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Show HfW" 33f . - 1 . 1 I k itll GUi-th the Firt Jighter. vg Bl l' . Ml "GHOSTS." sB' ' 'If 1 T wcrd caption of "Ghosts" is a strikingly Wmi F ' w il ai) ono or 10 n'mos'' oppressively dreadful drama Bf jl III of the sombre-eyed Norwegian playwright. Kj Jl! ( i It is a vivid picture, drawn by one of the most 1 ' ' Ml masterful personalities in present day literature, IS of the slowly developing but infallible visitation 1 jff upon the son of the moral debauchery and degen- m cracy of the father. Gloom pervades every line ; of the grim story, from which the most distant mmW' 1' 111 9 glow oC sunsllIno Is banished. From the time the H1 I 11 9 mother first appears, it is plain that some im- B ! , h fl pending doom hang3 over the Ill-fated family of ffflj the Alvings. The growing infirmities of the son S and the awful terror that clings to him drawn with B ' I I I a bold and merciless hand, and no drama of mod- R ' 1 I orn times leaves a deeper feeling of utter depres- iH sion than does the last swish of the garments of B the spectre of heredity, hovering over the shat- jH tered form of the high browed son from whom S reason has fled. fl "Ghosts,' with all its power and bleak realism, 9 does not appeal to the average student of the S play, and the growsome drama of the hapless Os- 8 wald was seen by but scant audiences in the local m playhouse, which would have been filled had some I frolicksome troubadour been skipping the boards H ' I trilling an inane melody. H I w Only five characters are admitted by the lines IS of the Norwegian's masterpiece, but the meagre- ness of the cast was forgotten in the intensity of M the lines. The fated Oswald of Claus Bogel was jH the breathing offspring of Ibsen: on his pale face jH was the latent terror of a hidden calamity, as he jH occasionally broke into a futile cry of protest as jjH he felt the phantom of fore-ordained idiocy clutch- H ing at his intellect and banishing peace from his S soul; and when reason succumbed, in the pres- S cnce of the idolizing and frantic mother, nothing 9 could have been more dispiritingly tragic. H Alberta Gallatin was artistic as the mother H 1 9 whose soul was wedded to her ailing son, and LH I II in the emotional scenes when she gradually H. I M learned that nature's verdict had robbed her of 9 h m. 9 lier lieart's desire, her work was gracefully and maternally vivid and realistic. Allen Davenport enacted the insipid Pastor Manders without exaggeration exag-geration and John Ravold was effective as the intriguing Jacob Engstrand. Rose Curry was disappointing dis-appointing as the illegitmate and mercenary daughter of the elder Alvlng. She looked as though she might have walked directly on the stage from the vicinity of a range where she had been romantically ro-mantically cooking hot waffles or burnishing the family tinware. But "Ghosts" was a good presentation presen-tation of the great product of a great thinker. t5 3 5 H ELD'S CONCERT. Held's band concert at the Grand last Sunday evening was, as a whole, splendid. Mr. Held, unfortunately, un-fortunately, selected a soloist who had been recommended, rec-ommended, rather than heard, but the amusement he furnished in responding to pretended encores was complete recompense for his inability to sing. The band selections were well chosen, and played beautifully. A local critic had some nasty things to say which were entirely uncalled for. But what does ho want for twenty-five cents? C t tv "THE MUMMY AND THE HUMMING BIRD." John Drew's last season success, "The Mummy Mum-my and the Humming Bird," with Paul Gilmore as Lord Lumley, will be produced at the Salt Lake Theatre next Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday matinee. The play, by Israel Henderson, Hender-son, is rather an old story, but it is staged in a picturesque manner, and if well acted, is worth seeing. Lord Lumley, the mummy, is a scientist, too deep in his studies to pay' much attention to his young wife, whose affections are won for the moment by Signor D'Orelli, the humming bird. Lumley awakens from his state of como just in time, surprising his wife and D'Orelli in the lat-ter's lat-ter's apartments, forcing the literateur to leave the city, and taking his repenting wife home. The plot is consummated with the help of Gui-soppe, Gui-soppe, an Italian whose home D'Orelli has ruined, and whom Guiseppe has followed to London. Lionel Barrymoro made the hit of the Now York season a year ago with his character work as the organ grinder, and it is safe to say that no one can equal him in the part. Margaret Dale played Lady Lumley in the Now York production, and Guy Standing was seen as D'Orelli. Paul Gilmore is a rising young actor of unques tioned ability, and as he has all of the effects used in the metropolitan production, the play will be most interesting. tv c$ TOMORROW'S CONCERT. Following is the program for the Held Band concert at the Grand tomorrow evening: 1. March "Liberty Bell" Sousa 2. Caprices a "The First Heart Throbs" Eilenberg b Celebrated Minuet Boccherini 3. Soprano Solo "Sing, Smile and Slumber"... Gounod Miss Vera A. Felt, Madam De Leores, Accompaniest. 4. Trombone Solo Selected Mr. Harry Montgomery. 5. Ballet Music from "La Heine De Saba". Gounod G. Brass Quartette " 'Tis the Whippoonvill Messrs. Held, Leslie, Singry and Fanning. 7. Bass Solo "Asleep in the Deep" Mr. "Willard Squires, "With Band Accompaniment. 8. Caprices a Entr' Acte from "Mignon" Thomas a March, "The Burning of Rome" Paull 9. Grand Selection from "Faust" Gounod |