Show t AMUSEMENTS l 1 SAINT3 AND SINNERS Another great audience filled the theater last evening drawn out by the still warm memory of Stoddarts fine f acting in Saints and SinnersJwhen that play was done here two years ago A great many of the audience knew the piece well but their interest could not have been more intense their emotion more profound or their enthusiasm wilderhad every stuation been seen for the first time Saints and Sinners is the sort of play which furnishes a 4 J standing argument of the power 1 ji of the stage as an eduoa t tor and could those who preach t about the wickedness of everything connected with the theatre once behold it they would be apt to stand dumbfounded dumb-founded at the grossness of their judgment judg-ment and illiberality Saints and Sinners could be employed as an effective effect-ive missionary among the hundred pulpits which so frequently ring with t W anathemasjagainstlthe evil tendency of y1 the stage It is a more eloquent powerful and affecting sermon than many a Beecher or Talmage ever uttered Mr Stoddarts delineation of the grand old minister the same moving mov-ing study as ever only tat it seems to us he never acted the part with so much fervor and intensity as last evening it may have been the warm reception that greeted him or the fine appreciative audience or the partiality he feels for Salt Lakefor he never tires of sing ing her praisesbut whatever ic was to cause ithe certainly gave a rendition of old Fletcher such as he never before gave here and such as he will never excel At the end ot his great fourth act he had nearly all the ladies in the house weeping and the men applauding applaud-ing tumultuously The curtain went down and up again and again but the audience could not get enough of Stod dart and again and azaiu he had to reappear re-appear to bow his acknowledgments It was the proudest of triumphs Miss Burroughs is lovlier in face if possible than before she has greatly improved too as an actress and a good share of the nights triumphs fell to her Mr Massen as the yeoman was at his very best and he was accorded ac-corded some great applause Mrs Philips and Mr Holland were most excellent Mr Robinsons Hoggard was a very fine delineation and he too was loudly applauded but he was pitted against the memory of Lsmoyne fe and that was a great disadvantage Mr T Handysides who dd the yillian in a handsome easy and polished manner man-ner had to cope with Salt Lakes very first experienqa of Herbert Kelsey in the same part au unthankful one enough nd he too had to suffer Mr Flockton was evenly artistic as ever and the char o A ter bits of Millword who made con A siderablQ out of the old tramp which the lamented Davidge enriched with his genius Ramsey Holliday Virginia Knonnnnn and Kate Maloney were moat exquisitely s nenn n Tonight the entirely new play cf Partners with the following can i Henry Borgfeldt a wealthy manufec tarer Alexander Salvini Charles Derwentwater his partner Walden Ramsey Mr Parr their head clerkJ H Stoddart Mr Algernon Bellair a retired actor E 31 Holland Mrs Harkaways Husband Harry Holliday Dr Somerville A D Hillsdore Dickinson Borgfeldts butierC P FlOckton Boker clerIC H S Millwarci Smith a clerk Harry Woodruff Claire Borgfeldts wife Marie Burroughs Alice Bellaire her sisterAnnie Russell X I Gretchen Borgfelts child Geitie Homan fLJ Mary Charles wIfe Kate roloney r Lady SilverdlleMrs E J Phillips Mrs Harkaway a woman of fashion May rookyn BELIEF FUND Manager White of the Grand Opera House is organizing a monster benefit sin s-in aid of the Florida yellow fever sufferers suffer-ers Mr White has donated the use of the Grand for the night of October 11th and the various contributions of toned will cover all incidental expenses Professors HS Krouse and A Peder son have volunteered their services and with the aid of the Grand Opera House orchestra they will arrange a delightful programme for the occasion Professor Profes-sor Weihe Major Kent Harry Aldons and Mr Rob Gorlinski have offered their services and other artists of ability will assist to give Salt Lake representation representa-tion in the relief fund |