from the
start to the last curtain. Frank Howard
as Corney Griffin All Isabel Macdonald
were good In their parts. Little need be
said of the others.
The Howard brothers gave a pleasing
speciality in the way Of songs. dances
and Jokes between acts. Another feature.
one not down on the printed programme,
was the presence in a body of the MEM
hers of the University Dramatic club and
the presentation by the organization to
Miss Harper Of a fine floral offering
The same bill runs tonight and tomor-
row afternoon and night
This weeks bill at the Orpheum ap-
parentIy is drawing the patronage despite
the prevailing stormy weather. Tonight
is society night and already there Is a
heavy advance sale
Tonight will be given the last perform
ancs Of Miners "Bohemisns'' at the Ly-