The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-17
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God Almighty hates a coward The
| great American public has an aversion
| to cowardice. and no central character
/ in play can have the complete sym
! pathy and admira ion Of the audience II
/ he shows yellow streak, even though
! at the end he may make a display Of
| THE Mills of the Gods" presented at the
Colonial theatre last evening, is one Of
/ those dramas which strikes II o'clock
/ but does not quite strike L. 1t Is from
| done some creditable things, and IL Is
strong, cleanly-written, possessed of clear
cut characters. good lines striking stu
atoms and varying appeals to the emo
| lions. 1t has powerful tragedy, the in
terest of d struggle. light touches of hu-
NOR, and a love interest. Yet the cen
| trai character is a selt-confesSed en-
beZzler. You don't blame him so much
for that when YOU learn he took the
money in the hope of saving the life Of
a beloved invalid sister. But you can't
become filled with enthusiastic admira-
ton for him when he sinks for two acts
before d Matchmaking cur. That is the
great weakness of the play, which. with
8 little more courage thrown into the
central figure, would exercise more
compelling sway over the audiences and
could be counted as a great success.
The character described is taken by
Monroe Salisbury, known TO his old &C
Quaintances in Salt Lake by his real name
of Orr Salisbury Cash, nephew of the
j.
point the most eXpectant of his friends
Mr. Salisbury has a voice OF excellent
quality. which he handled with effective
modulations, and he played the part
throughout with dignity and strength. His
performance last evening was sufficient
to entitle him TO recognition as an actor
of high rank.
The entire company is good. especially
oscar Grey Briggs, who takes the part
of the accomplice of the leading figure,
and. later the blaCkmailer. It is d rather
thankless role that Of villain, but Mr..
Briggs made this villain a little different
from the ordinary type. The furttVe
glance Of the thief and sneak was pOrs
trayed to perfection. and the character
work throughout was OF high order. lnez
Baird made an excellent slangy stenOgra-
pher, and the others Of the company were
The Mills Of the Gods runs the rest
of the week. Despite the weakness point
ed out at the beginning, it is a stirring
moments. Having the added attraction
of Salt Lake man as star, the piece /
should enjoy excellent patronage through |
out the engagement.
The usual large Sunday night audience /
at the Orpheum last evening was treated I
to program which was heartily enjoyed /
judging from the liberal applause which /
followed each act The new bill at the 4
Orpheum is unique in that il is made up /
of acts so entirely different from the gen. /
eral run of offerings at this play house /
as to be refreshing. 1t would be impos- I
sible TO tell of the bill without making /
special and emphatic mention of Marshall /
p Wider's mOnOlOgue. This noted hui 1
morist and the author of Smiling Round I
the World" kept the audience in a con-
tinual UprOar of laughter for a quarter Of 4
an hour. and only by reminding his hear
ers that he would be here a whole week
was he enabled to gracefully leave the 4
stage. E d. COe and Miss Lillian Boyd /
won many hands in their comedy musical /
creation, "The Musician and the Model"
Their act is a buTlesque in blackface. re-
fined, enjoyable and funny. Charles
Matthews performed some wonderful
feats in jumping. and although the act is
he was literally applauded. The
singing and whistling of Misses Nell Lock
wood and Hazel Bryson kept the audience
and they graciously responded
TO several encOres Mr.. and Mrs Tom
NaWn and Charlotte Appellee presented |
an Irish comedy sketch which is probably
as clever in construction and as finished |
in plot, scenery and acting as has been
seen at the Orpheum this season. A tune
-ul and picturesque ensemble act. intro /
iucing enhancing music. is that of the
Eight Melanis. Encore after encore was
demanded last evening. The bill ends with
an aerial act by the four Dunbars. an act
hat is thrilling from start to finish. diff