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Show TRUT H 6 ! r in the east and of course, do the same thing HARRY LE GRANDE. here. Altar of Friendship AMUSEMENTS. i i Grand Theatre Hazel Kirke, matinee today, performance tonight. Coming Attractions. Salt Lake Theatre Press club In Tom Show, June 9. Nat Goodwin, i I i i June . , i t 1 r i i ;S r v 1 . I ) i i ' I i i r i f o CHATTER. (Being the personal opinion of the writer, and for which no one else is in any manner responsible.) An old adage recites something about the worm turning at last, but in this particular case no one expected the worm to be a resident of Chicago, but such are the conditions. A citizen, with a large amount of experience no doubt, writes' a short letter to the editor of one of the leading papers, in which he makes inquiry concerning a subject of general interest He says: "In the windows of many Chicago rei taurants one may read the legend: Tables reserved for ladles. I wish it would occur to some restauranteur to reserve tables for gentlemen. The average male habitue of Chicago is a gobbling, swilling animal, who, if he does not actually eat with his knife or blow his nose on his napkin, has equally unappetizing habits. He is swinish. There should be some place in restaurants for male patrons who observe the decencies of civilized life. It would be a too sweeping indict- 12-1- 3. It was , ! will, In every way a' cultured am intelligent audience which gathered at the Salt Lake Theatre early in the week to hear Dr. Henry Lawrence Southwick in his dramatic recitals. The lecturer for such he is, as well as a dramatic reader gave just enough historical information to intelligently understand what manner of men Richard JII. ari Richelieu weree. We were given to understand that Shakespeares Richard III. and the- - historical character have not so many points in common as we are apt to imagine. Indeed, Dr. Southwick almost completely demolished our time honored, cruel Richard of the stage and gave to us a man who possessed surprising virtues and abilities of a high order. It is generally con- ceded, however, that the Bard of Avon took the greatest liberties with historical facts. Had Shakespeare confined himself to things just as they happened, the greatest imagination in the world could not have soared on the wings of an eagle. If 99 per cent of Shakespeares Richard III. were not the product of poetic fancy, the worlds greatest dramatic tragedy would not have been written. If there were more than a trace of positive history In Romeo and Juliet, such passionate flowers of love as blossom in this wondrous love drama would have had no soil in which to grow. If Shakespeare had followed history in Hamlet, the gloomy speculations of the Danish prince would have aroused no sweetly vain speculations in ourselves, nor could we have felt the fire of unrequited love which In burnt out the heart of Ophelia. had if other words, given Shakespeare us historical drama, rather than the drama of poetry, of feeling, of imagination, what a misfortune it would be for the stage! Lemares brilliant organ rjecital at the First Congregational Mr. Edwin church was one of the greatest musical treats ever heard ini Zion. The grand musical swells, the faint musical ripples, the lights and shades of expressive feeling stealing out from the organs keys, kept the air fluttering with a melody as sweet and tender as ears could wish to hear. Mr. Lemare is certainly a musician whose fame has been justly acquired. every actor has been selected with especial reference to his histrionic abilities. While the lines have been copiously interspersed with jokes and gags, prospective patrons should bear in mind that the play itself has not been mutilated, but that the very pathetic scenes and situations have been carefully preserved. Rehearsals attended by dramatic experts engaged on the staff of Truth have demonstrated that every man in the cast is up in his work. The parting scene Detween Little Eva and Uncle Tom is one of the most touching situations ever presented on any stage and is calculated to melt the stoniest heart. The sad. sad story told in verse by Eugene Field about Mr. Billings, of Louisville, touching him for ten, fades into utter insignificance alongside the delicate presentation of the two eminent artists engaged to portray the dying of the sweet little character created by the poetic imagination of Harriet Beecher Stowe and faithfully exemplified by that prince of pathos, John S. Critchlow. In addition to the play there will be a pickininny band, a pickininny mandolin club, solos by The Press clubs version of Uncle Toms Cabin will be given next Tuesday night, June 9. It promises to be the most strenuous exhibition of dramatic talent yet given upon the stage of the Salt Lake Theatre. Everything will be in perfect readiness and there will be no hitches of any kind to mar the even flow of the entertainment. The rumor that Joel Priest will interpolate an original song is denied the fact that prices of admission remain the same is a sufficient answer to the silly story. -- Phil. A. Niemann, banjo stunts by Professor Harper and a solo by Geo. D. Pyper. Other members of the cast will do musical and merry stunts. The gags and jokes are all of late when it is added that vintage, and none were ' written by either of the paragraphers on the daily papers, the force of this assertion will be recognized. The parade will be a stunner. The mayor, the chief of police, and the dog catcher will all be quaranr tined on the day of the display, so that the bloodhounds can have full sway. Everyone should go early and avoid the rush which is sure to be encountered by late patrons at the box office. In conclusion, it may be stated that o confident are the members of the troupe that they will present the niece in all its perfection that no net will be hung between players and the audience. - That prince of comedians, genial Nat Goodwin, will appear at the Salt Lake Theatre in The Altar of Friend-?hip- , June 12 and 13. Mr. Goodwin has scored a great success with The GE0.D. PYPER. . ) & . Nothing in the line of amusement has created such delightful feelings of anticipation as the announcements of the presentation of Uncle Toms Cabin by the members of the Press club of Salt Lake at the theatre on next Tuesday evening. The cast of Cft&rftcters is ft very strong one ftnd V MANAGER. CURTAIN fillS. NAT GOODWIN THE GREAT ACTOR IN "THE ALTAR OF FRIENDSHIP -- r. r Friday and Saturday Nights, June 12 and PRICES, $2 to 25c, ment to assert that the average male habitue of a Salt Lake restaurant acts like the average Chicagoan, because the average Salt Laker knows how to eat decently. But there are exceptions to all rules, and the exceptions here are simply awful. Th? wrier sat opposite one of these animals only a day or two since. The being enjoyed his food; there is no doubt about that, but the manner in which he fed himself prevented any one in the neighborhod from enjoying theirs. This laddy buck had the beastly habit of chewing his food with his mouth open, the result being a peculiar whistling noise mingled with a succession of smacks, the two combined being enough to drive one to committing homicide. He also had a way of drinking his coffee at half distance; taking it into himself by inhalation, that was about as juicy a performance as one would care to witness, but at that time was particularly distasteful, as the other patrons of the cafe went there to dine, and not to see the untamed creatures of the desert fed. There is no escape from this kind of fellow, either; at least under the present conu.ons there is none, for in the starry land of liberty the and dirty elbow the polite and clean everywhere and resent anything calculated to deprive them of the inalienable right to eat mashed potatoes with a knife, pick the noodles out of the soup with their fingers, take in their broth with gusto and expense of breath and use their tongues as a napkin and finger bowl combined. This individual, alluded to, in course of conversation, said he wrote the department on etiquette for a Salina paper; that he was here for a good time and a few square meals while the editor took a vacation for the purpose of taking his annual bath and celebrating the yearly anniversary of his forty-thir- d clean shirt. Still those who sat at meat with him would not and did not excuse him for his methods of destroying their peace of mind. 3. The reason for this condition existing lies in. the fact that while the newspapers are continually printing bills of fare showing people what to eat, they never publish anything calculated to tell them how to eat it Of course some men could not be told how to eat decently, for they would atreject anything of the sort being tempted as a personal insult But really the man with clean habits an( |