Show I I Hans flue Roatninn This play may be said to be pun Impressive and Instructive This plot H I very light and is interwoven with a simple love storytuntful ballads bal-lads graceful dancer relieved here and there with touches of pathos The title role is assumed by Charles Arnold who plays the part of Hans as a lighthearted good na ttircd tort of fellow who would ether romp with the children than work Mr Arnold Is well qualified to personate such a character and his perfonnancc is at once graceful engaging and liosftssea a simple I sincerity that is sure to enlist the 1 sympathies of the audience many tearful faces being noticeable C bing notlChle during tbe third act Mr Arnold has a wee sympathetic voice and pings I a number of ballads In a lot pleasing manner It IIcin Dnner 1 might b said that the charac ter Is a combination of Kin Van V1uitde and Fritz without being a copy cither Very pretty indeed aro the scenes between hans I and the children and thu young people and the ladles go into ccstacio over I them The other characters in the piece are ably sustained I May Hannan In the childs J > r is very cute The big dog came in for a share of attention The excellent audience that witnessed wit-nessed the play on its opening night opnlug was quite enthusiastic The above is an excerpt from the criticism of the Chicago Journal on the first American performance of Hans tho Boatman the play with which Charles Arnold achieved his great English and Australian success The play ran for three hundred and fifteen nights iu England Mr Arnold will ap har l > at the Salt Lake Theatre Dec 5 and C next Thursday and Friday |