The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-07

familiar airs for a time while the eleetri
clan (anybody could imagine the persp;ra-
ton and imprecations with which he was
desperately wOrking) was endeavoring TO
locate ana remedy the trouble After
some delay, candles We're brought on as
fOotlights and the play proceeded on a
very diTnly lighted stage. After a time
the electric lights came on, amid applause
from everybody and yells from the cal
ery Hardly had the signs of relief
from the actors subsidized and part of the
candles been removed when the electricifv
failed again. and the play was finished in
mi-darkness.
1t was easy for most Of the people in ths
audience 10 picture the scene back of ms
stage while all this was going on-anpr,-
words excited striding about. waving of
arms, figuratiYe tearing of hair and Der-
haps a few tears. But the performers
really should be congratulated on the re-
suit 1t must be confessed that the full
effect of the final curtain was lost. but the
play was good enough and the actors and
actresses were good enough 10 carry the
audience through at a. high pitch of in
terest until the end. 1t was severe test
and nobly met
ION Parole is q slashing military
drama. with hOofbeats. important dis
patches to be carried, love. heroism. chiv-
airy and all the other things which go To
make the conventional military drama
popular There weren't any bugle calls.
strange TO relate, and there wasn't much
waving of the Grand Old Flag because the
play is aimed to please alike Sympathizers
Of the north and south and not TO reonen
any old wounds. Otherwise, all the OLD
familiar chords OF the brass button drama
were there.
The southern girl loves the northern Of
ficer in this case as in others. and all is
! lovely in the end With this as a foun-
dation the play is builded in a workman
Ike manner. The dialogue is bright the
action does not drag. and the situations
as a whole are well worked out.
The company is a well-balanced stock
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leading man. Miss Leone is a handsome
accomplished leading woman. They make
love feelingly and they rise to crises eff
fectiveIy. II would be hard 10 say which
methods, and they work admirably to-
gether.
As for the rest of the company. there
were no nOticeably weak spots. and many
strong ones. Francis Joyner had only two
"bits'-a negro servant in the first act
and a confederate soldier returning home
after the war in the last act-but he per-
formed both with fine artistic detail His
work i'm larger parts will be looked for
ward to with interest. Jay Quigiey gave
satisfactory performance as General
Randolph Plnckney. henry NJ. Hicks
played Captain Frazer with siouch and
a Slovenliness which may be the proper
conception of the part but which We're not
appealing. Agnes Blial was a reasonably
COON ingenue. Marshall Farnum brother
of Dustin. did a fair piece of character
work The rest of the company did not
have much chance to show what they
really could do.
Mr.. Mack made a short speech between
the acts, in which he announced that his
stock company, which has just closed a
long engagement in Duluth, would remain
this week in ION Parole and next week
would put on Because She Loved Him
So" It will leave for a short tour re-
turning in January for a brief engage
rnent and then will go away to return in
the spring. If the Salt Lake public shows
a partiality for the company ii will then
probably remain here for some time
Mr.. Mack told a story in the course of
his remarks in which he referred to his
experiences on the kerosene circuit in
Missouri and Kansas. where there are
usually six kerosene footlights: unless the
jenitor's wife stays at home the evening
of the performance. when there are only
five. He said nothing. however. about a
''candle-lght circuit" and il is to be hoped
his memories of Salt Lake CITY will be
more radiant than the. term suggested by
last evenings experience would imply for
he and his company are deserving of gen.
erous treatment.