The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-21
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There is something entirely new in the
way of melodrama on at the Grand TINS
week. why Girls Leave Home was
given its first presentation IN TINS city
last evening and scored decided success:
The house was crowded to its limit and
the enthusiasm found expression IN many
unusual demonstrations.
why Girls Leave Home" deals with
the problem that is tearing at the heart
strings of parents In this and every other
communicative to save their young
daughters from the pitfalls laid Tor them
by the gay Lotharios" of society. me
melodrama, and while many of the sit
uations are extravagant and much or the
color is laid on with too lavish a hand,
there is still truth in the picture. II Il
certainly an interesting play, entirely out
of the ordinary.
The company is also good-superior to
the average melodramatic company some
of the members are exceptionally goOu-
Leslie P. Webb as the villain ana Dora
Hastings as the divekeeper do creGltaDie
work throughout and the entire audience
last evening expressed great satisfaction
when the final curtain went down WIN
the precious pair behind the bars. Hedoa
Laurent Is decidedly clever III ner stage
work. In the part of the victim she won
golden opinions. She is fully up 10 me
demands made upon her. She has fine
voice for stage work and she possesses
dramatic talent. The pet of the audience
last evening however, was William Wes-
ton in the part of Johnny. he mas
part that suits him admirably, ana nlt9 my
il he throws a degree of enthusiasm anu
Civacity that is most effective. He tur-
inches most of the fun of the piece
blanche Morrison as his sweetheart Amy
seconds him. The company Is laree
one Other members who do good WORK
are Arthur ]. Walton as the IoEer -! De
iancy Barclay as the police captain; ran
els Boggs as the disspated brother ana
Helen Jones as the mother of the way
ward girl. The play is well staged, anu
has many of the elements OF popuiarlly,
sWhy Girls Leave Home Will run
throughout the week with the usual mat
| inees.
1.-THE Royal Chef" the new. musical
! comedy by Ben H. jerome, and Messrs;
Stoddard and Taylor. will have its second
production in Salt Lake city tonlght al
the Salt Lake theatre. The orlgihaI PIo to
| duction was made in Chicago followed py
an extensive run in New YORK Sity a. me
lyric theatre, and the musical pastlne
| as it is termed. scored heavily IN potm
cities The original cast, Whlcn Is SIM
intact, is a strong one and is headed pS
William J. Mccarthy, oscar nag lsitb
| Herbert Carter George Porter smith
Franklin Fox, Gertrude Hutchinson, DOT
| othy Rae, LaBelle Laurette, Dixey LII
lard and over fifty others
Beginning this evening the following
| bill will be offered at the OF
preum: Joseph Harris Crickets. witt
| katherine Bum and w. n. Crlpps
Armstrong and Clark in FINDING
Partner Bimm, Boom Brrr. an inimita
BILE musical act; Casey and Craney, refined
entertainers; Willie Toona, Illustrated lee
lures of the southwest; Fred's MONKEY
actors, the best trained animals in Vau
deyiIle The Orpheum orchestra in popu
lar selections, and the kinodrome.
The time-worn adage that "Shakespear'
spelt ruin has been knocked into
cooked hat by Louis James, for he no
| only has made fortune out of the i'm
mortal bards plays. but has erected IL
| New York City a theatre, built solely gu
of his earnings to his former managers.
| A breaking house greeted the In
| ternational Stock company's Introduction
1 of farce comedy at the Lyric last night
| A well selected cast of clever people pre-
scented 1.-The Wrong Doctor" and the TIVE
capacity audiences that witnessed thu
show showed their approval. In addition
a well balanced bill of advanced vaude
Vile was presented. The work of Maste
| Duffy in the comedy playlet. "Naught!
Knott, Jr," augurs well for his future.