Show ATE Farmlogca 0BAMATIO CRITICS oa yEwbrd t ° s + tiL LOjn ca Nor Their Com Care sMertga site ate Nei ti They awcra oigti tsl Ill + tftS Draw Houses ok eta t0n Oiip bouobt ce k sox > z jfl lttJ BIsrHBAPTBAGTIOlf 1 f EACIIER OF irsi Sont ara chumt dSatutdar 08 Lo coil wu8 IUgh Priced uemellt1f1e Latter Must Soon Oo Ilonsua ttREE fc sad AtIICO fcA11 W tsulyGTOr > April 14 1885 A11 orders by Dr fence of THB HEIIALO kenCCityty Corr Uta 0 rather to laugh at the criti amateur dramatic critics E CISI + lotiaiies and the sublime con t Tb gtor fid Ji Inch they determine the iramatio productions and of wo do the act calenlati to provoke a smile gOtF act tie mine the standard of iioth r am wl n c that their judgment is not 1V1 hnu a fug pod nor their criticisms professlo con and t but the allper oft ice I an jut WorldICr oftUi pmt of heir utterances is so the World Ui f Street Chicago am bj h harmony with a def 13 < > de-f a certain wellknown liter icter svlio said II Difference lr fro the measure of absunty rai Wi it delight material almost in its h i each morsel quoted from Plaster oil trees which inclined to sup tlj < views of the amateur criticAl I critic-Al por tber the paragon of perfection or lit nost inexcusable of rot There Interpieces is i 110 mediocre no nothing that does no un their peculiar ideas and yet OlCiminin in spi e of the edicts of these able and g pleasuregiving class of journalists poor tlce how i thrive and good companies go to the wall There was once an idea that the people were the best judges of what Srothers opposite was good and in view of the endless variety of tastes in such matters there is rea > dn for the belief that the good old fashioned rule is still possessed of a s n vitality that should make of value in the > das The utterance of a critic E even the best together with the poorest poor-est i but the expression of an individual LT J individ-ual opinion which may or may not coincide co-incide with the notions of the people who pay the expenses of theatres who feed actors pay their railroad fares row iade the by and dress them and who give the employment from critic and of Utah ployment to the amateur tfnsALIi competence if not affluence to those who JcmcnJs have reached that desirable pinnacle of anted in popularity where their opinions have cnp su the force of law among a certain class white 1 presented It la not given to any human being toy to-y I know everything about anything even in theatrical affairs though the remark er Mills once made by a certain eminent gentleman UTAH gentle-man concerning Thomas Babbmgton Ma auley would apply with equal force stall by to the average dramatic critic I wish epartment 3 I were a < sure of anything as Tom Ma w 1st South < aae is of everything This being 3ZCMI true a critic may occasionally be astral as-tral Moreover is alleged that the drama Las degenerated an allegation f + uften critics make and one which seems to be accepted by the masses as a matter of fait It is a notorious fact that the drama cannot escape the critic Like the villain he still pursues her and mbail t keep ever an even pace with her own for which reason might not the assumption assump-tion be indulged the critics have degenerated degen-erated with the drama itself I would not think of criticising anything Edwin Booth might attempt thoup I was by no means enraptured wit the performance per-formance of Richard III nor with his U Ii S support but critics in New York who area I believe accounted the best make are-a common practice of referring to him as Jlr Booth who was once a great actor Yet he drew mammoth houses every night I was glad to geta place where I could see him by standing during dur-ing the whole performance Shoes If not too presumptuous I might as ume thntmineis a Salt Lake cultivated taste and from what I have witnessed through some places east the Salt Lake taste is patrician to an extent that is S1 very painful In a New York theatre or m any of themthe slightest intimation intima-tion of applause is justification for an encore and a few scattered plaudits or Pats such as would make a member of the Home Dramatic Club perfectly incandescent in-candescent is here sufficient to bring i the artist to the front smiling Rowing sad grateful beyond measure Nor is toe actor less pleased than the specta tor Jokes which were ancient when AGENCY Judge McBride built his camp fire on the t spot where the Temple now stands Street when Susan B Anthony was a giddy creature when Methusalem was a r T Y young blood will convulse a kul tuahed New York audience with langhter What would bring forth > q t roans from the eliteexcuse me the lose itof Salt Lake provoke the risibles oi I the New York Knickerbockers and Coal we bluest of the blue stockings so that the Knickerbockers in danger of are anger f liGoai f bring displaced and the hose undone w iiT T Carleton and his company if a1 Wood bait Lake critics are the standard are 0 tie beau ideal of comic opera organiza rfy screen ed in lions asumgton Jet he played and lost two money engagements The B I Eesten Ideal followed on his heels not saperior as to men and inferior as to GBABAN9l women and chorus of girls played at Ipn4mo place to jammed houses for a gr leJt ened engagement The conclu tS rionis for th r f > rethatall critics are good o y arir IS to crIticizebut people go or stay whatas ev Please just the same what critics applaud or disapprove I iROS that These reflections lead to the belief ICOn I however g wever strongly critics may be i Evinced to the neitb Dor thn contrary neither they S do note1r comments nor houses renthey make actors nor do they render Jo sr tl au ad nor s dramatic production good rieed They cannot make a high SOlo wmpany a success and the de t wet eo eat or evolution that is the f Bab nowIdaYshi against such com IBP cooly and to their destruction It is i ° Pfte nluetlon of time when theatrical t iriP bees must suffer a great reduction and bout r neCOInma iling artist will dent r seT as much money as he or she de PLEAS tlnblic and not as much as a foolish P L1tors or rathera wealthy class of adu 1 Theare Willing to lavish upon them OnJ1 i aprapf Gardens in San Francisco dOor light tbntr Ily ruined the comic and one out Opera troupe j ra business of perambulating aotosP There ooethe City of the Golden Gate see all tIne can find ease and comfort veil costMri8 tI operas well rendered and ital1y llUed for J twentyfive cents Is < fferender that the same thing by trti ls > IeoPle Perhaps a little better EL5otoRhlerep the perhapsof 4l5o tot ere the price of admission is 1011 Of I3Should fail New York isM c of af cheap Concert rooms and places Ce hererstandaand confiC en t where standard comic ually demanded The same is true of Philadelphia and elsewhere The Union Square Theatre New York not a great while ago materially reduced its price of admission The result was it is true an entire chance in the character of the audience The bldods or toney people peo-ple who used to putronize it were unwilling un-willing to visit the same theatre and witness the sante performance because the price admission had been reduced about onehalf This is the intelligence of your fashionable audience and it demonstrates clearly that it is not the theatre nor the excellence of acting nor the moral nor the merit of the play that draws but that the price is thereat the-reat attraction The change however in prices has been a good investment for the theatre If it is this class the critics judge for then one has occasion to thank anew an allwise Providence that he cannot be numbered among those whom the critic represents For these people there will always be more in money than in merit and it is but another an-other evidence of the wisdom contained in the old and pungent saying that God shows his contempt for money by the people to whom he gives it The Casino in New York without doubt the prettiest pretti-est and richest as to decorations theatre in the United States has a general gen-eral admission ticket of 50 cents and this entitles the holder to admission anywhere in the house but to a seat only in a given part Its performances are always first class and you can pay 50 cents 100 or 150 for a seat just as you choose Washington City has any number of places ot amusement and perhaps the I widest possible difference exists as to I prices that can be found anywhere I paid 2 to see Ristori as MaryStuart and have wished many a time since that I had planted the amount in oysters or beer or a wedding ring or in fact any desperate thing but Ristori Now Ristori was good she had a good com pany and they played the niecesuperbly but 2 was better than Ristori and yet going to see her one felt he must take the best seat in order to make his money of any value by making certain the whole piece could be well seen and better bet-ter heard It has convinced me that from Janauschek down through Mod jeska Rhea and Ristori they do not put an English tongue in a foreign womans mouth Henry Irving wanted 300 and 350 here on his eccentricities and while these people are playing to more or less full houses Herzoss Museum and the Dime Museum were jammed afternoon and nightly Jennie Kim balls Comic Opera Company played a repertoire embracing Olivette Pinafore Pina-fore the Mascotte and the Chimes of Normandy twice a day to crowded audiences and the price for a reserved seat was and is 20 cents I have never heard choruses better given nor the tout ensemble better costumed nor better acted The leading roles were notas good by any means Pauline Markham the once celebrated human form divine attraction has played a two weeks engagement at this place and made money The Dime Museum has given and does give daily as excellent a performance if I may be accounted a competent judge as I have often seen and as one frequently sees now in Salt Lake for 1 It must not be assumed that only the riffraff attend these places They are filled daily by good respectable re-spectable people and driiiKing and smoking is not allowed Only the highly high-ly respectable the eclat who have more wealth than judgment find it degrading degrad-ing to attend th se places That good performances can be given so cheap be kept thoroughly respectable and make plenty of money while highpriced people and theatres find it precarious to keep up argues that the day of great prices draweth to a close WAKDEEEB |