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Show . l tHJith the Firjf-JSfigfaierj . K ; ; Four different performances hold the boards H p at the Salt Lake theater during the following H u week, the Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra opan- H . J ing Monday night; Thomas Jefferson will play B "Rip Van Winkle," Tuesday and Wednesday; H William Morris plays "Who's Brown?" on Thurs- H day night, and "The Runaways" will close the H- week on Friday and Saturday. Hj , - & & & Hi ACTORS AND ACROBATS. B James J. Jeffries slugged and upporcut his way Hh I through five acts of venerable Davy Crockett at B' ' the Grand Thursday night to the great joy of B large crowds which were quick to perceive the B , more subtle and delicate shades of histrionic tal- B ent. HI These five preliminaries had the crowd tense Br j with excitement when the principals appeared for B the main event, a three-round exchange of fierce- B , ly propelled eight-ounce gloves between Joseph B I Kennedy and th9 "champaen of champeens." At B'. f - the conclusion of the mill dt was conceded that Bp i honors were even between "Kennedy and the peo- B ( pie who paid 76 cents to witness the big gent Bj. who makes a more lerriiic assault upon the drama K, . than he ever waged on Ruby Red Robert Fltzslm- B 1 mons or any of the other knights of the mltted Bn- Bi closure who have swooned beneath his punches. Bj , Mr. Jeffries appeared in all five of the prelimi- Bj J naries, equipped with the most persuasive and B; attenuated drawl that ever susurated through the B' balmy fragrance of the backwoods. This drawl is m a lasting monument to the skill of the stage man- B ager, and the audience in bearing up under it K without a dissenting murmur showed that, to use H the parlance of Pugville, they were fiends for pun- K ishment. H Mr. Jeffries was superb in some of the scenes, Bj particularly in the scene where "to save that gal," B he silently braces the door with his brawny fore- K arm, dripping with red ink, against the invasion K of the most realistic wolves ever purchased from H a furrier. The fine automatic acting of these H wolves, in fact, deserves especial mention, as H they were most discreet and ladylike and neor H J once interrupted when Davy broke the silence H j long enough to tell "that gal" that the dripping Hj J i right arm was not hurting him In the least. It H i cannot be said, however, that Mr. Jeffries is a H great emotional actor, and we opine that a tear H wouldn't gush from the eyes of this modern Loch- H invar if a steam roller ran over him. H The champion's support is quite exceptional. iK i , Joe Kennedy spars scientifically with the role of B t ' I Lawyer Quickwitch, and a young man named B f ' Marcovich gives an impersonation of "Parson H Davies," which shows that he is a rising young H i ) histrionic welterweight. But even if these first- H! class boxers were eliminated from the cast, it H would be worth the price of admission to be the proud possesor of the thrill that goes invariably with Mr. Jeffries' advice to be "shore you're right, then go ahead," which occupies two minutes in the utterance thereof, and Is the knockout blow at the end of each scene. Near the close of the fifth prellimnary, Parson Par-son Davies performs a hasty marriage, after which Mr. Jeffries gets Us trunks ready for a go with Joe Kennedy. This was a furious three-round affair, and for a while the audience was fearful that the champeen would take the count under the whirlwind assault of Mr. Kennedy. This fighter's improvement was so marked that there was universal surprise, until someone observed that Henry Harrison was concealed In Mr. Kennedy's Ken-nedy's corner coaching the champion's opponent. There were no caoualtios. tf jS JC WILLIAM MORRIS. Mr. William Morris, who for more than live years was Charles Frohman's leading man with the Empire Stock and Lyceum companies in New York has fittingly chosen for his tour this season Mr. Frank Wyatt's new farcical comedy, "Who's Brown?" which will be the attraction at the Salt Lake theatre next Thursday. Of the actors today who are starring on their own account, Mr. Morris Mor-ris is one of the youngest. Few men have made the rapid strides of this talented actor, who in early life became prominent with the Frohman stock companies and thoroughly jngratlated himself into the feelings of the theatregoers of the principal prin-cipal cities of the country. Mr. Morris has had his training in the companies com-panies of the best actors in America, and has played all kinds of roles ranging from comic opera to Shakespearian tragedy. After three seasons sea-sons with the 3oston Museum Stock company, ho joined Robson and Crane in "The Comedy of Errors," during the season of 1879-80. The two seasons following he was in the English company that supported the famous Italian tragedian, SIg. Rossi, during his tour of this country. He was with one of the Madison Square "Hazel Kirke" companies in 1884. and the following season he passed in touring South America and the West Indies. During the season of 1887-88 he supported Mme. Modjeska as her leading man, during which ho achieved much success as Romeo, Benedick, Armand Duval, Don Caesar and other similar roles. In December, 1888, he again visited the West Indies, taking an American company under his own management, playing a repertoire that ranged from "Hamlet" to "The Chimes of Normandy." Nor-mandy." His next engagement was with Charles Frohman, under whose management he distinguished distin-guished himself by pronounced success in "Men and Women," "The Girl I Left Behind Me," and more recently when he starred in "When We m Were 21," "The Lost Paradise," and "Under the 9 Red Robe." The greatest triumph perhaps of ffl Mr. Morris' career has been scored this season in II an entirely different part from any he has pre- H viously appeared in. As Franlc Fuller in "Who's 19 Brown?" a young New Yorker moving in fashion- Jffl able society, Mr. Morris has met with most pro- n nounced success. 9 tv 0 H "RIP VAN WINKLE." Mr. Thomas Jefferson, the son of Joseph Jef- 9 ferson, the dean of American actors and the 9 greatest comedian in this country, will produce 8 his father's immortal masterpiece, "Rip Van Win- jj kle," on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, J and so closely does the acting of the son resem- ble that of the father that it is hard to tell one , from the other on the stage. I The fame of this splondid impersonation was ?M made years ago. It has always been recognized m as one of the most charming things to be seen on M the stage. In itself, the character of Rip, the care- m less, happy idler of the village of Falling Water, J everyone's good friend, but his own, is something m to warm the heart, as all readers of Washington Irving well know. When to this character is lent the grace of an actor like Mr. Jefferson, the result is a distinct pleasure. The transition from the jolly gcod for naught to the old saddened and lonely man, who returns to the scenes of his former rev- ( elry and finds no welcome save that of nature, is j one of those bits of life that rarely have adequate J expression on the mimic boards. a iJ? 5? t5 M That was a splendid welcome Heber S. God- 1 dard received upon his first appearance at the i Tabernacle on last Monday evening. 1 He has lost none of the power of his magnifl- 1 cent voice, and his fine audience was greatly pleased with the beauty of his selections. f Arthur Shepherd, J. J. McClollan and Mr. Wei-he Wei-he assisted in the entertainment. & & & Arthur Dunn and The Runaways will be the attraction for next Friday and Saturday at the Salt Lake theater. 'The Runaways" is a musical comedy of a giddy order, and the company has had more or les3 trouble on account of cheap advertising ad-vertising dodges while on the road. Arthur Dunn is funny and there are a num- her of gcod stunts in the show, but Fay Tern-pleton Tern-pleton is not along, and she was about half the show. It takes more money .to keep a show on the road than to hold it one place, but Mr. Dunn and the ether Dunnlets must not try to stick us for ?2 because they played at Proctors a whole lot cheaper, and they can't stick the hard to stick in tills town. Denver and San Francisco pulled down that $2 sign with them, and nothing doing at those prices here. JB The society play, "The Porch Climber," given fjHior the benefit of the Free Kindergarten, was a H clever little parfornnnce of the week, in which HHMr John D. Spencer, Mrs. C. E. Richards, and HBMrs Ledyard Bailey were the particular stars. WM A delightful musical program was given preced-Hing preced-Hing the play. HK jB Mr. Pyper has made arrangements with the gK management of Henry Irving to have that dis-Htinguished dis-Htinguished actor appear in this city next Septem-Hber. Septem-Hber. H The iirst concert of the Symphony Orchestra His to be given on Monday evening, and Mr. Shep-jffFherd Shep-jffFherd has arranged a beautiful program for the pat-SHrons pat-SHrons of the fine event. 9flB The fund for the founding 01 the Organization jK has almost reached the figure originally set, of BHj $4,000, and everything looks most propitious for H the gathering of a permanent fund. BK Arthur Shepherd, conductor, with the forty B musicians of the orchestra, will be assisted by H. B S. Goddard and W. J. Flashman, and an evening B of rare enjoyment is in store. B & & & B Florence Roberts has entertained us during B the week with a number of her most prominent H successes, all of which have been reviewed in H these columns within a few weeks past. B "Zaza" and "The Adventures of Lady Ursula" fjH were seen by crowded houses, and there was a B good sale for Tess last evening, the play where B the lachrymal ducts work overtime when Mr. B Hardy's muse is at the pumps. H Those who have not even an idea of the pe- H culiar play, "Mafta of the Lowlands," should go H to the theatre tonight. It is one of the finest K things in the repertoire of this actress, and well K worth seeing. H The many admirers Of Miss Roberts will be glad to hear that she will play in the east next j season. j & t , The concert by Hold's band at the Grand the- ! atre on Sunday night was enjoyed by a large j crowd, which attested its approval by warmly ap plauding the many excellent renditions. In tho j absence of Mr. Held, who is ill with typhoid, the band was satisfactorily led by Manager Zimmerman. Zimmer-man. ty yV v Here are some of the lines in George Ade's new Korean comic opera, "The Sho-Gun:" Hankl-Ponk, Hankl-Ponk, in giving the geographical location of the United States: "It is bounded on the north by Canadian reciprocity, reci-procity, on the east by the Monroe Doctrine, on the south by the Panama appropriation, and on the west by the Philippine problem. The soil is very rich, producing labor troubles and presidential pres-idential candidates " Hankl-Ponk, speaking of the Korean custom of worshiping ancestors: "While our great men are alive we throw bricks at them. After they depart we name 5-cent cigars after them." Spangle, th3 promoter from "Ioway," who has Invaded the sacred precincts of Ka Choo, giving giv-ing his idea of a trust: "A trust is a body of money entirely surrounded by water." Omee-Omi, the royal widow of a departed Sho-Gun, is, according accord-ing to an ancient custom of Korea, about to be sacrificed, and has theoretically nothing to live for after she loses her hu3band Spangle- "A widow! Nothing to live for? Why, a widow Is the corner stone of every chafing dish party." |