Show A MIDNIGHT 10 it bane at the salt bait late lake theater last bast evening hoyta hoytya A midnight mid night bell rang joyfully at tho the theater last just night to a largo house its a misnomer nils nomer to say a phenomenal house any moro more when the theater la Is packed tho the house Is if phenomenal when its light last night was a dreary evening dripping and rain yet a hundred extra eitra chairs on abe ground floor tailed failed to hold bold all the people and not it few lined the walls A midnight bell is 3 by tar far tho the best things that has conio conic from tho the pen of mr hoyt it has a simple plot on which to bang the amusing incidents and tho the horseplay horse play so prevalent la in hofts farces arcas finds no place in this bright little cou comedy tedy the comedy has considerable literary merit und and I 1 Is replete with bright though homely talk the stage setting betting was very good i tito the second act showing the coasting scone scene and the schoolhouse rod and the last act picturing the organ loft in the village church was particularly attractive tho them play bears a sort of resemblance to dooman donman thompsons Thomp sons old homestead george as deacon tidd was quaintly arousing ills ilia characterization characterisation was Ingen ingenious tou ills ilia pliability in the hands of wco tron non folks and his vigorous dislike for the country hoy boy marty tupp were equally tunny funny eugene canfield as the country boy was very amusing mr canfield was last seen i in suit stilt lake city as rats eats la in tin soldier there were wany many laughable things about his interpretation of the part of an ackward country boy ills his song whon when vr PP was a little boy like me lie struck tho the audience so forcibly that they wanted him to sing all night richard chard Ill dillon in tho the part of thil the clergyman was wa s forcible mr lane as the lawyer did not nob make as much of his part as lie he should ills swordplay sword play of B it with tho the ministers sister was not done with enough vim flim ho he should put more life more enjoyment in it balsi percy haswell as dot the ministers sister was wholly charming while ranny fanny mcintyre 7 as the was so BO sweet and wom as to win tho the entire sympathy of the audience WJ hague tile villain was all to incur the hearty hate bato of the entire house bouse the ra minor inor characters vere n ere perfunctorily though passably portrayed A ill most ost amusing incident happened at the the end of the lie play the scene Is that of the orga neat at the gillage i church tito the act closes with the ringing of 0 the midnight bell which brings mt all the members of tile tho church choir back arid and discovers the villain with tile alio stolen bonds bonda tit in ills possession tills gentleman kindly and promptly iles dies of heart disease the lovers unite everybody every body la happy and the curtain rings down only it ring down then the lie tun fun commenced the curtain ImI upon catching upon the gable gabla of the church sod and would halfway half way and there stood the choir sheepishly awaiting for that curtain the curtain that never came the lower floor cheered the gallery hooted finally the choir departed ono by ono one leaving only tile poor dead villain lying in an uncomfortable position over the organ and there he lay while the property man churned the curtain up tip anti and down in a frantic manner mannor frecon ds stretched into minutes but the villain was game not a muscle lid did he move and finally dually with the lid aid of a tep ladder and a polo pole the curtain cartain cattle came down and the audience w which aich hall had stayed to see what would conic come of lt it departed in joy A midnight bell will run the balance of the week |