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Show The Theatre. Could the cultivated people of Atlantic At-lantic cities, like Asmodeus, have looked down into the Salt Lake Theatre Thea-tre last evening, they would have learned a lesson from this mountain city that would have amazed them. Within its classic walls was gathered an immense audience, which completely com-pletely crammed it from parquette to gallery,ornbra: ing in its members the fashion and el He of the town, whose dress and bearing bespoke culture, refinement and Lute, who came to witness the dtlul, on our boards of one of the most charming and beautiful beauti-ful artists of the day, the gifted Miss May Howard. The "New Magdalen," Magda-len," which the lady selected for her opening, is one of the most interest ing and thnlung dramas ever placed upon the stage, and was performed and mounted last night in a manner, to insure the approval of the mos critical and exacting of plaj -goers. Of Miss Howard's acting wo can i only say this morning tha, although somewhat nervous in the first act, she rose with each succeeding scene in that wonderfully exciting net work of circumstances, with which, as Mercy Merrick, she was surrounded, and proved hciself an accomplished delineator de-lineator of the human passions, as well 05 an artiste of great dramatic power. The exquisite taste displayed in dress, and the magnificence of the lady's wardrobe took completely by storm the hearts of the geutler sex in the audience, and rendered her triumph complete in all respects. The support given the star was very good, and deserving more praise than our limited space will permit. Kate Denin, as the real Grace lioseberry, had a rather thankless part, which she rendered most effectively. Mrs. Rea, as Lady Jane Roy, looked and acted the part to the life. Mr. W. J. Cogswell gave a truly artistic rendering |