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Show - mwM IJI rr'Tff TErtOERFooT." vw H i XXJttfo the JPit$t-yigh-ters Hj It "BY RIGHT OF SWORD." Hjjii Ralpli( Stuart as Richard Hamilton (and equ- Hf;' ally well known under either name) proved to he H" X an all around athlete, and pot-graduate of the H. ' ; Lincoln J. Carter school for a couple of trying H!,:jj jj nights during the forepart of the week. Before Hlhjj making the greater part of Moscow look like a 10 'I : battlefield, winning a couple of dozen princesses, H I putting the kibosh on a certain Major Devlnski, Wm I and generously- distributing slathers of flippant Wm wit, as tedious as it was antiquated, Mr. Hamilton H ' had evidently taken a leading part in a slaughter HJii house strike, first prize in athletics at an Inter- H collegiate meet, and won his blue at Oxford. He tltt was ne goods for the gallery, but it is a shame to 'H ! make the gods sit so high to see him. Next sea- m son it is up to the gentleman to get a tent so that B the appreciative part of his audience can be on a H level with the hero, at a popular price of admis-B admis-B H By Right of Nerve would be far more appro- B priate than the present tlbe of the play, and under llf such a billing, all of the participants in the melo- Kr drama would feel more at home. Kl The women were more ridiculous than the Hl ( men in the production, and if you couldn't forget K1 ; the acting, you wanted to. R Once, the hero promised to storm the gates of Hi, hell, but his lady friend didn't load him that way, H I for he found her in an observatory living high. H(f All of which sjjeakj volumes for the moral tone H ofttiis delfclous bit of art, the sole offering for the Hfjjf Week to the hungry patrons, of the Theatre. H I & & & i THE TENDERFOOT. B We are surely going to have oar share of mu- Bf f steal comedy next week, which opens with "The Hijf Tenderfoot" H And "The Tenderfoot" Is good, the first actf Bjji a$d the second act are extremely good, and the Hfi whole of it is filled' with rapid-fire repartee, fine Hffl iflusio, clever dancing, and astounding fact the Hfi chorus girls wear clothes. Hlf Our old friend, Phil Ryley, who is favorably Hff remembered as the Tweedlepunch of the first Hf! Florodora company that sauntered this way, is Htf the Professor Pettibone, and the company he H heads is said to be of a very high standard. Bji One critic has called "The Tenderfoot" "An Hff Arizona set to music," and its scenic environment Kfl reminds one of that excellent play. The unique Hff part of this production is the fact that it Is thor H ' ' oughly American, everything is American, scenes, K, , characters, wit, and all, surely a rarity on the mn I steal comedy stage. Go to sec "The Tenderfoot" if only to hear' IHl'l "The Alamo." FRANK DANIELS IN A FUNNY OPERA. : As a provider of mirth and merriment It is doubtful if there Is a man on the American stage more competent or more popular than Frank Dan-' iels, the amusing comic opera comedian, who will appear on Thursday, Friday and Saturday next under the management of Charles B. Dillingham in his latest stage offering, "The Office Boy." In-this In-this play, which is a two-act musical comedy, by Harry B. Smith and Ludwig Bnglander, Mr. Daniels Dan-iels seems to have been provided with a character which exactly suits his comic g'enius. He. appears as a much abused office boy, who through force of circumstances is compelled to asume the responsi- r FRANK DANIELS in "Tub Ootick Boy." billties of a famous jockey and to ride a ferocious race horse. He Is said to be very funny in this role and to have some very clever lines and very humorous situations, and has a great song hit in "I'm on the Water Wagon Now." Besides our own Sallie Fisher, who is leading lady, there are a number of co-stars to assist Brother Daniels In the successful production of his newest opera, and a chorus that wall, wait till Thursday night. And Frank says he will be hero in person this time. ji & & The Grand Theatre, had an attraction the first part of the week in "York State Folks" that was exceptionally clever. James K. Lackaye headed the organization, and did some fine work, fee is brother of Witlon Lackaye. The company was far above the average. Hoyt's "A Texas Steer" has pleased the theatre-goers for the past sixteen seasons, and has many elements which will no doubt continue its popularity for someiime' to come. It is filled with flippant wit, and the' incidental music is decidedly entertaining. The satire is directed against the dfflde seeker, which is deservedly popular at the present time. Mr. Hoyt discovered innumerable points at which he could poke fun at them, anji he 'does it in a manner to create any amount of laughter, and at the same time give no offense. "A Texas Steer" will be seen at the Salt Lake Theatre next Wednesday afternoon and night. v W fcxT A WITTY SPEECH BY IRVING. I This is from Sir Henry Irving's speech at the Manchester Art Union banquet: "An actor's age, I I am told, is always the subject of sympathetic j interest. About twenty years ago, I remember", a lady wrote to me and said: 'Is it true that you ' are getting on for 80?' I replied that it was quite true, but I hoped it wouldn't make any difference. The other day I had a letter offering me a play such things do come sometimes. The author said it was a poetical allegory, and he wanted to cast me in the part of Father Time. I wrote, in what I thought was quite a playful spirit, to say that if I accepted the part I might want to use Father Time's scythe to cut down the other parts. He wrote back In quite a different spirit: 'How like an actor-manager!'" (Laughter.) "The strolling player who is now addressing you for, it may be, the hundredth occasion I have quite lost count may strike those younger members mem-bers as rather like Father Time. But I can assure them that he carries nothing so unsociable as a scythe only a cigar-cutter. (Laughter.) As I look back upon these associations of ours it seems to me there is not a subject relating to the welfare of the stag that we have not discussed together. Endowed theaters, dramatic schools, the dearth of plays you- know them all. The dearth of plays 1 scarcely dare mention, because it provokes lively correspondence in the newspapers. Authors write to say that they have masterpieces in abundance, which the selfishness of actor-managers will not allow to see the light. But every manager Is not an actor yearning for the middle of the stage. Charles Frohman is about as enterprising a manager man-ager as you will find; yet, strange to say, he doesn't want to act. But he searches the highways high-ways and byways of Britain and America, and I have never heard him complain that he has more masterpieces han he knows what to do with. I see that an Ingenious gentleman has been over to Paris to consult some eminent French experts ex-perts about the state of the British drama, and the only cqmfort they could give him was that perhaps per-haps it migh' bo bettered If the examiner of plays would permit dramatists a little more freedom in dealing with vital questions of modern life. But to imagine the examiner Hcenslng?an experiment in freedom on the plea that it dealt with a vital question of modern life is to suppose a revolution in English taste. I doubt whether this plan, even if it could be adopted, would let loose a native genius for playwriting which is now suppressed by our excessive decorum. But the endowed the- ater would certainly give a chance to the unacted author. In the success or failure of a play there is often an element of mystery. It springs from some unknown quality in the public mind, with which the longest experience can not reckon. ! Now, the endowed theater which need not shut its doors when it is empty might try a number of plays which the average manager.dare not touch. I would suggest, therefore, that the unacted authors should form a league a league for the cajoling of millionaires, so as to raise the capital for that endowed theater which even the superfluous wealth of Manchester has not yet established. If only we could find a millionaire who writes playB the thing would be done. (Hear, hbar.) Perhaps he is lir'aning to me now. (Laughter.) 3 w v Stephen Fiske writes: How many actors know I they have a patron saint? They have his name is Saint Genesis, and his day is the 26th of August. Au-gust. Actors were of so little importance at the time their saint was made that the encyclopedias may be searched In vain for any account of his martyrdom. He was, like Eoscius, an actor In Rome, and when he was converted to Christianity Christian-ity the noble Romans doomed him to death, just as the Christians afterward doomed heretics. There is in London a Freemason club of actors, i called the Genealus, in honor of the saint; it meets j every Sunday morning, and is practically a lodge i of instruction. Except this, I know of no profes sional recognition of the first actor who suffered for being too good there have been other instances, in-stances, but not in our day. Th suggestion Is In order, therefore, that St. Genesius day the actors' day should be celebrated wherever there is a theater. |