Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-30

only the hope Of delayed train to
| bring them in.
Luck was with the players, however,
| and all but one team put In their APP
| pearance before the evening ended
This was the Hayward. Conroy aud
| Hayward act. and an acceptable sub
stitution was offered IN Lillian APPEL
who repeated her piano offerings Of the
week before
The most impresslonablc act was
that Of the "Okura Wonders who do
some OF the best Japanese balancing
that has been seen here To add M
terest It Is dainty bit of American
femininity that Okura wheels about
through the air and deity catches
when fall would mean serious in
jury.
The Gus Edwards School Boys and
Girls" sent the audience home with
good. final laugh They tame In from
the train with their scenery IN a hack.
and appeared partly in their street
clothes. looking like a crowd OF news
boys and girls rounded up from the
streets, They had good voicts and
their work was so h'esh and youthful
IN its attempt to live up to the title OF
young musical comedy" that II
was fetching to AN extreme.
Nat Leroy and Minnie Woodford
had a dialogue stunt. In which Leroy
was almost a monopoly They had or
ders TO string the business as long
as they could, but the audience re-
lieved It from the necessity Of forcing II
on them. by calling for II Justify.
The Scenes In a Wisteria Bower
by Adelina Roattlno and Clara Ste
vens. We're much enjoyed The stage
setting wss beautiful and both the
singing and dancing were OF the grace
ful kind that never "earies an audi
ence.
With the natural Improvement that
will come tonight, through the added
facilities for preparation. the bill should
be one Of the seasons best.
Grand--About 25 years ago, George
w. Peek OF Wisconsin, afterwards gov
ernor OF his state wrote number or
stories. In serial FORM subsequently
published In a book, dealing with the
rrauks of a boy, To whom the author
gave his name. "Peck's Bad Boy" The
stories were so overwhelmingly funny
that when once the book was In hand, 1t
WAS difficult matter 10 lay It aside
until il had been read entirely through,
and then the reader wanted 10 peruse It
again Immediately. When such an m
teresting story Is adapted into play,
and the dolngs and sayings OF the char
acters are seen and heard. II can well
be be imagined that It would furnish an
evening OF unalloyed mirth. The house
last night was fairly well filled, and
those present thoroughly enjoyed the
performance from start to finish. The
bad boy is a girl. Cora Quintin, and
she does the part full justice. and all
along the line the characters were sus-
tanned IN a capable manner. The
"Pecks Bad Boy" engagement ends
Wednesday evening.
Lyric---The Lyric drew crowded
house last evening, 10 witness the
drama, "Her Bitter Atonement." The
play is of the kind that takes well with
the general public. and the various
parts were sustained in a manner salts
factory 10 the audience. The cast was
well balanced. and the minor charac-
tiers as well as the leading ones, came
In for a goodly share of approval. Fred
Moore took the part OF Bernel Severn.
while Pearl Either assumed the role Of
Diana Balfour, his wife, and the play
oenters around the mismaied pair. w.
w. Bittner was Zacharla Bradley. JUS
tice OF the peace. and Mayme Moran
represented Seyerns sister Hester, The
same play will be on tho boards for
the remainder OF the week.