The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-04


Dewitt Jennings, former Salt
Laker, is now playing in tho Lyric
theater in New York in "The Chcat
of Salt Lake was organized Mr.. Jen-
nings was member and was color ser
geant Of the company. He played with
the late John S. Lindsay in the Salt
Lake theater in 1892 In "The Wage
Workers. Afterward he was with Ed
mund Hayes in the old Lyccum Stock
company here. He played for two years
in the Burbank theater in Los Angeles.
Last year he was with F'rohman. He
originated the part of the colored man
in "The ClanSman and also a part
in "The Warrcns OF Virginia" when
he was with Belasco. His sister, Gene
We've, was well known III Salt Lake
musical circles.
Mr.. Jennings, Dick, as he was fa-
mlliarly known, was with Tom O NAL
ley, who was here the past week with
Wilton Lackaye in "The Battle" when
O 'Malley was in stock in the Lyceum,
old Wonderland, on West Second South.
Afterwards be was with James O'Neil
in "Monte Christie.
Speaking of Tom o 'Malley, he had
a stock company In Salt Lake and his
thcater, known as the Pavilion. was IN
tent across from the Knutsford hotel.
He was a favorite with Salt Lakers.
Afterwards. when he was at the Ly
ceum. he played ;'Charley Aunt un
der the name Of "College Chums." and
Charles Frohman. yho owned the orig
inal play. had an injunction issued re-
straining ONMalley from producing the
play. And the matter was finally set
tied by the dismissal Of tho action in
which O'Mallev came victor. After
wards he presented the play twenty
eight times in Utah. O'Malloy s daugh-
who PLAYED "Beu Hur' and "Corian-
ton" O'Malley was given warm re
ccption by his old admirers when ha
appeared at the Colonial the past week.
Two members of the Either family
made good upon the stage. Alfonso,
who, as said, played "Ben Hur,' and
his sister, Pearl, now Mrs, Fred Moore,
who with her husband were members
of the Willard Mack Stock company
the past year, and both of whom are
great favorites with Salt Lake play
is an old Utah family. Lieutenant
Either, father of Alfonso, and Mrs. |
Moore came to Utah with johnson 8 |
army and settled at Camp Floyd Aft |
erwards he removed to Springville, |
where he raised his family.
There are many people now at the
top in the theatrical world who played |
in the old Lyceum here and in the old |
Grand stock companies. William In
gersoll, who will open the Garrick the
ater here tonight, was a member OF the
old Grand Stock company, and Walter
Edwards, who is leading man with Mar
caret Ellington. who comes TO the Colo
NAL Monday, was also member of the
company with Mr.. 1ngorsoll,
Henrietta Crosman opens the season
IT the Salt Lake theater with a special
popular Labor day matinee tomorrow
give i've performances in Salt Lake; on
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday even.
ngs and matinees on Monday and We'd
aesday. Miss Crosman has not been
'een here for three years, and comes
his time In comedy written by Percy
MacKaye called "Anti~M Matrimony. -
Now Anti Matrimony" has not yet
oeen seen in New York 1t has, how.
ever, three great things to recommend
nan is the star; the second is that
Anti -Matrlmony has been called
most brilliant and enjoyable play by
Ill the cities IN the west, for Miss Cros.
nan is at present on her way back
'ast; and thirdly, it was written by the
nan who was responsible for "Joan of
Arc produced by L. II. Sothern and
Iulia NARROW; '.Sapho and Phaon,"
played by Bertha Kalish; Mater
Produced by Henry Miller, and that re-
narkable play the Canterbury Pill.
rims.
In any event going to see such an
!ctress as Henrietta Crosman is like
'uylng certain standard brand OF
foods; there is very little chance OF
disappointment, Miss Crosman has al
gays been a conscientious artist. There
as never been anything Of the "fak-
r' about her, Press stories of won
erful happenings have never been
landed ont by her management and
Then plays that she produced did not
lcase, the fact was frankly acknowl-
dyed and they were immediately Ia
en of. Therefore when Miss Crosman
ONES with a play that she has been
laying any length of time like this
ne, even though there is no New York
un OF thousand nights behind it, one
almost certain that the play is all
light.
In "Anti. .Matnmony" Miss Crosman
lays minister s wife and she is 'fioy
u.s. all the time. There arc no tears:
My laughter and happiness. "Anti,
iatrlmony', may be described as Il
This nomenclature
lay mean whole lot, but really
Anti Matrimony" Iust at present has
% plgeon-hols. 1t is a new kind of
lay, Just as "Peter PAM was. If
nyone asked you to place "Peter
AN - when it was first done, it would
ave been impossible. A new pigeon.
ole had to be made for it. And SO il
with Anti; ;Matrimony." II is in
class by itself and at is we'll worth
ecing. Miss Crosman takes the play To
nc Lyceum theater in New York next