The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-25

Study carefully the range OF emotions,
and see if anything is left out.
Early in the play Is shown the weak
ness, cowardice and criminality of the
adulated, selfish, lustfui Earl OF kerhill.
The heart Of the auditor wells with indig-
nation and disgust. 1t despises. There
Is the maternal love of the earls mother.
shriveled by alteration of position" will
ling to sacrifice anything. no matter how
ruthiessly, for the sake of her own flesh.
her own blood and herself as therein rep
resented. The heart of the auditor fills
with resentment, mingled with pity. There
is an air of artificial selfishness about
all the lay figures in this act. which
arouses contrary emotions in the hearts
of those who see ii all. On the other hand,
there is the half-stifled love of a woman
for the man she cannot then have. SYM
pathy develops. The MANTLE hero
shows courage. He conquers himself. He
sacrifices Corresponding emotions are
developed in those who watch.
The scene changes to western America,
where the good and the bad are free and
untrammeied by convention. There Is a
dash of RIGHTEOUSNESS and adherence to
ancient rules as shown by an incidental,
interjected character. The auditor prefers
to break away-he resists the restraint y
desire to gamble. to take a chance de-
velops on the part of another incidental
character in whom environment had work.
ed TO crush this trait. The auditor enters
into the gambling spirit. Bravado is
with it, for the hero checks him. Score
one for the chord of courage in the heart
dash of patriotism gets a round of APP
plause and a cheer A primitive woman
commits murder, but she is applauded be-
cause she does it to protect the life of
an honorable man, whom she loves. The
man shows gratitude and the chords of
other hearts vibrate in response.
And so ii goes on. There is bravery
suspense. mother-love. -father-love, love
of rough men for a child, venality to
arouse anger in the hearts of the right
eous. wit. humor. friendship. loyalty. the
stern sense of justice. cupidity, disappoint-
ment the struggling against financial diff
ficulties, despair. duty and score of
other emotions, reaching a climax in the
tearing out of the very core of the heart
in the separation from it of the most
loved thing, and the sublime tragedy Of
the woman who destroys her own life that
others may enjoy theirs to the fullest.
What is there left on which 20 play on
the strings of the human heart?
This is the raw material Remaining
before success can be obtained is work
manship-plot lines, background and de-
picting by the actors.
The plot is we'll laid and well hewn.
After the first dragging, the action is
rapid and the various paths all lead deft-
ly to the grand climax. And they stop
before any descent from this climax
The lines are keen. They glitter when
sparkle is effective, and they strike home
when to strike is needed.
The artificial background of conven-
tional English society serves to make by
contrast more appealing the setting of
our own great western America, with the
great. the grand. the true. rising SUI
preme.
AS to the actors who appeared last
evening, they were at a disadvantage
because each individual must be COM
pared with similar individuals in cast
recruited with the idea of having every
part played by a star. Dustin Farnum
must be compared with William Faver-
sham, who reached the greatest triumph
of his career in the part of Jim Cars
ton. Farnum is not quite so compelling
in the climaxes, but If he had not been
preceded by Faversham he would be
called great in the part. Mary b. Con-
well, as Diana, did not suffer by conf
PARSONS, although it should be stated
that the part, though conspicuous, does
not give any unusual chance for acting
George w. Deyo, as big Bill" rose well
to the character, while Horace Mitchell,
as Shorty: Harry Sedley. as Andy: w.
]. Kane, as Grouchy; Brinsley Shaw, as
Cash Hawkins, and Matt b. Snyder, as
the bartender, did well. though none
would cause intense enthusiasm Phil
lips Smalley, who has the part of Henry
Wynnegate Earl of Kerhill, has a good
presence but when he isn't jerking his
words out as if he We're a popular dem
fist extracting teeth by wholesale, he
lapses into a sing-song. Mitchell Lewis
makes up well as Tabywana. the Ute
not forget himself and the Indian char
acter at times and declaim like a melo-
dramatic hero. Logan Paul, as Baco
White, the interpreter. faithfully depicted
the original. Mr.. Paul is brother OF
Professor ]. II. Paul of this city. He
played in stock at the Salt Lake theatre
from 1870 to 1875 with David Mackenzie,
Phil Margetts and others. His last ap-
pearance was as Abraham Lincoln in
THE Ensign
Miss Katherine Fisher takes the part
of Nat-u-ritch. daughter of the chieftain
and wife of Carston. She did not fall
short in any particular.
There are many characters in THE
Sduaw Man." some of them conventional
and some picturesque. In writing the
play 1t was essential to give the role of
Jim Carston great opportunities for a
star This is the best acting role. But
it is not the great. original, strongest
character of the piece. Carston is an i'm
pulsive, brave, self-sacrificng man.