Show AMUSEMENTS AM A small ismall audience saw the Neill Nelli com corn company comp pany p ny play An American Citizen at atthe atthe atthe the Salt Lake theatre last night The extremely light attendance was not due to any luck lack of merit on the part o or of the company The company compan Is excellent but the play presented In iM I from a litera liters literary ry or romantic standpoint far inferior to A Bachelors Romance or any other play in the repertoire o of the com corn company compan pany pan It Is fg a play which is so con constructed constructed constructed both in form and plot that th t it must drag and it lid did drag Lack of or enthusiasm on the part of the players was very ery noticeable n but this may mil have been caused partly by the light attend attendance attendance attendance ance although not much enthusiasm could have been manifested in that play pin before a crowded house i Mr 11 Neill played the part of Cruger Of course he acted well but the part is unnatural impossible and so nonsensical al that nobody who does not use the antics of the pure comedian can make it go The other characters are mostly walk arounds Tonight and In jn mati matinee matinee nee see this afternoon Mr Nelll plays Aristocracy which is a finer and bet better better better ter play pIny and In which he appears to toan toan toan an infinitely better advantage than in inAn inAn inAn An American Citizen The Y ron company which gave sav such uch a poor presentation of Lost Paradise Monday night took a brace and aDI pave gave dve a good presentation of In Mizzoura at the Grand last lut night The attendance was very verJ light This backwoods drama made famous by Nat Nt lit Goodwin deserved a better botter house than Utan it drew It is probably the best thing done by b Falk and and while there are places in the cast ca capable capable capable pable of improvement the acting was wason wason wason on the whole satisfactory Lillian Mor lor Mortimer Mortimers timers timer s interpretation of 11 was as a choice bit second only to Andy Wal al drons Dave the blacksmiths assistant Same play pia in matinee this afternoon and tonight Election time is always a bad season for theatrical business Some gome compa companion nion suspend business during the last two weeks of or the campaign I |