The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-09
LOCAL
BY THE PLAYGOER

= ONFERENCE week is accounted
~ the best. theatrically. Of the
season. Beginning Thursday night.
several attractions played To sold-out
houses and business was good at
every theatre IN the city. The Easiest
way" at the Salt Lake theatre, has
had only one recent rival in point OF
attendance. and that was the excep-
tional engagement of Maude Adams
last spring. For the first performance
or the Beiasco drama every seat was
taken before 5 o'clock in the after
noon, and large houses We're the rule
al each succeeding performance.
The Easiest Way" by Eugene
Walter author of paid in Fur and
The Wolf, treats of an unlovely
phase of cOntempOraneOus city life.
II is supposed TO do this so artistical-
~ ana with such absolute truth that
the immoral story is swallowed for the
sake of the realistic picture II Is
now in its third year and with the
present company viii complete the
season. playing east from Salt Lake
10 Chicago. The Easiest WAY"
opened August 10 in Atlantic City,
then making a record breaking jump
west 10 Los Angeles. where il was
shown the first week in September
Two weeks i'm San Francisco. where
a special matinee was given 10 ac-
commodate the crowds. and from
there TO salt Lake. has been its itine-
rary. Following this engagement the
company viii go TO Denver. Pueblo,
Cheyenne. Wichita, Kansas City, Oma-
IA and Chicago.
Miss Starts First Visit.
Miss frances Starr was seen in the
Way" Her Salt Lake engagement
renewed her acquaintance with Mr..
and Mrs. William Ingersoll. whom
she knew in New York when playing
the ingenue role in "GallOps." at the
Garden theatre, where Mr. Ingersoll
was leading man. IL was in this role
that she was first seen by David Be
lascO. who later engaged and starred
her. Mr. and Mrs. IngersOll enter
tanned Miss Starr and her sister. Mrs.
Caldwell, who accompanies her on
her tours. and Tunis F. Dean. man
ager OF THE Easiest Way" at supper
Thursday night after the play. and
Mr.. Dean gave a dinner 10 the same
party Friday evening.
Miss Starr who is a personal friend
OF Ada Dwyer Russell. was enter
tanned at a tea al the Country club
on Friday by Mrs. Russelfs sisters.
Mrs. Frank ". Jennings and Miss Ed
ma Dwyer Mr. Dean also met a num-
her Of old friends during his stay in
the city. He was in Salt Lake last
season as manager for Blanche Bates.
and on previous occasions for other
noted stars.
Played in THE Devil.
Joseph KilgOur who made a strong
impression as Willard BrOcktOn in
THE Easiest Way" was last seen here
In THE Devil" in which he played the
title role. John p. Drawn is a native
salt Laker, and he received a warm
personal welcome at his first appear
anCe as Jim Weston Thursday night.
Violet Rand. another member of the
excellent company. was with Maude
Adams in What Every Woman
Knows" last spring.
Mr.. Dean brought news of two salt
Lake actors who are much in the
public eve. Ada Dwyer is now in Chi
cagO playing in 'The Deep Purple"
By Paul Armstrong. She returned
from England i'm August. having
closed a successful engagement there. |
Julia Dean will be seen at the Salt
Lake theatre this winter in THE
Lily" in which she is playing with
Nance O'Neil
Billy Clifford Takes Well.
Billy Clifford was at the Colonial
for the week in THE Man. the Girl