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Show iHlli" VIL H$3M ' V Pi, I ill ill t6 the First ffighters. z H1 ill i! ' LANGTRY. Hi j 1 I I Mls- L'Vjtry is entertaining. She is not pret- B ' ' 5 t I ty and !t ia har to beiieve that she was ever a K ! ! J 1 really beautiful woman; she is not a great act- f (l li I ress, and she apparently knows that she mustn't flj ' I try to rise to heights distinctly foreign to her tj! I temperament; but she Is entertaining. Some . ,, ' j j 1 think her unfortunate in her choice of plays, but H I , I 1 certainly they were just what one would expect fl '! !m H from the Jersey Lily, and if one was good, and the B -J3.M K other bad, there was some consolation In know- B m lll InB tliat you were for once seeIng society Plays H , J , ! K that were not written by the extremely versatile, B i If ' B but somewhat unreliable Clyde Fitch. The dia-B dia-B H j ; : ! R logue in "Mrs. Deering's Divorce" was a work B L H of art. Not two dollars worth of art, but out of Mm ' "If 91 line of most comedles' and extremely humorous to B J m the end. The play is too long, but like "The Deals De-als IV fi generates," its incompleteness and disregard of MKi H I detail make it seem flippant. HI 'i M IB ra' LanStry is nearly a11 of "Mrs. Deering's aB i W IB Divorce," and she played it with a vim and vigor SlB that told how lightly time has dealt with her. A ' ; IB woman just in front complained of "the me- i IIS chanical jerk to her lines," but they sounded per- Mm fectly natural, and .there were none of the forced LB ' ii 11 attempts at coquetry one might expect in such a Um ' !' II R Par from any woman in her fifties. Mrs. Lang- H 'I mU try is not the "has been" she has been painted; LB 1 ; Si she's an "is," and while there is nothing in her 1' K appearance, acting, or manner to make the play- K goer rave, she is by no means a disappointment, and she is entertaining. Her support was unusu- Hi ally clever though the balance was tilted slightly j H in "The Degenerates." Bj Her lead, Frederick Truesdale, is a fine look- B lng fellow of much ability. Howard Mead's Jim-l Jim-l IV my Foster was a neat bit, and the Lord Granpier I li of Stephen French was the smartest touch of char- ilB acter work that has been on exhibition for some Hi a III timo- LH l1 i ;1 Katherine Stewart as Lady Granpier, and Ina iiV ' $ IK Goldsmith as Suzannah Verner were especially B 11 good, but they fell down deplorably in "The De- B ij B generates," the Goldsmith person making a scene BBBR WW or two worse than the blundering Grundy had intended. in-tended. If in "The Degenerates," it was the purpose of the author to make a stage setting of a dinner party, why did he introduce such a character as the wall-eyed Lady Stornaway to cast a gloom over the proceedings, only to fade out of the play (thank the Lord) with her face worn in the same setting, and her mystery unsolved. The little action ac-tion In the play concerned but four or five people, and the setting of unnecessary personages, in such characters as were portrayed was gruesome and unpleasant. The happiest part of this old story of phony morals and the other man's wife, was the ending which was nice because it was the end, and because be-cause it was delicate and sweet enough for a worthier vehicle. It was beautifully done by Mrs. Langtry, Mr. Truesdale and Helen Amory, whose artistic work as the daughter was the one of the refreshing bits of the piece. t w "The Chinese Honeymoon" will be the next attraction to follow "David Harum" at the Salt Lake Theatre, beginning a three nights' engagement engage-ment a week from next Monday. The second company with the original scenic effects will appear ap-pear here, and should be a good performance, If the players can make anything of golden opportunities. oppor-tunities. It is a combination of comic opera, and musical musi-cal farce, and goes with a dash, replete with catchy music, catching girls, and smart lines. At least I thought so when Seabrooke was playing it, and Ms understudy must be worth the seeing. The famous song of "Dooly" was originally orig-inally introduced in this production. tj7w !? ( It will make a clever mathemetician sit up nights to figure just how five thousand people are going to get in the Grand Theatre at one time, and most of the five thou' will be disappointed when the Weberfields combination reaches here on the twenty-ninth. Think of it one night In a town with a thirst for somethinc new in theatricals, theatri-cals, that could swallow all the big ones with entire satisfaction to all concerned. The Weber- fields people could play a week In a bigger house at two bucks a throw and people would be stand- ing up the last night. They carry the greatest 1 chorus in the country, and one worth going far to see, but Fay Templeton and Collier are not 1 with them on this trip, and so half the show stayed in the big city. M But Weber and Fields are along, the fair Lll- lian Is with them, with Pete Daly, John T. Kelly H and a bunch of lesser lights, who can all make fl good. E It will be a great performance to such a house H as has never been seen in the city. Already, fa- H vored ones are scheming their ways to the man- H agerlal ear, and if they're strong after tickets now, H what will happen around the box office the day of H the performance? H t t i(5 H A repetition of the immense audience of the H week before greeted Held's band at the Grand H on Sunday evening and got Its money's worth, in I a concert of exceptional beauty. H Aside from the fine features rendered by the H band, Messrs. StevenSj Mackey, Zimmerman and H Sims, and Miss Emily Larson distinguished them- H selves. H fcv tv tw H |