The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-17

dian unanimously and applauds him
/ every time he swears. If it were put
TO vote the herOine's hand, the herO's
| fortune, and every other asset in the
whole list of prizes, would be awarded
! to the swearing Indian
The other new play, 1.-The Postmas-
! ter's Daughter" was presented to a
/ good audience, the author, NeiIl Two
mey, having brought hundreds Of fash
! ionable families to the theater. The
! pOstmasteT's country store was the
same old lounging place for pumpkins
| but the daughter rode into it on horse
back. with a mailbag across the POM
mel, and she proceeded to bewitch a
/ young millionaire from the city in a
/ way that owing to the clear, hOmely
| and cOgent writing Of the part, or to a
/ eontraltO-voiced Laura Jacoby Deane' S
| playing of it-enlisted the sympathy of
| everyone. But when Mr.. TwOmey, as
her author and her lover, took her a
| bride to his New York home, she broke
up the comedy into burlesque pieces
that couldn't be put together again. She
hadn't been a country hoyden, but an
unusually bright, lOvable girl, and so
when she not only behaved like d fool
at a dinner party, but insisted upon
making a guest of a gawky lout, all
esteem of her was lost in farcial
!
well, but didn't get anywhere.
Three audiences have helped actors
to amuse me within the week. West
Point cadets came down five hundred
strong, and in full uniform, to see THE
Whirl of the Town" The principal
actress was Adele Richie. She and
Blanche Ring, leader in the rival sum-
mer show, His Honor the Mayor"
are as different as two tenderlOin pets
possibly could be. Blanche gets warm
ly close to her audience Tin a way that
1 shall presently tell yOu) but Adele
keeps cOOlly away from hers.
Adele was engaged at a vaudeville
theatre last winter. A tipsy man
sought to lessen and thaw the dis
lance between him and the actress by
leaning far out from a box and telling
her that she was hot stuff. She gave
no sign that she was aware'Of him ard
never lost a note; but evidently she he'd
stationed the bOuncer on guard. Her
admirer was jeTked back from view,
and not dragged distuTbingly through
the auditorium, but flung out by a
door from the passage back Of the box.
Recalling that incident, I wondered
how she would take it if the cadets
became familiar My curiosity was not
gratified. She was as reservedly po-
as though she were their generals
daughter pouring tea for them at
reception. West Point students at
football games and boat races choose
a leader To direct their cheering, and
they had done the same thing for
this occasion But Adels's negative
aspect had a nUmbing effect on that
officer Of the day. for he let mis- COM
rades stay as still as a congregation
until something reused him.
The aTOusal came with the bOOtblack
chorus. That aUdaCiOus affair consists |
Of eight high chairs, on which eight
girls perch, while eight other girls in
boys clothes brush the sixteen /
astonishingly displayed shoes. At the
first swirl Of lingerie and flash of hos !
iery the boss rOOter spTang to his feet, |
with his arms raised like an orchestra |
leaders, and a half thousand voices !
gave the West Point college yell. The |
girls on the high chairs seemed scared |
for an instant by the UprOaTiOUs out /
break, and several drew their skirts 1
rlOse around their ankles. as though /
the cadets had thrown a swarm of /
mice on the stage. The girls Who as |
were bent with their backs |
towards the young men,. CTOuched |
quickly as though fearful that their
trousers had gone wrong. From then
to the end of the show the army
audience was in action.