The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1906-02-12
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A DELIGHTFUL COMEDY
A FASCINATING ACTRESS.


One of the most delightful and re-
freshing plays seen at the Park opera
house in many months was the Kane
Shipman & Colvin production of the
remarkably successful society COM
edy. Cousin Kate in which that
truly clever and justly popular act
ress, Miss Alberta Gallatin is starring
this season. The opera house was
well filed Saturday night. there be-
ing but few vacant seats on the low
er floor and the performance of the
pretty. interesting and wholesome
piece undoubtedly pleased nearly
every member OF the audience
There are not many characters in
the story. There is Heath Desmond.
a handsome and good natured Irish
man who is an artist, Rev. James
Bartlett. young clergyman impress
ed with his own Importance and de
termined to burden everybody else
with the same impression Mrs Spen-
Ger, a garrulous yet kind-hearted
woman and the mother OF Bobby and
Amy; Bobby Is a bright little lad OF
fourteen; and Amy is a simple heart
ed but seriously inclined young lady
and then there is Cousin Kate, a
young lady of twenty-nine summers.
loXable, generous and kind TO fault.
light hearted, sensible and just about
as sweet a character as one could i'm
agine. then too she is "A London novel
list of distinction Jane. the maid.
completes the cast.
1t is an English story filled with
home pictures, pretty love scenes,
spiced with glorious touches of rare
humor throughout its action and
strengthened with several scenes of
true pathos
Amy is engaged to marry Des-
mond, as a result of a quarrel he leav-
es the village just before the day OF
the wedding. Cousin Kate" acct
dentally meets him on a train while
en- route TO the village but neither
knows the others Identity. They
fall in love with each other. Later
ON they meet again accidentally in
the home which Desmond and Amy
are 10 occupy and still unknown 10
each other as far as names go, Des-
mond declares his love for Cousin
Kate and finds It is returned. Amy ar
rives on the scene and then Cousin
Kate learns who her lover is to her
great sorrow and believes that Des-
mond has deceived both her and
Amy He declares he never loved
Amy nor she him. Finally Cousin
Kate is convinced, but demands that
Desmond marry Amy as she will not
cast a shadow over the Spencer home.
Desmond finally agrees, but Amy con-
fesses to Desmond that she could love
the clergyman. who is devoted to her,
better than she can love Desmond.
This brings a solution and all ends
happily, the clergyman gets Amy and
Desmond gets Cousin Kate.
\ brief review does not bring out
the prettiness and charm of the play.
There was not a dull moment in the
three acts.
Miss Gallatins Interpretation of
the sweet character OF Cousin Kate
was superb. The portrayal could
hardly have been better. She com
pletely fascinated the audience. Miss
Gallatin is handsome woman. win
some in her manners and most pleas
ing In her speech. She is just as
capable In the deeply emotional lines
as in the lighter lines. She is in
deed capable actress. Miss Gala
tin has for years been identified with
the productions of the very high
est class. She was leading lady for
Richard Mansfield for several years
and is classed with the best emotion
al actresses of the day.
Wilfred Rogers as Desmond was
very satisfactory May Wells made
an ideal Mrs. Spencer. The other
characters were fairly well portray
ed
The one thing that detracted from
the production and kept the perform
ance from being almost perfect was
the fact that very little special seen
cry was used. The big settings car
ried for the production were not en-
ployed. the regular house scenery
with Il few of the small set pieces be-
longing to the elaborate and beauti-
full scenic establishment that the
company is known to have. were
used. This should not have been.
This deficiency naturally detracted
from the beauty OF the production
cousin Kate" pleased the big
audience immensely and Miss Cal
latin made herself a favorite in Grand