Show THE LATE performances ct tho Theatre by the Homo Dramatic Club have furnished cOD ueire proof of two thinus namely that there ia dramatic talent of high order in the community end that the public will encourage it by substantial patronage The entertainments must have drawn into the house niphty from 500 to 1000 and what should be prized more highly by tho young ladica and young gentlemen of the Club is the fact that the spectators arc quite lavish lav-ish with their praise and commendation commenda-tion A Salt Lake audience is critical and is inclined to be severe I a player has weak points be is very apt to have Chem discovered and pointed out when be cornea upon the boards here Tho press may not at all tim 8 be truthful intelligent or just in its criticism but the publio is apt to be right and i it fills the house more than once t see the same performers per-formers and performance the actors may esteem it 1 very pretty compli ment to their ability and the character of the entertainment The largo and intelligent audiences that have greeted the Club lately I also furnish evidence that rosily worthy dramatic representations might be maintained hero at shorter intervals I the showl is good people will find money to buy admission Indeed In-deed they sometimes become so huogry for theatrical amusement amuse-ment and entertainment tLat they crow2 in to ba disgusted by a bad play badly performed Of course a highly pleasing lecture of the Club entertainments is tho Careless Orchestra Or-chestra toe audiences being scarcely able to tell whether they are more interested in the play cr delighted by tho music which I is fresh enlivening and cheerful cheer-ful making the spaces between the acts periods pleasurable rest rather than minute of weary monotony In suggesting the opening of the Theatre oftener we would not wish to be understood as desiring to crowd the JOULe Club into presenting new I pieces frequently or into overdoing the thing in any way or manner 1 The future success of tha Home I Dramatics lies entirely in the I r faithful continuance of the policy that has marked their course in the past They must make Judicious choice of plays and then appear only when they Bra ready There must be I no wild anxiety to become famous in I 1 day nor any greedy manifestation i in regard to gain for while bOO and money are the incentives to eflort I both may be beat acquired by the slower process that is marked by care caution and wisdom A bad < play or a performance for which the actors were not well prepared in the matters of etudy rehearsal etc would destroy much of the confidence which the community baa already > confided in them and lose not a little I of the pride in and respect for the I Club which the public quito generally i 4 feels But good playj well performed L f per-formed could b3 repeated oftener with pleasure to the theatregoers and I profit monetary and educational to the Club Thus The Bankers jJ Daughter would be almost certain to tdrwf a paying house once or twice a week for two or three weeks and tho same might be said of ii Pique and many other plays within the capabilities of the Club it1 We suggest that the city be treated to more tbeatricals that ia to Eay 4 more good theatricals I the Home t1 Dnunatio Club can do as well in the future as in the past and can give us one new piece a month with an oa casional new cone and the orchestra maintain its present high standard of excellence we feel little hesitancy in saying the city will farniah two flattering flat-tering audiences a week |