The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-05-24

was blue. clouded with white, as
though you looked up at it froIn Ari-
coma; and a full acre OF framed-up
canvas gulehes and ridges were paint
ed in grays. yellows and other hues of
aridity TO look like miles and miles of
landscape in the Rockies, while in the
foreground the shacks of a pioneer set
uement bOrdered a creek of actually
wet water. Half a hundred Yankee
cowboys and half as many Mexican
greasers rode on horseback from the
way off distances by winding trails
down into the valley TO carouse. One
girl who. though pretty. wouldn't be
lnolested in Broadway, made an ado
among the men there because rare
treasures OF her sex were as precious
In that region as discoveries of pay
ore. She came on a broncho to the
postoffice for letters. and having got
some she started for her home ranch
at gallop. All the Yankees cheered
her merriy, as she sped away while
the Mexicans leered wickedly, and Que
malignant greaser struck spurs in
pursuit. He overlook her demanded
q kiss. which she wouldn't give, jerked
her from her saddle to his, and rode OF
behind hill. There wasn't more than
time for two or three forced smacks
before she reappared on nimbly run
ming feet, climbed 70 her waiting
horses back, fell limp across the sad
die, and was carried back by the beast
10 the settlement. That filled the first
quarter hour OF the new melodrama Of
The Man Hunt
III anyone wants to quit at any time
during this play" a ballyhOO bawler
at the entrance had said, his money
viii be returned 10 him, and besides
that, the management will pay his
fare 10 the nearest hospital. insane
asylum or cemetery that he may
choose"
All of US stayed another quarter OF
an hour and got the worth of our
quarter of a dollar, by watching The
flight OF the girl stealer the pursuit
OF him by the Yankee COW boys, the de-
Tense of him by the Mexicans and the
up, down and roundabout the rods or
peaks that looked like miles. The hunt
ended in a capture.
can I quit now and get my two
bits back?" was boys question.
Sure" VAS the ushers reply.
The lad unused a moment. Guess
I'll stay" was his decision, and see
what's coming TO the sreaser."
If The Man Hunt" was meant for
problem play, To deliver its anti-kiss-
ing moral fresh every hour that an au-
dience gathers to hear il. it should hit
hard the evil wrought by the soul-kiss,
dream-waltz lOVe-sOng comedies of
the past season; for this abductOr of
an unwilling kissee is fastened TO
stake, heaped around with resinous
boughs, drenched with kerosene and
destroyed in big bonfire. 1t looked
like that, anyway; Yet l don't suppose
they use up an actor at every per
Torrance.
That short and very thick western
melOdrama was the big new thing in
the reOpcning Of the Luna Park sec
tiOn of Coney Island. DTeamland the
second assemblage of summer shows
was ready with Bostock's subdued
beasts only; while the third. Steeple-
chase park. had nothing unfamiliar to
offer except broncho riding by cow
boys who were paid 10 do it, and Wis
itors who paid t. 40 IL. and the chance.
10 mingle with the plamsmen on
hors back seemed To delight boys espe-
clally, The fun was Increased by put
ting hired riders on buclIing horses. or
even letting amateurs risk their bones
on them 10 9muse the crowd. Show
men at COney are quick TO take a tip
from the news of the day The Jour-
mails of sunday morning gave accounts
OF The excitement caused in London
and Paris by women who rode in the
fashionable parkWays on hOrsebac *
they mounted their horses. were close
fittinE in the empress style, but on
getting seated man-f2 shiOn. split front
and rear. showing legs from feet To
knees i'm embroidered satin bOOts. By
the middle of the afternoon four hand
some girls were astride Of horses in
Steeplechase park in skirts hastily
made over 10 conform with the foreign
model Which proves the alertness of
the COney shOWmen 10 discover novel
". ! traVersed COneys main street,
or Broadway. and its side street, or
BOWery, with their quarter mile each
of pleasure places, from big spectacles
10 little fakes. without finding more
than slight variations from last year:
bur many placards promised astOnish-
ments for a week later, and so you
may count on a letter next Sunday de-
scribing many ingenuities that will be
duplicated quickly at the suburban re-
sorts through the country. Imitation
is the opposition that is the life of the
park show business.
X X
Not all, nor half. Of the stage shows
in New York between now and Sep
t>mber VIII go outdoors. even though
the roof gardens and wateTSide resorts
ore TO be attractive. Many plays that
look breezy, and sound airy. will be
offered in the theatres. and l think
tnat, bY anOtner year, many through
ont the land win follow the example
OF New York. Chicago and San Fran
cisco in making no difference between
summer and winter.
The weeks birth OF a play meant 10
live all summer in the theatre bearing
the name OF Lester Wallack is lightly
musical, and contains naugEt 10 make
the ghost OF the modish old beau OF an
iactoF-manager stalk the Rialto. "Thc
Gay Musician" hasn't one tenderloin
word, or note although its theme IS
locally theatrical and its principal
three young women are actresses
That is its salient oddity-three roles
with equal chances for Sophie Brandt
Amelia Stone and Olga Won Hartzfeld
20 sing, dance and grin FOR the witch
cry prize. They are graceful and
melOdious trio, and the mana gement
won't have 10 nag them, as the COM
petition will keep them keen and zesf-
ful The question Of their relative sal
aries was raised between acts on the
opening night. The puzzle of thai
technical award of superiority. the