Show AMUSEMENTS Geraldine Is a slayer as the young woman wo-man from Butte In tho play might say This quality and the disposition of Geral lines Hungarian lover to somewhat un ecensarlly mystify people concerning his flairs arc the supports of the plot of the latext Fitch play given at the Salt Lake Theater last night If after seeing It all ono should say that these wore not I cry strong foundations for a plot tho xnrefl Mion l would bo a recognition of tho truly Fltchcsquo character of the playA play-A nd yet In The Stubbornness of Qeral dine there IB I more coherence more thai ugRoats plausibility than In most of tho creations of Its prollllc producer But why bother about plots whon the thing Is entertaining Give a play life and light talk let it run from realism to bur oaque and let the plot look out for itself It-self la often the guiding theory of Mr Filch And It works out pretty well on the stasis und In the box ofllce which proves that there is I enjoyment in the absurdity of hla plnys oven though there may bo a subconsciousness that there Is absurdity In the enjoyment of thorn Moreover how could a play with Mary lannerlng starring In It bo without abun dance of charm Mary as Geraldine Lang who quickly falls in love with a count who gives for Hungarian rhapao dieM In broken PJngllah and though she knows nothing about him believes In him forever after Mary wo say In this con diiiK and stubborn character Is sweet and saucy merry and demure amiable and wrathy Sho turns her lovfr away scornfully Just after shu has had the leasure of being folded in his arms and forthwith procccdn to hanker for tho arms Geraldine Indeed shown that sho It 1 the kind of a girl to have for having looked Into the oyeH of her Hungarian and liked them wll sho knows ho cun do no wrong Sho will not believe any evidence against her lover not oven thc evidence which tho man himself scorns to furnish And she wins out In tho end and her faith In sustained All that has been charged against her Idol was based on tho isupuositlon that he was his wicked brother Glrte this should bo a lesson to you teaching you to have sublime con donco In lavcra under all circumstances that Is If you like the color of their eyes Through all 1 this affair of true love Miss lannorlng Is either warm and radiant or chilled and ashen but at all times she Is fetching This admirable actress has an easy way of winning an audlonco and keeping It won She and those In the seats never have any differences They share hur feelings of joy and they try 130 hard to sympathize with her In her sorrow And she gets the admiration she Is entitled to for her attractiveness as well as for her acting Amy Ricard was also very popular Inst night The way she drawled tho name of her home town Bull Montana was enough to make a hit here Her character was that of an artificial girl who had been traveling broad but under whose artificiality there lurked a good heart Tho Hungarian noble was extremely well taken by Arthur Byron HIs accent and manner were such as we feel sure no count from Hun gary would be without The support throughout Is of good quality the women wo-men however being superior to thu menThe men-The play Is extraordinarily well staged A scono on a ship at sea comes first and experIences on deck are laughably presented pre-sented The sea on this occasion was ellbohaved only becoming rough when he management desired to show the roll IllS qualities of tho vessel Tho design lao la-o make the second act humorous by meanu of trunks A score 01 moru which you are to Imagines contain Ger Ullnca things are brought In They Illl the stage space and on tlum Mr Fitch In his ingenious way of providing things that ever happen In life has Geraldine serve ten Drawingroom end conservatory cones follow and arc beautifully fur lshed The play will bo presented tonight again and tomorrow afternoon and night The udlunce lust night was lane down stairs nd above there was a good attendance The Lions Mouth Henry Guy Carlc tons beautiful Venetian romance was he play presented by the wnrde corn any at tho Grand theater last evening in the presence of a most appreciative audience audi-ence and the favorable Impression made b y the company on Its opening night Ticro vas strengthened by the work done last evening Mr Herman was still suffering from tho severe cold which has bothered I him since his arrival here making it dir Icult at times to follow the lines but as Vavara he immediately won the favor of ho audience which favor increased as tho story advanced and spontaneous bursts ot approval were frequent MIss Annn Roberts is a winsome actress and gave a cluver interpretation of JLInora favnris sweetheart Miss Allen Bar cllc was not seen on tho opening night jut as Marcella In tho production last evening exhibited no little talent Francis Fran-cis McGinn made a strong Fro Angola a character entirely different from logo tho ole he essayed on the opening night thus exhibiting his versatility Daniel Crauso as tho Jailor furnished much amusement for the audience Th other characters of he Ma were acwptibly nrerented Tho second Hccno was a beautiful I ono show ng as It did a Venetian scene with a number of members of tho company dancIng danc-Ing tho minuet as the curtain raised Altogether Al-together the play Is presented In an exceptionally ex-ceptionally capable manner and will doubtless receive large patronage the remainder re-mainder of the week p The Halo of seats begins today for the eecond week of the Varde engagement at the Grand theater opcnlnK Monday night The plays J to be presented next weak arc At tho Edge of tho Grave Monday Tuesday and Wednesday Romeo and Juliet Thursday Friday and Saturday matinee Macbeth i I Saturday night |