Show te Depa departure aarre of t tse e irwins erwins Ir wins 4 1 on monday next mr air and a nd mrs S M I 1 irwin of bisti ionic time will take their departure for the west by stage we cannot permit them to depart horn fiarn among us to whose pleasure they have so long concilla con billa td without a god speed and the expression of the kindest of wishes for their future prosperity arriving in this goodly land of saints last november strangers and unknown I 1 they have won troops of admirers as delineators of life on the stage and many warm friends amon among all classes of the people they came anber unheralded elded in our midst modestly relying on merit for a reception and have mounted to the highest round of kopul popularity arity for them the entire season at the salt lake theater theat 0 r t they h ey have performed regularly twice a week sometimes oftener aria and have not only dra drawn crowded houses but each night has the audi and ence been dismissed di missed more delighted than on its predecessors they have exhausted the whole line of the drama from heavy tragedy and high comedy to the li highest of farce and i hu deville ever good and often excellent in the highest degree As a young actor mr irwin promises promise to reach the topmost round of well earned fame with fine voice impo imposing ing presence graceful action and thorough knowledge of stage bus iness study care and reflection cannot fail 0 to o 1 make him a general favorite in even more critical comm communities uh ties than ours oura mrs irwin besides being an accomplished and careful actress of ranch much more than ordinary merit possesses decided genius we can caldito mind no woman at present on the stager whose ver sati lity equals hers and N while hile we have gazed enrapt upon her splendid perso nations oi of such characters as evadne Pat pauline dine countess and then tinned to jessie brown droiun and marcej and bioni thence been hunted to her parts in changing farce we were and still are arc in doubt 1 in n which she fihe excels her powers to draw the ready tear or force the broadest laugh at will exceed those of any actress with whom we abc of petite figure and a certain cerlan lack of physique she displays wondrous won dious ions endurance and power the people of salt lake city and vicinity will not soon forget tho the irwin 1 and wo ao but express the general feeling when we regret their del departure arture from among us mingled ai with ith the heartiest wishes for their early r return turn we understand that they hive effected an engi engagement gement with thos maguire the theater king of Calif california ortila and nevada and that they open at virginia city on tile the aust a and then proceed to san francisco frncisco after a br brief lef L engagement we bespeak for them a mad kind reception until they are known for themselves after that N we e much mistake the taste of californians if they do not justify all we have said concerning mr and mrs S af M evv ar in late of denver but now may we not finally claim of biah ll 11 |