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Show night arrangements wero placed Afloat for the rurc jition of Puttl, who Manager Abbey has booked for the tabernacle. Conductor Stephens threatens to nsljri unless there is a better attendance of the society. A committee was appointed to fro after tin- delinquent. .Mr. Stephen" would be a great loss. Tim present list of entertainments at Wonderland is full of many interesting pniiilB. Smith and puller, the musical duo. continue to entertain large gatherings, and the work of the grcut Mnluy knife. thrower F roves of exciting and mystifying Interest. Op Taylor, the prince ot s'cight-of-haud performer, .coiiich to this city Thursday with bin "hot money." The stock company in "Fun in 11 Boarding; School" add new laurels each day to Ihclr popularity. IT'S A JkU) TLAY. liia "C'leiueiiceau Case" at the Theater Last MKht. So much lias been written of the "Clemen-ccau "Clemen-ccau Case" that it almost seems useless to say anything more. After sitting through its ttvc acts at the Salt Lake Theater last night, however, but one conclusion can be reached. It is a bad play. Not bad as a work of ait, for it abounds in strong and dramatic situations and w as presented by an excellent company of players, but bad in its tendency; had in Ha influences and hopelessly hope-lessly bad in the teachings of every line. "Tlie Clemenccau Case" makes attractive and picturesque that which is evil, and although al-though evil does not triumph in the end.it Is only overcome by crime which is made to appear as justice. In this it is demoralizing. demoraliz-ing. Tlio piece abounds In epigrams, clever and witty, bad as is the play in its teachings. Here are two samples: "It's dishonor; but it's luxury." ''Woman is capable of any. thing, even of being good." The former, uttered ut-tered with the. airs of a philosopher, the latter a contemptible slur. 'J'hu most pernicious of all, however, is the sentiment: "Kxeeptlonally handsome women are made to shine; they are not made to be good w ives and to be mothers, never." W as ever a more damnable false, hood uttered? Is it only the sickly and unattractive, un-attractive, the less perfect of women kind who are to perpetuate the race? The incident of the heroine posing as an artist's model, of which so much has been w ritten, is nothing. In it there is nothing either immoral or suggestive of imuiorality and in a play of different tone it would be both pleasing and artistic. The company is a good one. Miss Sibyl .lolinstone is almost a great actress. She is physically almost a perfect woman, graceful and sympathetic. It ia to be regretted that her name is linked wilh u piece such as the "Clemeneeau Case." Mr. Cbas. W. Sutlon as Pierre Clemeneeau does much fine work and exhibits a true appreciation ap-preciation of his art. The entire company is above the average. The "Clemeneeau Case" will he repeated tonight. "Little Lord F'auntleroy'' will liil New l ear's Eve at the Theater. Hermann, the greatest of prestidigltateurs, comes to the Theater Friday and Saturday nights. At the meeting of the Choral society last |