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Show APPLAUSE DEFINED. The CmiYKiitlnnnl Muilww of Api-liuiso 1" Thc-Hliei uuU 0iorn Houm. ! Aim-lapse: The act of anplmidiutr; 1 itri)lii(ti(iii Hint p raise puMicly ex-I ex-I iiv.ssei hy rlnint; the hand.-', liealim.' with Ilie ieel, tiecliniiHlu.n, huzzas, or utlii'i' means ; eotiniieiidtlliuii. M sinter. Tlie qppliui.se of a theatrical audience is to the actor what the i attention and hearty "Amen" ol a l body of worshipers is to a religious orator. Without applause, an actor feels like a wooden man performing to old tree stumps. Hearty and appreciative applause is as essential to his aetwig as bread is to complete com-plete a well-spread table. A (tool, silent, undemonstrative audience chills the heart of an actor, dampens his ardent spirit and stilTenw his graceful limbs. Generous plaudits awaken his" senses; rouse his ambition and spur him on to" exert his powers to the utmost. The louder these external signs of approbation, tin greater are bis eil'orts to even sur-imss sur-imss bis own abilities. Now what. are the approved conventional con-ventional signs of outward approbation appro-bation in theatres? We have visited the best opera bouses in the West: The Park Theatre The-atre of Portland; the Baldwin, the California, the Alcazar, the Bush Street and the Bijou, at San Francisco; Fran-cisco; the Grand at Los Angeles, the Theatre and Walker Opera House, Salt Lake, 4be latter recently recent-ly burned; the Grand at Ogden. and many others and found the universal modes of applause- precisely pre-cisely the same- In the "nigger heavens" they whistle, elap and shriek; habitues of the lower circles usually content themselves with clapping of hands, and some stamping of feet and canes; while in the fashionable dress circles and parquetles, canes, umbrellas and their toes are erally u&ed in preference to clapping clap-ping the hands. It is considered more genteel and" is lesa tiresome and fatiguing. We w itnessed the world-renowned Booth ami the deceased Barrett play '"Hamlet." ' Julius Ceasar" and ''The Merchant of Venice" when they last passed through the Territory, a few years ago. These, all know, are classical dramas and were played to refined, cultivated and highly intellectual audiences. Applause is no name for the approbation which greeted those 1 refined and supremely artistic j actors. It could be called thunder- I i ous roars, which were so long, ! I loud and pronounced that they I I actually shook the walls of ; that firm old building, erected j i years ago by' the late Pres.1 Brigham Young. This w as re-1 pea ted time and time again. Elegantly dressed gentlemen in all parts of the pit stamped their I feet tired, and knocked their umbrellas um-brellas and canes on the Door with deafening e fleet, j And the papers next morning j applauded the acts of the demon- str.tive audience. And great Barrett ami greater Booth accept d I these markes of approval with the! graceful ami courteous pride of I wo j rand old gentlemen h iglil v I An opera house is not a place of worship, and church rules of order should not govern it. It is essentially a place of amusement, and great latitude should be given, in fact, must be accorded its patrons pat-rons to insure their patronage, Drunken or other disagreeable and disorderly conduct should be promptly met by ejectment, but i don't eject a man for genuine ap- ; pla use. 9 |