Show DIXEY TO A SLIM HOUSE A FIRE SCARE FOLLOWS T tin SHOW ellason signs it a contract with sort bon edith pollock quits the grand company nad had the salt lake public any proper conception or 0 the performance to be riven by henry E dixey there would have been a aduse crowded to tho the foyer last n I 1 it la Is a pity that in a week given over so BO generously to theatrical affairs the most praiseworthy of at all should have had the smallest attendance tha rho lottery ot of lone loe la Is the most enjoyable play put on salt lake stage tills season and there Is not cot a poor actor in tho the company presenting it it henry E r dixey brilliant and laughable as bo be la Is only makes a nt fit head for tho the splendid people around him thomas keerns as benjamin dut but lent fully as much to the comedy element clement as dixey himself pauline french and margaret craven two comely and dashing young ladles carried the spirit of 0 their roles perfectly while it ft genuine character cameo 0 was mrs edmonds mother ln in law came A tiny bit of a part the servant was capitally y done by horace G thrum son ot of the editor ot of the san francisco music and drama without urther further individualizing al the entire cast was the best such a delightful bit of 0 legitimate C comedy could well have filled three nights in salt lake to ull full houses had bad there been an initial night to acquaint tho the publio with its dixey in his new line of 0 straight clean cut comedy shows that he I 1 Is as s sc good as aa in the days when he had bad N new w hla his feet tor for over a years year run in Ad adonis the audience laughed immoderately from start to finish the audience had barely gotten out at 0 the salt lake theater last evening when some one rushed to the theater box office crying that the root roof ot of the house was on tire at first it was wan thought to be a joke joka tut another alarm sent cent several of 0 the attaches to th tho 0 roo root f and an aaram to the fire department it seems seema that one ot of the chimneys caught on ore fire the sparks tailing falling on the shingles and starting them into a blaze it was extinguished by t the he e employees m with a 0 lew few buckets of 0 water b before e fore the foremen got to the ground there was as for a few minutes initiates somo some rapid hustling of the dixey company to r remove amov a baggage and gather up costumes the theater Is well provided N with ith exits and with tile the equal dismissal has frequently been becu emptied of a largo larco audience aud lenca la ia two and a half minutes all last night theater hands were en n in laying the floor door tor for the binau rural ball tomorrow evening the decorations and interior construction for this affair are unparalleled in the history of many noted social events oscar ell ellason lason yesterday signed a contract tor for an eight weeks engagement under the management ot of W W tillotson mr tillotson la is a I 1 manager of 0 Nat national lonal repute who was en ca d this season by langtry La owing to the illness 0 of that thai actress the season had to he canceled maj silva allva a cousin ot of sir mr tillotson wrote him suggesting a season with ellason the major agreeing to back the enterprise it proper at ar ranger runts could be made after consultation sul tation with mr ellason maj silva and mr tillotson came to an understanding r tile contracts being signed yesterday the tour will be commenced about abou tibe the in middle of 0 the pre present sent month mr tillotson goinz ahead and maj silva remaining with El ellason lasor mr ellason will us as usual be accompanied by hla his wife hla his brother and state manager it Is possible that the preliminary season thus thua undertaken may lead to the permanent handling or oc ellson elison ty mr yesterday edith pollock of 0 tile tn grand company tendered her rest g n alfon to the grand management alv ln g the customary two weeks notice while tto tie reason has been signed assigned it to la surmised that the arrival ot at lier her husband mr ITT matcalf who cornea carries with the runaway TS colt next month may b havo ave something to do with it he has b been con to have his wife join him it if an entrancement in the th same company could be made pollocks til place aco in the grand company will be taken by palsy Lo Loverl verling nir who has lately quit thomas Q seabrook Sc with who whom M victory bateman Bate maji and maud winter go TO miss levering said paid to be a most charming In cenac was with I 1 incer nger soll poll edwards abid others at ivanh attan dench beach denver lat last season she fhe will arrive hr here h r to an to appear january miss pollock quitting saturday january |