AMUSEMENTS The Clay CIa company comp ny played The uThe Bells to a large and fash fashionable fashionable audience at the Salt Lake thea theater theater ter last The play Is so written that all the acting all the dramatic situations and all the intense emotions fall to o Matthias Matthias tile tue character played plated pla ed edby by Mr Ir Clement Mr Stockwell Sto kwell takes the part of Father Walter Valter an old gos gossip gos gossip gossip sip and arid the town toper loper which he acts admirably well Mrs Clement plays a maid of all work vork No charac character ter except Matthias has many opportunities opportunities but what little acting there was by the secondary players gives one onea a very favorable impression of the com corn company company pany From a brier outline of the story it may be seen that Matthias is labor laboring laboring ing lug under emotions fears remorse and anguish much the same as those which unbalance the mind of Macbeth Matthias an to save himself his hi wife and his little daughter from poverty which seems imminent kills and robs a Polish Jew who Is his guest Ever after that he is haunted by the sound of bells which the horse of the Jew carried He broods over oyer his crime fears detection and allows these fears to furnish motives for his actions This is th the precise situation in which Mac Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth beth is placed The character of Mat Matthias Matthias thias is a difficult one to 10 assume and owing to the amount of acting done by him must be an exhausting one yet et Mr Clement plays this part with auth great discernment skill kili and fervor through throughout out That the audience was nas well pleased was shown by frequent ap applause applause applause As a prelude or curtain raiser Mr Clement and four others played Napoleons Guard which affords Mr lIr Clement an excellent opportunity to impersonate an old French soldier a member men er of or the old guard mind turns to the past glories of Napoleon The Magistrate will be presented to tonight tonight tonight night Browns in Town TownS captivated a large audience at the Grand last night Brown makes a great deal of trouble for others and nd has some of his own but b t few f V tears teaTS are shed in his behalf by the audience The play Is witty funny tunny and refine and keeps the spec spectators spectators spectators laughing Iau from the time the cur curtain curtain tain taia rises s until it falls Performances of equal merit at the prices charged are rare No description of or the play could be given by a simple narrative of the plot and scenes It requires r more than thana a lead pencil and paper to reproduce the art of the comedian George Welch who takes the part of Dick Preston alias Brown handles the character in ina Ina ina a very commendable manner George Geor e Ebner made a hit with his Imitations and Miss Jessie Mae Halls sing singIng singing Ing lag was wa greatly enjoyed enjoY d an l much ap up applauded applauded Miss Fannie Midgley Midgle caused a great deal of or laughter and won much applause by b her acting as Primrose the cook In fact there the e are no poor actors in tle the play all aU are good goody the play is 15 excellent and the songs and music are fine This show sho will be here all nIl week