Show I T 7 he Virginian Is Well Played by byi i Cloninger J Ralph Cloninger In the name part ot of The The Virginian again proves that as asan asan an actor of versatility and force In virile roles he has no superior and few equals among mong stock players Mr Cloninger ably assisted by Miss l Gertrude ll lland and the other players of his company presented the Owen play to a crowded house at the Hippodrome Hippodrome- last night As on the occasion of his debut at the Hippodrome a a. week ago Mr Cloninger Cloninger- was given a a. big welcome by his audience and Mis Bond hill too deni- deni demonstrated that she is worthy the admiration admira- admira admiration tion that has been been accorded her by Salt Sal t Lake playgoers I MIss Bondhill Is the sc who I comes to the wilds of frontier g tin the early eighties to teas the three thre e Rs R's to the children of the ranchers She and the Virginian fall ill ip love though I 1 the high spirited girl has many clashes clashe s I with the Southerner because of his bis devotion devotion de- de to honor and duty which sometimes some some- I times requires the shooting up o ot f I some obnoxious range person The happy happy hap hap- py working out of their difficulties and the tangled plot that Involves all the I picturesque figures of Wister's yarn yarn yarn-I Trampas Steve and the I I others other one of the charms arms ot of the play The VIrginian Is a role exactly suited I Ito to to- to Mr Cloninger who looks acts and I I lives the part George Morrell an I actor being watched by critics who expect ex ex- i I great things for him gives a splendid I did i performance ert ot of T Trampas a pas The i I I I play IS a nappy selection Mr ger and his company and will run the I week at the Hippodrome excepting toI tonight to- to I night with matinees Wednesday and Saturday |