Show Dl AMATlC AND LIEIG V V V ThesTlbme Dramatic Club in Confusion f0i J I > p < k i TIDIXGS OF SARA ALEXANDER I J JWi Ai 1 S T 7 Te ates Local SnccessOur Old Danseuso Springs Into Being Ouce More General News 1 J 01 1it I I a it onrDsloD Ii Unquestionably one of the most polished pol-ished and entertaining performances ever given by the Home Dramatic Clnt was their rendition on New Years oi Confusion Whatever the club puts on during the holidays is looked forward for-ward to with interest as one in the chain of successes that has marked then career for the last five or six years and it is pleasant to record that their last eflort has been one of the best in their I whole history Confusion as a comedy com-edy ranks with < Our BoardingHouse or Saratoga but while simpler than either it excels them in vivacity and real humor It is such a piece as any company com-pany of comediansno matter how talented would take time to study and would not put on until the had every situation pat and to think of ourhome club being able to play it with such ease plainly proves to what a degree de-gree of excellence they have developed two or three years ago they could not have uone it Of course this progre sIS s-is chiefly due to the care of the actor themselves but it is only fair to tLei manager to note the finish with which every accessory to the performance is arranged In the matter of stage Bet ting no travelling company approaches < this one The set in Confusion was really a most artistic example and we do not know that It has been excelled on any previous occasion The lite and soul of the comedy rested of course in Wells and Spencer who never work so well as when they are paired in a roaring corned like tnis There is a peculiar sympatln in the humor of these two that lirt found expression in their Dymple and Gill and since then an audience likes nothing better than to see them get together for a lark In Confusion they had the advantage of playing once < more with one of the brightest members mem-bers the Club ever had Miss Lottie Claridge who sustained the extremely humorous part of Lucretia as well as she ever did anything and those who have seen her in Florence Brown and some other parts know what this assertion means Miss Edith Clawsot also rendered a rather difficult part in a very artistic manner she is always exquisitely graceful As Dr Jones Mr White appeared almost perfect We cim easily realize how valuable he must have been to the company with which be played the part so many times in the East In the role of James Mr Young was allotted al-lotted a character to which his humor is well suited and he made of it an extremely ex-tremely broad and unctions part Among the remaining characters Mrs Birdie Cummings shone by her earnest endeavor to bring out her part to the fullestin which she certainly succeeded and Miss Ivy Clawson and Mr Gumming Gum-ming filled the role of a lovesick pair in a manner to suit the most fastidious Taken altogether production of Confusion Con-fusion will easily take its place among the greatest successes of the Home Dramatic Sara Alexander The Chicago Tribune not long ago contained a column notice by Ella Wheeler Wilcox on the once favorite Salt Lake danseuse most of it is made up of what might be briefly called amusing rot We make the following excerpts however as they will prove of interest to the ladys old friends and ad suitors Not many months ago I met in New York a woman who may prove oi merest m-erest just now while the Mormon question ques-tion is agitating the public mind This wOman was Sara Alexander for years the leading actress and first professional dancer ever allowed in Brigham Youngs magnificenttheatre The story of Miss Alexanders life reads like one of Mrs Southworths romances ro-mances From Lisle Lester the New York lady journalist and correspondent correspond-ent I learned much of her history being be-ing allowed access to her interesting scrapbooks a She shrinks from notoriety and lives in the most quiet and retired manner in New York Her delicate face retains marked evidences of its old beauty in her lustrous eyesand regular features and tier form is as dainty and lissome as a childs I had always been told that the feet of professional dancers were large and misshapen from overexertion But Sara Alexander wears a No2 boot and her foot is narrow and beautifully arched As a mark of especial favor she yielded to my eager urging and g ave me a private exhibition of her marvelous dancing I have never in my life seen anything on the stage to equal it If some manage could secure her for a season now heljvouldireapja rich harvest But she resolutely refuses to return to the stag I occupied a box with her one night at the theatre in New York As we looked out on the brilliantlylighted stage and crowded house i said Does it not make you long for your bid life to look on a scene like that No she said it makes me tired to think oOt I have had it all and I would not live it over again I never saw a woman who made amore a-more indellible impression upon my mind than thiiquiet dainty little crea nre wliowasonce the pet of Salt Lake Jitym > She has passed through a trangelv adventurous and dangerous I career a nd reached the maturity of life with a stainless name and a heart as f > ure as a childs5 Her face is turned wiy rom the glare of tthe footlights toward the sunset of life her bouquets j are withered with many of her youthful j hopes ± the echo of the applause that j 1 sed everywhere to greet her appear I nee isrdyirig away In the chambers of her memory but she retains heryouth < 1 il grace and the light of a sweet spirit j hich is always young shines from her gentle and almost sad face as she walks j 10 alone toward thewestern hills I i V Iotas I I V i EMMA ABBOTT is en rontato Mexico SOPHIE ur EYBE VJ is playing Diplomacy in hicago J RICHAED MANSFIELD is about to stag 1r a piece called Wigs orxJs t I 0 J BROJJSOJ HOWARD has written a play for Frank Daniels called Little Puck AMY BHERWIK is said to be in the midst of a prosperous conCErt career in London THE CHICAGO Newsuttercaps all tlje dramatic paper ih splendor its holi dayiitithlidrVV fit3 MlY Sl8s S threewJks in Bos tonnettecl 4 5821anhe regUlar Globe Theatrelprices J J t tIdn concert t ur Ein mevaa occumeSVMr3 Laiigtry sJ > ld pfflacerat but the car hasUost its mter st for the jeunase stereo V V THE GENEVA CROSS one of the Union Square triumphs made by the late Charles RThorne Jr will probably be ihovnext ventureof the Home Dramati Club < Clubf r t1 PoJJ V EMMANfVAJJA was unableto sing in Denver jfrpma sore throat Instead of none her refunding ey husband gave checks onthdi borbffice fora concert ious time in the dim future THE CHRISTMAS Jlior contains eighteen eight-een pagesanda supplement the latter being a fine picture of Fanny Davenport Daven-port Among the contributions are sketches by Mat Goodwin and Victoria Monsini Schellinsr the coachman 1 bride The fpsmer is very amusing the atter very wishy washy I |