Show AMUSEMENTS I 0 After1 years of amblllouq cOnscientious intense effort T D Frawlcy has nbout reached tho goal for which he started That goal was to produce the best plays In t complete artistic comprehensive ninnnor with a company that should rank among the best In tho country lie has Hot quito yet crossed the line ho Is I nevertheless very close to It Of the character ot plays which lia has ccctireU there Is little need of comment Nlndamo San Geno and tho other plays In tho Friwley reportolro are from the PPHS of I our greatest dramatlcts nro noted successes suc-cesses and command the highest royalty Not only does a manager have to pay for I them hut he has lo play for them that i Is ho has to have reputation as 0 strong producer before such works arc placed In hN hands As for artistic ability and stage environments It will be easier to speak at the ond of the engagement than nt the beginning I can bo omphasteort at this point however with but Inst nights performance per-formance of Sans Gene before us that lrawloy has an organization that will tall comparison with FrohmanM Pal merH or Daljs that his stage production Is of the quality that boars critical analysis analy-sis I and l that In dramatic entertainment l Silt Lake Is enjoying a festival this week that will form tho basis for many Inloiostlng comparisons In i tho future Instinctively the work of the coming Cummings Stock company which opens tho Grand with so much lavish promise willbe brought Into Immediate comparison I compari-son with the work of the Frawlcy play or > Summarized It may bo al hi1 l fit tho outset that lUr Frawloy has never had so Urge or competent a company nor presented pre-sented plivs with such finish elaborateness elaborate-ness or detail That Is I saying a great iloal vhon there Is recalled the number of talented actors lie has at one tmo or nnothcr gathered under his standard and the attention he hjnmm nlwa > s devoted to correct tasty boauUful staging Kathryn Klddcr under the management rf Augustus Pltou from whom Mr 1 Fraw ay lenses the play gave Madame Saiis Gene hero four years ago Tho imprcs mien I f by that production was BO deep and pleasant so Ineffaceable that It must needs be a powerful rendition that does not mar the llrst picture Miss Van Duron who succeed Klddcr naturally focuses moat of the attention Slid very cvonly holds plico with her picdecessor rur phflolng her In omo ways as site Is inferior In-ferior In others In personal beauty niilvcUo and nil natural charms sho excels ex-cels Miss Kidder In acting Hho Is not so light free and abandoned in the role aa waa us American creator rime latter may he accounted or by time fact that she ha bein but llltlo over two years before tho footlights a period In which she has gained veil moro headway than her Illustrious Illus-trious rrredece sor In tho Frawlcy company com-pany Miss Bates She dresses most handuomely and easily captivates tho oyo from the first moment Her Interpretation of tH part Is broader than Kiddnrs that Is I she mnkcx the Duchess of washwoman wash-woman pedigree far coarser In language action nnd SIJf lou Ihan ever Kidder did Vet her own roflncd appenranco coiri teiacls any unpleahant Jmpresalon Mr RpynnblB as Marshal Lafebvro a role b tore taken by Harold Russell was hand Nome soldierly amiAdlgnlticd character charac-ter being thoroughly well sustained Mr Shaw ns Fouchq was artistic excellence llfolf advantago of long familiarity being be-ing moat apparent Mr Frawlcy himself UM the great Napoleon showed great caro In makeup of the part acted effectively I and was only lacking in what Is an apparently ap-parently Inseparable obstacle articulation and distinct speech Mathlou was good as De Nelppert Mr Armory more than good as Savory The three girls Pearl Lenders Mlnnette Barretto and Lillian Stafford were a pretty trio and aided effectively ef-fectively The hong cast was unusually N m drfherd Moll filled throughout both tgl and female Parts Tho costuming was rich and the property and scenic equipment complete The opening BCCUCH picturing the height of the revolution the chamber scene where Sans Gene takes a fall out of her envious court guests these were particularly fine Salt Lake will see a week of dramatic entertainment rare dramatc Tonight tho mammoth play Tho Great Ruby will be given a magnificent won In stage netting n well iui acting Attendance last night was largo but not of the crowded order Interest grew Into enthusiasm and enthusiasm Into raptures 0 ant I A Stranger Now York opens at tho Grand tonight for two 11ht oJns be followed fol-lowed by TcnneaRco Pordner |