| Show NED NW ROYLE AND HIS THE TH SQUAW MAN I DELIGHT SALT tIiE ll-tIiE ADMIRERS AD Seldom has the tho historic old Salt Lake theater contained a a. more moro brilliant audience audience audience audi audi- ence than that which gathered last night to witness the first performance in this of The city Squaw v Man Many of those pre present nt had known Ned Royle Boyle the author since sinco he was wasa a boy and they went to see what kind I of a play he had written Others I thero there were who were attracted by tho the word that the play had made a a. hit in Now New York and they wanted to see for themselves if the judgment of the tho easterners east erners was correct The Salt Lakers Laker approved Ju Judge and Mrs Royle Rolle Mrs rR Martha Royle KiD King Mr r. r Royle and n two other r I friends occupied a 1 box and were tho the I center of attraction At the tho close of the second act there thore I vas a general call for MY Mr Royle Boyle Mr lir r. r Faversham stepped to the front of tho the stage stare and said C Ladies and gentlemen Mr lo Royle its if IB somewhere in Salt alt Lake ko City n 1 and wo we will try to get et him here b by the tho close of the next act At the thc close dose of tho the third act calls for H Royle II came frog all parts of tho the house bouse Mr Ir Royle advanced ad from front the tho ri right ht win wing and waited fully a minute for tho the applause to cease When he could make himself heard he said faid Mr Royles Royle's Address Friends and strangers Whether r you yOtt altogether ether like it or not not whether you are willing to n It or not I am a Salt Lake institution I am like the dust lust and the pa pa- patient patient tient bird that pres presides over er the destinies destinies des des- of tho Eagle Engle le GateI GateI Gate I HI belon belong II I I go o back hak a good man many years in Salt Lake I go o back to the days when wed we'd SInto to another Theres There SIn say one ono 5 a stranger in town In the old oM days daj's when I would return from college p. p and from other trips east r Id I'd Il begin meeting people peo pIe I kne knew by hy th the timo I J reached Cheyenne Chey- Chey he enne Salt Lake has grown n This trip r I f didn't meet a soul Roul I knew w. w But Rut at 0 Ogden den I got a Salt Lake paper and w when en I opened it I saw the familiar faro faco aco of my old friend Dr Hi Higgins Then I knew I was WL getting cettin home I couldn't tell YOU you all ll that Salt Lake Jake means mans to me This This fine find old theater the the- ater what ater-what what memories it has for me I dont don't think father stood for the theater heater much in those old days But mother stood for anything her boys bos in their heir superior jud judgment ent thought best and and father was stron strong for mother I early carly became an of the theater r I u used d to sit flit up there pointing to the topmost gallery gallery- gallery and and and it t was a fine place to see and aud hear from I guess it Jt ita is HI a yet vet Tho speaker paid tribute tributo to Phil Margetts Mar Mar- Marietta getts ietta and some of the other veteran ac- ac tors ors I will tell you of my my first grand passion Now low I dont don't want any elderly elder- elder I ly 3 ladies in n the to become although h at one time or another another an another other either secretly or openly I loved 10 all of you vou Mv My first grand and passion was for Adelaide Neilson when I saw her heras heras heras as Rosalind Oh Oh the awful thin things s I r have hae done for or and to this city You all remember the he time YOU filled this theater to seo see Booth and and- me mo Or perhaps I should say me and Booth After that there was wasa a reference to tho the old Home Dramatic association those talented and experienced experienced ex ex- players who have havo always called themselves amateurs I miss ODe ono face ace here bere tonight tho the face faco of a friend who left an open grave graye to come conic and I play for me because he knew that without him hint I could pot not present the tho play play- I cannot think of oC him without emotion and I cannot speak of him hint here I 1 believe I am enough b of a Salt Laker jaker to thank Mr or Faversham on your Behalf for his splendid performance I Ido Ido Ido do not believe The Squaw Man Ian could have lave been a success without him I want to say Foay to him that he too is a local ocal favorite and that he ma may always ays be e assured of a n cordial welcome here This tribute I do not regard as a tribute to myself at all all but as an expression ex- ex pr of your loyalty to and 10 love for two wo old people who are arc here tonight My try y chief claim to distinction is and always will bo be based on the fact that I am tho the son of Jud Judge e and Mrs rs Royle Role of Salt Lake City Story of The Squaw Man There is is something pathetically human human hu man in The S Squaw Man Jan an It throbs with life lifo real li life e. e Mr Role Boyle styles st it as a virile American play pIa It is is s It mi might ht be bo termed a tra tragedy cd There is a murder and a suicide but both are arrived ar ar- arrived rived rind at in in such a natural way that they do not grate rate on the nerves nerves as do most stage c murders murder and suicides There Thero is a something about the play pIa that hat holds ono one from tho close of the first act until the death by y her own lands hands of the little Indian mother The Tho first act is laid in England and simply serves s as an introduction to tho pla play proper Capt James Wynn Wynngate ate afterward rim Jim Carston shoulders the blame of an embezzler of regimental funds in order to save his cousin not that he cares so 80 much for the cousin coutin but because because be be- cause ho he loves lo his wife and does not want to see seo her suffer The Tho second act shifts from tho En English l sh j garden to theLong the Long LonS jong Horn Born saloon Maverick Wye Wyo and tind finds Captain James as Jim Carston a cowboy Cash Hawkins rustler and round all ba bad man does docs not like Jim Jiin and makes no attempt to conc conceal al his dislike As ho j is about to shoot his bis rival in the back Hawkins is shot to death by Nat U daughter of an Indian chief Tho The Indian girl lo loves s tho the whito man and kills his bill enemy to save savo his life Tho The third and fourth acts are arc located at Jim Carstons Carston's ranch Green Rh River r Wyo Wo lira Jim has bas married the tho girl irl who saved his life and has n a year six six year old sou SOIl by b 53 h her r at tho op opening of the tho third act A representative of tho the English estate visits Jim and anel informs informs' him that his cousin cousin cou cou- sin is dead and aud that he lie is s now heir to the estate He lie b begs 8 Jim to return to toEn En England gland with him and d desert his hill Indian w wife o and aud child Jim Tim declines but with the he aid Rid of the tho girl irl whom he ho loved before be be- before fore ho left England and who ho has bas fol fol- owed lowed him to America after the death of her husband he is finally persuaded to lot the child go o to En England to enjoy hi leis estate It is s a hard struggle le Je for the tho father and it is is a much har harder er ono for the tho little lit tle tic Indian mother When her husband informs her that the bo boy i is to bo be sent across the thc big biJ waters sho Rho clasps the child to her bosom and utters tho the single word No There was wa something sonic some thing so 80 sad so much of at moth mothers mother's r s 's love lo tl thrown ro into that one single le wor word lat last night that half the audience iu in tears as ns tho the little redskin moth mother or went oft off the stage with her child at her side But she is an Indian it has been tho the lot of her kind to obey their masters and sho must obey Jim Tim tells her hel that he will stay with her but hut the child must go u. u In th the last act bo boy starts for civilization on with his new MW found English fri friends The little mother watches the departure from a i a loft in tho the house rouse Itis Itis It Itis is too much for her A moment later a ahot ashot ashot shot hot Ts is s heard and nel a silent Indian carries in the body bod bodoC of oC th the mother mothers who line has killed herself lC This in brief brie l is the story tOlY of the play Company Is Excellent The company which presented the play pIn last night was all that could h be he asked for William nm Faversham is not altogether unknown in this city but he had harl never done anything here to equal ef S 'S itaw Mani his Squaw Man T Tho e m Big Bill of Mr Ir Deyo eyo was true to life lifo left nothing to bo be wanted The Short Shorty of Mr rr the tho Andy And of Mi 11 Niemeyer and the Grouchy of Mr r. r Kane were thoroughly capable Seldom has hasa a Salt Suit Lake audience seen a better hetter per por portrayal of an Indian chief than that given b by Mr r. r Chur Churchill hill in th the character of The Baco White inter perter erter of Mfr Mr Salter was another excellent excel excel- lent bit of work The The Cash Hawkins Haw lIa kins kine rustler and anel bad map man man was in capa capa- capable blo ble han hands s with Mr r. r Mailis Tho rho rest of tho the members of the cast east were good The Diana Dian of Miss Bourne was a sweet dainty bit of work which won the tho approval al of the audience from front start start to finish Miss t ss Virginia r inia Kline played the tho character of tho the Indian wife Sho ho had but little to do do hit buK hul that little waso was wa- wasso wasso so well done that it tt left nothing to he be j desired The Tho little tittle H Ida HaJ son fon S on of Im Jim and I U Nat of Leonie Leonio Flugrath u rath was i ione i ione one of the gem em bits of f work of the per per- performance i I |
