Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-20


another si1itcr. Arthur siahler- and mas
! been threatened with trouble IL her
l daughter doesnt become Mrs. Stabler-
| From the New York hnlncier with his
notes to the Irish landlord with o mort
gage on the home Is 80 short a step
that old Henry Stabler must have seri-
orisly disturbed the ghost Of Dion koN-
clcAulr Eileen would have taken Tony
anyway, but she seea :, love letter that
he has written for friend With an an
iurNd wrist. and Jumps at the ccnclu-
sion that her sweetheart La playing her
false. The friends wrist WAS injured
| lust two minutes for that especial pur-
| rose and the moment that he begged
Tony To Sign RIO name" the audience
knew what was coming OFT. ii comes
OIL again at the end OF the comedy TO
complain OF this plot, however, is UNI
just when there Is SO little of II and 81
much that is bright and fresh and orig
inAl Who would miss seeing the rel
lows box and fence In the sun parlor
atop the NIac1-ane homer Who would
carp at a hackneyed story after bear
ing Arnold DAILY sli-g coon songs In
that same sun parlOr2 Tony's proposal
through speaking tube the troubles
OF his fat uncle, enlisted against his
will In Company b, the love of a lisp
lny lad and lass. the drill of the awR-
ward EClUHu. ana lllt ll<elllNbitiHiNS -
the male quartet are things 10 enjoy
after having suffered from dull round
of problem plays, 1.-THE Boys of COM
pany q" Will live long and pros per-
After four years OF George Bernard
Shaw, II seems queer TO iand MI paiy
in the kind OF llgh;-and airy part
usually associated with Willie conner.
However, there is no denying MS eS-
cellence in the role. Mr., DAILY Is
Of IN al llHNnCp
and agreeable manner HIS supporting
rnpaity is almost uniformly good, and
has been spIendldly stage-manAsed. IL
Includes Jennie Epstace, who is ADMIN
ab1n MS Mrs. MaoI-ane. Frances Ring
clever sister OF Blanche Ring Joseph
e, whiting, Alfred Kappeler' werner
Charges. Morgan Conan, Howard hssts-
brook, Robert McWade, Roy taircnIa'
Gret chen Dale and Florence Nash me
tbree settings shown are elaborate, In
genlous and original.
The present program at the Heral"
Sunare begins with big-lettereo an
noumcement OF
EDDIE FoY,
In the English Musical Entertainment
THE ORCHID,
Produced Under the Direction OF
Frank Smithson-
Eook by James n. Tanner and
Joseph w Herbert
way down at the bottom of the bill
set i'm the smallest type, one fnds:
Dancers-The Misses Ford, Elton.
Calvert. Pouts. Holmes, Herriles, EOS
ter, Franklin, Fairfax and Barthold.
Dances arranged by William RocR~
Production under the &receton u
Sam s. and Lee ShuherS-
Here, indeed, is working out OIL IN"
edict that the last shall be first toi
'The Orchid has been carried TO SUE
cess by 10 sprlghtly girls, one aglio
male dancer, an exquisite produoSion,
and some charming music by IVAN
CarylI and Lionel Monckton. The IL
bretto is quite the most unclever tuE-
lnshed US In many moons; tnal "
nalatable at all must be attributed 20
the ginger and other spice contfiouteo
BY The presenting company.
There Is good deal OF plot IN the
Orchid" and it has something TO 90
with horticulture but. as aTore saio'uotp-
ing to do with the success or the pleCe-
Aubrey Chesterton sends Professor AaC-
cary to Peru In search OF u Valua PIE
suecies of the monocotyledonops plant
from, which the comedy takes Its name.
THE professor goes to Paree instead OF
peru and returning without Hover or
money, hits upon the very blossom IN
possession OF gardner called Arue
Choke. He obtains the orchid from
Artfe by fraudulent means, but even
tuallv 1t gets back to- its real owner
who sells il to Chesterton tor large
sum. This comic and exciting taie Is
further enIivened by the prpr1enaulhs
c,f two pairs OF utterly foolish youns
lovers, The performance Is made prlgnt
and plea sing. however. by the beauty OF
Its accessories, feminine and neuter' oy
the wonderful dancing done ny MI
Rock and his pupils by some ability
on the part OF its cast; by It's really
tuneful music: and by the dash ana
duickness OF its movement. Inc BOOB
is sufficiently elastic to admit OF endless
INTERPOLATION, so that. eventually the
production at the Herald Square Will
come TO be what is called "a Casino
show" because II Is seen so rarely at
tho Casino.
Eddie Foy Is a sort OF human olive
much elished by those who like him
and very distasteful 10 those who don't
III confess that during the first ten
years that he blinked his eyes sleepily,
sang with burlesque huskinsss ana
remarked "Tis pretty thing
thought Mr.. Foy very funny. Mondays
audience at the Herald Square was
composed mostly of people who seem to
think him so still. They laughed heart
rTnd ering of college" and HE Goes 10
Church on Sunday" Mr.. Foy Is clown,
purely and simple but 1t may be said
to his credit that he never has inlag-
med himself anything else, No one
need fear that he will end by calling
himself "Mr, Edwin Toy' and appear
ing In Shapespeare.
ALA Nazimova. who was to have been
seen at the Bijou last Monday In Com
tesse Coquette," broke down at the
dress rehearsal. and the date of her
openind was put thead 10 Friday,
shall review the play In my next letter.
An incident OF this pOstponement has
been the removal Of John Blair from
the position OF leading man with Ma
dame NazlmOva. Nothing occurring In
present-day theatricals contains more
OF the element of tragedy han the rise
and fall Of Mr.. Blair. Ten years ago
when he founded the Independent
Thcater company. which did much 10
populnrize German, Spanish and Nor
wgeian drama In America, this young
fellow WAS a fine sincere actor His
intelligence and his earn estness were so
conspicuous that It became the fashion
to praise him r1ationslly, even as II
has becon,e the fashion to condemn him
frrntionaIly today. or sudden ms by
agreement, everybody began censurng
al, ha cntH