Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-04
THE ROUND OF THE THEATERS

Helm" hardly seem to have received
the necessary musical training; but
the male SeXtette, Is we'll equipped
vocally, and the numbers from this
section We're all that could be desired.
The action of the piece appears to re-
Volvo about garage wherein gasoline
cars are repaired by a corps OF chorus
lady mechanics scantily clad. Then it
switches to motor boat race A Ger
man count. a countess, a lover and a
sweetheart figure in the plot some
where, and finally love finds n way, the
right boat wins the race and the own
ers daughter. While there was some
reStlessnesS below stairs, the galleries
could be heard giving vent to resound-
ing chortles and handclapping. Billy
Clifford, Harry Dickinson, Marguerite
De Won, Mile. La Journe, Jack Trainor
and Hilda Mason have the most to do
and they do their bent under the
circumstances. The trouble is not with
the. players. but rather with their
vehicle. The orchestra was in good
form and helped pass the time away.
The bills runs through the week with
matinees tomorrow and Saturday. y
capacity audience greeted the Offering
last night.
THE SHUBBRT-A large audience
witnessed a performance of Henry IrV-
lnGs great play, The Bells at the
Shubert Monday night, and while tho
acting of Mr.. Swenson and Miss Lorle
Palmer and their associate players was
appreciated. the theme is not one 10
gladden. the heart The characters In
the play have but little opportunity,
as they are all oVerShadowed by tho
role of Matthias, the part played by Mr..
Swenson. 1t is not too much to say
that he does full justice to It, and he
IS particularly strong in the emotional
scenes
The story is of an nn-keeper, Ma
thiaS, who, on Christmas eve 10 years
before. foully murdered wandering
Jew and robbed him OF large amount
OF gold. Matthias takes every precau-
ton to cover UP his decd but after Is
years have elapsed he hears the story
of mis- crime recounted, and then learns
there is u wandering Jew in the viii
lage who answers the description of
the murdered man. There Is also
hypnotist in the neighborhood who is
| said to have the power to force confess
| sions from guilty persons. Matthias be-
| come conscience stricken and his mind
| is on the verge of collapse because he
constantly hears Christmas bells, re-
| minding him of the brutal murder.
To protect himself he arranges a
| marriage contract with his daughter
| and an officer of the law. feeling Sc
| curIty in such q union. On the night
| the contract is signed, Matthias dreams
he is being tried for murder. The hyp-
notist compells him to confess his
| crime. Matthias is condemned to be
| hanged. Just as the execution is about
| to take place he awakenS, but the
shock is so great it kills him.
| In this scene Mr.. Swenson does a
fine piece of acting. He is we'll sup
| ported by William s. Donovan as
| Christian, the lover. The other male
members of the cast play the parts as
signed to them acceptably. Miss Palm
Clellan, was a fine feature of the
chestra, directed by Prof. j. j. Nc
Clellan. was a charming feature of the
| evening, its numbers being well Sc
lected and performed with artistic fin
| ish.
TIDE GFAND-Only a fw seats were
filed at the Grand last night when
that emotional little play, Tempest
and Sunshine" held the boards. The
show deserved a much better house. a
play wherein the villain Is n villainess
is always interesting because of Its
uniqueness, for we have but few real,
live, strutting female villains in actual
life. Those who have not seen this
tragedy of 1850 have missed something
The cast is in good hands, no really
bad actors appearing IN the various
roles Carl Winterhoff as Josh is de-
cidedly good and Bessie Dunlop IS q
sweet, winning little Sunshine. Earl S
Ross as the doctor and Miss Mario DC
Beau in the role of Tempest, the
scheming villainness, are very salts
factory. Robert Perrin makes a fail
Richard Miller. while Elmer Gamble ir
the part of Uncle Juber, and Lillian
!, Black as his wife Judy, took we'll witt
the audience. All in all, Tempest anC
Sunshine" as presented at the Grand
is worth seeing. especially as it is q
popular-priced performance.
BUNGALOW-From all indication.
the Mack company at the Bungalow
has set In for long period of pros
perity The popular play of poll,
Primrose" will run through the week
MISSION-Tonight ends the presen
week'sbil. There is some uncertaint!
as to the changes for tomorrow, as {
number of the acts are stated as beinl
held up on the Salt Lake Routes wash
out Every endeavor however, is being
made to rush them through by thu
other line.
BOB BLOSSOMS NEW HIT-A spe
cial to The News this morning from
Syracuse. New York. states that al
old Salt Lake favorlte, Robert EdeSon
produced his new play there, called
"A Mans a Man." on Monday evening
| The play is said to suit Mr.. Edesoi
better than anything since Strong
| heart" 1t is a story of a wealth.
western mine owner. and the action o
the piece is laid both in New York an'
Helena, Mont. The play Is billed 70
} | early Broadway production.