The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-03-13

Under tho oyer-dIscusSed and under
considered topic of what the public
wants In the theater, number one
should read-a new comedian-al-
ways Not that the public or the
stage needs new comedians-alas, the
urdescrvedly go labelled are as num-
berless as the leaves Of Autumn-but
that the rbapsodic delight that greets
the rare arriva, Of really new one
puts 1t beyond all doubt but thai they
are always wanted
1, Is with the genuine satisfaction
of real gourmat. knowing new
dish though tasted In the dark. thar
a first night audience streams ont OF
the tbeater-every mothers son OF
them feeling himself the personal dis
coyerer Of the unexpectedly emerged
comic relief who has been every
body's faydrit during tho evening
The ramiflcations OF new comedian
come 10 town arc without end. Be
the quality cf the play what II may
be. he Is the match tn. ignites ev-
orybody's good huInor in the thcater
and swells everybody'S bump OF dis
covery out of the thenter
Coming Means Much.
For. while II Is human to wish 10
bo discovered. It is divine to discover
oloauently another: 10 hold aloft the
light until then aid beneath the busbeI
end proudly say. -; always knew IT,:
10 patronlze even pyrotechnic bril-.
liancy with that wise nod OF the head
that almost says. Il brought him out:
he's friend of mine"
What would become OF conversation
in or cafes after the theateT II It
were not for the periodic arrival Of
new comedian? Obviously his COM
Ing means much for the success of
the play that introduces him. but his
success Is also the success OF The
Testaurateurs.
Then food and drink mean much,
hut II is just as Important as either
that thoroughly pleased audience.
still red-iaced from laughing al ncS
comedian. shall qu'ckly 1nd tables at
the best cafes 10 talk over the pet
Of the evening. Hence that shrewd
observation OF cafe managers In the
saying that the number OF people
pleased by the comedian OF the night
determines the number of covers
AT ibH uEds ny NIlItS.
But there Is many DR. Cook scat
ed af those tables where real comed-
jans are discovered and re.discovered
and The "Ltold-you-so's" tell the story
over and over There is ny in the
amber break In the records: worse
"till, there is tragedy over 1t all
for the comedian who happens 10
overhcar and TO analvze calmly this
lndiscrlmlnatc babel of praise 10 his
temporary glory
Forget His Name
NOT ono In ten OF his admirers can
remember his name In room Alled
win his praises his name ~ never
uttered. HIS foremost ouloglsts can
1ot speak any mere accurately of him
than as that funny fellow or as
tho fellow who fell downstairs"
II, accepting the cordiality Of the |
night at its face value, he were TO try |
another part, saw. as many have done, !
he we're TO accept any OF the immed- !
Late offers to star" his name. built |
In electric liehts IN front OF the thea
To. wdnld be as meaningless as /
Greek TO his Quondam eulogists.
For il Is an awkward fact that city |
bred Americans that they must be |
shown-not once. but each time be- i
fore they buy Or. as a prominent
Broadway manager once stated the |
situation. when explaining the failure
OF play by Henry Arthur Jones'
You see. in LondoE they announce a
new play by Henry Arthur Jones and |
AZ once everybody buys tickets for !
IL on the score of the mans previous |
work: but over here tho confounded |
cusses all como from Missouri they |
nave TO know before they go and |
buy"
Jolly Good Thing"
We have no old fayoritcs on the |
American stage like the Broughs. the |
hawtrcys, the Kcndnlls and others |
oil The English. who like their king. |
can do no wrong In America every |
nisht Is the actors and the authors |
nrst night. and twenty earlier mas /
terpleces will not condone enc failure
According TO Percival Knight. New |
foras newest comedian, Peter Doc