Show I L i iSOME SOME THEATRE THE PUZZLES Why hy Is this When Olga OINa was here the people filled tho the theatre at t ever every one of or tho the eight performances Measured 1 by tho the mone money returns the engagement was a remarkably successful one But Dut there was no marl marked ed applause Time and again at the presentment of or a climax the actors would hold their pose for an instant instant- evidently expecting the usual hand and there would be the tho slenderest clapping of or han hands hands for for s-for for all the tine world as ns if tho the play ha had been In a n. foreign tongue and the people were not at all sure what ha had been sal said or Intend Intended cd They went wend wont five fI times to see Sapho These Salt Lake people I new what Sapho was be before foro the they went the first time to see sec Miss They watched the thc development of the plot without the tho applause that goo good acting commonly receives in Salt Lake And It certainly was good acting Miss 1 herself Is reported to have hae said that she had forced orce the curtain up time and again and tried to stimulate the audience to an expression of approval ap ap- ap- ap with pro with the shrewd judgment that the they did approve e the quality of ot it H the Iho art of it and l yet et ct she could not get set setout out of ot a n Salt Lake Lako audience the stamp of ot Indorsement which spontaneous us applause always alwa's proves She was gratified with whit the financial results of the tho engagement but she would have warmed her soul In the applause of or orthe the people who came in such hundreds s to see seo her And she did not get set it There Is another thing A Ragged Messenger lessenger Is as moral and Joyous jOO as Carmen Is base an and sensual Creston Clarke is known know as ns an actor act of or the very first quality A nephew of ot Edwin Booth with much of ot the fine ability of his great kinsman It Is certain that anything he may present will be bo worthy And yet et his audiences were of ot the slimmest Now If Ir the reason for Cor silence an and unresponsiveness cne In the case of ot Mss Miss was a disapproval of or the morals of or the P play I wh why dill did the they go so In such numbers to her and why did ld they so neglect Creston Clarke Susan In Search of or a Husband has not even tho the suggestion of ot a bad woman In It There are four women an and all ail are good There Is a a. delicious succession of or sit sit- There Is 18 a perfect feast o of fun run And there are arc 0 S two wo or of three places whore where profound art Is evidenced Once when Susan meets her husband after afler the seven him She has and recognizes recognises She their separation years ears of or II td t to her lien there It Il It Is a surprise not lot expected to lo see ee him And the tho play of emotions as she site finally convinces g herself without even disclosing her own identity without a n. scene this was fine fino work It impressed the people and W the they must have havo and so swIftly that It applauded so generously been joy to Isabel Irving That means an appreciation for good dramatic work worl worland and ind for pure puro things In tho rho acting Then rhen why If tho the Salt LaJ Lake Lako c audience loves fine art artand artand and ind puro plays did they go In such s generous nerous numbers to o Miss and amI so to lo Clarke Clarl o And wh why If f the they could so swiftly catch fire fhe from the Intense Instant of that recognition In Susan could coul not they thoy J havo avo been Impelled Into lolling telling Miss 1 that they recognized her artist ability In Sapho and In in Carmen That Is s one of or the things t said the l lamented Mr which no fellow rellow can find out |