Show I I f t 5 I 1 I Dramatic Editor Herald V Not only as a resident of 0 Salt Salt Lake City ity but tout a man coming to the freest court of justice a newspaper for a medium that will reach the general ear I come to you ou and others of your profession asking them to state a simple truth l lI I am this season being starred by Broadhurst Currie in The Man ManFrom ManFrom From Prom Sweden Last season one P J Kennedy manager of ot Yon Yonson became imbued with the Idea that a genuine Swedish actor would be a card cardIn In the title role of a Swedish play I at least had the qualification of being Swedish born and the th possessor of a Swedish name What success I may have made in Ia the role must be deter determined determined determined mined by the fact that this season Kennedy engaged an actor named Bert Baker to play Yon He engaged him though upon the l e condition that Bak Baker er Vet V be changed to Erickson and Bert to 10 Knute The transformation tion being effected the game went on onIt onIt It lt may have hurt me I think it has hasin hasin hasin in a commercial sense no one no mat matter matter matter ter how hov large or small his fume t me likes that fame traded traced tr upon and I d in this case caselt lt tt is peculiarly irritating as my date in Salt Lake City of Jan Ian 15 Is pre preceded preceded preceded ceded three days by the said Kennedy at the cheaper theatre V Many of my personal friends will be b attracted to the play by my name nor strange when it Is understood that I lived for 1 years in City my father and V mothe being residents at this time the for former former mer mner being C A Erickson park super superintendent superIntendent superintendent Those who come to see mer merand me mend kind and nd see the Erickson will feel that they have haye been deceived and when I come In three days later th thEli damage will have been done and th injury to my management is self apparent i My blame In this matter attaches It Itself itself itself self to Kennedy K rather than to Baker who Vas was forced into the situation upon pain of ot losing his position and bread money I would like and believe that you will make the truth known from a sense of the justice of the thing V 1 Very truly yours KNUTE ERICKSON Starring in The Man From Sweden Chicago Ills The James and Warde Varde company opens at the Salt Lake theatre this evening In da Rimini The en engagement ent engagement t continues until Wednesday evening S V VV VV V V Whose Baby Are You a rollicking farce comedy Is the bill at the Grand Grandall Grandall all this week V |