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Show Ada Git.v. J A western exchange pay- t'-iii c:m p'iniect to Miss Gray, who arprs at jibe Salt Lake theatre cn 1 uurJ-y j evening, in "Whose Wife?" A good play and a good actress is a 1 Wklcome event in rur city, as wp attested hy tne fuli house Uiat greaed Mib Gray's c-tljrls Wt evening. "Wtiose Wile" ia a quiet bone sioiy 'of every day life, dealing mtu t.v ' varying pateion ol hale, iuirigue ar.d 'lore. Toe moral icou lotted ia a gcx d .one, and the tone pure and t-leva'-ed. jTbe situations are intensely dramatic, i and the dialogue crisp aiid ap;irkuug (Alias Ada Gray, & Gjidie, save us a pouching picture of tender wojaan-i wojaan-i hood, warm and ayrnpdibetic in her Iferiel, honest arjd loyal in her love. Tbe girlish archness, the piquant manner, the sparkle and merriment that pervaded the picture were pre served with life-like fidelity. When tbe power nl love drove her from har home a wanderer.her face wore a look of hopeless and helpless agony, and her voice, laden with grief, brought tears to many eyes. Trie scenes wi'h the child were full of touching tenderness tender-ness and quiet simplicity no striving afier effect, bul the portrayal of emotion as natural as pure love itself. And as pure as the tints of the lily Gifted by nature with great personal beauty of face and figure; evidencing close Btudy in every detail of her work, character mellow and softens in her hands. The author's work has a meaning and a purpose, aud the triala of Little Goldie touch the heart and call forth the warm tears of pity and sorrow at her struggles against the cruel enemies that beset her path. Mies Gray is new to our people, she has earned honest approval ap-proval by honest and conscientious work; she possesses the highest type of theatrical art the power to create to take mere text and make it speak the hidden meaning of the author. She paints from impulse, and her strokes ol sentiment are as delicate as the tints upon a Bea shell, or the changing hues upon an autumn leaf. Her bursts of passion are the moans of a heart aching with woe, rather than the violence and rant which is untrue to nature. |