| Show N w wi i fn I r t VALEDICTORY OF TIlE rue CUMMINGS CO COh J I h n ft n n fl N fl N fl II I v I la n co Tho Tue Ralph n H F company will wi be bo seen In Salt Sal Lake City for tor the thelast thelast last st time next week the last lost time for tor a I considerable period to come Collie at nt least When the he organization came caine here n a tow few months m ago as a n stock Itoc company for tor the hoe purpose of ot putting on au a new I play iny each ench week the theat r going public shook Its lt head anti and al wondered whether the en could coul be made to pay pa After a protracted and determined effort It Is plain that SUCCeSS R hns hims hal not at attended It attended tended the tho compan s 8 efforts no 10 matter mater how strong or 01 determined d they the have been There can call be Il little doubt that Mr Ir tules coup of ur unexpectedly edly ell etIl control CUllO of ot the tho little 11 te thea then theater ter tier will sill wi be hoe of ot benefit to the company compan Nor Is li there doubt that It will vili be bo made to tu benefit Mr Ir Mulvey for tor he has hns established the tact fact that he lie can make the house hou e go Several of ot the tho Cummins Cummings company Including Mr Ir Ralph Cum Corn Cur himself lt were wen Ire Interviewed by b the tho News last evening as to their ex cx experiences exp p In Salt Lake While each cach RN hie kindliest feeling towards Salt Halt Lake and ud Its people the vein of ot Irony was distinctly dl traceable In soma sorno of ot their utterances It I would probably pro probably ably abl be Je expecting a little too much to have them express S themselves other otherwise wise wl e Notwithstanding the fact that their venturesome little Ite baric bank has sailed saied over rough rOI h seas seal and been beon cast upon the shoals of n a sudden ludden transformation they the have nevertheless made many man warm friends both bolh personal and who will wi wish tishi wl h them well In tho the under undertaking undertaking undertaking taking outlined in the Interview with wih Mr Ir dimming for tor be It Mild sabi that the lack of r ability has not nol been il 1 L factor In turning the title tide against the lie company On thi th r rr Mr Ir Cum s his hil brother Robert Mr Ir Io and Downs Von Miss IMS Laura Laura Nelson elon Hall lall Blanche Douglas Jou las and Ind the theother tie other ladies have hl displayed n a lly I It that hould should be lie of ot profit to them and nn doubtless will wi be Lie In other fields felds The Interviews referred rt to follow to I 01 RALPH K R i CUMMINGS CUMMINaS Our feeling at It leaving Salt Lake Iok could not frill fall fRI to be b one of ot great gril regret Speaking for tor or my I iii company ns as 11 well ns 11 a for tor myself I have found here h re nothing but hut kindness I like IkC to play pIa to SaIL Salt Lake audiences They Time The are hard to win In but once won they I the I 1 are art staunch friends I have havo played In nearly every city clr In America but bUl I have liae he yet to Und timid a n moro lorl cultivated class ut et theater gums loin there then are arc here herl If It anything they thE are area a n little litle too discriminating and expect a a little too to much I have spared no pains hams I to make our ur Plays Ilae i I public nt ad I tel feel that In I hays hat guch piece has hns 1111 been bt n staged In iii an as al nearly n arl perfect a 1 way WO ns mis It was as possible with the facilities at Ut hand I nm Ohio 01 sure Iuro that our efforts have ha 0 been ap 1 I 1 rt furet regret ret exceedingly that our stay could not riot have been Leen longer lonser but the change In the lie control of ot the theater that lint Impossible Mr tr Mulvey has bas of at course coure lots his hil own business Inter Interests interests ests to I consider arid and us lS the Grand now becomes one aie of or a R chain of ot combination thin tion houses housos he lie feels eels that he lie can no longer continue It I as a stock n house I agree with him hini thoroughly In this for tor I am convinced that this timis city Is not large huge enough to support n a 1 stork cl company permanently Then Ihen too the tue Grand Is far tar too 1101 for tor our purposes Wo We e have hao been compelled time and again agall to turn away hundreds of at dollars My M t plans plana are not riot thoroughly ma matured la as yit t but this much 1 I may tell you ou Wo Wu play lla a n ten weeks season at lt Seattle antI and ant then go o to 10 Los IMS Angeles n ells for forn fora forstl n a still longer lon er run I have hll acquired the therole folo role western wo ter rights to The Tho Little ln hitter I 1 have hae the thc most roost unbounded un faith In Mr tr r Frasers claim caim that hint his Version of fr the play ploy Is the only author authorized lied one 01 A decision of ot the time supreme court of ot the thu United States Sla les Is expected to o be ue b reached shortly horl It If It Is In Iii our ta 0 as ni I have hn e every ever reason to 10 sup suppose pose looSe ose It will wi be bc I shall of ot course pre prevent prent prevent vent nt Mr Ir from using the lie play Ilay In my mr territory I We 0 will wi make The Little Minister our main offering using Nell el Gwynn Gln as all al a Ii 1 second piece As soon as aa I can arrange matters mattera I clint organize an another another other company which will wi Ia nothing but Jut The Little Minister We o will play the lie 11 three Ihrl or four nights on our way to Seattle Settie amid nHI use It I for tor our open Inc ing bill ll there To my m mind the play lay IH la one of ot the greatest pieces s of theatrical property In the country and antI I nm turn told Indeed f I know that blot my production If It anything surpasses York Vork that made originally In New Ne ew MISS ISS LAURA LAUlA Nl HAM HALL HALLOf HAMOt Of Ot course coure I am sorry to leave Salt Lake Inke said sal Miss n Hall I like your our city so ao much mleh anti and your our people FO so 10 much I Igo Igo go 10 awny aWl aVIt with wih only anI the tue feel feelIngs r l lInga Ings Inga Why Wh should I 1 not hilt lot Every one onelie her li lie I has hal been hen most kind My I only re regret regret gret ret has been that Ihl ti my life le has hal ia left me inc no rio for tor meeting people 1 11 w oo dali I have literally II I lived Ino In iii II the theater I think your OW OUI city el a n most piMP an quite envy el thou those who Wm wh e homes homel here But ut we people of ot the stage Ite always aiwaS envy cm those timos who We get so 0 tired of ot travel traul Ing Before I came carne h hire hare r I was W told that 1 N the lie Suit Salt Sal Lake Inke people were wera cold mind and I nIl hard to please 1 I cant see sec ee how that lint Idea could I have hove 1 I lue found them on 01 tin the contrary most ami amiable ull able and Ind cordial It I Is a n great pleasure to play Ilay to tl them und and one of ot the tue recollections of ot my 1 life will tilI wi be bemy my lily 1 ten weeks w elI stay here hers 1 I trust truit that when shien hel I 1 go 10 It will wi not be lIe h good bye be but JUl only lilly nu LOU I ant to come COI buck back again some sore day soon MISS d lc fl lUU LAS LASI I 1 cant tell ell lel you with wih what regret I Iam am loin leaving Salt SnIt Luke As Aim Al a II usual thing thin I 1 am so HO busy bus that I have no rio opportunity ni flit of or seeing much of a u city elt In in which I nm Cm am playing but I have grown vei CI fond of f this town lown I 1 like JI to 1111 1111 to 0 your people and ant 1 I like Ilce them socially e I hope hOl we shall hall have another opportunity of ot la here sOle in the near 1101 future Of Or course courle I am alit 11 glad alil to gu go JO to t California us we ultimately shall simil for tor N that Ihal thi Is 18 my m home borne I want to take tUb opportunity of or expressing my I hi appreciation elation eaton of or the tiit til many kind timings things th the newspapers hoe have said laid about me fl They have ino been bee I lamest mu t generous Jol m CUMMINGS eU I INGS I like this hits city cl as ns as any nil an I have loon been llon In 11 null and Ike the tho rest real of or the com company cor pany Iun I 1 hate Ilat to tu leave leau It I 1 I have made lade n a ra t many heie liene But lul lulI It I IH Ito the fate fan actors actor to be ile ever er on time the I 1 think hunk your OUI town has a n great greal people lore ate cultivated and ur ute content con lent only with the lie best This I think cannot help 1111 but make fui ui good Houd I have never played buoYed even oen In in New York to au BU more keenly kelII discriminating than of ot this city clr It I Is always n a nat Meat at pleasure for foJ an RI au actor artor to play ilay to people Then too tOl 1 I loave Iv been be n so iso Sf ull IvIll 11 touted 1 that thiat I t cannot help but mit hil feel fed kin kindly toward Salt Lake My ly i have bEen boon limited only by h my I Insure |
