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Show TRUTH and so fax has no rival popular and within hailing distance. , for Tames F. Smith is a candidate Mr. of county attorney. office Snith is a Republican and a resident ' of the Fifth precinct. decided to be James H. Anderson has the Republican con. a candidate before term for the vention for the four year commissioner. office of county Mr-Anders- on has made a splendid, record chairman of the hoard of county cominissioners'for the past eighteen months.thorough Dusiness man and atto the affairs of the county with were his m much faithfulness as if they Under his guidance the present own saved the county many thousahas hoard were nds of dollars, and never,ofbefore the county the various departments so conducted efficiently. government and has been honest He is scrupulously He a faithful servant of the people. , without doubt receive the nomination, and he has earned it. ' ft ft Amos Gabbott is mentioned as a candidate for county commissioner on the Republican ticket, and Bishop M; S. Woolley is talked of as a candidate for the same office on the Democratic ticket. will ' . ft' ft . are urging him Brig. Wests friends to go before the Democratic convention for the shrievalty nomination, ft ft The Repuolican state committee on Thursday accepted the resignation of Chairman Callister, put off the selection ; i i ' . . successor until the state convention meets at Ogden on Aug. 14, and authorized vice chairman P. P. Christensen to perform the functions of chairof his This was done man in the meantime. to give the warring factions of the party an opportunity to settle their differ-- ; ences before selecting a new chairman' EDUCATIONAL NOTES. third annual commencement of the University of Utah exercises were held at the Salt Lake theagradtre on Wednesday. Ninety-nin- e uates from three departments of the The thirty ' university were presented with diplo mas. The beautiful decorations, and the exer were opened by prayer by music contributed much to cises, which Apostle Anton H. Lund. Miss Kate Turner' Thorpe, valedictorian for the Normal class gave an able and thought- ful essay, dealing with the age in' which we live; Mr. William Wallace Ray, valedictorian for the college class was the orator of the day. His subject dealt with the advancement of civilization, and was well handled. After a selection by the orchestra, Colonel William Nelson delivered the commencement address. Honorable Moses Thatcher and Governor Heber M. Wells, also gave addresses, all containing wholesome advice, which were heartily appreciated by the class and friends present. The orchestra played President Joseph T. softly while Kingsbury presented the diplomas. After degrees were conferred, Dr; Clarence T. Brown pronounced the benediction. . Last Sunday was graduation day for the pupils of the Sunday school of the Presbyterian church. Twenty-eig- ht boys and girls passed from the primary department to the senior department, ana two from the kindergarten to the primary. The graduates were presentr ed with handsome certificates, and in addition Superintendent Thomas Weir gave each of the graduates a very hand-ssm- e Oxford Bible. Mr. Weir takes great interest in the Sunday school and is a great favorite with both teachers and scholars. tivating ease and polished manners. He has not only tasted the fabulous waters of the spring, but plunged into SALT PALACE the waves like a mermaid. With magic Lake Salt Theatre. Mr. John Drew, in the hour glass and The Second in Command," matinee today him the sun-dithe have all stood still. The pendulum performance tonight. dramatic qualities of John Drew have COMING ATTRACTIONS. always been marked with Salt Lake Theatre. "The Jolly Muske- peculiarity. He has always Jgaging been a teer, by universal request, Monday June 9th, fashion plate in manner and dress a A. C. ADAMS, Manager. matinee and night. mirror placed before himself supplied his own originality and became an inMr. John Drew, who, in times past, centive to others. To be dressed like John Drew was in a passport to carried the affection of Salt Lakers in fashion and a mark itself of distinction upon One of the most popular and the hollow of his hand, still retains it. the boulevard Beau Brummel had and desirable places for As a dramatic asset, however, it does found, not a disciple, but an apostle. a family to spend an T 4! evening is the not always have a commercial value All this charming instinct in the matter of dress, Mr. Drew has reflected, which can he measured at the box ofpartly by accident and partly by design, fice, but in a better sense it is beyond in his acting. He seems to have been Palace Theatre the price of rubies. It is doubtful if made for a dramatic drawing room or to breathe the air of simulated there ever appeared upon the Salt Lake parlor and move in an atmosphere luxury You have your choice of seestage an actor to whom the sympathies heavy only with vapory lassitute and of the audience run in a ing a ennui. deeper or empty No was actor more in his element broader stream. Long years ago, when foot-ligthan Drew John in a ball he first appeared here as an actor un- room in full dress and First-Cla- ss leathers, patent Vaudeville Show der the flag of Augustine Daly, he blowing love hubbies, prismatic with called upon his audience to surrender verbal nothingness; which burst almost 0R A and it did. The matinee girls of those before they reached the ears of coquet-is- h maidenhood. No other actor could early days capitulated in a body moved so lovingly, vow the vows of love Pleasing Melo Drama. by a common impulse of hysteria. paiut before a womans eyes, in words Those girls are now the wives and so sweet and manner so caressing, those 4H4Mi4,4,44,444444444H44441 matrons of today, but they still wear pictures which are the heart dreams of romantic womanhood. No other actor the badges of a willing servitude as conld, at one and the same time, more the weight of intensity which spoils souvenirs of a surrender which is as artistically or successfully unite in his the theme of so many dramas. Of Mr. Drew holds the center of complete now as it was then. John own dramatic person,' the impulsive- course, the stage when he is on the dramatic Drew was young then and filled with ness of the lover, the ardor of the calcium of manlight falls upon him, hut does the aristocracy polished the youthful dreams of dramatic ambi- wooer, ners and the brillancy of drawing room not dazzle him with his importance. tion. The eagles of ambition were al- dialogue, in which conversation be- Indeed, hut few actors can hold the with less sense of loneliness than ways flying before his eyes. He had comes a duel fought with the flashing stage Drew his isolation does not of repartee and wit and over John just begun to toy with greatness to rapiers himself or his audience. either all this mimic foot-liga scatter touch it with his finger tips. That was shower of star dust sky swell he looked in his natty solHow with bright long ago. Those dreams he dreamed humor and luminous with drollery. dier uniform! If the Boers could only him as he appeared last night! It have long since come true and are no Such was the John Drew aud such was see the manner he impressed me, in those was the same easy, graceful sparkling longer airy shadows hovering above the delightful drawing room dramas with John Drew, who captured Salt Lake John Drew has been shin- which he has linked his name and fame. long ago! making a more complete conever! The play, though ing with the lustre of genius and the In his latest play, The Second in Com- quest than with the military spirit, has dealing a new to door has been opened brightness of a dramatic star for a long mand, Mr. Drew it leads to the drawing none of the melodramatic qualities of time. To the ladies of his audience rooms to be sure, but the way lies the conventional war drama. The John Drew is still the dramatic Adonis throngh hallways and corridors of pomp and panoply of war exist only of yesterday to admit that he is grow- action and dramatic situation, more in perspective suggestion. There are with opportunity than any- no heroic groupings of soldiers, clattering old would involve intolerable sus- deversified hoofs nor rattling sabres only a thing heretofore attempted. Through ing smokeless picions of age concerning themselves. the powder revelation of gold runs a love story, delightdrama To the average Salt Lake woman such fully aggrevating, yet bending itself lace. Miss Conquest, Mr. Drews leadan admission would be worse than weak- with coquetish freedom to the military ing lady, wa6 selected more for her to reflect the splendor of the ness. However, John Drew, despite atmosphere and social splendor which capacity than for ability to shine herself. star of are the boundaries the The the flight of time retains to a remark- importance of the hero is play. times she sacrifices the earnestness At charmingly able degree his early freshness of cap exaggerated, rather than crushed with and sincerity required in. her lines at the expense of giving undue importance to trifles, with the result that she fails to properly distinguish the real meaning and force of the situation into which the lines carry her. But her manners are so free from affectation, so charmingly graceful and natural! and so drape her personality with added GCO. D. PYPER, N&naler. charms, that it may be truly said,1. they also largely conceal faults which are, after all, superficial and capable of elimination. In the enforced homage I conMATINEE AND NIGHT stantly paid to the face and figure of the actress, I was quite free to forget dramatic delinquencies. The play as to costumery, scenic accessor:. and stage settings, is a perfect reflection of combined liberality of expenpiture and artistic selection. matinee and the performance close the Wilt 'ReifiOe for One Day Only engagement. Hmusements. I al, THE . A TRE t Salt t ht - em-bara- ss t j V !' ht foot-light- s. .. jTalt ILaKe , Theatre. MONDAY NEXT The J'alt LaKfi Opera Company i i . To-da- ys to-nig- ht ft ft The Jolly MusRjeteer iSame Cast Tame Chorus 3 Jame Costumes ame Ensemble The Jolly Musketeer captivated the has so utterly i catchy opera will be repeated" at Salt Lake Theatre. By request ? I so understand. . Whose xrequest ? The whole town. Now line up and get your tickets. Remember the injunctio- nhave to hurry. ft ft With the closing of the Drew engagement comes also the closing of the --y- oull ytn Entertainment for the People at the People Price. v w |