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Show tir..? ' V i I ' Ul'e"' played respectively bv E. M. 'VvVrlMx'j'.;; Holland and Char! L. ilair.s. Tho fjf jpt,f'-j X Si;-''- !' characters are deliriously amusing. "-' f'i f "i 'r 1 1 Tht-ir humor i developed with an unc-! unc-! '.;V j-S1'" j ' ! I tion refreshing as it is uataral. n'W.. V'U ( ' i'C '' j '-I1" rolotwl is a relic of southern : vJ , .. Wi Lji " j chivalry, tho most prosperous legal J j 1 .v&" '? ' P"a!titionor, and the editor of the only Z jy v- J M J'fj ' j I-1,'; V I newspaper in town; commander of I ho -r g 1 1'4'' Talladega Lifiht artillery, unequipped I f ifCt i f ivf mIhII ' i I Kiclimond iiiBiirnnce company; the ! I L I ' champion of insulted womauliooil, even 1 j) wh-ju tho in-nilt is olTercd by h;.i own your true character from tho very firt day you came to tho old Hall." for j'tmtdc. I "liah! you fool; don't make ho much noiso, or we shall bo discovered." "We are discovered!" "Don't be afraid of me. little one. I once had a child who, if ho had not died, would have looked ju-t n you do now." l.noks atrni st'tj at Ihv Iml'.iJ'itce and toys wtlh hit hair, J "Margaret do Liiming, I know you when vou were a child!" "My God! my Gud!" "My child! Who shall take you from men-;" "Further delay i usu'cia." "Vou know tho ret." "I see it all now." J. Man!rc's Munt.oi Clrcalt. New York Dramatic Mirror, John Mapuire, of Montana, arrived in tho city on Monday und reentered at the (rilsey hotne. Mr. Masroire represents the Montana circuit aod liia several theatr"S in tli.it stite. He Haid I shall bo in New York about tun days. The pat e:vou has been my best. Unite City is my head-tpinrters, head-tpinrters, and I hotif-uly eon.'ider it to he tho best theatric il town of its si.e on the continent. Manners of companies com-panies that have jdajed tiiere will, 1 think, aree with tue. "As to the fill urn. Next Reason I shall not eloso tho theatre in Uutte City at all. I have tlirta other houses 'eoing up'' in Montana at Great Falls, Missoula and Helena. My principal busiues in sew York is with MeKlfat-rick, MeKlfat-rick, the architect. "Tbo carpenters, upholsters, and workmen are. now at work cn tho new houses. 'They will be the handsomest and most complete in tho country for their si.e. I shall have a stock company organized organ-ized by September. It will travel as far as the I'aeitie. coast and play at many theatres where combinations are not booked. married fifteen yours when father died. Colonel? Moberly Yes, Squire. Sipnre Ho you think it would effect the standing ol a court that had con-, tinued single for nitrh on to fifty years if it should discontinue? Moberly (Jet married. Spire Yes, sah. Moberly Quite the contrary, Squire. It would add its impresMveness, certainly. cer-tainly. Squire Even if its mother had no other v'mablo means of support? It wouldn't look like deserting her would it? Moberly Seems to me, Squire, it would provide a companion for her do-dining do-dining years. Squire Irises, and offering his hand). You nir sincere. Colonel. Moberly There's my hand, sah. ( They (.hake.) Squire Vou hivo placed the case, Colonel, in a comfortable and lucid maniifr. I thnnk you. (Aside) 1 wish the Colonel could couveuo with mother. The iniiiiidii: Mirror suggests that a mti's nieetimf of dramatic, critics be culled to protest against tho further u-e 011 the Amerieau stage of the subjoin. sub-join. 'rt expressions: "You will learn to love me." "Listen ini.:r), and I will tell you the story of me life." "llo wsj tho only man that ever spoke a kind word to me." "Papa, kins mamma!" "And you. whom I thought my dearest dear-est Inend, have done this " T must tell you one thing more before be-fore i go not very much to you, perhaps, per-haps, but to mo everything. 1 love yon." "My time will come." "How changed tho old village seems!" "How dare you touch me?" Forfc-mule Forfc-mule "lie brave, Jack; you, have mc." J iieke-, played respectively by E. M Holland and Charles L. Hair.s. Tho characters are deliriously amusing. Their humor is developed with an line-j line-j tion that is as refreshing as it is natural, j'lhe colonel is a relic of southern I chivalry, tho most prosperous legal J practitioner, and the editor of tho only I newspaper in town; commander of the 'Talladega Light artillery, unequipped b.it of splendid ellieiencv; agmit of a Kiehmond insurance company; the champion of insulted womauhood, even whyu the insult is offered by his ow n client against tho contending party in a suit. Squire Tucker is a hereditary magistrate, magis-trate, a large baby of liily with his trousers held up by one suspender, carrying his legal oliiee witli mntahlH dignity and in the intercuts catching frogs in the bavou, and lazing in tho sun; tied for life to tho apron strings of a domineering mother and cherishing a hopelosf love which does honor alike to his heart nnd his head. The squire decides to confide in 'lis old friend, colonel Moberly, and tells him of his lovo for the widow. They seat themsflves on the steps and he unburdens un-burdens his tr.ind. Squire She's a Tory paramount woman, colonel. Mober She's Indeed a very superior woman, squire. Squire 1 knew hor intimately afore ever she was Mrs. Mis. i'age, when she was nee Mildred Fairfax. Moberly A very old family, sah. Squire You know, colonel, she was previously engaged to Harry l'rcston. .Moberly The colonel's son? Squire Oh, yes; their attachment was very valid indeed, very valid. Hut seeing as they was cousins. Colonel l'reseott cancelled it. Moberly On account of tho consanguinity? FEAST OR FAMINE. ' L alint,' it' lor. l,i.t,tni Dinner, (iH.tetoiii. iloiv of M tk aiMI hoary. 1'oki-r par. Iks, l'urlnr ins. ' Iry i h o'i;i:ienes All I til' -i c trs. I'm !ii..ny Uistml No- a . cut ; Ail 't' ni'Mii'V I. .-ii .ipnivt l'am hi- w.tl. h. )';twi ln etrun, Kea -hi h iiniiin llroi.t ";'a n Fuiinut Tf'ioilo', WeallliT fliv.iHK, He .vy r.ilil. Coi vhimr. Mieezlng, On ISMielwav, On the Smiarn, Ton ov ii ouey Kt'ryviieirt. Cers ;i juli, Marts nil over, Cvcm av-fcl,l ft I'll! liiel-ivi-r. Or lil . d i ts lie w iit'im thinks, Is'i e;ls tun Ti.oi.ey For h s di'.utcs tor hiN ?:ir.'s. And for his simpers. Boiittoi'r ln. Is him On his iiiipers. - Mittens Wl'.iott. len nil CVnuian." Tho opening of the theatrical season .ast night with "Men and Women" on the programme was a success in every particular except the weather. Every eat in tho parquetta and dregs circle was occupied, besides a good sprinkling sprink-ling in the first and second circles. Manager liiirtou wore a rosy, red smile of satisfaction as ho allowed his eyes to stroll, over the audience, and noted with pleasure that it was an extremely ex-tremely fashiouable audience. A hearty reception was accorded Frederick le 1'iullevillo, Leslie Allon, Frank Mordant, M. A. Kennedy and Misses Sydney Armstrong and Odette Tyler. 'The story of "Men and Women" has been told in these columns before and needs no repetition now. "Diplomacy," by the same people, will hold the boards tonight, and the advance sale of seats foreshadows another an-other big audience. IS" K X T W KICK AT THE TIIEATKK. The coming week at tho Salt Lake theater will be notable. Salt Lake people will not only have the delightful pleasure of seeing the A. M. rainier home company, but also the highly lauded and much discussed now American Amer-ican piny, by Augustus Thomas, "Alabama." "Ala-bama." Tho company is one of the most complete nnd poli-died in the country, and their previous appearances in this city have left behind recollections recollec-tions that always make their return a source of anticipation. The play "Alabama" "Ala-bama" has made n unquestioned hit in the cat. Thus far it has only been played in New York, and Chicago and Denver. Conservative critics have hailed ' Alabama" as the best American play thus far written, 'and it has given Mr. Thomas a position in the Iront ranks of the dramatists of the day. ;oip nf tii se. Nelson Decker of pleaiant histrionic memory, has been admitted to the little community of the Forest homo. It seems to be generally believed that J. M. Hill will survive his recent embarrassments. em-barrassments. He expresses no fears on thesubject hims 'lf. Daniel Shelby w ill manage'W Breezy Time," a musical farce comedy. He has engaged for il E. B. Fit and Kat.li-ryn Kat.li-ryn Webster to play tho leading parts. Kichard Manslield has been booked by Al. Haymau for a twelve weeks' tour on the Faoilic coast, beginning at tho Baldwin theater, San Francisco, next April. Minnie Doyle, the author of the four-act four-act comedv hitherto billed as "Apple Orchard Farm." says that hereafter the piece will be presented and advertised under tho title of "That Woman." II imer F. Fmens has completed a beautiful model for the first act of Alabama. Ala-bama. A cottage to the left, an open gate, view of a river, on the bank of which is an old southern manor -all hemmed in by green trees and trailing ivy. "Bulls aud Bears," a modernized adaptation ad-aptation from the German of Ultimo, by tho late Hartley Campbell, will be produced during the season of lHti2 !i:i. This is the play in which William H. Crane and M. A. Kennedy appeared in San Francisco some fifteen years ago. Robert Campbell, a son of Bartley Campbell, and a well know n comma-dian, comma-dian, will be associated with the production. pro-duction. . , . . - i; '." I 'iilViV lie :.:''i;i:- !':"'l ' I ' . V f'.' r Ii" b' l,'!'i hk . ku-'-'if-yiH The Colonel and the Sqvire. Squire (dubiously) What? Moberly I saj Colonel Treston's objection to the marriage was on account ac-count of the couianguinity. Squire (after a thoughtful pause) Oh, yes; I s'poso that was just as serious at their being cousins. (Whispers aside) Consanguinity, After she married Dsbney Page, young Preston married Mi-is Marirery Clayton. (Looks cautiously cau-tiously at Moberly). Colonel? .Moberly Weil, squire. Squire (looking at the house) You h:ue been a father and a married man, too. Do you contemplate that mar-riaire mar-riaire is a failuae? Moberly Well, squire, it has difTer-!ent difTer-!ent results in nearly every different cusn. It is a maltah in which ona man of honor cannot advise another. Squire (thoughtfully) Mother has always al-ways been opposed to it, and there being nobody for her to lean upon but me Moberly Well, it is dubious. Squire I was talkin' ovr this esse of I'siro vs. Page last niht with Mrs. Pa i'e. Moberly Yes. i Squire Slie pys her few months of married like w:is 'bout as happy as any similar period of her experience. j Moberly It is that way with some. qiiire--Aud it wasn't n love match i either. Put mother s,ays marriage h waan't a success with her an' tide was1 h, littlo one, you don't understand these things." "For some weeks I have noticed a change in your manner towards me." "I could k-i-1-1 you!" "Why did I listen to his words?" "And now how changed!" "It is a long story but I will tell it you." - "At lat, Robert Gorgon, we meet face to face. . . . A-h-h!" As he is stubbed in the back. "Your proud sj.it it shall yet be broken." "lint the witnesses are all dead!" "We have come too latel"7'u.-(S of hat. 1 have come to tell you that I must lesve you for ten years in ten njinntes. lie iirave." "Listen, Clsra. I fancied I loved her I was but a boy then." ' ( "Mother!" ( "Me c-h-e i-l-d!"' "What was that only the snap of a twi. How fniiit mo heart tuels today. Some superstitious dread seems to be uver me." "Arthur Clarersnnd. I have known I i It is an American plav treating of Ameriican subject!. Its character, charac-ter, its atmosphere, its sentiment, its humor, are all peculiarly American. The scene is an old plantation planta-tion in Alabama. 'J'he central figure is an old planter, a southern gentleman of the old school. The war swept away ninny of his possessions, and aoparated him from his son. who felt it his duty to fight with the north. Into the peaceful Jil'o dominated by the itrong will of old Col. Preston, who represented in the new generation the survival of the old prejudices, who thinks he hates the north as bitterly as ever, and tights the encroachments of modern improvements, come the engineers engi-neers from tho north, employed to lay out the route of a new railroad, anil the principal engineer is the old planter's plant-er's son long separated from him. The members of the company who will be seen in thecal are Mr. Maurice . Harry more, Mr. J. H. Sto Id-irt, Mr. K. M. Holland, Mr Charles L. Harris. Mr. Edward Hell, Mr. Edward Abeies, Mr. Walden lismsny, Mr. Keub Fax. and Miss May Urooklyn, Miss Emily Seward. Se-ward. Miss Asruess Miller and" Miss Kannie Craddoek. The Sqn ri and tho Culnnrl. Two of the most unique, interesting and humorous characters' in "Alabama'' are Colonel Moberly and Suuiro |